Bears & NFL Talk LXV: Kraft's a John & Parkey is cut

[RayP]

Cuts starting around league

Glover Quin cut by Lions and Brandon Marshall (Broncos) likely to be released by Broncos once new year for league officially starts

As soon as I saw “Cuts” I just assumed you werr talking about Cutler again and had a new nickname for him.

 

[TheSting]

You really don't know how the NFL works if you think the Bears will be letting Mitch go unless he completely stagnates these next 3 years. Even then, he's still a serviceable starter as he is now, so it would be hard to let him go regardless. You don't just let young QBs who can play walk.

Mike Glennon would be serviceable in Nagy's system.

Jock Itch Mitch is a mid tier QB. If during the 2020-2021 season he is looking to get paid 100 million, Bears need to let him walk.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

 

[HeisenBaez]

He's all but begging the Bears to sign him.

 

[Sarava]

Yeah I heard some of that interview while I was driving yesterday. He didn't dance around it as much as I would of expected. I still think SF franchises him, though. That isn't going to pay him anymore than he would of got anyway, and it keeps the Bears out of the mix.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Still can't help but shake my head over the fact that Gould was paid substantially less than Parkey last year:

Robbie Gould

Cody Parkey

 

[ColdSteel2]

Still can't help but shake my head over the fact that Gould was paid substantially less than Parkey last year:

Robbie Gould

Cody Parkey

It’d be great to get rid of Parkey and bring Gould back, but one has to wonder if Pace wants to admit this mistake.

 

[BK]

It’d be great to get rid of Parkey and bring Gould back, but one has to wonder if Pace wants to admit this mistake.

I don't think Pace is the too proud type based on what I have seen of him.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I hope not. But that being said the kicker was literally the weakness that everybody identified as having the biggest potential to really screw us over in the playoffs and when push came to shove that's exactly what happened.

Granted, Parkey boinking that attempt gave the offensive ineptitude that the entire team displayed a nice cover from much-deserved criticism.

 

[Idionym]

Well there goes that:

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/4...49ers-expected-use-franchise-tag-robbie-gould

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I wouldn't get too attached to AAF if your a football fan

NHL owner saves the AAF

Literally took 1 week for upstart league to face extinction

 

[RayP]

Would anyone really care if it went away?

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

I realize there have to be massive start up costs that come with starting a new league from scratch. But how can you not have cash for the 2nd week of the season? That just seems like awful planing? They couldn't have assumed they were just going to sell out games from the jump.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Sounds like it's bullshit reporting, from what I read in the thread on the football board.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I realize there have to be massive start up costs that come with starting a new league from scratch. But how can you not have cash for the 2nd week of the season? That just seems like awful planing? They couldn't have assumed they were just going to sell out games from the jump.

They had to accelerate start of league to beat Vince McMahon and XFL 2.0

Once XFL starts up again it will be even bigger issue for AAF unless they can find stability and establish a dedicated fanbase

 

[RayP]

I’m guessing the leagues will cancel each other out and both fold.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

My attitude is simple regarding sports leagues that are trying to put together a national product... no Chicago team, no interest.

That simple, sorry AAF. Sorry also XFL2. Too good for the Chicago Enforcers?

 

[MurrayBannerman]

I still have some Enforcers swag.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

If you have 55 minutes, a very entertaining look at the most cowardly/stupid punts in recent NFL history and how they somehow didn't usually turn out horribly for the team that gave up:



Nice little shoutout to the ineffectual years of the Bears at beginning.

Also, @DisgruntledHawkFan as I know you're a fellow Jon Bois fan (I think).

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

If you have 55 minutes, a very entertaining look at the most cowardly/stupid punts in recent NFL history and how they somehow didn't usually turn out horribly for the team that gave up:



Nice little shoutout to the ineffectual years of the Bears at beginning.

Also, @DisgruntledHawkFan as I know you're a fellow Jon Bois fan (I think).

Watched it last night haha

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

...what?

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

 

[HawksBeerFan]

I can't imagine being a billionaire and going to a strip mall for a rub and tug...