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WshflThinking

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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1651 on: December 05, 2019, 05:02:21 pm »
Interesting selections to say the least. I am not a big Bears history person, but I cant recall the Bears ever drafting a Black QB.

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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1652 on: December 05, 2019, 05:39:52 pm »
Vince Evans....6th round in 1977

He almost became the Bears starting QB. He suffered a staph infection and kept him out. He was WAYYYY better than Bob Avellini and Mike Phipps. He could have been a great Bears QB

I think because he was black - he did not get a real chance - he had talent and some good years, mostly as a backup, for the Raiders.

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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1653 on: December 05, 2019, 06:07:10 pm »
I remember Vince Evans did start quite a few games for the Bears.

There was a rumor when he was released that he had slept with another players wife and several players beat him up so he was out.

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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1654 on: December 05, 2019, 08:59:53 pm »
I remember Vince Evans. Guess I forgot he was Black.

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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1655 on: December 05, 2019, 11:40:28 pm »
I remember Vince Evans did start quite a few games for the Bears.

There was a rumor when he was released that he had slept with another players wife and several players beat him up so he was out.

I heard that as well. Bears were not keen on that.

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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1656 on: December 06, 2019, 07:25:05 am »
He also went on to do some backup QB work for Oakland too. As I recall he looked like a Cam Newton/Lamarr Jackson type- very athletic and big for his position. Not sure teams were ready to use QBs like that properly back then (look what happened to Randall Cunningham)....

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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1657 on: December 06, 2019, 09:47:15 am »
Vince Evans was terrible until his late 30s. When that new football league sued the NFL for anti-trust violations, the NFL's best evidence was the silly contract the new league gave to a horrible Vince Evans



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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1660 on: December 07, 2019, 11:16:03 am »
What gets me, we have "slim playoff hopes". I think even if we win out, we need help. WTF? If we win out we'll be 10 and 6. That would really suck to go 10 and 6 and miss the playoffs. I'm thinking that happened Lovie's last season. Can't come out of the gate not prepared, and that's exactly what the Bears were, unprepared..

Put me down as the starters play during preseason. At least a little per game..
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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1661 on: December 07, 2019, 01:54:59 pm »
Yes, Lovie went 10-6 and missed the playoffs and we could easily do the same this season...well, not 'easily' but you get the idea....we've got three tough teams to beat yet.
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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1662 on: December 07, 2019, 03:31:14 pm »
Vince Evans....6th round in 1977

He almost became the Bears starting QB. He suffered a staph infection and kept him out. He was WAYYYY better than Bob Avellini and Mike Phipps. He could have been a great Bears QB

I think because he was black - he did not get a real chance - he had talent and some good years, mostly as a backup, for the Raiders.

How many back up quarterbacks are used as kick returners. 

Evens was an outstanding athlete, and most teams wanted to draft him as a running back/wide receiver.  He made it known that he would only play quarterback in the NFL, which caused him to drop down in the draft.  When the Bears took him, he refused to sign until they included in his contract that he would not be given any duties not normally given to a quarterback in the NFL.

He was really a college-type quarterback, and never could make it as a drop back pocket quarterback.  I believe he would be a superstar in the current NFL.
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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1663 on: December 09, 2019, 12:42:18 pm »
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chicago-bears-khalil-mack-walmart-holiday-giving
Class act. I'm sure other players on other teams do it too. I had read Ditka did it for years
and never said a word.

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Re: 2019 Chicago Bears
« Reply #1664 on: December 09, 2019, 01:52:48 pm »
What gets me, we have "slim playoff hopes". I think even if we win out, we need help. WTF? If we win out we'll be 10 and 6. That would really suck to go 10 and 6 and miss the playoffs. I'm thinking that happened Lovie's last season. Can't come out of the gate not prepared, and that's exactly what the Bears were, unprepared..

Put me down as the starters play during preseason. At least a little per game..

Nagy had no sense of urgency....I was at the freaking San Diego game and we should have won 34 to 7. You need to put your foot on your opponents throat every game.
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