Bill Swerski

GAMEDATE Opp RESULT GS Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int Rate Sac Yds Att Yds Avg Lg TD Fum Rec 11/27 @HOU W 33-27 No 30 19 63.3 310 3 1 117.4 5 22 3 23 7.7 12 0 1 0 12/04 WAS L 9-24 Yes 36 21 58.3 163 0 1 58.0 3 21 5 22 4.4 7 1 1 0 12/11 @MIN L 13-27 Yes 45 26 57.8 235 0 5 32.4 1 6 5 16 3.2 14 1 1 1 12/18 PHI L 16-17 Yes 24 10 41.7 69 1 1 45.8 0 0 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0 Perhaps everyone is forgetting that this kid sucked outside of his first game against Houston...

I'm from Chicago and I will tell you that the intelligence level of your standard Packer fan is slightly above that of a piece of cheese. Sherman did alright as a GM, his major failing was his focus on the offense in the draft while attempting to shore up the defense through free agency each season. A more balanced and measured approach is necessary however, he did make many solid picks. 2000: 1.) Bubba Franks, TE (Starter, Pro Bowl) 2.) Chad Clifton, OT (Starter) 4.) Na'il Diggs, LB (Starter) 5.) Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, DT (Starter, Pro Bowl) 6.) Mark Tauscher, OT (Starter, Pro Bowl)) 2001 (Weak Overall Draft): 2.) Robert Ferguson, WR (Starter) 6.) David Martin, TE (Starter) 2002: 1.) Javon Walker, WR (Starter, Pro Bowl) 4.) Najeh Davenport, RB (Starter) 5.) Aaron Kampman, DE (Starter) 5.) Craig Nall, QB (Backup) 2003: 1.) Nick Barnett, LB (Starter) 2.) Hunter Hillenmeyer, LB (Starter) Aside from the 2003 draft, where the Packers had limited picks, Sherman did fairly well picking talent. There aren't too many players on that list you wouldn't want on the Bills. This is why I say he was "average". Pretty good talent from the draft, woeful free agency choices.

Actually, he came in after Ray Rhodes went 8-8 in his one season and he essentially turned over the entire roster of an aging team. He got the Packers as they were finishing up their run under mike Holmgren. He added several quality linemen through the draft, Ahman Green, Donald Driver, Bubba Franks, and several other Pro Bowl players through the draft, trades, and free agency. He was an average GM and an above average head coach. Too bad he did little to build up his defense as that was the killer through most of his years with the Pack.

I guess you love dick, eh?

With Jauron in town, Villarial has a shot at keeping his job...no wonder he loves Dick.

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It's not when you play the easiest schedule in the league and beat up on cupcakes all year long. When faced with quality offenses, the defense crumbled.

In 1999, the Bears had excellent depth and talent at WR with Bobby Engram, Marty Booker, Marcus Robinson and Curtis Conway. Curtis Enis came close to rushing for 1000 yards but the Bears constantly abandoned the run and could not decide on an offensive strategy. The QB position was unsettled as McNown was a joke and injuries set in. However, this was the year that Crowton was in charge and things actually looked pretty good offensively. In 2000, the Bears entered the season with essentially the same personnel but regressed in every area offensively. The John Shoop offense depressed any talent on the roster. It was a miserable experience to watch this team continually shioot itself in the foot with horrible calls and inabaility to adjust to defensive schemes. James Allen rushed for over 1000 yards and had a pretty excellent season. In 2001, the Bears settled the QB mess and hitched their wagon to Jim Miller, who is the evil twin of Kelly Holcomb. He had a good arm and the talent level on the Bears offense was quite deep. They had a quality running game, led by Anthony Thomas who rushed for 1200 yards and James Allen who contributed 500 as the backup. The WR talent pool was solid with Marty Booker, Dez White, and David Terrell. Marty caught 100 passes that year and went to the Pro Bowl. Unfortunately, the Bears again mismanaged almost every game offensively, refused to make adjustments and fell in love with the 3 yard WR screen and the swing pass to the fullback. 3rd and goal? TE screen for a one yard gain of course! They were bailed out by a potent and opportunistic scoring defense in five games. In 2002, Jauron refused to heed the calls of fans and media to dismiss the inept John Shoop and stuck with the plan. He admitted that he knew little about offensive gameplanning and that John would stay as the OC as "consistency drives results". yeah, bad ones. Jauron was stubborn about mixing in RB's and Thomas was never able to get into the groove of his rookie season. The QB situation was a nightmare but the WR talent was still solid with Booker and White. The calls in the games were more horrible than the season before and the Bears were a weekly embarrassment as they were outcoached by the likes of Marty Morhninweg. The stubborn refusal to change personnel packages and inability to make adjustments kileld the Bears all year long. In 2003, the Bears entered the season with high hopes. Most FA QB's ignored the Bears as they felt playing under SHoop and a soon to be fired Jauron would do nothing for their careers. They were right. The Bears ended up with Kordell Stewart as the starter with a late to camp Rex Grossman buried on the bench behind the decrepit Chris Chandler. The offense was a miserable failure as the Bears continued the tradition of horrible offensive playcalling and refusal to adjust to the talent on hand. They had a healthy A-Train averaging over 4 YPC and refused to stick with the run in any game. The defense was solid but Jauron's refusal to start Grossman until the team was mathematically eliminated from the playoffs killed the season. He refused to give the kid cathcup reps in practice and absolutely buried him. The season was a miserable failure. That sums up the Jauron era in Chicago.

- He failed to develop Joey Harrington into anything resembling a NFL QB - He failed to develop Rex Grossman as he and Jauron hid the kid on the bench and he got very few practice reps - He wasn't really in charge of "developing" Jeff Garcia as Garcia was already an accomplished NFL QB by the time Olson got to SF. - The Success of Drew Brees at Purdue is based on Joe Tiller's Plug-n-Play BYU style offense that has seen lots of QBs have success. - I might give him some credit for making Jon Kitna into something. He is a below average QB coach who ran a pathetic offense in Detroit this year with a ton of weapons.

When you fail to mirror a winning organization, I guess the obvious thing to do is mirror losing ones like Detroit and Chicago. :dunno:

I like how everyone casually ignores the rest of the points in regards to the talent on this team and focuses on their subjective opinion that Evans has "great" hands. Independent talent evaluators disagree and many others are still in wait and see mode with Evans. However, you have now anointed him with the best set of hands in Bills history. Excellent.

If he brings Shoop in as the OC, trade in your season tickets, seriously. Shoop is an incompetent boob and is universally loathed by all Bears fans for his inept offenses and ridiculous calls. Wow, just wow.

He's tanned, he's ready, he's rested! John Shoop was fired after doing a bangup job as the QB coach in Oakland! Look at the excellent seasons had by Kerry Collins and Marques Tuiasasopo under his wise tutelage! John Shoop and Dick Jauron are bestest buddies, you bet your sweet ass that Shoop will be here in some capacity.

Dick Jauron's training camps are notoriously lax with little contact and lots of walkthroughs and meetings. His teams are woefully unprepared at the start of the season and are not in proper condition. Players who hate training camp love Dick Jauron. Also, Chris Villarial should be sent out of town on a rail with the rest of that woeful embarrassment of an OL, who cares what he thinks?

What was the question?