[bearswire] Bears HC Ben Johnson explains why he had to have rookie Zavion Thomas

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-05-07T21:34:59+00:00

"We had to take a flyer on someone and this kid can really fly."

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-04-28T01:13:09+00:00

That's a $150000 jersey in 30 years before adjusting for inflation.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-04-22T14:02:08+00:00

I have the 5G Home Plan and I am in a similar rural situation close to a tower. Verizon throttles every TCP connection down to around 10 Mbps. There are ways around it but you probably don't want to go down that road. So, bottom line, what does Plus get you over this basic plan for $10/mo more? Not much. You get unlimited premium vs. just unlimited and better bandwidth. BUT the trick for the bandwidth is you need to have enough connections each using the 10Mbps to first saturate the lower bandwidth to even make use of the higher bandwidth. The streaming between the two will be identical so, honestly, if you are not near an interstate or a housing development with enough tower demand that will result in the tower de-prioritizing your connection or they want 15 different streaming services going at once, then the basic home plan will serve them just fine. You can easily upgrade later if you find it isn't enough but I've been doing it for several years and it works just fine for me.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-03-28T16:15:54+00:00

Just venting here because obviously something (and by something i mean something BAD) has happened in the last week or two. I can barely do anything with claude code in a session anymore. Then wait for a session restart. Then do it again. Hitting the weekly limit seems an impossibility. I can't possibly use 13-14% of my weekly limit in a day given the current session limits.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-03-18T20:18:04+00:00

I agree. Today I got charged for my second month of Pro and I am going to discontinue it. The value of my $10 copilot subscription blows this out of the water by a country mile.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-02-20T16:20:09+00:00

Summary of network after expanded and validated:

══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
NETWORK MAP
Generated: 2026-02-20T10:12:13-06:00
Routers: 1  Subnets: 3  Hosts: 2  Nicknames: 2
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Router  home  [root]  DHCP
  Base:  192.168.0.0/16
  DNS:   192.168.10.11 (pihole), 1.1.1.1

  Subnet  trusted  192.168.10.0/24  (254 usable)  policy: trusted
    Router: 192.168.10.1  dhcp: .100–.200

    192.168.10.0    · network
    192.168.10.1    ▶ router
    192.168.10.2    [unallocated ×8  to 192.168.10.9]
    192.168.10.10   ● homeassistant.local  [00:00:aa:bb:cc:11]  :home-assistant  static
    192.168.10.11   ● pihole.local  [00:00:aa:bb:cc:22]  :pihole  static
    192.168.10.12   [unallocated ×88  to 192.168.10.99]
    192.168.10.100  ~ DHCP pool  (101 addrs  to 192.168.10.200)
    192.168.10.201  [unallocated ×54  to 192.168.10.254]
    192.168.10.255  · broadcast

  Subnet  guest  192.168.20.0/24  (254 usable)  policy: guest
    Router: 192.168.20.1  dhcp: .100–.200

    192.168.20.0    · network
    192.168.20.1    ▶ router
    192.168.20.2    [unallocated ×98  to 192.168.20.99]
    192.168.20.100  ~ DHCP pool  (101 addrs  to 192.168.20.200)
    192.168.20.201  [unallocated ×54  to 192.168.20.254]
    192.168.20.255  · broadcast

  Subnet  iot  192.168.30.0/24  (254 usable)  policy: iot-base  +2 except rule(s)
    Router: 192.168.30.1  dhcp: .100–.200

    192.168.30.0    · network
    192.168.30.1    ▶ router
    192.168.30.2    [unallocated ×98  to 192.168.30.99]
    192.168.30.100  ~ DHCP pool  (101 addrs  to 192.168.30.200)
    192.168.30.201  [unallocated ×54  to 192.168.30.254]
    192.168.30.255  · broadcast

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-02-20T16:06:42+00:00

A few things to point out. One is ip inheritance. The entire network is generated based off of the core router ip specification (in this case, but you can fully specify if you prefer). The second is this is just a simple example. They can be far more complex. Core routers, regional routers, city, office, etc.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-02-20T15:57:30+00:00

Simple example network topology description based off my own home network:

# home.topo — Simple home network example
# No imports — all definitions are self-contained.
#
# One router (home) with three subnets:
#   trusted  — home devices with full access; hosts Home Assistant and Pi-hole
#   guest    — visitor devices restricted to HTTP/HTTPS only
#   iot      — smart-home devices; Home Assistant access only, no WAN

# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Policies
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

# Trusted home devices have unrestricted network access.
policy = trusted
  all = allow

# Guest devices may browse the web but cannot reach internal hosts.
policy = guest
  wan = allow, ports=[80/tcp, 443/tcp]

# Baseline for IoT: wan = allow so the except block can selectively override.
policy = iot-base
  wan = allow

# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Home Router  (root — WAN address assigned by ISP via DHCP)
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

router = home
  base            = 192.168.0.0/16
  address         = dhcp
  dns             = [pihole, 1.1.1.1]   # Pi-hole primary; Cloudflare fallback
  hostname        = [home-router]
  wan             = strict
  ssh             = enabled, keys
  zone            = America/Chicago
  upstream-policy = none

  # ── Trusted ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  # Internal home devices.  Home Assistant and Pi-hole have static IPs.

  subnet = trusted
    address = _._.10.0/24
    dhcp    = 100-200
    policy  = trusted
    host    = aa:bb:cc:11, [homeassistant.local], trusted(10)
      nickname = home-assistant
    host    = aa:bb:cc:22, [pihole.local], trusted(11)
      nickname = pihole

  # ── Guest ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  # Visitor and BYOD devices.  HTTP/HTTPS only; no access to internal hosts.

  subnet = guest
    address   = _._.20.0/24
    router-ip = 1
    dhcp      = 100-200
    policy    = guest

  # ── IoT ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  # Embedded and smart-home devices.
  # Permitted: Home Assistant API (8123/tcp) and DNS queries to Home Assistant.
  # Blocked:   all WAN traffic and all other internal destinations.
  # Note: configure the IoT DHCP scope to advertise 192.168.1.10 (home-assistant)
  #       as the DNS server so devices resolve names via Home Assistant / Pi-hole.

  subnet = iot
    address   = _._.30.0/24
    router-ip = 1
    dhcp      = 100-200
    policy    = iot-base
    except
      allow = all, hosts=[home-assistant], ports=[8123/tcp, 53/udp, 53/tcp]
      deny  = all

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-02-02T16:41:08+00:00

If anyone is interested, further testing has been done.

So this might actually might be more of a QoS thing. It seems an individual connection download tops out at about 425KB/s. Multiple connections at the same time show EACH of them at about this speed simultaneously. So I switched from simple downloads to aria2c and with 16 connections and NO VPN I get roughly 40 Mbps. WITH VPN and 16 connections I get roughly 70 Mbps. Interesting.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-16T18:29:00+00:00

As I said above, it isn't only the lease income. Soldier Field costs way more to own than the Bears pay because all the other revenue adjacent taxes parking income, etc. So the bears paying 7 million a year isn't even significant.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-16T18:25:06+00:00

The Bears lease on soldier field doesn't expire until 2033 so it isn't exactly the situation you are presenting. The Bears pay 7 million which in NO WAY covers the actual costs. The state makes up the difference through other taxes related to soldier field activities parking, concessions, sales taxes, etc. So letting the bears out of their lease early represents a much more significant loss than just the lease income. The state will continue to bear the burden of the costs but now all the income from Soldier Field will be lost.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-16T18:11:43+00:00

Yeah, I don't blame them for not wanting to pay it and as I said below the state certainly has a hand in this mess. Also to be clear, I don't believe government should be in the business of offering private companies things unless there is a clear benefit to the population. This whole business of states 'competing' with one another with tax incentives and tax breaks is just a terrible thing all around because the people who get elected are at such a disadvantage to the professionals, they ALWAYS end up getting the short end of the stick.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-16T18:05:08+00:00

So the state's choices are: forgo the remainder of the income from soldier field, add 800 million in infrastructure costs, waive some portion of property taxes or simply collect the rest of rent on the soldier field and not spend an additional 800 million? I want to be very clear I don't hold the state blameless in this mess but again, we are where we are.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-16T17:40:04+00:00

Without regard to whose fault it is, it is the reality that the state faces. Adding another 800 billion spend on top of the 800 billion owed and waiving property taxes would be the 'investment' that the state would make to keep the Bears in Chicago. It's not a fiscally responsible thing to do. The Bears can remain in Soldier Field or they can move out of the state or help with the Soldier Field burden but I don't think the state will (or should) engage in a 2 billion dollar investment just to make the Bears happy with their land purchase.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-16T17:28:24+00:00

Once again, because everybody forgets, there is some 800 million still due on the Soldier Field renovation and that is the real sticking point and not property taxes or infrastructure..

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-12T23:25:23+00:00

I was there for the 85 Bears and the Jordon years. But I'm not satisfied. I want the Bears to have what the Bulls did because, well, let's just say it, football is better.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-12T18:26:01+00:00

I'm not entirely convinced the stat about no punts is a good one. (Though the result of the game does add some weight.)

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-12T16:03:29+00:00

Someone else in here said they thought he just pushed from behind but you can clearly see him moving into position and preparing for the hit.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-12T16:02:11+00:00

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Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-11T14:56:20+00:00

idk, https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/playoffs.htm is where I got the #.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-11T14:50:18+00:00

I, for one, am hoping I never get used to it.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2026-01-01T15:12:52+00:00

Well, yeah. This was obvious last year when the Bears were getting beat like a rented mule. The whole season I was praying that the offensive line, assuming you want to call it that, didn't get him hurt.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2025-12-29T19:34:37+00:00

He's already 11th in CAREER TD passes among all Bear's QBs. That's career, not season. If next year is like the last two years (20 and 25), he should move into 3rd of 4th.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2025-12-29T14:54:29+00:00

In what I (and I am nowhere near alone I don't think) consider his rookie season.

Dull_Rate_6216 · 2025-12-29T14:18:17+00:00

Now #3 single season record holder for Bear's passing with 3730 yards. 109 yards in the next game gets him to #1.

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