jason

The loss of Burton was big because was a security blanket this year, had over 50 catches, and is a completely different TE than Shaheen...even if Shaheen thinks he's a shifty, elusive, jump-cut TE.

Massie $6mil Nope. White $4.1mil Lynch $4mil Nope Callahan $1.9mil Yes Bellamy $1.9mil Yes O'Donnell $1.5mil No Kush $1.35mil Yes Cunningham $1.05mil No Witzmann $790k Yes Zach Miller $790k No Marcus Williams CB $790k No Nick Williams DE $705k No Patrick Scales $630k Yes Amos $628k Yes Isaiah Irving $510k ERFA Yes Rashaad Coward $510k ERFA Yes

Cut Parkey before midnight strikes tonight.

And the game rides on Parkey’s leg.

Shaheen has 100lbs on the defender, needs an extra yard or two, and decides a jump-cut is the best option? Is he stupid, scared, or both?

This offensive game plan is way too conservative. Feels like Shoop is calling plays.

I'm terrified. The Bears need to win the turnover battle. Period. I think that'll be the key. Unnecessarily giving the Eagles more chances may diminish any defensive advantage Chicago may have. Bears 20-17

I'm MUCH less concerned with Miller than I am with Shaheen. The Bears gave up a valuable draft slot to get him. Even more stinging is that the Cardinals selected Buddha Baker, a player who has already made the probowl and who many of us coveted quite a bit. When the hell is Shaheen going to be worthy of anything close to his draft status?

I expected more this year. I definitely expect more next year.

If you had told me at the end of the season Trubisky would have thrown for 3223, 24 TDs, and 12 INTs, I would have been pretty happy. But not ecstatic. Same as I am now. He was given the time, the weapons, an incredible defense, an offensive guru, and even the OL played significantly better. I expect more.

He'll be at Theilen's house for the foreseeable future discussing the break-point on 50-50 reads.

Horrible holding call on White essentially stopped the Bears’ drive, then a horrible roughing call on the Bears continues the Vikings drive. Back to back like that definitely changes rhythm and momentum.

I think the Bears should sit everyone now that the Rams are obviously going to win. Ensure health, beat the queens anyway.

I've always been a "play for draft position"-guy, and hated end of season "Lovie wins." So I am totally in tune with this question and line of reasoning. Having said that, if there is a chance at a bye, you play to win. And if the LAR wins, so be it; we get the #3 seed.

That's cool. I don't remember anyone reacting like that to anything Lovie ever did. Crowton maybe in his first year. Otherwise, this is uncharted territory for the Bears.

Not that the packers game matters for playoffs, but the "OMG Erin Rogers is so perfect"-nonsense from broadcasters continues. A come from behind drive was followed by an ATROCIOUS holding call on the Jets DB that brought back a 105yd INT return for the 2-pt flip. It was packers 36 Jets 35, would have been Jets 37 packers 36. But everything goes the way of the packers and rogers (who still has a 5 second pocket every other play and the lin never gets called for a hold), they get another shot, and it's packers 38 Jets 35.

I'm loving this season. LOVING. But I'm worried. I feel like this season is a lot like Icarus. Flying too far too fast could cause huge problems. Amos needs re-signing now. Fuller, Floyd, Bush are all in 2019, and Eddie Jackson should be on tap quickly thereafter. One more year like this one, and I'm sure there are a few who others who will want to restructure. We won't be able to keep them all. Add that to the fact that there is a serious lack of draft picks, and I'm a bit worried about the path forward. I feel like the window is open, but it's only open for a year or two more.

I don't understand why everyone is jumping all over a guy for wanting not just the defense to do well, but also to have a stud QB? The D was awesome. The win was awesome. Trubisky kind of sucked. What's so hard about that? Why can't we want a dominating Defense AND a great QB? Especially considering he was a highly touted first rounder that required extra picks. We should expect by now that he's figuring it out a bit more than he is. His problem for weeks and weeks has been sailing the intermediate and long passes. It's been pointed out numerous times on this board. I'm not a QB or throwing movement expert, but someone on the team professes to be. That's something to be addressed. It's not acceptable to just say, "This team is winning! It's great to win! Who cares if our first round QB is still making the same mistakes." 16/30 for 1 TD, 3 INTs, and one or two other bad passes that could have potentially been INTs. That's not acceptable. Middle of the road in just about every other passing stat, except for INTs where he's near the worst in the league. That's not acceptable. Is it possible to criticize without being called a negative person? Is it possible to wish for perfection without being called a negative person? I love this team. I love this defense. I just want everyone else to be as good, or at least close to that level.

LOL!! Hard pass.

Nice! I remember saying that but I didn't realize he was that high!

I'm not saying it's impossible to find a stud from Kent State or Tulane. I'm saying the percentage of NFL players from just a certain number of colleges is statistically significant. Look at pretty much every letter on the following link and you'll find considerably more players from the usual suspects. http://www.espn.com/nfl/college You can win a bet if you choose a roulette number, but your odds are much better over the long run if you pick a a color.

Preach. GMs get too cute. The better players generally go to the bigger football schools. Any GM who made a commitment to simply drafting from a set of 10-15 perennially good/great teams would likely be a superstar GM for as long as he wanted a job.

Honestly, they deserve the Alex Smith injury way more than the Redskins did. How they managed to get 2 decades of 2 QBs is beyond enraging and believable. It wouldn't pass for a legit movie script if pitched in Hollywood.

Week 13 at NYG - W Week 14 vs LAR - L Week 15 vs GB - W Week 16 at SF - W Week 17 at MIN - W If the Bears can beat the Rams, they are legit Super Bowl contenders.

I just feel like the offense needs a strong run game to continue the success. The pessimist in me says sooner or later it will be opposite of Shoop. The defense will dare the Bears to run by dropping more into coverage and testing Trubisky's decision-making processes. And unless the Bears figure out how to actually maximize Howard's running style, that could pose a problem.