Week 14: BEARS at Packers, Sunday Night Football

[WrigleyField 22]

I think we're close enough now to start talking magic numbers, as official elmination could be a factor in a early firing.

 

4 games left and they can't catch ARI, GB, TB, DAL on record, and can't catch LA on tie breaker.

 

Due to the tiebreaker, 1 SF win or CHI loss eliminates them from the 6th spot.

 

We're down to 7th spot now. 5 teams have a 2+ game lead on Bears and of those:

 

Washington and Philly eadh have a +2 game lead in the standings and +3 and +2 in the Conf tie breaker. A Washington W and Chicago L puts them up +3 in standings and +4 in tie breaker, so that should effectively end it for the Bears. A Philly W and Chicago L keeps them alive I think. A Bears loss next week also is a Vikings W, but I think the Bears would still be technically alive at that point with a +3 in standing, but possibility to force a tie breaker.

 

Anyways unless I have it wrong, cheering for Washington W and Chicago L should do it. Although honestly there are so many h2hs left, I think the Chicago L alone might be enough for mathematical elimination, largely because PHI and WFT play each other twice.

Edited December 13, 2021 by WrigleyField 22

[gflore34]

What a horsefeathering baffoon

 

 

No we can't possibly expect you to be perfect with your decision making but there are a whole lot of these types of things with him.

 

We can expect perfect decisions, not perfect results. It's not even hard decisions. I was pissed he didn't go for 4th on the opening drive at the 40. I wasn't happy he kicked the 1st FG on 4th down from the 3. It was just asinine to punt the ball on 4th and inches down 11. It's not like they were in the shadows of the goal line either. You were 4-8 and getting fired. Why are you not playing to win? You're going to lose if you punt the ball to a QB that scored every time he touched the ball after the 1st quarter. Everyone expects you to lose, take risks. If you lose, so be it, you were supposed to anyway.

 

Well, he did not go balls to walls aggressive, taking risks in the ultimate game to do so against the Saints in the playoffs last season. What makes us think he'd grow some and do it last night?

Edited December 13, 2021 by gflore34

[UMFan83]

What a horsefeathering baffoon

 

 

No we can't possibly expect you to be perfect with your decision making but there are a whole lot of these types of things with him.

 

We can expect perfect decisions, not perfect results. It's not even hard decisions. I was pissed he didn't go for 4th on the opening drive at the 40. I wasn't happy he kicked the 1st FG on 4th down from the 3. It was just asinine to punt the ball on 4th and inches down 11. It's not like they were in the shadows of the goal line either. You were 4-8 and getting fired. Why are you not playing to win? You're going to lose if you punt the ball to a QB that scored every time he touched the ball after the 1st quarter. Everyone expects you to lose, take risks. If you lose, so be it, you were supposed to anyway.

 

Well, he did not go balls to walls aggressive, taking risks in the ultimate game to do so against the Saints in the playoffs last season. What makes us think he'd go some and do it last night?

 

Right...he is conservative to a fault and he'll go down with the ship sticking to his principles

[jersey cubs fan]

What makes us think he'd go some and do it last night?

 

I'm assuming most fans were like me and were assuming he'd take the cowards path there. When people show you who they are, believe them. And I believe Nagy when he has shown repeatedly his conservative style.

[Derwood]

what's a baffoon?

 

 

its like a balloon and a buffalo, but not a balloon shaped like a buffalo

 

So a balloon-shaped buffalo?

[Sammy Sofa]

Sounds like a real jubroni.

[WrigleyField 22]

Right...he is conservative to a fault and he'll go down with the ship sticking to his principles

The thing I actually appreciated about the whole Be You thing, even though everyone mocked it, was at least you might flame out quick if "you" sucked. But I guess Pace or George or whoever deciding his fate is just like "tell me more about who you are?"

[UMFan83]

I think we're close enough now to start talking magic numbers, as official elmination could be a factor in a early firing.

 

4 games left and they can't catch ARI, GB, TB, DAL on record, and can't catch LA on tie breaker.

 

Due to the tiebreaker, 1 SF win or CHI loss eliminates them from the 6th spot.

 

We're down to 7th spot now. 5 teams have a 2+ game lead on Bears and of those:

 

Washington and Philly eadh have a +2 game lead in the standings and +3 and +2 in the Conf tie breaker. A Washington W and Chicago L puts them up +3 in standings and +4 in tie breaker, so that should effectively end it for the Bears. A Philly W and Chicago L keeps them alive I think. A Bears loss next week also is a Vikings W, but I think the Bears would still be technically alive at that point with a +3 in standing, but possibility to force a tie breaker.

 

Anyways unless I have it wrong, cheering for Washington W and Chicago L should do it. Although honestly there are so many h2hs left, I think the Chicago L alone might be enough for mathematical elimination, largely because PHI and WFT play each other twice.

 

Imagine adding an extra playoff spot in each conference and an extra game on the schedule and still getting eliminated with 3+ games remaining

[UMFan83]

Right...he is conservative to a fault and he'll go down with the ship sticking to his principles

The thing I actually appreciated about the whole Be You thing, even though everyone mocked it, was at least you might flame out quick if "you" sucked. But I guess Pace or George or whoever deciding his fate is just like "tell me more about who you are?"

 

Look lets be honest, you can not make a final judgement on Nagy until he finds that elusive 'why' that he's been looking for. He just needs a little more time to find it.

Edited December 13, 2021 by UMFan83

[gflore34]

Beyond the game itself the most annoying aspect may have been Collingsworth and Michaels sucking Rodgers dick all night, glossing over the COVID incident. No Cris and Al, Aaron Rodgers is a lying sack of horsefeathers who showed his true self with his first responses to the whole situation. Not that the NFL gives a rat's ass about COVID mind you.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Beyond the game itself the most annoying aspect may have been Collingsworth and Michaels sucking Rodgers dick all night, glossing over the COVID incident. No Cris and Al, Aaron Rodgers is a lying sack of horsefeathers who showed his true self with his first responses to the whole situation. Not that the NFL gives a rat's ass about COVID mind you.

 

 

yea, that was above and beyond. even my wife (who hates all things sports and especially football) raised her head and eloquently made your point by saying something like "this is why I hate football, these announcers sound like they live in Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers is a lying piece of horsefeathers"

[raw]

Beyond the game itself the most annoying aspect may have been Collingsworth and Michaels sucking Rodgers dick all night, glossing over the COVID incident. No Cris and Al, Aaron Rodgers is a lying sack of horsefeathers who showed his true self with his first responses to the whole situation. Not that the NFL gives a rat's ass about COVID mind you.

 

 

yea, that was above and beyond. even my wife (who hates all things sports and especially football) raised her head and eloquently made your point by saying something like "this is why I hate football, these announcers sound like they live in Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers is a lying piece of horsefeathers"

 

For the record, whenever anyone has "horsefeathers" in a quote, I like to really imagine the person (your wife in this case) actually using the word horsefeathers. Makes every post funnier.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Beyond the game itself the most annoying aspect may have been Collingsworth and Michaels sucking Rodgers dick all night, glossing over the COVID incident. No Cris and Al, Aaron Rodgers is a lying sack of horsefeathers who showed his true self with his first responses to the whole situation. Not that the NFL gives a rat's ass about COVID mind you.

 

 

yea, that was above and beyond. even my wife (who hates all things sports and especially football) raised her head and eloquently made your point by saying something like "this is why I hate football, these announcers sound like they live in Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers is a lying piece of horsefeathers"

 

For the record, whenever anyone has "horsefeathers" in a quote, I like to really imagine the person (your wife in this case) actually using the word horsefeathers. Makes every post funnier.

 

I'll introduce "horsefeathers" to her tonight

[Soul]

Don't know if its going to happen anytime soon however, I cannot wait for the season when GB no longer has Rodgers as their QB. I want to see how "great" of a young coach LaFleur is, along with how good the HC and DC are with Jordan Love as their QB.

 

Realistically, I strongly suspect GB will break the bank to sign Rodgers to whatever he wants for as long as wishes all others, Adams, etc. are expendable. That's OK, if and its a big if, the Bears get it right with the next GM and HC, they'll start beating the Packers and Rodgers with Justin Fields.

Yeah, I think Rodgers will be given a longer term deal like he wants.

 

And Love will never be the starter.

 

Not sure how that will work out for Love. He didn’t have a chance to show anything but the one time he started he was horsefeathers. He might wind up really hating the Packers for drafting him in the first place.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

[jersey cubs fan]

 

 

yea, that was above and beyond. even my wife (who hates all things sports and especially football) raised her head and eloquently made your point by saying something like "this is why I hate football, these announcers sound like they live in Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers is a lying piece of horsefeathers"

 

For the record, whenever anyone has "horsefeathers" in a quote, I like to really imagine the person (your wife in this case) actually using the word horsefeathers. Makes every post funnier.

 

I'll introduce "horsefeathers" to her tonight

I bet you will Panama red

[minnesotacubsfan]

*...."the phrase horsefeathers"

 

 

Funny tho, DiNero

[bukie]

The Bears are not good, but their schedule to this point has been ridiculous.

 

In 14 weeks, they've now played a total of 3 games against teams with losing records, and won all of them.

[WrigleyField 22]

The Bears are not good, but their schedule to this point has been ridiculous.

 

In 14 weeks, they've now played a total of 3 games against teams with losing records, and won all of them.

Yea, they're basically a super average team 4 years running now with one easy schedule, one hard schedule and 2 middle of road schedules.

[WrigleyField 22]

The Bears are not good, but their schedule to this point has been ridiculous.

 

In 14 weeks, they've now played a total of 3 games against teams with losing records, and won all of them.

Yea, they're basically a super average team 4 years running now with one easy schedule, one hard schedule and 2 middle of road schedules.

Looks like Sunday night did a real number on their DVOA. Were 18th ranked and now down at 24th ranked D now.

 

So maybe this year's version is really just bad, but still a little better than the counting stats and record.

[UMFan83]

The Bears are not good, but their schedule to this point has been ridiculous.

 

In 14 weeks, they've now played a total of 3 games against teams with losing records, and won all of them.

 

And 2 of their last 4 games are against a team who is 12th in overall DVOA even though they've managed to go 6-7 so far.

 

On top of that...

 

 

We've had to play 5 teams coming off their bye or TNF mini-bye including 4 times in the last 5 weeks. Our own bye gave us a full 2 days of extra rest than our opponents. And we've had to alternate home and road games every week which is annoying. The schedule makers did us wrong this year.

[WrigleyField 22]

The Bears are not good, but their schedule to this point has been ridiculous.

 

In 14 weeks, they've now played a total of 3 games against teams with losing records, and won all of them.

 

And 2 of their last 4 games are against a team who is 12th in overall DVOA even though they've managed to go 6-7 so far.

 

On top of that...

 

 

We've had to play 5 teams coming off their bye or TNF mini-bye including 4 times in the last 5 weeks. Our own bye gave us a full 2 days of extra rest than our opponents. And we've had to alternate home and road games every week which is annoying. The schedule makers did us wrong this year.

Schedule makers did us right. They knew they couldnt leave Nagy's and Paces future susceptible to scheduling luck.

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't think you can point to alternating home/away games as an unfair scheduling situation. It's not like the Bears would benefit from a bunch of home games in a row, or a long road trip. It's weird, but not a disadvantage.

[UMFan83]

For comparison purposes, this is looking like the schedule next year

 

Home:

Packers

Vikings

Lions

Eagles

Football Team

Bills

Dolphins

Houston/Jacksonville

49ers (look locked into 3rd)

 

Road:

Cowboys

Lions

Packers

Vikings

Patriots

Giants

Jets

Saints/Falcons/Panthers

[UMFan83]

I don't think you can point to alternating home/away games as an unfair scheduling situation. It's not like the Bears would benefit from a bunch of home games in a row, or a long road trip. It's weird, but not a disadvantage.

 

Yeah its annoying and weird. I just added it as a scheduling quirk.