BigSlick

I agree whole-heartedly on the 4th down calls. They were ballsy, but the way the defense was playing in the first half, each one was justifiable. Johnson was set to get eaten alive for being so aggressive on 4th down if they didn’t win the game but… each one was right. Now the play calls he made on them was questionable but so it goes. im also for keeping Brisker if his price is reasonable. I just like the guy, and he may not be the Best Best in coverage but he makes plays.

I really hope Trapilo’s injury isn’t career-endangering. It sounds really gnarly. I know there’s only a ~50% recovery rate for players who sustain a patellar injury… I wonder how many of those players who never came back were later in their career and had a poorer outlook for coming back? He’s a young guy, medical science keeps progressing… it just freaks me out to hear this could be it for him.

He wasn’t ready yet! He was still coming off an injury and learning the playbook. Same thing was going on with Burden too. people were making “bust” proclamations on Loveland like 3 weeks into the season, it was driving me insane. Patience! Not even a lot of patience! Is required!

Given what he was able to do with a defensive roster shredded with injuries and under talented on the D-line, I definitely don’t hate the idea of seeing what he can do if we add some talent.

I don’t think the Packers are stupid enough to do it, but it would be hilarious if they fired MLF.

We’ve never, not ever, had a QB that can do the things he can. Cutler maybe had something approaching his physical talent, but not even close mentally. for 35 years Green Bay had That Guy and we had to suffer the consequences. Last night was a passing of the baton.

Ben Johnson and the 2025 Bears have officially achieved “Better than Matt Nagy and the 2018 Bears” status

The Devin Hester kick off return TD in the Super Bowl is still probably the very best I’ve ever felt as a Bears fan, but it unfortunately occurred during a loss. This may be the happiest I’ve ever been as a Bears fan ever.

Well that game has immediately become a top 5 Chicago sports moment for me

well that sucks. LA plays down to their competition, nearly chokes it away, and most importantly, denies the Bears the possibility of facing Carolina next week in the event that we do move on

I’m shocked but… they’re winning. it would be so cool if Carolina won

I hate those and they often get destroyed in them now the all-whites… the only game I remember with them wearing those was one when Hester returned two kick offs for TDS

I hope the Bears coaching staff and roster know my whole mental health for the next few weeks is entirely dependent on them figuring out a way to win this game no matter what

It would be hilarious if Indiana won and we got 3 Big Ten National Champions in 3 years. So much for SEC dominance. I think the current situation is far too volatile and messed up to continue as it has though, a bunch of stuff has to change in NIL, playoff formatting, etc everything

How soon you forget that Dayo Odeyingbo was our starting DE at the beginning of this season. (How soon we all forget)

Yeah we're about as healthy as can be expected for an NFL team at this point in the season. A complete contrast to the Packers. In fact, if Rome is healthy and playing at his talent level... there are no significant injuries on Offense. Which is crazy.

I just want to see the Bears utterly dominate the Packers in a beautiful, snowy Soldier Field - something like that glorious Bears-Saints 2006 NFC Championship game. It would go a looooooong way to putting away decades of Bears humiliation at the hands of the Packers. If we could get a replay of the Eagles game that would be fine by me.

maybe I set my sights to low but if it was against anyone but the Packers, I even would have been more than satisfied with a one-and-done playoff appearance for this year. This is the first year of Ben Johnson for a team that was 5-12 last year, a total dysfunctional mess, Caleb with a very up-and-down rookie season with a bunch of nimrod coaches, etc. etc. Winning the division and making the playoffs would have been a HUUUUGE win. If they got knocked around by Seattle or LA, ok, whatever, fine. This team has a lot of growing up to do and one half of the ball barely suits up on Sunday. But, because its the Packers, we absolutely, positively have to win. And maybe thats for the best for me. It's not good, as a fan, to just feel like you're playing with house money. I may be the only person here, but I watched that San Fran game in complete zen mode - I was happy to see them move offensively and score and it didn't really bother me too much when the defense did bupkis after the first play. They lost and I was serene. It didn't really matter... they had secured their playoff ticket. I was satisfied with that. (This past sunday pissed me off more because they tried and sucked). Because its the Packers... we have to win. I can't even really think about what I'll feel if they lose. It unfortunately would tarnish a lot of the good feeling of 2025. Don't even want to think about that. Win. Win.

You’re not the only pessimistic Packers fan I’ve seen and I find it utterly bewildering. I can’t imagine what it must be like to have 35 straight years of top 5 QB play, but it wouldn’t make me pessimistic, I think.

The Bears 2020 playoff appearance feels like one of those shortened seasons in MLB where there was a work stoppage and all of the stats and results were super weird. I guess it technically happened but I don't really believe it counted.

Its nice to see him dancing and all but I want to see what he looks like running routes

Also shows how much offensive line performance isn't just the pure talent of the guys but coaching and quarterback. Caleb is light years ahead of where he was last year and where Justin Fields was in terms of pre-snap reads, checking, accounting for a free rusher if there's one anticipated, etc. etc. Talent wise the guys are way ahead of where they were in previous years but they're also just handling protection better as a whole offensive unit.

the John Harbaugh firing kinda superficially reminds me of the Lovie firing but he's also been there 18 years and won a Super Bowl. Sometimes its right to just move on, but don't be surprised if moving on from a coach who's baseline is "pretty good" results in disaster. It's a gamble.

I actually think thats exactly how it should be done - the most important parts of modern football are the coach and QB. They got that down. They got an O-Line to protect and run block. Got that down. Defense... well, you might not be able to get it right in exactly one season (and obviously they spent money, they devoted resources to it), but you can get it right in the next season. The big building blocks are there. I almost look at modern NFL defenses like an MLB bullpen. They are less "sticky" than offenses, they can have a lot of variance year to year. On offense if you figure it out, you have it figured out for years and years (this isn't guaranteed, variance and injuries and poor OCing happens, but its more of a sure thing than defensive quality). Go get some bullpen arms, lock it down, and have a Super Bowl contender for next year.

Gordon being back could be huge, it could also be a nothing because looking at Jaylon back makes me very sad I do think their defense is qualitatively different with a healthy Kyle Gordon in the lineup.