Last year's offense was also dysfunctional, especially in the second half of the season, but much of it was masked by all the turnovers the defense generated.

The way the NFL is structured, the Bears were bound to be worse this year just based on the schedule, and they should be a game or two better next year solely due to playing a third-place schedule. The other way the NFL ensures parity is the draft, but unfortunately the Bears screwed that up.

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This year the NFC North lucked out playing the terrible AFC West and NFC East. Next year is the NFC South and AFC South. Slightly tougher opponents for everyone.

I think you guys are really underestimating the value of offensive line play.

They were remarkably bad in every facet of the game and absolutely sunk this team

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

Easy on the you guys stuff.

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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 agree with this...and Ryan Pace is not only the reason the offensive line is bad...he's the reason they have no draft picks to fix that problem.

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Pace, all problems start with screwing up the 2017 draft

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

did someone say something?

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

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That is very true. When the biggest talent your left offensive tackle has is picking up your destroyed QB or RB up off of the ground, you have a bad offensive lineman.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Olin Kreutz believes that it's play design. I suspect that his loyalty to Hiestand plays a role.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Dolphin, do you remember the Sept exchange I believe that you initiated wherein you argued that position by position, the Bears line was superior to that of the Saints, with one exception and one push?

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

That was great

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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

Gruden makes Nagy look like Belichick

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Now, you know the discussion was different than RR memory and you simply choose not to correct the record.

I said they were stronger in the middle which made up for their weakness at the tackles.

Also, the professional analysts never took into account the Saint switch from a Pro Bowl center to a rookie.

The Bear middle got injured and didn't develop. They haven't been good. I don't deny that. We are all wrong sometimes, even in our analysis of rookie RB.

RR didn't have an opinion either way as he was too busy posting about Trump.

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

I was for sure wrong about Montgomery’s skill but I was correct about his usage compared to Mike Davis

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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