NFL 2018-19 2.0

[Chili]

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chicago-bears-cody-parkey-finds-support-in-brewery-come-out-and-prove-us-wrong

You're all welcome. Please visit my office on Saturday tho I'll be at the game in MKE.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I'm still in pain.

Goose Island has to be careful. If you're set up, can take your time and there's no defensive line, people can hit 40 yd field goals.

Kicking the ball 40 yards isn't hard, kicking the ball 40 yards over a d-line that's 7 yards away is hard.

[barfolomew]

Sacre Bleu! The Packers just hired the former Canadiens right wing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikVthmetNH8

[MU B2002]

I'm still in pain.

Goose Island has to be careful. If you're set up, can take your time and there's no defensive line, people can hit 40 yd field goals.

Kicking the ball 40 yards isn't hard, kicking the ball 40 yards over a d-line that's 7 yards away is hard.

I once participated (2013) in a contest on Everbank Field in Jacksonville where current season ticket holders could try a 35 yard field goal for an extra pair of season tickets.  My daughter and I watched for about 90 minutes as hundreds of people tried their luck.  I saw one guy make it, and i heard him say he kicked for a small college team.  No one else was really close, including me (who almost killed an attendant with a line drive kick.)

I would agree, that a handful of people could maybe make that kick, but IMHO Chili won't be giving out much beer. 


Really need to hear how this plays out.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Will GI allow Cody Parker to attempt this for free beer? Might make for even better PR than AB-InBev is getting out of announcing the challenge.

[Cheeks]

I once participated (2013) in a contest on Everbank Field in Jacksonville where current season ticket holders could try a 35 yard field goal for an extra pair of season tickets.  My daughter and I watched for about 90 minutes as hundreds of people tried their luck.  I saw one guy make it, and i heard him say he kicked for a small college team.  No one else was really close, including me (who almost killed an attendant with a line drive kick.)

I would agree, that a handful of people could maybe make that kick, but IMHO Chili won't be giving out much beer. 


Really need to hear how this plays out.

I was a DB and WR in high school, also kicked.  Could make 45 yarder about 1/2 of the time.  My accuracy was always spot on, but the issue for me was the leg strength.  Average joe tries to kick too hard and it is similar to golf, you start spraying it all over the place.

Tougher than it looks, especially in a game when the adrenaline is going and people are crashing the line, talking trash before the kick, etc.  PATs are layups.  Literally that easy.

[GB Warrior]

Could you dunk though

[Pakuni]

Kliff Kingsbury apparently getting the Arizona job.

35-40 at Texas Tech and three straight losing seasons is all it takes to get an NFL gig these days if you're an offensive coach under the age of 40.

[MUBurrow]

Kicking the ball 40 yards isn't hard, kicking the ball 40 yards over a d-line that's 7 yards away is hard.

I was a DB and WR in high school, also kicked.  Could make 45 yarder about 1/2 of the time.  My accuracy was always spot on, but the issue for me was the leg strength. 

This all sounds about right. I remember kicking before soccer practice in high school, and with an extra two-step run up and no lineman, a fair number of guys could knock in 35 yarders pretty consistently.  You shorten the approach and put a 7 foot wall at the line of scrimmage, though, and things fall apart.

[JWags85]

Kliff Kingsbury apparently getting the Arizona job.

35-40 at Texas Tech and three straight losing seasons is all it takes to get an NFL gig these days if you're an offensive coach under the age of 40.

I see it both ways here. He wasn't successful and would be an OC and not a HC in college if he stayed there. So that's strange

However, his main issues were with recruiting and struggling to create a defense in a conference where good DCs shy away cause they are cannon fodder. Provided he gets a competent and experience DC, maybe he turns out ok cause he is a fantastic offensive mind.

But the McVay effect is going NUTS. Spend anytime with him and you're blessed in NFL FOs. I went to college with him and gave him slaps of five many times it parties. Does that get me an interview?

[Pakuni]

I see it both ways here. He wasn't successful and would be an OC and not a HC in college if he stayed there. So that's strange

However, his main issues were with recruiting and struggling to create a defense in a conference where good DCs shy away cause they are cannon fodder. Provided he gets a competent and experience DC, maybe he turns out ok cause he is a fantastic offensive mind.

But is he really a fantastic offensive mind? He's basically running the offense Mike Leach taught him, just not nearly as well. Leach was in the top 10 in PPG most years. Kingsbury has been 24th, 54th, 2nd, 5th, 23rd and 100th. And now he has to match up with far better DCs than anything he faced in the Big 12.
Maybe he'll be a rousing success, but it's a very weird hire.

[Pakuni]

Bucs are buc-ing the trend (ha ha) by hiring an old guy.

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
Buccaneers now finalizing deal to make Bruce Arians their next head coach, per sources. The former Cardinals' HC will be the Bucs next HC.

[Jockey]

Bucs are buc-ing the trend (ha ha) by hiring an old guy.

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
Buccaneers now finalizing deal to make Bruce Arians their next head coach, per sources. The former Cardinals' HC will be the Bucs next HC.

True - -  but he coaches offense like one of the young guys.

[Pakuni]

True - -  but he coaches offense like one of the young guys.

Yes, he coaches offense, but he's not a spread/RPO guy.

[Cheeks]

This all sounds about right. I remember kicking before soccer practice in high school, and with an extra two-step run up and no lineman, a fair number of guys could knock in 35 yarders pretty consistently.  You shorten the approach and put a 7 foot wall at the line of scrimmage, though, and things fall apart.

My sport was mostly soccer.  Here in Calif football is Fall and soccer is Winter, unlike many other places where they are head to head in Fall.  We had a tee back then, too.  I don't know if high school football still allows a one inch tee for FG's or not. 

[Pakuni]

Browns hiring Freddie Kitchens as HC.

[mikekinsellaMVP]

Fangio to Broncos.

[Pakuni]

Fangio to Broncos.

Depending on how they replace him, that might be the Bears' worst loss this year.
Rex Ryan time? Local guy, will command the room and coaches a similar scheme (Fangio actually worked under Ryan in Baltimore).

[TallTitan34]

@BradBiggs
Todd Bowles has not signed a contract with #Buccaneers and is expected to choose between re-joining Bruce Arians in Tampa Bay or being #Bears defensive coordinator.

https://twitter.com/BradBiggs/status/1083054664386527237

[Dish]

Todd Bowles is going to be your next Bears DC.

[Silkk the Shaka]

I was a DB and WR in high school, also kicked.  Could make 45 yarder about 1/2 of the time.  My accuracy was always spot on, but the issue for me was the leg strength.  Average joe tries to kick too hard and it is similar to golf, you start spraying it all over the place.

Tougher than it looks, especially in a game when the adrenaline is going and people are crashing the line, talking trash before the kick, etc.  PATs are layups.  Literally that easy.

Back in '82, Chicos could throw a pigskin a quarter mile

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Back in '82, Chicos could throw a pigskin a quarter mile

Uncle Rico?

[Dish]

Todd Bowles is going to be your next Bears DC.

Looks like I'm wrong, thought for sure once he hedged on Tampa, he was coming to Chicago.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Looks like I'm wrong, thought for sure once he hedged on Tampa, he was coming to Chicago.

What a god awful week.

[Dish]

What a god awful week.

If the Parkey kick goes in, I wonder if Fangio is still here.

Really thought once Bowles didn't sign a contract with Tampa this morning, he was coming to Chicago. Obviously money will be biggest factor, but should be plenty of good candidates for the Bears DC job. Curious to see what happens with Donatell, if he goes to Denver.