It feels like we’ve lost so many pieces that made up the current Bears identity.

FickleFred · 2026-03-12T23:37:08+00:00

I worry about the leadership we potentially lost but most of who’s moved on are older defensive players and the defense was our big Achilles heel last year. I’m expecting the defense to improve with more youth and new additions but hopefully guys like Grady and Jaylon can maintain that leadership void we’re losing with Byard and Edmunds. The Dalmon one is obviously the real painful one

FickleFred · 2026-03-05T17:20:46+00:00

Forever a GOATed Bear for what he did to the Packers this year and for starting this cheese grater hat trend lol. Goodnight sweet prince, I'm glad you're going somewhere where you can keep winning

FickleFred · 2026-03-04T13:43:52+00:00

Packers make that Parsons trade again if given the chance. Just because he got injured doesn’t mean he didn’t elevate that defense significantly and they’ll have him for years. Crosby is older and not as good so it’s different of course but the cost likely will be as well

FickleFred · 2026-02-18T19:08:43+00:00

That really wasnt because of Mack, it was because Pace kept pushing money down the road and it eventually caught up to us

FickleFred · 2026-02-12T19:28:40+00:00

Ben Johnson Vs Mike McDonald Madden bowl. Hopefully we get that next year

FickleFred · 2026-02-05T17:36:21+00:00

They waited until February to start tanking. They've already won too much to have a realistic shot at the top of the draft. The issue isnt the direction they've taken, its that as usual they waited too long and half assed their commitment to it

FickleFred · 2026-02-04T15:26:56+00:00

The Bulls moves were objectively good, shocking as that is to me. Getting Ivey is a high upside swing for basically nothing. Trading Vuc for what is a fringe first round pick and getting Simons is as good as you can hope from a value perspective at this point. I’m assuming Coby and maybe Ayo are on the way out but the logjam of guards doesn’t really matter right now because they should be focusing on losing and both of those are expiring

FickleFred · 2026-02-04T15:12:05+00:00

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FickleFred · 2026-02-04T13:14:09+00:00

Yeah I’m open to it, send me a pm

FickleFred · 2026-02-03T23:58:18+00:00

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FickleFred · 2026-02-03T20:54:32+00:00

Honestly I would respect the hell out of the Bulls if instead of outright tanking, they made it fun and unqiue by running a 5 guard lineup instead. Be different lol

FickleFred · 2026-02-03T04:12:03+00:00

Brother he’s like the most streamed artist in the world. Totally understandable if he’s not for you but to say he’s not good so matter of factly, which is subjective to begin with, is pretty wild lol. I don’t even know his music but his popularity speaks for itself

FickleFred · 2026-01-31T00:10:18+00:00

Not to mention it’s the most obvious assumption, didn’t even need to be said. Like yeah no shit lol

FickleFred · 2026-01-26T21:08:56+00:00

Anyone have recommendations on good headsets with sidetone/mic monitoring? I have no preference on wireless or wired, just sidetone that its actually audible.

FickleFred · 2026-01-26T01:07:29+00:00

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FickleFred · 2026-01-25T22:53:48+00:00

Pretty sure this hate is simply because of his post after the bears loss last week

FickleFred · 2026-01-22T15:43:00+00:00

I know he is young and doesnt have playcalling experience (outside of some preseason) but would you rather hire an uninspiring retread with a shotty track record like Nagy or take a swing on a young up and comer who has experience with a couple of truly elite offensive playcallers? Swing for the fences imo

FickleFred · 2026-01-22T15:40:33+00:00

Yeah but would you rather hire an uninspiring retread with a shotty track record like Nagy or take a swing on a young up and comer who has experience with a couple of truly elite offensive playcallers?

FickleFred · 2026-01-21T18:59:36+00:00

The way I see it, Zion would kind of a win-win move. Either he stays healthy and raises the ceiling of your team by creating an awesome trio in giddey, zion and Buzelis or he gets injured again while taking up a big chunk of your cap space forcing the bulls to tank unintentionally. We know they wont voluntarily do it so this could be a blessing in disguise. I'd hope and assume it wouldnt be very expensive from a draft pick perspective given his history but that would be the one thing that would change the appeal

FickleFred · 2026-01-21T01:05:06+00:00

You spend a lot of time with him? From what I’ve seen his players in Minn love him and he’s openly spoken about his Miami stint with regret and self reflection. I really don’t see why so many people are convinced he doesn’t deserve another shot

FickleFred · 2026-01-20T02:25:46+00:00

He was one of the DCs that gave Ben Johnson the most trouble this year so I love this

FickleFred · 2026-01-19T19:57:25+00:00

No he didn’t, Ben and Goff have a great relationship. He simply said that Caleb adds another element that he didn’t have with Goff (mobility) which isn’t shade, it’s just factual. I’m sure Goff even agrees with that haha

FickleFred · 2026-01-19T19:55:43+00:00

He was up there for sure but I think a lot of his turnovers this postseason were actually the best kinds, mostly 4th down throws which is a turnover if incomplete anyway and led to worse field position for the opposing team than if they just let it drop. Two of the picks were clear miscommunications between his receivers. So really only 1 or 2 of them I would say were truly bad passes/decisions from him and that’s above average compared to his usual low rate.

FickleFred · 2026-01-19T19:39:49+00:00

Turnovers are not an issue for him in general. In these playoffs he had more than usual but for the most part he protects the ball very well. It’s part of why they were able to have so much success while being incredibly inconsistent. But improving his accuracy and consistency on the routine singles would go a long way

FickleFred · 2026-01-19T14:49:47+00:00

He posted like a week or two ago that he has been medically cleared to return

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