New offensive coordinator Mike Martz’ offense has no need for dynamic, pass-catching tight ends. See production of Ernie Conwell, Daniel Campbell, Sean McHugh and Vernon Davis under his tenures. Greg Olsen is pretty much a dynamic, pass-catching tight end. Uh-oh. (more…)
Ron Turner is fleeing Stanford after less than one month and headed to Indianapolis to do … something. I hope Peyton Manning is open to throwing a preposterous amount of short-yardage passes, because they say even when Turner plays roulette, he never puts his chips on numbers higher than 10.
The last post of the week; something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of the weekend.
It appears Rod Marinelli will be your defensive coordinator after all. Oh, and Eric Washington and Shane Day are your new defensive line and quarterbacks coaches, too. And just like that, the Chicago Bears have turned what was a painfully sloooow search into a quickly finalized one. I’m sure it had nothing to do with lack of another candidate or outside unrest. (more…)
Well, that didn’t take long. Siiiike! It took a very long time. But in the end, it appears the Chicago Bears are prepared to take the path oft-traveled: Hire Mike Martz to fix your fledgling offense. It’s his third O.C. role in four years. Before I tell you what I think, let us hear your thoughts.
The last post of the week; something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of the weekend.
Are the Chicago Bears still searching for their offensive coordinator? Really? I would have sworn they’d do something about that by now. Eager Mike Martz interviewed for the position he made everyone aware he was very available for early in the month and reports are the Kevin Rogers interview went really well. So, there’s that. (more…)
Somebody needs to take these jobs before the new candidate list gets out of hand. By jobs, I’m talking about Bears offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, quarterbacks, tight ends and offensive line coach. And by out of hand, I’m talking about having no choice but to bring Scott Linehan in for a little chat. This has gotta be resolved soon, right? Candidates after the jump, talk amongst yourselves. (more…)
“Rumblings at the Senior Bowl are that some [coaching] candidates could be turned off by quarterback Jay Cutler and don’t want to hitch their wagon to him.” Dammit Jay, well what did you do that for?!
Basically, any coach that was considered to be qualified — minus Tice — for any of the vacant Bears coaching positions, has been turned away. The Bears weren’t “blown away” by Chargers tight end coach Rod Chudzinski and now Marvin Lewis isn’t allowing quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese to be considered at OC any longer because, in his words, that opportunity has “kind of closed up, and I don’t think Lovie (Smith) has made a decision on what he wants to do yet.” (more…)
The last post of the week; something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of the weekend.
Look no further for a coach; the Chicago Bears finally have their man! Uh … er, for the offensive line, anyway. The always seafaring Mike Tice is leaving his assistant head coach/tight ends coach position in Jacksonville to do only half that much in Chicago. And I like! If he treats the O-line anything like he treats these four … well, maybe that isn’t the best route to go. (more…)
CSN’s Kip Lewis says the Chicago Bears are considering adding Jim Zorn, aka that sly gentleman to your left, to their coaching staff. “Zorn could serve as either the quarterbacks’ coach, the offensive coordinator, or both.” This would mark the second straight year the Bears bring on an enormous failure of a head coach to be in charge of something they likely can’t screw up fill a smaller, more fitting role.
Perry Fewell will be the Bears next defensive coordinator, so reports Adam Schefter of the WWL. Fewell was lastly the Bills defensive coordinator and has six weeks of interim head coaching experience, which could prove really useful if the Bears start next year 0-3. (more…)
The last post of the week; something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of the weekend.
This is literally the exact photograph you would find in your e-mail after spending 14 minutes talking to Matt Forte in an all-ages chat room. Of course, this is predicated on the idea that you’d be a woman and Matt Forte worked the night shift at the Golden Nugget Pancake House. (more…)
