Week 12: Bears @ Lions Turkey Day on CBS at 11:30

[jersey cubs fan]

should have 6 INTs tho

6 INT

9 WINS

Would be nice

[minnesotacubsfan]

should have 6 INTs tho

6 INT

9 WINS

 

Oh I agree. Still, hes playing very well

[Butterscup]

also sixty-nine

[bukie]

Bears have already scored more points than last year, 317 to 264.

[raw]

Bears have already scored more points than last year, 317 to 264.

 

Passed last year's point scored in the 1st Detroit game. 9 games.

[Bertz]

Bears have already scored more points than last year, 317 to 264.

 

Obviously the personnel are better, but it's incredible how much of this is on the coaching staff. Nagy has practically taken this offense from the leather helmet era to being one of the 3-5 most progressive in the league.

 

That gives me some hope that we'll be able to keep Vic Fangio on for next year. In a normal year, he'd be at or near the top of most prospective coach lists, and there's no way in hell we'd be able to retain him. But with the whole paradigm shift in the NFL right now, it may be tough to sell an owner on a 60 year old defensive coordinator, no matter how good. That is doubly so if you have a young QB or are going to need to draft one, which is basically all of the potential openings except the Packers and Lions.

[raw]

Bears have already scored more points than last year, 317 to 264.

 

Obviously the personnel are better, but it's incredible how much of this is on the coaching staff. Nagy has practically taken this offense from the leather helmet era to being one of the 3-5 most progressive in the league.

 

That gives me some hope that we'll be able to keep Vic Fangio on for next year. In a normal year, he'd be at or near the top of most prospective coach lists, and there's no way in hell we'd be able to retain him. But with the whole paradigm shift in the NFL right now, it may be tough to sell an owner on a 60 year old defensive coordinator, no matter how good. That is doubly so if you have a young QB or are going to need to draft one, which is basically all of the potential openings except the Packers and Lions.

 

The Fangio getting a HC job thing has been going around again recently. And I've been pretty surprised by it, because yeah......I don't know how you hire a 60-year old defensive coach in this day and age.

 

The last few years, you've had Nagy, McVay, Reich, Shanahan, Lynn, Pedersen and even McDermott hired on the offensive side and have some success. Shanahan's the only one that won't have a playoff appearance within 2 seasons of this group. 1 has a SB ring. Another is among the 2 favorites to get one this year. Defensively, you have Vance Joseph and Matt Patricia, who have been disasters so far. Vrabel has been mediocre and searching for an offense. Todd Bowles was hired 2015, but he's another D coach that's likely to get fired this offseason.

[BigbadB]

Bears have already scored more points than last year, 317 to 264.

 

Obviously the personnel are better, but it's incredible how much of this is on the coaching staff. Nagy has practically taken this offense from the leather helmet era to being one of the 3-5 most progressive in the league.

 

That gives me some hope that we'll be able to keep Vic Fangio on for next year. In a normal year, he'd be at or near the top of most prospective coach lists, and there's no way in hell we'd be able to retain him. But with the whole paradigm shift in the NFL right now, it may be tough to sell an owner on a 60 year old defensive coordinator, no matter how good. That is doubly so if you have a young QB or are going to need to draft one, which is basically all of the potential openings except the Packers and Lions.

 

The Fangio getting a HC job thing has been going around again recently. And I've been pretty surprised by it, because yeah......I don't know how you hire a 60-year old defensive coach in this day and age.

 

The last few years, you've had Nagy, McVay, Reich, Shanahan, Lynn, Pedersen and even McDermott hired on the offensive side and have some success. Shanahan's the only one that won't have a playoff appearance within 2 seasons of this group. 1 has a SB ring. Another is among the 2 favorites to get one this year. Defensively, you have Vance Joseph and Matt Patricia, who have been disasters so far. Vrabel has been mediocre and searching for an offense. Todd Bowles was hired 2015, but he's another D coach that's likely to get fired this offseason.

 

Shanahan would most likely have been knocking on the door for a playoff spot this year if McKinnon and Garrapalo didn't get hurt and Reuben Foster didn't beat women and Solomon Thomas wasn't a first round bust. They looked really good last year after getting JG, and McKinnon was a nice add to that offense.

[UMFan83]

[minnesotacubsfan]

 

 

at this point with 9 days to rest the D and give Chase more time with the 1st team in practice, I'd almost sit him just to make sure he heals properly

[Butterscup]

yeah shouldn't need him against the giants. treat him like mack/a-rob earlier in the year and make sure he gets as fully healthy as possible