Mr. Scot

Why would Trevor Sikkema want to do damage control for Bryce Young? Maybe the reason people are saying that it's early and even the best rookies still have to transition into the NFL is because...it is early and even the best rookies do still have to transition to the NFL.

Yeah, if you think that's all you need to know to evaluate a rookie quarterback...

No, I'm not, and I'm being honest. Frankly, that's pretty easy to say for someone who wasn't expecting a rookie quarterback to look like King of the world after two games. Talk to me about how he looks nearer season's end and going into next year because that's when I'll be looking to see good performance.

How much do you know about what the other teams are asking their quarterbacks to do be what ours is doing? We already discussed that the quarterback you think is doing so much better was down 28-10 at the end of one half. Haven't seen a response.

The mood in Chicago...

So having looked around to see if there was any hint available regarding the rumors surrounding former Bears DC Alan Williams, I can't say I've found much of anything outside pure speculation. The belief from those who have speculated is that it's related to one of two things: gambling or pedophilia. But the bottom line is nobody seems to know sh-t.

No need to be. Lee would have himself if not for what he explained.

Who are Tua and Lawrence throwing to again? For that matter, when did not throwing to your first read become a bad thing? Sometimes your first read isn't open.

Speaking of quarterback brains... So now Russell needs simpler play calls? How many years has he been in the league?

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Acting like that's a big deal is dumb.

If you don't follow a thread, you don't get those notifications. You're probably set up to automatically follow any threads you start. Turn that setting off and it'll stop.

And built sh-tty losing teams around them. You don't get graded on only your first round picks . You get graded on full teams. Marty built a steady stream of losers...which of course is why we kept getting high first round picks.

Marty 2.0 did leave us with a parting gift. Matt Rhule

Common refrain...

Don't care how it starts... What matters is how it finishes.

You sure about that? Because those never happen any other time?

Thought that was a possibility. And man, is it gonna be a massive scandal if that's the case.

When? Outside of Rhule, Hurney and Rivera's second run has the worst win percentage of any of them and is the only one without a winning season to its credit. (Hurney had nothing to do with the 2017 offseason)

Have said before the most accurate analysis comes from looking at coach / GM combos, so in that vein you've got... Gettleman - Rivera: the combo behind our best era and historically best season; relatively limited sample but highest win percentage by far; looked like they might be on an upward trend again when Gettleman was unexpectedly fired Hurney - Fox: the duo behind our first Super Bowl run (as well as the pairing whose name sounds most like an '80s rock band) but the window closed pretty fast; really only looked like it might reopen for one season out of the remaining five; Fox's exit in spirit came a year before his exit in truth Hurney - Rivera: only two (bad) years initially, looped back around at a time when they would realistically have been set up for success yet somehow managed to look just as bad or worse on the second go; many would argue that the wrong one was fired at the end Hurney / Fitterer - Rhule: complicated given the dynamics (i.e. Rhule having full control) but no question Rhule plus anybody is gonna ultimately equal failure; fans were mercifully only subjected to one season of Rhule and Hurney because heaven only knows how deep a pile of sh-t that combo could have produced given more time Fitterer - Reich: lastly, the here and now...and the only incomplete grade; we'll see

That's his story (and he's apparently sticking to it) but insiders are... skeptical.

One of which Reich said was really his fault. And yeah, it is two games. At this point, he's still adjusting to the league.

How many players transferred from his prior school?

Nothing he's said about Sanders has been hateful...or incorrect.

Was that ever a realistic expectation after two games?