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Biggs, in the morning, besides pretty much calling the Rodgers exit, made it sound like Bettcher was the front runner for the job. He also mentioned that someone from outside of the organization would likely want to bring in some of his own staff.
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if it's Bettcher, I hope it's the Arizona version. Idk what happened to him with the Giants.
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Ummmmm......hes a great guy to know to get into the residential real estate agent industry.....a clear advantage.
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Not sure why but don't want this guy
Biggs likes him because he's a mini version of butterball biggs and could probably hit him up at the buffets and use him as a "source"
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Bettcher is more or less the opposite of Pagano, lots of blitzing, single high/cover one man, very aggressive. IIRC he tried to implement that on a Giants team that was using a 4-3 under Spagnuolo and has 4-3 personnel in 2018. It was a square peg, round hole situation and the Giants weren't very talented on defense, and I think their corners were Janoris Jenkins and maybe an injured Eli Apple, not guys you're going to trust in one on one in space. They did have 16 interceptions in 2018.
Hopefully he learned from that mistake.
Hopefully he learned from that mistake.
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I don't expect this regime to attract a Buddy Ryan or Dick LeBeau, lol. But a Singletary 1-21 HS coach? LMAO
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Question and Im just quoting you cause you posted this.
Bears D line kinda sucked in 2020 with two huge money guys(Mack,Quinn). Why couldn't Jay get production out of them? Linebackers coach actually responsible in 3-4?
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They have an OLB coach, Monachino, and a pass rush coach, Shuey... Jay did a great job this year with Unrein, Edwards, Nichols. Just like he did with Nick Williams last year.
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You mean Brent Urban. Unrein hasn't played since 2018
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Yea, him too. The air guitar guy
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Im not trying to say Jay isnt a good coach fwiw. Just trying to figure out why the D front couldn't get good QB pressure this season.
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Falls more on the LBs coach imo. For the past few seasons, we've always got more out of defensive lineman.
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Part of it was soft coverage schemes and lots of quick, easy throws. Part of it was very little blitzing and not much creativity with stunts. Part of it was Quinn probably wasn't healthy. And part of it, interestingly, was weird penalties. Mack had four sacks (including a strip sack) wiped out by penalties, all of which were questionable imo.
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So with a better DC where do you see the ceiling for this 17th ranked D next year? I ask because I keep seeing people say the Bears are gonna have a top 5 pick in 2022 if we just pass on a QB this year. But I personally think the D can rebound to a top 10 unit with better scheme, Goldman, and health. Hard to get that high of a pick with a good D.
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I think the defense can be much better, yes, with health and scheme. But defensive stats are also tied to game rhythm. When the offense can't score it changes how the other team plays. Sacks tend to come late in games when you're winning. Rushing yards tends to come late in games when you're winning. If you're never winning it's tough to get those things.
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Looking back at the stats, losing Johnson and Skrine really hurt the defense. The unit played very well the first half of the season and there is no reason to think they cannot do that again.
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I wouldn't say the d-line sucked as much as i'd say our OLB's in R.Quinn sucked, K.Mack wasn't great but not bad and the backups are just that.....backups. But he's been good with the guys in the middle like A.Hicks (Obviously), RRH, M.Edwards, B.Nichols, B.Urban and Nick Williams last year.
Edit: Okay so after scrolling through the rest i see that everything i said has already been covered...LOL
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Come on now, you know these people have zero idea where the Bears will be drafting in 2022. It's just the negative people always looking towards the negative. We could be picking at #5 or all the way down in the 20's again.