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I’ll tell you what…I watch Stroud play and think, Bears don’t have a qb like that. How can anyone watch Fields and see someone like Stroud. And it isn’t like the Texans were some loaded team. 
 

Some like excuses, but elite qbs make everyone around them better. I don’t think Justin makes anyone better - but I do admit he has elite physical attributes. 
 

In my mind, to win and ask sustainably win, you need a guy like that. 

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6 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:

I’ll tell you what…I watch Stroud play and think, Bears don’t have a qb like that. How can anyone watch Fields and see someone like Stroud. And it isn’t like the Texans were some loaded team. 
 

Some like excuses, but elite qbs make everyone around them better. I don’t think Justin makes anyone better - but I do admit he has elite physical attributes. 
 

In my mind, to win and ask sustainably win, you need a guy like that. 

This is exactly the mindset we should have. Bears fans need to look closely at what a legitimate, perhaps generational QB looks like and demand that for themselves. Don’t be content with mediocrity. 

What I love about Stroud’s situation is it exposes several uncomfortable questions. For one, who was involved with scouting and ultimately making the decision that Stroud was not a better choice than Fields? Someone, at some point, had to say - “Yeah we think Fields is better. Stick with him.” I hope everyone involved (Poles, Warren, scouting dept.) have sharpened their evaluation process and hopefully have learned from this mistake. We can’t make it again.

If they decide to keep Fields, well then they’ve given us the assurance he is better than every 1st/2nd round QB coming out of the draft. Surely they can’t be wrong two years in a row, right guys!? 

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And that’s not to say it was a terrible decision to trade down with Carolina. It has worked out tremendously. We are very fortunate to be in this position to have an opportunity to draft Fields’ replacement. Can we please not screw it up?

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1 hour ago, Chisoxfn said:

I’ll tell you what…I watch Stroud play and think, Bears don’t have a qb like that. How can anyone watch Fields and see someone like Stroud. And it isn’t like the Texans were some loaded team. 
 

Some like excuses, but elite qbs make everyone around them better. I don’t think Justin makes anyone better - but I do admit he has elite physical attributes. 
 

In my mind, to win and ask sustainably win, you need a guy like that. 

Agreed. The only caveat, is that QB in this draft? 

If they think he is, they need to take him. If not, trade down and compile draft capital to trade up in later drafts to find one. 

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41 minutes ago, ptatc said:

Agreed. The only caveat, is that QB in this draft? 

If they think he is, they need to take him. If not, trade down and compile draft capital to trade up in later drafts to find one. 

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I think Beck will rise.  Missing that short AZ qb too, he’ll cause some conversations.

Tough L for the “it takes 3 years to be competitive after getting a rookie qb” crowd last night.

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8 hours ago, caulfield12 said:
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Shedeur Sanders Colorado Thumbnail - NFLDraftBUZZ.com

Shedeur
Sanders

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91.0
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Drew Allar Penn State Thumbnail - NFLDraftBUZZ.com

Drew
Allar

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87.0
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Conner Weigman Texas A&M Thumbnail - NFLDraftBUZZ.com

Conner
Weigman

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Carson
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Jalen
Milroe

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85.0
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Tyler Van Dyke Miami (FL) Thumbnail - NFLDraftBUZZ.com

Tyler
Van Dyke

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Dillon Gabriel Oklahoma Thumbnail - NFLDraftBUZZ.com

Dillon
Gabriel

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83.0
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Preston Stone SMU Thumbnail - NFLDraftBUZZ.com

Preston
Stone

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82.4
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Riley Leonard Duke Thumbnail - NFLDraftBUZZ.com

Riley
Leonard

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If they think one of them is that franchise QB, then fine. But I was also talking about drafts over the next couple of years. 

I can't say I have any valid opinion on them. 

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29 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Well guys, here comes the game that should mean nothing in the assessment but will probably mean everything lol

For bragging right when im at EAA-Oshkosh this summer it means everything. 

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My personal belief is Mike MacDonald is gonna go to the Patriots, they draft MHJ at 3 and trade for Fields, and absolutely crush it and horrify bears fans for the first 6 months.

But I do think the popular mocks of Williams / Odunze at 1 and 10 are intoxicating . (I still want McConkey with that extra second, but maybe could even get Tez Walker)

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11 hours ago, ptatc said:

Agreed. The only caveat, is that QB in this draft? 

If they think he is, they need to take him. If not, trade down and compile draft capital to trade up in later drafts to find one. 

This may as well be what they thought for the last draft, when the Bears didn’t believe Stroud would be who he is. That is exactly what they pay people to do - analyze stats, scout players, and compile information to come up with a decision. Carolina apparently wanted Stroud, but the owner overruled the decision. What is our excuse? Has it ever come out yet?

if the next Stroud is in this draft, they better be the one’s drafting him.  unless there’s a Brady type picked in later rounds that the excuse can be used of, “oh well everyone could have drafted him!”

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2 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

Well guys, here comes the game that should mean nothing in the assessment but will probably mean everything lol

You know it's serious when a single game gets its own trailer

 

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2 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

Well guys, here comes the game that should mean nothing in the assessment but will probably mean everything lol

I would love a 300+ yard passing, 3 TD/ 0 INT performance from Fields…..for his trade value. 

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33 minutes ago, Flash Tizzle said:

This may as well be what they thought for the last draft, when the Bears didn’t believe Stroud would be who he is. That is exactly what they pay people to do - analyze stats, scout players, and compile information to come up with a decision. Carolina apparently wanted Stroud, but the owner overruled the decision. What is our excuse? Has it ever come out yet?

if the next Stroud is in this draft, they better be the one’s drafting him.  unless there’s a Brady type picked in later rounds that the excuse can be used of, “oh well everyone could have drafted him!”

I believe your excuse was that they wanted to evaluate Fields for one more year and had such limited draft capital that they deemed that more valuable. 

I remember reading the somewhere right before the draft, in the Athletic, I think. 

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I don't understand why people keep saying the Bears passed up on CJ Stroud.

No one was taking CJ Stroud #1 overall.  It was Young and the rest.  If I recall correctly, there were a lot of questions on whether CJ was even worth the #2 pick.  So we passed up on Young, which I'm happy with.  Would I rather have CJ?  Yes, but that wasn't the choice.

I am a Buckeye fan, and I can't say I saw this coming.  Something flipped in that Georgia game and he's been different since then.

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I'm sure the Bears will move on from Fields, but I'll always wonder what he would have been under a different coaching staff.  I'm sure we'll see it.

I keep hearing Getsy is no good and has to go.  I see all the awful calls, calling the same play back to back, running out of the shotgun with less than a yard to go, the team looking lost after the first scripted drive, just the same crap over and over.  I wonder if Getsy's this awful at playcalling, is he any better coaching players up?

I remember hearing multiple times that the focus was on defense and not turning the ball over.

I even recall at the beginning of last year some pretty awful turnovers, Fields said he promised he would never make that mistake again.

Then I wonder, are they driving it in to him to not take risks, not make turnovers?  And so we're sitting back and seeing open receivers and his hesitation.  He didn't have this hesitation when he first got here.  Is he bad, or has this been drilled into him?  

Who knows,  Either way, I'm not sure the current Fields is the future of this team, so we'll see if they make the right choice going forward.

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20 minutes ago, SexiAlexei said:

I don't understand why people keep saying the Bears passed up on CJ Stroud.

No one was taking CJ Stroud #1 overall.  It was Young and the rest.  If I recall correctly, there were a lot of questions on whether CJ was even worth the #2 pick.  So we passed up on Young, which I'm happy with.  Would I rather have CJ?  Yes, but that wasn't the choice.

I am a Buckeye fan, and I can't say I saw this coming.  Something flipped in that Georgia game and he's been different since then.

Eh, I disagree. After the panthers traded for #1 Stroud became the favorite in the betting markets. Young retook that closer to the draft, but even day of there was heat about Levi’s/Richardson at 1. People thought Reich preferred bigger QBs, and Young’s height was a big deal. Bears brass also aren’t supposed to just take consensus picks as their options, so yes, they did pass on Stroud. And Richardson. And Young.

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12 minutes ago, bmags said:

Eh, I disagree. After the panthers traded for #1 Stroud became the favorite in the betting markets. Young retook that closer to the draft, but even day of there was heat about Levi’s/Richardson at 1. People thought Reich preferred bigger QBs, and Young’s height was a big deal. Bears brass also aren’t supposed to just take consensus picks as their options, so yes, they did pass on Stroud. And Richardson. And Young.

I think Reich did want a taller QB like Stroud. But Tepper insisted on Young.

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The Vikings will most likely lose their game against Detroit. Which begs the question: do you really want the Bears to win this game and finish 2nd in the division if it means worse draft positioning AND 3 much harder games next year vs 2nd place teams instead of last place teams?

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25 minutes ago, chw42 said:

The Vikings will most likely lose their game against Detroit. Which begs the question: do you really want the Bears to win this game and finish 2nd in the division if it means worse draft positioning AND 3 much harder games next year vs 2nd place teams instead of last place teams?

I want them to get blown out and Fields play poorly

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14 minutes ago, fathom said:

I want them to get blown out and Fields play poorly

I don't want that at all, I just think Fields can't read a zone well so he's gonna struggle. Love has been good lately so it's gonna be a defensive test. If the Bears win it'll likely be due to the defense forcing turnovers again.

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1 minute ago, almagest said:

I don't want that at all, I just think Fields can't read a zone well so he's gonna struggle. Love has been good lately so it's gonna be a defensive test. If the Bears win it'll likely be due to the defense forcing turnovers again.

I just don’t want the coach or QB to return 

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