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  1. UMFan83
    Just for fun, Divisional Round scenarios if the Bears win on Saturday: If the Eagles beat the 49ers, the Bears will host Philadelphia If the 49ers beat the Eagles, the Bears will host the Rams/Panthers winner. Bears cannot see Seattle or San Francisco until the Conference championship game.
  2. UMFan83
    It's hard to score points and get into a rhythm on offense when you only get 3 possessions in the first half. You are right that the TOP played a major factor in this loss, and near loss to the Packers a couple weeks ago. Not absolving the offense for not producing points but it definitely has some effect when you are starting your second possession with like 9 minutes left in the half.
  3. UMFan83
    My prediction based on nothing is the late afternoon Sunday game. It won’t be the MNF game (i think espn gets lower priority for the WC game), it won’t be Saturday afternoon (reserved for Texans/the crappiest matchup) and it probably won’t be Sunday at noon given the high profile matchup. So either Saturday night, Sunday late afternoon or Sunday night.
  4. UMFan83
    GB is no doubt the easiest of the 4 potential opponents entering the weekend but they are also the only team who isn’t a warm weather west coast team and the only team that will probably fill at least 30% of the stadium with their fans. that said i still prefer this matchup. As for the rivalry component, how much worse can they “own” us after the last 30 years? Low risk, high reward
  5. UMFan83
    If Caleb was close to 108 passing yards I’d let him get it but he’s barely over halfway there lol
  6. UMFan83
    Lions drives today: FG FG TD Missed FG Punt In FG range again
  7. UMFan83
    What is DJ doing? I don’t it
  8. UMFan83
    Did you see how badly JJ got burned when he was on ASB?
  9. UMFan83
    Bears have had a really fun season and are on the way up but ending the regular season 2-3 with their wins being over the Browns and a once in a decade miracle comeback against GB is sobering (if they can’t come back)
  10. UMFan83
    Bears defense has allowed 48 points on their last 10 drives, 6 TD, 2 FG, 1 punt, 1 drive ended a half after giving up 41 yards
  11. UMFan83
    Lions last 9 drives against the Bears: TD TD FG TD TD TD 3 and out with 31 point lead FG FG
  12. UMFan83
    Fixed it for you
  13. UMFan83
    The last couple of years I have barely watched them and just checked the scores. This year I haven't even checked the scores. I know they played last night but no idea if they won. I just don't care at all. I'm a Bulls fan but until they act like they have any desire to put something watchable on the court, I'm all out on the NBA. No idea what's happening in the league right now. Doesn't hurt that Michigan basketball could probably beat a couple NBA teams this year 😂
  14. UMFan83
    Could go either way. With nothing to play for I could see the team packing it in and playing like crap. Or with nothing to play for they go all out and try to send a message to the Bears. For how crappy their season is, they are 3rd in DVOA for the season, I think I saw the 2nd best 8-8 team ever by DVOA. They're a really good team, if they're up for it.
  15. UMFan83
    With the Rams loss, here are (I think) all the scenarios for the Bears playoff fate: Bears win: 2 Bears play 7 Packers Bears lose, Eagles lose: 2 Bears play 7 Packers Bears lose, Eagles win, 49ers win: 3 Bears play 6 Rams Bears lose, Eagles win, Seahawks win, Rams lose: 3 Bears play 6 Rams Bears lose, Eagles win, Seahawks win, Rams win: 3 Bears play 6 49ers
  16. UMFan83
    I was a little gutted after the game because of how close we got but overall I came into the game not sweating it too much and found myself getting over it pretty quickly afterwards. Can't win every game in the final seconds and even in failure, they drove the entire length of the field and were 2 yards from completing the comeback yet again.
  17. UMFan83
    Maybe he'll have a Matt Flynn game and we can convince some team to trade a 2nd or 3rd round pick for him lol
  18. UMFan83
    Are you suggesting Shanahan is that much better of an offensive mind than Ben Johnson? Don't get me wrong Shanahan has certainly accomplished so much more thus far in their respective careers but I think we have a pretty elite offensive mind on our sidelines that is slowly unlocking the best version of Caleb.
  19. UMFan83
    This might have already been mentioned but today's 330 yard performance from Caleb made 4,000 yards a lot more doable. Needs 270 yards if he plays vs Detroit to get to 4k, and 109 yards to set the Bears all time record for passing yards in a season.
  20. UMFan83
    There's also discussion I've seen that the Bears appeared to be expecting the 49ers to call a TO and it might have thrown off their timing a bit. But because the Bears got the play call in late and the clock was running down, Shanahan elected to not use the TO. Doesn't really excuse them for not being ready, you can't assume a TO is coming but could somewhat explain why the play seemed doomed from the start.
  21. UMFan83
    Still images are tough to discern much from IMO. From that photo guys are already breaking in that direction. Imagine the uproar if Caleb throws short of the end zone with the game on the line and Swift gets stopped. He also has a defender bearing in on him from that side, potentially right where Caleb would be throwing. Maybe you're right with the full video, but based on that picture its inconclusive to me.
  22. UMFan83
    I really hope not. what are we talking about with the 2 seed vs 3 seed? The Packers will be well rested (resting their starters next week) and while we beat them, they just went an entire regulation where every single drive they had ended inside the Bears 10 yard line. They are the easier draw for sure but as the 3 seed they might have a west coast warm weather team have to travel to Chicago to play. Maybe not a huge advantage (we've seen SF take out a better GB team multiple times in recent years), but I would hope there is so advantage and maybe slows down their offenses a bit. And then in the 2nd round you probably go to Philly, where the Bears have already won this year. I'd much rather have the 2 seed but the 3 seed doesn't doom us or anything. Losing more guys to injury could though. Also remember the last time the Bears had a bye week, we were in the middle of the Brewers-Cubs NLDS series. We've played 12 straight weeks of football.
  23. UMFan83
    You dont think they could have run a 1 read play with 4 seconds? It's probably a little risky but if it's not there immediately throw it at the WRs feet.
  24. UMFan83
    True the drops were killer. If Burden catches that pass, Ben doesn't use his 2nd TO to draw up a 4th down play. I don't necessarily have any critique on how they used their TOs or clock management but it seemed at one point that time would absolutely not be a factor for us and ultimately it was which sucks.
  25. UMFan83
    No one should play next week. Normally not a take I'd have but this team is snakebitten with injuries.
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