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4-12 ---> 8-8 ---> QB changes ---> Super Bowl
10-6 ---> 8-8
Ummm. What? One is declining, one is improving. You tell me again which was which.
Why do most Bears fans seem to be more optimistic right now than a year ago?
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4-12 ---> 8-8 ---> QB changes ---> Super Bowl
10-6 ---> 8-8
Ummm. What? One is declining, one is improving. You tell me again which was which.
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Greatest Show on Shoddy Turf?
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8-8 with cutler out for just about 6 games, injuries and worst all time defense? Imagine if we were alittle healthier, our defense improved to like 20th and jay was in the offense another year.
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No, they refuse to go to turf.:shot:
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But you're getting opposite reactions because the scenarios are so different.
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Packer fan why are you still posting on our boards after the season is over for us?
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Its a packer fan just kissing our ass because they know how lucky they are to get into the playoffs.
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PackerFan is actually a decent poster. He's been around for years, didn't just come in last week like some other 18 yr old asshat. He just doesn't like Trest and will find any way to hate on him. What the fuck!? Why am I defending a Packer fan? Die you cheese eating bastard, die!!! I feel better now.
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I can not express how happy I am with the level of intelligence in our front office. That has been lacking for years.
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I quoted the wrong post. Talking about how Trestman and Rolfe weren't similar.
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My favorite teams
Two wide receivers with 1200+ yards
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That's accurate. I've been on Bears boards since 1999.
The Trestman hate thing is inexplicable to even myself. I'm a nice guy. I like people. I give them the benefit of the doubt. Trestman just rubs me the wrong way for so many reasons (and it's not fear of Bears success). I wish you all could see through him. Not because I want you to succeed. I'm just sad as a human that you don't see it too. He's a clown.
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The offense is not as young as one would think. Here are the starters with approximate age next season, I didn't look up everybody's birthday, just took the roster on Bears website, and adding what year they will be in NFL next year to 22:
Garza 36
Cutler 31
Marshall 31
Bushrod 30
Forte 29
M. Bennett 28
Slauson 28
Fiametta 27
Jeffery 25
Mills 23
Long 23
Not saying it's real old, but wouldn't describe it as young either.
Other notable non-defensive players:
Mannelly 38
McCown 34
Gould 32
Bush 30
E. Bennett 29
Weems 30
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Well for me, as long as you can score points, you have a better chance of winning. Offense scores points. We've shown we can score points. Hell, 2nd in the league. A dumb buffoon knows that this offense is enough to win games as long as our defense gets better. With drafts picks focused on defense and free agency, who's not doing wishful thinking that our defense will play better. Hell, even with a new DC maybe. I hope so. In 2 or 3 games we got scorched out of 16 games. The other 13, we won or lost but a touchdown or less. That's being in the game like EA Sports. So if we can stay in games with what we had, imagine with better players on defense. And the offense has a year under their belts and will understand it better and then a squad of offensive players are going down to Florida to workout with each other and get better. Fuck yeah I'm optimistic about next year.
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For me having a real NFL offense for the first time in almost 20 years is like having a spot-light shined in my face. I'm temporarily blinded to everything else. I suspect that if there aren't improvements in the other phases of the game next year the optimism will definitely die down.
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Those guys average 28 years old and Garza may not be here next year and if he is it will most certainly be his last so replace his old ass and your oldest player is your QB (and having a QB at 31 isn't a big deal) and brandon marshall who has shown he knows how to keep himself in top shape.
In terms of why people are more excited now, I think those reasons have been discussed plenty so far. Laurence Holmes brought up a good point about Emery and his drafting though. It was great to hear Emery admit his mistakes in drafting Hardin and perhaps playing he and Shea and Bostic out of position. However, you hope that Emery has learned from this mistakes and tries to stop taking players and changing their positions. It worked with Kyle Long obviously but it hasn't worked on defense yet.
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Do you think that it might just be a weird cycle though? The "aging defense" was talked about for years. The offense just couldn't catch up. Now the offense has arrived but the defense sucks. Can the defense catch the offense before it becomes "aging"?
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I actually think it can this time around. Hopefully I'm right. We don't need a top 5 defense. Top 16 will be fine. As long as we make key stops or turnovers. Every team is going to score on us. Every team and every time. What fun would it be if we stopped everyone on every play. Not. You'll know the results. What's the point of watching. That's the whole point of football. It's entertainment. You watch it and watch two teams go at it and hope at the end of the game, your team has one more point than the other team. That's what it's all about. Not to have all pro 22 starters on the field that get sacks every play and cutler throws TDs on every pass he makes. Where's the fun in that when you know your always going to win.
Yes I'm ranting on, but just typing away. Plus, Angelo and lovie, they had a great defense, and they still drafted defense and singed defensive players from free agency. Yes not all the time but most. At least emery realizes the offense is good enough and now I have to fix the defense.
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so the NFL head coach is a clown but the packer fan who spends his time posting on another teams message board is not? gotcha
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dont forget Wilson and Ford! i see them both playing next year
