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Defense played great. Fields hand is clearly not healed. This is also one of those games that is really hard to use to evaluate Fields. He did lead a GW drive and closed out a game, even after back to back fumbles. However the only reason they were in that position was because of him lol.

37 yards in 2 minutes to get to the 25 yard line and a 42 yard kick. Only 27 yards needed for a 52 yarder. If they can't get that far.....

Send Bagent out there to win it

They drop enough, gotta take them when you can get them.

Fields on pace for 270 passing yards and 42 rushing yards. That would be 312 combined yards, which is higher than the best QB in the league for combined yards. He needs TDs, and sack avoidance. I hope he can keep the INT-less streak going (currently at 45 attempts).

This game is making that glaringly obvious. I can't believe he just blindly threw the ball into the chest of a huge DE. That is playing robotic.

We will find out after this season. Either Getsy is gone, Fields is gone, or both are gone. I doubt both will be back, unless the Bears win out. This is two weeks in a row where the defense is giving the offense the ball and they are not scoring or only getting FGs. Also, this is trending towards another game with a huge turnover margin and time of possession lead and a loss. Can they beat +3 and over 40 mins? Right now they are +2 and at 19:47.

They can't let the defense dictate the plays, that is tail between the legs play calling by Getsy. Does he not have any blitz beating plays? Everything can't be horizontal, they can easily rally to the ball. I am so confused by Getsy. Why stop what was working? Kmet had 6 targets on the 2 FG drives, none since, and the last 3 drives were punts. Roschon needs more touches too. Defense has played great again, but man, those penalties. Two on Gordon were weak. Santos misses a FG indoors?

First team to 20 wins.

There is one QB in the NFL that averages over 300 yards per game for passing+rushing yards. Stroud at 309. Of the notable QBs linked to Fields, Allen is at 293, Hurts at 282, Lawrence at 272, and Jackson at 266. Fields is at 245, but that does count the game he left early. So he would probably be slightly over 250 if he finished that game. He had 273 against the Lions, 339 against the Commanders and 360 against the Broncos (3 out of the last 4 games). So he is trending up.

and Fields leads the NFL in TD% at 6.5%, Allen is at 5.5% (7th), and Hurts at 5.0% (10th).

Ironically, Allen, Hurts and Fields have a very similar QB Rating: 95.8, 94.9, and 93.3 respectively (good for 11th, 12th, and 13th in the NFL this year). They are also very similar in Y/A, Hurts 7.5, Fields and Allen 7.4. Additionally, Hurts has 410 rushing yards, Allen has 342 and Fields has 341 (in 7g). Interestingly enough, Allen leads the NFL with 13 INTs (12g), Hurts has 10 (11g), and Fields has 6 (7g), so the rates (per game) are fairly the same as well. Outside of passing volume, one glaring difference, both BUF and PHI use their QBs as runners in the RZ. Hurts has 11 Rushing TDs, Allen has 9, and Fields has 1. Out of all the other stats, that one may be the biggest difference overall.

There is enough tape on Dobbs now. First, I can't believe this is Dobbs 7th season. In his first 6 seasons he appeared 6 games, 2 where he was sent out to take a knee (lol). He started 2 games with TEN at the end of last season, both losses. Then went to ARZ this season where he started from Week 1. Somehow he beat DAL in Week 3, which was his first and only career win until he went to MIN a few weeks ago. So before MIN, he was 1-9 as a starter. Then came in for Cousins to finish the win against ATL, beat NO, then lost to DEN. The one thing about Dobbs, he will take off and run. In his 3 wins, he rushed for over 40 yards (55, 66, and 44) and has hit 40 yards in 4 other starts. So 7 of his 12 starts, he has rushed for 40 yards. So it will be imperative for the Bears to stop him from scrambling and getting first downs on scrambles. If Dobbs beats Fields, it pretty much speaks to where Fields is in his career arc.

Nice one Mongo.

This might not sound like progress, but the Bears are now 24th in DVOA, 25th on offense and 25th on defense. They haven't been this high all year. The teams behind the Bears: ATL, NE, NYJ, LVR, WAS, ARZ, CAR, NYG. The Bears 3 wins are in there, and they still play ARZ and ATL. I don't know if anyone saw the CLE game but they did not look good at all. So that games looks much easier and the Browns may be without Garrett for a few weeks, or if he plays, may just be coming back from injury. The Bears should've beaten both MIN and DET, so those games are also winnable. That leaves GB as the last game. So the Bears could easily go 2-4 or 6-0 down the stretch. Odds say somewhere in the middle, so 4-2 seems very realistic and would basically be a given with a win tonight.

The JJ situation is going to be interesting. I hope Poles doesn't keep making holes though. He needs to upgrade weaknesses, not fill currently filled positions with different players. If the Bears can't beat the Vikings without Cousins AND Jefferson, it will be another incredibly sad loss.

Bears by 2 TDs!!

Yeah, they really need to consider doing things like that more often.

No I can't, that would be insane. HOU had #2+#3 this year. #1+#2 would be game changing. Poles controlled the draft this year with #1. Having #1 AND #2? They could use both, use one and trade one, or trade both.

With the Giants and Titans winning, the Bears could win and stay at the #4 pick. With a loss, they could slide back to #3 if ARZ wins. If ARZ and CHI both lose, the Bears stay at #4. It looks like Week 16 and 18 will be huge for the tankathon with 4 out of 9 teams playing against each other in those weeks. Based on current projections, the Bears would get the #1 and #5 picks. If they beat MIN, they would drop to #8. So it seems like 3-14 will get the Bears #2, (0-6) 4-13 will get them #4, (1-5) 5-12 will get them #5, (2-4)* - most likely 6-11 will get them #8, (3-3) 7-10 would have them outside of the top 10. (4-2)

Panthers lose, couldn't get 10 yards.

NE misses a last second 35-yard FG to lose, lol. Giants go to 4-8, Patriots fall to 2-9. Panthers down by 7 with 2:57 left, ball at their 25.

NE converts, still time to tie or take the lead.

Giants up by 3, NE with a 4th and 4 at the two-minute warning. TEN up by a TD, CAR with a 4th and 14 with 6 minutes left.

In the early games: TEN up by a TD over CAR, but CAR is keeping it close. NE and NYG tied at 7, neither team wants to win. This is a fugly game to watch. 3 NE INTs and 1 NYG fumble. 12 total punts, 7 by NYG.