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i guess looking back.. they should have let briggs and urlacher go early eh and kept the youngin... the pats would have done something like that..
Isn't the reason we got rid of Olsen is because he couldn't block?
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LOL Here are some actual quotes from Angelo.
“It was a mistake to trade him,” Angelo said, via CSNChicago.co, “I understand he wasn’t the ideal fit in the scheme, but we let our best receiver go. Obviously, it was [Jay] Cutler’s favorite receiver at the time, and we let him out the door.
“That’s on me. I understand what the coaches were saying, but you don’t let your best player — one of your better players — out the door. Everything he’s doing hasn’t surprised me. He’s an excellent player, particularly in the passing game. He’s Newton’s favorite target. I’m happy for Greg; he’s not only a great player, but a great kid. Like Matt Forte, [he has] an insatiable work ethic.”
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Olsen = fatter, slower less athletic Kellen Davis
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What is all this "we" jive. Uncle Jerry?
Did Mike Martz trade him for a third round pick?
Did Lovie Smith trade him for a third round pick?
Even when he says "That's on me" it is immediately followed by a shot at his coaches.
But yeah...great kid and great work ethic...just like Matt Forte.
(Another kid Angelo did not want to pay)
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why is it "we"? I don't know, but if it's a coaches call and the GM has to deal him, that sounds like a "we" scenario to me. as illogical as the deal was.
prior to Martz there were other players misused or played out of position too. certain players had to ride the bench in the "doghouse" for no useful purpose as well. they even had coaches out of position; that's how we got the gift of Tice as offensive coordinator. so I don't think it's just a Martz thing, it's a Lovie Smith thing too.
that's why you fire a lame duck head coach that can't command acquiring good staff after a 10-6 season.
I just killed every bird with one stone. fucking crown me with a forum award now.
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Let's stop right there.
Angelo had to deal him because his employees told him to?!?
Even if it was all a matter of Martz and Lovie ganging up on Uncle Jerry until they forced him to trade away his last successful first round draft pick...it is still Angelo's fault for being the biggest puss in all of football.
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OP just realized that getting rid of Olsen was dumb?
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The narrative always seems to act like 2010 season didn't play out with Olsen used a ton early on still as a receiving target but at a mid season point suddenly he was no longer Jays top inside target. Bennetts targets and catches skyrocketed
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Was mostly on JA, but Lovie shared blame for not forcing Martz to adapt his offense to include the best pass catcher on the WHOLE FUCKING TEAM (ok, best after Forte - THE FUCKING HB).
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As the OL fell apart and QB hits reached appalling levels, they needed the TE to block more. Which is typical of Martz anyway. Oh, and Martz refused to adapt. Fuck Martz, fuck Lovie for not taking leadership, and fuck JA.
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This is a very timely and relevant thread.
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Trading G-Reg was one of the dumbest trades. Not only because of the compensation....but Olsen was one of the few young building blocks on offense, and they traded him because Martz didn't have much use for TEs in his offense. Martz proceeded to leave the next season and Olsen has proved to be a very good player in the league. Not to mention he was a 1st round draft pick and they gave him away for a 3rd...JA was pretty terrible.
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They proceeded to go 7-3 with the starting QB the next season and had the GM gotten gotten a competent backup QB would of been back to back playoff teams.
Then they used that poor compensation to get a give Miami poor compensation for a better receiving talent anyway on Marshall.
I don't get Chicago fans sometimes, it's like the folks still pinning for the Bulls getting Kobe trade which made zero sense unless Deng was duplicated to both be the trade piece and the piece for Kobe to want on his new team
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Should have included Angelo too...I concur
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OP's next thread will be "Should the Red Sox have traded Babe Ruth?"
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No idiot, I thought the reason we got rid of him is because he couldn't improve as a blocker. I didn't realize until yesterday that he's now a good blocker.
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No we did because martz always undervalued tes. Bizarre thread
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The fact is they didn't make the playoffs and even if they did, that wouldn't change the fact that it was a bad trade. The guy they traded away is still playing at a high level, and the player they later traded one of the 3rds for (Marshall) isn't on the team anymore. It was just a bad trade for all the wrong reasons. It's not that complicated. They traded their best receiver because the OC didn't utilize tight ends. A year later the OC is out of the league and here we are in 2017, and Olsen is still a great player. How anyone can argue that it wasn't a dumb trade is beyond me.
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You revisionist jackasses can act like it would matter if we hadn't traded him, but the fact is that he wasn't an impact player then... He's improved a bit, but if we hadn't traded him our record in prior years wouldn't be all that much different.
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