Bears Week 13 at Lions on Thanksgiving morning, 11:30 on CBS

[SpongeWorthy]

wouldn’t be surprised to see Williams on the injury report or even concussion protocol this week he was beat up good in this game 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

4 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

You can absolutely pick holes in any suggested option for what to do differently. Like I said there are no optimal suggestions here. But what played out was the clear worst possible outcome. 

also different conversation but it would have been nice if the Bears didn’t burn that second TO to prevent a delay of game (I think that’s what happened right?)

The Lions also burned a TO to prevent a delay of game, and they were at home.

It was the worst possible outcome because the players on the field executed it poorly. If you wanna blame that on coaching not teaching or inspiring them to execute it correctly, go nuts.

Edited November 28, 2024 by Hairyducked Idiot

[UMFan83]

that locker room is completely lost

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I really can't wait for Eberflus to get fired so we can spend all our time appreciating Caleb WIlliams.

Our rookie QB faced two elite defenses this week and threw for 596 yards, 5 TDs and 0 turnovers.

He now holds the NFL rookie record for most passes without an INT.  He holds the Bears rookie records for passing yards and TDs, and has more passing yards than any season of Justin Fields' career.

He is on pace for 3700 yards, 20 TDs and 7 INTs.

He needs to average 245 yards per game in the final 5 games to break Erik Kramer's franchise record of 3838 passing yards.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

that locker room is completely lost

That's what'll get him fired. They're going to do exit interviews with players and they have to hate him at this point.

[UMFan83]

Was that hands to the face call at the end legit? That was obviously a killer call against the Bears. Instead of 1st and 10 from the 13 with 40 seconds left and a TO, it’s 1st and 20 from the 35. If that penalty isn’t call there’s a good chance we’re happily celebrating a feel good Thanksgiving victory over the now 10-2 Lions. It’s mind boggling how many games we’ve lost by extremely narrow margins without winning any. 

we are a cursed franchise. I’m going to guess that no NFL team has ever experienced anything like this over a 6 week stretch

[Hairyducked Idiot]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Was that hands to the face call at the end legit? That was obviously a killer call against the Bears. Instead of 1st and 10 from the 13 with 40 seconds left and a TO, it’s 1st and 20 from the 35. If that penalty isn’t call there’s a good chance we’re happily celebrating a feel good Thanksgiving victory over the now 10-2 Lions. It’s mind boggling how many games we’ve lost by extremely narrow margins without winning any. 

we are a cursed franchise. I’m going to guess that no NFL team has ever experienced anything like this over a 6 week stretch

100% legit. he knocked his helmet clean off.

The Kmet pick is the one that kills me. You *just* got called for that earlier in the game and you do it again?

Another aspect of the curse this season is that every time anything starts to look good, two more offensive linemen get hurt.  We are probably celebrating a win if Darnell Wright hadn't gotten hurt.  It was Borom just reacting to the snap that got Williams killed on the sack before the time scramble debacle.

[Soul]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Was that hands to the face call at the end legit? That was obviously a killer call against the Bears. Instead of 1st and 10 from the 13 with 40 seconds left and a TO, it’s 1st and 20 from the 35. If that penalty isn’t call there’s a good chance we’re happily celebrating a feel good Thanksgiving victory over the now 10-2 Lions. It’s mind boggling how many games we’ve lost by extremely narrow margins without winning any. 

we are a cursed franchise. I’m going to guess that no NFL team has ever experienced anything like this over a 6 week stretch

IIRC it was legit.  Pushed his helmet off.

Edited November 28, 2024 by Soul

[Tryptamine]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Was that hands to the face call at the end legit? That was obviously a killer call against the Bears. Instead of 1st and 10 from the 13 with 40 seconds left and a TO, it’s 1st and 20 from the 35. If that penalty isn’t call there’s a good chance we’re happily celebrating a feel good Thanksgiving victory over the now 10-2 Lions. It’s mind boggling how many games we’ve lost by extremely narrow margins without winning any. 

we are a cursed franchise. I’m going to guess that no NFL team has ever experienced anything like this over a 6 week stretch

Definitely legit, as were both Kmet penalties. The horse collar penalty against the Bears and that Keenan Allen call were both complete horsefeathers though.

[SpongeWorthy]

8 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Was that hands to the face call at the end legit? That was obviously a killer call against the Bears. Instead of 1st and 10 from the 13 with 40 seconds left and a TO, it’s 1st and 20 from the 35. If that penalty isn’t call there’s a good chance we’re happily celebrating a feel good Thanksgiving victory over the now 10-2 Lions. It’s mind boggling how many games we’ve lost by extremely narrow margins without winning any. 

we are a cursed franchise. I’m going to guess that no NFL team has ever experienced anything like this over a 6 week stretch

don’t forget the punt being downed inside the one with a millimeter of space between the guys heels and the goal line 

 

 

[Rex Buckingham]

 

 

DJ is so done

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If they don't break precedent and fire him mid-season, it'll be funny when Eberflus' last moments as a Bear are beating the Packers' backups in the final week when they are resting for the playoffs.

[Wilson A2000]

15 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Was that hands to the face call at the end legit? That was obviously a killer call against the Bears. Instead of 1st and 10 from the 13 with 40 seconds left and a TO, it’s 1st and 20 from the 35. If that penalty isn’t call there’s a good chance we’re happily celebrating a feel good Thanksgiving victory over the now 10-2 Lions. It’s mind boggling how many games we’ve lost by extremely narrow margins without winning any. 

we are a cursed franchise. I’m going to guess that no NFL team has ever experienced anything like this over a 6 week stretch

Jenkins had hands to the face so hard it ripped the helmet of the Lions’ lineman off

[SpongeWorthy]

I’m actually more interested in a dissection of the second to last play

romo said it was a qb draw I’m guessing because of the way it was “blocked” but Caleb wasn’t gearing up to run from the looks of it

[Hairyducked Idiot]

1 minute ago, SpongeWorthy said:

I’m actually more interested in a dissection of the second to last play

romo said it was a qb draw I’m guessing because of the way it was “blocked” but Caleb wasn’t gearing up to run from the looks of it

Looked to me like Borom didn't know the snap count or just got unbelievably hard beat off the line.

[Wilson A2000]

If the Bears don’t fire Eberflus by tomorrow, head coaching candidates might think they have a serious organizational problem. That was the rumor with Ben Johnson. The only question will be does Poles get fired too. Would you hire Ian Cunningham as his replacement? 

[Soul]

20 minutes ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

I really can't wait for Eberflus to get fired so we can spend all our time appreciating Caleb WIlliams.

Our rookie QB faced two elite defenses this week and threw for 596 yards, 5 TDs and 0 turnovers.

He now holds the NFL rookie record for most passes without an INT.  He holds the Bears rookie records for passing yards and TDs, and has more passing yards than any season of Justin Fields' career.

He is on pace for 3700 yards, 20 TDs and 7 INTs.

He needs to average 245 yards per game in the final 5 games to break Erik Kramer's franchise record of 3838 passing yards.

Me too.  His performances aren’t receiving the attention they deserve.  The only thing bugging me is that it seems to take until the 2nd half for him to click.  But I’m not sure how much of that is him, or scheme, or both.

[Rex Buckingham]

3 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

If the Bears don’t fire Eberflus by tomorrow, head coaching candidates might think they have a serious organizational problem. That was the rumor with Ben Johnson. The only question will be does Poles get fired too. Would you hire Ian Cunningham as his replacement? 

If you fire Poles you just go ahead and clean house. Let the new GM pick his coach 

[SpongeWorthy]

poles ain’t getting fired unless it’s way worse behind the scenes and George and Warren are on tilt 

and not because he doesn’t possibly deserve to be but the narrative just isn’t there 

[Rex Buckingham]

Poles should go. Flus was his guy, and the roster - especially the DL - has proven over and over not to be good enough. 

Also, yikes.

 

Edited November 28, 2024 by Rex Buckingham

[Hairyducked Idiot]

With 13 seconds left, Moore and Kmet are at the line and ready to get set when they suddenly start talking about who should be where and wait another four seconds before actually getting set 

 

That was the difference between the time management working as intended and the debacle we had

[Wilson A2000]

15 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

If you fire Poles you just go ahead and clean house. Let the new GM pick his coach 

Cunningham would be the GM as picked by Kevin Warren. Unless the Bears want to be rid of Poles and his right-hand man.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

6 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Poles should go. Flus was his guy, and the roster - especially the DL - has proven over and over not to be good enough. 

Also, yikes.

 

That's as blatant as you're ever going to get in the NFL. He really might be gone tomorrow.

[Tryptamine]

Just now, Rex Buckingham said:

Poles should go. Flus was his guy, and the roster - especially the DL - has proven over and over not to be good enough. 

Also, yikes.

 

Flus wasn't really his guy though. Flus was the guy he chose amongst the few that made it through that obscure outside interview process

[Cubfanintheknow]

Eberflus has to go tomorrow. A message needs to be sent to the players. They played their asses off in the second half. Eberflus totally let them down. 

Enough is enough.