Week 11: Vikings at Chicago Sunday night on NBC

[raw]

Hicks with 5 tackles for loss and a sack tonight.

[Brian]

Kirk you're no Mitch

[Splendid Splinter]

Yep. Give the game ball to Hicks now.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Bears win. Great game

[We Got The Whole 9]

[expletive] this feels amazing

[Brian]

kind of late for Parkey to be up when he has to be back in high school tomorrow

[SpongeWorthy]

good w

 

Nagy needs to get in the lab and figure out how to win when a good D takes away the big play

[UMFan83]

Interesting game. Obviously thrilled the Bears won and the Vikings are a solid defense so I didn’t expect 150+ QB rating Mitch tonight. He was very shaky at times but also seemed to make plays when the bears needed him most which is awesome

[raw]

I hate that the final score doesn't show how truly dominant an ass whooping the Bears put on them. I also hate it because it meant that important defensive players were still on the field late when they have a game in like 84 hours.

[SpongeWorthy]

good w

 

Nagy needs to get in the lab and figure out how to win when a good D takes away the big play

 

e: we did win you drunk idiot

[raw]

Interesting game. Obviously thrilled the Bears won and the Vikings are a solid defense so I didn’t expect 150+ QB rating Mitch tonight. He was very shaky at times but also seemed to make plays when the bears needed him most which is awesome

 

About how I imagine he'll play against really good teams. Dominate the bad teams. Mediocre against the good teams with God-mode defense, and I'll take it for now.

[jersey cubs fan]

Mitch seems to have second half issues that will be painful, eventually. He's shown enough to make you believe he can put it together, but so many really bad throws are just scary. Edited November 19, 2018 by jersey cubs fan

[minnesotacubsfan]

good w

 

Nagy needs to get in the lab and figure out how to win when a good D takes away the big play

 

e: we did win you drunk idiot

 

 

Thank you for posting my exact thoughts

[minnesotacubsfan]

Mitch seems to have second half issues that will be painful, eventually. He's shown enough to make you believe he can't put it together, but so many really bad throws are just scary.

 

When was the last time he faced a D of the Vikings caliber?

 

 

Last year?

[WrigleyField 22]

Playoff Picture

Bye:

1. NO Saints

2. LA Rams

WC;

3. CHI Bears vs 6. MIN Vikings

4. WAS Slurs vs 5. CAR Panthers

(Bears 1 game lead on WC1, 1.5 on division)

 

In the hunt (+ Games behind WC, + Games behind div);

7. SEA Seahawks (+0.5, +4)

8. DAL Cowboys (+0.5, +1)

9. GB Packers (+1, +2.5)

9. ATL Falcons (+1.5, +5)

10. DET Lions (+1.5, +3)

11. PHI Eagles (+1.5, +2)

The rest;

NYG, TAM, ARI, SF

 

If you wanna get real wild, predict away and see where the playoffs land

http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

[bukie]

Bears now project to finish the season 11-5, which means the Packers can't catch them and the Vikings only can if they win out to go 11-4-1 against one of the toughest remaining schedules in the NFL.

[UMFan83]

Playoff Picture

Bye:

1. NO Saints

2. LA Rams

WC;

3. CHI Bears vs 6. MIN Vikings

4. WAS Slurs vs 5. CAR Panthers

(Bears 1 game lead on WC1, 1.5 on division)

 

In the hunt (+ Games behind WC, + Games behind div);

7. SEA Seahawks (+0.5, +4)

8. DAL Cowboys (+0.5, +1)

9. GB Packers (+1, +2.5)

9. ATL Falcons (+1.5, +5)

10. DET Lions (+1.5, +3)

11. PHI Eagles (+1.5, +2)

The rest;

NYG, TAM, ARI, SF

 

If you wanna get real wild, predict away and see where the playoffs land

http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

 

Im assuming Washington is going to collapse without smith, they’ve been kind of a fluke team anyways if you go by point differential. Anyways if you make that assumption the Bears basically have a 3 game cushion for a WC spot with 6 to play (because Bears have H2H over Seattle) Crazy

[mul21]

Interesting game. Obviously thrilled the Bears won and the Vikings are a solid defense so I didn’t expect 150+ QB rating Mitch tonight. He was very shaky at times but also seemed to make plays when the bears needed him most which is awesome

 

It’s amazing the difference having a QB who can throw the ball downfield makes in converting a 3rd and 8. A couple really big throws on 3rd down that made things much more comfortable at the end.

[bukie]

The other thing you can look at at this point is what teams are even contending for the playoffs in the NFC? You can basically write off the 49ers, Cards, Bucs and Giants up front. Detroit is hanging by a thread, they'd basically be done if the Bears win Thursday. Philly and Atlanta are already in win-out-or-season-over mode, Washington has no QB, which means the Cowboys may make the playoffs by default.

 

Rams and Saints have practically wrapped up playoff spots at this point, even though the Saints closing schedule is brutal. That leaves 3 spots for the Bears, Vikings, Packers, Panthers and Seahawks, keeping in mind that even if the Packers win out, they get to 10 wins.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Yeah, I'm basically just assuming this season goes division title, playoff win, loss at LA. Perfectly respectable.

[WrigleyField 22]

The other thing you can look at at this point is what teams are even contending for the playoffs in the NFC? You can basically write off the 49ers, Cards, Bucs and Giants up front. Detroit is hanging by a thread, they'd basically be done if the Bears win Thursday. Philly and Atlanta are already in win-out-or-season-over mode, Washington has no QB, which means the Cowboys may make the playoffs by default.

 

Rams and Saints have practically wrapped up playoff spots at this point, even though the Saints closing schedule is brutal. That leaves 3 spots for the Bears, Vikings, Packers, Panthers and Seahawks, keeping in mind that even if the Packers win out, they get to 10 wins.

The NFC East could easily be a 9 win team, though it's also looking much more likely that a 9 win team will be a WC team

[WrigleyField 22]

Yeah, I'm basically just assuming this season goes division title, playoff win, loss at LA. Perfectly respectable.

Loss vs LA in the regular season and then pay back and win on the road in the playoffs, come on man!

 

Then Pace beats his old team, and then Nagy wins against his mentor. I make Super Bowl baby.

[bukie]

The other thing you can look at at this point is what teams are even contending for the playoffs in the NFC? You can basically write off the 49ers, Cards, Bucs and Giants up front. Detroit is hanging by a thread, they'd basically be done if the Bears win Thursday. Philly and Atlanta are already in win-out-or-season-over mode, Washington has no QB, which means the Cowboys may make the playoffs by default.

 

Rams and Saints have practically wrapped up playoff spots at this point, even though the Saints closing schedule is brutal. That leaves 3 spots for the Bears, Vikings, Packers, Panthers and Seahawks, keeping in mind that even if the Packers win out, they get to 10 wins.

The NFC East could easily be a 9 win team, though it's also looking much more likely that a 9 win team will be a WC team

 

The NFC East winner could easily go 8-8 at this rate. Washington had a huge potential advantage that got lost when their only QB went down, so now it's a fight amongst the dregs to grab that all important 4 seed.

[minnesotacubsfan]

all this playoff talk is interesting, but the most important thing is horsefeathers THE PACKERS

[WrigleyField 22]

all this playoff talk is interesting, but the most important thing is horsefeathers THE PACKERS

Uh. No.

 

Here's a doom boner scenario though.

 

With a one game WC lead going into week 17, Minn (8-6-1) needs a win to clinch the final WC spot over GB (7-7-1). Bears take care of business and whoop Minn, eliminating the Vikings and setting a stage for CHI-GB Wildcard game. Aaron embarrasses us and the Bears spiral into an extended 6 year losing record drought and never best Rodgers again.

 

And yes I created this doom boner scenario on the ESPN playoff machine.