Feelings seem to be split on the decision Drew Dalman made to retire. Some fans may believe he had planned this and it’s why he decided to play one more year (to get more guaranteed money). Some others could believe he wants to preserve his health. Regardless of whatever his decision was, it’s his choice. Now, the real work begins.
Ozzy Trapilo is going to be out for the entire season after tearing his patellar tendon. Just typing that out makes me shake.
So the Bears will need to get a left tackle and center. They have seven draft picks this upcoming draft. The way I see it, three offensive linemen need to be drafted out of that seven. All I’m hearing the last two days is Ryan Poles trying to sign or trade for a lineman. It worked last year as we witnessed with getting Dalman and Thuney. But again, this can’t be a reoccurring situation. The Bears must draft linemen who can start immediately.
How many times have we seen general managers try to spend a bunch of money to fix problems? It doesn’t work often. Super Bowl winning teams are made by drafting players who can provide immediate success. In other words, draft busts aren’t going to get it done and we’ve seen plenty of those from this franchise over the years.
I still have zero faith in Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson. People can scream “THEY WENT 11-6” all they want. The fact is it took several miracles to win most of the those games. And some of those came against really horrible teams. So don’t get upset if the Bears are awful next year to begin with. This all falls on management and coaches. If they want to prove me wrong by drafting players who will be ready to contribute to this team, go for it. If they want to prove me wrong by Ben Johnson deciding to stop being a stupid fuck with this play-calling, be my guest.
Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson 