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I love listening to him, makes me feel really good about our future.

Pretty early for this but I have been thinking about what next season will be like, basically since we got Mack.

Priority #2 On defense, we need to re-sign callahan(think we can tender him again,but really should try to lock him up either way)

pick up floyd 5th year option.
offer lynch another 1 year contract or let him walk, depends on how pace feels about our young depth.

Let amos walk and sign a cheap safety, dude clearly wants too much money. Would be happy to bring him back at market value.

Lock up trevathan for a few more years hopefully, but drafting smith likely means trevathan is gone after this year, hard to tell.

PRAY FANGIO DOES NOT LEAVE, donatell prolly moves up to DC if fangio leaves but that is priority #1

On offense we probably want to keep massie, no clue who can step in to replace him, obv if we can upgrade there it would be nice.
sims and white are both gone thankfully.

Special teams I would love to bring back beezo, would be surprised if we move on from parkey even tho I would love to bring gould back.

I can't think of anything else that is likely to happen, I expect a relatively quiet offseason, we have little draft capital and pace may want comp picks next year.


OR

We go all out next year, similar to the rams. Really up to pace to decide, we have a very good core locked up for a few years and the future is very bright.

You really don't think Parkey simply missed that final FG though do you brother?

It was blocked. Hitting the crossbar, even 7 times in a season, is bad luck to me. It never hit and went in which you should expect to happen at least a couple of the tries. I never blame the kicker if he hits the crossbar

I like option 2

Big difference between a block and a tip. He should have been able to power through a finger touch. That or don’t kick it into the line, he needed a more vertical ball to avoid a touch. There were no pancakes or anything at the line for the defense to have burst through to make a block. It was a poor kick. If it was straight a finger tip wouldn’t have effected it.

https://www.chicagobears.com/news/fangio-named-broncos-head-coach

Vic Fangio has left the Bears after four seasons as defensive coordinator to become the head coach of the Denver Broncos.

Fangio has spent 32 years as an NFL assistant, including 19 as a defensive coordinator with the Panthers (1995-98), Colts (1999-2001), Texans (2002-05), 49ers (2011-14) and Bears (2015-18). But this is his first opportunity to be a head coach.

“I want to thank Vic for his last four seasons as our defensive coordinator and wish him the best as head coach of the Denver Broncos,” Bears general manager Ryan Pace said in a statement.

“Vic was a key leader in bringing great defense back to Chicago. We will continue to build upon the foundation he helped establish. Under the leadership of head coach Matt Nagy and the rest of his coaching staff, we are confident in the development and improvement of a talented defensive unit.”

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In 2018, Fangio coordinated a defense that led the NFL in fewest points per game (17.7), takeaways (36), interceptions (27), interception return touchdowns (5), lowest opponent passer rating (72.9) and fewest rushing yards per game (80.0).

Fangio joins the Broncos after helping the Bears win the NFC North title for the first time since 2010 and register 12 victories for the first time since they went 13-3 en route to capturing the NFC championship in 2006.

“I figured this day would come,” said cornerback Prince Amukamara. “I’m definitely happy for him but selfishly wanted him to stay here. Your window to be a head coach isn’t wide for very long, so you have to strike while the iron is hot.”


A year ago, Fangio was one of six candidates to interview for the Bears’ head-coaching job. After Nagy was hired, he retained Fangio as coordinator along with the rest of the defensive staff.

“I want to congratulate Vic on his opportunity of becoming a head coach in the NFL,” Nagy said in a statement. “There are only 32 of these jobs in the world and I know what it means to him to get his chance in Denver.

“I also want to thank him for all his help in my first season with the Chicago Bears. It is bittersweet to move on, but he has more than earned this opportunity and I could not be happier for him.”

Under Fangio, four Bears defensive players were voted to the Pro Bowl this season: outside linebacker Khalil Mack, tackle Akiem Hicks, cornerback Kyle Fuller and safety Eddie Jackson. In addition, Mack, Fuller and Jackson were all selected first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press.

“He’s a great mind, a great defensive coordinator,” said safety Adrian Amos Jr. “I learned a lot from him just about scheme and what to expect and things like that. He’s a great coach. We all want to accomplish our goals and if becoming a head coach was his dream, then I’m happy for him.”

In each of Fangio’s four seasons with the 49ers from 2011-14, they ranked in the top 10 in the NFL in points and yards. Under his tutelage, five players were named first-team All-Pro: Linebackers NaVorro Bowman, Patrick Willis and Aldon Smith; tackle Justin Smith and safety Dashon Goldson.

When Fangio joined the Bears in 2015, he helped transform a unit that had ranked 30th in the NFL in total yards in each of the previous two years into a defense that finished 14th in 2015, 15th in 2016, 10th in 2017 and 3rd in 2018.

“He helped revive my career,” Amukamara said. “He knows how to put his defensive players in great positions to make plays. You see why every year we’ve been ascending, and credit goes to him for that.”


Whoever replaces Fangio with the Bears will coordinate a defense that has 10 of 11 starters under contract at least through next season, with Amos being the only member of the No. 1 unit due to become a free agent.

“I’m sure we’ll pick up right where we left off,” said linebacker Roquan Smith, who led the Bears with 122 tackles as a rookie in 2018. “We just have to continue to stay hungry. We’ve got a lot of great guys; I don’t think that’s going to change. We’ll just have to stay true to who we are and get behind a new coach.”

This post was edited by -Kenny on Jan 10 2019 05:27pm

We got pagano

I know, super excited about that pick-up.