Bears haven’t had a winning season since ’18 [12-4].
Bears have finished LAST in past 7 of 11 seasons.
Bears have only had a Top 10 Offense three times in past 30 years.
Bears only team to never have a 4K passer or 30 TD QB.
‘It’s time for all the players Poles got [in CAR trade]- Caleb, Wright, DJ, Stevenson and Burden – to step up’
Lions went for it on 4rth down 110x in last three [BJ] years.
’24 Bears O were 32nd in yards [4,820],31st in passing yards [3,552], 25th in rushing [1,734] while giving up a whopping 68 sacks [3rd most EVER].
“That’s like getting kicked in the groin 68 times.”
Detroit in ’24 ran the most plays under center [56%]. The Bears with Williams only 84 snaps out of 575 attempts. [Approx 14%].
’24 Detroit lead the league in PA 37%; Bears only PAed 18% [30th].
PA should help the RBs accelerate and find lanes.
Should be way more PS motion. “RCE – Recognize, communicate, execute”
Caleb was off target 21% of passes [PFF] Esp deep. Completed 14/68 passes over 20 yds 23% [sic] My math computes 20.5%
Of the 68 sacks, 28 of them Caleb held ball for over 5 secs.
Chicago Bears fans should be very excited to see what Ben Johnson's offense can do with the weapons they have.
Imagine what last year's big play that the Lions had AGAINST the Bears will look like with this new offense… exciting isn't it! pic.twitter.com/zPdaqCYa1J
I don’t know much about the gunman Shane Tamura. From what I gather, he was a ‘normal’ dude: “Now, his former teammates are speaking out after learning Tamura is accused of the killings.
One teammate described Tamura as a “goofball.”
Another, who didn’t want to be identified, said Tamura was a good guy.
“He was a great teammate. He was a great guy in general. He didn’t cause any problems actually at all in the locker room or on the field,” he said. “He was just a guy who really enjoyed the sport, not problematic at all so when I found out the news, I was really shocked, I really couldn’t believe it.”
There are also reports that one of Tamura’s parents may have been a retired Los Angeles Police Department member.”
I don’t know how in roughly 9 years you go from THAT to this.
Now, I know what the general reaction is
‘Oh, here we go again, making more excuses for scum…”
But if you only take away ONE lesson from Butch, let it be this:
The more science advances, the more causes [not excuses] are discovered.
This might terrify some who TOTALLY believe in absolute free will, but you can’t WILL yourself out schizophrenia, borderline personality, dementia or Alzheimers.
If you were to time travel to the medieval ages and yell, “Stop! She’s not a witch! She’s just a paranoid schizophrenic who needs meds!”
They would burn YOU at the stake next to her.
When I was in college, I read a story about Phineas Gage.
Probably the most famous person to have survived severe damage to the brain. He is also the first patient from whom we learned something about the relation between personality and the function of the front parts of the brain[…]Some months after the accident [a rod through brain], probably in about the middle of 1849, Phineas felt strong enough to resume work. But because his personality had changed so much, the contractors who had employed him would not give him his place again. Before the accident he had been their most capable and efficient foreman, one with a well-balanced mind, and who was looked on as a shrewd smart business man. He was now, Harlow said, fitful, irreverent, and grossly profane, showing little deference for his fellows. He was also impatient and obstinate, yet capricious and vacillating, unable to settle on any of the plans he devised for future action. His friends said he was “No longer Gage.”
So what happened to poor old Phineas? He just “decided”, coincidently, one day to totally devolve?
No, much more likely is sections of the brain that contained parts of “Phineas” shot out of his skull with that rod never to return.
It’s a bit macabre to think about, but we also see this in the lobotomized.
You can’t just snap out of a lobotomy.
It’s almost self-evident now that definite parts of the brain contain more than we assumed to the point where identities can alter drastically.
And if I took ONE thing from Antonio Demasio’s book “Descartes’ Error,” it’s that a WHOLE LOT more ppl than imagined might be walking around with a degree of brain damage [insert jock, celebrity and politician joke here].
If you google, “behavioral symptoms of CTE” this appears.
Behavioral symptoms of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) can include aggression, impulsivity, depression, anxiety, mood swings, and personality changes. These symptoms can significantly impact an individual’s behavior and relationships. Additionally, some individuals may experience suicidal thoughts or engage in erratic behavior
And as we have sadly seen in Junior Seau, Dave Duerson, et al, CTE can indeed change a person irrevocably and tragically.
Or as the NYT wrote:
What scientists â from such diverse fields as psychiatry, neurology and substance use â can say is that the arrows seem to be pointing in the same direction. A number of brain states raise the risk of acting out violently, and the evidence so far, while incomplete, suggests that C.T.E. may be one of them.
Dr. Samuel Gandy, director of the N.F.L. neurology program at Mount Sinai Medical Center, said his research showed that rage and irritability âare far and away the most prominent symptomsâ among former players with likely C.T.E.
The tricky part comes when crime enters the formula as with Aaron Hernandez, Kellen Winslow and possibly Shane Tamura as correlation may not equal causation.
Well, pretty fucking confused since many of us aren’t neurologists, psychiatrists, biologists or epistemologists, and even they’re still sorting it out.
As of now, we don’t even know if the gunman actually suffered from severe CTE while the NFL is trying to paint him as a barking moon lunatic.
However, for a nut, Tamura sure found a rather NICHE cause to fly over the coocoo’s nest, and given some previous social media posts from him, he had to devolve relatively quickly.
I suppose I’ll just keep my antenna up on the subject and see where it goes. It could lead me to sadly quit watching the NFL if the data keeps getting worse.
However, medicine advances at seemingly warp-speed; maybe science finds a way to mitigate, or drastically minimize, concussions and CTE.
So for now, I’ll crack open some beers and root for Da Bears to lay clean rib-crushing hits.
Hey, at least I’m not watching bum fights or betting on FanDuel for this…
I told myself I wasn’t going to post political or social issues here.
It seems a little self-indulgent for the head of a football blog.
Besides, that’s why the comments exist.
However, this isn’t ‘just another school/walmart/church/concert shooting’.
[How fucked up is this country to be thinking that way?]
This shooter deliberately targeted 345 Park Avenue, i.e., NFL Headquarters.
This shooting is football and NFL related as the motive is preliminarily cited as CTE.
More specifically.
NEW YORK (AP) â A gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building before killing himself claimed in a note to have a brain disease linked to contact sports and was trying to target the National Football Leagueâs headquarters but took the wrong elevator, officials said Tuesday.
Furthermore, the assailant played football at Granada Hills, maybe a 30 minute drive from L.A., so it hits close to home.
Needless to say, condolences to the victim’s family, friends and community, but refraining ‘condolences’ and ‘prayers’ for the Ntheen fucking time feels empty and frankly self-serving.
So here we are – AGAIN – with a myriad of emotions.
And the bigger question: what can we do about it?
Well, I’m not going to pretend I can solve everything. Honestly, I’m torn on the gun issue.
Here’s my stream-of-thought inner debate when a shooting occurs.
‘Fuck. AGAIN – who are these sick cucks!?’
‘There’s gotta be a way to stop this’
‘Take away the guns’
‘oh yeah, well EVERY government has eventually turned on its own ppl. Taiwanese would probably like to own some ARs for when the Chinese come a-knocking’
‘yeah, like ARs are going to do much against Apaches, state of the art drones, artillery, 4rth gen jets, satellites, aircraft carriers, and a co-ordinate professional military’
‘AKs beat the U.S. in Nam…’
‘This ain’t Nam, and it ain’t 1968’
‘True. Those gangsters down the street strapping and staring me down wouldn’t mind if I can’t legally buy a gun cuz their AK is hot anyways’
And round and round we go… at the end of the day, it’s just more cold bodies, warm tears, and a societal sense of numbness, futility and failure.
If you don’t recognize the man above, I can’t say I blame you.
Yet he’s the Dr. who the NFL tried to ruin because of his research on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) which the NFL, much like Big Tobacco, KNEW was far more dangerous than they admitted publicly.
“After Omalu published his findings, league doctors assailed his research â even going so far as to issue a letter calling for a retraction. Omalu said he was stunned to learn about the demand, afraid his career was coming to an end. He poured himself a shot of Johnnie Walker Red and âjust gulped it downâ before reading the letter.” – PBS
Dr. Bennett Omalu even had Will Smith play him in “Concussion.”
The NFL considered Omalu an existential threat:
“The doctorâs response, according to Omalu: âHe said, âYour work suggests or is suggesting or is proving that football is a dangerous sport, and that if 10 percent of mothers in this country would begin to perceive football as a dangerous sport, that is the end of football.’â – PBS
Most of us know the gist of the NFL trying to bury the CTE consequences, but in short
It was evil.
Just like Big Tobacco.
The NFL hacks sold their Hippocratic oath for 30 pieces of silver, vacations and country club memberships.
Though if you want a refresher, check out the doc:
It was a punt return. Our backup center/long snapper somehow broke free like a cheetah in the Serengeti, or more accurately, like the freaking Juggernaut.
The punt returner made a move then bolted.
Craaaaaackkkk
Everyone collectively gasped, “ooooooooh…”
You can hear that collision in the nosebleeds.
It’s the type of hit that gets everyone amped and used to make the ESPN highlight reels.
Then our teammate began jogging to the sideline.
THEIR sideline.
You can see them initially confused, then start waving at him, pointing to us.
He stops for a second or two, then does a 180.
Right away our coaching staff knew.
The assistant coach [not a Dr.] began asking him questions.
“Do you know where you are?”
“Do you know your name?”
“Do you know your birthday?”
“Follow finger…”
You can see the visible frustration in his glazed eyes. The hamster wheel in his brain was spinning but going nowhere.
He KNEW he knew the answers to the questions yet couldn’t answer.
He kept muttering, “Fuck. Fuck.” disappointed in himself, likely terrified.
—
Oddly enough, I’ve seen nearly this exact same reaction before – in a car accident.
That was the first time I can remember [or not] losing consciousness. One second I was waving goodbye to a girl from the back seat.
Next second I wake up with 3 other ppl in the truck groaning with the driver still out.
I shook everyone and told them to get out. I had no idea if we were trapped, or if the truck was on fire, or what. I just saw the hood of the car was crunched like a candy wrapper.
The driver took longer as he was beyond dazed.
Apparently I had flown and cracked the windshield with the back of my head which ended up needing stitches.
The paramedics arrived and asked the driver basically the same questions as the coach.
Place – name – DOB…
Similar reaction as our Center: blank stare. Searching eyes. Exasperation almost to point of tears.
They wrapped us in neck-braces, loaded us on gurneys and ambulanced us to the hospital. —— Our center/long-snapper was pulled for the game.
Come Monday, he was back at practice ramming his helmet in Oline drills considering himself “lucky” he didn’t suffer any “real” injury.
In high school, he was pretty square. Not a nerd or soft, just meat and potatoes with a side of feisty like most centers. I was probably a bigger fuckup than him at that point – flunking classes, wearing torn jeans against dress code, hitting up ditching parties, beer runs, etc.
Years after high school, I heard he got into some trouble. Rumors of violence and prison.
Pro Football Focus [PFF] seems to be omnipresent when discussing the NFL nowadays. For some reason, humans crave an ‘objective’ framework from which to interpret life. Something ‘outside ourselves’ to course-correct what our senses are inputting. What do you think the 10 commandments are?
I envision Descartes staring intently into the flame of his candle, emersed in total darkness, desperately fumbling for some objective proof, a Mathematical God, some Unmoved Mover, to save him from his Evil Genius, to slip him the red pill to awaken from the Matrix…us football fans must settle for PFF.
So here’s PFF grading the entire league. If you want to skip to the Bears’ portion, fast forward â1hr1min
A scout relayed that he graded an olinemen low coming out of college. Then that Olinemen ends up on the Peyton Colts; he mutters, “Fuck. now I’m going to look stupid when he makes the PB.”
The Bears oline talent is now sufficient. It takes years of a smart GM [which Bears don’t currently employ] to properly get return on investment in the trenches. Ryan Poles had to apply some Gorilla Glue to patch up the gigantic holes he created through ineptitude.
That being said, like the scout expressed anecdotally.
1. A smart QB can make the oline look a lot better than it otherwise might be
2. A creative HC/OC can scheme around weaknesses [basically do the opposite of what Mike Martz tried with Webbnation]
3. A talented HB can hit the optimum holes and/or break tackles
Unfortunately, we don’t quite know if we have a smart QB, HC/OC, and Bears definitely don’t roster an elite HB [NTM it’s a brand new scheme], so for this Oline to dramatically improve, mucho must synergize [including staying healthy].
But hey, tis the off-season of hopium.
EDIT. I’m burying the lead as the Bears unwisely extended Ryan Poles‘ contract. That will get its own post soon, but for now, I can characterize how I feel about the move through a flick I’m watching for the 100th time. Halas plays the German Soldier while Bear fans are Mellish…
“Gib’ auf, du hast keine chance. Lass’ es uns beenden. Es ist einfacher fĂŒr dich, viel einfacher. Du wirst sehen, es ist gleich vorbei.”
Translates to:
“Give up, you don’t stand a chance. Let’s end this here. It will be easier for you, much easier. You’ll see, it will be over quickly.”
Greg Gabriel examines the Bears’ D while Aldo updates us on basically everything.
NFL may have blocked them from embedding, so click here if can’t click below.
Few points stood out:
#1. Gabriel states he’d cut anyone who reports out of shape [who is healthy].
I tend to agree. You got ONE job. Well, maybe more, but staying in shape is #1.
#2. OK [for now] about the 2nd rounders not signing. Pick #33 and #34 have signed getting four years guaranteed. Gabriel thinks Luther Burden MIGHT get a fully guaranteed contract, but doubts that the later 2nd rounders Ozzy Trapilo and Shemar Turner get same deal. It could be a tiered result. “I’m not worried about it until they don’t show up when the vets must report.”
#3. Tremaine Edmunds might play some WLB which Gabriel contends might suit him better. Only thing I can think is that Flus wanted his Lach gobbling up passing lanes in the middle while Dennis Allen might prefer a more attacking MLB.
#4. Za’Darious Smith and Matthew Judon are essentially the same DEs. Would be solid depth, but shouldn’t get more than a 1-yr deal.
#5. Xavier Carlton doesn’t impress Gabriel. He likes fast players. Carlton runs a 5.05 forty which doesn’t bode well for specials
#6. Doesn’t seem too concerned about the safeties. Doesn’t believe the Bears are as shallow as some fans may feel. Basically mirrors Poles’ nonchalant attitude on the position. Guess both assume safety is relatively easy to replace in this system.
#7. Doesn’t know if Gervon Dexter will take the next step, but Gabriel knows he’s a legit football player who takes his body and career seriously [Can’t say the same about Zacch Pickens]. Not sold Dexter could play DE. Supposedly Allen shut the door on that option, paraphrasing, ‘Dexter needs to first learn how to play inside before even thinking about moving outside.’ Aldo was surprised as am I since I figured Allen would have no issue moving em around, but perhaps he’ll be more strategic about it.
#8. Shemar Turner reminds Gabriel of…wait for it…Tommie Harris. Wow. I didn’t see that first step explosion, but I guess he does. Let’s hope Turner is another [healthy] T-Harris.
#9. Bears’ CB should play more press. We all know this already, but I for one am thrilled I am no longer going to see our CBs give 5 yard cushions for WRs to do whatever the fuck they want. Hit em in the mouth like Peanut did. Make those speedy little suckers earn it.
#10. Acknowledges many fans want to give Das Boot to Tyrique Stevenson, but he’s still better than Terrell Smith behind him. Wonders if Terrell Smith can play man-press. Hope so because I’m one of those fans who wants that knuckle-head gone; though if he turns it around, good on him.
Still, Chicago has a VERY long memory. Just ask Cody Parkey, Conte or Steve Bartman…
Signing a UDFA this late into camp likely isn’t going to turn many heads, but hey, it’s a Bear move and piques my interest. He’s not a RAS champ, that’s for sure, but at 6’5, 273 with 34″ arms, gives something Dennis Allen can mold.
Here’s some pertinent twits on him:
The Bears are signing Cal edge rusher Xavier Carlton as an UDFA. Fits the mold of a Dennis Allen DE at 6â6 275 pounds with almost 35 inch arms pic.twitter.com/LWKcOHyGXZ
— Steve Letizia (Formerly CFCBears) (@CFCBears) April 26, 2025
Xavier Carltonâs athletic numbers might not turn heads, but hereâs why heâs one of the rare UDFAs destined to make the roster by campâs end. Curious? Watch the video to see what sets him apart đđhttps://t.co/lb43c4hm8Upic.twitter.com/CwNFK1qN9E
You may not like either of these guys on a personal level, but at least they squeeze out some interesting sportâs talk.
Some Spark-Notes from Lach
âI loved playing against Michael Vick, Culpepper, or any QB who can move really, to show off my stuffâ
I still recall Lach chasing down a prime-Vick. It was a sight to behold. Lovie Smith’s Cover-2 was almost custom made to stop running QBs. Everyone attacked their gaps. âDE just had to get a hand to slow down QBâ. All 11 eyes were in the backfield, so the second a QB split, all 11 rallied to the ball, and under Lovie, they closed with good angles and tackle discipline. On top of that, any runner had to worry about getting Peanut-punched by every defender amped to create a turnover.
This might be why the Cover-2 is back in fashion with so many running QBs though theyâre a bit more exotic than the Lovie-2
âFavre would give us 2-3 chances [for INTs], but he threw it so damn hard, hard to pick-off sometimesâ
âRodgers knew our checks. You play any team enough, theyâre gonna know. So we had to change our pirate checks [that started with âPâ]âŠso one play Lance [Briggs] starts yelling, âBig Pussy! Big Pussy!â and Aaron just started laughing before the snap.â
â2006 was unbelievableâŠbut I think we had a better team in 2010â [the year Jay Cutler messed up his MCL vs GB in the NFC Championship and Caleb Hanie came off the bench]
Who did the media get wrong? Jay, Bmarsh?
âJulius Peppers. The media [in 2010] put out a narrative that he didnât practice hard or took plays off. That dude showed up to work every day and busted his ass off in practiceâ
âBmarsh said some crazy things, but a lot of people do. He was out there on the jugs machine 45 minutes before the game. Jay simply didnât care, so it doesnât matter if the media got him wrongâ
Dooooonât CaaarrrrrreâŠ
Lach talks about hating players kneeling during national anthem, and how he tuned out of the NFL during that time.
â2005 we had four players who got Defensive Player of Year votes. Me [Lach], Briggs, Alex Brown and Nathan Vasherâ
âThereâs pre-season, regular season, and post-season speedâ
âSB, opening kickoff, Devin Hester takes it to the house. Then, Chris Harris picks off Peyton Manning on their opening drive. Then, we just shit the bedâ
âSome fans accuse Rex Grossman of playing badly, but he didnât play that bad. We gave up 250 yds passing, and 190 yds rushing. Thatâs not good, not when all season long we were giving up like 300 total.â
Iâm a little surprised by this, but perhaps I shouldnât be. For starters, Lach is a leader, and not about to throw anyone under the bus. But, câmon, Lach, thereâs a reason Sex Cannon washed out of the league. Too bad Manziel didnât mention Lovieâs baffling decision to stop running Thomas Jones and instead insert Cedric Benson who proceeded almost immediately to fumble it awayâŠ
âI had 21 different QBs in my 13 seasonsâ
âLovie was like your dad, a guy you wouldnât want to disappoint. In one game when we were down to the Lions with a backup QB, at halftime, Lovie said âcrap, darn and dangâ in the same sentence, and we knew it was go-time. We beat the crap out of them in the 2nd half.â
âThey should’ve never fired Lovieâ
âI didnât like the way they [Halas] handled the offer they made me though Iâm glad I didnât return [to endure the Marc Trestman era].â
âI had TOO much fun spending $ in collegeâ – Johnny Manziel âI was happy when my mom gave me quarters for laundry. Now kids are getting $100K a monthâ
Same here, Lach. I always hoped an extra quarter or two slipped in so I can play Shinobi or Double Dragon! 100K? I could buy the whole damn laundromat with that.
âWhat are dos and donât of training camp?â Manziel Lach, âYou learn what to take up there, what to do in your off-time, what you shouldnât be doing. We first went to Platteville about 4 hours away. Then Bourbonnais. I liked going away.â
âI knew I wasnât going to be a 6â4, 250 lb safety. They first tried me at SAM, but I was terrible. Rosi [Roosevelt Colvin Iâm guessing] beat me out in 2 weeks. They had me line up directly over the TE and jam, but I didnât know how to use my hands. Iâm now a draft bust. Barry Minter gets hurt in week 2. Greg Blache [Then current Bears’ DC] says, âGo in and play MIKEâ, I told him, âI never played MIKEâ Blache, âjust run to the ball and weâll figure it outâ Lach, âand I started every game after that at MIKEâ
Reminds me of the saying, âdon’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a treeâ. To the outside world, SAM and MIKE seem nearly identical, but those few yards were the difference between a draft bust and a HOFer. In college, Lachâs coach played him at Rover, which allowed Lach to show off his athleticism and versatility. Something to think about with Bears’ new coaching staff and life in general
âI wasnât even going to run the 40, but Greg Blache challenged me, and I ran a 4.56 at 258 which opened a lot of NFL eyes at the combine.â
âI love Caleb. If you put him in a different situation like Jayden with Klingsbury or Bo with Sean Payton, I think Caleb couldâve been ROYâ
âBen Johnsonâs the manâ
âBefore Lovie got there, we played fast, but once he was HC, we played hard and fast. He kept track of loafs. You know how embarrassing it is to get in front of the whole team and be called out for loafing?â
Still slow. Nothing really to report . Only real “news” is that Colston Loveland is expected back sometime during training camp. What that means – who knows? Doubt Loveland is full-go from the start.
However, a big story dropped that no one really seems to care about [no, the OTHER story].
The NFL has essentially been found to be colluding, though no ‘smoking gun’ was definitely discovered , so they keep on trucking.
—– “In a decision dated Jan. 14, 2025, Judge Christopher F. Droney, head of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, concluded NFL teams did not collude with one another to ensure other veteran players did not get similar fully guaranteed deals in the aftermath of Deshaun Watson’s $230 million contract with the Cleveland Browns.
However, he did clarify: “There is little question that the NFL Management Council, with the blessing of the Commissioner, encouraged the 32 NFL Clubs to reduce guarantees in veterans’ contracts at the March 2022 annual owners’ meeting.”
I mean, is anyone shocked? What’s more telling is that the NFLPA hasn’t aggressively used this for some sort of leverage, even if it’s just PR ammo for down the line when they have to renegotiate.
I imagine NFL owners meeting like the NY Five Families, speaking in code to avoid prosecution. Maybe they should hold their future meetings at their lawyer or doctor’s office like the “Sopranos”
Mike Florio, a former actual lawyer, over at PFT has been on it like white on rice.
If you want a layman’s [and sometimes not so lay] explanation of it, here’s his take:
In some sense it DOES pertain to the Bears because ole Butcho strongly suspects ‘passive collusion’ in the owners trying not to pay guarantees to 2nd rounders, three of which are unsigned by the Bears as of today.
I’m curious how this issue will get resolved. It only takes one owner to cave – could it be George McCaskey with the most to lose?
Oct 29, 2023; Santa Clara, California, USA; Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt (57) intercepts the pass by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) during the third quarter at Levi’s Stadium. Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images
So I mentioned (LB) Germaine Pratt before. Bengals cut him likely to make room for (DE) Trey Hendrickson. He’s 29, 6’3, 250, racked up 143 tackles in ’24 plus has a knack for making clutch plays
On the negative side, he may not have the wheels Ben Johnson and Allen seem to covet NTM Poles may be keeping his powder dry for a possible DE
There’s been some chatter about a possible trade to acquire picks to turn into a DE
Like I said in the pre-draft piece, how B.J. judges any of the leftover Flus roster is an unkown unknown. He may love D.J.; he may have seen him check out since Caleb arrived or jogging off the field mid-play
J.T. OâSullivan [former NFL QB and Founder of âThe QB School”] watches about as much film as any Chicago superfan ever has especially last year His specialty is evaluating QBs, but in the process analyzes everything else
His breakdowns last season showed a lot of details, some of which was unpleasant, like the baffling route concepts, D.J. Moore loafing, and Keenan Allen looking old and hurt All of which carried over into the regular season ColeKmet looking like a stud in PS sadly did NOT carry over
The Score catches him a year later and asks âWhat went wrong?â J.T. seems like he pulls some of his punches but still offers some insight
Some notes.
1.âHow can this guy not have the resources to go out there and be successful? but also, if youâre unhappy, and youâre the guy, walk in there, put your fist on the table and demand helpâ
2. âI was in systems where the starter is responsible for watching film on corners- the backup would be in charge of watching film on safeties – the 3rd guy responsible for the nickelâ [Seems obvious this wasnât the type of system Waldo ran though Warner puts film watching squarely on the QB]
3. âPS loafing was a big red flag for Eberflusâ culture.â [as was skipping on Jalen Carter, but thatâs for a future post]
Once the PS games kick-off, J.T. is someone you may want to follow
I found this curious. I actually don’t know exactly what to make of it since many believed Brock Purdy was Captain Checkdown and according to PFF, he is not
OTOH, Caleb Williams and Purdy went a combined 11-23 in ’24 season, so that isn’t ideal
Particularly when one considers that Caleb was terrible going deep, sacked a whopping 67 times and likely scrambled instead of checking down….meanwhile the 9ers just guaranteed Purdy a cool $185M! Go figure
Fret not though. In 2022 Jalen Hurts [yes, the same who went bombs away in two SBs] checkdowned 3.3%, and if you read the comments, they’ll sound awfully familiar
