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  1. BigSlick
    Team overall played bad, but the lines in particular were awful. DLine got no pressure and was moved around with reckless abandon by the Packers Oline. The Bears Oline couldn't protect and couldn't run block. Fields wasn't given a lot of help but he also didn't help himself. He took a couple sacks he didn't need to. He wasn't quick enough to beat the blitz or even just run of the mill pressure. Yeah, he was pressured, yeah the Oline sucked, yeah his receivers weren't getting open...but I'm tired of the excuses. Great QBs overcome that. Great QBs score at least one TD under duress. He couldn't manage that. I ain't mad, I love the kid. He's got a great attitude, he's gonna start in the league for a while. But it's time for the Bears to take a flyer on one of the better prospects coming out. And they need to fix a bunch of stuff on top of that. Bring on the scouting reports.
  2. BigSlick
    I hope the Bears draft a QB. also hire Harbaugh please, thank you
  3. BigSlick
    I can’t be mad about anything the defensive backfield has done. There’s been zero pressure all day. in the NFL that means a completed pass
  4. BigSlick
    It’s crazy how no matter the QB, the coaches, what other players are around…the Packers always make the Bears look like horsefeathers
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    Bears Bad
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    Fields is holding onto the ball too long again.
  7. BigSlick
    He is simply not feeling the pressure well
  8. BigSlick
    Bears DLine not getting any pressure and also getting pushed around by the Packers. Bears Oline doing nothing. That’s the difference in the game
  9. BigSlick
    I fully expect the bears to be down two scores by the time they get the ball back lmao
  10. BigSlick
    Fields is driving me nuts yeah the Oline is being beat up but THROW THE GODDAMN BALL
  11. BigSlick
    I would just like to point out the CJ Stroud, as a rookie, had a season that would be indisputably better than any Bears QB season in history and led his team to the playoffs for those saying if we draft a QB we can’t expect to compete
  12. BigSlick
    What’s Dave Taub doing these days? Can we offer him the head coaching job?
  13. BigSlick
    The defense was still….OK against Manning at the peak of his powers, and Hester spotted the team 7. I watched highlights again recently and I forgot how much of a monsoon that game was. The variance that introduces probably favors the Bears, but then you also get the…Cedric Benson fumble ☹️
  14. BigSlick
    It's nice to have those things. Those things can definitely help you win, if and only if you have a competent and effective passing game. There is no way to win a Super Bowl in the NFL if you don't have an effective passing game. That's it.
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    I don't want to touch Jayden Daniels with a ten foot pole It's possible he ends up being a great pro QB, but I'm not gonna take a flyer on him. I'd rate Bo Nix and Penix way, way, way above him. Just talking physically, the guy needs to put on like 40 pounds of good weight to survive a pro pass rush. This is from a scouting report: "Daniels' arm talent and accuracy is a mixed bag. On one hand, he's a phenomenal deep thrower in rhythm. He regularly drops it in the bucket without needing his receivers to break stride. However, Daniels' arm strength and accuracy are less dangerous to other parts of the field. He doesn't always have the velocity to fit tight windows, and his accuracy in the 1-20 yard range comes and goes. Daniels' accuracy especially falls off when he's forced to throw out of rhythm or late in the down." For those of us living through the Justin Fields experience, its Justin Fields, except Smaller and Worse.
  16. BigSlick
    I think Eberflus stays Getsy stays Fields traded Is the most likely outcome, but I also think its somewhat subject to what happens in the Green Bay game. (A huge win may keep Fields, a huge disastrous loss certifies him going and possibly Getsy)
  17. BigSlick
    Haha, I've had the same experience with the QB Gurus. Earlier in the season I eagerly awaited their breakdowns of Fields's games...and now I'm like. Eh who cares. I know what I saw (he was good, or bad).
  18. BigSlick
    I think DJ Moore should have been a Pro Bowl starter, but I can understand if his numbers don't match up with the top flight receivers in the NFC. Still to do what he did with 4 games of a rookie backup QB and 12 additional games of...at times inconsistent QB play is remarkable.
  19. BigSlick
    I just want to say: I really hate the new format in football. I liked it when it was a 16 game schedule, 6 playoff teams, 2 byes for the top 2 seeds. This whole 17 game season, 7 playoff team, only 1 bye team thing screws my brain up and it's super ugly to look at. I want even numbers! I want things to make sense! The previous format was elegant and beautiful!
  20. BigSlick
    I don't entirely hate this plan. It all depends on what our scouts think of the second level QBs, like Penix and Nix (I don't want anything to do with Daniels or McCarthy). If you think that they're at the same level or just a smidge less talented (or you've found a steal) than the top line guys, and can get them in the middle of the 1st round, it will net you a ton more value. Of course, I'm far more comfortable with 1) being "keep Fields for another year or two" than you are, but its essentially the same plan.
  21. BigSlick
    One thing I think most Bears fans can agree with: King Poles is back. Dude has undeniably done a good job with the roster so far. now…the coaching staff….is another question
  22. BigSlick
    As much as I absolutely love MHJr and would love to see him on this team, you cannot just go and draft him first overall. It's the worst move by value possible. If you can get him in a trade down, do it. Otherwise, it is what it is. You can't keep the first overall and not get a QB - you're missing out on like, 4-5 blue chip players you can get with a trade down.
  23. BigSlick
    Yeah I'm really not too worried about what a rookie can do here - there will be more offensive help coming and the talent on offense is coming together. It'll be one of the better places for a rookie to start, and significantly better than what CJ Stroud went into.
  24. BigSlick
    Oh I wasn't very clear there - I do think its a negative. I was trying to list things that don't get factored well into his stats, but I edited it and it just kinda looks out of place. I look at all those stats you list and I still think he's roughly an average QB. Maybe that makes me an idiot! I don't care!
  25. BigSlick
    I don't think Justin Fields is a terrible quarterback and I've long maintained that it is entirely appropriate to withhold judgment on what to do in the draft until after the entire season is over. So yes, the Green Bay game matters, and it obviously has outsized importance because it's the Packers and its a whole thing. In most QB stats Fields is in the ~20-something range of starters. That doesn't look spectacular. I think he's gotten better after he came back from injury, but he's still been inconsistent. I think, on the whole, factoring in his legs and his field awareness and his propensity for insane plays nobody else in the league can make, he's currently about an average NFL starting QB (with the potential to be better than that, but also perhaps a ceiling that is below 'elite'). Is that enough? I dunno. If I was a cold-blooded NFL executive who didn't want to factor in what it would do for the locker room, what the salary cap situation looks like, the coaches, etc. etc. - probably not. As a fan, I'm a reactive moron who swings up and down based on the irrationalism of football wins and losses. I was stoked to watch the Falcons game. If he beats the Packers resoundingly I'm sure I'll be a gigantic homer and feel significantly more reticent to trade him. It is what it is.
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