Mr. Scot

You unrealistically getting your hopes up is the team's fault? Yeah, sure

Not about Whitlock though...and to be clear, Whitlock was far from the only person to criticize this. How does a college coach not know the name of his starting center? Especially so when that guy is snapping to his own son. I'm not asking him to know the names and stories of every single player on his roster, but is it really too much to ask that he know who his starting center is?

They should be giving up future assets to fix a problem right now in a season that was always going to have a learning curve anyway? You really think that makes sense?

And I've seen no reason to believe that isn't still valid. It never should have been translated into thinking that he'd play like a ten year veteran from his first snap though.

I know everybody hates talking about waiting after Matt Rhule's 7 year plan bullsh-t , but three year plans are pretty normal for a new staff, with step one of that process being the acquisition of the quarterback you want to build around. Worked pretty well for Cincinnati...

First off, I point out that unrealistic expectations aren't the team's fault. The other side of that though is that with an entirely new staff, you had to retool the roster in order to suit the scheme changes. That's one reason why prior draftees might not stick around, basically the things they would drafted to do are things were not doing anymore. That doesn't mean the roster is sh-t, but it does mean it might have taken a (necessary) step back.

That's not just Newton. A lot of big quarterbacks aren't afraid of contact. But it's also valid their careers might last a little longer if they were just a little afraid.

With Newton he could rationalize it because Cam was big and mobile. I'm not sure how he rationalizes it now, or if he even still does.

Which is something about 99% of NFL rookie quarterback do. But again, if that's a concern, I don't have a problem with limiting what he does.

And I'm happy for him on that front. With that said though, you're familiar with his current head coach and the effect his management has had on previous quarterbacks who were much larger than Howell. I'd absolutely b-tch about it.

Again, two games...but that brings up a point. Some have suggested that the staff might have some training wheels on Young. Because of this, they've complained that he needs to be free to throw it around as much as he wants, even if it means throwing interceptions. I disagree. If there's one thing I've seen in a load of quarterbacks, it's that bad habits which get built early on don't go away. They especially have a very unfortunate tendency to show up in later games when said quarterback is under duress. So if they think limiting him or holding him back can serve as a way to keep from those bad habits ever showing up in the first place, I'm all for it.

Think that'll still be true if he gets injured?

How much did we know after Kyle Allen's first two starts?

That can't be true. I had been assured that Young was the worst looking rookie quarterback in history

What all did we know two games into Sam Darnold's 2021 season?

Case in point...

We don't know sh-t two games into any seasons, much less one where we've got an entirely new staff and new quarterback.

That's about all that's officially known right now, but the behind the scenes talk from some of their reporters makes it sound like it's about to get really weird. No idea what to make of this yet.

The Bears have...other issues right now

I remember someone else saying they'd gone back to The Shire.

People are stupid a--holes

Meanwhile, back in Chicago... Happy birthday, dude

In actual football news...

Oh hell, that'd be some sh-t