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You are correct, this team was not meant to contend this year. Odds said 7.5 wins, 9 if they were lucky or good, 5 wins if they struggled. They were not expected to start 0-2 going into KC though. After 0-3, they would have to play .500 ball 7-7 to finish with 7 wins. The odds of that are super low, like 1%. That's just facts. Justin does need more time to develop, but I don't know if doing it under constant duress with live bullets is what he needs. If they really want to fix him, he needs to sit and observe, fix his flaws, then come back to the live action. This on the job training is not working for him. It's good that we get players experience, but every team does, so the Bears do not gain anything. At the end of the day, the Bears need a better roster, better scheme, or better execution to win games, or at least two of those at any given time. However, right now it seems like they are on the short end of those every game so far. That is the concerning part for me. If one of the units was playing well and they still were 0-2, there would be some promise. However, every unit has looked outmatched, the game plans look disjointed, and they are still getting penalties on a team with zero room for presnap penalties.

I'm good with sleeping, I am immune to this team. I try my best to be fair and realistic. I would love for them to be great, it is really fun, but we have seen so much losing that more doesn't matter. In a way it is humorous at this point. 0-17 is a very real possibility if this is the same team we see week in and week out. If they play better and catch another team on a bad week, they can easily win a few. If they improve and maintain that improvement, they could win 5 or 6. However, anything more than that would be a huge leap as they should already have a win, so 7 wins is a 7-8 record the rest of the way. I am thinking 5-10 even seems tough considering they were 3-14 last year.

Just think if you had 2 QBs, like Bagent taking the snap, but the RB was Fields who runs to the flat, Bagent can pitch it to him and he can still pass the ball from there or run, or pass it back to Bagent. Limitless options really.

Fields on pace for 3,630 passing yards (if he plays 17 games). It would be the highest total for a passer since Cutler in 2015 and only 208 yards short of the franchise record set in 1995 by Erik Kramer (3,838).

QBR is funny, 22.8 to 23.1 in Week 2, IMPROVEMENT!

Nice view, I love the beach. With that said, Olin can say that, and sure, the Bears could win 15 games, unlikely but possible. Right now the Bears should be the underdogs in every remaining game this season. That is not optimistic. If Fields just blindly threw the ball to Moore on every passing play, the Bears would've had a better outcome. You could put any other NFL starter in his place and they make more plays than he is right now, and he is not saving any with his legs. So now he can't pass, can't run, and just takes sacks, fumbles, and throws INTs, just like he has the past 2 years. Nothing has changed. The flashes are out of shear athleticism, and not something that is sustainable. Bring in a real QB and keep Fields as your Wildcat gadget QB.

TB defensive players post game comments, they knew a screen was coming on Pick-6 play. Getsy needs to be fired today. Regression from Fields is 50% coaching at this point, play calling has been worse than pop warner level. There is zero reason to believe what we have seen in 2 offseasons and 19 games from Getsy will magically change. The team only won 3 games last season (SF in the monsoon, barely beat HOU on a Roquan INT then GW FG, and that anomaly in NE). So the entire Bears coaching staff can hang their hat on 1 good win in 19 games.

Updated predictions after two weeks of play. Week 3 - Sun, Sep 24 at Kansas City - L Week 4 - SUN, OCT 1 BRONCOS - L (lost to LVR and WAS, so we don't know how good or bad they really are) Week 5 - Thu, Oct 5 at Washington - L (barely beat both ARZ and DEN, who both could be really bad) Week 6 - SUN, OCT 15 VIKINGS - L (Jefferson makes this a loss) Week 7 - SUN, OCT 22 RAIDERS - L (this would be 17 in a row) Week 8 - Sun, Oct 29 at LA Chargers - L (this will not be pretty) Week 9 - Sun, Nov 5 at New Orleans - L (the 07/08/09 Lions lost 19 in a row) Week 10 - THU, NOV 9 PANTHERS - T (could be a loss of Young looks good, this loss would be 20 in a row). Week 11 - Sun, Nov 19 at Detroit - L (couldn't beat them last year) Week 12 - Mon, Nov 27 at Minnesota - L (Jefferson makes this a loss) Week 13 - Bye Week - L Week 14 - SUN, DEC 10 LIONS - L (couldn't beat them last year) Week 15 - TBD at Cleveland - L (might be the best team in AFC North) Week 16 - SUN, DEC 24 CARDINALS - L (2 losses by a combined 7 pts) Week 17 - SUN, DEC 31 FALCONS - L (beat GB) Week 18 - TBD at Green Bay - L (crushed Bears in Week 1) There is a real chance at 0-17, there are only 5 potential competitive games that could go either way (DEN, WAS, LVR, CAR, and ARZ), that's it. So at most 5 wins, more than likely only 2 or 3.

Mooney had 10 snaps, I believe he got dinged up.

Early line is -12.5. There is no way the Bears are staying within 2 TDs of KC in KC. At best this is a 30-10 game, but I have a feeling it will be much worse, Mahomes with no pass rush is virtually unstoppable.

The Giants started out being outscored 60-0 in the first game and a half, then put up 31 on Arizona in a half to win the game. Daniel Jones, who couldn't do anything for a game and a half threw for 321 yds and 2 TDs and added 59 yards and a TD rushing. The biggest difference between the Bears and Giants, the Giants adjusted at halftime and it worked. The Bears do the same thing over and over again, they are so predictable. After a play works, they never use it again.

They throw more screens than run the ball. Roschon averaged 8.0 yds a carry, Herbert averaged 5.0 yards a carry, but they got only 11 combined carries.

0/2 this season. Not a good start. Start #27, another shitshow. Dude looks lost.

There is no spread large enough that would have me bet against KC. I am putting money down on this one. Also going prop bets with Mahomes over 300, over 3 TDs. Easy money.

Hicks was out of position a lot but still played better than Jackson. I think Jackson is done, he hurt is foot again (repeat injury), probably Linsfranc, which would put him out for the year. Poles needs to bring a vet safety in.

1 back after 2 games just means 2 back after 3. The Bears ain't winning against KC next week. So this week really means nothing. KC held JAX to 9 points, the Bears should be 2-0 heading to KC. It is going to be a blowout.

He has regressed, he doesn't know what he is doing, where the ball needs to go. His mechanics are terrible. The only thing that has saved him to this point has been his athleticism, and even now, Mayfield evaded 5 surefire sacks and made completions on at least 3 and threw the ball away on others. Fields would've been sacked on all 5. Love and Mayfield are middle of the road QBs, and they both looked like HoFers compared to Fields. Now we get to see Mahomes vs Fields, the difference will be so apparent. The sad part is there are QBs all over the NFL that are playing average, which is 10x better than Fields is playing. Ridder played good enough to beat the Packers. Stroud threw for 384 yards to nobodies. Josh Dobbs, who arrived in ARZ a week before Week 1 has 134 passing yards on 10-14 passing and a rushing TD in the first 20 minutes against the Giants. He looks competent. Fields looks lost. He looks worse than Trubisky. His QB Rating today was 61.1, the current lowest among qualified starters for Week 2.

If the Bears allowed 38 to Love/GB and 27 to Mayfield/TB, this has a 50 burger all over it. KC also held JAX to 9 points. KC 52-3 Fields by the numbers: 177 - Yards passing 23 - Yards rushing 12 - Screen passes 10 - Screen passes with terrible perimeter blocking 9 - Plays where Fields holds onto the ball too long on passes, missing open receivers who are clapping for the ball 8 - Sacks taken by Fields when he could either throw it away or evade the sack 3 - INT 2 - fumbles lost 1 - Pick-6 This will not be pretty, KC is a legit Super Bowl contender, and neither TB or GB are even playoff teams. I am not watching this one as we already know the result.

I think it should be after Week 5, that's after a TNF game against WAS. That would be start #30 for Fields. Otherwise, you are trying to make a change on a normal week. The bye is Week 13, so that is too late. There is another mini-bye after CAR after Week 10, so that is another option.

After game two, another dud for Fields. He threw 2 INTs, 1 pick-6 (2 weeks in a row), took 6 sacks. He had 3 yards rushing on 4 carries. Just in case you guys weren't watching, CJ Stroud threw for 384 yards with 2 TDs and 0 INT. Fields hasn't broken 300 yards in his entire career. Stroud was throwing to Nico Collins, Robert Woods, and Tank Dell. Fields is Blaine Gabbert. He has not moved off that projection. With 2 INTs and 1 TD, he is even closer to it now.

Bears now with the #1 pick after starting 0-2. CAR is 10th, but haven't lost yet in Week 2. 1. Bears 0-2 2. Vikings 0-2 3. Chargers 0-2 4. Bengals 0-2 5. Texans 0-2 (to ARZ)

Unfreaking believable, Fields throws a pick-6 on a screen pass. He is cooked, no reason to play him anymore. There is nothing more to see.

About f'n time, throwing the ball and look what happens? It works.... TD to Claypool for his first as a Bear. Bears down 20-17.

Can't do anything with Fields at QB. He is a liability when he doesn't make crazy escapes after holding onto the ball too long. Now he is taking sacks and fumbling.

Getsy has some bad play calls, the O-Line is not great, but this is more on Fields than any other factor. He is holding the offense back now.