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I'm still betting that they want to avoid the constant churn they've had of late and will keep these guys together for one more shot at a QB fix. They can't keep doing the "new gm new coach" every other year thing. Probably. Hard to imagine Pace getting a third HC hire. Right now their contracts align through 2022 so that offseason would be the time to fire them both. If they don't pick a new QB in 2020, but pick one in 2021, you only have one year to evaluate that QB, plus the possibility of saddling a new GM/HC with someone else's QB choice one year in. I'd can both at the same time. Pace for not getting it done because is Trubisky busting & Nagy for not developing Trubisky. Trubisky should not be this inept mechanically and Nagy, Ragone, etc. should be better at correcting it. Pace deserves blame by drafting someone with no instinct at QB. I don't know which came 1st between Trubisky's lack of potential or Nagy's inability to develop, neither deserve a chance to correct it with a new QB after Trubisky fails.

At least there seem to be a lot of organizations worse than us? Sarcasm?

Someone needs to quickly morph GR and Vance together to campaign against Ross.

It's a shame they took away Trubisky's greatest asset, his mobility and ability to create out of the pocket.

I'm going to dislike every Bears' QB for as long as I live.

Yes, Kolten. The haters were right. Good luck repeating this charade next season, bitch! So people who didn't think the Cardinals would win the division are "haters"? That seems a little harsh considering the fact that many Cardinal fans would have to be included in that broad statement. Coupled with Mike Schildt's assertion that the Braves "started some " just by showing up for their scheduled playoff series and that any team that dares to take the field against them is with them, the current Cardinal culture seems a bit pansyish. I can't wait for STL to finish 2nd in bidding for Cole, Strasburg, and Rendon.

Having scouted Thomas in HS and seen him 15 times at Mt Carmel, I put his comp and ceiling at Adam Eaton. Which would put trading him as the centerpiece for Bryant 1000X worse than the fleecing the Sox did in getting Giolito/Lopez for Eaton.

Watching the "Should've Been Bowl" between KC and Hou was painful at best.

Hopefully they're patient given none of their candidates have interviewed with other teams with the exception of Girardi so they have the luxury of waiting for Hou or NYY to get eliminated.

If managers had a significant impact I would agree but it would likely be a marginal at best impact between him and someone better. With that said, he's definitely not choice #1.

The only coach I want from LA is Prior.

Man, did i nail this game. Didn't go as far as predicting a loss......but it's pretty crazy how similar this season is to 2018. Start with a tough loss against the Packers in both seasons where the team and coaching looked unprepared to start. 16-14 win against a bad team in an early season road game (AZ week 2 last year, Den week 3 this year) Blowout win and promising offensive performance against the worst defensive team they'll face all year (Was week 3, TB week for last year) Mitch got basically the same injury earlier this year than last, so instead of Minnesota (Week 3 2018 win) and Miami (week 5 loss), i compare the last 2 games to when Mitch was out last year.....at Detroit and vs. NY Giants. Daniel played solid last year vs. Detroit, Bears fans and media alike were wondering loudly if he was a "better fit" for a potential at QB for a Superbowl worthy defense. Nevermind the fact the defense dominated and won the game while he did nothing special. Then when he has a full week to prepare as starter, he throws a couple bad picks, has his team playing catch up and then the defense can't bail the team out again.....same story, NY Giants game last year and again today. End result, Bears 3-2 after 5 games. Granted the schedule is tougher on paper this year, but I still think the Bears are in a pretty decent spot. Coming out of the bye the Bears have 4 of 6 at home. Saints are 4-1, but will still not have Brees. Bridgewater had a great game today, but it was home against the aforementioned terrible Tampa D. Their 1 loss was a tough team on the road (Rams), and they beat the Hawks in Seattle thanks to defensive and special teams scores. The Chargers haven't started out great and get them in Chicago also. Lions and Giants are also beatable at home. With the Eagles and Rams being the road games. If the Bears can fix their OL issues (WTF is going on with Leno) and whatever is happening with Roquan over the bye week, there's no reason they can't go 5-1 or 4-2 over the next 6. 7-4 still puts them in a decent spot going into the home stretch. Daniels' regression has shocked me more than anything.

The defense was bad today but the offense was worse.

The refs hate #72 this year.

Odd you didn't mention the most important position or anyone on the offensive line. Fwiw, that list you mentioned is not very talented either. This is the least talented offense in the division. I didnt ignore them. The line sucks, true. But Trubisky's stuggles can be attributed to Nagys approach with him as much as anything. and that group has talent, they all would be picked up and start on other teams if let go tomorrow So Trubisky being bad is on Nagy? That's ridiculous. He's bad because he's bad. Reid couldn't fix him. The only one would start or be a #1 WR in other team but Detroit would be Burton.

It's a combo. Nagy is running an offense that relies on misdirections, delayed screens and RPOs, neither work with this line.

You're ignoring a lack of talent. Robinson, Burton, Cohen, Gabriel, Miller, Montgomery they have talent; they also have a coach who puts that talent into the worst possible place Odd you didn't mention the most important position or anyone on the offensive line. Fwiw, that list you mentioned is not very talented either. This is the least talented offense in the division.

What are you seeing that’s so different than last year? Wouldn’t call them a good offense in 2018 either but they were better than this and to me adequate enough to support an elite defense Mitch has been bad and so has the OLine, both have regressed. While the defense is good and preventing yards and points, not as many turnovers.

You're ignoring a lack of talent.

With this offense, this isn't a super bowl team.

This offensive line has been trash all year.

Back to the oil fields.

Yeah my beef is the fact that it’s 1 game not that there should be less playoff teams. It doesn’t even feel like the Cubs were actually in the playoffs last year. I can’t imagine how it feels for fans of teams that don’t have the recent postseason success the Cubs had before that loss. I don’t have the right solution either. A 3 game series would be great but that certainly hurts the team that advances more than a 1 gamer. Definitely don’t want to go to 8 playoff teams a league. That’s why teams should try to win their division. A 3 game wild card round would not be “great” Agreed, one game playoff is fine. The regular season is a crime against humanity. Anytime you have teams playing 21 games in 20 days in August, play suffers. I'm all for 32 teams with 16 teams in a League, eliminating divisions, playing 144 games, condensing IL games to 6 games per year, with an offday every 6 days.

Doesn't that option have to be picked up after year 3? Yes, but the option isn't a severe financial burden as the one going into year 5.

Fortunately Don Baylor is not. sB!