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Reading in depth team analysis from a national outlet is pointless....they are looking at 1000 ft view of things.
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It was pretty obvious that last year's improvement weren't about record, but culture shift. Shifting a culture is a huge undertaking and they had a great amount of progress in just one offseason. There are multiple steps to a rebuild. That was step 1. On-field production is now step 2 and beyond.
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So during the trestman era. Well it does make eense. So mick I was wrong, Forte has been top ten in rushing and td'so once in his career. That's good I guess. When I'm able to look up the stats on the computer instead of the phone (having to suffer through nfl.com bad mobile site ) I'll look up rory'so claim myself
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You do know that there is literally nothing that the Bears could have done to stop Gase from leaving right? So saying that they got rid of him is not valid. They had to find a replacement and chose consistency over giving their aging QB yet another system to learn and implement.
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Yes, 2009 was his worst year in ypc. His worst year was better than Langford has shown so far.
Again, nobody is saying the new backs are going to be bad, just that until the new offensive players prove that they can do the job of the ones they've lost, analysts are going to view the offense as having taken a step back. It's not even just the backfield. White has yet to replace Marshall's production and Whitehair has yet to show he's as good guard as Slauson. Try and get past your bitter downplaying of a great Bear who isn't even on the team anymore and see this basic common sense.
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Loved Matt... Have high hopes for Howard...
Hope he picks up on protection fast and stays healthy....
Going to need him.
Hope he picks up on protection fast and stays healthy....
Going to need him.
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No one is downplaying anyone. You are just being bias while using terrible examples that are easy to counter. White might not be as good as Marshall? You don't say? But how do you know without seeing. It's human nature to be wary but foolish not to try to figure out what might happen
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I'm curious to if you are adding his receiving td's?
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So are you going to answer my question or keep acting like an ass hole?
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You don't know without seeing, that's the point. When you replace some premier players with unproven players, analysts are going to view it as a step back until they show otherwise. This is incredibly simple and you're wriggling incredibly hard to protest it, for some reason.
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I agree. Whats wrong with being optomistic now. That would be like getting pissed when someone is fantasizing about what they will do with the winnings from the lottery ticket they just bought.
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You keep saying that, as if it matters. 6 points is 6 points. First downs are first downs whether they're acquired by smashing through bodies in the middle of the line or slipping defenders with a cut and getting into the secondary. The point is the replacement of top players with players who are still unproven.
PIB has this weird notion that Forte's work only mattered when it came from a handoff.
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USA Today is two pasty English guys in a dirty London flat.....
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Matt Forte 1st year ypc - 3.90
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How many times can we possibly rehash that Forte was a great player for us, will be missed and were moving forward?
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It's amazing how impatient some of you posters are and for some reason seemed to be confused that John Fox and Ryan Pace haven't turned the Bears around in 1 year.
This team was bad. Two double digit win seasons since the Super Bowl run in '06, basically one playoff trip in the last decade, years of terrible drafting, bad coaching decisions all while being in one of the toughest divisions in the NFL. If this team wins another 5 or 6 games this year then I can see the reasons to doubt this regime but I think they deserve 2-3 years before people are basically ready to throw them out of town because they didn't do well enough in year one which was basically a purge.
This team was bad. Two double digit win seasons since the Super Bowl run in '06, basically one playoff trip in the last decade, years of terrible drafting, bad coaching decisions all while being in one of the toughest divisions in the NFL. If this team wins another 5 or 6 games this year then I can see the reasons to doubt this regime but I think they deserve 2-3 years before people are basically ready to throw them out of town because they didn't do well enough in year one which was basically a purge.
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That isn't even what the article is about. It's about the offseason overall. The most common thing I read about is how the defense appears to have improved with the offense taking a step back. There seems to be a lot of anger about the assumption that the offense will regress based on the different personnel. However, most analysts seem to be saying that the defense has improved. PIB's gripe seems to be that we can't say anything until we've seen it, but I don't see anyone protesting the assumption that the defense has gotten better, despite the fact that we haven't seen it yet.
How about letting people discuss the team in both positive and skeptical areas without getting our underwear in a bunch?
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Cmon now Mick. You, I and the majority of posters on here know what you created this thread for. You're not fooling many here.
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There has to be a concern about the offense. The offense was in transition last year and we lost our best offensive weapon.......it is a perfectly reasonable concern.
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The Bears are the best team in the NFL and the media just hates us. They always pick on the Bears for no reason