UMFan83

Imagine that, staring down your receiver all game will eventually lead to a turnover

Washington getting a more success with quick passes. Bears need to make adjustments

Holy horsefeathering penalties

Have a feeling we will see Haskins tonight

Touchdowns this season: Offense - 1 Defense - 1

oline was awful that drive and you can’t take that sack. Okish drive but it was all scripted plays. Mitch didn’t have to make progressions or do anything but execute the play to the intended number 1 target. Which he did with mediocre accuracy

I just remembered how much I hate playing Washington. 2-13 in our last 15 against them including 7 losses in a row despite them being terrible for almost that entire time. We’ve been terrible most of that time too but still

The Sox? I didn’t include them because I don’t care about them.

We used to run these polls occasionally. Chicago sports is in a dire spot right now, having only played in 1 playoff game in 2018 (WC Game) and 1 playoff game in 2019 (Double Doink). The last time the city won a playoff game was Game 4 of the 2017 NLCS. Maybe the question should be 'who is the next chicago team to make the playoffs?' but I'll stick with tradition. Also I'm not including the White Sox. Cubs - Still have the core pieces that could hypothetically return to being a juggernaut but work needs to be done to even get this team back into the playoffs. With the right offseason moves, they could be back in championship contention as soon as next year. But how confident are we in the right moves being made at this point? Bears - No QB, no championship. Great defense, good skill pieces, questionable QB. Maybe we see a 'Dilfer with the Bucs' like run, or maybe Mitch makes a miraculous improvement Bulls - Still in rebuilding mode. They have some pieces but in this environment its nearly impossible to build a championship contender without getting a superstar to agree to build a super team in your city. Since the Bulls have never really been the type of place superstars want to go to, its really hard to predict when they could become a title contender. I think it starts with drafting a superstar to raise the profile of the city/franchise and then you might be in the mix for a superteam. Blackhawks - Might be the most likely next Chicago team to make the playoffs, but while they have some promise, their ceiling seems to be well short of a legit Cup contender. There are some nice young pieces, but the rest of the leftover dynasty core is getting older. Keith and Seabrook are no longer core guys...Kane is still great but getting into his 30's. Toews seems to have find a nice spot just below star caliber. No blue line depth at all. A lot of young wingers with promise.

If the Bears win tonight, the NFC North will be a combined 9-2-1 after 3 weeks, with both losses coming in games vs. NFC North teams (Packers beating Chicago and Minnesota)

https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/09/23/cubs-season-ends-joe-maddon-kris-bryant?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_si&utm_campaign=si-mlb

Fangraphs and 538 give us a 2% chance to make the playoffs. I swear I saw 9% but maybe the tweet was from after Saturday's games. Edit: Ahh yeah 2.2% Damn, dropped like 74% in 6 days.

This is awful but I just convinced myself that since the Nationals have 8 games in 7 days, all against winning teams and the final 3 against another team desperately trying to fight for the playoffs too (Cleveland), and the Cubs have 3 against hapless Pittsburgh and 3 against possibly nothing to play for St. Louis that we still have a small shot at winning WC2. Nats would have to go 1-7 or 2-6 while the Cubs go 5-1 or 6-0 but hey I'd give this a 9% chance of happening, which is what the Cubs playoff odds are according to Fangraphs. Nats go 0-8, Cubs have to go 4-2 to win, 3-3 to tie Nats go 1-7, Cubs have to go 5-1 to win, 4-2 to tie Nats go 2-6, Cubs have to go 6-0 to win, 5-1 to tie Nats go 3-5, Cubs have to go 6-0 to tie. lol....

Cubs doing things that no teams have done in 100+ years!

MNF has gotten shitty games ever since the games moved to ESPN and SNF got top priority for games. I miss when the Monday night game was the marquee game more than not

K now do NLCS and World Series appearances

What do we do if Yu opts out?

This is the golden decade of Cubs baseball

And the Cubs are officially eliminated from NL Central title contention

Aiming for a 5th straight 1 run loss to end our final homestand

Gotta hand it to the Brewers - great time to go on a 15-2 run.

Bryant is hurt 4 core offensive guys have taken turns getting hurt all year

Yeah imagine if you were a Chicago fan and rooted for those other guys too :lol:

At this point I want them to lose out. Really leave no doubt in everyone’s minds that a major shake up needs to occur

What a way to go out on the last home WGN game, playing the same brand of crappy baseball they have played for most of the 74 years