Bears made waiver claims!

[Guiness]

The Bears made 6 waiver claims! That means over 10% of their roster will be players cut by other teams.

I get having churn on the PS or even the bottom player or two of the roster, but churning 10% of the roster?

[ThunderDan]

The Bears really have little talent. They are paying for the Turdbiscuit and Mack trades. They need to churn most of their roster. Not just the bottom 5 guys.

[ThunderDan]

The Bears need a first 2 years of TT turnover of the roster.

[Joemailman]

So to sum up the point of this thread:

[run pMc]

One of those claims was Alex Leatherwood, the #17 pick from last year's draft. I'm not impressed with him (doesn't have tackle feet, doesn't have guard strength) and made me think of how CHI employed Jason Spriggs and this made me happy.

The Bears do not have a large amount of talent compared to the rest of the league...largely due to poor personnel moves as previously mentioned.
More amused than surprised they are picking thru all the cutdowns.

FWIW, I'm also not sold on Luke Getsy as an OC. Maybe it's the homerism of some reporters, but it sounds like Tom Clements is worlds better than Getsy was. Combine that with hiring a HC with a defensive and a (according to many) not-so-great draft, and you wonder if this will be a season where they are a dumpster fire.

[bobblehead]

A bears dumpster fire of a season is almost as satisfying as an Owl in titletown.

[Joemailman]

A bears dumpster fire of a season is almost as satisfying as an Owl in titletown.

Winning the Owl in a Bears dumpster fire season isn't bad. But I still think beating the Bears in NFC Title game on their field and then winning the Owl was better.

[SudsMcBucky]

Winning the Owl in a Bears dumpster fire season isn't bad. But I still think beating the Bears in NFC Title game on their field and then winning the Owl was better.

That's funny. I was about to reply the EXACT same thing. Beating them in the playoffs on way to SB win was WAY better than seeing them in a dumpster fire.

[Fritz]

That's funny. I was about to reply the EXACT same thing. Beating them in the playoffs on way to SB win was WAY better than seeing them in a dumpster fire.

It's a thin difference, Suds. Kinda like the difference between watching those two women in your icon making out and you making out with one of them. Both are pretty good.

[Fritz]

Here come da Bears!!!

[smuggler]

They do currently suck, but to look at this from the glass-half-empty perspective, it now means that they realize they suck.

The self-awareness of sucking is the first waypoint on the map to not sucking.

[Joemailman]

Ted Phillips, who has been Bears President since 1999, is retiring after this season. Here's hoping the Bears don't find a way to hire someone competent.

[run pMc]

That's funny. I was about to reply the EXACT same thing. Beating them in the playoffs on way to SB win was WAY better than seeing them in a dumpster fire.

Yeah I had the same thought. There are few victories as sweet as that one -- GB winning the Halas Trophy at Soldier Field and moving on to win the Super Bowl is pretty sweet.
Seeing them suck every year is pretty sweet too, but a shitty Bears team is more common than a SB win.

[QBME]

Ted Phillips, who has been Bears President since 1999, is retiring after this season. Here's hoping the Bears don't find a way to hire someone competent.

As long as the Bears are owned by the McCaskey family the chances of them making a great hire are slim.

[bobblehead]

Winning the Owl in a Bears dumpster fire season isn't bad. But I still think beating the Bears in NFC Title game on their field and then winning the Owl was better.

Until they somehow avenge that, its my go to insult to obnoxious bears fans.