It’s no secret that the Packers have had the Bears number for years now.Last season
David Montgomery Jersey 2019 , the Bears lost their lead in the all-time series to the Packers for the first time since 1933. The Bears have won just three games in their last 16 meetings and haven’t swept the season series since *gulp* 2007!That’s a lot of history going against the Bears. I know that I’ve stopped trash talking Packers’ fans because, what’s the point? When a rivalry is one-sided, I have nothing to stand on, other than that one Thanksgiving game, but that was nearly three years ago.But the Bears have renewed hope, as my colleague Jack wrote about last November.Granted, that game didn’t go as we wanted (no really, we did lose to Brett Hundley), there is still an aura of new hope in the rivalry. In fact, dare I say that there hasn’t been this much hope for the future since Lovie Smith and second-year Rex Grossman went to Green Bay in September of 2004 and won?It seems that way. The Bears still have a long way to go
David Montgomery Jersey Color Rush , no one is counting their proverbial eggs, but there’s real promise here with a young roster, exciting coach and the possibilities of several play-makers breaking out.This week though, it appears that maybe some players have stepped up the rivalry: or is the media making too much of it?On Wednesday, during the normal media rounds made by players, Bears DE Akiem Hicks and Packers DB Kevin King made some comments that garnered headlines. I’ll let you be the judge of if it’s trash talk or just journalists fishing for a story line.Hicks (via the Chicago Sun-Times):Big words, but then again, who has successfully blocked Mack, especially one-on-one? Still though, it ruffled some feathers.Then came word from Packers availability from last year’s first round pick Kevin King
White David Montgomery Jersey , asked to give a scouting report on Bears QB Mitch Trubisky:Was this a shot at Trubisky? Or was King being serious because there is only 12 games of film on Trubisky from last year in an offense that didn’t ask him to do that much, and then this vanilla preseason?Personally, I didn’t see any problem with either comment because there is some truth to them both: Mack is very hard to block and Trubisky is very much an unknown.The next step is to actually turn the hope and the talent that the Bears have into competitive games against the Packers and turn the common Ls into Ws.Will that start Sunday? The kid with big upside is the kind of player Coach Quinn covets."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Library FalcFans Podcast on The FalcoholicContact The FalcoholicFalcons StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Falcons NewsYahoo Falcons Team PageYahoo Falcons ReportYahoo Falcons Depth ChartYahoo Falcons TransactionsYahoo Falcons PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Dan Quinn is the right coach for John CominskyNew,188commentsThe kid with big upside is the kind of player Coach Quinn covets.EDTShareTweetShareShareDan Quinn is the right coach for John CominskyBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsOf all the players the Falcons took in the 2019 draft, none may be more intriguing than fourth rounder John Cominsky. While the Falcons spent their first two picks addressing the offensive line, it wasn’t until their fourth pick - their second one in the fourth round - that they addressed the defensive line. Normally, guys picked in this range aren’t likely to become much more than rotational guys and/or special teams players, as recent Falcons history indicates. Cominsky could be different. His combine numbers were insane. The fact that he played at Charleston in the Mountain East raises sincere questions about the level of competition he played against, but he did dominate at that level. He has a lot of question marks, but his potential is incredible. Pairing better technique and strength with his speed and burst would make him lethal at defensive tackle.This kind of player is exactly what Dan Quinn loves. When Coach Quinn came to Atlanta
Youth Tom Waddle Jerseys , his overriding philosophy was about player development. Not just the guys who are assured starters, but also the guys who won’t even see a snap on Sundays. Quinn’s philosophy of developing players was highlighted both by the team’s successes at linebacker and in the secondary and less so by the repeated instances of Quinn personally coaching up players like Tyler Starr, who was on the practice squad a few years ago and is no longer in the NFL.The pairing of John Cominsky with a coach who believes deeply in player development could be the perfect combination. Given Quinn’s direct history of helping to get the most out of defensive line players like Michael Bennett, Cominsky may have been drafted into the best possible situation. That’s especially true because he looks to be moving to the interior of the defensive line, where Quinn has had a better track record with the likes of Grady Jarrett and Jack Crawford in Atlanta than he has at EDGE. Fourth round picks are hit and miss. It’s rare for guys drafted this late to turn into anything more than rotational guys, so we should all temper our expectations. That said, if any team is equipped to get the most out of an intriguing prospect like Cominsky, it may be the Dan Quinn led Falcons.What are your thoughts on Cominsky and his potential in the NFL?