Battle of beleaguered Bears braintrusts

[BigbadB]

If he's a system QB, bring that damn system to Chicago! Cuz they need a system.

[CubinNY]

1 hour ago, BigbadB said:

If he's a system QB, bring that damn system to Chicago! Cuz they need a system.

I know you're joking, but that is not a half-bad idea if they can find someone to coach the defense. 

[BigSlick]

9 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Flacco getting off his couch and playing at a 5000/40 pace is the best storyline in years. Hoping the Browns win it all. 

What he's doing is wild and absolutely the most captivating story of the year. And it's all the more interesting that if he takes them to a Super Bowl, he's probably cementing his own ticket to the Hall of Fame as well - I'm definitely rooting for them. What a cool story. 

[Wilson A2000]

Cleveland can’t get a decent QB for decades no matter what they do. So they sell the farm to get Watson who gets hurt and is out for the year. Then old man Flacco gets tue call from the practice squad and is playing like a Pro Bowler. NFL QBing is so weird. 

[UMFan83]

Man this season needs to end and the Bears need to make a decision with regards to a QB.  This civil war amongst Bears fans on twitter in the pro-Fields and pro-Draft a QB camps is tiring.

[CubinNY]

6 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Man this season needs to end and the Bears need to make a decision with regards to a QB.  This civil war amongst Bears fans on twitter in the pro-Fields and pro-Draft a QB camps is tiring.

Sully is quite a character. He was amongst the biggest Fields guys and now them's fighin' words. 

[UMFan83]

8 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Sully is quite a character. He was amongst the biggest Fields guys and now them's fighin' words. 

Haha I saw the thread from him last night about what if the Bears stick with Fields and he doesn't work out next year, it was very entertaining.

[BigSlick]

This won't be solved until late April so I recommend folks strap in or tune it out. The content creators and radio folks must be stocked to have so much content to mine until then. 

[CubinNY]

10 minutes ago, BigSlick said:

This won't be solved until late April so I recommend folks strap in or tune it out. The content creators and radio folks must be stocked to have so much content to mine until then. 

April 25th to be exact. It's going to be wild until then. I don't get the polarization, but wow. 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It'll be solved way before then.

[Rex Buckingham]

Yeah, if they're drafting a QB, they'll trade Fields asap. If they're not, they'll trade the pick long before draft night. 

[jersey cubs fan]

I imagine they’ll wait as long as necessary to A) make the decision, and B) give the illusion that they are considering keeping fields for bargaining purposes. 
 

Darnold was traded in early April. They traded their pick in early March last year.  It seems sometime in that timeframe makes sense for either scenario. 

[scarey]

32 minutes ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

It'll be solved way before then.

Only reason it should be is if the Bears are offered an overwhelming deal for either Fields or the #1 pick. Otherwise, it only benefits them to wait as long as possible.

 

If the Bears take Williams, there is still going to be teams that didn't sort out their QB room by the time the draft closes out. Those teams will still be desperate to deal for a Fields caliber QB.

Edited December 29, 2023 by scarey

[raw]

Trevor Lawrence is OUT for our Jaguars against the Panthers this Sunday. The first game he's missed in his entire life, any level of football.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

3 minutes ago, raw said:

Trevor Lawrence is OUT for our Jaguars against the Panthers this Sunday. The first game he's missed in his entire life, any level of football.

The Panthers are 100% gonna pull what Houston did last year

[CubinNY]

7 minutes ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

The Panthers are 100% gonna pull what Houston did last year

Boy would that be a monkey wrench.

[WrigleyField 22]

2 hours ago, BigSlick said:

This won't be solved until late April so I recommend folks strap in or tune it out. The content creators and radio folks must be stocked to have so much content to mine until then. 

I mean, we might know by March.  Whether moving on or not, could see a March trade if Fields or the pick.

[WrigleyField 22]

17 minutes ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

The Panthers are 100% gonna pull what Houston did last year

Maye will do.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

2 minutes ago, WrigleyField 22 said:

Maye will do.

The scary thing is I think they could still drop to 4th if the other teams don't win a game.  

[WrigleyField 22]

1 minute ago, PosterToBeNamedLater said:

The scary thing is I think they could still drop to 4th if the other teams don't win a game.  

Not gonna happen.

 

Seriously I'm not even worried about them dropping out of 1.  

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

Just now, WrigleyField 22 said:

Not gonna happen.

 

Seriously I'm not even worried about them dropping out of 1.  

I generally agree with you.  Lawrence being out might not be that big of a deal as he hasn't played that well anyway.  Bucs are definitely better, but could easily have nothing to play for in Week 18.  Hopefully it was just a bad packers defense that made the Panthers look competent last week.    

[UMFan83]

24 minutes ago, PosterToBeNamedLater said:

The scary thing is I think they could still drop to 4th if the other teams don't win a game.  

I read somewhere this week that the Panthers (err Bears) currently have a 99.3% chance of picking in the top 2. 

[WrigleyField 22]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

I read somewhere this week that the Panthers (err Bears) currently have a 99.3% chance of picking in the top 2. 

Yes I think that's ESPNs model

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

I was looking on Tankathon and out of the 4 teams that could finish with 4 or less wins, Carolina had the 2nd hardest strength of schedule and the only team with a harder schedule was Arizona which could end with 3 wins. It made me nervous.  I would really just appreciate it if the panthers lost this weekend and ended it.

  

Edited December 29, 2023 by PosterToBeNamedLater

[UMFan83]

27 minutes ago, PosterToBeNamedLater said:

I was looking on Tankathon and out of the 4 teams that could finish with 4 or less wins, Carolina had the 2nd hardest strength of schedule and the only team with a harder schedule was Arizona which could end with 3 wins. It made me nervous.  I would really just appreciate it if the panthers lost this weekend and ended it.

  

Obviously there are other variables that affect SOS (like how the teams you already played do), but the Panthers have 8-7 Jacksonville and 8-7 TB left.  They would both finish either 9-8 or 8-9 (because they'd lose to the Panthers in this scenario).  Comparitively Washington has SF and Dallas left, and would be giving them each an additional win (to tie the Panthers).  I don't see a pathway for Washington to leap Carolina unless some really wild stuff happens with the teams they've already played.  New England is a bigger concern as they play Buffalo and the Jets.  But the Jets could actually lose to NE (they already have once). 

I know what you are saying about just wanting to clinch it and remove any lingering doubt but it would take a crazy scenario like:

-Carolina beats 2 straight +.500 teams fighting for playoff spots.

-Arizona losing their last 2 games (if tied the Panthers will win the tiebreaker so they have to lose out)

-New England losing their last 2 games and clinching SOS tiebreaker

It's definitely possible but all 6 of those games have to go against the Panthers (meaning Bears) for them to slip out of the top 2, and even then Carolina might crawl ahead of NE in SOS.

Feel free to quote me and laugh (and cry) when the improbable happens because, Bears

Edited December 29, 2023 by UMFan83