Some of you guys sound like the same gang in 2007 that was so excited to see the Bears defense unleashed under Bob Babich.

In '86 they also got back two Pro Bowlers that sat out '85.

No one was. We have the posting history to prove it. Well, every but me has it.

Different game and younger players. They aren't Hollywood and they don't hate the head coach.

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

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

But they all lost their beloved DC.

I don't know that they can be better next year, but I don't think they have to be to have a good season.

Pretty happy with this hire. An experienced 3-4 guy with success in Baltimore. About as good as you could do once they were not interested in Wanny

It's a good hire, but let's not ignore that Ravens team with HOFers Lewis, Suggs, Reed and others really weren't shaped by him.

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

Pagano also coached secondaries in CLE and Oakland that were top ranked vs the pass. Regular Reader is salty

Fabre fans fear is palpable

It's a good hire, but let's not ignore that Ravens team with HOFers Lewis, Suggs, Reed and others really weren't shaped by him.

Yikes. Nagy really wants zero to do with the defense. Really revealing that he’s a glorified OC.

Lewis was done at 36. Reed was 33.

Alan Page was a great Bear also.

Yikes. Nagy really wants zero to do with the defense. Really revealing that he’s a glorified OC.

Nah. Just pointing out some inconvenient truths. I already said I don’t like the hire because it’s a good one.

Yikes. Nagy really wants zero to do with the defense. Really revealing that he’s a glorified OC.

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

Great?!?

They had one of the best defenses of the past 30 years this year on a per snap basis, according to DVOA. All the best defenses recently, Seahawks, Broncos, Ravens, etc, couldn’t sustain that success in back to back seasons, even when they had really good defenses the next year. It will be nearly impossible to be better next year for them. The main reasons for that are that good health and a huge, unsustainable turnover rate helped propel them to historical dominance this year. Those are two impossible to control factors that will almost certainly regress next year.

Page was 33 when the Bears got him.

He was probably on the Supreme Court before he was 36.

MANY said the same thing from Feb. 1986 until the following January.

I still think Donatell was the way to go but this is a solid hire. Didn’t this dude have heart problems or cancer tho? Could swear he had some sort of serious medical condition..

Bears will probably lose Pagano as well eventually if the defense remains elite. He got jobbed a bit in Indy as Luck was injured a good portion of his tenure there.

Was Indy’s defense good while Pagano was there? I don’t recall that being the case but maybe it was..