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this guy has been pulling a lot of social weight this offseason...always seemed like more of a draft guy. That said that's just so horrifying to read. I sure would like that GM who led the commanders FA run that led to a bunch of productive players over ryan poles who gave a bunch of money to Gerald Everett. there's just no way for me to exist in all of this without being just so so mad lol

NFL moves so fast though. Last year we all thought the bears roster was miles better than the Commanders, and now...

I would say that getting some guy to get on your page who may not want to be on your page has got to be like an A1 skill for a good coach. However my true A1 is just finding a coach that can give us an edge in playcalling/offensive strategy so we are finally not on backfoot.

I feel like it'll be like Drew Pentzig. I don't think they'd go for rivera but I'm terrified it will be David Shaw. Maybe that dude could get great assistants, but i unno. Monken is definitely the most interesting to me because I can't figure out why I don't like him more, but I think a lot of it has to do with Daboll. But that's pretty dangerous because coach resumes do not equal much when comparing them. But he reminds me a little bit of an offensive 'fangio' if that makes sense. Then again - feels like you look at a Fangio era broncos and are like "they expected him to make the playoffs with drew lock and trevor semien?" Poor guy.

I feel like at the end we'll be sad we didn't get mccarthy 🫥

ok it was clear once I got past the norm macdonald videos that this is for the class that just started signing.

I'm so embarrassed how confused I am but Sosaka is a 2025 signee...so is that now this for the 2025 season that finalizes next january? Or is it the one that just finalized? B/c we don't have 3 million from this last one.

The fact that they made him a round 2 candidate is notable, the plane is less so. He's clearly viewed as a top candidate, but there is also that Waddle said it was McCarthy that requested an in-person. McCarthy has an agent too, so smart move. That said, nearly every single national guy save schefter is starting to circle johnson to the raiders. Such a freakin annoying thing. Bears are always so arrogant for being so terrible.

The one thing I’ll say is last week Courtney Cronin said that one thing bears will change this time is they will fly in candidates privately, not commercial. So I’m not gonna go crazy when that exact thing happens.

Oh I didn’t include giolito/lopez because I counted them as a trade acquisition? I thought this year could have ruled because crochet/sale/rodon but it was still pretty borderline even with keeping semien/tatis

wow that's funny. I started putting this together too and ended up kinda bored because I was struggling to find team WAR totals. Maybe I did post it? But my conclusion was largely that we would still be a pretty dogshit team that maybe never made teh playoffs. Our pitching would have been too weak in early 20s, and Sale wasn't enough to save us last year.

No offense but this reminds me of when the board was like "no way san diego can afford machado, their property payment is killer!". For all the talk of brady part time owner, what Ben Johnson could see there is a set-up exactly like detroit - where chris spielman became the 'football guy' that helped spur the hiring of holmes and campbell. He barely has an official title, like Brady, but is a big influence in helping guide the ship. And I really wonder if Johnson's experience with Goff has become formative. There was a story yesterday of the Commanders hearing from Johnson that they wanted him to keep Howell. We may see an org with no qb, johnson may see a place where daniel jones is going to be saved by him. But the x factor is really just that the raiders are openly courting johnson, desperate to have him, and the bears are reading the dictionary to try to figure out what a head coach is.

I think there is a bit more pushing back on McCarthy as a bad coach because there was a sense that he was just a product of Aaron Rodgers, then a sense that Kellen Moore was the true genius, but when Moore left, the chargers struggled, and McCarthy led the cowboys to the number one offense…it definitely muddied the picture. He’s clearly not just a product of his talent, but also hasn’t appeared to have lifted a talent decrepit team to the playoffs. Anyway Johnson or bust.

I think the “hiring a coach immediately” approach bears have taken is extremely overrated. KOC and McDaniel were later hires, I don’t think we’ll be screwed much other that by the bears ownership

I don’t disagree, and maybe my standards should be higher. But more than anything I want to know if Caleb should get a starting qb deal in 3 years and I think McCarthy would get us that answer confidently. I could see Brian Flores as more likely to win a Super Bowl but not get us that answer

Really? Cards seem to be aligning for Brady to let Johnson redesign the raiders in his image. Bears meanwhile are interviewing the packers OC for some reason

Do you think he even called the Sox to let us know

Truth be told I think this is a great year to hire a coach. I’m not super anti McCarthy or Carroll. I really need football, so I hope they get this right…but this “explore every nook” HC search as if they are an org like the packers that will uncover a McCarthy or lafleur after bad years…I have low expectations I guess. So I guess cards on the table, I still only really want Johnson. Id be ok with Carroll and McCarthy (I know, but I would) I’d be ok enough with Monken, Brady. Id be happy with Kliff (doesn’t sound like that’s a thing tho). but it really feels like it’ll be like Matt Campbell or like that northwestern coach or some s%*#

some poster on here: uhmmm NARRATIVE VIOLATION, the Ishbia twins become owners and the white sox go from 30 games above .500 to 180 games below since they've been (single-digit) owners???!?

I believe this means that Roki believes the white sox are better than the Yankees and Mets.

the WR coach who everytime I try to remember his name I pull "Ashton Jeanty"

I've said it before but I think the big thing diff' about this class was the throwing reps. But talent will separate it eventually

Why isn't some of that McCarthy? He kept Moore from previous staff then fired him. He brough Dan Quinn in, he gets hired out. Doesn't seem that crazy. Meanwhile Jones kept Jason Garrett on as HC for 10 years despite being terrible. Gave McCarthy a full contract even when others thought he was underachieving.

what is the best job? I don't see why Dallas wouldn't look like Detroit part two to Ben Johnson.

He has been extremely patient with coaches. WIll McClay is excellent at bringing in talent. You have Dak Prescott. You'll get paid a ton. That's a great job.