Bears hire Ben Johnson as HC to 13M/yr ; former/Saints HC Dennis Allen is Bears DC, former/Saints asst Declan Doyle is Bears OC

[Rexman100]

He’ll bring stability to the organization. He’s not an inspiring hire as we know his ceiling. He’s no Sean Payton or Andy Reid when it comes to offensive creativity, so I can’t see him winning a playoff game with Carr. But the Saints will be back to possibly being an 8 to 10 win team.

He'll get us to the playoffs with Carr next year. It'll be one and done. So we'll still have to bide our time until we find the elite QB either in the draft or developed. But he'll keep us as relevant as Sean Payton will keep Denver.

 

[St4ever]

This is absolutely insane coming from a Saints fan.

This team has been lead by our defense for years.

DA might be a poor HC but he's an elite DC.

Exactly which years has he gotten us playoff wins?

 

[Rexman100]

So where does LV OAK pivot now that BJ is off the board?

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Dennis Allen's skill as a DC is vastly overrated

I thought his defenses were very good until it mattered. Hated end of half end of game scenarios.

 

[JackDiesel]

This is absolutely insane coming from a Saints fan.

This team has been lead by our defense for years.

DA might be a poor HC but he's an elite DC.

The cracks were starting to show in DA's defense. He was elite in the era of pocket passing QB's. In this new era of more mobile and scrambling QB's he'll struggle. We've seen it whenever we faced a nobody QB who would run when his first read wasn't open.

The good thing for him is McCarthy/Darnold, Love, and Goff are not thought of being very mobile or great scramblers so maybe it's the right division to land in.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Saints are going to settle on Mike McCarthy! Watch and see!

Settle?
His record is identical including the Super Bowl, to Sean’s. Almost spot for spot. Over a long time too, not a flash in the pan comparison.

 

[Cajun Chat]

Where coaches and players go to die

The Bears have a strong nucleus. With Johnson on to develop the QB and the young talent and Allen running just the D, I think the Bears become a contender this coming season or next.

 

[silverbullet]

I thought his defenses were very good until it mattered. Hated end of half end of game scenarios.

Exactly, but that's when defense really matters.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

The cracks were starting to show in DA's defense. He was elite in the era of pocket passing QB's. In this new era of more mobile and scrambling QB's he'll struggle. We've seen it whenever we faced a nobody QB who would run when his first read wasn't open.

The good thing for him is McCarthy/Donald, Love, and Goff are not thought of being very mobile or great scramblers so maybe it's the right division to land in.

It's also the fact our defense is just getting older. Demario, Cam, Mathieu were/are all well past their primes and outside of them it's all a bunch of JAGs.

Our complete lack of talent on defense is alarming. The Bears have significantly more talent and should have a great defense for DA to thrive.

 

[JackDiesel]

It's also the fact our defense is just getting older. Demario, Cam, Mathieu where/are all well past their primes and outside of them it's all a bunch of JAGs.

Our complete lack of talent on defense is alarming. The Bears have significantly more talent and should have a great defense for DA to thrive.

I'm not talking about this year though. How many years have we struggled against mobile QB's? It's been a running joke that we're going to do bad against a rookie/backup QB.

 

[BreesusSaves]

The Bears get their guy a year later than they should have and DA walks into a pre-made stacked defense.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

I'm not talking about this year though. How many years have we struggled against mobile QB's? It's been a running joke that we're going to do bad against a rookie/backup QB.

Sure but almost all teams struggle against running QBs especially if you play mostly man defense.

It's also confirmation bias in the sense we only remember the games where running/rookie QBs play well against us and never the opposite.

 

[TribuneUK]

The desperate rush to discredit / diminish anything DA has achieved or will achieve as a DC is rather unseemly.

 

[St. Widge]

I'm not talking about this year though. How many years have we struggled against mobile QB's? It's been a running joke that we're going to do bad against a rookie/backup QB.

All defenses struggle against mobile QBs. It's why everybody wants one on their team.