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oh this is replacing Curt Hasler. I thought he was the asst Pitching Coach. Makes sense.

did we have a bullpen coach before?

unfortunately that spiderman celebration is terrible. I'd remove him from my list.

A pitcher where a scout says they could be a reliever? Well I never!

Ah well maybe next year

Just staring at his dossier of why grifol is the perfect manager every night, weeping at its glory

I was wondering about that earlier if teams have a kind of “don’t hire” pact when they send these guys to the AFL so they don’t have to worry about guys getting poached.

obviously our plan is to continue to just have eder bug this guy in spring training. AFTER THAT is when we should worry.

I feel like this group has extreme "late 70s/early 80s bulls" energy. Like a completely forgettable era where you'd hear people be like "yeah Bob Love was pretty good"

If they beat Alabama with him leading it, I could see Jayden Daniels take control of it.

One thing going through old qb drafts does is ...i don't know it feels like every "good qb draft" is a "bad qb draft" and somehow bad qb drafts end up as good qb drafts. 2020 wasn't considered "bad" but it spits out Burrow, Tua, Herbert and Hurts as the first four qbs. Meanwhile 2021 when it's all said and done may only have Lawrence get to the 2nd contract with the same team, and people loved that draft going in.

I remember in 2020 thinking "oh damn, poor Phillies, they totally screwed up their rebuild. All their prospects and draft picks failed"

strangely missing "did not try to fill their RF with Nomar Mazara during their newly opened window"

I get it, but when you only draft one every 5 years it is possible. Hell....they drafted 1 in the 90s in the first round. They drafted one in 2002 and then waited until 2017 before their next one. They were a coinflip from selecting Terry Bradshaw in 1970. But seriously, this is all of their First round QBs in the modern era, 55 years or so. 1970s - 0 first round QBs. 1982 - Jim McMahon (5th overall) 1987 - Jim Harbaugh (26th overall) 1999 - Cade McNown (14th overall, traded back to take 5th QB of year) 2002 - Rex Grossman (22nd overall, 4th QB taken) 2017 - Mitch Trubisky (2nd overall, 1st QB taken) 2021 - Justin Fields (11th overall, 4th QB taken) Really Mitch was the first time since 1982 they had really prioritized taking a QB when picking high. Even 1999 they traded back, allowing Culpepper to be taken ahead of them. Grossman they traded back for. It really feels like bears fans feel guilty for taking mitch/fields so close together and failing, but they straight up did not take enough swings at QB. I know you may point to 1997 mirer trade, but I refuse, the stupidest trade of all time and very old nfl thinking. Cutler we are obviously sending out 2 first rounders, and I still think that was a great idea that made the last 4 years of that defense someone closer to a title.

I am very anti-this. I just don't think it's nearly as influential to success as people think. There was a clip yesterday of Rusillo talking about how Mahomes didn't understand protections until year two, and how they spoke about how he would have been "ruined" on another team. But you have teammates saying he was lighting up practices right away. Protections are hard - and that is a HARD offense. He very likely would not be a two-time super bowl MVP. But he clearly had an ability to react quickly and process the nfl field, even if he would have needed protection help. I have zero doubt he's still on second contract with the bears and we all are in love had the miracle happened and browns takin trubs and we took mahomes. Frankly, the Zac Taylor seems like a crappy coach. They were a s%*# team for 2 years and then got burrow. THey were a horrendous offensive line. He's injured this year, but clearly the guy just had that innate ability to perform. Meanwhile - the texans were an awful org, going coach to coach. The players union seemed to hate them. Then they still pull Demeco Ryans, draft a top QB by trading up which we all laughed at. And CJ Stroud looks amazing and incredibly ahead of schedule. On the other side, the "nurture over nature" folks have had to deal with Jordan Love being nurtured for 3 years, in a professional org, behind a great o line and coach. And he sucks. Trey Lance goes to the best situation in nfl history and was awful, shipped out without ever winning a starting job. OTOH, we probably do have the best example of a situation nearly ending a QB who had NFL promise in Brian Flores and Tua, whom he just seemed to personally despise. But he also was still coming off injuries, and may have just needed that 3rd year and cast of Waddle in year 2 and Hill, regardless. I'm not saying there's no influence of the org, but if Williams really has the stuff that makes NFL QB stars, the bears won't ruin him. If he only has the juice to be a top 20 QB, the bears probably will not have what it takes to develop him. But ideally we aren't selecting a guy 1-1 who is only Ryan Tannehill level good.

He may recover a bit, I thought he'd tear up A ball before his issues crept up. But I wouldn't put him in my top ten sox prospects lol. Maybe, as Nick Hostetler said, makeup will separate him though. I don't want to root for his failure, not his fault Rick Hahn sucks.

It's funny that for much of the year the story was the failure of the big budgets in Padres and Mets to lead into winning. But the first WS team is one that jumpstarted a rebuild by getting two stars. Not $450 mill budgets, just using that young talent to take advantage of some big leaders who've proven themselves on big stages. Great concept, imo. Also if you are a playoff team in July, and you don't try to trade for Max Scherzer, even if he's 50, you don't want a world series appearance imo.

I will say if the bears hired lincoln riley i'd still probably be like "hell yes", so many of his offensive concepts have been adopted by the nfl. But...I really don't think he'll ever win the big one. If I was him, I'd hope that Bielema gets fired and go hard after Ryan Walters.

not gonna lie i want this big boy though

I think it's silly. Peyton Manning's last game for Tennessee he subbed out for Tee higgins down 42-9, having thrown for just 130 yards and 1 td and 1 int. Win and they had the potential to share a title. This is actually the good thing about williams and what was so impressive to start the year - he's mostly a 3 year starter. It's actually pretty common for top prospects to have worse stats their last year as teams scout them harder. It's where a player like Trubisky, had he gone back, likely would have exposed some more. Mahomes also had a really crappy game against Iowa State, the best defense he played that year. He had a 4 int game against oklahoma the year before. Getting the top guy to face 3 top 40 defenses in three straight weeks is rare for these guys, but it's also good. Let's see how he responds.

https://www.mlb.com/news/prospect-roundup-for-october-23?t=arizona-fall-league-coverage Basically same thing autumn dreamin said but nice blurb on Eder.

At least it wasn't based on new scouting. We just have to hope he dealt with fatigue in his first full year post TJS, and he recovers the stuff. I really did like him at time of acquisition, and if he can show what he did the few starts in July he's really a an exciting arm.

I do think he was throwing guys before they completed their break more. Whether or not that means bagent is more than any number of competent QBs who you don't want starting for you (mike white, for example). But it is tugging at the doubt of whether Fields can be more than boom or bust qb. When Fields faces d that surprises him and punches him in the mouth, his feel for the game is rough and he enters that mode where he has to see someone unambiguously wide open before he throws and either ends up sacked or running. We obviously see other QBs do it in other offenses, but seeing the same guys getting hit a lot earlier kinda drives it home.

I haven't listened to talk radio but it feels like there a hell of a lot more fields defenders anticipating bagent-mania and assuming anti-bagent postures than I've seen actual "bagent is the future" postures. I do think it's one of those things though where Bagent is really good at the achilles heel of Fields, and it is kinda frustrating to watch a UDFA jump in and run a much more efficient offense.

I think this year even the “well stuck with bagent/fields” miracle has a class that may justify trading to #32 and getting one of the rest of the QBs. Very deep group and nfl hasn’t shown perfection in judging high end QB talent. (trading to #32 gives 5th year option, but you don’t have to)