The Bears Den: 01/25/10
by Dane Noble on Jan 25, 2010 5:03 AM CST
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... where we love watching AP fumble and Favre throw picks.
NFL to consider echocardiograms in wake of Gaines Adams death.
Reggie Wayne's first pupil? Aromashodu.
The Trib's quick look at the Super Bowl matchup.
Great article on Pierre Garcon.
Bears facing tough decision on Ogunleye.
The always thorough team report from USA Today.
Very good look at 2009 from Football Outsiders.
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Something to think about: At the rate of players dropping out of the Pro-Bowl
Cutler and Olsen might actually get in.
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.
by ifuwannacrownem on Jan 25, 2010 7:14 AM CST reply actions
I wouldn't be surprised if JaMarcus Russell made it into that crapfest.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
from Adam Schefter's twitter page:
Let this be the first of hopefully very few Favre-Watch updates: Favre told ESPN’s Ed Werder it was “highly unlikely” he’d play again.
yay.
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.
by ifuwannacrownem on Jan 25, 2010 7:19 AM CST reply actions
Yes!
He needs to retire, permanently.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 25, 2010 8:51 AM CST up reply actions
I hope
Favre does not drag this out all offseason for the 3rd consecutive year. I cannot handle the sports world being dominated by that headline for the entire off season, again. Id much rather get a lobotomy and have my eyes removed and ears sewed shut, than wait through another 6 months of that annoyance.
If you saw the look on his wife's face
Maybe his wife will try to talk him out of coming back.
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
Correct,
And then he’ll appear on the scene in August saying he wants to come back again.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 25, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
Hmm
from Adam Schefter’s twitter page: Let this be the first of hopefully very few Favre-Watch updates: Favre told ESPN’s Ed Werder it was "highly unlikely" he’d play again.
yay.
You really believe this Ifuwanna?
by Chitownproduct on Jan 25, 2010 9:11 AM CST up reply actions
I'd rather spend the offseason believing Favre will stay retired
than believing the Bears will make the playoffs next season.
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.
by ifuwannacrownem on Jan 25, 2010 10:00 AM CST up reply actions
If Favre actually retires,
doesn’t that give the Bears a better shot?
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
by David Taylor on Jan 25, 2010 10:09 AM CST up reply actions
Of actually being 8-8 next season?
theoretically, yes.
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.
by ifuwannacrownem on Jan 25, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
I agree with you, but
does it really matter what he says in the next few weeks? We’ve gone through this before that he was “definitely” retired, hell, he even made commercials about it before he had a change of heart. I won’t believe it until next year’s playoffs start.
It took Earl Bennett an entire year to learn Turner's playbook...
How is this never ending search for an offensive coordinator going to affect players like Bennett who struggle learning the playbook? And why do I envision an scenario where Angelo and Smith are standing on a podium with Ron Turner as they tell us they finally found the Offensive Coordinator that they’ve been looking for?
Bennett wasn't going to get on the field
as a rookie and had to learn all the receiver positions, it’s not because he couldn’t learn Turner’s playbook.
by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Jan 25, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
Bennett attended Vanderbilt, the Northwestern of the south. The problem wasn't Bennetts, it was having to learn all three receiver positions.
You have to be academically able to cut it at Vanderbilt, they don’t cut corners with athlete eligibility, just like Northwestern. Also, Earl was Valedictorian at his HS, so the implication that he’s slow is offensive and possibly racist.
Why the f*** would you pull the race card on that?
There was nothing in that post that even remotely suggests anything about race. The first sentence of your post was very well put and then you ruined it with the last comment.
I agree entirely.
Pointing out that it might be racist actually smacks of racism.
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
An entire year
to learn run for 2 yards on first down, run for 2 yards on second down, throw incomplete on third down and punt? I learned Turner’s playbook after one game!
You forgot the imfamous
Lose 1 yard FB Dive!!!!
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
by WisBearsFan34 on Jan 25, 2010 12:01 PM CST up reply actions
ogunleye
we have to resign him. If its going to be an upcapped year we will not find a better DE on the market. Its a shame that our GM didnt consider this before trading away all of our draft picks.
Jon Dove
I don't think
it’s a tough decision on Ogunleye. Before Adams death they Bears knew they needed to replace him with someone quicker and more potentially disruptive. That hasn’t changed.
They need to pony up the big bucks and sign Peppers. Carolina isn’t going to franchise him again for $22 mil.
DEJESUS!!!
from SI peter king MMQB
Ten things I think I know:
1 b. It’s amazing how few people with existing jobs want to work under Lovie Smith in Chicago. That always says as much about how tenuous a head coach’s job security is as anything else.
1 c. Remember eight months ago, when Jerry Angelo could have run for mayor in Chicago after the Jay Cutler trade? Seems like eight years ago.
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
Of course
Who the hell wants to work for a guy who is going to get fired? or better yet, a guy who is unwilling to let this person run his own system the way he wants? I bet Chudzinski had different ideas that didn’t mesh with the all-knowing and all-wise Lovie, mainly doing what Lovie wants, that failed to impress. This offseason is showing just how big a joke this team really is and now Philllips and Lovie are looking like complete jackasses. Why did they assume that everyone was beating down their door to work here? idiocy that’s why. We’re going to have an even worse season this year so we have to hang on for a bit longer Bears fans.
by frenchbears113 on Jan 25, 2010 8:49 AM CST up reply actions
yeah
yeah i saw that too and peter king is pretty linked in to league news and whispers.. why is it everyone knows this excEPT the bears LOL
Does it make me a bad person
that I’m enjoying reading the Daily Norseman’s comments section so much today?
by ClawsClawsClaws on Jan 25, 2010 8:19 AM CST reply actions
Na
reading that stuff makes the day go by quicker…..especially when you are at work…..
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
by CloudyFuture on Jan 25, 2010 8:22 AM CST up reply actions
Agreed
I’ve heard about whining but jeez. They’re blaming the refs. The billion turnovers and 12 men on the field penalty had nothing to do with the loss. And that if they bothered to look at the replay, the low hit on Favre was accidental. The defender was pushed into Favre by Favre’s own lineman. So again, suck it Vikes fans!
by frenchbears113 on Jan 25, 2010 9:11 AM CST up reply actions
Did you hear the minny media after the game?
they were talking about how the saints were playing dirty by nailing favre thus doing it on purpose and after the personal foul penalties the saints defense were celebrating the illegal hits….
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
by CloudyFuture on Jan 25, 2010 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
Really?
You mean players were deliberately taking dirty shots at the QB? That’s terrible! What’s this world coming to??!
Couldn’t help but notice how Favre gets buried and the flag comes out but (I believe it was) the last Saints drive of regulation nearly the same thing happened to Brees, but of course, no flag. Please tell me that the league doesn’t protect the high profile guys like Farve, Manning, Brady, etc.
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
It's pretty easy to get upset about calls that didn't go your way in a loss
I saw quite a few penalties the Vikings committed that weren’t called. They were getting quite a few of those. I had to be gracious in defeat a few years ago when the Saints lost to the Bears because I knew that my team lost. The scoreboard showed that, but I still know Saints fans who obsess about that conference championship game and say it was rigged. Maybe this will get them to shut up because I’ve been over that loss for years now.
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
I suppose
the non-calls even out over the course of a game. My only problem is the inconsistency and, dare I say, apparent favoritism shown some players.
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
The NFL certainly is not as bad as the NBA
It’s hard for me to even watch an NBA game featuring a big star because the whole attitude is that those guys are the money makers and people want to watch them play.
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
Ahhh..one of my favorites games I have ever attended.
That was the best tailgate of all time!! Bears roll to 39 points..those were the days.
" Former Original WCG Power Poster!"
It makes you perfectly human
I’m just glad we don’t have to hear or see another Favre post-game interview for at least another year.
Yeah, I’m not sure how fans can blame the refs when the Vikes turned the ball over twice inside the ten, and had a very costly penalty which very well could’ve ended the game.
"But it doesn't matter what I do, what I choose. I'm what's wrong. This is fate" - Dexter season 4....I mean Lovie season 6.
Which penalty?
The 12 men on the field or the phantom pass interference call on Leber (from what I could see with the limited CBS replays)?
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
I was thinking the 12 men on the field
cause it took them out of FG range, and cause them to pass the ball rather than giving it to AP.
"But it doesn't matter what I do, what I choose. I'm what's wrong. This is fate" - Dexter season 4....I mean Lovie season 6.
Gotcha
I said to my wife on the last Favre pick “this play is gonna’ be a classic Favre bootleg where he rolls out and buys time for that underneath guy to come free”. Classic was right!
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
It makes you Normal
They are the most irritating and obnoxious fan base there is. Bad karma follows that franchise thank god..
" Former Original WCG Power Poster!"
Not at all.
Over at APC, nearly every time the Packers lost, Vikings fans (some of them, not all) would come over to gloat. In fact, at one point, someone who is a Vikings fan chastised Vikings fans for doing this, and then told me that we could go over and trash-talk at DN after the Vikings’ next loss.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 25, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
I would probably like that guy.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
No.
It makes you sadistic. The fact that you’re a Bears fan makes you masochistic. So, at least within the context, you’re normal.
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
Nope
I would be pissed at Bobby McCray since he was also the one that knocked Kurt Warner out, and seeing him be the one that took down Favre would make him look like a dirty player.
But the Vikings blew it, plain and simple. They are whining too much.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
From Dickerson
Believe it or not, there was some speculation Sunday that Chudzinski failed to “blow away” the Bears during his interview, and that fact, coupled with San Diego’s desire to bring him back, squashed any chance of the coach landing in Chicago.
Let’s start by saying you can’t blame Chudzinski if he decided to take a pass on the Bears job. How could you? He’s already got a solid gig with the Chargers, and since Turner just signed an extension, the security factor is certainly in Chudzinski’s favor if he opts to return to San Diego. …….
What’s fascinating is this idea the Bears weren’t impressed by Chudzinski. ………
This is not meant to be an insult, but does anybody possess offensive expertise at Halas Hall?………….
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
That last sentence
Is why I find it amazing that people criticize Cutler for having a say in this hire. He has more experience and better judgment at what’s needed offensively than anyone at Halas Hall
More like
Lovie and company failed to “blow away” Chud.
"But it doesn't matter what I do, what I choose. I'm what's wrong. This is fate" - Dexter season 4....I mean Lovie season 6.
Funny
I guess the term “blow away” in Bear-speak means unemployed and will work cheap. Brings new meaning to the term “windy city”.
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
Bear's Den...
where we love seeing the Offensive ROTY and All-Day fumble the ball all over the field.
"But it doesn't matter what I do, what I choose. I'm what's wrong. This is fate" - Dexter season 4....I mean Lovie season 6.
Sort of surprised at all the vikings fans down here
Knew there were other NFL fans down here but all this morning so far on the local sports radio show is viking fans calling in and complaining about the game yesterday…..
Makes for good radio as they blame everything from the refs in overtime marching the no offense down the field at will to ripping on ap, favres pick at the end of regulation and chillys bad coaching by having 12 men in the huddle after a time out…..
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
As I was watching the game
with time running out I said " we need a damn false start or something to get them out of FG range" and Chilly pulls the 12 men in the huddle boner..classic!
" Former Original WCG Power Poster!"
Not only that another viking fan mentioned
from that point in the field that would of been a 55 yard FG….Which is longwells longest FG he has hit not only in the past but also this year indoors….and longwell was hitting 55 yarders during warm ups…..so why pass ? why not run get a few more yards (at least 3) and make it around a 50 yarder….You never know what would have happened….he could of hit it….the viking fan sounded very upset….said he will not watch the super bowl this year….
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
by CloudyFuture on Jan 25, 2010 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
Peter King
MMQB article covers the last few minutes of the game. They choked.
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
vikings home announcers call on favre INT to end regulation
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
I love the ending of that.
That just made me LOL. Thanks!
"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 25, 2010 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
LOL!!! Paul Allen is
Radio Gold. I lived in Minnesota for a while and listened to him out there. He’s really great and passionate about the Vikings. That reaction is classic.
"This isn't Detroit...
it’s the Super Bowl!!!" Ouch!
"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith
Almost as good as this
NOOO!!! NNNOOOOO!!!!!!! The Cardinals have knocked the Vikings out of the playoffs!!!
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
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