The Beast

So I looked into an antenna for my house and found a bunch of cables downstairs leading to different parts of the house - outside, up through the floor to extend to the three seasons room, up in the attic and into the bedrooms. Then, when my dad and I were putting up some lights so we could see in the attic at our main staircase and in my wife’s closet and we found an antenna set up with a cable connected in the attic and on the east side of the house. We found the cable that hooked up to the TVs, an input and output box in the basement and some cables with a tag that said “ANT” on it. Once those were plugged in, the tv found all of the channels through the air, including CHSN. It was pretty sweet that we had an antenna all set up just sitting there in the attic. Good thing the previous owner didn’t have it taken down when they got Direct TV and then Comcast.

Hoping so. Some people pointed out years ago that Rodgers played behind a terrible line and still made plays so the Bears QBs should do the same. I don’t buy that argument and think the line is needed. Luckily and in theory, the Bears should be able to snag a top offensive lineman with a top 10 pick in the draft.

I watched the game last night and thought that Washington was lucky. But I also liked their offensive scheme and their ability to move the ball. They seem to get several players involved and don’t do short passes. They free Daniels up to make throws, something I don’t see the Bears doing with Williams. Maybe the line play is better or a team can do more with a stronger line.

Hope so, especially because he’s supposed to be a generational quarterback.

Daniels.

LT Rasheed Walker, ‘22 7th round pick LG Elgton Jenkins, ‘19 2nd round pick C Josh Myers, ‘21 2nd round pick RG Sean Rhyan, ‘22 3rd round pick RT Zach Tom, ‘22 4th round pick I was thinking about the timing of a hire, like I think Johnson might not be able to be hired until after Detroit’s run in the postseason. I’d hope Warren is searching for Poles’ replacement by now if he’s going to fire him. I also wonder if coaches like Rivera or Carroll have ties to the GM they’d want to work with.

Amen Olin Kruetz.

The screens remind me of Nagy’s offense or John Shoop’s. lol

I also don’t think receivers running 10-20 yards down the field always makes sense when he’s running for his life a lot of the time too. I can see some times where he’s holding the ball too long, but I don’t think that’s the main issue.

Does Williams deserve more blame for holding onto the ball too long, or is he out of sync, playing behind a pathetic line and playing in a crap offense that reminds me of Nagy’s?

To your point, they should interview a bunch of candidates to learn from them and cast a wide net in their search. I paused when I thought of Carroll. His age is something I considered, but isn’t a dealbreaker. I want a coach with actual head coaching experience if possible. If that person does not have experience, then I would need to see someone be a standout coordinator like Ben Johnson. If they went the Lovie Smith esque route they better have a plan for Caleb Williams instead of a variety of different offensive coordinators. This was something they dealt with during the Cutler years.

I wonder if Cunningham would stay if the Bears fired Poles and elevated Cunningham. Or if that would even happen. I just don’t see them firing the GM that drafted Williams unless they keep some continuity with Cunningham.

RIP Bill Melton. He was great on TV and seemed like a wonderful man.

How is that working for you and where are you located? I’m in Woodridge and am considering an antenna by my TV, but could be persuaded to use something in my attic if it gives better results. I mostly don’t want to buy an antenna if it doesn’t work.

Is this what you have? I have a Samsung smart TV so I wondered how well it would work with the TV. I’d rather buy something that works rather than be left with something that doesn’t, but it sounds like this has worked for you rather well. What do you do for internet if you don’t have Xfinity cable and what does internet cost you now? Also, does anyone know what Comcast will take away if I ask for Marquee to be removed?

Some reading material on the 2025 NFL Head Coaching candidates. I’ll be interested to see how Thomas Brown finishes out the year and if they’ll also interview coaches like Ben Johnson, Joe Brady and Kliff Kingsbury. My favorite is Johnson, but I don’t know if he’d consider coming here with what he’s got going for him in Detroit.

This is probably right, but does Poles getting another coach like Mike Vrabel, Kliff Kingsbury or Ben Johnson actually do anything? Or is it truly the ownership change that is needed since they Bears everything up?

Oh hell yeah!

I’m trying to understand several things: - How does JR make money off CHSN if games are over the antenna? Is it low overhead and no cable agreement? - Why didn’t they do something like Marquee? - What percentage of fans will buy the antenna to watch the games? Or will an agreement be reached with cable providers before the season? - What is the audio and visual quality of the channel? And several more…it just doesn’t make sense to me why there is no channel on cable and no app to stream/pay for. It makes me think some agreement should be reached. Maybe Laurence Holmes is right, the new channel will flash something on the broadcasts to have people call Comcast and complain to try and put pressure on the company (which I understand doesn’t have much to gain).

I actually enjoyed Bernstein and Holmes and kept them on during the workday and found Parkins and Spiegel to be hit or miss. I wasn’t a huge fan of Parkins and didn’t see the draw, but I think it depends on the kind of show people want to listen to. I’m more analytical and care less about gambling. Although “Can’t Do It” was fun when that was going on.

Awful line, nonexistent run game, no offensive rhythm. Williams hasn’t looked great. Fields is 2-0 for the Steelers.

Danny Parkins is leaving the Score on Friday. It makes me wonder what they will do to replace him. Maybe they will move Bernstein and Holmes to afternoons and bring Spiegel back to mornings with another partner.

Touki touki

Will they break the streak tonight?

D. The Fedde return was light. Kopech and Pham probably didn’t have much value. They needed something out of the Cardinals in that deal. I don’t really understand what the direction is in the offseason or years to come. I don’t know if I believe what fathom has said about their financial issues. These trades brought some prospects back but it isn’t clear where this franchise is headed, especially if they have budgets cut further year over year. They need to become the Rays in order to be competitive.