Game 4: Slender Man vs. Senor Mustachioed Dickbutt on Thursday night at 7:30 NFL Network

[Magnetic Curses]

I'm starting the thread.

 

I hope Slender Man finds a good home terrorizing children in an 11th century woodcut. Then he can go away forever and we can sleep in our own beds again.

 

I also hope Aaron Dickbutt gets a bad case of the bends scuba diving off Sumatra and cannot play.

Edited September 26, 2017 by Stannis

[Sammy Sofa]

Bear lose, 38-16.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Protect the football and dominate the trench and we can win. We need guys like Floyd, Goldman, Bullard to wake up and wreak havoc against a pretty average OL.

[David]

pretty average seems generous right now

[raw]

Protect the football and dominate the trench and we can win. We need guys like Floyd, Goldman, Bullard to wake up and wreak havoc against a pretty average OL.

 

Goldman has been really good in the 2 close games. It's no secret why the Bears have had success shutting down the run despite shuffling ILBs in and out.

[We Got The Whole 9]

pretty average seems generous right now

True but the point is that they can beat Green Bay and I want to see a gunshy Rodgers after a half of repeated pounding

[raw]

There's been multiple people around the Bears hinting that the Bears have targeted the Saints game in New Orleans as the game Trubisky takes over the starting QB job. For those scoring at home, that's Week 8.

[David]

There's been multiple people around the Bears hinting that the Bears have targeted the Saints game in New Orleans as the game Trubisky takes over the starting QB job. For those scoring at home, that's Week 8.

Ugh. Pace is going all out. Let Glennon lose enough to fire Fox and then show off Mitchell to Payton.

[Guest]

There's been multiple people around the Bears hinting that the Bears have targeted the Saints game in New Orleans as the game Trubisky takes over the starting QB job. For those scoring at home, that's Week 8.

 

They can't grind their backs that long. If they somehow manage a win against green bay, with Glennon doing nothing or being a minus, they have to go for it. This team could be a playoff team with a QB that can do stuff. I have no idea why waiting until week 8 to play him makes any difference in his development.

[Guest]

I'm thinking they can win a few more with Glennon if they stick to shovel passes.

[Guest]

When asked about it, Fox wanted to say something else so bad....but he thought better of it.

[LeonDurham]

There's been multiple people around the Bears hinting that the Bears have targeted the Saints game in New Orleans as the game Trubisky takes over the starting QB job. For those scoring at home, that's Week 8.

 

 

I call BS. Because the organization that had everyone believing they were trading up for Solomon Thomas and routinely censors reporters for dumb stuff at practice isn't going to let it leak when Trubisky is going to start.

 

I'm going to hold out hope it's week 5. Hell im going to hope Mitch throws for 4 TDs Thursday night.

[Thrilho]

There's been multiple people around the Bears hinting that the Bears have targeted the Saints game in New Orleans as the game Trubisky takes over the starting QB job. For those scoring at home, that's Week 8.

 

 

I call BS. Because the organization that had everyone believing they were trading up for Solomon Thomas and routinely censors reporters for dumb stuff at practice isn't going to let it leak when Trubisky is going to start.

 

I'm going to hold out hope it's week 5. Hell im going to hope Mitch throws for 4 TDs Thursday night.

Totally. Nobody knows horsefeathers. There were a lot of beat writers who told you they had the scoop on the draft pick and none of them did. To say with confidence that Pace is willing to watch the season swirl down the toilet bowl for another 4 weeks no matter how bad Glennon is just doesn't jive. If the angle is that he's trying to lure Payton with an up close viewing you might want to get Mitch a couple starts first. And there are some very winnable games on the schedule in weeks 4-7.

[BigbadB]

I predict they start with Glennon on Thursday and finish with Trubisky. Either because Neanderthal Man killed the non moving target that is Glennon, or because of his futile passing game. This way they don't have to play their hand with GB.

[minnesotacubsfan]

They don't have to play their hand with GB now

[biittner77]

I'm rooting for Glennon to accidently win a couple games but then get hurt and Trubisky gets the job and keeps it. If that's too cynical, maybe Glennon gets traded to a team desperate enough to make that move.

[LeonDurham]

I'm just saying that there is absolutely nothing out there that keeps me from thinking that Mitch is starting Thursday.

 

People are basing it on what Pace and Fox have said, but neither of them say anything of substance to the media. Otherwise, it is everyone out there speculating.

 

What I am saying is that there are a lot of smart people out there that say its time to start the Mitch. It seems like its a reasonable thing to do. And based on this, it won't shock me if he's starting Thursday. If he were, they certainly wouldn't announce it. In fact, they'd probably make a statement like the one below (on Glennon starting).

 

“We’re not going to announce our starting lineup probably until pretty close to game time,” Fox told reporters. “But I think that would probably be a fairly proper assessment.”

[biittner77]

Here are the main reasons (in no particular order):

 

1 They're paying Glennon a lot of money. When they did that they they committed to playing him more than 3 games.

2 He's coming off a win. That makes it harder to replace him in the event that Trubisky struggles.

3 it's a short week so they'd probably want to give him more time to prepare for whomever he faces in his first start

4 They probably want him to make his debut against a team that is terrible if at all possible. Whether the Packers fall into that category or not is debatable but given the recent history of the 2 franchises it seems like it would be pretty demoralizing if Trubisky bombed in his debut against the team that the fans hate most.

 

None of this precludes the possibility that Glennon starts then gets yanked because he stinks.

[Brian707]

Week 8 is the week before the bye. That would be an odd time to have Mitch's first start.

[LeonDurham]

Here are the main reasons (in no particular order):

 

1 They're paying Glennon a lot of money. When they did that they they committed to playing him more than 3 games.

2 He's coming off a win. That makes it harder to replace him in the event that Trubisky struggles.

3 it's a short week so they'd probably want to give him more time to prepare for whomever he faces in his first start

4 They probably want him to make his debut against a team that is terrible if at all possible. Whether the Packers fall into that category or not is debatable but given the recent history of the 2 franchises it seems like it would be pretty demoralizing if Trubisky bombed in his debut against the team that the fans hate most.

 

None of this precludes the possibility that Glennon starts then gets yanked because he stinks.

 

 

1. Don't buy it. 3 games is enough to know he's not a starter in this league. He's got 18 million reasons to be thankful for the opportunity he got and didn't deserve to begin with.

2. A win in spite of his horrible play.

3. OK. Fair enough. This is the only point I'm buying.

4. He's going to have to face a tough team sooner or later. He's going to lose sooner or later. He's going to get hit sooner or later.

[Chocolate Milk]

I wish I could get there, but I think Glennon is going to be starting longer than we all think. I don't get the sense they've really waivered.

[BigbadB]

Here are the main reasons (in no particular order):

 

1 They're paying Glennon a lot of money. When they did that they they committed to playing him more than 3 games.

2 He's coming off a win. That makes it harder to replace him in the event that Trubisky struggles.

3 it's a short week so they'd probably want to give him more time to prepare for whomever he faces in his first start

4 They probably want him to make his debut against a team that is terrible if at all possible. Whether the Packers fall into that category or not is debatable but given the recent history of the 2 franchises it seems like it would be pretty demoralizing if Trubisky bombed in his debut against the team that the fans hate most.

 

None of this precludes the possibility that Glennon starts then gets yanked because he stinks.

 

 

1. Don't buy it. 3 games is enough to know he's not a starter in this league. He's got 18 million reasons to be thankful for the opportunity he got and didn't deserve to begin with.

2. A win in spite of his horrible play.

3. OK. Fair enough. This is the only point I'm buying.

4. He's going to have to face a tough team sooner or later. He's going to lose sooner or later. He's going to get hit sooner or later.

 

5. No team has more drops in the first three weeks than the Bears, and it's a runaway. This is in no way support of starting Glennon, as I already made my opinion known above, but I could see the coaching staff coupling in that info along with 1-4.

[raw]

That plan may have been the plan before the season or before the last 2 games. Just reporting what I've read (Brad Biggs column). But the week 8 theory makes some sense using flawed John Fox logic.

 

Didn't start him the first 3 weeks, this is a short week. Not enough prep for Mitch.

Next 3 games are strong defenses: Minnesota, Baltimore, Carolina.

New Orleans gives him a chance to start on the road without all the home game hype.

It also gives him a chance to start and then the Bears have an extra week to evaluate him and fix whatever needs to be tweaked during the bye.

 

 

Like I said, it's not very sound logic, but it probably makes sense to a person that is willing to start a QB after a 100 yard passing game following a disaster start coming off a bad preseason when you have a potentially elite player behind him......if Fox is in fact willing to start Glennon.

[Derwood]

Smoke screen or stupidity?

 

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Loggains-lauds-Glennon%E2%80%99s-performance-in-win/ab04dd8c-03df-4139-8981-2aae19d29456

[Guest]

My problem with the guys like Hub and Biggs and some others is that they're saying that the Bears have to play this way to win games. They're saying that the Bears don't have the receivers to play any other way when that's obviously not true. The Bears certainly don't have good receivers at all, but they have enough of a ground game to open those guys up for Mitch.