The Ryan Pace Era... BEGINS!!!

[CBStew]

I know absolutely nothing about college football, so enlighten me...

If the Bears are going to tank, is there anybody worth tanking for?

The Cal quarterback, Jared Goff, looks pretty damn good, but who knows. Have to at least try. Jay could come back and throw 30 touchdowns and even I would still be ready to move on. This franchise just needs new blood.

Yeah, but what are the odds that Cal could ever produce a good NFL quarterback, especially one who has to play most of his games up north?

Right.  Here in Berkeley we never even see rain, let alone snow.  (We know that this is the last season we will be able to enjoy watching Goff, who is only a junior.)

[Eli]

I know absolutely nothing about college football, so enlighten me...

If the Bears are going to tank, is there anybody worth tanking for?

The Cal quarterback, Jared Goff, looks pretty damn good, but who knows. Have to at least try. Jay could come back and throw 30 touchdowns and even I would still be ready to move on. This franchise just needs new blood.

Yeah, but what are the odds that Cal could ever produce a good NFL quarterback, especially one who has to play most of his games up north?

NFL has been around 96 years. Figure there's a Cal QB graduating every two years. So that's ~48 QB's graduated from the team.

Pro-Football-Reference shows 14 QBs from Cal played in the NFL.

Only 6 accumulated 16+ career GS in the NFL and 3-4 of them look like they were somewhere between average and garbage.

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Rk                                       Pos   G  GS     QBrec  Cmp   Att  Cmp%    Yds  TD   TD% Int  Int% Lng  Y/A  AY/A  Y/C    Y/G  Rate    QBR   Sk  Yds  NY/A  ANY/A  Sk% 4QC GWD
1            Aaron Rodgers College Stats  QB 113 106   73-33-0 2353  3566  66.0  29349 236   6.6  57   1.6  93  8.2   8.8 12.5  259.7 106.8  693.2  263 1626  7.24   7.80  6.9   8  12
2             Craig Morton College Stats  QB 207 144   81-62-1 2053  3786  54.2  27908 183   4.8 187   4.9  95  7.4   6.1 13.6  134.8  73.5         373 2800  6.04   4.89  9.0  12  22
3                 Joe Kapp College Stats  QB  51  48   24-21-3  449   918  48.9   5911  40   4.4  64   7.0  85  6.4   4.2 13.2  115.9  55.1          55  429  5.63   3.50  5.7   5   5
4          Vince Ferragamo College Stats  QB  75  53   27-26-0  902  1615  55.9  11336  76   4.7  91   5.6  85  7.0   5.4 12.6  151.1  70.1          94  770  6.18   4.68  5.5   6   6
5         Steve Bartkowski College Stats  QB 129 127   59-68-0 1932  3456  55.9  24124 156   4.5 144   4.2  86  7.0   6.0 12.5  187.0  75.4         356 2956  5.55   4.67  9.3  19  22
6              Kyle Boller College Stats  QB  67  47   20-27-0  861  1519  56.7   8931  48   3.2  54   3.6  77  5.9   4.9 10.4  133.3  69.5 128.67  123  802  4.95   4.06  7.5   4   6

So, like ... 5%?

IT WAS A JOKE, YOU NERD.

[ChuckD]

I know absolutely nothing about college football, so enlighten me...

If the Bears are going to tank, is there anybody worth tanking for?

The Cal quarterback, Jared Goff, looks pretty damn good, but who knows. Have to at least try. Jay could come back and throw 30 touchdowns and even I would still be ready to move on. This franchise just needs new blood.

Yeah, but what are the odds that Cal could ever produce a good NFL quarterback, especially one who has to play most of his games up north?

NFL has been around 96 years. Figure there's a Cal QB graduating every two years. So that's ~48 QB's graduated from the team.

Pro-Football-Reference shows 14 QBs from Cal played in the NFL.

Only 6 accumulated 16+ career GS in the NFL and 3-4 of them look like they were somewhere between average and garbage.

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Rk                                       Pos   G  GS     QBrec  Cmp   Att  Cmp%    Yds  TD   TD% Int  Int% Lng  Y/A  AY/A  Y/C    Y/G  Rate    QBR   Sk  Yds  NY/A  ANY/A  Sk% 4QC GWD
1            Aaron Rodgers College Stats  QB 113 106   73-33-0 2353  3566  66.0  29349 236   6.6  57   1.6  93  8.2   8.8 12.5  259.7 106.8  693.2  263 1626  7.24   7.80  6.9   8  12
2             Craig Morton College Stats  QB 207 144   81-62-1 2053  3786  54.2  27908 183   4.8 187   4.9  95  7.4   6.1 13.6  134.8  73.5         373 2800  6.04   4.89  9.0  12  22
3                 Joe Kapp College Stats  QB  51  48   24-21-3  449   918  48.9   5911  40   4.4  64   7.0  85  6.4   4.2 13.2  115.9  55.1          55  429  5.63   3.50  5.7   5   5
4          Vince Ferragamo College Stats  QB  75  53   27-26-0  902  1615  55.9  11336  76   4.7  91   5.6  85  7.0   5.4 12.6  151.1  70.1          94  770  6.18   4.68  5.5   6   6
5         Steve Bartkowski College Stats  QB 129 127   59-68-0 1932  3456  55.9  24124 156   4.5 144   4.2  86  7.0   6.0 12.5  187.0  75.4         356 2956  5.55   4.67  9.3  19  22
6              Kyle Boller College Stats  QB  67  47   20-27-0  861  1519  56.7   8931  48   3.2  54   3.6  77  5.9   4.9 10.4  133.3  69.5 128.67  123  802  4.95   4.06  7.5   4   6

So, like ... 5%?

IT WAS A JOKE, YOU NERD.

So, you weren't being sincere?

[Saul Goodman]

That was going to be a key loss in their postseason draft portfolio and they blew it. Mozilla FIRE FOX

[Chuck to Chuck]

Bump.

[Slaky]

The one thing I'm taking away from this is that Pace has a decent eye for free agents? McPhee is the balls. How do you find a few more of him?

Wouldn't it be cool to see this offense with Jeffery, White, and Royal?

[Saul Goodman]

So are we keeping Jay now, or still angling for a QB?

[Tony]

So are we keeping Jay now, or still angling for a QB?

Yes.

[SKO]

So are we keeping Jay now, or still angling for a QB?

Well at this rate they'll win 5-7 games, and take themselves well out of the range of drafting the only QB I think is worth building a franchise around (Goff), so, gonna just keep Jay and win a "respectable" 8 games next year, because we're all in football purgatory.

[CubFaninHydePark]

Any word on if Forte is hurt-hurt or if he was taken out after getting dinged up to preserve trade value?

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Any word on if Forte is hurt-hurt or if he was taken out after getting dinged up to preserve trade value?

"Trade Value" for 30 year old RB = *maybe* a 5th round pick.

That is to say...you're dumb.

[flannj]

Any word on if Forte is hurt-hurt or if he was taken out after getting dinged up to preserve trade value?

"Trade Value" for 30 year old RB = *maybe* a 5th round pick.

That is to say...you're dumb.

Huey, don't bother.

[Bort]

Any word on if Forte is hurt-hurt or if he was taken out after getting dinged up to preserve trade value?

"Trade Value" for 30 year old RB = *maybe* a 5th round pick.

That is to say...you're dumb.

Huey, don't bother.

No, no. Let's see how this plays out...

[CubFaninHydePark]

Any word on if Forte is hurt-hurt or if he was taken out after getting dinged up to preserve trade value?

"Trade Value" for 30 year old RB = *maybe* a 5th round pick.

That is to say...you're dumb.

If the Bears can get any sort of draft pick, while getting rid of Forte and thereby substantially increasing their odds of getting a really, really good draft pick, it's a win-win.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Any word on if Forte is hurt-hurt or if he was taken out after getting dinged up to preserve trade value?

"Trade Value" for 30 year old RB = *maybe* a 5th round pick.

That is to say...you're dumb.

Value to the Bears in 9 weeks: Nothing

Not trading him is dumb if anyone offers any sort of pick.