Week 14: BEARS at Packers, Sunday Night Football

[raw]

It's everyone's favorite annual tradition!!! Bears travel to Green Bay in primetime. 9 of the last 10 years, the Bears have played in GB in front of a national audience on either Thursday, Sunday or Monday night football. The 1 time they didn't play primetime in Lambeau was the NFL 100th anniversary opener in 2018 where they played in Soldier Field.

 

The Bears have only won 2 of these primetime games. And most of them have been decided in blowout fashion, with a few heartbreakers just for S's & G's.

 

Guessing the NFL kept this in primetime because of the whole trainwreck philosophy. The Bears are boring on the field, but are a LOT to talk about off it. I'm sure there will be a ton of speculation of what's going to happen to Nagy and maybe even Pace. And this very well could be Nagy's last stand with more whispers around that THIS could be his last game if things get ugly.

 

The Bears were actually not terrible last time they faced GB. The game featured things like bad taunting calls, blown neutral zone calls leading to an INT, dropped TDs. If Fields plays, I think the Bears could actually hang around, especially if he's not gun shy about using his legs. The OL has been better, the Packers have never been great at stopping the run, and running QBs historically give them problems. But this game should end like the rest of them, with the Bears on the losing end.

[UMFan83]

The McCaskey's probably count a primetime win over the Packers as 3 wins in their evaluation of the HC and FO, so should probably lose this just to be safe :D Edited December 7, 2021 by UMFan83

[Old Style]

Packers by 24.

[minnesotacubsfan]

If this is the last game Nagy wins I'd be super happy

[WrigleyField 22]

If this is the last game Nagy wins I'd be super happy

A Nagy win followed by his immediate firing anyways would give me all the feels lol.

[The_Achiever]

Nagy gave Rodgers COVID so hopefully he is out for revenge.

 

50-burger, please. End this farce.

[WrigleyField 22]

Got a 7-10 Bears into the playoffs with a wildcard match up against the Packers.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine/_/factor/wins/results/401326535~1~401326552~1~401326564~2~401326570~1~401326593~1~401326549~2~401326585~2~401326575~2~401326524~3~401326529~1~401326556~2~401326580~2

[gflore34]

Well, technically, this will be Nagy' last game against GB as the Bears HC so, whatever' being reported is true.

 

Thinking about Justin Fields I rather he not play in this one, let Dalton and Foles take the beating. Make certain he's ready to go for the remaining games against the Vikings and Seahawks.

[Soul]

Yeah, this’ll take a few weeks off your lifespan.

 

Packers 31-3.

 

Several long, steady, life-stealing Packers drives for TDs with Bears 3-and-outs in between.

[jersey cubs fan]

Yeah, this’ll take a few weeks off your lifespan.

 

Packers 31-3.

 

Several long, steady, life-stealing Packers drives for TDs with Bears 3-and-outs in between.

Nah bro. Gonna be a couple 3 play TD drives.

[WrigleyField 22]

I have my god sons baptism Sunday so this should be the perfect opportunity to miss this beat down, and the NFL doesn't have the decency to flex it out so I'll probably end up watching it anyways?

 

Ugh.

[David]

[Soul]

At least there’s a tangible reason to watch.

[Sosa21MVP]

The return of Fields reduces my apathy towards the game. I mean, I still expect a painful loss. But hopefully Fields can do some things.

[ChiCubsFan]

Picking the Packers in my survivor pool. Bears just have no chance... right?

[Old Style]

Picking the Packers in my survivor pool. Bears just have no chance... right?

I can't imagine any scenario where Rodgers plays and the Bears win.

[pitchcs]

Picking the Packers in my survivor pool. Bears just have no chance... right?

 

 

I mean, what option could you possibly have left in Week 14 that's better?

[gflore34]

This game, like the last game and the playoff game against NO is another opportunity for Nagy to go hyper-aggressive, they've literally nothing to lose. However, I'm certain he'll find a way to be the big [expletive] he is, watch, the Bears will be hanging in there, keeping it close, maybe with a chance to take the lead on a drive, it'll be fourth and a centimeter around midfield. And, of course, he'll punt, the Packers will drive the length of the field and put the game away. If that happens I'd fire him the very second the game ends, have some else, anyone, Andy Dalton, do the post game PC.

[Soul]

This game, like the last game and the playoff game against NO is another opportunity for Nagy to go hyper-aggressive, they've literally nothing to lose. However, I'm certain he'll find a way to be the big [expletive] he is, watch, the Bears will be hanging in there, keeping it close, maybe with a chance to take the lead on a drive, it'll be fourth and a centimeter around midfield. And, of course, he'll punt, the Packers will drive the length of the field and put the game away. If that happens I'd fire him the very second the game ends, have some else, anyone, Andy Dalton, do the post game PC.

 

Hehe.

 

Don't worry, at this point in the season this will be a simple matter of the Packers slowly and methodically taking the Bears apart with long drive after long drive. You won't have to go through the agony of thinking the Bears might win if not for Nagy^© decisions.

[raw]

I know we discussed some coaching options here before, but I kinda like piecing together all the different rumors.

 

Nagy is for sure out. The jury is still out on Pace. I wonder if his status could be affected by the coaching search. The Leslie Frazier interest reported yesterday, I'm just going to assume is BS. There's simply no way they are going to hire a defensive coach who was one of the worst coaches in the league when he last coached 10 years ago, and will be 63 1/2 by the time next season starts. I will definitely quit Bears football if that's the case.

 

But the Josh McDaniels stuff is interesting to me. I think there's a real chance there could be mutual interest there. The Bears interviewed him when they hired Nagy and I think I read that he was a very strong candidate who they considered. I wonder if part of the issue was McDaniels wanting more say in personnel than the Bears/Pace were willing to give him. Rumor is that's why he spurned the Colts after originally accepting the job that same year, because Ballard wouldn't give up power. McDaniels reportedly did a ton of work on Fields this past draft season and by all accounts, really liked what he saw. The Bears are also in a position now to allow him to potentially bring a guy along with him from the Pats to be his GM. So, I wonder if that's potentially the back-and-forth going on about Pace.

 

I tend to believe the rumor that Bears want experience in their next coach. From Ditka on, the only HC with previous experience was John Fox and he wasn't a true long-term answer being that he was hired at 60. My theory is that Plan A is to try to use Pace to lure Sean Payton to Chicago. With that being a clear longshot, I think McDaniels makes sense as a Plan B. There's still the potential there of Pace moving up to a president role, but he's also not been great enough to where they simply couldn't just fire him if McDaniels prefers his own guy.

 

McDaniels was a clear disaster in Denver as a 33-year old. His leadership has been questioned since the Colts debacle. But I definitely am willing to give this option a shot and would be mildly excited about the hire.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I hate the idea of hiring McDaniels. He was anti-Cutty and wrong about that, anti Pollard and wrong about that. He strikes me as a big ego guy "my way or the highway" and as it turns out, his way is a dirt road

[gflore34]

I hate the idea of hiring McDaniels. He was anti-Cutty and wrong about that, anti Pollard and wrong about that. He strikes me as a big ego guy "my way or the highway" and as it turns out, his way is a dirt road

 

I'd stay away from McDaniels as well, do not like the idea at all.

[gflore34]

This game, like the last game and the playoff game against NO is another opportunity for Nagy to go hyper-aggressive, they've literally nothing to lose. However, I'm certain he'll find a way to be the big [expletive] he is, watch, the Bears will be hanging in there, keeping it close, maybe with a chance to take the lead on a drive, it'll be fourth and a centimeter around midfield. And, of course, he'll punt, the Packers will drive the length of the field and put the game away. If that happens I'd fire him the very second the game ends, have some else, anyone, Andy Dalton, do the post game PC.

 

Hehe.

 

Don't worry, at this point in the season this will be a simple matter of the Packers slowly and methodically taking the Bears apart with long drive after long drive. You won't have to go through the agony of thinking the Bears might win if not for Nagy^© decisions.

 

Liking the copyright on Nagy "coaching" decisions.

[jersey cubs fan]

I’d be fine with McDaniels.

 

I like getting younger guys who learned a lesson after being hot up and comers.

[WrigleyField 22]

I like McDaniels enough I think but I'll be skepitical if he gets too much power.