The WRs taken inside the top 5 in the last 15 years were,
Chase
Davis
Cooper
Watkins
Blackmon
Green
Every one of them were thought to be long term elite WRs. So many other top 5 picks thought to be generational talents ended up being busts.
Most draft picks despite how good they were in college are not game changers.
The only reason to not take a chance on a QB is Fields is it.
Wild that everyone keeps saying that Flus and Getsy are the worst coaches in Bears history. Had people saying they would rather have Nagy or Trestman back for the rest of the season.
Confidence is the most important key to winning. If you think you're going to win, your play dramatically improves.
Having the locker room split hurts confidence. Knowing if you have a bad game you could be replaced at any time is bad for confidence.
Trade Fields and get draft someone who can contribute now. It's what's best for the team and for him.
Teams tend to win an extra half game after firing their head coach, especially early on.
However it's difficult to compare any of them to our situation. Normally the DC and OC kind of step up and take over their side of the field, and the let the HC just do HC stuff.
Bears already lost their DC and the HC is effectively the DC.
So let's say we fire Flus and Getsy. Now we have a positional coach or outsider as our HC, OC, and DC. As far as I know, that's never happened.
Let's just say we fire Flus, the team will have been through 3 DC changes in a single season.
On top of that, we decided to go with a really young coaching staff to back up our first time HC, OC and DC. It's great to have alot of young fresh tallent you can shape, but now that we;re in a situation like this, you don't have much experience to lean on. How do you fire your coaching staff and trust things are going to fall apart further?
| Position | Age |
|---|---|
| ST | 43 |
| LB | 41 |
| S | 46 |
| TE | 36 |
| CB | 66 |
| QB | 35 |
| OLine | ?? |
| DLine | ?? |
| WRs | 56 |
| RB | ?? |
And to anyone who says it can't get worse, it can always get a whole lot worse. We not only have to worry about this season, but this offseason where we have to convince free agents we were just a QB and coach away.
With games like the Lions, where we barely lost, we can do that. If we lost by 20 points, maybe not.
Every QB ever has bad games. The question is how often do they have good and bad games. Here are each of their stats over this and last season,
| Stat | Fields | Hurts |
|---|---|---|
| Starts | 21 | 25 |
| Under 150 yards | 8 | 0 |
| Under 200 yards | 15 | 7 |
| Over 250+ yards | 3 | 11 |
| Over 300 yards | 1 | 7 |
| 1 or less total TD | 8 | 4 |
| 3+ total TDs | 5 | 11 |
| 0 INTs | 8 | 14 |
| 2+ INTs | 3 | 3 |
| 1 or less Sacks | 0 | 5 |
| 5+ Sacks | 6 | 1 |
Hurts tends to be having double the good games, and half the bad games.
Two more comments,
Our roster is okay all around outside of QB and C. Not alot to be excited about, but I'd be okay with all our other positions if we went into next season with our current healthy starter.
What we need is stars, and there's not a position I don't think we couldn't stand to upgrade. We should take the best player available no matter what.
If we draft a tackle, maybe Jones, Wright, or the rookie can swing inside. Maybe we trade one.
When Eberflus reads this, I'm sure he will be convinced.
How many QBs have failed all 3 years starting on the team that drafted them, then succeeded long term elsewhere? The only QB I can think of in the past 10+ years is Tannehill and he just got replaced, and of course he outplayed Feilds on his original team. Maybe Geno Smith, but he's just looking passable rather than good.
If he does become a franchise QB somewhere else, then it was the right move (because it never happens), and we accept that football is crazy.
Last November the top 10 for this year were,
Average 40.0M
It's going to be higher than this year, but it's not going to be anywhere near where it's set now.
It's got a tighter spread than Monday Night Football. It's also a must win for the Bears as they have the Panthers 1st. There are alot worse games to watch this week.
Belichick has a hard ass coaching style. Players hate it, but will deal with it when the coach has earned their respect. You do it his way, and you get results.
His system also looks for very specific traits in its players. Stars on the Patriots tend to not play well on other teams.
Now coaches under Belichik learn his system, and his coaching style. They try to bring the Patriot way elsewhere. The roster isn't built for it, and the players are not happy.
Philly is loaded everywhere. It's not like they have holes elsewhere and loaded up their line.