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  1. UMFan83
    Yeah but it would have been his career long. He doesn't have a strong leg. That said, it was 4th and 6 I think. Kind of a no man's land...not a great situation to go for it, not a great situation to punt it, but a low percentage kick attempt. I don't hate the call and my list wasn't necessarily a list of stupid decisions, but of annoying things that occurred in a game the Bears lost by less than a TD.
  2. UMFan83
    As I said, there's a decent chance the Colts arent even draining the clock at that point. Having 2 TOs rather than 1 changes (slightly) how you call the game down the stretch. It's not like "wow this dude is a braindead moron" bad but I don't agree that stopping the clock with 5:25 left is the right decision.
  3. UMFan83
    They were about to go down 2 scores and they were gonna score no matter what. I'd rather have control of those 2 TOs for longer as it dictates play calling the rest of the way. There was 5:25 left in the game when he called that TO and you know the Bears are virtually certain to need to score twice again. The Colts might not have even been in clock draining mode at that point. If anything they are likely hurrying to the line to sneak before the Bears defense is ready.
  4. UMFan83
    So here are a few annoying things today in a game the Bears lost by 5: 1. Caleb INT while the Bears were in scoring range 2. Don't score any points from 1st and goal at the 4, and 4th and goal from the 1.5 3. Hail Mary is caught by Moore 1/2 yard from the end zone as the clock expired 4. Offsides on 4th down when the Colts were punting to give them a 1st down on a drive they eventually scored a TD on 5. Calling a TO after a TD to go down 5 in the 4th because there were confusion about whether to go for 2 (and then not getting the 2 point conversion) 6. Calling a TO when the Colts had the ball on the 1 inch line on 2nd or 3rd down, that was going to score (because the Colts probably werent going to try an option play) to put the Bears down 2 scores and it became clear they would need as many TOs as possible Other ridiculous things I'm missing? Edit: Oh... 7. Knowing your kicker doesnt have the power to kick far but still having him try a 56 yard FG (which went short), and then instead of going for an onside kick, kicking off normally knowing the only way kicking off makes sense is if they don't return it (to give them the extra TO with the 2 minute warning) knowing that Santos doesn't have the leg to kick it out of the end zone (bailed out by the Colts inexplicably taking a knee)
  5. UMFan83
    Damn straight we did. We also took a TO when the Colts were stopped at the 1 inch line about to go up 2 scores. Neither TO made sense. We also ran an option play for some reason on 4th and goal from the 2. At least he didnt make any idiotic challenges today.
  6. UMFan83
    30 passing TD? No we haven’t.
  7. UMFan83
    This is undeniably Poles team now and while in the back of his mind he was probably thinking next year is the year he expects the Bears to contend, he made no secret that he expected this team to be playoff caliber this year. Obviously plenty of time to get into the playoff mix but they really don’t look like a playoff team out there even with Caleb playing better. The offensive line still looks really rough, the coaching staff still seems stupid, running backs have been downgraded since he got here, heck the punter we used one of our 4 picks coming into the draft on hasn’t looked all that good. if Caleb turns into an elite QB all of that looks a better but I’m just wondering if organizationally we are even in a better spot than we were when Poles took over
  8. UMFan83
    2.3 YPC is pathetic. If they could run just a little bit it would open up so much. Not even sure how much of it is his fault but so far it’s been a pretty disastrous start for Swift - 37 carries for 68 yards - 1.8 YPC. I’ve never seen numbers this bad from a lead back who has shown success in the NFL before and isn’t at an age where he should be washed up. I suppose there’s a reason he’s on his 3rd team in 3 years but damn. And the Bears made him their top FA priority too
  9. UMFan83
    The best thing about football season is that as the life is sucked out of the Bears season, the days continue to get colder, darker and more depressing.
  10. UMFan83
    He did some good stuff today. Maybe better about him but worse about the Bears as a whole.
  11. UMFan83
    Bears aren’t the only team horribly coached
  12. UMFan83
    Missed FG, failing to get 0 points on 1st and goal from the 4, and a Hail Mary that is caught at the 1 are all killer right now
  13. UMFan83
    Could have used that XP so that a FG would make it a 1 possession game lol. Also would have given us an extra TO that we’d need to avoid having to onside kick after a score
  14. UMFan83
    Caleb always looks so confident when he’s throwing deep and then the pass is never anywhere close lol
  15. UMFan83
    I don’t have any regrets either, just pointing out that he’s performing better than he has with the bears which just adds to the feeling of “the bears are a cursed organization”
  16. UMFan83
    They should just really kick all the sports teams out of Chicago and reboot them. Almost no success for any of the teams in 7 years and none of them look particularly close to turning that around (just let me rant)
  17. UMFan83
    Well that was a bad play
  18. UMFan83
    Wasting a TO because they couldn’t decide immediately to go for 2
  19. UMFan83
    Finally
  20. UMFan83
    Is that an offensive play that the bears thought would work? Every time they get something going to call the most asinine offensive play they loses 4+ yards and kills the drive
  21. UMFan83
    3rd straight solid game for Fields just to twist the knife. None of the games have been great by any means but he’s actually scoring TDs and none of the games have been bad
  22. UMFan83
    That’s 11 quarters with 1 total offensive TD
  23. UMFan83
    I’m slowly slipping into “it might not be happening this year” mode. Had such high hopes. And I’m not saying it’s hopeless and they can’t improve, but mentally I’m going from “this team can do something” to “this looks like every other year, let’s look for bright spots”
  24. UMFan83
    Why can’t it be both?
  25. UMFan83
    Yikes. Everything is awful except the defense. What year is it?
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