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STEP DOWN OFF THE LEDGE!!!
Yep. I wouldn’t mind OL and QB with those two 2nd round picks in 2020 if draft falls that way. Even if Mitch picks it up and plays overall “average”. Why not allow Nagy to pick another? Just like he did with Montgomery.Well on the bright side, if Trubisky doesn't pan out, then it makes the salary cap a lot easier to manage. Contracts that the Bears will need to address in the next couple of years:
RRH, Cohen, EJ, Roquan Smith as soon as possible-dude was all over the field, Danny T, Trubisky(?), Deon Bush or HHCD, I'm sure I'm missing somebody.
Yep. I wouldn’t mind OL and QB with those two 2nd round picks in 2020 if draft falls that way. Even if Mitch picks it up and plays overall “average”. Why not allow Nagy to pick another? Just like he did with Montgomery.
With mounting evidence that Mitch is not progressing to the heights that we were hoping for it is probably time to think about what the Bears should do to get out of this mess.
I am not saying that they are going to dump Mitch or that they should flush him, I am saying a plan should be put in place if he is simply an average/inconsistent QB.
My Plan
1. Take Ryan Pace behind the wood shed and beat him, but you do not fire him.
The media, fans, George McCaskey should destroy Ryan Pace for his conviction on Trubisky, for the organizational "consensus", for the trade up, all of it. You cannot miss on the 2nd pick in the draft and simply shrug your shoulders and move on. Pace went all in on Trubisky and even traded up for him, his failure while not life threatening, should be a body blow to Pace.
On the flip side he is drafting too well right now for the team to move on from him.
2. Empower Matt Nagy.
I think that this is fair consequence for Pace. Nagy has already defacto become the face of the franchise, now he answers directly to Ted and George and Pace goes down a rung. There has to be some tangible consequences for a miss of this magnitude.
3. Pick up Mitch's 5th year option.
It would be idiotic not to. It is only guaranteed for long term injury and if the light bulb does go on in year 4, which is unlikely, you have him locked up for a reasonable rate. If in year 4 he loses his job or continues to play "meh" football you rescind the tag and move on. There is no point in releasing Mitch before his 5th year as his money in 2020 is guaranteed.
4. Look for veteran competition.
I am no longer super interested in paying Chase Daniel 5-6 million/season to be a mentor for a guy who does not improve and grow. So Daniel can take a walk. The issue with a veteran option is price. The Bears have some serious contracts to deal with in 2020 and I am not sure they can afford an Alex Smith type player even at an injury reduced rate.
5. Let Nagy pick someone in the draft.
Let Nagy pick a guy in this draft and draft them regardless of round. He likes a guy in the 2nd, take him. He likes a guy in the 3rd or 4th, take him. He likes a guy in the 5th take him. There has to be a rookie QB drafted to compete and now we have Nagy making the choice and not Pace who clearly sucks at QB evaluation. Nagy's hand picked guy legitimately competes with Trubisky and we see what happens.
6. Be prepared to draft a guy round 1 in 2021.
It sucks to be in this position, but if Trubisky does not work out you have to be ready to go all in again. We have a tight window with the increasing cap cost of the defense and the Bears need to continue to be bold at QB.
Wait. If Mitch doesn't develop, you empower Nagy? Doesn't that assume his lack of development was all Mitch and Nagy bears no blame for multiple games now for not doing Mitch any favors at all in his planning and playcalling? If Mitch doesn't develop, I presume we do not win the NFC and if THAT happens, I want to look hard at what Nagy did throughout the year before I make the call to empower him, all I am saying.
STEP DOWN OFF THE LEDGE!!!
I would place the blame more on Pace. Mitch was always the more risky/less experienced option.
Sign Alex Smith.
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Just stop.Luke Falk...
Yeah but why does it follow that Nagy gets empowered? You are presuming Nagy learns and grows and develops into a legit coach. That is just as much of an open question at this point in time.
I would place the blame more on Pace. Mitch was always the more risky/less experienced option.
Following up my point: Pace has at least the benefit of building the defense and if Nagy continues to struggle, you could argue Pace gets a -1 for drafting Mitch but gets credit for the talent on D.
Nagy meanwhile may very well get a minus for the whole offense and that is his only job. Pace should get hammered for drafting Mitch yes, but if Nagy goes trestman (ok no ONE could go that bad) but goes Trestman-lite on us, then he doesn't get empowered but he is out with thanks for 2018 and Pace is also out with thanks for the D
Could we at least let Vick Ashley give him a punch in the gut?Didn’t Nagy and Reid prefer Trubisky to Mahomes and Watson? Wasn’t it Veach that wanted Mahomes?
@Toast88 posted that take and he’s in the KC media.
The woodshed thing is ridiculous. The guy has built the best defense in football. Nobody is perfect.
Chase Daniel is a huge joke of a roster spot. If you want him to mentor Trubs, make him a 2nd QB coach and move Bray up. If something happens to Trubisky, I am sure that no team will have signed Chase Daniel away. Bray has a million times more chance of actually showing something (good) than Chase ever could. Why did Daniel get the roster spot? Because he knows the system. Bray has probably the same amount of time in the same system (KC & Chicago) and actually has some potential.At minimum we have to get someone to push Mitch other than Chase Daniel. He is clearly only a fill in type guy for a couple weeks and in no way a threat to start. If mitch keep sucking into mid season, you gotta get something else brewing