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13-3 is definitely not happening next year. Have any of you looked at the North's schedule next year?

 

AFC North and NFC West

Feels like the Bears constantly are facing a tough schedule like the ebbs and flows of other divisions is perfectly lined up with the Bears rotation haha.

 

8th easiest schedule this year.

Well I was thinking more in terms of "projected" SOS. That always seems high, whether or not it ranks that way at the end or the year. I may also just be making it up completely.

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13-3 is definitely not happening next year. Have any of you looked at the North's schedule next year?

 

AFC North and NFC West

On the other hand the freaking Steelers won the North and they suck. Everybody in the NFC West is quite beatable. The worst matchup is Seattle on the road but I'm not sure they still have the same aura the past few years, with quite a few home losses for a team that was supposed to be impossible to beat in their stadium.

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About to get some real information out of this press conference I'm sure!

This is one of the few days of the year I'll listen to a little talk radio and laugh to myself about all the guys who have listened to press conferences their entire life and then call in and complain that it was all fluff or spin or whatever.

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Feels like the Bears constantly are facing a tough schedule like the ebbs and flows of other divisions is perfectly lined up with the Bears rotation haha.

 

8th easiest schedule this year.

Well I was thinking more in terms of "projected" SOS. That always seems high, whether or not it ranks that way at the end or the year. I may also just be making it up completely.

Well they haven't had a 4th place schedule in a few years so that removes the perceived easiest wins and they've had a 1st and a 2nd place opponent in two of those years so that gives the perception of being tough.

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About to get some real information out of this press conference I'm sure!

This is one of the few days of the year I'll listen to a little talk radio and laugh to myself about all the guys who have listened to press conferences their entire life and then call in and complain that it was all fluff or spin or whatever.

I'm trying to figure out if I want to listen to the conference with Bernstein's chatter in the background, sometimes it's mildly entertaining when he scoffs at everything but it can also be a bit much.

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13-3 is definitely not happening next year. Have any of you looked at the North's schedule next year?

 

AFC North and NFC West

On the other hand the freaking Steelers won the North and they suck. Everybody in the NFC West is quite beatable. The worst matchup is Seattle on the road but I'm not sure they still have the same aura the past few years, with quite a few home losses for a team that was supposed to be impossible to beat in their stadium.

 

AFC North had 3 playoff teams this year. NFC West had 2 and another team the Bears tied with them. So, on paper that's 6 teams equal or better than the Bears, not including GB x 2, and Tampa, and potentially whatever AFC team they get for the 17th game. That being said, I don't pay attention to projections. 6-8 new teams make the playoffs every year. Granted, the Bears could be 1 of the, but odds are 3-4 of these teams aren't very good next year.

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About to get some real information out of this press conference I'm sure!

This is one of the few days of the year I'll listen to a little talk radio and laugh to myself about all the guys who have listened to press conferences their entire life and then call in and complain that it was all fluff or spin or whatever.

I'm trying to figure out if I want to listen to the conference with Bernstein's chatter in the background, sometimes it's mildly entertaining when he scoffs at everything but it can also be a bit much.

 

what station / website are you guys listening to?

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13-3 is definitely not happening next year. Have any of you looked at the North's schedule next year?

 

AFC North and NFC West

On the other hand the freaking Steelers won the North and they suck. Everybody in the NFC West is quite beatable. The worst matchup is Seattle on the road but I'm not sure they still have the same aura the past few years, with quite a few home losses for a team that was supposed to be impossible to beat in their stadium.

 

AFC North had 3 playoff teams this year. NFC West had 2 and another team the Bears tied with them. So, on paper that's 6 teams equal or better than the Bears, not including GB x 2, and Tampa, and potentially whatever AFC team they get for the 17th game. That being said, I don't pay attention to projections. 6-8 new teams make the playoffs every year. Granted, the Bears could be 1 of the, but odds are 3-4 of these teams aren't very good next year.

 

next year is a 17 game schedule?

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13-3 is definitely not happening next year. Have any of you looked at the North's schedule next year?

 

AFC North and NFC West

On the other hand the freaking Steelers won the North and they suck. Everybody in the NFC West is quite beatable. The worst matchup is Seattle on the road but I'm not sure they still have the same aura the past few years, with quite a few home losses for a team that was supposed to be impossible to beat in their stadium.

 

AFC North had 3 playoff teams this year.

 

The AFC North also got to play the NFC East this year. Pittsburgh also got Jacksonville, so that's 7 games against trash teams this season.

I take with a grain of salt the bloated win totals in the AFC this year. They had the three worst teams in football this year.

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On the other hand the freaking Steelers won the North and they suck. Everybody in the NFC West is quite beatable. The worst matchup is Seattle on the road but I'm not sure they still have the same aura the past few years, with quite a few home losses for a team that was supposed to be impossible to beat in their stadium.

 

AFC North had 3 playoff teams this year. NFC West had 2 and another team the Bears tied with them. So, on paper that's 6 teams equal or better than the Bears, not including GB x 2, and Tampa, and potentially whatever AFC team they get for the 17th game. That being said, I don't pay attention to projections. 6-8 new teams make the playoffs every year. Granted, the Bears could be 1 of the, but odds are 3-4 of these teams aren't very good next year.

 

next year is a 17 game schedule?

Yup.

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I had low expectations for this press conference but its still worse than I expected

This is not good. I think there is a way to sell this decision as the right way to move forward, but they aren't going that at all.

 

I assumed the family was looking for stability after years of constant turnover, but this press conference is really just selling stability for stability's sake.

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I had low expectations for this press conference but its still worse than I expected

This is not good. I think there is a way to sell this decision as the right way to move forward, but they aren't going that at all.

 

I assumed the family was looking for stability after years of constant turnover, but this press conference is really just selling stability for stability's sake.

 

yea, Phillips is selling a "successful organization" and not a winning football team. As the only NFL team in Chicago, they'll always be a "successful organization"

 

its almost belittling in effect

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