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When the D isn't gonna defend it...

Bringing heat on 3 and 20 was kinda dumb by Wink ans Getsy anticipated it. Nice use of screen.

This is my Justin Fields. Wooowww

Welp.

Backside contain, what is it?

Its Kafka.

Any if you guys in Columbia Missouri...?

This is why fishing tall tales are the best. Obviously exaggerated and a lie, but only one's fragile sense of accomplishment at stake, not thousands of dollars.

Best case impact could be KR* *if he finally just kneels it down.

Apparently they use the same turf as the Bengals. Have they had issues too? I know if you poke around there are some articles that study injury correlation by field. Turf is generally worse, but I wonder how New York measures up.. https://en.as.com/nfl/what-nfl-stadiums-have-real-grass-what-kind-of-grass-do-they-have-n/

Scorigami, can't complain.

Holy horsefeathers, Bears Twitter account got hacked and is posting a bunch of Dick selfies.

I don't really get having challenges instead of just going full-automated. In all sports, I am generally in favor of being able to challenge bad calls, but the actual review process sucks. Having the game pause for the review isn't fun. There are even times when I have wondered if I would rather just go back to no reviews (especially in basketball, or when football first started reviewing every touchdown). But with balls and strikes, I feel like it is the one situation where you can just immediately have the call be correct and we won't have the need for challenges. 100%. If some sort of challenge system is gonna exist it should be rarely enough used where gameplan is rarely interrupted. Part of that is a very narrow focus of what can be challenged and making it painful to challenge a call that doesn't get overturned. Any automated review system a sport can implement that more or less works within the game flow, fine. Otherwise let it go, IMO. Football wise, the rebooted XFL looked like it had the right idea.

Just wait til we get orange helmets later this year. *popcorn gif*

It's 2022 and people are still "yea but if you take away the big gains"-ing to averages.

Their depth chart lists Richie James, Wan'Dale Robinson and David Sills as their starting WRs. Weird because Toney, Golladay and Slayton are still on the roster but they all appear to be in the doghouse. Toney has been battling some injuries.

Bears might try to stack the box like the Giants, but even then will it work? Iffy. Jones can run too. It feels kind of similar to the Bears. Which QB with a questionable future and limited talent can be carried to a win with the run game. They can probably afford to stack the box if Jaylon Johnson is back. Otherwise I don't think there's any chance our secondary is good enough to be selling out against the run. Interestingling Thomas was in a lot last week at Sam, nearly have their snaps ended up being in base. That right yjete is probably an indication they don't love DB room sans Johnson because I don't think they were preoccupied with the threat of Texans run game, yet still felt base was best nearly half the time.

Yea, I've seen multiple OLine dudes on Twitter rave about Jenkins compared to Patrick.

gameplan for fields: 8 men in the box to stuff the run= blowout giants win Especially if Getsy capitualtes. If they really run into stuffed 8-9 man boxes, you keep taking shots until it finds success and you reboot Fields brain or he throws 6 picks. Whichever comes first is fine. That's actually my only straw to grasp at from Sunday (and this is definitely heavy cope reasoning) is that Lovie is pretty stubborn and never gonna come off cover 2 and basically conceded the run game. Against a DC who might be more willing to adjust in the face of 150+ rushing yards, maybe Getsy can find a hole to exploit that actually involves Fields arm.

There were plenty of WR options out there in FA better than Pringle. One of those was widely mocked by fans due to his perceived overpay and he is one of the best WR in the game through three games. There were absolutely limits to what the Bears could do (they weren't gonna make a blockbuster trade and you never wanna narrow in on one position in the draft), but they treated FA like... well like most first time GMs treat FA. But there was powder there (and now all roles over into an almost unusable amount in 2023). So I'm not lost as to what's occurring, but it wasn't the best foot forward with Fields. Even in that context where, "okay I know they're gonna be a team that leada with the run" and the last two games look like they're treating Fields like he's a rookie 6th rounder from Conference USA. who were the WR's that were available, especially the one that was mocked? Not being argumentative, I just dont recall them. The specific example of the one that was widely criticized league wide was Christian Kirk. And he will likely come down to earth a little, but he was a legit threat that most probably pegged in the 11-14ish range per year and went for 18M, but with the way the WR went after considering what teams gave up in picks for other guys, it was/is a mild overpay. But a mild overpay who can bail out your O a bit, isn't really any overpay? Sure at some point you run against cap constraints, but that usually is a total non factor until the day you have to pay a QB top 5 money. Amari is the one trade candidate that went for a price that was probably worth the risk. I can understand the Bears weren't in position to part with 1s for Hill, Adams, and Brown. But that's looking like a great trade that mostly just cost CLE money. There were some other interesting FA. None that have popped like Kirk, but some of them are also stuck in lower roles, whereas they would have had a chance to step up in Chicago. And you could/should have still signed a Pringle with another mid level signing.

There were plenty of WR options out there in FA better than Pringle. One of those was widely mocked by fans due to his perceived overpay and he is one of the best WR in the game through three games. There were absolutely limits to what the Bears could do (they weren't gonna make a blockbuster trade and you never wanna narrow in on one position in the draft), but they treated FA like... well like most first time GMs treat FA. But there was powder there (and now all roles over into an almost unusable amount in 2023). So I'm not lost as to what's occurring, but it wasn't the best foot forward with Fields. Even in that context where, "okay I know they're gonna be a team that leada with the run" and the last two games look like they're treating Fields like he's a rookie 6th rounder from Conference USA.

I don't think that at all. I didn't think that when everyone said it this offseason. I don't think that now. I think it's the exact opposite, actually. [highlight=yellow]Those 3 know their OL isn't an ideal pass blocking line. They know their WRs aren't very good[/highlight](there were rumors yesterday that they will be active at the trade deadline to add a WR). They know Fields is learning a new offense. Setting him up for failure would be letting him get beaten down by dropping back 35 times per game with this personnel. I know I have complained about the lack of passing attempts, but they are perfectly justified in them. They have won 2 of the 3 games by running the ball like crazy. They are clearly geared to pound the ball on the ground, and they are playing to literally their only offensive strength right now. I know everyone wants Fields to sink or swim, because everyone wants an answer NOW if he is a franchise QB or not. But I don't think the 3 in charge (GM, HC, OC) are concerned about that. They are trying to win games now, develop Fields along the way, and find out by the end of next year if he's the guy or not. I really don't understand how everyone was convinced this team would be bad and knew the offense would struggle. They are bad and struggling and now everyone is upset because it's "too bad". If Fields was going 14-22, 200 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT per game, guess what? They wouldn't be bad like we all knew they would be (and the personnel says they should be) before the season. It's like the Ray Rice video. "Oh he punched a girl in the face, he's suspended". Then the video comes out, "oh he hit her really hard" Well, that's what a punch is. It's really hard. IDK why people needed video to see it was bad. I don't know why we needed actual game film to see how bad the talent on this offense is. Sure I'd like Fields to do his part better, but this regime is delusional if they are watching this and saying, "see, he's not the guy. Can't elevate this poor talent, let's move on" I know what you're trying to say, but the highlighted was in their control. If Fields was their draft pick they would have aggressively added pieces with him all else being exactly the same. They punted on that opportunity, so from the beginning, that kind of forced a decision, "their commitment to him is lukewarm" or "they just think he's the guy and will elevate play around him" . Obviously it's not the latter. If they're running at this rate all year, then we know what we have in Fields. For me, it's less about being impatient and needing to know what Fields is now, 3 weeks in. I expected uncertainty for this year. But the trajectory and seeing there really isn't opportunity for growth is what sucks. Long story short, there sprotecting your QB. And then there is laying down on almost low probably 2nd and 3rd down because you don't have any apparent trust in the QB. It's not fun to watch as a fan and seems awfully doomy for the prospect of the QB.

Granted I'm not as invested in this 49ers game, but there's such a psychological difference watching a not good QB like Jimmy not being good but still generally trusted by his play caller to operate a offense and and what we've been seeing happen with Fields. Like, missed a throw he probably shouldn't gave, but they called a pass play on 3rd and 3. Bears are running on like 3rd and 6. They would never pass on 3rd and 3 right now and it's kinda depressing as a fan to watch that lack of confidence play on over and over.