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  1. UMFan83
    No worries guys. Time to go on one of our grind it out 6 minute TD drives that have defined our team all year!! Oh wait
  2. UMFan83
    Could be way off but im guessing cutler doesn't trust his WRs to fight for the ball over the middle and doesn't want to throw INTs in FG range and instead is trying to rely on Marshall and Jefferys size to get it done.
  3. UMFan83
    Haha and we are dying to see this BS in a playoff game?
  4. UMFan83
    You think they're only scoring 7 more? Lets see how many more gifts they feel like giving.
  5. UMFan83
    [expletive] how I hate this team.
  6. UMFan83
    I think I officially want the Bears to blow this after that 3rd down stuff. I'm sick of this [expletive]. We've moved the ball every drive and gotten jack [expletive] out of it.
  7. UMFan83
    Who was that poster that said they would take the Lions over the Bears straight up? Granted there's a half and change to go but
  8. UMFan83
    Zing boom tararrel, ring out a song of good cheer
  9. UMFan83
    Make that 5 possessions, 5 trips and 10 points. We should be blowing them out at this point.
  10. UMFan83
    So 4 possessions, 4 trips into Detroit territory, 10 points scored.....7 from a play that started in our own territory.
  11. UMFan83
    He's only been failing repeatedly in those situations for the last 5 seasons.
  12. UMFan83
    At least it wasn't Chicago State
  13. UMFan83
    No "Bourn to Cubs done deal" tweets yet so it looks good for us so far.
  14. UMFan83
    That's just it. He could run Lovie out there in a potential lame duck year but if Lovie over performs he pretty much has to extend him and Lovie becomes his guy. If Lovie fails he's gone and it takes an extra year from his initial hire grace period to get his coach, staff, etc in place.
  15. UMFan83
    I don't hate the idea of keeping Lovie to be honest. But if the Bears don't make the playoffs regardless of whether they win or not its hard to look at his track record and not think he should be fired. Their playoff odds were around 97% this year, last year they were near 90% at 7-3. 3 playoff appearances in 9 years. Just not good enough.
  16. UMFan83
    The silly thing is basing it off teams being conservative in firing coaches. If Phil Emery really does have the power to fire Lovie this offseason we have no idea whether he will be conservative about whether to hire or fire him. If he doesn't have the power then that's another whole depressing conversation to have regarding hiring a GM and not giving him the power to build the team as he sees fit. If the Bears miss the playoffs even at 10-6 and keep him it opens up a ton of questions like this, especially because Lovie would be on the last year of his deal next year unless they decide to extend him. I doubt a 2nd year GM wants to deal with his non hand picked coach being on a 1 year deal.
  17. UMFan83
    The mentioned article: This article is a bunch of nonsense with no actual reporting involved it looks like.
  18. UMFan83
    Has their been a drop dead date announced or at least rumored? I cant remember when the NHL resolved in 1995, but I think they were up against a drop dead date when the NBA resolved in mid January 99.
  19. UMFan83
    With a White C of course
  20. UMFan83
    Thought this was interesting....this is a list of the year each team last played a road (not neutral) playoff game 2011: ATL, BAL, CIN, DEN, DET, HOU, NO, NYG, PIT 2010: GB, NYJ, SEA 2009: ARI, DAL, MIN, PHI 2008: IND, SD 2007: JAC, TEN, WAS 2006: KC, NE 2005: CAR 2004: STL 2002: CLE, SF, TB 2001: OAK 2000: MIA 1999: BUF 1994: CHI
  21. UMFan83
    Henry Melton made the Pro Bowl? Hmm ok
  22. UMFan83
    That has nothing to do with his huge drop off on punt returns. He's a returner. History tells us those guys are flashes in the pan and do not last. He also hasn't taken anything resembling a step up as a receiver and probably should have been the guy released this week. If anything I was surprised at this mini-resurance in 2010-2011. Most stud returners have a 2-3 year shelf life at most
  23. UMFan83
    Usually when a team has top 5 units in 2 of the 3 phases they are a better than .500 team. Yes if the D isn't perfect they are screwed but they numbers bear out that most of the time the defense is really really good, good enough for a win. Go look at football outsiders again and find out how many times in the last 5 years a top 5 defense has finished over .500 regardless of the other 2 units. I don't know for a fact what you'll find but I'm guessing you will see that almost all of them did.
  24. UMFan83
    I just realized that because of the Packers needing a win for the bye, the infamous referee screw job in Seattle has effected our season in a positive way.
  25. UMFan83
    I'm not sure how Minnesota even has a better % odds. Bears should be favored to beat Detroit, Green Bay with something to play for should be favored to beat Minnesota. Obviously I don't know what all feeds into that % equation but on face value, I'd say I like the Bears chances. Well Minnesota has a 45% chance of making the playoffs and most of that is tied into the scenario of winning against GB. Lets say they have a 2% chance of making it if they lose (the Bears, Cowboys and Giants would have to lose I believe - the Cowboys so that they wouldn't win the division and push the Redskins into the WC picture), that would mean they are giving the Vikings a 43% chance of beating the Packers in Minnesota. I don't know if you see those accuscore projects that often, but a 57-43 spread in winning odds is pretty big, especially when the 43% if the home team, and a home team with a distinct HFA. The Bears will probably be favored by accuscore at most by a 53-47 margin, but probably close to a 52 or 51% favorite. So then add that to the 43% chance that the Vikings win, and it makes sense that the Bears would only be around 31% chance to make the playoffs despite the fact that Bears over Lions and Packers over Vikings would be the most realistic result.
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