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Sons of Barry Minter: A Post-Draft Discussion

By Tony Martin May 7, 2020 0

Welcome back, Bears fans! Today, Friday, and Monday Wes and I will be doing a 3 part roundtable about the draft and going forward. Just like every website that somehow has access to our email addresses, I’d like to include the phrase “in these uncertain times” before we go too far- so be on the […]

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On the Clock: Day 2 Reset

By Tony Martin April 24, 2020 0

Friends, foes, fellow Packer haters, welcome back to On the Clock: Round 2 edition. Today, I’ll briefly touch on how our fellow NFCN teams fared in the first round and then look forward to the second day of the draft. Also, unrelated to the NFCN teams or the Bears, the best moment from last night […]

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On the Clock Part 4: The Leftovers

By Tony Martin April 17, 2020 0

Welcome back to the 4th installment of On the Clock: proving that teachers have much more time on their hands to smoke dope and watch NCAA highlight videos than we let on. Speaking of: those last two articles? Yeah, 2500 words that can mean absolutely nothing if the draft doesn’t play out the way that […]

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On the Clock Part 3: The DB Derby

By Tony Martin April 16, 2020 0

Welcome back to another installment of On the Clock, where I scour mock drafts and pretend that I watched any college football last year (which I did not- fuck the NCAA). Previously, I made the argument that the Bears need to stay at 43 and 50 and not trade back, instead looking to solidify two […]

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On the Clock Part 2: Drafting Offense

By Tony Martin April 14, 2020 0

Welcome back to our short series to hopefully get you a little more fired up for the draft that takes place in two short weeks, but let’s be real: anything that falls under live sports is just going to kill it since we’re all dying for something that isn’t a rerun. I’ll gladly take watching […]

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On the Clock Pt 1: The Argument for Not Trading Down

By Tony Martin April 10, 2020 0

Welcome back to uh, football season? With the uncertainty of COVID 19’s impact on the logistical aspects of the upcoming NFL season (not to mention everyone’s life), this league year is off to the most unique start any of us have ever seen. I’m not going to wax poetic about how this unique situation is […]

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An Offseason Plea: Bigger Than The Game

By Tony Martin February 21, 2020 0

I don’t like talking too much about myself in these articles, because really who cares? This isn’t one of those cooking blogs where people tell a 500-word story about themselves and then tells you how to make “authentic” Thai Iced Tea or whatever (it’s not? – ED). With that said, I need to preface what […]

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Long Journey To The Middle – Chicago Bears Position Review: Team Defense

By Tony Martin January 17, 2020 0

AKA #Chuckstrong The Bears dropped from the 1st overall defense in DVOA in 2018 down to 8th in 2019, the first year under Chuck Pagano’s watch. Why is that? Was it the offense constantly trying to get off the field as quickly as possible? Was it the key injuries to certain starters, or the loss […]

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Long Journey To The Middle – Chicago Bears Position Review: Special Teams

By Tony Martin January 16, 2020 0

Hey, Bears fans! This year sucked major ass from almost every metric that one can find. I’ve been tasked with looking at the trainwreck with special focus on the special teams unit, a task I find immensely interesting and also difficult, because damn how exactly does one quantify special teams outside of “well, they didn’t […]

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To the Mountain Top – Chicago Hires OC Bill Lazor, Red Rocket to Follow?

By Wes French January 16, 2020 0

By now you probably know the Chicago Bears hired veteran NFL coach Bill Lazor as Offensive Coordinator. Wooohooo. We knew this hire wasn’t going to be real interesting, at least not in a style/scheme sense, when Head Coach Matt Nagy announced he would not be giving up play calling duties in 2020. This job also […]