I always have a hard time transitioning between sports seasons, but I just can't get into the Bears this year. The list of reasons to dislike them is a mile long.

They have no real young talent to care about, and the only guy who would have been is injured.

They have no likeable veteran players who have been around for awhile. Urlacher was undoubtedly an idiot, but he was a fun player to watch, and he was there for a decade. He was a great reason to watch the Bears. I can't think of a single veteran player with even close to the same impact.

Their coaching staff has, to date, been completely unlikeable. They have shut the media out of their practices and lied about injuries.

The ownership is consistently weird.

They will be lucky to win 5 games.

The one guy who is probably the "face" of the team is the most unlikeable player I can remember.

Is there anything to like about this team or look forward to? I really can't think of any, which is depressing.

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That many of them are going away soon...

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Their epic badness may result in a top draft pick. Hopefully we can find a guy in next year's draft that is healthy.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

If the offense is healthy, it will put up points.

Fox knows how to coach in that style that keeps games entertainingly close.

I see this as a wasted season for 90% of the defensive players. A couple will show themselves capable of playing 3-4. Enjoy those guys when they emerge.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Watching Jared Allen's hidden talent as a pass coverer.

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Special teams

The Bears Drumline is good.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

I'm excited about not having to watch the same boring defensive scheme we've seen for what seems like the last 20 years.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I agree with leash. This team smells like the 2006-2009 years where you know you were winning no more than seven games. I don't think the prospect of a top pick next year helps because I don't think, unlike the MLB and NBA, there is such thing as "rebuilding" in the NFL. The various season ending injuries you're likely to see across the league helps creates a sort of law of parity which means any given team hovering around .500 mid season or so has a chance to slip into the playoffs due to other teams' misfortune. With good coaching and luck/parity, I can even see this team contend for a spot (not a ring) if GB can't rebound from losing Nelson, etc.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

I'm right there with ya.

And i think Pernell can be a great face for the franchise going forward as well.

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Cool Uniforms

People tend to bring their A game with party food during Bears season

Alshons Jefferies is pretty good

IF Jay shows some under control play this year, you can actually trade him for something...

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Offense will be good. Trestman was a moron and a fuckin weirdo. Fox and Gase seem like they understand the importance of a running game, and the Bears still have one of the best running backs in the NFL. The defense should improve slightly by adding McPhee and getting rid of Mel Tucker and replacing him with Fangio. Maybe can jump to like 20-24th in DVOA there.

It's hard to make a case that this team is a playoff contender in any way, but they aren't going to be historically bad, or even a bottom 5 team IMO. I'd be surprised if they were worse than 6-10.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Thanks. Very uplifting stuff here.

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That really was about the best case I can make for optimism trying to be objective.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Who'd trade for that salary? Mind you, I want Jay out of our hair, by next year, too.

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

I am looking forward to seeing Langford play.

Yeah I don't see how that would happen. Cutler would need to have to play significantly better than he ever has before. By now, I'm pretty sure everyone in the NFL knows what he and isnt, and he isn't worth close to that kind of money.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

No you can't.

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Thinking you can get something better than a sixth round draft pick for Cutler is the equivalent of trying to trade two bench players in fantasy football for Jamaal Charles.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Good point.

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Elections have consequences.

I am following you here to a point. I really do not think they could possibly be better than 500 but they should not blow like 1-15. The experts make me laugh. Year before last they almost make the playoffs and set offensive records. The experts were all on board not being able to predict the Trestman and coaching issues there apparently were. No it looks grim based on last year not knowing at all what effect new real coaches may have. Again, I do not believe much in this team but NFL is pretty unpredictable after the top 5 teams.

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Elections have consequences.

The thing that is going to piss Bear fans off the most in the coming years is that the book on John Fox is accurate. He's a great coach monday-saturday and will have this team looking more professional than last year, but the flip side to that coin is he is a god-awful game day coach. He will be every bit as bad as Trestman in that area, and it's going to cost them a game or two, at least, every season.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I don't remember hearing that but wouldn't doubt that FF. A lot of coaches are like that actually. Must be what makes the good versus great barrier so big.

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Elections have consequences.

I found one thing to like: Matt Forte, because he had one of the greatest sports quotes I've ever heard after today's game...

"The mentality of this offense, which I'm proud of, is nobody had that stupid look on their face like before."

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Trestman's offense scored in the teens with a pick to end the game

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.