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General Category => Halas Hall Football Forum => Topic started by: Miles Leonard on March 16, 2020, 07:00:27 PM
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Bears signed Jimmy Graham (LMFAO) and are trying to acquire Nick Foles or Andy Dalton.
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Nick K to Raiders
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Bears signed Robert Quinn 5 yr/70 mil. 30 mil guaranteed.
Adios, Leonard Floyd.
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Jimmy Graham? Yuck. Hope he proves me wrong.
Word is they offered Bridgewater 3 years at $60 MM. That’s pretty pricey backup money. They might have the best defense in the NFL next year if everyone is healthy though.
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Jimmy Graham? Yuck. Hope he proves me wrong.
Word is they offered Bridgewater 3 years at $60 MM. That’s pretty pricey backup money. They might have the best defense in the NFL next year if everyone is healthy though.
Does not sound like he was being pursued to be a back up.
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Yeah TB is an immediate upgrade.
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Yeah TB is an immediate upgrade.
What about Nick Foles? With that line? Oy!
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Nick Foles is a statue. He’s leaving Soldier Field in a body bag playing behind that offensive line.
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Nick Foles is a statue. He’s leaving Soldier Field in a body bag playing behind that offensive line.
https://youtu.be/I27CE_xWoTs (https://youtu.be/I27CE_xWoTs)
Nick Foles lives in a body bag!
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Bears better use their whole draft on that OL if they plan on Foles being the guy.
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Although you make that trade 10/10 when all you’re giving up is a 4th rounder.
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Footage of Nick Foles behind the Bears OL
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Yeah, they haven’t done anything to improve the line as far as I can see, and they aren’t going to do shit offensively if they don’t. I think they would have been better by keeping Floyd and Kwiatkoski and spending the additional money that Quinn and Travathan cost on upgrading the line.
I think they are going to spend a high pick on a TE in the draft.
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49ers looking to trade down with their first round picks. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29070226/sources-niners-open-trading-1st-round-picks
Ryan Pace can’t understand why they’re not packaging their picks to trade up to grab a guy with a 5th round grade from Knox College.
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Where are Spark and Tempo to argue about the draft? Where is Royko and his analysis?
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Where are Spark and Tempo to argue about the draft? Where is Royko and his analysis?
Ssssshhhhhhhhh !!
I appreciated Royko's analysis, especially his early in the season ( or was it in pre-season ) 'the skill players can't do anything with this offensive line.'
Why is it I type Royko, and spell-check changes it to Tokyo ?
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I know it’s really disappointing. Need to figure out the mobile plug in.
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Keshawn Vaughn, #6 rb taken at pick 76. 1st rb taken is #32 pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire.
Oh brother. How did spell check change it to Edwards-brother ?
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Packers fan here. Judging by GB's draft picks (RB, TE and 3 interior lineman), the Bears should expect the Packers offense to complete the transition away from the McCarthy spread concepts to a run-oriented attack. This is Matt LaFleur’s offense now. It will be interesting to see how Rodgers adjusts to the new system.
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Pace going small school again. 4 out of 7 picks from small conference schools. Guess he’s gonna get back on that horse no matter how many times it bucks him. Fucking moron.
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The Bears signed Ted Ginn
Ted Ginn and Jimmy Graham running routes and Nick Foles dropping back to pass behind this offensive line? I’m thinking Super Bowl!
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Packers fan here. Judging by GB's draft picks (RB, TE and 3 interior lineman), the Bears should expect the Packers offense to complete the transition away from the McCarthy spread concepts to a run-oriented attack. This is Matt LaFleur’s offense now. It will be interesting to see how Rodgers adjusts to the new system.
Good luck with that. Lamar's in Baltimore. Heard speculation this afternoon that Rodgers may end up in New England?
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Bears doing business like they expect there to be no 2020 football season
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Packers fan here. Judging by GB's draft picks (RB, TE and 3 interior lineman), the Bears should expect the Packers offense to complete the transition away from the McCarthy spread concepts to a run-oriented attack. This is Matt LaFleur’s offense now. It will be interesting to see how Rodgers adjusts to the new system.
Good luck with that. Lamar's in Baltimore. Heard speculation this afternoon that Rodgers may end up in New England?
I don’t see the Packers trading Rodgers in the immediate future. Jordon Love obviously needs time to develop. More importantly, GB would acquire too much dead cap for it to make sense to trade him. Rodger’s contract goes through the 2023 season. I think he’ll be the QB for two more seasons at least.
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Paging Royko and Spark: Bears decline to exercise 5th year option on Trubisky. Fire Pace! Tempo and The PAMan AOTC!!!!
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I don't closely follow the NFL, but that may be the biggest unforced error in a draft in the last decade. Signing Foles as his co-starter/etc. may be a close second when you could either sign Andy Dalton or go for broke with Cam Newton/Jameis Winston.
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The problem with Newton is that nobody knows whether he can play or at what level. The problem with all of those guys in general is that they haven’t played in a system similar to Nagy’s before, and bringing someone like that in for a “make or break” year is not likely to turn out well in the short term. Pace and Nagy aren’t looking long term at this point, because the long term won’t include them if the short term doesn’t work out.
Foles has played extremely well in a system similar to Nagy’s before, making him the best chance for improving the team THIS year.
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Yikes Jameis would have people pining for Jay Cutler to come back
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I don't closely follow the NFL, but that may be the biggest unforced error in a draft in the last decade. Signing Foles as his co-starter/etc. may be a close second when you could either sign Andy Dalton or go for broke with Cam Newton/Jameis Winston.
This kids is why you shouldn’t do drugs.
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No preseason this year. Thank god!
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No preseason this year. Thank god!
can't say I've watched or paid attention to preseason the last 10+ years... didn't miss much I guess lol
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Eddie Goldman opting out of the season.
Doubtful there’ll be a season at this point anyway
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i'm gonna miss football
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Maybe the specter of a long cold sportless winter will spur Americans to find more meaningful things to spend their time on.
Just kidding, get ready for lots more civil unrest, political infighting, and social media meltdowns.
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What's everyone's predictions for Nagy's boys? I'm gonna say 8-8. Another huge ball of meh.
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This season is about social justice and police brutality. Its success won’t be remembered in wins and losses so much as how the 2020 NFL ended racism once and for all by kneeling for the national anthem, painting the end zones with racial slogans, and wearing memorial stickers to fallen black criminals on their helmets.
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This season is about social justice and police brutality. Its success won’t be remembered in wins and losses so much as how the 2020 ended of racism once and for all by kneeling for the national anthem, painting the end zones with racial slogans, and wearing memorial stickers to fallen black criminals on their helmets.
golds! golds! golds! golds! golds!
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Typical whiny conservative snowflakes being whiny conservative snowflakes.
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I can’t ever remember giving fewer fucks about football starting up.
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I can’t ever remember giving fewer fucks about football starting up.
With baseball, basketball and hockey going and basically having no "summer", it doesn't seem like football season even though the weather has changed on a dime.
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I'll watch Da Bears for a bit but will be more focused on the Sox.
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Tempo AOTC on the Mack trade! Guy doing nothing! Mitch stinks!
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Tempo AOTC on the Mack trade! Guy doing nothing! Mitch stinks!
Maybe it’s lingering effects of a COVID infection
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Maybe it’s lingering effects of a COVID infection
Maybe he was in Brazil.and caught it before last year.....
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Everyone gets a free pass if they’ve been impacted by COVID-19
smite me soy boys
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Everyone gets a free pass if they’ve been impacted by COVID-19
smite me soy boys
I'm guessing Matt Nagy had syphilis and the COVID.
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When do Bull and Blackhawk seasons start???
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Bears getting wrecked in every phase of the game. Nothing's changed.
Back to the Sox now.
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Bears getting wrecked in every phase of the game. Nothing's changed.
Back to the Sox now.
Stiever has been good since the first. Better than Mitch Trubisky or Khalil Mack
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Did I miss anything?
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Did I miss anything?
Attempted Bears comeback in progress
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Attempted Bears comeback in progress
I turned it on and they seem to be doing pretty well ;D
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Matt Petricia possibly a worse coach than Nagy
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Super Bears! Super Bowl! MVP Mitch!
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LOL Lions
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Bears win with a huge assist from the Lions receiver dropping a wide open game winning TD pass.
Patricia did everything possible to keep the Bears from losing that one.
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🤯
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Stiever has been good since the first. Better than Mitch Trubisky or Khalil Mack
He looked pretty good. Sox rolling along again.
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We were one quarter away from the end of the Trubisky era. I’m not sure this win was worth it. Or hey, maybe Mitch finally turned a corner!
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Mitch really stepping up in the clutch and responding well to pressure. Great growth in his game.
I see a player who has truly come into his own with experience/expert tutelage from Matt Nagy who is VERY DISAPPOINTED that MT is not Patrick Mahomes.
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It's all good, except it's the f'ing Lions! Anyone want to live in Detroit?
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I’ve been in Detroit quite a few times since 2008. Each trip is more horrifying than the previous. Much of the actual city is a dystopian wasteland. Like the “Life After People” show that used to be on History.
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I love Detroit. Especially by the lake
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Parts of Detroit are experiencing a “rebirth." That may be good. We don’t want those _____ people invading our suburbs.
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Bears! Bears number 1!
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Mitch looking like Joe Montana out there against the amoeba defense.
Could stand to see less of Patterson running sideways
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Bears D blows. Mack doing zilch 2 years in a row. Would rather have Joe Burrows!
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About time Mack....
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Well that was something
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The luckiest, most underwhelming 2-0 team in the league. Nagy and Pagano ball made this game closer than it should have been. They will get shit stomped by the better teams on their schedule if they don't get their act together.
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The luckiest, most underwhelming 2-0 team in the league. Nagy and Pagano ball made this game closer than it should have been. They will get shit stomped by the better teams on their schedule if they don't get their act together.
They wont
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Yeah definitely not passing the eye test
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Why did Nagy call a pass play with 3rd and 1 and the giants out of timeouts I believe with a hair over two minutes left?
I get the metrics side of it doesn’t agree with me—2 min warning would have stopped clock anyways then FG attempt doesn’t run much clock. But the O line was getting huge push and Montgomery led them all the way down the field.
Even assuming the Bears get the FG I still would have loved to have seen two runs rather than a dangerous pass and a made FG that still keeps them within a TD with plenty of time left. Plus the D had been getting gashed all second half. Was anyone surprised at all when they marched right down the field?
Seems like one of those decisions you forget the analytics and stick with what was working in that drive.
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Where is Tempo to gloat that he was AOTC on the Maxk trade???
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I don’t think anyone has to have a crystal ball or stunning intellect to predict misery for fans of Illinois sports teams. It’s the easiest bet ever.
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Where is everyone so I can gloat that Tempo and I were AOTC on Trubisky?
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Super Foles! Super Bowl!
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Big Dick Energy!
lmao@the chokers who call themselves the Atlanta Falcons.
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Bears 3 - 0 versus teams a combined 0-9 so far
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Just gonna steal this from Reddit
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Was watching it and gave up after the overturned TD around the 11 min mark or whatever. Went and did other things and I overheard one of my buddies say, “Did you just say the bears won?”
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missed the game but just watched the highlights here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLvGgzHtvWc
did the falcons keep passing the ball when they were up 10 with 5 mins to go? lmao
also Foles is throwing off his back foot on nearly every play, does the bears line still suck or what
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missed the game but just watched the highlights here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLvGgzHtvWc
did the falcons keep passing the ball when they were up 10 with 5 mins to go? lmao
also Foles is throwing off his back foot on nearly every play, does the bears line still suck or what
See page 1 of this thread for clarification
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Remember when Mack actually made.plays?
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Limp Dick Energy at Soldier Field. Just another offensive shitshow under the "mad genius" Nagy.
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Great throw on third and two by Big Dick Nick
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Footage of Nick Foles behind the Bears OL
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It took 20 years but the Bears have finally beat Tom Brady.
Grampa Brady gone senile forgetting what down it was. You love to see it.
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Is there anyone here who didn’t think Brady was going to win that game after the idiotic play calls left him all that time? WITAF was Nagy doing there?
Will take the W regardless.
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I forgot there was a game. lol.
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Well, at least Mack made a couple of plays!
It was as if Troy Aikman was completely unfamiliar with Matt Nagy's stupidity! He is Behind the Curve on the drawing!
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I forgot there was a game. lol.
I've watched about 10 minutes of NFL this year (Lions choke job, lol)... I just don't really care
the Bears are mediocre and fantasy football is fucking gaaaaaay and I don't participate in it
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fantasy football is fucking gaaaaaay
I'm never going to catch you in smites with hot takes like this.
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ok its not gay, its just retarded
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ok its not gay, its just retarded
Ive never done it, never appealed to me.
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Hey Tom, can you remind us how many wins the Bears have again?
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That’s pretty good
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Bears apparently going to survive more comedically bad late game clock management by the Nagy brain trust.
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Bears find themselves alone at the top of NFC N standings after GB got dong whipped by Tampa. Bears really missing Cohen imo.
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They are winning despite Nagy's shenanigans. Schedule looks like it gets a bit tough the next few weeks....hopefully they can overcome Nagy's boobery.
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Yeah next 5 games look pretty rough. Vikes are struggling but don’t see them as a pushover for this bears team. Gotta find a balanced offensive attack and quick.
Still feel like Nagy is a little pass happy when we should pound the ball more
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The offensive line is ass. Montgomery has to share some of the blame because a lot of the time he dances around back there instead of hitting the hole and taking any positive yards he can get.
Still, the offensive line has to start moving people around instead of getting walked back into the QB. The competition gets tougher. Gotta be able to have some semblance of a running game.
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Yeah I think we all kinda knew it was gonna suck this year in pass pro but I thought maybe they’d run block ok. I think Montgomery tends to try and gash but I hate when they hand it off or pitch it to Patterson the dude hardly ever cuts it up field and ends up getting strung out to the sideline for a gain of .2 yards.
I get that the guy is big and hard to tackle and fast. But he just doesn’t have running back instincts. And every time he gets put into that package everyone on the field knows exactly what the Bears are running. It’s like on old Tecmo Super Bowl when you chose the perfect defense for a play and your defense just mauls them at the line of scrimmage. Every time I see that play develop I’m just hoping he doesn’t fumble or that the bears don’t get called for holding while he’s stretching all his blockers to the sideline.
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With the Seahawks loss last night, Da Bears are currently the #1 seed in the NFC thanks to the conference record tiebreaker. We’ll see if that lasts past tonight.
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This has been a dull game so far...
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So many head scratching moments from the coaching staff.
Why not make the Rams punt at the end of the half?
Play calling is so predictable that the Rams put 8 in the box and Bears run between tackles anyways.
Why the absolute fuck they EVER run that stupid jet sweep with Patterson I’ll never know. It’s the most predictable and defensible play I’ve ever seen outside of the obligatory first down handoff up the gut.
Every week Matt Nagy stands up and tells the entire world he’s going to commit to the run and so drive after drive it’s run, run, third and med-long pass. If you’re gonna just run up the gut against Donald it’s going to be an easy night for him. He never leaves a 5’ circle on those plays.
I know establishing the run is important but if you’re only getting 2.x yards a carry you’re almost always behind the sticks.
At this point in the season I 100% feel better lining up with Foles in the shotgun with a blocking back and letting the pass set up the run. Play action isn’t worth a fuck when your running game sucks.
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Not to sound too much like Judge Judy but there’s been some awful officiating. Bears getting flagged for everything while blatant holds and other shenanigans going unchecked for the Rams.
Glad to see Nagy has taken my advice and is throwing the fucking ball and playing with some urgency.
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I knew as soon as I hit the POST button something terrible was going to happen
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Not to sound too much like Judge Judy....
Did you almost bet $500 on this game?
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If I did any kind of sports betting I would have put a lot on the Rams. The Bears aren’t good.
Someday they’re going to do a biography on Andy Reid and he will say from the very cusp of a diabetic coma that Matt Nagy was the coach he most appreciated leaving the tree.
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Bears O Line as good as the Ilini top Big 10 line.
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It's not Foles. It's not Trubisky. The one constant in all of this: the false genius Matt Nagy.
I love how he takes out his best red zone threats like Jimmy Graham (who the Bears signed specifically because they sucked in the red zone) when the Bears are threatening to score. Cole Kmet makes a few grabs early on, then you don't see him the rest of the game. Demetrius Harris, a blocking TE and Patterson, a kick returner, are the focal points of the offense. Yea let's bring in Patterson on 4th down! No way they can figure out he's getting the ball. LMFAO. Clown shoes at it's finest.
The O-line is an absolute disgrace. Sweeping changes need to be made there. It's beyond comical how inept those bums really are.
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The Bears’ weakest link last year was the OL. Well, they didn’t fix the OL, and their offense sucks. Who would have thought?
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The Bears’ weakest link last year was the OL. Well, they didn’t fix the OL, and their offense sucks. Who would have thought?
Au contraire....the weakest link was the HC/OC/Playcaller....and they certainly have not fixed that.
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Nagy with awful clock management
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As the late Denny Green aptly put it:
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Nick Foles is a statue. He’s leaving Soldier Field in a body bag playing behind that offensive line.
Jason Spriggs (Massie’s replacement) has tested positive for COVID. Germain Ifedi was determined to be a high-risk close contact.
Get the eulogies ready for Saint Nick after Sunday. We hardly knew ye, BDN.
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Jason Spriggs (Massie’s replacement) has tested positive for COVID. Germain Ifedi was determined to be a high-risk close contact.
Get the eulogies ready for Saint Nick after Sunday. We hardly knew ye, BDN.
You would hope they can find better linemen who are now out-of-work bouncers.
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At best, the Bears look like a team that might luck their way into a one-and-done playoff appearance as a low seed.
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That’s awfully generous
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They did it. The bums on the offensive line finally got Foles killed.
Da Bears lose again. Nagy and Pace need to GTFO.
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Bears may as well sign Kaepernick to drive everyone bat shit. Given the terrible offensive line, he could die back there and half the county would be happy....
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They did it. The bums on the offensive line finally got Foles killed.
Da Bears lose again. Nagy and Pace need to GTFO.
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From today's fishwrap ....
"Zimmer found himself watching the Bengals’ 2017-18 offenses this week once Bears coach Matt Nagy announced he was turning over play-calling duties to his first-year offensive coordinator Bill Lazor. Zim must have liked what he saw since Lazor’s 2017 Bengals offense finished last in the NFL. In four years as an offensive coordinator — including 2014-15 with the Dolphins — Lazor’s offenses finished higher than 26th only once. But, apparently, desperate times — ranking 29th in points and 30th in yards called for Nagy to turn the call sheet over to a guy who was a volunteer assistant at Penn State last year. Bad move, Matt. Lazor oversaw season lows in yards (149) and first downs (10). The Bears went 2-for-11 on third down and had 32 yards and two first downs in the second half. The offense produced six points and had four consecutive three-and-outs after Patterson’s touchdown gave Chicago the lead."
Duh.
Was it the 3rd qtr that the Bears offense chewed up all of 42 feet ?
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Bears may as well sign Kaepernick to drive everyone bat shit. Given the terrible offensive line, he could die back there and half the county would be happy....
just half?
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Graham hurt? Just 2 targets.
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just half?
Yep.
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Yep.
relevant https://news.yahoo.com/anti-kaepernick-former-nfl-player-burgess-owens-elected-to-us-congress-021124974.html
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relevant https://news.yahoo.com/anti-kaepernick-former-nfl-player-burgess-owens-elected-to-us-congress-021124974.html
That proves what exactly? That people from Utah are morons? I thought we knew that already?.
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That proves what exactly? That people from Utah are morons? I thought we knew that already?.
I just thought it was funny since i happened to see it after I posted my trolly comment
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That proves what exactly? That people from Utah are morons? I thought we knew that already?.
I think you're looking for a smite on this one, but you wont get one from me.
You either misspelled morans, or you misspelled mormons.
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I think you're looking for a smite on this one, but you wont get one from me.
You either misspelled morans, or you misspelled mormons.
Well done
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I thought last night’s Amber Alert was going to be about Robert Quinn. Got paid serious money and I’m not even sure he’s so much as breathed in the general direction of a QB this year. Meanwhile with the Rams, Leonard Floyd has 7 sacks. They needed to move on from Floyd, but it’s still not a good look for Pace when his replacement who he signed to a fat contract has done jack shit.
Pretty sure you could have taken the Quinn money and used it for an upgrade or two on the O-line.
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I thought last night’s Amber Alert was going to be about Robert Quinn.
I thought so too but then figured he had something nicer than an Oldsmobile Silhouette
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I think you're looking for a smite on this one, but you wont get one from me.
You either misspelled morans, or you misspelled mormons.
Owe you another +1
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It’s Trubisky time again
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Which team will score more points this week? The Bronco, with its 6th string QB, or the Bear, with MVP Mitch?
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Both defenses could outscore both offenses. Tom Matte, where have you gone?
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Tempo WAY AOTC on Mitch, Nagy, Mack trade....ouch
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Here's what needs to happen this offseason:
Fire Pace and Nagy
Draft QB
Fire Pace and Nagy
Cut Quinn
Fire Pace and Nagy
Replace the entire OL
Fire Pace and Nagy
Hire Tempo as the next GM
Fire Pace and Nagy
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Absolutely horrible roster management on the offensive side of the ball. Can’t stay in the field and can’t expect defense to play great when they’re on the field the whole game. Even taking that into account the defense is still disappointing.
I’d be inclined to put most of the blame on Pace for the horrible performance...When Nagy had a solid roster in 2018 the results were solid. Even Mitch had a good year.
But Nagy’s mind boggling assortment of game/clock management gaffes and inability to find any way to generate some offense through scheme adjustments is damning.
But perhaps the most condemning aspect is that there is nothing fun about watching this team play football whatsoever.
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Of course #10 is a total bum...he is good enough to make a career as a backup. There’s just nothing there to ever be a starter
Bears defense has slipped mightily. Rodgers jersey during the pity talk with Mitch looks like it was just removed from the plastic wrapper.
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This is Matt LaFleur’s offense now. It will be interesting to see how Rodgers adjusts to the new system.
Apparently ok
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Of course #10 is a total bum...he is good enough to make a career as a backup. There’s just nothing there to ever be a starter
Bears defense has slipped mightily. Rodgers jersey during the pity talk with Mitch looks like it was just removed from the plastic wrapper.
We can no longer say, “well at least they play hard for Nagy.” That defense gave up last night.
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Here's what needs to happen this offseason:
Fire Pace and Nagy
Draft QB
Fire Pace and Nagy
Cut Quinn
Fire Pace and Nagy
Replace the entire OL
Fire Pace and Nagy
Hire Tempo as the next GM
Fire Pace and Nagy
I don’t know that I’d be a good GM, but I’d love to be in the room!
No way in hell I want Ryan Pace picking our next QB or coach. He can be a defensive scout, though.
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Tempo WAY AOTC on Mitch, Nagy, Mack trade....ouch
I mean, you guys act surprised...
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Bears may as well sign Kaepernick to drive everyone bat shit. Given the terrible offensive line, he could die back there and half the county would be happy....
If it were two years ago I’d love this. But fuck it, let’s do it anyway!
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To conclude, the Bears are who I thought they were. Nagy is one of the those guys who might be better the 2nd time around (but something in me doubts this because he doesn’t adapt well to situations or his personnel). If he learns to be more humble, he could be a decent coach. He’s good in the locker room, but you’ve gotta understand personnel and situations in this league.
Pace drafted Mitchell Trubisky over Patrick Mahomes and DeShaun Watson. And...he traded up to do so. No way in hell I want this guy picking our new QB. He’s done great on defense, but has blown it massively in every other way. Took him three years to stumble into a reliable kicker. Pack your bags, Ryan, and I’d prefer you take your friend Matt with you.
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Absolutely horrible roster management on the offensive side of the ball. Can’t stay in the field and can’t expect defense to play great when they’re on the field the whole game. Even taking that into account the defense is still disappointing.
I’d be inclined to put most of the blame on Pace for the horrible performance...When Nagy had a solid roster in 2018 the results were solid. Even Mitch had a good year.
But Nagy’s mind boggling assortment of game/clock management gaffes and inability to find any way to generate some offense through scheme adjustments is damning.
But perhaps the most condemning aspect is that there is nothing fun about watching this team play football whatsoever.
Re: 2018 the defense was historically good and the offense was ok for a short period because of Mitch and Tarik Cohen’s legs. The offense started to stall after some modest early success. The offense was garbage in the post-season. Nagy is a run of the mill coach who’s not as smart as he thinks he is.
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choosing to build the franchise around a defensive player in the modern era of offense appears to be a not-so-shocking mistake.
You know what else is funny to me....the same off-season the Chiefs hired Andy Reid, the Bears hired Marc Trestman LOL
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I don’t know that I’d be a good GM, but I’d love to be in the room!
No way in hell I want Ryan Pace picking our next QB or coach. He can be a defensive scout, though.
Figured I’d throw you a bone :D
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I’m really getting tired of supporting such a poorly run franchise. 35 years and counting since a title. Rare glimpses of decent play. Regardless of head coach the offense pretty much always sucks. I know it’s hard to win consistently in the NFL and lots of teams are perennially bad to mediocre but it sure would be nice to have a great run once in a while.
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Figured I’d throw you a bone :D
And I appreciated that!
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The Bears not winning a title in 35 years isn’t that unique. I think whats truly incredible is how inept they have been on offense during this time. I mean, almost impossible to consistently be this bad and have the same issues year after year after year.
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I’m really getting tired of supporting such a poorly run franchise.
Then stop, its that simple... can't say my sundays have been any worse by not watching football
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The Bears not winning a title in 35 years isn’t that unique. I think whats truly incredible is how inept they have been on offense during this time. I mean, almost impossible to consistently be this bad and have the same issues year after year after year.
That’s basically exactly what I was saying
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Then stop, its that simple... can't say my sundays have been any worse by not watching football
Problem is it is that horrible gray time of year when the days are like 9 hours long and it’s damp and windy af (and there’s nothing to do outside anyways in Illinois) and we can’t hang out with our friends and family. Most tv is a joke. Been doing a lot of reading. After the first of the year moving to a state that has a climate and topography that is more conducive to year round outdoor activities and isn’t hopelessly broke. May reevaluate my professional sports allegiances.
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The Bears not winning a title in 35 years isn’t that unique. I think whats truly incredible is how inept they have been on offense during this time. I mean, almost impossible to consistently be this bad and have the same issues year after year after year.
Defense and run da ball!
As the late Sean Connery put it in The Untouchables:
“That’s the Chicago way”
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Problem is it is that horrible gray time of year when the days are like 9 hours long and it’s damp and windy af (and there’s nothing to do outside anyways in Illinois) and we can’t hang out with our friends and family. Most tv is a joke. Been doing a lot of reading. After the first of the year moving to a state that has a climate and topography that is more conducive to year round outdoor activities and isn’t hopelessly broke. May reevaluate my professional sports allegiances.
Those all sound like wise decisions :)
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I predict Pace gets fired and Nagy will stay another year. Lots of jobs will be open (with better QBs in the stable) this year so I don’t think the Bears job would be very attractive to the better candidates regardless. Theo Epstein anyone?
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Bears should lose as many games as they can to position themselves better in the draft. This team has absolutely no chance of getting through a playoff and for all intensive purposes pretending otherwise does more harm.
There are 4 1st round grade QBS, arguably a fifth. I have seen projections that it is possible 4 QBs go in the top 10-12. You can’t start a season with Foles as your starter...you just can’t
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Does it really matter who the QB is with this O Line and no Cohen?
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On another note, the NFL penalized the Broncos by making them play sans qb Sunday. Doesn't matter that much to them because they're not going anywhere this year. I expect they'll also be fined and docked a draft choice which matters more. However, it was Seattle and the Pack (har!) who were more adversely impacted now that they trail the Saints by a game to secure the single bye and home field advantage for the playoffs. If the league had pushed the game to today, all 3 Denver qbs would have been able to play. With Hill at qb, Saints at Denver was kind of a tossup.
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Haven’t watched a full game since the double doink
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On another note, the NFL penalized the Broncos by making them play sans qb Sunday. Doesn't matter that much to them because they're not going anywhere this year. I expect they'll also be fined and docked a draft choice which matters more. However, it was Seattle and the Pack (har!) who were more adversely impacted now that they trail the Saints by a game to secure the single bye and home field advantage for the playoffs. If the league had pushed the game to today, all 3 Denver qbs would have been able to play. With Hill at qb, Saints at Denver was kind of a tossup.
We still would have lost. I don't know if it was so much a penalty other than the quarterbacks on my team are dumb as fuck. You guys want Lock (Jake Cutler 2.0) you can have him. ;D
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Does it really matter who the QB is with this O Line and no Cohen?
Exactly. The O Line especially. I said at the end of last season that if they didn’t fix the O-line, nothing else they did would matter. So Pace went out and spent the O-line money on Jimmy Graham and Robert Quinn. And the Bears suck because they have possibly the worst OL in the NFL.
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bears will end at 8-8
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bears will end at 8-8
They need to end 5-11 to 100% seal the fates of Nagy and Pace
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BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA
Nice choke job by Nagy's boys.
Be You.
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Goof thing they traded for Mack so the fucking Lions could go 90 yards down 2 scores.....
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Burn it down
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The Bears are a dropped pass by a rookie RB in Week 1 away from having last place all to themselves.
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I predict Pace gets fired and Nagy will stay another year. Lots of jobs will be open (with better QBs in the stable) this year so I don’t think the Bears job would be very attractive to the better candidates regardless. Theo Epstein anyone?
Matt Nagy: “Hold my beer!”
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Goof thing they traded for Mack so the fucking Lions could go 90 yards down 2 scores.....
But they won trade amirite? Anyway; that was never exactly the point. The point was always that they were mortgaging the future on two major unknowns. Matt Nagy and Mitchell Trubisky. Bye, Ryan.
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They need to end 5-11 to 100% seal the fates of Nagy and Pace
I think Pace is probably gone. Nagy too, but maybe a tad bit “safer.” The uncertainty of “post-Covid” NFL could possibly save their jobs. Nagy and the assistants, anyway.
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bears will end at 8-8
Optimistic, you are.
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At best, the Bears look like a team that might luck their way into a one-and-done playoff appearance as a low seed.
Oh man. I must got a hold of some powerful shit to come up with this take.
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So anybody wanna see Fitz coach the Bears next year? Sounds like it’s a real possibility.
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So anybody wanna see Fitz coach the Bears next year? Sounds like it’s a real possibility.
Seriously? Sounds like wishful thinking for Illinois (and, perhaps, Bears) fans. IMO, very little chance of Fitzgerald taking the job even if offered. He's at his alma mater where he was a star player. There isn't the unrealistically high pressure to win at NW (excluding, perhaps, the MBA & Journalism programs). Northwestern made a huge commitment to its football (and athletic) programs by opening a new $$$$$ facility in @2018. The Wildcats can consistently compete in the West Division. Fitz never played in the NFL. Not sure what your sources are (CBS? Yahoo? National Enquirer?), but don't take betting advice from them.
https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20201209/jim-odonnell-pat-fitzgerald-is-much-too-happy-to-coach-the-bears
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Seriously? Sounds like wishful thinking for Illinois (and, perhaps, Bears) fans. IMO, very little chance of Fitzgerald taking the job even if offered. He's at his alma mater where he was a star player. There isn't the unrealistically high pressure to win at NW (excluding, perhaps, the MBA & Journalism programs). Northwestern made a huge commitment to its football (and athletic) programs by opening a new $$$$$ facility in @2018. The Wildcats can consistently compete in the West Division. Fitz never played in the NFL. Not sure what your sources are (CBS? Yahoo? National Enquirer?), but don't take betting advice from them.
https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20201209/jim-odonnell-pat-fitzgerald-is-much-too-happy-to-coach-the-bears
Google “Pat Fitzgerald to the Bears” and you’ll find a couple sources suggesting/asking/wondering if he would jump to the Bears. The proximity and convenience might be appealing to him. Sounds like Harbaugh might be an option for them too.
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Google “Pat Fitzgerald to the Bears” and you’ll find a couple sources suggesting/asking/wondering if he would jump to the Bears. The proximity and convenience might be appealing to him. Sounds like Harbaugh might be an option for them too.
Media types will always speculate on potential coaching hires. Doesn't mean there is any (real) basis for such speculation. Most of the time, the "hot rumors" never pan out. But that doesn't stop them from "throwing enough sh*t against the wall and seeing what sticks". It's all about website hits and generating ad revenue.
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Media types will always speculate on potential coaching hires. Doesn't mean there is any (real) basis for such speculation. Most of the time, the "hot rumors" never pan out. But that doesn't stop them from "throwing enough sh*t against the wall and seeing what sticks". It's all about website hits and generating ad revenue.
Oh I agree. Just thought it was interesting and might be a real possibility due to the factors I mentioned. I doubt it will happen as well, but still something to keep an eye on on.
It’s something to talk about besides us getting our ass kicked today by him again today.
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Whoa. I know the Texans suck but what a half for the Bears offense.
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Mitch>Watson
Redemption for Ryan Pace!
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30562653/sources-nfl-teams-expected-target-northwestern-pat-fitzgerald-head-coaching-jobs
As I have previously stated....
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he ain't going anywhere
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WTF. I've seen about 20 seconds of this game and have seen 2 Bear tds.
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What the fuck was Nagy doing calling a timeout before half on fourth and one for the Vikings? Vikings decide to go for it but thank God the Bears defense stepped up and stop them.
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Be You.
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Mitch, you were doing so well.
Another L incoming.
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Mitch, you were doing so well.
Another L incoming.
Almost. The tip on the hail mary did things to my heart. That was close.
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Was there any Bears fan who didn’t expect that to be a MN touchdown? If not, how?
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Was there any Bears fan who didn’t expect that to be a MN touchdown? If not, how?
I still don't know how. That thing hung in the air for a good bit.
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.....kinda seems like the Bears have to keep him now, right?
Pace backed them into this terrible Foles contract, and they played their way out of high draft position.
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.....kinda seems like the Bears have to keep him now, right?
Pace backed them into this terrible Foles contract, and they played their way out of high draft position.
Yeah it’s really all a messed up situation and all backfired. Hampered with the Foles contract, very unlikely to make the playoffs (but not in a good draft position), and wtf do you do with Mitch now. I still think you fire Pace and Nagy. They lose when they need to win and win when they need to lose. Everything they do is backwards. Being an Illinois sports fan is brutal.
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Bears beat the Packers and they’re in the playoffs.
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Bears beat the Packers and they’re in the playoffs.
They can actually lose to the Packers and still make it if Cards lose to the Rams. They hold the common opponents tiebreaker over the Cards.
I don't know how I feel about the sudden Bears revival. It's crazy after the 6 game losing streak and the choke job against the Lions that they are even in this position. I guess if you get in, anything can happen right?
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Mack and the defense better be monsters today!
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Mack and the defense better be monsters today!
They did just give up a monster TD if that's what you meant
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They did just give up a monster TD if that's what you meant
Pagano needs fired at halftime. Fuck it, the whole staff and GM do.
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Pagano needs fired at halftime. Fuck it, the whole staff and GM do.
Nagy will be back unfortunately thanks to the Bears beating up on the dumpster fires of the NFL the past month.
What's worse is the Bears will likely get their shit pushed in the 2nd half and might still back into a playoff spot thanks to Kyler Murray getting hurt.
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We all know what’s going to happen here.
1. Bears lose a heartbreaker to Packers
2. but Zona loses and Bears make playoffs anyways.
3. Playoffs!!! JOBS ARE SAFE!!!
4. Bears lose first playoff game on a triple doink. Or a butt fumble.
5. Mitch and Nagy sign modest extensions.
6. Bill Lazor gets a small raise to reward him for improving the offense and taking some heat off Nagy.
7. This leaves the Bears without a proper scape goat so
8. They fire a couple positional coaches.
9. Hilarity ensues, in perpetuity
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Bears just can’t get a big stop when it actually counts. Rodgers just picks them apart.
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Bears just can’t get a big stop when it actually counts. Rodgers just picks them apart.
Three picks in their hands and they dropped every one. You don't get opportunities like that against Rodgers.
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Bears are playing the Saints in the WC round.
They needed a shit ton of luck just to limp into an expanded playoffs. Fuck this franchise.
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So anybody wanna see Fitz coach the Bears next year? Sounds like it’s a real possibility.
No, and no.
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Bears just can’t get a big stop when it actually counts. Rodgers just picks them apart.
Rodgers does that to a lot of teams.
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https://heavy.com/sports/chicago-bears/mike-borgonzi-chiefs-next-potential-gm/?fbclid=IwAR2shLMbZjB3QcFfXy8qAH7Y0bkk9nk7EkhbMX_mVhtoKA9hQ_K9B6IIQDQ
🤔 I’d be ok with this....
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Pace has to go. That rumored move would be a good start for them. Major decisions looming at QB and HC
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Speculation out there that Deshaun Watson is asking for a trade from Houston. If you’re the Bears give them whatever they want and get him here!!
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Would that give the Bears the worst two of the best three QBs in that class?
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Appears so? Does Watson want to come to a cold weather dumpster fire to play for Matt Nagy?
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Appears so? Does Watson want to come to a cold weather dumpster fire to play for Matt Nagy?
It's all about Clempsoning, which the Bears have (at times) taken to a new level this season so Watson would feel right at home.
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Good job getting Brees off the field on the first drive.
Come on Trubisky, let’s win this game.
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That’s a catch by Wims and better be reversed!
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Wow the next play Wims drops a wide open perfect throw in the end zone. That’s a fireable drop.
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Bullshit personal foul on Kmet. He threw the ball to the ref and walked off. Bogus
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Bullshit personal foul on Kmet. He threw the ball to the ref and walked off. Bogus
NFL making sure Brees goes out a winner in his last dance.
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NFL making sure Brees goes out a winner in his last dance.
Yeah, I mean it was absolutely horrible. And blatantly obvious.
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Listened to WBBM on way home, lots of bitching about the officials
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Bears can’t be that conservative before halftime if they wanna beat the Saints in the playoffs. Playing scared.
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With the vaunted Bears quick strike offense?
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With the vaunted Bears quick strike offense?
Lol I agree, but man you gotta try something. They let Trubisky air it out early with good success if the WRs can catch the ball.
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Awesome discipline by Nagy's squad today.
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What’s happened to Eddie Jackson?! He’s been straight garbage with a big mouth and no play to back it up.
Fuck it, the whole defense is garbage. Burn this shit down. Nagy, Pace, everybody! Fuck you, Bears!
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Well coached team on display here. You guys are fucking nuts if you don't want Nagy and his staff back for more.
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If they’re not gonna win just gotta hope for a blow out or embarrassment to kick start the necessary wholesale changes. Doing pretty well on the latter with the lack of discipline and only 3 points. Payton once again taking it to his hometown team. I really have come to loathe this franchise. The only thing I can find that’s still kinda cool about the Chicago Bears is ancient history.
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If they’re not gonna win just gotta hope for a blow out or embarrassment to kick start the necessary wholesale changes. Doing pretty well on the latter with the lack of discipline and only 3 points. Payton once again taking it to his hometown team. I really have come to loathe this franchise. The only thing I can find that’s still kinda cool about the Chicago Bears is ancient history.
Agreed. All I get is upset watching this shit. Just terrible football with no drive to win.
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At least there's a basketball game on tonight.
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Just go for it on 4th down, who cares. Put Foles in and let him sling it. At least Nagy will let him throw downfield!
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Nothing like running the ball when you're down 21-3 in the fourth.
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They call a timeout on third and one and then jump off fucking sides. Pathetic
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More.proof of Tempo's accurate view of the Mack trade.
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I love how Graham immediately got the hell out of there right after that meaningless TD :D :D
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It was so bad I watched Nebraska and IU play basketball in an empty building instead
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I love how Graham immediately got the hell out of there right after that meaningless TD :D :D
Wasn't meaningless if you teased the pointspread for the Bears!
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If I am the Packers’ GM, I am on the phone with the Browns about OBJ.
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As pretty much expected, Nagy and Pace are coming back.
Chuck Pagano got the hell out of that mess and retired before they canned him, though his unit did regress. He was still better at his side of the ball than the supposed offensive mastermind was at his.
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Someone had to fall on the sword
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More.proof of Tempo's accurate view of the Mack trade.
Nah, that trade was and always will be the right move at the time, despite the RISK!
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Nah, that trade was and always will be the right move at the time, despite the RISK!
Mack being wasted and no draft picks to plug all the other holes....
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Mack being wasted and no draft picks to plug all the other holes....
The other holes didn’t matter and I don’t trust Pace or Nagy to make them. The hole was quarterback and it was terrible. The Mack trade had nothing to do with that.
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The other holes didn’t matter and I don’t trust Pace or Nagy to make them. The hole was quarterback and it was terrible. The Mack trade had nothing to do with that.
The o line is as bad as the Illini o line
No QB. No depth at LB. And Mack taking up a lot of cap space and not making a difference like he did year 1. Job well done all around.
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Mack being wasted and no draft picks to plug all the other holes....
Literally everyone acknowledged it might not work out as desired (RISK!!!!), but it was the right move at the time.
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The o line is as bad as the Illini o line
No QB. No depth at LB. And Mack taking up a lot of cap space and not making a difference like he did year 1. Job well done all around.
Those are separate issues and unrelated to the Mack trade that had little to no bearing on the Bears problems. Cap space so Pace can sign a Robert Quinn, Mike Glennon, Nick Foles, draft shitty players in the 1st round, not pay Allen Robinson? Nah man, Mack had no impact on all that. Completely separate issues. Mack being doubled every game and still had an all-pro season.
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Idk the Bears are usually vanilla AF and they went and made a blockbuster move. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.
But Mack/the defense/Cuck Pagano aren’t the problem, the problem is the horrific offense that can’t stay on the fucking field regardless of QB.
So the logical Bears move is to keep the offensive guru HC (who was forced to quit calling plays mid season) and move on from the defensive coordinator (who himself was a demonstrably better HC than Nagy is.)
What the hell is the point of retaining a guy they hired as HC to develop MT and be an offensive guru when it’s clear he hasn’t done either and won’t do either? What does Matt Nagy bring to the table?
Terrible decision making is why this franchise sucks and will continue to suck.
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We all know what’s going to happen here.
1. Bears lose a heartbreaker to Packers
2. but Zona loses and Bears make playoffs anyways.
3. Playoffs!!! JOBS ARE SAFE!!!
4. Bears lose first playoff game on a triple doink. Or a butt fumble.
5. Mitch and Nagy sign modest extensions.
6. Bill Lazor gets a small raise to reward him for improving the offense and taking some heat off Nagy.
7. This leaves the Bears without a proper scape goat so
8. They fire a couple positional coaches. agree to part ways with the best coach on the staff
9. Hilarity ensues, in perpetuity
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Idk the Bears are usually vanilla AF and they went and made a blockbuster move. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.
But Mack/the defense/Cuck Pagano aren’t the problem, the problem is the horrific offense that can’t stay on the fucking field regardless of QB.
So the logical Bears move is to keep the offensive guru HC (who was forced to quit calling plays mid season) and move on from the defensive coordinator (who himself was a demonstrably better HC than Nagy is.)
What the hell is the point of retaining a guy they hired as HC to develop MT and be an offensive guru when it’s clear he hasn’t done either and won’t do either? What does Matt Nagy bring to the table?
Terrible decision making is why this franchise sucks and will continue to suck.
💯
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Two words. Clownshow.
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Idk the Bears are usually vanilla AF and they went and made a blockbuster move. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.
But Mack/the defense/Cuck Pagano aren’t the problem, the problem is the horrific offense that can’t stay on the fucking field regardless of QB.
So the logical Bears move is to keep the offensive guru HC (who was forced to quit calling plays mid season) and move on from the defensive coordinator (who himself was a demonstrably better HC than Nagy is.)
What the hell is the point of retaining a guy they hired as HC to develop MT and be an offensive guru when it’s clear he hasn’t done either and won’t do either? What does Matt Nagy bring to the table?
Terrible decision making is why this franchise sucks and will continue to suck.
In response to this and others:
The D's inability to get off the field was an issue the whole season. Mack is not dominating like he did year 1 and you paid him a ton and gave away draft picks for him. The O line sucks and has sucked. Manti Te'o was a starting linebacker last weekend. The negative ramifications of the Mack trade (along with their other boneheaded moves) are vast. So far, with an 0-2 playoff record (and one playoff spot due to COVID), the trade was a waste.
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Idk the Bears are usually vanilla AF and they went and made a blockbuster move. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.
But Mack/the defense/Cuck Pagano aren’t the problem, the problem is the horrific offense that can’t stay on the fucking field regardless of QB.
So the logical Bears move is to keep the offensive guru HC (who was forced to quit calling plays mid season) and move on from the defensive coordinator (who himself was a demonstrably better HC than Nagy is.)
What the hell is the point of retaining a guy they hired as HC to develop MT and be an offensive guru when it’s clear he hasn’t done either and won’t do either? What does Matt Nagy bring to the table?
Terrible decision making is why this franchise sucks and will continue to suck.
Yup, exactly.
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Literally everyone acknowledged it might not work out as desired (RISK!!!!), but it was the right move at the time.
Sure, the “value” was there, but with a franchise with so many unsettled questions, turns out they sure could have used that draft capital and cap space. You got zero playoff wins and have set the franchise back a few years. The trade was a bust. And always “risky.”
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Sure, the “value” was there, but with a franchise with so many unsettled questions, turns out they sure could have used that draft capital and cap space. You got zero playoff wins and have set the franchise back a few years. The trade was a bust. And always “risky.”
Yep. You called it at the time, noting the dire need for a QB, and got a lot.of crap for it. Meanwhile, the Bears are now an 8-8 franchise going nowhere, Leonard Floyd had more sacks than Mack did this year, and people are still doubling down on their bad trade analysis.
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The thing is if Pace and Nagy are as bad as we all believe them to be, then the whole Mack trade isn’t even worth debating in a vacuum because 1) it was made by incompetent people 2) those draft picks and cap space would have been utilized by the same incompetent people. The same people who found cap space for Robert Quinn’s deal but couldn’t shore up an O Line that’s has been killing this team and any QB that lines up behind it.
The argument could also be made that because the Bears have drafted and acquired so poorly that if the Mack deal hadn’t happened there may well have been zero playoff appearances and no division title in 2018.
And with so many more personnel decisions to have been made it’s possible the 2021 team would have been made up almost entirely of Pace’s beloved diamonds in the rough. Or they may well have made an even worse big free agent signing sometime between the Mack deal and now.
I don’t think the Mack deal kept them from not still sucking at their jobs and they would have just found another way(s) to do it. The Bears are a poorly run franchise that has borne a lot more resemblance to the Lions than the Packers during the vast majority of my lifetime and my entire adulthood. Then I heard George and Teddy the other day and that was the last straw for me. Since I was already in the process of washing my hands of this shithole state, I went ahead and washed my hands of this clown show sports franchise along with it. Thoroughly enjoyed my first game as a Packers fan yesterday. No regerts.
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This is basically the Bears version of the "keep Zook and Weber" arguments.
Would never root for the Packers. Ever. You going to root for Duke next when you get tired of Illini incompetence?
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This is basically the Bears version of the "keep Zook and Weber" arguments.
Would never root for the Packers. Ever. You going to root for Duke next when you get tired of Illini incompetence?
No, but seriously thinking about becoming a #BillsMafia fan. Josh Allen and their fans are enjoyable.
Don’t think I could ever stop loving the Bears, but damn it’s just setting you up to be sad and disappointed every year.
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This is basically the Bears version of the "keep Zook and Weber" arguments.
Would never root for the Packers. Ever. You going to root for Duke next when you get tired of Illini incompetence?
Huh? Obviously it isn’t a player or coach issue when this franchise has been pretty bad for 25+ years. That’s a systemic issue.
I didn’t think I could ever root for the Packers either but whatever. I have friends and family in WI, am moving out of Illinois, generally think Chicago is pretty much a giant beehive full of worker drones running endlessly between little workspaces in big buildings and their enormously overpriced and overtaxed homes and are ridiculously proud of that for some reason. Tribalism, I guess. Outside of the areas they keep nice for tourists and the wealthy (which can’t even be used right now due to COVID) it’s kind of a dump. The sports teams suck year over year, the weather sucks, and people are mostly miserable AF and want everyone else to be miserable along with them.
I’ve been watching lots of family and friends who are Packers fans have fun most of my life while I somehow let myself get emotionally invested in a terrible Bears franchise that doesn’t know how to win football games. I’m tired of sulking in my sad camp watching everyone else have fun every year.
Why should anyone feel an emotional loyalty to a professional sports team they have no control over? Especially when most of that emotion ends up being negative year over year. I was either going to have to give up the NFL or give up the Bears. There’s enough negativity and BS going on all around us right now without having to willingly adopt more negativity and anger into my life. That’s just insanity.
And no I will never cheer for Duke. College sports (at least for the time being) are different. I attended UIUC. I’m a donor. I lived in the community for a significant portion of my life. I’m invested in the institution in ways I cannot be invested in a pro sports franchise.
The Bears don’t owe me anything and I don’t owe them anything. So fuck em I’m out
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Huh? Obviously it isn’t a player or coach issue when this franchise has been pretty bad for 25+ years. That’s a systemic issue.
I didn’t think I could ever root for the Packers either but whatever. I have friends and family in WI, am moving out of Illinois, generally think Chicago is pretty much a giant beehive full of worker drones running endlessly between little workspaces in big buildings and their enormously overpriced and overtaxed homes and are ridiculously proud of that for some reason. Tribalism, I guess. Outside of the areas they keep nice for tourists and the wealthy (which can’t even be used right now due to COVID) it’s kind of a dump. The sports teams suck year over year, the weather sucks, and people are mostly miserable AF and want everyone else to be miserable along with them.
I’ve been watching lots of family and friends who are Packers fans have fun most of my life while I somehow let myself get emotionally invested in a terrible Bears franchise that doesn’t know how to win football games. I’m tired of sulking in my sad camp watching everyone else have fun every year.
Why should anyone feel an emotional loyalty to a professional sports team they have no control over? Especially when most of that emotion ends up being negative year over year. I was either going to have to give up the NFL or give up the Bears. There’s enough negativity and BS going on all around us right now without having to willingly adopt more negativity and anger into my life. That’s just insanity.
And no I will never cheer for Duke. College sports (at least for the time being) are different. I attended UIUC. I’m a donor. I lived in the community for a significant portion of my life. I’m invested in the institution in ways I cannot be invested in a pro sports franchise. They don’t owe me anything and I don’t owe them anything. So fuck em I’m out
Man this is good and very well said! 👏🏼👏🏼
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Now I’m really gonna get blasted 😂
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Now I’m really gonna get blasted 😂
I was going to say, when he agrees with you, you may want to reconsider your position.
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Now I’m really gonna get blasted 😂
Oh I knew the typical idiots would swoop in and make some smartass comment. Especially PAMan and Rob’s perverted ass will weigh in shortly as well. It’s all too predictable.
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Oh I knew the typical idiots would swoop in and make some smartass comment. Especially PAMan and Rob’s perverted ass will weigh in shortly as well. It’s all too predictable.
Rob might be too busy to respond if he's working on a new campaign for the next mayoral election.
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I attended UIUC. I’m a donor. I lived in the community for a significant portion of my life.
8 year plan? ;D
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8 year plan? ;D
If he was there 8 years and didn't get a degree, that would be called the "Judge Judy Plan."
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I can’t blame anyone for wanting to let go of Chicago let’s face it the John Hughes version of Chicago I grew up and raised my kids in is long gone.
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WHOA! SLOW IT DOWN AARON! Thoughts and opinions like that will get you canceled by the 6 corporations that control all of the media. Goddamn, I’d hate to see you have an “accident.”
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https://twitter.com/NationOfEagles/status/1357773242744918018?s=20
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(https://i.ibb.co/wpBSN1s/B0618-DBA-F965-43-F2-BD78-C7507-EC89-EC5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xzX1SQH)
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One good thing to note: it appears the Bears were unwilling to give up the 20th pick to acquire Wentz. Happy to see that.
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One good thing to note: it appears the Bears were unwilling to give up the 20th pick to acquire Wentz. Happy to see that.
Y’all better be ready for my COMEBACK!!! Ya heard it here first!!!
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Y’all better be ready for my COMEBACK!!! Ya heard it here first!!!
Vick, Ron Mexico, or Wentz?! 🤔
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Carson Wentz traded to the Colts for a 2021 3rd rounder and a 2022 conditional 2nd rounder.
The Bears never made an offer apparently.
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I didn’t see how it made any sense for the Bears when he hasn’t been very productive and the O line still blows
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I didn’t see how it made any sense for the Bears when he hasn’t been very productive and the O line still blows
The O-Line was improving toward the end of the year, especially on run blocking. Still not good enough though. Just like last year, nothing they do will make a difference if they can’t put together a good line.
Foles behind a good line would be better than Wentz behind a bad one. Or really, better than most QBs in the league behind a bad line.
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Agree. You can win in the NFL with a really good defense and a well-protected mediocre QB. If your O line sucks it doesn’t really matter who you throw back there.
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Everyone says Ryan Pace’s legacy is going to be tied to Mitch Trubisky, and to a certain extent, that’s true. But I think Pace’s biggest fault as a GM (and the one that is going to get him fired) is that he doesn’t seem to place any value on the OL.
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Andy Fuckin Dalton?
Well, he certainly has experience playing behind a shit line. None of it very good though.
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Dalton and Foles? I’d rather bring back Mitch if it’s down those two.
Rooting for this franchise is a sad life.
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looks like me missing another season won't be a big deal, lol
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I really have no idea how anybody could think this is good. I mean did Nagy and Pace think they got a good QB with this deal?
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Looks like the Bears have kicked the tires on an offensive lineman.
https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2021/3/15/22332663/chicago-bears-trent-williams-checked-report-2021-nfl-free-agency-rumors
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Lol listening to the score apparently they made a crazy offer to get Wilson and were told no so they got Dalton. Nice cover story guys
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I really have no idea how anybody could think this is good. I mean did Nagy and Pace think they got a good QB with this deal?
They were creaming themselves trying to get Russell Wilson, which anyone with a lick of common sense knew that was never going to happen.
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Looks like the Bears have kicked the tires on an offensive lineman.
https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2021/3/15/22332663/chicago-bears-trent-williams-checked-report-2021-nfl-free-agency-rumors
Can they kick the tires on some new owners?
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Leave it to the Bears to pick the shit option.
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Imagine relying on Ginger fucking Dalton to save your job. :D :D
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Honestly no great QB is coming to Chicago. Get a guy with a fairly high floor and plenty of experience without giving away the farm and then go balls out on the O Line. If they don’t win next season there will be a major house cleaning anyways.
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That might be the smartest thing you ever wrote.
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That might be the smartest thing you ever wrote.
Right back at ya
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That might be the second smartest thing you ever wrote.
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Holy shit, I was thinking the same thing!
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Trubisky signs with the Bills. Josh Allen better watch out!
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Kyle Fuller.....he gone!
Boy, Tempo and I were really, really AOTC on Ryan Pace....
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I don’t listen to the score anymore. Maybe I should again for the bears angst.
Problem is I can’t stand Bernstein. And Danny Parkins is worse yet.
I don't listen anymore either. I get all my hot sports takes here.
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No wonder you’re ignorant.
Hey-o!
For having a bad day, you are on a roll and still have not slaughtered anyone at a massage parlor.
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For having a bad day, you are on a roll and still have not slaughtered anyone at a massage parlor.
Or accused of forcing 3 different women to suck your cock at one either....
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Kyle Fuller.....he gone!
Boy, Tempo and I were really, really AOTC on Ryan Pace....
Needed cap space to sign the ginger savior
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Shiiiiitt...
Those bitches would be begging to suck this thick, veiny, pulsating, cock.
That’s a god damn guarantee.
Give Deshaun Watson a call, hear he might have the places NOT to go....
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He's going to Denver. 8)
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Chicago Tribune's Brad Briggs reports the Bears are allowing DT Akiem Hicks to pursue a trade
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Jesus Christ.
They better be tanking.
I don't even know with this fucked up franchise anymore. Nothing will change until the Mccaskeys either sell the team or they all drop dead at the same exact moment. The latter has a higher probability of happening. These fucks will never sell.
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He's going to Denver. 8)
As expected
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31102333/source-denver-broncos-cb-kyle-fuller-agree-one-year-95-million-deal
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https://youtu.be/dxytyRy-O1k
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Kyle Fuller.....he gone!
Boy, Tempo and I were really, really AOTC on Ryan Pace....
Thanks to Pace’s “brilliance,” we lose one of the best CBs in the game...in his prime. Nice job, Ryan.
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Kyle Fuller.....he gone!
Boy, Tempo and I were really, really AOTC on Ryan Pace....
I knew Pace would be a dipshit as soon as he signed Ray MacDonald. “But his parents vouched for him!”
If MacDonald wasn’t his first FA signing he was very nearly so.
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I can’t wait for Pace to give up a shitload of picks to move up and draft Trey Lance.
That’s the Pace way.
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Honestly, I can't believe the Bears didn't trade basically everything they had for Deshaun prior to all of his issues coming out.
That would have been classic fuckin Bears.
There were multiple teams able to give better offers than the Bears.
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https://twitter.com/DBearmanESPN/status/1371948300857966592
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Thanks to Pace’s “brilliance,” we lose one of the best CBs in the game...in his prime. Nice job, Ryan.
I’ve been just as hard on Pace as you have, but this wasn’t totally within his control. When he put these contracts together, there was no way he could have known that the salary cap would decrease this year instead of increasing like it has done pretty much every other year. Maybe he could have found some other way to free up cap space, but he didn’t have any good options.
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Jacksonville still wearing Nike unis ?
(https://i.ibb.co/pnY8vWw/Screenshot-20210330-061156.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fQj5Y8F)
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Jacksonville still wearing Nike unis ?
(https://i.ibb.co/pnY8vWw/Screenshot-20210330-061156.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fQj5Y8F)
This company modified the Nikes and sold them. Nike had nothing to do with it (after it made the original.shoe). Or so I read.
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Those are not our shoes. The Nike swoosh is ok with us, and we won't get into the blood stuff.
We have nothing to do with these shoes.
Best,
Nike
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I’ve been just as hard on Pace as you have, but this wasn’t totally within his control. When he put these contracts together, there was no way he could have known that the salary cap would decrease this year instead of increasing like it has done pretty much every other year. Maybe he could have found some other way to free up cap space, but he didn’t have any good options.
Well, if he doesn’t sign Quinn’s busted ass, he has the money to keep Fuller.
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I am a guy that’s not afraid to admit I was wrong. Last year I announced my change of pro football allegiance. After intense scrutiny of this thread I’m glad I don’t have to admit I was wrong.
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Well, if he doesn’t sign Quinn’s busted ass, he has the money to keep Fuller.
Quinn was one of the worst Bears signings of all time. But he had the money to keep both of them when he signed Quinn. The salary cap decreasing meant he had to make unexpected cap space.
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31199202/new-york-jets-trade-qb-sam-darnold-carolina-panthers-3-draft-picks
For this price, wtf were the Bears waiting on?! You DEFINITELY take Darnold at that price!! Fuck the Bears!
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Looks like the Bears actually dodged a bullet by passing on Watson.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31208850/nike-suspends-sponsorship-deshaun-watson-amid-sexual-assault-allegations
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Not really a good look after all the shit he stirred up to cause turmoil and promote himself
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Not really a good look after all the shit he stirred up to cause turmoil and promote himself
It’s funny watching ESPN defending Watson right now on First Take.
I guess the #MeToo movement only applies to white males who certain people choose.
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If you watch First Take, that's on you. ESPN is pure garbage.
Really, the only reason to watch that network is if there is a game on that you might want to watch.
Yeah I completely agree. I tend to watch occasionally and it never amounts to anything worthwhile.
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Cordarelle Patterson signing with the Falcons. Nagy in shambles.
Who is he going to run a pitch to on 3rd/4th and 1 now?
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Fuck the bears what a loser franchise
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Agreed. It's a dull topic, too.
Who here likes carrot cake?
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Carrot cake > Chicago Bears 100 times out of 100
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Was hoping for some good news but I should have known better
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Bears just traded up to 11 to draft Justin Fields.
I've been burned before so I'm not crowning him just yet but..wow.
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I am utterly stunned. Ryan Pace made a move that impresses me. A lot.
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I am utterly stunned. Ryan Pace made a move that impresses me. A lot.
Yeah I can't really knock Pace here. Trading up this time made sense, and they didn't really give up too much to do it.
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There are few things I wanted more than for Ryan Pace to be fired this off-season. I have to admit, this buys him a couple more years.
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There are few things I wanted more than for Ryan Pace to be fired this off-season. I have to admit, this buys him a couple more years.
I’d say Nagy too. This was HIS pick.
Or so it seems...
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What if they did this for a white QB though
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What if they did this for a white QB though
Hey Rush, I thought you died?
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Hey Rush, I thought you died?
Answer the question, Nancy.
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Answer the question, Nancy.
So you think I like him simply because he’s black? You’re dumber than I thought.
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So you think I like him simply because he’s black? You’re dumber than I thought.
I like him too. I’m just fuckin with ya, Wayne.
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I like him too. I’m just fuckin with ya, Wayne.
Kewl...
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Is Ryan Pace...having a good draft so far? !!!!!!
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Someone on Twitter put it very well. Instead of trying to show everyone how smart he is, he’s just being smart. A refreshing change.
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Can’t believe the Bears draft discussion went nowwhere here.
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Someone on Twitter put it very well. Instead of trying to show everyone how smart he is, he’s just being smart. A refreshing change.
That is a good way to put it. I think Pace had a fantastic draft. I think the price paid to move up for Fields seemed a little high compared to what other teams have paid. Maybe when there’s still a top QB on the board, you can get a little higher value?
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Can’t believe the Bears draft discussion went nowwhere here.
When it comes to the Bears the needle doesn't ever really move much for me
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Old news I know, but the Bears cut Charles Leno. Thank fuck for that. He was quite an expert at killing drives.
That already should do wonders for Fields prospects.
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Given the rather pathetic history of Chicago Bears QBs during the past, oh, 30+ years, I'm not sure how I feel about the team drafting Justin Fields. After all, once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye, even in the NFL. At least Trubisky, Grossman, Cade the Clown, et. al have set a very low bar.
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See also "who cares?"
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Right.
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Probably because you were involved in the conversation.
Actually, engagement goes up exponentially when I post. This is fact.