HaulCitgo wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:53 am
Thought it was indicative of the pats failures that Stanley Morgan still leads in all time receiving with 10,000. Turns out someone named Johnny Morris leads the Bears in all time receiving in the 50-60s with barely 5,000. Yuk
Check out the Bears all-time QB leaderboards, they are absolutely hilarious
I knew it was bad, but wow!
Top 5 in yardage: Cutler (by a mile), Sid Luckman (who played in the '40s, Harbaugh(!), McMahon and Trubisky.
I wish to provide even more context for this.
Jeff Blake, yes, THAT Jeff Blake, would be 2nd all time in passing yards and 3rd all time in TDs for that franchise were he a Chicago Bear for his career.
ETA: That is the same even if you restrict Blake to just his Bengals stat years...
It really helps bring out the parallels of the two franchises when you equate Luckman to Otto Graham. I mean, my personal rankings for the top three in their franchise history has been Luckman-McMahon-Cutler since the day they acquired Cutler.
“The running, the jumping... a celebration of life.”
On the other hand, Justin Fields is 10th in yards for the Bears but would be 8th for the Patriots. Maybe the lesson is that there have only been like 40-50 great quarterbacks in league history and so you're statstically lucky to have had more than 1 or 2 on a franchise.
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
degenerasian wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:26 am
Both Bears and Pats could have had Flutie for a decade+. Or was he not good enough for the type of football the NFL was back then?
DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:12 am
It really helps bring out the parallels of the two franchises when you equate Luckman to Otto Graham. I mean, my personal rankings for the top three in their franchise history has been Luckman-McMahon-Cutler since the day they acquired Cutler.
Sid Luckman had been in the NFL for 11 years when the Browns and Graham joined the NFL. (Yes, they had previously competed in the All-America Football Conference, but those stats aren’t counted are they?)
DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:12 am
It really helps bring out the parallels of the two franchises when you equate Luckman to Otto Graham. I mean, my personal rankings for the top three in their franchise history has been Luckman-McMahon-Cutler since the day they acquired Cutler.
Sid Luckman had been in the NFL for 11 years when the Browns and Graham joined the NFL. (Yes, they had previously competed in the All-America Football Conference, but those stats aren’t counted are they?)
I was just going for the "one Hall of Fame, a couple better than average to good, and just a list of mediocre on down".
“The running, the jumping... a celebration of life.”
Ryan wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:24 am
On the other hand, Justin Fields is 10th in yards for the Bears but would be 8th for the Patriots. Maybe the lesson is that there have only been like 40-50 great quarterbacks in league history and so you're statstically lucky to have had more than 1 or 2 on a franchise.
agreed. before Patrick Mahomes, the top three career passing leaders for the Chiefs were Len Dawson, Trent Green and Alex Smith with Bill Kenney and Steve DeBerg rounding out the top five
"We're not the smartest people in the world. We go down the straightaway and turn left. That's literally what we do." -- Clint Bowyer
Sid Luckman is #166 all time and Trubisky is #180. Your letting the bears off way to easy by saying only 1 or 2 franchise types. Your #2 all time should not be #166
Gunpowder wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:29 pm
One of the best Bears passing seasaons ever was a random year of Erik Kramer.
I feel bad about this, considering what he's gone through in his post-playing days, but I was living in Chicago when he was with the Bears, and I always thought Kramer looked like a young Frank Burns...
Jeez, I didn’t hear about the troubles (to say the least) Erik Kramer went though post-career, but reading that he’s somewhat on a better path now is hopeful.
My avatar corresponds on my place in the Swamp posting list with the all-time Home Run list. Tied with Mel Ott at Number 25 is Miguel Cabrera at 511.
I'm almost positive he was one of the very first QBs I had in the ancient fantasy league on ESPN during that year for the Bears. I think I also had Yancey Thigpen and I waxed everyone that year.
You can lead a horse to fish, but you can't fish out a horse.
L-Jam3 wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:33 pm
Jeez, I didn’t hear about the troubles (to say the least) Erik Kramer went though post-career, but reading that he’s somewhat on a better path now is hopeful.
Having watched a couple of clips as someone who has no dog in this fight, Burrow looks like he has a pretty good fake smile. I mean, the smile goes away quickly when he's not being looked at and he literally turns his back on him at one point.
Also, how unfortunate to see Sage Steele making a public appearance.
“The running, the jumping... a celebration of life.”
DSafetyGuy wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:12 pm
Having watched a couple of clips as someone who has no dog in this fight, Burrow looks like he has a pretty good fake smile. I mean, the smile goes away quickly when he's not being looked at and he literally turns his back on him at one point.
Also, how unfortunate to see Sage Steele making a public appearance.
Back to actual football news I feel like Mayfield may have left some money on the table. Of course considering these FA deals might impact Goff’s extension some I’m glad he did.
