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Yep, 948 yards rushing screams good running back.
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I was going to mention the Rivera thing. He would have been gone in a year anyway but that year may have got us another SB.
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It's kinda understood that the team will sell when she passes. Bunch of smaller owners will have issue with the taxes. That said, the team has value and they could leverage that but it would be like heading cats and I'm sure many of them would rather have and could use the cash.
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Are you saying if Rivera stays in 07 we go back to the SB?
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Greater possibility. Everything changes with a coordinator difference including the O etc. Call it domino or butterfly effect. With how the season actually played out, no, it likely wouldn't have mattered but I suspect it would have gone differently with Rivera there they win a few more games. Once you're in the playoffs...
We went from 5 to 28 on defense. That entire year, the D looked like the 2nd 1/2 of the SB and lacked Rivera's aggression.
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Terry O'Shea(?) called plays for Quinn. Shoot left the year prior when that coaching regime got canned.
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Rivera was a big loss. Lovie getting more control with his new contract was just as big of a hit to the defense. The players he pushed for once he got power killed this team.
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LOL! There is no way they go back to the SB just because Rivera is still there. Grossman and Griese were a shit show, the offensive line went to shit and they lost TJ. Not happening.
And 5 to 28??? Stop going by yards allowed and go to FO or PFR where offense and defense are measured more accurately. The Bears went from #2 DVOA in 06 to #12 DVOA in 07.
No fucking way they go back to the SB just cause of Rivera.
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I think so, much like the ship started to take on water after Vic left. Plus that 07 team had more talent in their prime than this one... but then again we lost Vasher (who I thought was overrated, but a solid corner) and Chris Harris (who I thought was overrated too, he was ok). Under Rivera they were 3rd in the league in scoring in 07 dropped to 16th. Bob Babich? He was an idiot.
That was a stacked team. Like I have said before, the 03-04 drafts were solid. Say what you want to about Rex he was 'good enough' with that defense to get them to multiple super bowls.
EDIT: note that I did NOT say *win*
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I don't know man. In 14 games he had 948 yards (4.0 ypc), 7 TDs, 56 receptions for another 427 yards. I know he was a flop in Arizona, but almost 1400 total yards in 14 games isn't too shabby especially considering that Anthony Thomas was still on the team.
At the end of the 2004 season the Bears knew Thomas > A-Train and they already had him locked up for the following 2 years. What did they do? Draft his replacement who ended up just being a bust for the Bears.
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Who gives a fuck about DVOA it's point scored, that's all that matters.
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TJ was a beast. He wasn't a flop in Arizona, he never started. He was behind Michael Pittman (which why Arizona never started TJ is idiotic, he's clearly light years better than Pittman ever could be)
Drafting Benson that year, actually should be on my list I think that was a turning point for the roster , I wanted the Bears to draft Rolle. I was so pissed.
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You're way more passionate than the 07 D. Filed position, turnovers and playing with a lead helped the 05 and 06 teams a lot. The 05 O was a bigger shit show (28th) but they contended. No one said they definitely would have returned to the SB in 07 with Rivera. I said they may have had another shot if he stayed.
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You're right. Shoop canned in 2003, Quinn was in KC 2002-2003 (played in 1 game) and then Bears 2004. Aftershocks.
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Shoop was still bad though. Granted he didn't have a QB to work with but every route Shoop had his WR's run were 5yd routes
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Trading 5 picks to draft Doug McDermott, I mean Mitchell Trubisky.
