UMFan83

Do we have a QB controversy already? I would think not but this is an unbelievably bad performance by Foles. There’s not a single thing he’s done today that wasn’t awful

Nagy still believes this defense is top 5 in the league and he’s so unbelievably conservative that he refuses to let his QBs play football. That’s probably why the Bears have 2 comebacks in the first 3 games. At some point Nagy has to open it up and the Bears respond. My question is how many games do the Bears have to be down 2 scores in the 4th until he realizes he needs a different game plan? And in the one game they were leading coming into the 4th his conservative game plan nearly cost them the game

He’s fine as a change of pace for 2 plays a game but the more he’s out there the less effective he is. In all phases

Wtf was that? Let’s just give em 7

Rivers is just eating up the zone all game

Great idea to give them 15 extra yards in a 2 minute drill with the Colts getting the ball to start the second half

So 3 points in Foles first half as a starter. Good stuff

Wtf happened to the Bears run D?

Robinson looked so shocked that the ball was right in the numbers that he collapsed after catching it lol

Why are we punting inside the 40? Grow some balls Nagy

Holy crap that is an unbelievably unfortunate dropped INT by Mack.

Offense as a whole looks not good at all so far.

The OLine looks TERRIBLE so far

Not sure why they decided Patterson should take every single kickoff out of the end zone when it seems like 80% of them end up before the 25 yard line. I can understand some situations but the opening kickoff when he catches the ball running away from the goal line seems stupid

This is getting bad...

Its hard to imagine them getting almost anything for Trubisky. And I'm not sure they even save any cap space with a trade (though would save some cash). So we'll see? It would have to be a team without any potential long term QB option and willing to give up like a 4th to see if different coaching can give him a boost. There’s really not any teams like this. Maybe Denver if they aren’t sold on Lock and/or he’s out for the year. Maybe Belichick wants to take on the ultimate challenge and try to revive Mitch just in case Newton can’t come back anytime soon. Btw most of these suggestions are half in jest. It doesn’t make sense for any team to waste resources on bringing in Mitch midseason

Why would Bray be on the active roster? Either they’ve developed a Taysom Hill package for Mitch and need a 3rd QB in case he gets hurt, or Mitch might get traded. I’d guess the former, Pace probably still has visions of a future where Foles gets hurt and Mitch comes in heroically and plays like the number 2 pick of the draft I guess it’s also possible they have an expendable spot on the active roster and the Bears are sick of protecting him on the practice squad every week. But again it’s Bray.

Seems to me like Theo is trying to bolt this offseason. I don’t blame him...if the Cubs were in a clear contention window that just needs a few changes he’d likely stay but by staying here for this team he would likely be kicking off a rebuilding/retooling process a year before he hands it off to another person. If that person is Jed, I guess it makes a lot more sense for him to stay. Either way, if Theo leaves this offseason he’s leaving the team in a really shitty position honesty. The farm is considered mediocre by the most optimistic people, the core is broken and have the lowest value in their careers, the owners are trying to slash payroll and there’s still considerable long term contracts on the books. Theo will leave an interesting legacy in Chicago. There is no question he will be celebrated rightfully for building that World Championship team and by far the most successful run of Cubs baseball since maybe the 30s or possibly ever. He is an unquestioned all time legend for this. But there are questionable contracts given out that fared poorly, trades that were made that seemingly gave up too much value (though almost all were justifiable at the time of trade and some directly impacted the world championship). And the decision to sit on this offensive core that he deemed broken exactly 2 years ago is so confusing to me, though clearly we don’t know what went on behind the scenes. But the biggest issue I’ve had is the inability to develop talent, particularly after 2016. He’s done a good job with 1st rounders and International FAs but he’s developed almost nothing at all in the draft beyond the 1st round. Here are all the players that Theo has drafted after the 1st round that have had a positive WAR with the Cubs: 2012 - Underwood (2nd, 0.1 WAR) 2012 - Bote (6th, 3.4) 2013 - Zastryzny (2nd, 0.2) That’s it...that’s the list. Now I acknowledge that I’m placing this all on Theo when there were many people involved with building the Cubs developmental system, some who likely had more impact than Theo, but as the VP of Baseball Ops ultimately he receives blame for this. If we were able to develop more talent in the past few years, there would be less concern about the payroll being capped and less need to stick with the current offensive core. The Cubs depth was greatly celebrated in 2015-2017 but was a glaring issue the last 2 seasons. Im not saying the Cubs should have been developing superstars to replace Schwarber and Bryant from mid-round picks but I think almost every team gets contributions from players drafted beyond the 1st round. I’d love to hear push back on these thoughts as I’d really like to appreciate Theo’s entire tenure rather than the first 5 years. No doubt he did some good things in the later years. Yu turned out to be a great signing and much needed this year. His ability to build a bullpen from scraps amazed me every year. He managed to keep the team competitive despite other issues which is recognized and appreciated. But can’t help but feel at least a small amount of disappointment for how things have gone the past 2-3 years.

Bears play next Thursday. 3 hours doesn’t make a big difference but I feel like every hour counts with such a short turnaround.

This is now a 3:25 game to replace Pats/Chiefs

I’m not sure Foles opting out is even a realistic scenario that is worth discussing. It would be like discussing what the Cubs should do at 1B if they don’t pick up Rizzo’s option. Oh crap that might actually happen with PTR.

Which major news of the day do you think Tom and Todd are more upset about?

Just for fun, here is the number of runs the Cubs have scored in their 10 most recent playoff games: 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 9 0 2 And here is how the Cubs scored those 9 runs in that one game: groundout groundout wild pitch double down the line (x2 runs) Passed ball on a strikeout HBP Error groundout

Uhh they scored 3 in G4 of the 2017 NLCS, just 5 games ago. Unless you meant 9th consecutive loss with 2 runs or fewer

How likely is it that Theo bolts this offseason? 20%? I mean completely overhauling the offense in 1 offseason is just not realistic with limited assets and resource constraints, so his options are: 1) Come back for 1 more year with most of the current core, maybe 1-2 moves 2) Bolt for the Mets or someone and start fresh 3) Go against his previously stated philosophy of 10 years max at one place, sign an extension and embark on a 2+ season retool.