Alaskan Grizzly

Absolutely right! Merry Christmas to you as well. Thanks for stopping by.

The old adage is that generally if you are penalized 100 yards or more in a game you don’t win. Last night the Bears broke that rule.

Yep I would say that first drive was in fact a thing of beauty. Then there was a lot of bleh for the game until the second half. Cairo was our offense for the first three scores then the rest of the team came alive late in the game. I won’t deny his superstar performances. Just that I’d like to see it from start to finish. My BP meds are only so effective.

I took into consideration his year one under BJ as his first year - and comparing it to the others. If he progresses from this year to next - fantastic. Of course that applies to BJ as well. Last thing we need him to do is pull a Nagy on year two.

Wife and I were talking about it. One angle did show the defenders arm over Moore’s face which I would think that would have been called. The thing that makes me think they wouldn’t have is there were no flags thrown. Generally even if there is a score the flags are still thrown a higher percentage of the time. At the end of the day, thankfully we don’t have to worry about it.

Is it a coincidence?

I’d still like to see more progression before I’m fully bought in. As Mongo mentioned in another thread, I agree that he needs to play more consistently from start to finish. If he’s always relying on late-game heroics, it’s only a matter of time before opposing defenses figure out how to shut that down. If, after another season (or maybe two), he’s making even better decisions, then I’m a buyer. To be fair, he has shown significant improvement this year. I just hope he avoids a CJ Stroud–type regression next season and instead continues with Bo Nix–level consistency or a Bryce Young–style resurgence moving forward. In the time being I’m enjoying the heck outta this ride.

With more teams calling more plays on 4th down nowadays, especially if they’re anywhere near the 50 yard line, not having a killer leg for distance isn’t as much a necessity. As long as our team can get him within a reasonable range and he stays accurate, he’s almost as good as Gould.

And the crazy thing is with 2 of these 3 scenarios the Bears will most likely be playing the Pack again.

All of this. ☝️😎

From your lips to the Gods ears.

Closing in on 100 yards of penalties. You don’t win with that.

They usually do better in the second half which is really frustrating but with only a six point lead maybe a good thing? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yes. WCO with lots of running and quick underneath routes. What they did against Philly and it worked with perfection. Of course they haven’t much possession time either.

He looked about as good as he ever has on that drive. I hope he can keep it up.