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4 mins left, Packers get the ball back needing 78 yards to win. Do not get conservative here Flus.

Bears defense stops GB on 4th and goal at the 2, up by 5 with 11 mins left. Need at least a FG here.

Holy crap, Bears have a lead? Only 7 seconds left in the half.

Clock management? What? Eberflus running the clock down AND using a timeout properly? What world is this? 3rd and goal at the 1 with 2 timeouts.

Caleb finally taking off instead of taking sacks, up to 60 rushing yards in the first half. Easy first downs. If they are going to overcommit, you have to take advantage of it. Brown's play calling has been better than Waldron's so far. Only 2 bad play calls so far. Waldron would've had 10 by now.

Holy crap, a Kmet target, reception, and first down. Amazing how that works.

Smith with a goal line INT on Love. He is sooo much better than Stevenson. Hopefully they allow him to start instead of Stevenson going forward.

This defense is so frustrating too. 2 great run stops, then you play 10 yards off every receiver like they have the plague for an easy long 3rd down conversion.

It boggles my mind that you would do any play fake with an unblocked defender on Caleb's blind side. Easy sack, loss of 10, forces a long 3rd down and punt. Great.

No false starts yet, but two motion penalties. Bears finally get a penalty go their way after Williams is pushed after he was out of bounds.

Wow, a throw over the middle to Odunze for a huge gain. Amazing how that works.

Bates already got shaken up and is in the medical tent for the 2nd drive. Bates heading to the locker room already, lovely.

Yeah, you can't use Pryor for that, put the TE in motion, don't pull a huge RG to block an Edge player sprinting straight into the backfield.

Bears defense actually forces a punt, Bears get the ball back at their own 5. Sanborn made a great play on 2nd down stuffing Jacobs for a 1 yard loss. He brings some juice.

Bears get a FG after only 2 positive plays, a first down scramble by Caleb and a WR screen to Moore that actually got positive yards. Down 7-3.

Great response by the defense to only allow 7 pts on the opening drive with little to no resistance.

Stevenson is so bad. They really need to start someone else across from Johnson. He gives up 10 yards of cushion on every route.

Caleb is on pace for 3,371 passing yards, 17 TD, 9 INT, 446 rushing yards, and the scary part is 72 sacks. That would tie Randall Cunningham for 2nd all-time.

Yeah, we have been doing this league for over a decade here, I took over as GM a few years ago, but never had anyone not pay by the deadline, then extended the deadline, no response, still actively playing. I just don't want them to play it out thinking they can pay "if they place" yet assuming they wouldn't pay if they didn't win, screwing everyone else over. It is just an honor system thing, no way to force anyone to pay. First time this happened with me as GM. Like I said above, I can kick them and then auto fill their roster, let them play it out, but they are not eligible for the winnings (even if they pay - it would be refunded), or remove the team altogether and adjust everything accordingly.

This is the current projections based on the records, plus or minus 2 slots: 4-13 (Pick #5) 5-12 (Pick #7) 6-11 (Pick #11) 7-10 (Pick #13) 8-9 (Pick #16)

Oh for sure. Defense is going to keep most games close and winnable. It will come down to if the offense can score 2-3 TDs per game. I really hope we see more in breaking routes, quick slants, hot routes, and even dump offs to the RBs in the flat. No more WR screen to Moore, no more all verts with no outlet. The game is not rocket science. They are making it way more complicated than it needs to be.

The more I look at the schedule, 3 wins is the absolute max with a 7-10 record. However, something like 6-11 seems the most likely. That would give the Bears the 11th pick (+/- 2) which would also be Pick #43 in the 2nd. CAR's remaining games are KC, TB, @PHI, DAL, ARZ, @TB, and @ATL. DAL and potentially one of the TB games seem like the only winnable games for CAR. So at best they are a 5-12 team. That would be Pick #7 in the first, so Pick #39 would go to the Bears. That would give the Bears #11, #39, and #43 in the first 2 rounds, and PIck #75 in the 3rd (4 picks in the top 75). The Bears almost have to go OL, OL, DT, Edge at this point (in any order). Preferably BPA but OL and DT have to be addressed. Without a 4th rounder, those are probably the only starters they are going to get from this draft. With a bunch of teams needing a QB, a trade back from #11 would be amazing, then they can still get a top Edge or DT while potentially adding an extra 2nd or 3rd rounder (use on a Safety).

We are just past the halfway point in the season and based on preseason projections, these are the 5 biggest surprising teams and 5 biggest disappointments so far: Surprises: 1. MIN 7-2 2. PIT 7-2 3. ARZ 6-4 4. LAC 6-3 5. WSH 7-4 Disappointments: 1. MIA 3-6 2. DAL 3-6 3. CHI 4-5 4. CIN 4-6 5. NYJ 3-7 At this point, you can almost swap one team per Division (MIN > CHI, PIT > CIN, WSH > DAL) on the projections. You would expect all the HCs on the disappointing teams are on the hot seat and some may still be fired before the end of the season if those teams keep losing.

Gents, any recommendations for a GM that has not paid? How have we handled this in the past? See my post above for some options.

It really doesn't make sense. They said that they had not had an entire "unit" meeting? So they just met in their individual position groups and never had a offensive unit meeting where they are all in it together? No wonder they are all disjointed. I can't imagine not having a full unit meeting at least once or twice a week. Wild.