Wild Card Week: Bears vs Packers Saturday 7pm on Prime

[Soul]

7 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

17 and 16 degree high temperatures next weekend.  

If there is such a thing as cold weather advantage then I guess the Rams would be better.  I don’t really care though.  They are both Super Bowl champions under their current coach & QB.  Bears need to beat a really good team and that team won’t be thinking of the Bears as a pushover.

[UK]

I'm rooting for SF in this one. I don't see the Bears controlling the game like they did against Philly again. LA has more injuries.

[UK]

3 hours ago, raw said:

Well yeah, I didn't say anything about cutting him. My point is, people are saying get rid of him because Burden, Loveland and Rome are the primary targets. People are saying get rid of him because he didn't prevent the INT last week. It has to make more sense than that to get rid of DJ, it has to make dollars. You either trade him for a player at another position of greater need or you trade him and get cap relief to use on a position of greater need.

Also, he CAN be traded before June 1 and it would save the Bears 16.5M in cap space with 12M dead cap. 

I'm for trading him for cap space. If you can get a 3/4 for him, I'm for it. I'm for extending Wright and letting Brisker walk.

Edited January 11 by UK

[raw]

1 hour ago, UK said:

I'm for trading him for cap space. If you can get a 3/4 for him, I'm for it. I'm for extending Wright and letting Brisker walk.

Nahshon? I'm letting him walk too. I think he'll get more than I'd be willing to pay him. Plus, he's been cooked pretty regularly when not getting turnovers. Probably going to have to add a CB at some point though. With no Nahshon, you'd have a CB room of Stevenson, Johnson, Gordon, Terell Smith and Zah Frazier who have combined to play 26 out of 90 games (5 of them, 18 games possible games each). 

[Tryptamine]

Yeah, someone will give Nashon a healthy bit of money, I just don't want it to be the Bears, but yeah the secondary is almost in as desperate a need of help as the Dline. 

[Banedon]

Nashon will probably get a raise but, I don't think anyone is going overboard there.  I think he's gonna need to do it for more than one season before teams really buy it.

[minnesotacubsfan]

the Rams it is

[raw]

Puka gonna go for 350 next week.

[bukie]

Well...the last time the Bears played the Rams in the playoffs, it ended well.

[Brian707]

1 minute ago, raw said:

Puka gonna go for 350 next week.

And the Bears will win 

[BigSlick]

Well the Rams are probably the team I wanted to see least, but so it goes. It’s the playoffs, you’re gonna face someone pretty good (Panthers exempted). 
 

im excited to see them play another playoff game. We get it at home. Whatever happens, im so happy 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Stafford and Adams have spent more time on Soldier Field than most of our own team 

Edited January 12 by We Got The Whole 9

[Brian707]

Its going to be cold and Stafford not 100%. We Got Da Pope

Bears 28 Rams 21

[UMFan83]

I’m hoping Kyler was just getting into game shape and not hobbled due to the injury even though I fear I know it’s the latter. Really need him to cover Puka or Adams.

[UMFan83]

15 of the last 16 Bears games have either resulted in a Bears win or a loss on the final play of the game (outside of kneels). So whatever happens it’s likely to be drama filled. 

[Brian707]

This game is 99% going to be on Saturday and probably the night game 

[UMFan83]

Just now, Brian707 said:

This game is 99% going to be on Saturday and probably the night game 

Why do you think that? I was under the assumption the bye teams usually played on Saturday but I could be wrong

[bukie]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Why do you think that? I was under the assumption the bye teams usually played on Saturday but I could be wrong

I would agree, since the winner of tomorrow's game can't play the bye team in the AFC (Bills win means either Pats-4/5 and Broncos-Bills or Chargers-Broncos and Bills-4/5)

[Banedon]

26 minutes ago, raw said:

Puka gonna go for 350 next week.

But also, Stafford gonna throw some picks.

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, bukie said:

I would agree, since the winner of tomorrow's game can't play the bye team in the AFC (Bills win means either Pats-4/5 and Broncos-Bills or Chargers-Broncos and Bills-4/5)

I just googled it quickly, since the playoffs expanded to 14 teams every Saturday divisional round game has involved a team coming off a bye week. Assuming that’s by design the Bears will be on Sunday

[Tryptamine]

If they keep Puka+Adams under 250 combined receiving yards, I considering that a huge victory.

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

If they keep Puka+Adams under 250 combined receiving yards, I considering that a huge victory.

Each? 😂

[Brian707]

53 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Why do you think that? I was under the assumption the bye teams usually played on Saturday but I could be wrong

For sure the winner of Monday's game will be Sunday.  I think Bears vs Rams on Saturday because they are the only combo that both played this past Saturday.  

[Brian707]

51 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I just googled it quickly, since the playoffs expanded to 14 teams every Saturday divisional round game has involved a team coming off a bye week. Assuming that’s by design the Bears will be on Sunday

I guess that makes sense.  I would prefer Sunday but I think it will be Saturday.  We will see at the end of tonight's game 

[NorthsideAvenger]

51 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

If they keep Puka+Adams under 250 combined receiving yards, I considering that a huge victory.

It's gonna cold this weekend and Adams is coming off a hamstring injury. I do not know how big a factor Adams is going to be.