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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: dallasbear Date: May 22, 2016, 3:27 pm
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He'll probably be looking for another team regardless in 2017.
I think Bennett lost himself some money with the trade to the
Pats. With Gronk at the other TE spot how many balls will
Bennett see? If he made nice with the Bears org he could have
had another monster year and set himself up for big $ in his
contract year.
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: navigator Date: May 22, 2016, 4:49 pm
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Bennet will a decent season and sign with another team in the
offseason and the Patriots will get a supplemental draft pick.
It is the Patriot way.
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Some fascinating stuff of the 85 Bears Defense from the ENEMY :D
By: Bears4Ever Date: May 23, 2016, 8:17 am
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Part of series- pretty interesting...
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTj3-kX-7DA&feature=youtu.be
"Double Cheeseburger"... lol :D
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: Jackiejokeman Date: May 23, 2016, 3:31 pm
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Well shht Howdy !
Whatever we had in the past is out the door for what we have in
the future.
Now it's a new game and how does anybody fit in , in a BEARS
TEAM ...
that nobody has ever seen ?
Somebody launched Marshall ... Bennett ...Forte ...
they better hope they are right with what has been replaced.
MEANWHILE , we went apeshht on DEFENSE.
You probably noticed we SUCKED at DEFENSE.
So there you have it. Somebody's paying attention.
Whether they got it right ... taking to the field answer's
that.
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: Sportster Date: May 23, 2016, 3:59 pm
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At least it'll be different faces on D and we've needed that,
ehh JJ
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: Jackiejokeman Date: May 23, 2016, 4:33 pm
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Sporty,
Does it gel ? Let this TEAM take to the FIELD.
Can CHICAGO BEARS FKKKKKKKKKOVER the NFL?
That's all that counts ... W-L. ;D
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: WshflThinking Date: May 23, 2016, 5:33 pm
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[B] That's all that counts ... W-L. ;D [/B]
That's the only thing you look at. That's what BETTER means to
you. You can look better and play better and still not have an
improved record
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: chifaninva Date: May 23, 2016, 7:01 pm
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[quote author=Bears4Ever link=topic=434.msg271442#msg271442
date=1464009462]
Part of series- pretty interesting...
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTj3-kX-7DA&feature=youtu.be
"Double Cheeseburger"... lol :D
[/quote]
Yep, cool!!
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: boogie Date: May 24, 2016, 8:59 am
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Vic Fangio has been a defensive coordinator in the NFL since
1995. He's known as one of the top defensive minds in the game,
yet that wasn't always the consensus opinion. In fact, his first
11 years as a DC - during which he led the defenses of the
Carolina Panthers (1995-1998), Indianapolis Colts (1999-2001)
and Houston Texans (2002-2005) - were fraught with extreme ups
and downs.
He led Top 10 NFL defenses in is first two years with the
Panthers, including the No. 2 overall unit in 1996. Yet things
began to quickly unravel and by 1998, the Panthers defense
ranked 28th in the league. With the Colts, Fangio's defenses
never ranked higher than 15th and he was fired after his unit
finished 31st in the league in 2001.
Things didn't improve with the Texans, where his units never
finished higher than 16th and twice finished 31st in total
defense.
In 2006, it was unclear if Fangio would ever again get a shot to
lead an NFL defense. He worked in Baltimore as a defensive
assistant for a few years, then as linebackers coach, before
taking a collegiate DC job at Stanford under Jim Harbaugh.
During that time, Fangio got his bearings and when he took over
as coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers in 2011, he was on the
precipice of becoming a premiere NFL coordinator.
In four seasons with the 49ers, Fangio had nearly unprecedented
success. In his first year in San Francisco, his unit finished
2nd overall, 2nd in points allowed and 1st in run defense. In
2012: 3rd overall, 4th vs. pass, 3rd vs. run, 2nd in points
allowed. In 2013: 5th overall, 7th vs. pass, 4th vs. pass, 3rd
in points allowed. In 2014: 5th overall, 5th vs. pass, 7th vs.
run, 10th in points allowed.
It's necessary to look back at Fangio's recent success when
attempting to gauge how good the Chicago Bears defense will be
in 2016. Specifically, can the Bears be a Top 10 defense under
Fangio this season?
That's a laughable proposition to outsiders but when we look
closer, a Top 10 Bears defense this year should be expected.
Consider last season, when the Bears had two inept inside
linebackers, were dangerously inexperienced at safety, were
nursing injuries to all three of their top edge rushers and were
depleted along the defensive line. Yet Fangio still cobbled
together a defense that finished 14th overall, 4th vs. pass,
20th vs. run and 22nd in points allowed.
Those numbers might not jump off the page but they are
impressive considering the dearth of defensive talent on last
year's roster.
This off-season, GM Ryan Pace made a concerted effort to raise
the level of talent on defense. He added the top two free-agent
inside linebackers in Danny Trevathan and Jerrell Freeman and a
hulking interior defender in Akiem Hicks, then used a
first-round pick on speed rusher Leonard Floyd, along with three
mid-round secondary players, a third-round interior pass rusher
and a fourth-round linebacker with long-term starter potential.
In addition, both Lamarr Houston and Willie Young are
100-percent healthy and not, like last year, coming off severe
lower body injuries. Those two excelled in Fangio's defense
after getting healthy in the second half last season, combing
for 12.5 sacks between Weeks 9-17. Imagine what those two can
accomplish alongside Pernell McPhee in a season of full health.
And if Floyd and Jonathan Bullard bring even more value on
passing downs, the Bears should improve dramatically in team
sacks - they ranked 22nd in sacks last year.
For all those reasons, it's not absurd to believe the Bears can
be a Top 10 pass-rushing unit next season, which will
dramatically reduce the pressure on a secondary that still has a
number of question marks.
Yet there's hope for the secondary as well. Kyle Fuller improved
substantially in the second half of the 2015 season, while Tracy
Porter resurrected his career under defensive backs coach Ed
Donatell. And if just one of those young draft picks steps up
this year, the secondary, which was Top 5 in the league last
year, should stabilize considerably.
For the Bears to be a Top 10 defense this year, they only need
move up four spots in the rankings. Considering all the
off-season additions and improved health, as well as the fact
that Fangio is still in charge, if they don't develop into a
Top-10 unit, it will actually be disappointing.
Fangio has proven capable of creating elite units when given the
right players and his defense was infused with fresh new talent
at every single position. If he can build a Top 14 unit with
Shea McClellin in charge, he should be able to mold a Top 10,
and potentially Top 5 unit, with guys like Trevathan, Freeman,
Hicks, Floyd and Bullard now in the fold.
If and when that happens, they will have once again earned the
right to be called the Monsters of the Midway.
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: WshflThinking Date: May 24, 2016, 9:25 am
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Nice article. Clearly Fangio needs quality talent to mold into a
top defensive unit. We need the return of the Monsters of the
Midway. He had crap last year. Lets hope this year the defense
improves.
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