Thread: a few thoughts

One, whether you love them or hate them, Thanks to JA and Lovie for taking this team out of the dumpster fire it was in the 90's to something that is at least 1/2 respectable. It was a huge turn around and both were very involved in that.

Neither were able to take the team to the next level so they deserved to go though. So this was needed. It sounds like Emery is smart enough to not shoot for a retred, and will go w/a young O minded guy, which we need. If that happens I hope they bring in a smart DC, maybe even Ron Rivera who was able to blend the 3-4 and 4-3 rather well in his time in SD and if we are going 3-4 route would be a smart move to help tranistion it.

Assuming that the majority of the staff goes, thanks also to Hot Rod and Dave Toub who helped keep this team relevant regardless of how bad this O played. And to the others, Drake/Babich/Tice don't let the door hit your ass, no one wants that residue left when you leave.

There is a lot of chatter via Chicago news papers and inside analysts saying that this might be Cutlers last year w/the Bears, for various reasons(I'm not saying this is right so don't shoot me or think I agree with it, but it bares mentioning and discussing). so here are what they are saying: Cutler all but got to run the show for the last few years and it didn't end up very well, and he's also come off as hard to work with. There is also the injury/concussion issue; pointing that the concussion thing is becoming the death nail for the league. The last point is that the leauge is now trending to young qb's who get paid a qtr of what vet qb's get and are still able to go and win(Cam Newton 22 mil 4 years and cannot renegotate after 3), so why pay a guy like Cutler 2-3-4 times that for the same result.