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No one can tackle

Good job Stevenson !

We’ll probably give up a TD before halftime

Red zone sack on 3rd down. Setting for FGs…

Defense giving GB little resistance. Looks a lot like week 1. So far.

This is an opportunity for a statement game. We have a chance to eliminate the Packers from the playoffs like the Lions did last year. We have nothing to play for except for pride, and ending the season on a high and demonstrate consistent improvement. We haven't beaten the Packers since 2018. The Bears are definitely trending upwards. Fields played his best game as a Bear vs the Falcons. Here is a chance for him to prove that it wasn't a fluke, that his upward progress since coming back from injury isn't a fluke. And he can do it vs the Packers who have had our number for far too long. The Bears season has been a lot like my work fantasy league. I started out 0-6 but ended the season 7-2 and just missing the playoffs. If the Bears (and my Fantasy team) had performed the first part of the season like they did the last part of the year we'd be in the playoffs, and one could argue we could make some noise in the playoffs. As far as this games impact on Fields, Flus, Getsy, et all? I don't feel like this game in a vacuum should determine coaches and players fates. It can help their cases, but win or lose it's how this game goes. This isn't the same Bears that embarrassed themselves on opening day. And this is their chance to prove that, and go into the offseason with their heads held high. I feel like we have a good chance of doing just that. Packers can be scored on and we've seen our offense and play calling (particularly in recent weeks) improve, and our D had really stepped it up.

Getsy will call a couple screen passes

And that’s the ball game

Or TD… Those two calls forgo fg attempts are coming back to bite us

Sweat has been earning his money. Dude has made a huge impact.

It speaks to poor discipline, poor technique, and in some cases lack of talent. Where you’re in bad position where you resort to things that draw flags. The JJ interception followed by the unsportsmanlike, then penalties and miscues by the offense result in a punt when we should have at least netted 3 points. This team has been its own worst enemy from coaches down to the players on the field. Fields has been a mixed bag, he shows flashes of what were hoping he’d be, we’ve also seen problematic signs. The problem is with the current play calling it’s hard to get a true evaluation. Maybe we never will and he just becomes another in the long line of “incomplete” grades. One could argue that with better play calling and play design he wouldn’t be as inclined to try to play hero ball. As much as we speculate that the coaches don’t trust Fields, it’s quite possible that the opposite is also true and he doesn’t trust them to put I’m in position to succeed.

Exactly! What is there to gain by this kinda play calling? What it shows as a coordinator that you have no understanding of basic offensive play calling concepts. You don’t know how to set up plays or show any rational continuity in his play calling. It also says he can’t call an offense to fit his players but rather needs his players to fit his system. If you have a good system and are confident in it let your players play. If the don’t perform you can at least make the case that the plays would work better talent. What it shows is he doesn’t trust his players and would rather take a damage control route (play not to lose). Fields is a separate issue. Poles has some decisions to make this offseason.

At least run the ball. There’s no killer instinct. Give yourself a chance to punch it in. Rather than just sit back and play not to lose.

Says it all. Luke Gutless rather than try to score in the red zone take a QB kneel 3 times and kick a FG. I’ve never in my life seen anything like this.

Here’s the thing I don’t get if Getsy and Flus don’t have confidence in Fields. We are 3-8…. What have they got to lose by handcuffing him? I can’t for the life of me see what they have to gain? What are they protecting? Certainly not their jobs.

Almost injured myself rolling my eyes

And just like that the Vikings get a TD and go up by an insurmountable 1 point lead with just under 6 min to go

lol so true. We pile up all the stats except the one that actually matters

This offense could start a drive inside the end zone and still fail to score

The reason could be cause Getsy is beyond stupid and stubborn. He’s just a different version of Naggy

Does Getsy realize that for screens to be effective you need to set the defense up for them? You don’t base your offense on that. Minny is stacking the box because they know we are only going to throw at or near the line of scrimmage. The other issue with our screens is we are horrible at blocking. officiating has sucked but what’s new there…

Last week they took it out of his hands with the game on the line. If I were fe Defense I would be pi$$ed. They have played their butts off only to have the offense do nothing

The screens aren’t fooling anyone so tired if this chicken $$;&;& play calling. The more compressed the box gets the closer to the line of scrimmage Getsy calls. Have we even attempted anything down the field? Two weeks straight we dominate time of possession, offensive plays, and yet have next to nothing to show for it. Can we just drop Getsy off somewhere in Minny?

That very well could be. One could argue at this point would firing this staff right now be more about reacting to fan outcry or making the team better. We all know the product on the field is unacceptable. If Poles doesn’t see that then we have more issues than coaching. This one was hard to take. We were 3-7 on the road facing one of the top teams in the NFC at 7-3. With three minutes left we had them on the ropes. This is a game of momentum. Up by 12 we let them march right down and score in less than a min because we went into a soft D. We then compound it by playing ultra conservative on offense running straight int a stacked box twice forcing a throw on 3rd we’re Scott quit on his route. Only chewing like 30 seconds off the clock. We again play prevent D and let them move right down the field. What’s worse is that we had 3 time outs in our pockets and we let them drive for the game winning TD and milk the clock. We didn’t call our first time out till there was 26 seconds left. What’s the point? Did he not realize the time was ticking. Fields was put in a bad spot.