“We don’t know what the hell they were doing,” said an executive from one team that is routinely in the postseason. “It’s all anyone is talking about. It’s really bad between Pace and Fox. Fox is fuming about being left in the dark on the trade (for (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky). I don’t know anyone who likes their draft. From the first pick on, we can’t figure out what they were doing. Go back and look at how many small-school kids they took. People around the league are shocked. It’s really bad between Pace and Fox.”

An executive from another team noted: “Either the Bears know something no one else in the league knows, or that draft just got a lot of people fired only they don’t know it yet.”

The Bears and Niners had an understanding that if Chicago’s man was still on the board after Cleveland picked (Chicago GM Ryan Pace wouldn’t tell Lynch who Player X was; the Niners figured it was Thomas), the Bears would give at least two third-round picks to move from three to two.

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“See if we can get one last thing with Chicago,” Lynch said to Marathe.

Marathe called the Bears. “To try to solidify this now,” Marathe said to Pace, “we’re gonna need a little bit more to finish. It wouldn’t have to be much. Like, your four. So let’s say your third, 67 overall, this year, your three next year, and your four this year, 111 overall … I’m not gonna string you along … No … I will do it quickly. Let me get with John and Kyle and I’ll call you right back.”

The Bears agreed. They’d give two third-round picks and a fourth-rounder to move up one spot.

“Man, who do they want?” Lynch said. “Gotta be Solomon, right?”

“Call me crazy,” Marathe said. “But I think it’s (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky.”

“Then why’d they go get Glennon?” Lynch said.

Mike Glennon was, of all places, at Soldier Field on Thursday night when the Bears changed the course of franchise history and sent shockwaves through the NFL draft. The team had asked its starting quarterback to attend the Miller Lite Bears draft party on the club level.

So much for being a guest of honor, huh?

Because Glennon showed up, we can assume the Bears' invitation didn't include the part about trading up to draft North Carolina quarterback Mitch (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky with the No. 2 pick.

Hey, Mike, can you make it out to Soldier Field for this thing Thursday? We need you to sign a few autographs and shake a few hands after we crush your hopes and make you a lame-duck starter before you take your first practice rep. Cool?

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

On Saturday Adam Hoge was very adamant that there is no evidence Pace got fleeced in the deal to move up to #2. He also said that he would know if there were because he's a reporter.

So, you know...

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Was that Saturday night? I heard that and ZZ also said the defense will be much improved mainly because Goldman is back and no one can run on him.

I like Goldman but that's a lot of confidence.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Why would you pay attention to ZZ's hopelessly biased analysis in the first place?

Haven't King and Rappaport said there was another call for the #2 pick?

Either way it does not matter. This is what we got.

Pace has put his entire career on the line for this QB.

I do not give a flying fuck what Glennon thinks or feels. You got 18 million dollars. Stop being mad and show everyone that you deserve to be QB1

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Whatever the case, this is the strangest draft I've witnessed as a Bears fan.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

There does seem like so odd bias towards the Bears. Mully has been defending them since the day after the 1st round. He makes arguments that are not even coherent.

There does seem like so odd bias towards the Bears. Mully has been defending them since the day after the 1st round. He makes arguments that are not even coherent.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Very true.

And if (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky is a franchise QB none of it will matter.

If he is a bust, it will become another nail in the coffin of this franchise over the last 30 years.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

It really is sort of embarrassing how big a laughingstock this team has become since 2010 or so.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Goes back farther than that....at least to the McGinnis fiasco.

On Saturday Adam Hoge was very adamant that there is no evidence Pace got fleeced in the deal to move up to #2. He also said that he would know if there were because he's a reporter.

So, you know...

I rarely troll.

They made the Super Bowl in 2006 and the NFC Championship game in 2010. Lovie kept the franchise more than respectable. Since he was fired they've become one of the 3-4 worst teams and worst-run teams in all of football.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

It doesn't get any worse than this. Other teams are making fun of us to the press, and the other team is publicizing how they fleeced us.

Even the 1970 Marshall team thinks we can't go any lower.

It doesn't get any worse than this. Other teams are making fun of us to the press, and the other team is publicizing how they fleeced us.

Even the 1970 Marshall team thinks we can't go any lower.

When you break down Glennon's contract(the guaranteed money), he really is on a 1 year "prove it" deal. I thought it was common knowledge there was a high probability of the Bears drafting a quarterback in the 1st three rounds this year? Would Glennon have been less shocked/upset if they took Kizer in the 2nd round?

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Was that Saturday night? I heard that and ZZ also said the defense will be much improved mainly because Goldman is back and no one can run on him.

I like Goldman but that's a lot of confidence.

When you break down Glennon's contract(the guaranteed money), he really is on a 1 year "prove it" deal. I thought it was common knowledge there was a high probability of the Bears drafting a quarterback in the 1st three rounds this year? Would Glennon have been less shocked/upset if they took Kizer in the 2nd round?

I disagree that Cutler is better than Glennon(now), especially when you consider "availability"

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Dan Wiederer‏
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Notable: Asked about being a HC handling a face-of-franchise rookie QB, John Fox said he's talked to his friend Jeff Fisher about it.