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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...-make-playoffs-rosenbloom-20180906-story.html
The world has turned upside down Steve Rosenbloom actually wrote a postive article about the Bears. He even predicted the playoffs
"I'm not much for predictions. People who stop by Snark Place regularly know I would rather mock them — BearSSSSS 16-0, my frentSSSSS — and in fact I mocked them so often that my newspaper kicked me out of our weekly prediction group. No lie. True fact. That occurred, if I recall correctly, sometime after we were told to pick a winner and a score for the Seahawks-Broncos Super Bowl, and I had the Bears winning 75-0.
Nonetheless, Stevie Sunshine has a prediction right here and right now: The Bears will reach the playoffs this season. Clip & save.
First, it’s about time general manager Ryan Pace’s roster did something besides stink.
Second, pass-rush monster Khalil Mack vaults a good defense into one that potentially could rank in the top five, which is where Super Bowls are won.
And third, new coach Matt Nagy has installed the kind of creative passing offense that all the popular kids are using, which is considered revolutionary around here because John Fox had been holding us hostage.
I’m betting blind here. I know that. We all know that. We haven’t seen whatever Nagy’s offense is or whatever quarterback Mitch Trubisky might make it.
But we certainly have heard them talk big about it. Man, have we ever.
Nagy says Trubisky will throw deep and throw deep often, and even if he doesn’t, Nagy says there’s an answer on every play. That would be refreshing. Last year, the answer on every play was punt.
Free-agent tight end Trey Burton, coming off Super Bowl immortality with the Eagles and the “Philly Special,’’ says the run-pass options now embraced by the Bears are “unguardable.’’ That would be great, but it’s enough that they aren’t trying to run out the clock from the coin flip on.
Trubisky regularly talks excitedly about the many special plays the Bears have yet to show, and whatever number of RPOs that includes, it’s imperative to note that Trubisky has been far more accurate throwing on the run than standing in the pocket. Imagine tailoring an offense to your talent, John Fox.
I’m assuming free-agent Allen Robinson still can play tackle football like the No. 1 receiver he was signed to be, though I’ve not seen evidence of that so far.
I, however, have seen Burton dominate the middle of a field. Yeah, it came during the small sample size of preseason, but it didn’t look like Burton needed a GPS or police escort to provide a reliable target for Trubisky.
In addition to jet sweeps, I’m eager to see some bad Packers’ and Lions’ pass defenses curl up into the fetal position right there on the numbers when Tarik Cohen, Taylor Gabriel and Anthony Miller line up in the same formation in a grouping soon-to-be-named the Navy Blue Angels (trademarked).
All of this, of course, is based on Jordan Howard establishing the kind of rushing attack that makes everything else more dangerous. I’m assuming Howard is still that guy — that healthy guy.
I also am including in the offensive game plan the idea that Mack will take over whatever game needs to be taken over and get the ball back for Trubisky until the young quarterback gets it right.
I know the Bears play in arguably the best division in the NFL and are coming off their fourth straight season of being the worst team in the division. But there’s optimism in that kind of stench: Almost every season since 2000, at least one team rocketed from worst to first, and after the last four seasons, the Bears should have enough fuel to reach Jupiter.
Yeah, the big-talking Bears could be wrong or lying. After all, those events happen far more often at Halas Hall than, say, forming a committee tasked with finding a place for another Super Bowl trophy. I know it sounds like Stevie Sunshine has gotten into the hallucinogens, but I’m legit buying into the talk. I’m legit saying playoffs.
And if I’m wrong, if the offense looks like the ghost of Dowell Loggains, if Nagy forgets that everything starts with Howard, if Trubisky goes all Mike Glennon, then I’ll get back to firing Pace, Ted Phillips and George McCaskey."
The world has turned upside down Steve Rosenbloom actually wrote a postive article about the Bears. He even predicted the playoffs
"I'm not much for predictions. People who stop by Snark Place regularly know I would rather mock them — BearSSSSS 16-0, my frentSSSSS — and in fact I mocked them so often that my newspaper kicked me out of our weekly prediction group. No lie. True fact. That occurred, if I recall correctly, sometime after we were told to pick a winner and a score for the Seahawks-Broncos Super Bowl, and I had the Bears winning 75-0.
Nonetheless, Stevie Sunshine has a prediction right here and right now: The Bears will reach the playoffs this season. Clip & save.
First, it’s about time general manager Ryan Pace’s roster did something besides stink.
Second, pass-rush monster Khalil Mack vaults a good defense into one that potentially could rank in the top five, which is where Super Bowls are won.
And third, new coach Matt Nagy has installed the kind of creative passing offense that all the popular kids are using, which is considered revolutionary around here because John Fox had been holding us hostage.
I’m betting blind here. I know that. We all know that. We haven’t seen whatever Nagy’s offense is or whatever quarterback Mitch Trubisky might make it.
But we certainly have heard them talk big about it. Man, have we ever.
Nagy says Trubisky will throw deep and throw deep often, and even if he doesn’t, Nagy says there’s an answer on every play. That would be refreshing. Last year, the answer on every play was punt.
Free-agent tight end Trey Burton, coming off Super Bowl immortality with the Eagles and the “Philly Special,’’ says the run-pass options now embraced by the Bears are “unguardable.’’ That would be great, but it’s enough that they aren’t trying to run out the clock from the coin flip on.
Trubisky regularly talks excitedly about the many special plays the Bears have yet to show, and whatever number of RPOs that includes, it’s imperative to note that Trubisky has been far more accurate throwing on the run than standing in the pocket. Imagine tailoring an offense to your talent, John Fox.
I’m assuming free-agent Allen Robinson still can play tackle football like the No. 1 receiver he was signed to be, though I’ve not seen evidence of that so far.
I, however, have seen Burton dominate the middle of a field. Yeah, it came during the small sample size of preseason, but it didn’t look like Burton needed a GPS or police escort to provide a reliable target for Trubisky.
In addition to jet sweeps, I’m eager to see some bad Packers’ and Lions’ pass defenses curl up into the fetal position right there on the numbers when Tarik Cohen, Taylor Gabriel and Anthony Miller line up in the same formation in a grouping soon-to-be-named the Navy Blue Angels (trademarked).
All of this, of course, is based on Jordan Howard establishing the kind of rushing attack that makes everything else more dangerous. I’m assuming Howard is still that guy — that healthy guy.
I also am including in the offensive game plan the idea that Mack will take over whatever game needs to be taken over and get the ball back for Trubisky until the young quarterback gets it right.
I know the Bears play in arguably the best division in the NFL and are coming off their fourth straight season of being the worst team in the division. But there’s optimism in that kind of stench: Almost every season since 2000, at least one team rocketed from worst to first, and after the last four seasons, the Bears should have enough fuel to reach Jupiter.
Yeah, the big-talking Bears could be wrong or lying. After all, those events happen far more often at Halas Hall than, say, forming a committee tasked with finding a place for another Super Bowl trophy. I know it sounds like Stevie Sunshine has gotten into the hallucinogens, but I’m legit buying into the talk. I’m legit saying playoffs.
And if I’m wrong, if the offense looks like the ghost of Dowell Loggains, if Nagy forgets that everything starts with Howard, if Trubisky goes all Mike Glennon, then I’ll get back to firing Pace, Ted Phillips and George McCaskey."
