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.

I hear ya. Wife has me out running errands! Things are getting tense! 😬 Thankfully my doc has me on a new BP med and horse pill sized vitamin D!

I like this dinner time start as it makes me feel less guilty about drinking! Lol.

Parents lived in Marion for a while (mom taught at Indiana Wesleyan) and it always threw me when I flew into Chicago to drive and visit them how they were on different time zones. And it seemed like I drove pretty much straight south.

Technically yes. I was talking in general terms.

Crazy how both Mongo and Adam are right on the line from CST to EST but Alabama seems like it should be EST and Indiana CST 🤷🏻‍♂️. Glad this game is on a Saturday for those that will be close to midnight when it’s over.

Because I’m curious I assume most of the Talkbears group will be watching live and those that are in the Chicagoland area it’ll be about 7pm kickoff time with AZ area about 6(?) pm. East coast (adam) about 8 pm? Stinger (I assume) will be in Thailand (?) and watching at sometime tomorrow morning? Here in the AK it’ll be 4 pm.

Edmunds given green light to play tomorrow (Saturday). Good to see him back.

Looks like Texas A&M by way of Grand Valley State University (Allendale Michigan). I couldn't remember him from the preseason but then saw a bunch of highlights where he did that crazy floating running thing along the sideline.

I think with the losses of Burden, Odunze and potentially Swift this week, the game will come down to BJ calling a clean game. He needs to come out like he did against Philly and play ball control with a lot of running and set Caleb to 'game manager'. I can see Moore and Kmet getting a lot more action this weekend.

Now Deandre Swift on the injury report. Potentially aggravated the groin injury from earlier in the season. Listed as questionable.