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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    Braxton Jones back in practice this week. I'm still a little optimistic that we can have some sort of adequate offensive showing this game. Detroit is fielding guys off the street on defense.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    Man hard knocks rewatch would be hilarious about now Remember when Poles was super proud about not trading velus Jones?
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    I am really looking forwad to this in a peak fun-bad way. Ideally, the entire Lions defense being on IR should mean we get at least some sort of competence on offense. Caleb Williams has had two bad games in a row, and in the sports world that might as well be an eternity. The Lions offense is going to do whatever they want against the Bears defense and it's going to be hilarious. I'm looking forward to losing like 63-28
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    I discussed the emotional impact in the post.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    The concept of variance always gets people persnickety. If you do something stupid and it makes you go from a 2% chance of a bad thing happening to 10%, and that bad thing happened four times in a row, that's negative variance, but people don't like it described that way. The Bears were unlucky this season and if you had an alternate universe generator where you could run this season back a million times, you'd usually get more than 4 wins by this point. They've been unlucky with both close game results and injuries. That bad luck combined with bad roster-building decisions, poor leadership, and a toxic locker room to coagulate into the critical mass of suck we see play out each week
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's kinda fun to think about how we released our fullback because we had this great idea to let a backup lineman do it, and it's directly cost us two touchdowns this season.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    I think the fractures were already there below the surface, the wins were just hiding them. We now have rumors that the offensive vets were in rebellion as early as this summer, and there was the whole big meeting thing they had early in the season. But wow, since the Washington game, they've been on a fun-bad speedrun. You'd think a franchise with a history of falling apart wouldn't be finding new, more majestic ways to collapse.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    Ok I'm starting to buy into the KOC thing
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm optimistic (well, relatively) that we can finish the year with Williams on a little bit less of a downswing. He's had two bad games in a row, and recency bias makes it feel like he's been bad forever. The Lions' defense is more or less entirely on the IR, and their offense is going to score so fast we'll go lots of possessions. The Seahawks will beat us but they aren't terrifying. There's a really good chance the Packers' seed will be locked in and they'll rest guys.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    I will say that I don't think it has to be Johnson or Bust. Last year everyone wanted Slowik and the year before that everyone wanted Daboll. There's always going to be a flavor of the year guy.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    Is there any reason to believe the bears see gms that way?
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm not worried about Williams being an outright bust but if we don't get this off-season right then I see the Kyler Murray Cardinals path in our future
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    If you are willing to fire your gm to get a coach, that should be your cue to realize you need to fire the gm regardless.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    That SearsTower Twitter dude who seems to have inside sources says that the Bears don't intend to fire Poles when the season ends, but that they would do it if their preferred head coaching hire insists. Which is such a stupid way to handle this.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    Yeah, this is the first game Williams started to look like it was taking a toll on him. Detroit defense should be a bit easier to deal with, their injury list is insane and they're pulling guys off the street. But boy howdy am I looking forward to seeing our defense against the Detroit offense. It's gonna be majestic.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    Hire the best offensive minded head coach who will have us Spend as much money on the offensive line as you can in free agency. Go 25% higher than anyone else will on Trey Smith if he's willing to come here. Don't be afraid to spend money on a TE to pair with Kmet either. Or a mid-tier WR. Draft OT in the first, and then your next three picks some combination of RB/OL/WR. Forget defense exists until shortly before camps open. Hold open tryouts for league minimum. Turn every game into the Lions/Bills game from last week. Throw for 6000 yards while going 10-7
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Can confirm that I missed it
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    There's been too much going on to even notice Odunze that much. He's had some great td catches. Tyler Scott is just buried on the depth chart. They don't like him for whatever reason. I don't have a strong opinion on if they're right or not. I still don't love our WR room long term. Allen can go away after this season. Dj Moore is speed running the Allen Robinson late 20s decline phase. If there was a receiver we really liked in an early round next year, I wouldn't hate it
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    Has an interim coach ever been fired?
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    God I want to see so many players gone this off-season. I know it's not possible to cut everyone, but we could cut as many as it is mathematically viable to do so under the cap. This team needs a tear down and rebuild except, you know, build immediately instead of tanking for three years
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    Ryan Poles now holds the no. 1 and 2 spots on the franchise losing streak record list
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    The Lions game wouldn't be winnable if they spotted us 25
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    Add Caleb Williams to the list of bears who no longer want to be here this season and are just ready for it to be over. He only took two sacks, so the record is probably safe
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    It has kinda felt like we're in one of those "GM might be getting fired and both sides are leaking to protect their reputations" cycle the last few weeks.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    You can turn things around quickly in the NFL, but that would require doing things differently than what got you to this point.
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