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yes. 1,2,4,6

yup. Except after next year you might draft a QB every other year.

It's a lot of things, but it's the playcalling. Nagy has a history of bad playcalling, and abandoning the run. Even in KC. Buddy Ryan would have punched him by now for sure. Maybe give the playcalling to Helfrich?

lol

madlith, I hate to say it, but I agree.

well it worked. Ill see if I am missing anything going forward...

I think maybe I turned off ad blocking to see someones twitter link video. Ill turn it back on and see if it takes care of the problem

hmm, you see them too?

What happened? All of a sudden there are a billion ads on this site. If this was a choice by the admins, may I respectfully request that you unmake that choice? Thanks!

yes, whether it's now, or once the season is mathematically over, one way or another, it's time for Pace to make a play for this team

This is all on Nagy. We go I formation, and pkay standard football, and things are working, then we play silly ball and everything is a mess again. The ridiculous clock management at the end of the first half. The ridiculous clock management / failure and FEAR to run another play to make the kick closer at the end. Nagy you are overthinking yourself. Too cute, too complicated. You're trying to play QB from the sideline with your plays. If you take a playoff team stocked with talent to a losing record, you should be fired.

Nagy said he is not an idiot. I believe that. I think he is trying too hard to be too tricky and too cute. Not an idiot. The opposite - thinking too much. This team has no offensive identity, and Nagy is already 3 dimensions deep in counters to counters to trick people. But you have no identity yet, why are you working on all that finesse? You cant be two levels of play action deep if no one is afraid of you running the ball. Look at this. Beginning the 3rd quarter - I formation to Montgomery, working fine. Dude. Regular football is thew trickiest thing you can do! Seriously Nagy, you are not the guy.

What if Pace fires Nagy, and makes Pagano the head coach, and lets Helfrich free to do whatever he wants on offense and at the QB position? We have this supposed deep all star staff. Next man up.

A year ago, I saw Smith as the up and coming heir apparent who would make Trevathan and his salary expendable. I figured a young fast but raw ILB would be paired with Smith and that would be our future. Boy have I changed my mind. It would be easy to try to make this case on Smith's failings, but in truth, I think there is every chance Smith will still end up being who I hope he will be. I am concerned about him, but this isn't the argument I'm going to make. On his own merit, Trevathan is awesome. He's playing smart and tough. He's a real team leader. So yes, on paper, judged only by his age and cap number, you might think about replacing him. I think that was part of the idea with drafting Smith in the first round. But Travathan is a winner, and if we can keep him, we should. He's the kind of player and person that you try to keep in the core of your team. I'm a huge fan of the player and the man.

fantastic!

I said before the season started that i thought Gabriel was trade or cut bait. And this is a big part of why.

I think if it was a concussion by league rules they would HAVE to disclose it. Same with any physical injury.

seriously, this makes a ton of sense. Maybe every two years, but yeah.

Of course I agree. If they were killing it on the field, then whatever theyre doing works. But the thing is, they arent. They are dramatically underperforming. They have no fire. They look coddled. I think the club dub culture Nagy has put in place isnt motivating the players to dig down deeper.

I'll tell you what. I'm not sure HOW you'd fix this. But they'd better find a way, or they are all on the hot seat. This isnt just Trubisky - although he's regressed too. This is a systematic failure. To come out that flat against the Saints after the loss to the Raiders and two weeks off to retool is a serious indictment of the soul of this team, and everyone is accountable for that.

ahahahahaha that's hilarious

It just feels like a children's birthday party, and that may be very nice, but there is no accountability.

I'll say this too. It seems like the the Bears stopped having urgency after the week Roquan held out and nothing bad happened to him. I dont know why he didnt play. But if it was something stupid like the uniform and Nagy let it slide, then this is what happens. Since then Smith has been giving 70% effort each week. Im really sad to see this happening to our team. Now, I said before and Ill repeat - even if I am willing to move on from Trubisky right now (and Im getting there) he still probably has the rest of the year. I will not fight agaisnt them turning it around if they do. I dont need to be right, I just want a team that dictates tempo. But this is atrocious, and I am very disappointed.

I was thinking about this. Can you imagine Bill Belichick having a dance party in the locker room after regular season wins? How do you expect he would deal with players underperforming? Can you even imagine him calling only 7 run plays in a game? I was wondering about Nagy giving his playcalling duties over to the actual OC, and then he could focus on... what exactly... Team culture, birds eye view etc? If anything is true it's that our culture is not pushing these guys to play well. It's WAY too permissive. Pace has done a decent job stocking this roster. He missed on Trubisky. He's made some other bad calls too. But by and large, he has done a pretty good job of filling our roster. Nagy has done an awful job of putting it on the field. They start every game flat. Forget London - EVERY game. They don't have a good offensive mix. They dont establish the run, and they dont get anyone into rhythm. The players feel loved and safe. THey know they can make mistakes, and be forgiven and supported. Im sure it's MUCH nicer to be on a Matt Nagy team than a Bill Belichick team. I LIKE Matt Nagy. I'd much rather have him as my next door neighbor than Bill Belichick. Maybe that's the problem.

Yeah, on this play it was Mitch all the way. UGH.