45catfan

Section 504, row 14 and I have 2 seats. Only few seats from the aisle.

The coaching staff thinks they have found the answers. We shall season after the season if they are correct or not. Darnold and Christensen both are boom or bust prospects.

This was not up to snuff with the more recent schedule releases. While cheeky, it clearly was a fun way of saying "we literally have nothing this year". "Hey, let's make it about our lack of ideas!"

My entire season package is up for grabs. Face value, no discounts. If anyone is interested, let me know. My normal buyer got uppity and bought lower bowl this year from another person. I'm mid-way up in the upper bowl, sunny side, facing away from the city. *I am not interested in parsing out individual games. Hit me up if you are interested in purchasing the entire season ONLY.

Bills in December...ouch! I mean, watching a snow game on TV is always fun.

Hmmm, anyone think Darnold might get asked a question about this match up the course of the next several months?

One of many games with old connections. We still have the Giants, Bills, Pats, No-names and to the extent Watson was linked to us for a while, the Texans if he plays.

Darnold has the arm, he just has to trust what he sees. Those late throws you can see he hesitates just a split second. While they were completions, if he rips it as he sees it, those are huge plays. Instead he sees it, thinks about it, then throws it.

The 8th year was because of the pandemic, otherwise his eligibility would have been up. He opted to forego it anyway.

I seriously doubt 2 of the 3 between QBs between Walker, Grier and Stevens are on the roster come September. I'm more partial to Walker, personally. Chalk Grier up as a loss and move on. It's on Marty Hurney that we are likely to flush a former 3rd round pick, but it's pointless to keep him based on draft position if the team thinks he doesn't have what it takes.

Yes, it happens a lot for guys who complete their degrees and still have a year of eligibility remaining. They enroll in graduate courses.

AND key players avoid the injury bug. That has been our downfall even in years when we've had good rosters.

Yep, as kids anytime we would smell something that would stink, we would say it smelled like Bowater. I had actually forgotten where we got the term until you jogged my memory.

Got ya, just about everyone had a 2nd or 3rd round grade on Nixon based on talent, he dropped because red flags. Hopefully he can be coached up (as a player and person) and if so, we could have a steal on our hands!

Did you have him dropping because of play or off the field issues? Talent alone, he should have been gone before the 4th round. I had vaguely heard of some read flags, but never got the details so I figured they were minor. I still don't know all the details, but they were apparently serious enough that some teams took him off their boards completely.

I'm generally against drafting CBs in the top half of the first round because they tend to be be 'boom or bust' prospects. However, if Horn turns out to be a true shutdown corner, then I'm all for it. You just don't get many Revis' out of the top 10 as you would expect from the first corners off the board. Not saying shutdown corners are plentiful, but surely not generational-types that only come along once in a blue moon.

I really feel they thought Horn wouldn't last a few more picks, let alone all the way back to where the Bears were at. The Panthers' article obviously didn't run down the pecking order of the draft board, but again, you could tell they had Horn rated higher than Surtain, so it wasn't about which of the two would be available later, it was about if Horn would be available later when they could get him at #8. The resounding answer was 'no' he wouldn't last, so they took him at #8 leaving nothing to chance in trading back.

This was confirmed on the Panthers' official site. Actually, they turned several offers down to move back, not just the Bears. Without actually saying it (the inference was there), Sewell was target 1 and Horn 1a. When the Lions took Sewell, the team was not about to let Horn get past them.

Who cares? If the number isn't retired (like #51) it's fair game. Sure, it's a courtesy to dissuade new players from wearing a jersey of a marquee player that has recently left the team, but that should only be a season or two. After that, why not? If the organization thought highly enough of the player's contributions, they would retire the number. If someone wants to wear #89 right now, fine. Smitty has been gone for several years now. If Smitty gets into the HOF, then it would anticipated his number will get retired and thus #89 would be off limits.

I'm actually excited about this year. Last year I knew was going to suck for a rookie coaching staff with a stripped down roster in the midst of a pandemic. The organization built a nice framework to spring forward into 2021. Solid, cost effective FA moves and a very good draft furthers the needle in the right direction. While Sam Darnold is a wildcard, we now know his price--gamble--is extremely low-risk. Fitts and crew recouped the 4th and 6th by trading back in the draft. He's essentially costing us a 2nd rounder and for a 'potential' franchise QB that value is tremendous. Rhule and staff were utterly hampered by Covid during last offseason is what was an uphill climb even in normal times. With systems now in place, cohesion with staff, familiar surroundings, understanding League processes etc... this staff is in a great place to succeed. Now it's about what they were brought here to do--COACH-- and develop players. I still think we are probably a year away from being unquestioned playoff contenders, but even this season we should at least sneak into the conversation. That, my friends, is something we've been waiting several years for and that is, in the words of our old friend Ron Rivera, "to be relevant ."

His dumb-butt cost me a bet. I had him a late 2nd or 3rd round selection. It wasn't a lack of talent, but a lack of judgement.

Eh, they have enough JAGS vying for the FS spot that they are hoping one of them will shake out of the bunch to be an effective starter. There were too many holes to fill this offseason and if FS is the last one to be occupied by a stopgap, then the front office did about as good as we could have hoped for.

I happier about the TE position than I have been in a couple of years, but still not overly excited.

Hey bud, looking sharp these days in the personal profile pic. Digging the 90's spiked hair, you'll bring it back into style. I can't help but think you look like someone, though. Who could that be?

First thing I looked for was Buffalo. Week 10 shouldn't be too cold or snowy around the middle of November.