Week 8: Vikings at Bears MNF on ESPN

[jersey cubs fan]

So is John Fox in danger of getting canned midseason? The Bears are early 5.5 point underdogs to the division leading Vikings, who face a bit of a test at Philadelphia this week. Everything has been going great for them despite the injuries, but at some point the Sam Bradford plan has to hit a hiccup. Cutler has to be back under center in this game, which will have no world series game overshadowing it, barring rain outs. I could see the Bears pulling off the stupid upset, going on a mini roll to remove the chance for Fox to be fired midseason and falling in the draft order. But it's still going to be a very tall order to get to 6 wins at this point.

[WrigleyField 22]

Monday night games suck but its a perfect opportunity to make a crock pot meal in the morning and come home to a ready meal and relax and watch footbal.

 

Any ideas for crock pot meals?

[WrigleyField 22]

But seriously, I don't think Fox is in any danger of being dropped midseason. And they probably eventually do enough to buy him another year.

[jersey cubs fan]

Monday night games suck but its a perfect opportunity to make a crock pot meal in the morning and come home to a ready meal and relax and watch footbal.

 

Any ideas for crock pot meals?

Buffalo chicken

[mul21]

Monday night games suck but its a perfect opportunity to make a crock pot meal in the morning and come home to a ready meal and relax and watch footbal.

 

Any ideas for crock pot meals?

 

I make a chicken cacciatorre using bone in skin on thighs so the meat doesn't get all dried out. Pretty tasty.

[BigSlick]

I'm laughing because I didn't even know Brian Hoyer broke his arm until someone on the Score said it at an hour update.

 

Things can't possibly get worse for the Bears, its hilarious

[UMFan83]

I'm laughing because I didn't even know Brian Hoyer broke his arm until someone on the Score said it at an hour update.

 

Things can't possibly get worse for the Bears, its hilarious

 

Well you are indirectly right because Hoyer's injury probably forces Cutler back into the lineup which will mean we will probably squeak out 1-2 more wins than we should get hurting our draft pick.

[Tim]

Monday night games suck but its a perfect opportunity to make a crock pot meal in the morning and come home to a ready meal and relax and watch footbal.

 

Any ideas for crock pot meals?

Carnitas

[raw]

Tons of crock pot meal ideas. There's beef stew, a hearty soup, chili, slow cooked beef or pork, sweet and sour meatballs, carnitas is a bomb ass idea, and you can pretty make any kind of slow cooked chicken dish in a crock pot and it all plays very well.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm laughing because I didn't even know Brian Hoyer broke his arm until someone on the Score said it at an hour update.

 

Things can't possibly get worse for the Bears, its hilarious

 

http://33.media.tumblr.com/8dd5c482fd4f33ea08069a48c560c306/tumblr_ne8fobydQR1u0jxu1o1_500.gif

[WrigleyField 22]

I'm laughing because I didn't even know Brian Hoyer broke his arm until someone on the Score said it at an hour update.

 

Things can't possibly get worse for the Bears, its hilarious

 

http://33.media.tumblr.com/8dd5c482fd4f33ea08069a48c560c306/tumblr_ne8fobydQR1u0jxu1o1_500.gif

Bwahahhahaha perfect Bears/chili analogy!!!!!

[WrigleyField 22]

Kind of a fun article.

 

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/here-are-the-nfl-teams-that-play-the-highest-draft-picks/

 

Cliff notes- weights NFL teams rosters based on when their players were selected in the draft.

 

The Bears are at the bottom for D and near the bottom on O. May be some injury effect since it weights based on actual snaps and we've had what high picks we have miss a lot of games. With that, each unit has just about average DVOA.

 

Certainly IF Pace were to think about making a coaching change, still has a lot of work to get the talent level up. For as bad as Fox is, him and his staff does seem to coach guys up well. Our UDFA defensive backfield being a good example.

[WrigleyField 22]

And since I'm already in draft mode, this is a pretty optimistic analysis of the Bears with a number two pick of a safety, of all things. From drafttek;

A (1-5) record is terrible, and it can't be excused. Does it mean that this team is as bad as they are accused of being? The record says so. Fans say so. But reality, well...reality tends to get in the way of a good narrative. The offense is doing ok - 4th in Yards Per Play Differential, 7th in Total Yards. The Offensive Line has played well - 5th in Avg Sack Rate and 9th in Run Block Success. The much-maligned defense has been fairly decent: 11th in Total Yards, 13th in Sack Pct, and allowing only 1 more PPG than the more-heralded GB and LAR defenses. So what is the problem? This team cannot score. It's 31st in PPG & 28th in Pt Differential. There is no doubt that scoring is a skill, and the Bears need tremendous improvement. The real story here, however, is that this is not a rebuilding situation. There is talent here (alot of it injured), and a Top 10 pick may be enough to complete this team. Garrett, Watson, Peppers, Tabor - they would all fill a need and be part of turning this team competitive. Laugh all you like, but they're closer than you think.

[Thurman Merman]

Monday night games suck but its a perfect opportunity to make a crock pot meal in the morning and come home to a ready meal and relax and watch footbal.

 

Any ideas for crock pot meals?

Buffalo chicken

 

I was going to say this exact thing. My wife makes a lot of these frozen bagged crock pot meals and this is the best one by far.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I'm laughing because I didn't even know Brian Hoyer broke his arm until someone on the Score said it at an hour update.

 

Things can't possibly get worse for the Bears, its hilarious

 

When I saw Hoyer had a broken arm, the first thing I thought was Jed really should stop spankin' it so much.

[SpongeWorthy]

im going to be at this game for some reason

 

hopefully nursing a hangover after weve clinched the world series in 4 or 5

[Tim]

This is all still preseason, right?

[Butterscup]

this team should be fired into the sun but it was actually cool watching leonard floyd have an awesome game on thursday

[Old Style]

Too bad this game is on an off night for the World Series. But it is on Halloween so maybe we should all just go trick or treating instead of watching this abortion of a football team.

[Sammy Sofa]

im going to be at this game for some reason

 

[jersey cubs fan]

Well the Vikings looked awful yesterday although they're still 5 point favorites against the Bears. Minnesota has a great defense but it would be interesting to see if Cutler can do anything against them, because the Bears should be able to keep the score within reach.

[David]

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glad he gets to get his feet wet against an easy defense

[jersey cubs fan]

cutler cleared to play, and fox is talking up what a good teammate he was while injured

[Sammy Sofa]

[davell]

 

I love Jay