Our delusional blind fan-base...

westcoast bear fanatic said:

No, most people get it. This team has been horrible at drafting dating back to the Angelo and the roster is void of homegrown talent. Therefore we have to constantly dip into free agency and blah blah blah. No shit Sherlock!

The thread title is a poor choice on the day after last nights albatross. So yes.....fuckoff

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No you don't get it... Because we keep believing we can turn our team around with old free agents and late round draft picks...


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bears26 said:

But Angelo went to two NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl.

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But he never won a SB and got fired for it. The players he liked didn't do enough ala no depth etc.

Chris Sojka said:

This team has been overachieving for over a decade... Yes overachieving... Thanks to defensive stars Urlacher Tillman Briggs this team hid a lot of flaws... Maybe that was the worst thing for the franchise...

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That's what star players do. They compensate for a team's shortcomings. The Packers would be fucked without Rodgers. But they have him, so they aren't.

But you're right. The worst thing for this franchise was to get star players like Urlacher that led them to a Super Bowl. That 2006 season was fucking miserable with all those wins. Especially the playoff ones.

Aqbased said:

But he never won a SB and got fired for it. The players he liked didn't do enough ala no depth etc.

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Everyone gets fired eventually in the NFL. Angelo hung around for a decade because he made some good moves. But when those good moves stopped coming, so did his paychecks.

1.29 OL Gabe Carimi Wisconsin
2.21 DL Stephen Paea Oregon State from IND through WAS
3.29 DB Chris Conte California
5.29 QB Nathan Enderle Idaho
6.30 LB J.T. Thomas West Virginia
2010
3.11 DB Major Wright Florida
4.11 DL Corey Wootton Northwestern
5.10 DB Joshua Moore Kansas State
6.12 QB Dan LeFevour Central Michigan
7.11 OL J'Marcus Webb West Texas A&M
2009
3.04 DL Jarron Gilbert San Jose State from SEA
3.35 WR Juaquin Iglesias Oklahoma compensatory pick
4.05 DL Henry Melton Texas from SEA
4.19 DB D.J. Moore Vanderbilt
5.04 WR Johnny Knox Abilene Christian from SEA through DEN
5.18 LB Marcus Freeman Ohio State
6.17 DB Al Afalava Oregon State
7.37 OL Lance Louis San Diego State compensatory pick
7.42 WR Derek Kinder Pittsburgh compensatory pick
2008
1.14 OL Chris Williams Vanderbilt
2.13 RB Matt Forte Tulane
3.07 WR Earl Bennett Vanderbilt from SF
3.27 DL Marcus Harrison Arkansas from SD
4.21 DB Craig Steltz from TB
5.07 DB Zackary Bowman Nebraska from CAR
5.23 TE Kellen Davis Michigan State from SEA through JAC and TB
7.01 DL Ervin Baldwin Michigan State from MIA
7.15 OL Chester Adams Georgia
7.36 LB Joey LaRocque Oregon State compensatory pick
7.40 OL Kirk Barton Ohio State compensatory pick
7.41 WR Marcus Monk Arkansas compensatory pick
2007
1.31 TE Greg Olsen
2.30 DL Dan Bazuin Central Michigan from SD
3.29 RB Garrett Wolfe Northern Illinois from SD
3.30 LB Michael Okwo Stanford
4.31 OL Josh Beekman Boston College
5.30 DB Kevin Payne Louisiana-Monroe from SD
5.31 DB Corey Graham New Hampshire
7.11 DB Trumaine McBride from SF through CLE
7.31 OL Aaron Brant Iowa State
2006
2.10 DB Danieal Manning Abilene Christian from BUF; trade 2006 1.26, also received 3.09
2.25 WR Devin Hester
3.09 DL Dusty Dvoracek Oklahoma from BUF; trade 2006 1.26, also received 2.10
4.23 LB Jamar Williams Arizona State
5.26 DL Mark Anderson Michigan
6.26 RB J.D. Runnels Oklahoma
6.31 OL Tyler Reed Penn State from SEA
2005
1.04 RB Cedric Benson Texas
2.07 WR Mark Bradley Oklahoma
4.05 QB Kyle Orton Purdue
5.04 WR Airese Currie Clemson
6.07 DB Chris Harris Louisiana-Monroe
7.06 DB Rodrigues Wilson
2004
1.14 DL Tommie Harris Oklahoma
2.15 DL Tank Johnson Washington
3.15 WR Bernard Berrian Fresno State
4.14 DB Nathan Vasher Texas
4.16 LB Leon Joe Maryland from SF; trade draft picks
5.15 DL Claude Harriott Pittsburgh from SF; trade draft picks
5.16 QB Craig Krenzel Ohio State
7.14 DB Alfonso Marshall Miami
2003
1.14 DL Michael Haynes Penn State from NE; trade draft pick 2003 1.13 plus rec'd 2003 6.20 (was from BUF; trade QB Drew Bledsoe (2002))
1.22 QB Rex Grossman Florida from NYJ; trade draft pick 2003 1.04 plus rec'd 2003 1.13 and 4.19
2.03 DB Charles Tillman
3.04 LB Lance Briggs Arizona
4.03 DB Todd Johnson Florida
4.19 DL Ian Scott Florida from NYJ; trade draft pick 2003 1.04 plus rec'd 2003 1.13 and 1.22
5.04 WR Bobby Wade Arizona
5.08 WR Justin Gage Missouri from JAC; trade draft picks
5.36 DL Tron LaFavor Florida compensatory pick
6.18 LB Joe Odom Purdue from MIA; trade QB Cade McNown (2001)
6.33 RB Brock Forsey Boise State compensatory pick
7.47 WR Bryan Anderson Central Michigan compensatory pick
2002
1.29 OL Marc Colombo Boston College
3.07 DB Roosevelt Williams Tuskegee
3.28 OL Terrence Metcalf Mississippi
4.06 DL Alex Brown Florida
5.05 DB Bobby Gray Louisiana Tech
5.30 LB Bryan Knight Pittsburgh
6.27 RB Adrian Peterson Georgia Southern
6.31 WR Jamin Elliott Delaware
6.38 TE Bryan Fletcher UCLA

Emery has time yet to prove himself through the draft.
Trestman was a risky choice that seemed like a winner if it weren't for the defense.
But now Trestman seems exposed and if he wants to keep coaching he needs to chop some heads.
Tucker has shown us nothing at all except how to fail "historically".

ikkoikki said:

I dont think most people saw us being this bad before the season started

We wanted to buy into Emery, we wanted to buy into Trestman, anydany dissenting opinions there were in the minority

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We had major holes at LB and S going into this season, plus a career pathetic DC coming off a historically bad season, and all of our free agent signings seemed to be focused completely on shoring up the run defense with no regard at all for pass defense aside from a washed up overpaid former great (Jared Allen). I don't think anyone expected much more than they got from this defense.

ST wasn't much better last year, and we did nothing to improve in that aspect, in fact we lost one of the best KR in the history of the game. No surprise that our D/ST suck.

But, as bad as I, and many other posters, thought Jay Cutler was, he has proven to be much worse than we ever dreamed. I see guys getting open, but Jay won't even look in their direction. I see pressure and Jay is too focused on some receiver that he's staring down on the sideline to step up in the pocket. Defenses just roll their coverage to where Jay is looking, and he hasn't figured out how to look off coverage, pump fake, hit receivers in stride, with room to run, etc. This is like watching Grossman all over again. High hopes, flashes of dominance, but ultimately unable to sustain success once defenses study film and figure out his glaring weaknesses. If he hasn't figured it out by now, he never will. Cut the bum.

Would like to see Emery get another chance with a defensive minded coach and a new QB. I think he has done a good job in the draft, which is the hardest thing to do. But the huge mistake he made in signing Cutler to a massive contract might be enough to end his tenure in Chicago.

....had questions at DT also tbh. A guy entering his mid 30s coming off a handful of games, some risky draft picks and a 6" 285lbs guy who hadn't flashed much at all, isn't being solid at the position.

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Hey now fella

You have to spray Off on.

I miss crazy Chris.

Novak said:

I miss crazy Chris.

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I miss Panda...

Ares said:

I miss Panda...

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No one should ever go full panda.

Any way, some real soothsayer stuff right here. Chris had it right.

I spy....with my little eye....a Nick80 post

Interesting.......

As for Sojka's signature:
Jeffery is #3 in Bears all-time receiving yards, and 9th in TDs.

Gustavus Adolphus said:

As for Sojka's signature:
Jeffery is #3 in Bears all-time receiving yards, and 9th in TDs.

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And Kevin White will be #2 by the end of this season!!!!!