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granted, that one is more important than like 95% of the rest of those combined. I wouldn't know. The Bears have never had that spot nailed down for a while now. If that isn't enough imagine a world where the Bears have the superior QB when facing the Packers, Vikings and Lions, its coming, the writing is in the wall.

Idk, I think Nagy would need to show success in the playoffs this year to stick around, at the very least make the playoffs Never underestimate the McCaskeys capacity to settle on mediocre leadership. Kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place - on one hand Nagy clearly is a terrible coach and should be fired immediately or sooner on the other, is the McCaskeys. They've not shown the ability to find and hire the right GM and HC, I used to think they do not care about winning. Someone suggested it's not they do not care, its they do not know how. On the plus side its beginning to look as if the most important piece is in place the QB. In terms of degree of difficulty the hardest part is done.

He clearly initiated contact with the player, this requires some action by the NFL, probably will not happen nevertheless, it should. In fact, Daniels was within the tight end block when he made an attempt at a block. Moreover, there was no contact on the play there's nothing to be judged contact either happened or not, its not a judgement call.

Lol that’s exactly what I said. Furthest thing from my mind was a FG attempt. Does he think he is in Denver and his kicker is Matt Prater? Not that we needed any more evidence of Nagy ineptitude at coaching however, we've got this and as mentioned earlier punting the ball down ten late in the 4th. He always makes the wrong decision, always.

Not I. The phantom clipping call that called back the TD was the difference in the game. Screw that, what about the missed roughing the passer on the next play? I don't care about the outcome in fact, this loss should help to hasten the firing of both Nagy and Pace, I do care about the multitude of targeting head shots and late hits Fields has taken. Just WTF are those officials looking at, oh wait I know, phantom illegal blocks. Fields grew again today, it's all there, next step is the McCaskey' getting their next iteration of GM and HC correct, something I do not believe they're capable of doing.

A-horsefeathering-men, it's about time, mediocrity is coming Packers and its name is Jordan Love.

He's playing behind a re-built OL and yes, something' not quite right. I know it's only a half but, I think its a safe bet to say the Packers' recent run on HOF QB's ends with Rodgers.

Not to mention the NFL has incredibly stringent rules for unvaccinated players in terms of masking, testing, contact tracing, interacting with the public and the media, etc. Well, stringent for all unvaccinated players except Rodgers, that is. He's a baaaad man.

turned it on for two minutes. some highlights: "coercion from owners for players to get vaccinated" "my body, my choice" "i'm only the 2nd non-vaccinated person to test positive" "people calling it a pandemic of the non-vaccinated is a total lie." "how come if the vax is so great, why are people still dying from covid?" "we don't know a whole lot about it (the vaccine)" EDIT: he's taking the horse medicine. Oh my God, so many logical fallacies in there. The intersection of logic and Rodgers is an empty set, I know he's an athlete and all but, this man went to Cal-Berkeley? The same place that has an affiliation with a Fields Medal winner and several Nobel Laureates including the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics?

That's OK and when he does contact the virus I want the horsefeathers to follow through, don't rush to the ER with your tail between your legs, you're sick. Stay away, handle and take care of it on your own, pay the price for such wanton irresponsibility, ignorance and stupidity. rodgers has covid now. My mistake, messed that up, still, I stand by the message - want to be an anti-vaxxer, etc.? Fine, just don't go rushing for treatment, taking up valuable space, pay the price.

That's OK and when he does contact the virus I want the horsefeathers to follow through, don't rush to the ER with your tail between your legs, you're sick. Stay away, handle and take care of it on your own, pay the price for such wanton irresponsibility, ignorance and stupidity.

Reason #999,999,999 Pace needs to be removed as the Bears GM.

So, I just posted in the other NFL thread that the NFC is terrible re: Saints making it in. But really, the NFC is terrible. The Bears are behind the 8-ball with 5 losses, but they definitely can sneak in again as an 8-win ish team. LA, Arizona, GB, Tampa, and Dallas are for sure in the playoffs. Lions are for sure not making it. The other teams are: Saints- starting Trevor Siemien/Taysom Hill 49ers- always injured, Jimmy G better keep playing like yesterday or they'll be playing a rookie QB WFT- QB situation is a mess NYG- Daniel Jones is their QB, team is worst than Bears PHI- Jalen Hurts is their QB SEA- Geno Smith is their QB MIN- Cousins is solid, Bears have a shot to take care of them to get edge CAR- Sam Darnold is their QB ATL- Ryan is old and team is worse than Bears And these teams are fighting for 2 spots. Nobody on this list seems like a sure bet to coast toward a wildcard berth. None are probably winning a playoff game anyway, but in the Bears situation, they gotta try to compete. They don't have a 1st so they need to win as many games as possible to make that pick further down in the draft. I honestly don't think they will trade anyone. Even trying to pseudo compete, I would still try to trade Robinson, Hicks, and one of the QBs. If anyone gives anything for Foles, that's a no-brainer. I'd also give up Dalton for a decent offer, though I think he's a guy they could bring back as the #2 next year. Bears got dead money counting for him anyway, may be able to lower that for a guy that Fields seems to genuinely like and learn from. Hicks, to me, is just taking up space. He's not a big difference maker so far this year. They've had good games without him, bad games like yesterday with him. Give the reps to other guys (Nichols, Blackson, Tonga) to see how big of a role they can have in the future. Robinson is a completely different situation though. He's obviously not performing this year, but maybe not completely his fault. May be killing his ability to get a 3rd round comp for him with his non-production. I think he's looking at a 1-year deal if things keep going this way. So, you're maybe looking 4th or 5th round comp. And that's in 2023 anyway. If the Bears can even get a 4th in 2022 for him, they gotta do it. They only have 5 picks (2 difference making picks) next year, another would be nice. 2022 picks are WAY more valuable than 2023 at this point, given the cap issues and like 32 free agents on the roster. Agree, I am not expecting any trades even though I want them to happen. Robinson and Hicks seem like possibilities and should be traded if a trade is out there. I expect the team to keep everyone to try to be the 7 seed again. If all those trades in the original post were made the bears would have: 2022: 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7 2023: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7 But we'll end up with 2022: 2, 3, 5, 5, 6 2023: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 Pace said the team would be aggressive, so hopefully they don't trade more picks away to patch their holes The realistic plan is pretty clear - trade any non-building blocks of value for draft picks, play those young building block players now, focus on Justin Fields improvement, fire Nagy - all with an eye on 2023 being the year to start dominance of the NFC North. Rodgers will be history by then, think there's a real good chance both Packers and Vikings will be in downward spirals, 2023 the year to shoot for.

I agree with all the sentiments, what I do not understand is why try to cover it up? Such things always have a far more devastating effect when attempts are made to hide them, deal with them immediately. It'll be terrible but, not this bad.

Guess I'll post this here - https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/yet-more-damning-evidence-justin-fields-is-in-the-wrong-hands/ - if the McCaskeys truly care about winning they'll take action now. I'm convinced they do not care about winning because lack there of hasn't hit them where it counts - in the pocket book. Do not know if its possible to really make an economic impact such that they'd notice and take action.

I think he made the decision on his own while Pace likely raised the issue with him from time to time. Thanks, I know a guy who is defending Nagy by saying this decision was taken out of his hands. I do not believe it matters, we'd see the same results from any QB in Nagy' system - lack of preparation, not putting your players in a position to succeed, calling for snaps on things that aren't there, etc. - that's all on him.

Easily, Penn State is winning at most, two more games this season, Rut and MD. The MD game is questionable, its at MD, could see them getting blown out or winning a close game. It's insane that they beat Wiscy on the road and Auburn at home, but completely turned into a pumpkin against Iowa and can't recover Clifford being injured and continuing to play while being so has had a big negative effect on their offense, not a surprise. Also, not surprising what the Illini did to them via the ground game, they're best defensive player is out and the Illini just manhandled and pushed them all over the field. If the Illini had a competent QB the game wouldn't have been very close. The games against OSU, U of M and MSU have chance to be real ugly for PSU.

Seriously? This MF'er needs to be shown the door like now, how could any ownership just sit back and let this moron continue to coach their team?

There appears to be some sort of metaphysical force that stops the Bears from having a current generation, professional level offense. I do not think any change, from a coaching perspective, QB perspective, GM perspective, will ever change it. It will remain this way until I am dust. We used to think along those same lines regarding the Cubs winning the WS, anything can happen. Of course, it did take an ownership change so, you may be correct.

Watch, ownership will finally grow a pair and fire Nagy, next guy will install some basic stuff, like screens, play to Fields' strengths and it'll be like a horsefeathering revelation. They'll start to resemble an offense putting some points on the board.

I think the Bears are trying the quick passing game. The problem is the extent of their quick passing game is to have all the WRs run 5 yards, turn and stop. Stop routes don't work to Fields' strengths as he doesn't anticipate throws well. He's not a guy that's going to have the ball out before a WR comes out of his break. He's a "see it open, throw it" type of QB (Cutler was too FWIW). So, the coaching staff is doing him no favors. Also, the Bears haven't executed or maybe even attempted a screen pass since the long Cohen TD in 2018. Isn't that supposedly the best way to slow down a pass rush? There was a screen attempt yesterday, of course, it was late in the fourth during garbage time. You'd think they would have, you know, prepared for the blitz with such plays, sure didn't appear so. If the Cleveland game wasn't an indicator Nagy should have been fired this game should be, you, me, the whole world knew Tampa Bay was going to come at them with blitz after blitz. Apparently, Nagy and Co. didn't get the memo.

Yeah, sure, this is akin to that those idiots from Alaska and Maine being "upset" or "disturbed" with Trump' behavior as President, WTF - ever.

...and why does every other team seem to have a good scramble drill where receivers find the open spot after the QB starts to move out of the pocket? That simply must be bad coaching. Has to be. Shouldn't a supposedly good WR like Robinson be able to do that despite the lack of coaching?

Easily, Penn State is winning at most, two more games this season, Rut and MD. The MD game is questionable, its at MD, could see them getting blown out or winning a close game.

I'm going to exaggerate a bit but, why is it every other team in the history of the NFL is able to go to some quick passing game to take pressure off their QB except the Bears? It's absolutely beyond comprehension, is it really that difficult to execute?