Week 7 Bears: Bears @ Who the heck cares, Thursday I think

[UMFan83]

The Bears suck, but I think there should be a thread each week to lament on their suckiness in preparation for their next sucky performance.

 

I've confirmed that the game is on Thursday night which is absolutely disastrous for the people that are concerned with the NFL ratings slip because this game will compete head-to-head against the Cubs clinching their first pennant in 70 years for viewership in Chicago.

[WrigleyField 22]

Yea, sorry Bears. Don't care about you this week. Won't switch back and forth. Won't follow you on my phone. Probably won't even record so i can skim through it later.

[raw]

It's about time to count moral victories for this team. Besides their 1 win, the Bears actually had 4th quarter leads in 3 other games....including 2 of them down to the opponent's final drive. So, that's......something, right?

 

In all seriousness though, do the Bears consider getting rid of Fox after this season, barring miracle? We heard all this stuff about his improvement with teams in Year 2. We heard all about his professional atmosphere. Players being held accountable. Players will play disciplined. He would bring in top notch coordinators.

 

But this year is a clear step down from last year's rebuilding squad. The way that injuries are being handled and press conference questions being answered is bad. The team is being penalized among the top 10 in the league, many of which have come at crucial times in the red zone. And there has been no progress out of Fangio's unit, despite having more talent than last year....and the OC has been a near disaster.

 

With the likelihood of a new offensive coordinator being hired and a new QB being drafted, it makes very little sense to allow Fox to hire his 3rd OC in 3 years. It makes less sense to draft a QB in the 1st round (which they should), who you hope to have for the next 5 years, and pair him with a defensive minded head coach who is already going to be 62 years old.

 

I'd really like to see them make a serious run at Kyle Shanahan. Shanahan has the #1 offense so far this year, but this is his 6th top 10 offense in his 9 years as an OC. He got an elite level season out of Matt Schaub, out of RG3, and now out of Matt Ryan. And if the Bears want to keep Hoyer around as a veteran backup/stopgap, Shanahan has coached him in Cleveland.

[Brian]

Bears @ Packers

 

or

 

NLCS Game 5 Jon Lester vs. Clayton Kershaw,

 

tough choice

[WrigleyField 22]

It's about time to count moral victories for this team. Besides their 1 win, the Bears actually had 4th quarter leads in 3 other games....including 2 of them down to the opponent's final drive. So, that's......something, right?

 

In all seriousness though, do the Bears consider getting rid of Fox after this season, barring miracle? We heard all this stuff about his improvement with teams in Year 2. We heard all about his professional atmosphere. Players being held accountable. Players will play disciplined. He would bring in top notch coordinators.

 

But this year is a clear step down from last year's rebuilding squad. The way that injuries are being handled and press conference questions being answered is bad. The team is being penalized among the top 10 in the league, many of which have come at crucial times in the red zone. And there has been no progress out of Fangio's unit, despite having more talent than last year....and the OC has been a near disaster.

 

With the likelihood of a new offensive coordinator being hired and a new QB being drafted, it makes very little sense to allow Fox to hire his 3rd OC in 3 years. It makes less sense to draft a QB in the 1st round (which they should), who you hope to have for the next 5 years, and pair him with a defensive minded head coach who is already going to be 62 years old.

 

I'd really like to see them make a serious run at Kyle Shanahan. Shanahan has the #1 offense so far this year, but this is his 6th top 10 offense in his 9 years as an OC. He got an elite level season out of Matt Schaub, out of RG3, and now out of Matt Ryan. And if the Bears want to keep Hoyer around as a veteran backup/stopgap, Shanahan has coached him in Cleveland.

Does Shanahan basically run his dad's offense?

[minnesotacubsfan]

Yes you draft a qb regardless of who HC/OC/ whomever is here

[WrigleyField 22]

Yes you draft a qb regardless of who HC/OC/ whomever is here

Yea , I mean, one year isnt going to ruin a guy if thats how it goes down. Question is when you draft a guy.

 

Fox obviously has a little over half the season the right the ship, but he'd have to finish at least .500 from here on out to make any case to fans right?

[raw]

Yes you draft a qb regardless of who HC/OC/ whomever is here

Yea , I mean, one year isnt going to ruin a guy if thats how it goes down. Question is when you draft a guy.

 

Fox obviously has a little over half the season the right the ship, but he'd have to finish at least .500 from here on out to make any case to fans right?

 

I'm at the point where it'd have to be a miraculous finish to the season to keep Fox. Granted, I wasn't a huge fan of the Fox hire, but if you keep Fox around another year, you risk a lame duck situation. There's no way you can allow Loggains to coach this offense again. And if you get a new OC and still Fox doesn't right the ship, you risk going into 2018 with a 5th OC in 5 years if your new head coach wants to bring in his own guy. I feel like if you bring Fox back for 2017, you have to bring him back for the year after also just for the sake of continuity. But then if you're Pace....you're risking going out the door with him if things aren't heavily headed in the right direction by that point.

[jersey cubs fan]

Yes you draft a qb regardless of who HC/OC/ whomever is here

Yea , I mean, one year isnt going to ruin a guy if thats how it goes down. Question is when you draft a guy.

 

Fox obviously has a little over half the season the right the ship, but he'd have to finish at least .500 from here on out to make any case to fans right?

One year could easily ruin a qb.

[PackLandVA]

I love the Packers...and maybe I'll flip over to the football game in between innings. Maybe.