I have come to realize there is never enough M&Ms in the store-bought trail mix I have been buying. How do I remedy that? Is it time for me to go back to buying all the ingredients separately and making my own? Or should I be checking out other stores for help? If anyone has any solutions, tag me with your suggestions on Twitter. (Michael: Same problem, but mine is exacerbated by a wife who just literally picks the M&Ms out to eat them … like some sort of maniac).
This thread popped up on my timeline late last night and I was immediately enthralled:
And then Sean Payton — yes, *THAT* Sean Payton — showed up and tweeted Xs and Os:
Gosh, I sure hope Matt Nagy has a burner account and was taking notes.
“52 All Go Special X Shallow Cross. 4 verticals or find @Cantguardmike” can be “52 All Go Special X Shallow Cross. 4 verticals or find @AllenRobinson” in Chicago. And why can’t David Montgomery or Tarik Cohen play the Alvin Kamara role in Payton’s “52 Nudge Ole’ HB Choice” play?
Here’s an idea that’s crazy enough to work: Borrow Payton’s plays, give them to Nick Foles, and have him throw for 4,000+ yards and post an almost 6-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Heck, maybe that’s not all that crazy. NFL.com analyst David Carr dropped a wild prediction for the Bears’ newest quarterback, projecting a 4,000-yard, 28-touchdown, 5-interception season. I don’t hate Carr’s logic when he writes: “I realize Foles is coming off an injury-abbreviated nightmare year with the Jaguars, but that’s a thing of the past. In Chicago, he will have better offensive weapons and a ferocious defense that will routinely provide good field position.” That was the key to success for the Bears offense in 2018. They weren’t dominating the field of position battle as much in 2019, but when they were on the right side of things, the offense didn’t take advantage of it.
I love the angle here from Jeff Hughes of Da Bears Blog. The headline says it all: “Bears need a pissed off offensive lineman.” Perfect. And you’ll get no argument from me. There is something about an offensive lineman who plays with a real edge that tends to get the job done. I think of guys like Olin Kreutz when I think of pissed off offensive linemen. Visions of maulers bullying defensive linemen – who are equal in size – and bruising them in the rush attack. The Bears need some attitude on that line. They need to get ugly. And they need to do it in the draft, if only because the cap ramifications of paying all the offensive linemen means other positions will have to be filled with players on rookie-scale deals.
On the other side of the ledger, laughter is needed in my life these days:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Pb5gcDklT/
You know, I *HAVE* been thinking about finding something new to read …
For you listening pleasure:
https://twitter.com/NBCSBears/status/1244595231011434500?s=20