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I don't see how last night would have any bearing on their decision to play Fields or not. my only thought was that the Bears may be thinking they should shut Fields down to keep him from any injury in a meaningless game, and what happened last night may remind them of that/reinforce the concerns. Not that Fields could suffer the same fate

Never once when I was playing, but absolutely once I had a son. I highly encouraged him to play every sport except football. He tried flag football when he was like 8 or 9 and said it wasn't for him, and I was perfectly fine with that. I never found the risk for serious injury or death to be worrisome when my daughter was playing softball or volleyball or when he played baseball. I must be old like you, I never heard about it growing up. The worst injury I remember was watching a baseball teammate take a fly ball off their eye socket. It sounded like a golf ball hitting wood, left a giant bump and swelled their eye shut

I wonder if the Hamlin heart attack will push the Bears brass into sitting Fields. I would love to see JF break the rushing record, but I am also mostly just done with football for the year

If you have ever played a sport, has the idea that you may actually die ever crossed your mind? I watched that live, and it was just stunning and sickening. I know it's a violent sport but holy hell

Seems plausible

He had no heartbeat? That had to use an AED? Holy hell that's scary

I wonder if he had a heart attack, it never really seemed like he hit his head hard, and they had to give cpr. But man, wtf would want to play after that End the game

Yea, he just dropped to the ground and they had to do cpr?

https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/vikings/in-search-of-truth-about-the-vikings-point-differential We'll have to see of course. Yesterday has to give anyone pause. It was a Packers team playing for their season and with a good QB and trending up. All teams play for their season in the playoffs. On the other hand, some of the things that caused that game to snowball (special teams, tipped INT return for TD) might not happen, and their OLine was almost immediately crippled too. yea, I'm not sure the Vikings are for real or not, I just happened to notice that article just before I read your posts. Side note: a guy a went to grad school who grew up in Wisconsin and is obviously a Packer fan, yet resides in Minneapolis took to FB to lambast the Viking faithful on how GB has been "exposing frauds since 1919". Now that is a team I want exposed early and often...

They’ve wasted his first two years and it won’t be hard to waste the 3rd. Hey, Poles has 0 regrets guys

Yeah they’ve got weapons and I think they can play good football, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see an early exit from the playoffs. https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/vikings/in-search-of-truth-about-the-vikings-point-differential

No. Nobody can look at this and conclude the coaching staff is competent. Yea I mean I get it that we’re rebuilding and the roster is lolbad but I haven’t been particularly impressed this year. Eberflus was a head-scratching choice as HC, one of Poles first head-scratching decisions

Small athletic olinemen are the way to go I'm told

The house next to ours was built by a Navy submariner. It's fairly unique, valued around $1.3 mil or so. But we've had a run of neighbors. After the submariner and his real estate wife moved to France, they sold it to an older couple. We loved them, they were nice people. Unfortunately, they sold it and moved. The next couple we hated. They were brash, wealthy, and expected horsefeathers like our daughter was supposed to gather her friends and help them move in. She did not. The whole neighborhood hated them. They sold the house about 2 months ago. Where am I going with this....oh yeah. Our new neighbor is a retired pilot for Delta. Grew up in the Chi area and is also a big bears fan. The kicker: his son played high school ball in Kennesaw Georgia with Justin Fields when he was based out of Atlanta. I saw video evidence of this today. I'm working hard to get Scott and his family to host Mr Fields for a bbq...I'm not too hopeful that this would happen but if it does I will have died a happy man Go Bears

How so? He's got Sam Mustipher as his current C, Mustiphers shape can only be described as round. Poles must be able to justify it somehow

He's bigger than Grasu, Schmitz is 6-4 and 320. Grasu was 300 wet In fact, Schmitz will be one of the largest C's in the nfl if that's where he plays

nearly all C's are mid-round rookies, and again, the talent you are trying to upgrade from is Sam Mustipher. hell, Schmitz may even go late 1st, early 2nd and if that's the case the Bears would need to have a trade out of their first to get him (getting him w/a top 2nd round instead), but if he did fall to the late 2nd, I'd draft him. what other FA center is available this offseason? Yeah, Schmitz seems like he'll go anywhere from mid 2nd to mid 3rd. He's interesting because he doesn't seem very athletic. Not a guy that's going to wow at the combine, but he plays way more athletically than he looks. Has a lot of plays where he makes fantastic reach blocks, which are key for this offense. Not sure how good he would handle elite interior pass rushers or DEs on stunts, but run blocking looks like a clear fit. But overall, I'm not in love with the guy as a prospect. Definitely not big on handing him the job as a rookie, and where he will get drafted you basically would have to hand him the job to make the pick worth it. But if the Bears do sign a really good LG and a starting RT, then he becomes a much more viable option. I'm coming back to this because I've been busy the last few days and haven't had a chance to reply, but Schmitz is more than capable w/ pass rushers and stunts. He's off the charts on run blocking and pretty damn good on passing downs https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/JohnMichael-Schmitz-OL-Minnesota even if Patrick somehow held on the C position, Schmitz has the size, talent, and athleticism to play G. He'd be a better bet than Mustipher and probably most of the top G's in the draft eta: plus, he's from the south suburbs and very likely a Bears fan. HOMER UP

risk? what risk? you're looking at replacing Sam Mustispher for crying out loud! I keep saying his name because 1) I'm a total homer but 2) - and more importantly, he's the best coming out, but Schmitz from Minnesota would be a huge upgrade If the only bar is improving Mustipher that's still a wide and left for "bad OL" Mid round rookies are never that safe of propositions. Fields getting his pocket collapsed because Poles tried to get cute when he had all the money he could possibly need is something I want zero to do with. nearly all C's are mid-round rookies, and again, the talent you are trying to upgrade from is Sam Mustipher. hell, Schmitz may even go late 1st, early 2nd and if that's the case the Bears would need to have a trade out of their first to get him (getting him w/a top 2nd round instead), but if he did fall to the late 2nd, I'd draft him. what other FA center is available this offseason?

To me I think C is a position where you could draft a quality player in the 3or 4th round that could start right away assuming you have some talent around them. I would not risk that units success on the availability of the right OC prospect just sitting there in the mid rounds. That would be more of a "wait and see on Whitehair and LG" proposition than a "Wait and see on Mustipher/Patrick at C" proposition to me. risk? what risk? you're looking at replacing Sam Mustispher for crying out loud! I keep saying his name because 1) I'm a total homer but 2) - and more importantly, he's the best coming out, but Schmitz from Minnesota would be a huge upgrade

I say rest Fields.let him recover and get healthy for next year

You're not wrong about any of it. They are all incredibly rich and removed from the day-to-day struggles of most Americans I love my teams, like when Just Fields wins us a SB I'm going to dance on every packer fans grave But I struggle with capitalism every day. It isn't fair, it REALLY isn't fair,what a capitalistic society will pay the most for.

Draft Schmitz and either keep Whitehair of find his replacement in FA Patrick isn't the long term solution at C, Schmitz really could be

In retrospect, he looked overmatched and lost in the early season, but he's def improved as the year went on