UMFan83

Thanks, we would have been in a crisis if Santos missed that one or had it blocked.

We had 3 TOs and 2 mins left and we’re gonna run out of time to complete this drive somehow

Who could have ever anticipated that heading into the season /s

Is 4-13 actually possible?

Instead of 14-7 or 10-7 Bears, minutes later it’s 14-7 Vikings #cursed

The Packers basically bragged about the hole in the Bears FG kicking operation and nothing changed

The Bears are definitely cursed. It’s not debatable anymore

Having a lead was fun for a minute

I thought Richard Jefferson said it quite well yesterday on the pre-game show before their loss to Milwaukee: It's 100% true. The Bulls are completely irrelevant and they're not headed in the right direction. They're not really headed in any direction, just kind of sitting there not bad enough to get a top pick in a deep draft, not good enough to likely even threaten for a play-in spot. I just don't see any sort of strategic vision at all. The Thunder literally have 14 first round picks in the next 5 drafts including up to 5 in next year's draft, widely considered to be one of the deeper drafts in years. They cant possibly use all those picks. They probably give them out as stocking stuffers. Caruso was probably the Bulls most in demand trade chip and they couldn't manage to pry a 1st away from the Thunder, instead settling for an unathletic flawed point guard who is 1 year away from RFA and a much bigger contract. A guy who was so valued by the Thunder that he was benched during crunch time of playoff games the previous year and has already started being benched during crunch time of games for the Bulls this year. In fact, going back to that upcoming super deep draft, the Bulls technically don't even own a 1st round pick in the draft unless they finish inside the top 10. Definitely a possibility that they do, but they seem to be built to be decent enough that they will flirt with not keeping that pick. And if they do keep the pick, that future 1st they own the Spurs for a player who isn't on the Bulls anymore will continue to hurt their flexibility in the future until that pick is conveyed (bc of the rule that you can't trade back to back 1sts). They have a couple of decent trade chips, especially if LaVine keeps rebuilding his value but nothing that would suggest the Bulls can load up on 1st round picks like the Thunder and Jazz have. In fact, I'm not sure they can land any 1sts with the players they have on the team outside of maybe Coby White. They don't really have any young talent with superstar upside unless Buzelis becomes something but were probably multiple years from finding out if that will happen. So they don't have any superstars and have no pathway towards acquiring a superstar any time soon, They're just a generic middling NBA franchise that other fanbases forget exists unless they are playing their team. And this is perfectly acceptable to those in charge because somehow the Bulls still draw incredibly well despite sky high ticket prices. I don't get it...probably because Chicago has a customer pool of 9.5 million to draw from and there's nothing to do in Chicago in the dead of the winter. This long rant may suggest I'm angry about all of this. And I guess there is a part of me that is still angry because deep down I'm still a fan of them. But the feeling I feel most about the Bulls is apathy. For the past couple of years once it became clear that the direction they have taken is 'no direction' and it became clear there was no urgency to change that, I simply stopped caring. Anyone who has posted here long enough knows how much emotional energy I put towards caring about sports teams. But I've lost that emotional energy towards the Bulls. I'm sure if they somehow figured it out and/or got a superstar or something to be excited about I'd be back. But as it stands right now, I just don't give too much of a horsefeathers anymore. I read the news, check out the box scores but I have no desire to actually watch them play basketball or spend time playing with the trade machine to try to figure out ways to make the Bulls good again. If a Bulls game is close late and I actually have access to the channel (another issue this season), I'll put it on and half watch it but that's about as much effort as I have for them right now.

Damn this is nuts:

Yeah it was well known that he was pretty conservative and religious. It's one thing to have conservative views and another to glorify and normalize a fascist felon. I'm not going to cancel him or whatever but I cant pretend it doesnt bother me. Because of all these NFL, soccer and MMA players doing the dance, the perception I've seen is that MAGA is "cool" now and people who would previously hide their views are now unafraid to be outwardly vocal about it. Again, trying to make Trump seem fun and cool is just a terrible look considering the destructive policies he is about to unleash.

I think the fight is gone from this team, but I could be wrong. They put together a great effort last week only to be kicked in the balls yet again. Hard to keep getting up for the games, especially when they dont seem to like the coach.

I so want to know what this was now 😂

Could easily have 3 goals in the 2 legs. Just some awful inaccurate shot attempts.

I am really not happy about Pulisic doing the "Trump dance" after the first goal. Apparently a bunch of NFL players and MMA fighters did it over the weekend as well. It shouldn't bother me but it does. Unless he was mocking Trump my impression of him has changed for the worse.

I definitely look like a dick posting this but I wanted to look at a comparison after reading your post...not trying to horsefeathers on Caleb because I was encouraged yesterday and I honestly think at his *best* Caleb has looked better than the others, even Daniels. But its been very inconsistent so far. All these numbers are projected over 17 games...Maye's projection is more of a stretch because his pace is only based on 6 games while the others have started every game so far. Yards Comp % YPA TD INT QB rating QBR Daniels 3613 68.7 8.0 15 5 99.6 67.7 Nix 3516 65.5 6.4 22 9 89.3 55.4 Williams 3427 61.8 6.2 15 9 82.3 44.2 Maye 3002 66.8 6.8 22 15 87.5 59.3

Bad salary cap situation, got rid of their top 2 WRs and instead of taking Nabers or Rome to replace them, took a tackle with the 5th pick. That tackle has been one of PFFs highest rated rookies so far this year. They then used a 2nd round pick on McConkey who has outproduced Rome by a decent margin. Most people expected this to be a rebuilding year for the Chargers given all the changes but here they are at 7-3 and headed towards a playoff spot while the Bears, who felt confident enough about their team to take a punter in the 4th round are virtually eliminated from playoff consideration with 7 games to play. I know Kyle will never agree with me on this but its coaching. It absolutely helps that they have an established elite QB who has thrown 1 INT this year but he was playing at an elite level when they were losing close games constantly too. Coaching matters and I refuse to believe otherwise.

Exactly. I would have run a 5 yard out, maybe twice or another type of short pass if it doesn't work out the first play. Best case scenario you gain 5-10 yards and still have a TO in your pocket if you want to run it. Worst case scenario you get tacked in bounds and have to burn that TO and lose a little flexibility. I guess the real worst case scenario is Caleb throws an INT but if you cant trust your QB to not throw an INT on a short out pass with the game on the line, that's a big problem. The Bears had complete control of the game and the clock as long as they held that timeout and they chose to take all that control out of their hands because they were scared of a negative play. Season was essentially on the line and Eberflus chose to coach scared and got burned for it. We knew he would because that's how he's coached for 3 years in these situations.

Caleb had a 85.2 PFF rating yesterday, highest a QB has had against GB this year. One of the biggest things that sucks about the ending is that while I recognize he had a solid game, the stink of the loss makes me not want to spend too much time thinking about it. But still, positive signs. That 4th down throw on the final drive had to be placed absolutely perfectly and it was. Takes balls to make that throw with the game on the line.

Ehh...I'd rather not be looking for head coaching potential on the current staff. You don't want to end up like the Raiders who due to pressure from the players end up hiring their interim HC to be the permanent HC. They're now 2-8 and Pierce is likely to be fired. I know that's just one recent example but I guess I'm saying that the season is over...their playoff odds are apparently 1% at this point. I think its hard to evaluate the performance of a coach based on what are now meaningless games, and I'd rather do an actual HC search...don't give the Bears an opportunity to do something dumb because they'll probably do it. Moot point though because Eberflus isn't getting fired

I know there’s butterfly effect and all of that but imagine a world where the Bears didn’t lose 3 games with 90+% odds of winning in the 4th quarter last year. They’re 10-7 and maybe in the playoffs. Imagine a world where the Bears defend a Hail Mary and don’t settle for a 46 yard FG when they had time and timeouts to get closer or at least move the ball to Santos’ preferred hash mark. They’re 6-4 and I believe in a playoff spot right now. Eberflus record goes from 14-30 to a more reasonable 19-25 and 16-11 over the last 2 years. Our playoff odds are currently at 1%. Changing those 2 things around and we’re probably around 50%. It’s just insane and I know I shouldn’t dwell on it. But it’s just dumbfounding and it’s hard to explain logically.

The Packers players were apparently surprised the Bears didnt run another play or two. Shocker

1-16 in our last 17 against our arch rivals. Can’t remember if I already said that here or if it was in another place I’m venting at. You couldn’t have just given us this one sports gods? After all the horsefeathers we deal with as Bears fans? After all the terrible Chicago sports teams the last 7-8 years? Just one win over our hated rivals to feel good about ourselves? Anyways the Bears are now essentially 3.5 games out of the final NFC Wild Card spot due to losing the tiebreaker to Washington

The ****** thing is he’ll still get credit for “pulling the team together” because they did everything they needed to win the except make the makable FG