TBSS Thread

Another notch on Emery's impressive resume

18 games.  5.5 sacks.  15.5M  

 

 

More games played than millions spent, that's good right?

 

 

Recall some discussion about who made the better move- Packers with Peppers or Bears with Allen. I guess that's been all cleared up.

they cut Peppers and replaced him with Jared Allen. Oy.

 

once again, I'd like to thank God for blessing Packers fans with TT. Thanks God.

The fire sale has begun. Now I wonder if Forte is next..

He has to be. He is much too good for that team.

@AlbertBreer: In the end, the Bears paid Jared Allen $14.62 million for 18 games of work. Or $2.66 million per sack.

 

@JasonLaCanfora: In 18 games with the Bears, Allen registered 5.5 sacks for Bears. Team went 5-14 during time he was on the roster.

 

@adbrandt: Beyond cash ramifications, Allen will count $12.5 million on Bears Cap next year.  Probably a top 2 or 3 Cap charge on entire team.

 

@adbrandt: Again, Bears cash obligations to Allen may be over (assuming no deferred payments) but cant escape dead $ from $15.5M guaranteed at signing.

 

@AlbertBreer: Btw, only 15 non-rookies on the Bears roster were drafted by the team. That's a pretty stunning number. New regime knows it. Rebuild needed.

Forte's signed only through this year.  Probably won't get a ton for him, but yeah, if you are playing to tank and get #1 pick, no point holding on to him. 

Also if you're rebuilding, you probably don't build around a 30ish RB.

If Jimmy Clausen were to start this entire year, I think the Bears could threaten that 0-16 mark of the 2008 Lions.  As much as we bag on Cutler, he might be able to squeeze a win or 2 out of that sorry bunch, but I think Clausen is just about as bad as Brian Brohm was.  At least Brohm didn't seem like a punk, Clausen does seem like a punk.

Panthers will give Bears a conditional 6th round draft pick in 2016, per league source.

— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) September 28, 2015

Fire sale.

Name a worse starting QB in the past 20 years than Clausen.

 

Ryan Lindley?  Maybe?  

Spergon Wynn?

Fire sale blazing.

Bears traded former 2nd-rd pick Jon Bostic to Patriots for 6th-rd pick, pending phsical. Bears get back two 6's for Bostic and Jared Allen.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 29, 2015

Really good move for Carolina. Allen isn't a Pro Bowler anymore, but he can still thrive as a situational pass-rusher on a good defense.

When a player is that bad, it becomes difficult to decide just who is the absolute worst. Spurgeon Wynn or Craig Krenzel? Mike McMahon or Jimmy Clausen? They're all too awful to play long enough to provide a really good sample size.

If nothing else, I expect the Bears to have a pretty solid 6th round of next year's draft since they now have three 6th rounders if you include their own.  So they've got that going for them!!!

Alshon Jeffery (assuming he can get healthy) and TE Martellus Bennett (if Quarless is out a while) would make for interesting Packer additions. Though I highly doubt TT would do it. Nor the Bears trading them to their biggest rival.

 

But hey I can pretend I'm on drugs and dream for 5 minutes.

No on Jeffery.  We got enough WR talent.  Martellus would be our Keith Jackson though.

Forte on the block?
https://mobile.twitter.com/All...s/648983348329644032

And right to Dallas or Denver he will go

Don't want to see him in dallas.

Fun to imagine what Matt Forte could do in this offense. I love Eddie Lacy and everything he brings to the O, wouldn't trade him for Forte ever, but it's fun to imagine "what if". This O would be even harder to defend with a savvy vet like Forte running around.

Or to think of what Jonathan Franklin might have developed into.  In this offense.

Lovie loves him some Matty, perhaps. Dougie not really cuttin' it.

Scathing article on how bad Emery was and the mess in Chicago...

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicag...ars-of-misevaluation

 

 

He certainly attacked problems from multiple angles.  Kind of like a metastasized cancer.

I hope they keep this fire sale rolling. 55-14 at Lambeau wasn't good enough. The Pack needs to unleash a solid 62-0 drubbing on them on Thanksgiving.

They'll have a lot of cap money to spend on free agents. Our only major free agent next year is Mike Daniels. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in Chicago. Crosby is also a free agent, but he'll reup. Also, Neal, Richardson, Guion, Raji, and Starks.

 

Also, shouldn't forget James Jones.

I hope Forte is on the block, I have him in FF, and need a change of scenery for him to have a big season. 

rumor mill has Forte possibly going to Denver, Arizona, Indy or Tampa

That has been a big part of their problem, thinking you can fix things by signing free agents. They need to learn how to draft and build a team.

Shh.....

Dude! I love it. Yeah, bring it. 62-0.

 

Following the Chicago Bears' 22-20 come-from-behind win over the Oakland Raiders, Martellus Bennett was asked if Cutler is too often criticized. The tight end went biblical:

 

"They threw rocks at Jesus, and Jesus was an excellent guy who did a lot of awesome stuff," Bennett told Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times.

I always ask myself, "What would Cutler do?"

So I read your post, Dr. B. And I decided to ponder for a while about some of my dilemmas in life, wondering what would Jay do. After a while, I looked up and saw my reflection in a mirror and my finger was in my nose.

Martellus Bennett