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NFL 2016: The Regular Season Thread


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58 minutes ago, Bucfan56 said:

Oh, whinge whinge whinge, Tony Romo. You got benched, not diagnosed with terminal cancer. 

 

Or he could've been trying to keep the media from talking about it for the rest of the year? 

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9 hours ago, ~Bear said:

Cam Heyward's out for the year with a torn pectoral for the Steelers. He may not be a huge name player, but he's a leader and a rock for our D-line. We don't have many decent defensive ends. 

 

@Dolphins Dynasty Your not the only one hoping for 9 wins...

Huge loss for Pittsburgh, they need all the defense they can get right now and this surely doesn't help.

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Redskins sign former Packers long snapper Rick Lovato with Nick Sunberg nursing a back injury. If the team had not signed Lovato, QB Colt McCoy would have been the back up long snapper.

 

If this was the case, would all three QBs (Cousins, McCoy, Sudfeld) have been active instead of the regular two?

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5 hours ago, DNAsports said:

Redskins sign former Packers long snapper Rick Lovato with Nick Sunberg nursing a back injury. If the team had not signed Lovato, QB Colt McCoy would have been the back up long snapper.

 

If this was the case, would all three QBs (Cousins, McCoy, Sudfeld) have been active instead of the regular two?

Probably.  If Cousins got hurt, highly doubt the Redskins want their now-playing QB (I assume McCoy is the #2, Sudfeld the #3) lining up on the line snapping to the punter on 4th down.

 

I don't get why more centers are cross-trained in handling some long-snapping duties, whether it's short- or long-term.  You can get yourself an extra player on the 46 on game days.

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16 hours ago, HedleyLamarr said:

 

I don't get why more centers are cross-trained in handling some long-snapping duties, whether it's short- or long-term.  You can get yourself an extra player on the 46 on game days.

Maybe it has to do with practice time? The long snapper needs to be with the kickers, and the regular center needs to be practicing with the QB all day. It would be good for the starting center to have some familiarity in an emergency situation, but I think coaches would rather eat up the roster spot and have each squad practicing with their guy all day.

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The Bears are probably on their way to a 3-13 season, and it won't result in John Fox being fired because of the wall of bodies he gets to hide behind:

  • Josh Sitton, starting G (ankle/knee/leg - unknown duration)
  • Zach Miller, starting TE (ankle/knee/leg - unknown duration)
  • Kyle Long, starting G (shoulder/ankle - IR)
  • Bobby Massie, starting RT (concussion - 1 week & counting)
  • Eddie Goldman, starting NT (ankle - missed all but 2 or games & limited snaps)
  • Kevin White, 2015 1st round pick (leg again - IR)
  • Hroniss Grasu, former starting C (knee - IR)
  • Connor Shaw, possible decent backup QB (knee - IR)
  • Brian Hoyer, backup QB (arm - IR)
  • Jay Cutler, starting QB (missed 6 weeks due to thumb injury)
  • Kyle Fuller, former starting CB (knee - IR)
  • Pernell McPhee, starting OLB (missed first 7 weeks due to knee injury - limited snap count)
  • Will Sutton, backup NT (ankle - IR)
  • Leonard Floyd, starting OLB & 2016 1st round pick (neck/head/spine - unknown duration, likely IR)

It's absolutely ridiculous, but it's doing a fabulous job of providing a very viable excuse for the god-awful gameplans the Bears bring to the offense, covering for Fox & Loggains terrible decision making, and the Bears, being the Bears, are utterly predictable:

 

1.  They will dismiss the 2016 season as lost to injury, giving the entire coaching staff a pass.

2.  They will subtly lay the responsibility of the season's failure on Jay Cutler, who they will summarily release.

3.  Cutler will go play in Arizona or something and lead them to the playoffs.

4.  The Bears will draft a rookie QB who's decent, but Loggains/Fox will ruin him early on. 

5.  Bears will go 4-12 in 2017, fire Fox/staff, and hire Trestman-ian dope while the solid new coaching class of the 2016 offseason goes elsewhere and flourishes.

6.  After another blown year in 2018, the Bears will fire Pace, keep the coaching staff for another year, and embarrass themselves further.

7.  The world ends, and our souls are free from the hell of rooting for this franchise.

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For people who love classic Cutler drives, the Bears ended the game by almost getting sacked, fumbling, recovering the fumble, getting a penalty for an illegal shift, and getting intercepted. 2-8 and the last two Bears seasons feel almost as bad as the two Trestman seasons. Maybe worse, because this is supposed to be the new and improved we-don't-do-things-the-dumb-way-anymore Bears. I feel so bad for CS85 because he legitimately loves this team (I never could, no real Bears presence in my family growing up) and they're gonna suck though the rest of this decade.

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