Balta1701

No I don't.

So you're saying they need a different, experienced offensive coach, perhaps in the head coaching role? Deal.

I mean, yes I could be ok with that. It’s at least a major jump forward. The big problems for the Bears last year were obviously the OLine and coaching. Fixing coaching should at least be worth a couple games given what we saw this year, in terms of that series of damn near impossible losses. Now they have to do something to protect their QB, and they should have the resources for that.

To push back a little bit here - I don’t see why being a playoff team isn’t the goal for the Bears this year. Yes they have work to do. But, this is not an old team with tons of contracts to clear out. They have their QB spot filled, they have plenty of cap space because their QB is cheap, they have 3 picks in the first 45 selections of the draft. Obviously injuries could be the thing that derails them, it’s the nfl stuff happens. This is a team that should take a big step forwards next year and I don’t mind evaluating the coach and GM based on that standard.

Well good work by the Bears getting that done so efficiently.

I'll believe that they are willing to sacrifice $13 billion in revenue when I see it.

Ok Blue, let’s do it. Lotta fist pumps but knowing the job isn’t done yet. Damn the afc is heavyweight football. I feel like the Ravens would have been a favorite in the Super Bowl against anyone in the NFC now that Detroit is out, and they didn’t even make the championship.

Your references feel weirdly accurate here.

There always seems to be something different, something far less honorable about buying a team than developing a team.

While Daniels was impressive I also. Ore that he took 0 sacks and was only hit twice in 31 dropbacks in that game. While some of that is scheme, the Lions pass rush was simply ineffective. For a contrast, CJ Stroud was hit 14 times and sacked 8 times in 34 dropbacks, basically 2/3 of his attempts he was under pressure. A couple he held too long, but that’s the difference between a matchup where the OLine wins and one where the DLine wins.

And? It did not go well.

That RB pass did not raise my confidence level.

I tried to include that when I mentioned the offense. Kingsbury has been excellent, guys are doing their jobs, and it is working, but Daniels making throws and runs has been notable as the icing on the cake.

It hit them in the Bills game too, but that doesn’t take away from how good Daniels has been.

So…this is not a draft pick comment, just observing - Jayden Daniel and the Washington offense have simply been incredible in this game. This is like watching Brady, I have no idea how some of these guys are open, how he’s finding them, and how he gets these throws in, but this is a magnificent performance.

While it was unlikely before, this also seems to remove any chance of Michael Kopech converting back to regularly starting this year.

I woulda at least checked on this too if I were the Bears.

Even though the Dodgers won, the playoffs were still pretty fun this year. Cleveland Detroit was a good epic last game, the Padres gave the Dodgers a real shot, and in the World Series you had both the Freeman moment and the Yankee 5th inning meltdown that made for good tv. Make the Dodgers significantly better and it’s suddenly less interesting. If they win 110 games and no one wins more than 1 game against them in each postseason series, that’s not fun. If they do that then add another Japanese all star, why should I care about baseball in 2026 or 2027? If the Dodgers are so good that the only thing that can stop them is injury, then s%*# I’m stuck rooting for injuries to get better playoff games. That’s no fun at all. Why should the Padres not trade away pitching now and just concede the next couple years? That concept sucks. If the Dodgers are as good as they look on paper, and they’ve overcome the randomness of baseball by just outdoing everyone else, I will lose interest pretty quick. I hope we aren’t there but I’m not sure at all.

It is if no one can challenge them. The Warriors being overbuilt was bad for basketball. The Cavaliers figuring out how to hang with them was excellent for basketball. The question is can anyone challenge them. If we are having this same conversation each of the next two offseasons, after they sign the next big Japanese import next offseason and just keep going? it will be tiresome to the point of not caring for a lot of people. Is this team uniquely far ahead of the rest of the sport? This year will be interesting if someone can knock them off. If they win 110 and sweep the World Series that’s just boring. If someone can knock them off, that’s amazing.

I sure hope that’s true but I also cannot remember a team looking like this on paper.

If they win a couple, that’s an easy way to get me to lose interest in baseball. its no fun when the villain wins every time.

Are you cheering for the Dodgers or now angry by this? This is the same scared of competition front running that LeBron did, Durant did, and I didn’t like those either. I cheered against those teams and frankly because of how they were assembled, yeah rooting for injury became an option. Sasaki sucks.

I had two reasons I hoped would matter. 1. The Dodgers now legitimately have 7 starters. Yes, some are always hurt, but there will be a major crunch for innings. That isn’t good for a guys development. 2. Pretty much 29 teams now hate this guy for front running before they know anything else about him. He’s a villain that I’ll be rooting against. It’s like when Durant went ring hunting and at least I stopped cheering for either him or the Warriors. The Dodgers are suddenly a team where it feels ok to root for injuries, and that’s a bad way for a young player to market himself.

boo.

I found it amusing to think that they're hoping Jose LeClerc could get to where he was 23 seasons ago.