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Week 8 - Single digit passing attempts team vs. Old Man McGee
UMFan83 replied to David's topic in Other Sports
Think about how incredibly awful and talent devoid our defense was when Pace, Fox and Fangio took over and where it is now. -
Of course they do, then the Cubs will have no money while only fielding five 5+ win position players to go along with several 2-4 win players. How can you win like that? our farm system will never be elite again True. There are only a finite number of good prospects assigned to each team and no variability that makes one team better at developing prospects than another. And the Cubs just wasted their allotment.
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When is his "The Return" documentary coming out?
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Already down pretty far with division conference the breakers with 2 of our 3 wins against the AFC. 9-7 probably doesn't get the Bears in the playoffs if I had to take a guess. I know it's way too early but I think the Bears are only a game out of a Wild Card spot if the season ended today. But the division/conference record could definitely hurt if it gets to a tiebreaker scenario. We still have 4 division games left - 2 against the crappy Lions, 1 against the Rodgers-less Pack, and the last week of the season against Minnesota who may have nothing to play for in that game. I know it's not likely to happen but it's nice to know that it's at least a remote possibility at this point of the season. Yeah it sucks that we only have 1 win against an NFC team so far. Even if we go 6-3 the rest of the season (to get to 9-7) chances are 1-2 of those wins will be against the Bengals and/or Browns. Will 5-6 conference win us any tiebreakers? Probably not. We lost H2H over Falcons and at best are looking at .500 vs. Packers and Vikings. We do have a H2H over the Panthers that could come into play.
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You'd probably have to make Fangio the head coach right? Wasn't that why he left SF after Harbaugh left?
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I have no idea what value Martinez provides but everyone says hes awesome so I hope we keep him.
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Hmmm, they WANT us to sign B. Harper lol? Are you horsefeathering kidding me? Do they understand how gigantic a leap in production that would be going from J. Heyward-to-B. HARPER? How dangerous would our lineup be with B. Harper batting #3!?! That's hilarious. Do they also want us to sign M. Machado and J. Donaldson too LMAO? Of course they do, then the Cubs will have no money while only fielding five 5+ win position players to go along with several 2-4 win players. How can you win like that?
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I was at that game, it was 7 degrees at kickoff and 3 when the game ended. My beer would turn to slush if I didn't drink it within 5 minutes. We tailgated all day at 31st street lots and our keg literally froze mid-day. I had bundled up enough that i wasnt actually that cold except for my damn feet.
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Hah. But seriously there is value everytime Mitch lines up and reads defenses and dissects film of it afterwards right? Also the defense wasn't giving him a chance even when he did drop back. 13 drop backs, 7 passes, 4 sacks (PFF only credited 1 sack to him), 2 pressures that led to Mitch running it. I'm not sure how many dropbacks were in 1st vs second but with the game situation and a coach that errs conservative whenever possible this was the most likely way for us to preserve the lead and win
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I was waiting for someone to ask why I was posting it and that was gonna be my response
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Hey look it's the dude that takes legitimate info from a direct source, adds a safe logical next step and calls it insider info https://twitter.com/sean_sears6/status/922201602446036992
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or if we didn't have a concussed LB miss a call that led to the falcons TE coming wide open and scoring that TD. or the 15 attempts missed in the endzone at the end. Well in that case they'd be 4-3 but not in 1st. I'd take that too. Either way even at 3-4 the Bears will be no worse than 1.5 games behind a WC and 2 behind the division. Not great but even being on the fringe of the fringe of the playoff discussion through 7 weeks with this schedule is somewhat incredible. That said it all goes for naught if they lose in NO next week and go into the bye 3-5. If they can get a win in the house of horrors that is the Superdome then you can start to talk playoff positioning without looking like a complete homer.
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If the Bears would have won that Vikings game (and you'll remember they had the ball with a couple minutes left in a tie game before Mitch threw the backbreaking INT) the Bears would be tied with GB and MIN (and potentially DET depending on their game) for first place at 4-3
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Knock it off with the personal attacks when you come back. you seriously just banned him for that? dude who is almost never around but happens to have been designated a mod like 10 years ago is pretty quick with the ban stick. Agreed although sulley's response was strangely aggressive for an innocent comment. Is there some sort of OO/sulley history I am forgetting?
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Somehow Cutty's Dolphins are about to go to 4-2
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Yeah an ugly win but I'll freaking take it and there were a lot of positives. The Bears will never have a good offense this year but they can improve as Mitch gets more comfortable and they open up the playbook. That it's not exactly likely that the staff does this
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On offense yeah You gotta remember that Fox is in job saving mode so if he sniffs out a win he will go even more conservative than normal to maximize his chances. He doesn't care if more aggressive play calling is better for the team's long term development. He will run it and punt for an entire half if he thinks that's the best way to win
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Random thought I've had. I think for DOG penalties, the offensive team should be given the option of burning a TO instead of the penalty except in the last 2 minutes of a half.
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This is unacceptable
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lol we're not gonna have a 1st down this half
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Remember that Todd Collins 0 TD 4 INT game against Carolina where we won by 3 scores? This game is approaching that in its absurdity
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6 passes attempted for Trubisky but part of that isnt super conservative play calling. He has to be pressured or hit on 60% of his dropbacks
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Panthers have 33 minutes TOP to the Bears 11
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Bears have to get some first downs otherwise the defense is going to start getting gashed often
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Or we could run the ball up the middle a few more times
