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2013 Chicago Bears
By: Pekin Date: January 3, 2013, 9:42 pm
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GO BEARS!!!
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: Jackiejokeman Date: January 3, 2013, 9:46 pm
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GO BEARS!!!
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Nice update bro !
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: davebear Date: January 3, 2013, 10:11 pm
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If I've read correctly McCoy was hired by the Bronco's shortly
before Cutler was traded. I don't think the 2 have any
history.
I don't know much about McCoy but I remember Orton winning
something like 6 in a row then their offense fell off the table.
Tebow came on and threw for 40 passing yards for 3 1/2 quarters
then won the game.
Then they get Manning.
Hard to tell much about the guy from this track record.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: Grizzlybear34 Date: January 4, 2013, 5:34 am
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Speaking of back-ups and Cutler's age, now is the time I think
to look at a younger back-up to groom. I have always been
iritated by the throwawy 6th round choice of a QB that has no
chance to make the roster while you have a QB in their prime.
I'd say, barring significant injury Cutler is on the declining
side of his prime. Maybe still near the top, but just starting
to past that mid-point.
I watched the Florida/ Louisville game. Was pretty impressed
with Bridgewater at qB for Louisville. Nice poise, size, touch,
played in cold weather and is not one of those read option QBs.
Not sure where he would be picked...
Crud! NVM, he is only a sophmore...
HTML http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1467694-how-teddy-bridgewater-could-impact-the-2013-nfl-draft
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: vj Date: January 4, 2013, 5:40 am
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<a
href="
HTML http://chicago.cbslocal.com/?podcast_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.podtrac.com%2Fpts%2Fredirect.mp3%2Fnyc.podcast.play.it%2Fmedia%2Fd0%2Fd0%2Fd1%2Fd1%2FdX%2Fd4%2FdY%2F11X4Y_3.MP3%3Fauthtok%3D5561974979748387583_037hkdBHbbGwP3Y34kM0jVZHk3U&podcast_name=Brandon+Krisztal+with+Laurence+Holmes&podcast_artist=Laurence+Holmes&station_id=391&tag=pages&dcid=CBS.CHI">Radio<br
/>interview</a> with a Denver media dude re: McCoy. I'm liking
MC
more and more...
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: vj Date: January 4, 2013, 6:36 am
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Listened to some more interviews with the local beats on the
candidates.
Carmichael, good offensive mind, questionable whether he can be
a leader or "command a room."
Sullivan, good experience working with Eli and worked well with
Freeman. Shaun King says the slipping of the Bucs and Freeman
performance coincided with a tougher schedule in the second
half. Still learning on the job and may be too green as well.
This is his <a
href="
HTML http://www.buccaneers.com/team/coaches/mike-sullivan/b37ffd50-3120-4756-a5dd-e30e7ed36153">first<br
/>year</a> as OC after being Giants QB coach and WR coach before
that.
Arians did a great job saving the season. Is more of a my way
or the highway type of guy. Clearly, Rothlesberger missed him
and his chuck it deep philosophy. Interestingly, the Indy beat
says that Luck and Cutler are number 1 and 2 in 15+ yard attempt
passing. Not as much emphasis on the running game, probably
due to average talent in the backfield.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: yapper Date: January 4, 2013, 9:27 am
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Article on Clements:
HTML http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1467462-chicago-bears-why-tom-clements-is-the-perfect-fit-for-their-next-head-coach
For some reason I'm not as sold on this guy as I am on McCoy...
but the one thing I really like about him is that he was part of
a Packers offensive scheme that has just kept going even after
they sustained a lot of injuries to their WRs. AND that
functioned despite limited talent at RB and an OL that frankly
is not much better than ours.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: yapper Date: January 4, 2013, 10:58 am
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Good article by Brad Biggs on McCoy.
It sounds like he and Emery would definitely be compatible. I
also like the fact that he's absorbed stuff that Peyton Manning
brought with him from the Colts. Manning has a better football
mind than half the OCs in the NFL, so if you can't have him as
your QB, having a coach who worked with him seems like the next
best thing.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Phil Emery said the next coach of the Bears
needs to be adaptable to win with the personnel available and
Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy has done that with
disparate parts such as Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow.
A year after the Broncos reached the playoffs and upset the
Steelers with Tebow at the helm, they cruised to the No. 1 seed
in the AFC and a first-round bye. Emery will interview McCoy
here on Sunday as he crisscrosses the country in search of the
14th coach in Bears history.
McCoy also is expected to interview with the Bills and Cardinals
on Saturday and Eagles on Sunday in a busy two days. He was a
finalist for the Dolphins job last year and some projected it
was his before it went to Joe Philbin.
"Until you get that job, don't listen to anybody," McCoy said
Thursday after Broncos practice. "Seriously. Everyone had me
penciled in going to Miami last year and it was a done deal,
'Don't get on a flight, it's your job,' and this and that.
"It's a learning experience and every organization, every owner
is different so they are looking for something different. You
just have to be yourself. That is the No. 1 thing."
It will be a feeling out process for him as he learns about the
teams.
"It's an open conversation," McCoy said. "It's not about just
taking any job. That's not my goal. You have to make sure when
you make the next step that it's the right one. I have plenty of
questions to ask."
The Broncos finished fourth in the NFL in total offense (397.9
yards per game) and were second in scoring (30.1 points) as
McCoy meshed quickly with Manning. It's really the third offense
the Broncos have run in two seasons as the passing scheme for
Kyle Orton was scrapped after five games in 2011 when Tebow was
promoted. The Broncos were 20th in the league in rushing at the
time the change was made and finished No. 1 with a
franchise-record 2,632 yards on the ground.
Orton and wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, both former Bears, had
career years in 2010 under McCoy. This year, McCoy has blended
passing game concepts Manning brought from the Colts with
running game material that is his own.
"It's really important to find the person who has the knowledge
and feel to make things fit with the talent they have," Emery
said Tuesday. "That's the mark of excellence that I'm looking
for. Somebody who has adapted to the role or has the flexibility
and the skill set to make the players that we have fit toward
making a run for the championship."
McCoy, 40, has a brief history with Jay Cutler as Josh McDaniels
hired him as offensive coordinator in 2009 before the
quarterback was traded to the Bears. It's not believed the
falling out Cutler had with McDaniels involved McCoy.
Manning, who pretty much worked with the same offensive coaches
for nearly his entire run with the Colts, highly recommends
McCoy.
"He is ready," Manning said. "He has paid his dues. Mike is a
good leader."
Manning had an adjustment period and he gives credit to McCoy
for what he calls the team's "hybrid" offense.
"I knew it was going to take some time with any coach because I
had been in one system and really kind of had one coach for the
majority of my career," Manning said. "He has been incredibly
supportive and patient with me.
"We spent a lot of hours together, early mornings, late nights,
trying to get our plan in place. There is no substitute for a
work ethic and Mike certainly has that. The more time we spent
together, there is certainly a bond there. He has been a really
big resource for me."
The Bears are replacing coach Lovie Smith who was scheme-driven
defensively. Emery says he is considering coaches from all
backgrounds but so far more offensive names have surfaced and
he's driven to improve Cutler and the offense.
Every coach talks about matching their plans with the strengths
of their players and McCoy did it in 2011. After the Lions blew
out the Broncos 45-10 in Week 5, coach John Fox ordered Tebow
promoted and a read-option offense highlighted.
"That's our job to take advantage of your talent," McCoy said.
"That is the No. 1 job I have here to make sure that we evaluate
the guys properly during the offseason and training camp and
find out what we do best as an offense. If someone goes down,
someone comes up and we have to make adjustments as a coaching
staff and as players?"
The Broncos had some material in their playbook for Tebow
already, but it was a massive transformation in midseason. Tebow
completed only 46.2 percent of his passes but the Broncos
averaged more than 190 yards rushing per game with him starting.
"It's impressive because of how much work (McCoy) had to do,"
wide receiver Eric Decker said. "To be able to switch gears from
more of a passing offense to a read-option type run offense …
the biggest thing is he is very unselfish. He takes whatever
coaches have to say, whatever players have to say. He's able to
put his ego aside and make sure we have the best game plan."
Said left guard Zane Beadles: "He's a guy who really can mold
something around the guys he has."
McCoy had a reputation of working well with players in Carolina
too where he was a Panthers assistant for nine seasons from 2000
to 2008, slowly working his way up to passing game coordinator.
When McCoy left for the Broncos in 2009, longtime Panthers
quarterback Jake Delhomme made the departure easier for him.
McCoy's daughter Olivia, 9 at the time, was nervous about a big
move and Delhomme had a conversation with her that made the exit
smoother for the family, McCoy told the Charlotte Observer. It's
a sign of how he forges relationships with his players.
"As a head coach, the biggest thing is facilitating roles and
responsibilities and again it goes with the ego thing, he would
be able to let his coordinators do their jobs but oversee it,"
Decker said. "For my three years with him, he's very organized.
He has a plan. He's always structured. He's a motivator. He's
also just a good guy.
"Very personable and you can have a conversation with him, you
can talk about things other than football so you build that
relationship, you build that trust and want to play hard for
him."
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: yapper Date: January 4, 2013, 12:23 pm
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Article on Arians
HTML http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4681828/spaeth-arians-helps-qbs-succeed#more
The thing that intrigues me about this guy is that he had huge
success with a guy who's a lot like Cutler, i.e., Big Ben. Big,
mobile guy with a huge arm who doesn't always make the smartest
throws and is regarded by outsiders as something of a tool. No
two QBs are alike but I find it very unlikely Arians would run
into much with Cutler that he hadn't already dealt with in
Pittsburgh. With Cutler it's as much about managing his
personality and keeping him from checking-out as it is about
utlizing his physical talent... so in that respect Arians'
older age and experiences with Big Ben may actually make him a
better guy for Cutler than someone like McCoy.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
By: Phill23 Date: January 4, 2013, 1:01 pm
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Cutler's fundamentals `horrendous,' must change: Esiason
Tribune report
10:52 a.m. CST, January 4, 2013
Jay Cutler has “horrendous” fundamentals and the new Bears coach
will have to “tell him you gotta conform to what I want,”
former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason said Friday on WSCR-AM
670.
“Cutler has the tools, but he hasn’t put it all together yet,”
Esiason said on "The McNeil and Spiegel Show." "Jay Cutler just
wants to feed Brandon Marshall the whole time and he kinda
disengages everybody else.
“Whoever they bring in there is going to have to sit down with
Jay Cutler and tell him this is the way it’s gotta be and you
gotta conform to what I want.
And the only other thing that bothers me a little bit about Jay
… I think his pocket fundamentals are horrendous. Fundamentally,
he carries the ball low. He's very lackadaisical in the pocket.
He’s like an old school gunslinger – like a Daryle Lamonica
type, where in today’s NFL to get away with that is almost
impossible.”
Esiason said he had to relearn the fundaments when he was traded
from the Bengals to the Jets in 1993.
“Yes you can teach an old dog new tricks if that old dog wants
to buy in and become a great player. If that old dog doesn’t
want to and is going to resist everything that is happening
around him, well then you’re going to have a player that’s
impossible to coach. I don’t know which way Jay’s going to go
whoever his new coach is going to be. But I can tell you right
now that the first thing they need to fix is they have to fix
that position from a fundamental standpoint and then they have
to fix that position to make sure that truly he is what Brian
Urlacher says he is – and that’s the leader of this football
team.
“If Brian Urlacher were ever around Peyton Manning and he
compared the two, it would be like soap and water.”
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