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Here is why I'm not worried: Break this down to 4 parts, Bears O and D then Eagles O and D. Who do you trust the most? Trubisky will give us pause but Nagy will keep him grounded. Eagles are hot under Foles? He has a rib injury after we hit him a couple of times he will be a avoiding the rush and not looking downfield. There running game sucks. Eagles defense is banged up in the defensive backfield . The Bears D has been dominant in the last 4 games. I trust our defense to continue to dominate.

I am in pattaya, Thailand. The game starts at 4:40 AM . Over hear people party until 5 AM so plenty of places open, many all night. 70 million people visit Thailand every year and I am going to find out how many bears fans are hear. Not my normal TV time but no problem. I find it hard to sleep when bears win games anyways. I try to absorb everything bears after a game. Why be terrified Jason? The worst that could happen is we end up 12-5. I will be disappointed but let's keep this in perspective, this was supposed to happen next year. Everything this year is a bonus, maybe even a Super bowl.

The problem is we now have is a hot team. I can see us losing both Fangio and Donatelli ( a former DC in the league). Then up steps Todd Knowles, a friend of Nagy. ( probably didn't spell that right) As long as we have Nagy and 6 potential pro bowl defensive players, coaches will want to come here.

Another thing they will contend with is Goldman has been putting pressure up the middle. How does 5 guys block Floyd(hot right now), Mack ( no matter how good the OT is , will win one on one blocks), Goldman, and the monster Hicks . They will have to chip with TEs and RBs taking them out of the passing game. Smith will have a heyday with 2 sacks and 5 pressure's, taking away the deep throws. Foles is not very moble but a good QB when confident. He will lose his confidence in the first half. A couple of turnovers with a pick 6 from your guy Jackson. I will call 27-13.

I missed game on way to Thailand , I am here to represent Bears fans , bring Bears gear, look to recruit new fans at Super bowl party

Didnt Barr miss our last game? Rhodes out would be great. I heard this morning that A-Rob, Jackson, Lynch and one other one I missed did not practice.

You have to play to win, we do not know the outcome of the LA game , no matter what the score is at halftime. If we lose to Vikings and then we will be playing them for the 3rd time and they will have momentum going against us the following week. Philly does not know us very well and from a player standpoint is the weakest. RBs hurt, DBs hurt, areas we can exploit.

I think the biggest thing we should be excited about is that Nagy is his teacher. He has some good traits but I trust his teachers.

It is hard to say who is the best team to play. I would have to say, Philly is probably the worst of the 3 teams. Foles is on a roll, but he hasnt been playing good defenses.They running game isnt good, the biggest threat is their TE. I would say Minny is getting better and SEA has a good running game and scrambling QB. Give me PHILLY

This wasn't a pretty win but winning is all that matters. Defense played well with only a few breakdowns. All the breaks seem to go to the 49ers. We never seem to be in a rhythm in the first half but the second half was better. On the road we are at least winning now. 49ers play LA next week and if some of their injured players are back they have a shot to upset in the game. I hope Gurley is still out. A bye and the 2nd seed would be huge going into the playoffs.

I think they stay focused for a playoff run. 33-13 today. MT has a very good day and Cohen scores twice. We get a D-TD this time around.

Im fine with that, if your going to run with the big boys get it done during the season. The thing you have to remember they have to play us.

I think we have no problem with RRH, Coward,Bullard and we give Floyd a contract. As you I think it will be between Amos or Callahan, with one of them gone. I suspect Callahan goes.

Here is some good Karma

I think it is wonderful that we have a team we are worried about staying together. first of all, Pace has gotten players in the later rounds. Jackson, Cohen, Amos, Howard., Nichols. He is on a roll the last two years with his drafts. This year is the first of the successful years to come, until we have to pay MT we are in good shape. For example, We have Massie probably leaving but we have Coward in place on a cheap contract. We also picked up Beavers that may lead to a fill in spot. If they do not trust those two, we have Bradley Sowell around to fill in until we develop someone., I do not think Amos will command a big contract but I could be wrong. We will have to trust Bush or a new draft pick. We also could grab a FA for a cheap contract over 30 that most teams wont get a big contract too. Callahan is the tricky one, he will probably get a big offer, so if he leaves we have 4 on the practice squad that has been in this system that will have to step up. ' We can stand to lose a few each year because our core is here for at least 2 years and then we have to pay MT, by then contracts like Trevathan and Long will be gone. It will all be fine the key to all of this is being this healthy in the next few years. May I suggest we enjoy the ride, to worry about our future when we just won the division, beat the Packers and are the 3rd seed in a season everybody predicted we might get to 8-8 would be a good year is a blessing. Pace is hitting on everything right now. Nagy is a blooming star as a coach. Fangio is here and chances are of him leaving is slim with the move of teams going after offensive minded young OCs. We have our star in place on defense and MT is developing quite nicely, 9 of our starters on defense are under 27. 9 of our starters on offense are 27 or younger. NO WORRIES---GO BEARS

I picked 10-6 but honestly was hoping for just respectability. Its the positive thinking thing.

It will be so sad, all of these pro bowlers and they will not be able to play in pro bowl. They will be playing in the SB.

After you get by Goff, Rodgers and Brees, who are on the team, then who? Wilson is the only other one to come to mind.

Actually if he improves that much, I would have to say we would have 2 pro bowl OLBs and probably made it to the SB.

I noticed he didnt either, the post was not meant to condemn anyone, just showing that with NFL standards we are at the top even though we dont seem to go deep very much.

5 Pro bowlers. Hicks Jackson Mack Fuller Cohen In addition to the five voted onto the roster, seven players were named alternates: Mitchell Trubisky, Roquan Smith, Trey Burton, Danny Trevathan, Cody Whitehair, Leonard Floyd and Charles Leno Jr.

I am not sure it was you but some remarks were made about us not throwing downfield in the game. I am not trying to find stats to make or break an argument about how good MT is. Out of the top ten in this stat we are 4th with %, so even though it does not sound good, it is compared to the rest of the league. KC has the best % with 44%. I was just making a point that we are high in the league of downfield throws.

MT had a nice safe game but didnt throw downfield. I just seen a stat where we are 5th in the league with 20+ plays on the year. 68 with 35% completion margin. So much for complaining about that.

Remember a couple of those games were with Chase at QB, so you can throw those out as an example. I think Nagy attacks other teams weaknesses and different players are called upon to show up. I think MT had a bad game and then this week did not throw down field so Miller number wasnt called as much.

That would be the best case scenario. Hopefully this team feels communal in their conquest to be better and not to many teams chase them, they want to be here. He is not worth 13 million now, but might be if he keeps improving. With the big money contracts we have on the team, we need some cheap contracts to keep this team together. Coward? RT next year. If Callahan ends up getting a big contract offer somewhere else. We got 4 DBs on our PS and hopefully someone steps up. McManis is playing well but at 30 can not count on him to be our future at that position. If would be nice to get Amos back but anything more than 4-5 a year will be out of reach. The problem is we have no depth at S. That is why seeing Bush play is a good spot to get a good reading on his improvement.