Yes they played in Wrigley while Soldier Field was being redone ect.
The Bears have never had a QB drafted #1. A guy on the Bears forum found some research that only 30% of those are failures, whereas the odds are no better than 50% for those drafted lower in first round. The other encouraging thing is that no rookie QB has ever had as much support as Williams will have. So far I’m resisting PTSD — optimistic but nervous. I can’t wait for this season to start.
Bears played at Wrigley 1921-70. And then Soldier Field for the next 50 years. They’re due a new field, and it can’t be built without some tax revenue. The same holds for all major public works projects.
No rookie? Dude, you seriously need to learn to drop hyperbole when talking about the Bears. You sound like a complete homer.
Not true. In 60 years, I’ve never said that before, and plenty of non-Bear folks are saying it. He has two Pro Bowl WRs who each had 1,200+ yards last season. That has never happened before. He has Odunze, who was #9 in first round and one of the top 2 or 3 WRs in the draft. That may have never happened before — at least I can’t recall an example. Bears will be fine at TE with Kmet and Everett to run Waldron’s offense with the two TE formations. Swift and Herbert both averaged 4.6 ypc last year, and Swift is also a good receiver. Bears offensive line is solid at the tackles, but somewhat questionable in the middle, albeit upgraded at center. I like Shane Waldron as OC, but I guess we can argue about that. With all the talent available, he should do fine.
Peyton Manning, too.
Other than Faulk, he didn’t have much help. The offense scored 19 ppg and Colts went 3-13. Bears are going to be WAY, WAY, WAY better than that team! You can bet on it.
Marvin Harrison. And they were 13-3 one year later. The Bears won't be.
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Marvin Harrison wasn’t much help that rookie year, either. The statement was about support during rookie year, not second year. Williams next year will have even more support and NFL experience.
Only 4 teams own their stadiums.
True, but I won't be surprised that getting cities to invest in stadiums for NFL teams will get harder and harder.
Feel like LA's is the way forward outside of the south. Even the new Key Arena was privately funded although I think the company doing it also gets major tax breaks from the city.
I agree with you that Williams is probably the most setup of any QB of recent memory I am not expecting a lot from Odunze being a rookie. I have said it before I will say it again it was a mistake to keep Eberflus, I would have fired him and hired Dave Canales who is a true QB friendly coach who has positive results as a QB coach working with Russell Wilson, Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield. I wouldn’t trust Waldron to develop Williams, I wouldnt be surprised to see a similar offense to the one that Seattle ran with Wilson I see them as comparable players
As a citizen and a football fan, I oppose using city $$$ to help some billionaires build a stadium. Owning a stadium increases the value of that billionaire's team.
Do you understand that billionaires like Paul Allen and Bill Gates literally give away billions of dollars to charitable causes through their foundations?
