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If Claypool is not viewed as a WR1, then trading #33 or #34 for a WR2 is terrible value.

Thank you Cleveland for beating Baltimore.

Very true on the cycle. The cycle should be Super Bowl, NFCC, Wild Card.

33-0 at half.

Teams with a winning record and negative point differential over 30: MIN 10-4, -34 (currently at half) TEN 7-6, -35 LAC 7-6, -31 NYG 7-5-1, -33

Viqueens? Holy crap, the Colts are absolutely destroying the Vikings in Minnesota, doing it without Jonathan Taylor, insane.

Oh wow, I didn't see that. Awesome news.

He did and he can go beat GB on MNF to knock them out of the playoffs. As long as Donald and Ramsey play, they should win.

We need a better WR coach then, as it seems like none of the WRs really improved this year. Mooney got worse? Claypool hasn't improved. That entire room seems like it is underperforming.

That is the other drawback of a harder schedule, you get penalized for it. There has to be a better way to determine that. It should be head to head, then other tie breakers. SoS is out of your control. If you play all the playoff teams and got 3-14 and another team plays the same teams but one different one with one less win, they are deemed worse than you and get a better pick. That team could've also lost all its game by 1 point, yet you got blew out by 30 every game.

Claypool out. Man that trade keeps looking worse and worse. I really hope Poles and Claypool prove people wrong, but the #33 pick looks a lot better than Claypool does right now. I am very surprised that the line has stayed at -9. I guess it is because they barely beat Indy 17-16 a few weeks ago. Indy had a 6 pt lead with 2 mins remaining and lost by 1. Philly needed a 14 pt 4th quarter to win.

The Bears really got the shaft in terms of SoS this year. The NFC North in general got both East divisions which don't have a team with a losing record. So that is 8 games against winning teams, then the Bears have 2x MIN and played SF. So 11 games against winning teams, and 4 of the non-winning games are against GB and DET. That leaves ATL and HOU as the last two games. I still can't believe the Bears lost to ATL. After the next two weeks, the Bears will have played the top 4 teams in terms of DVOA, PHI, BUF, SF, and DAL. Talk about bad luck. At least the Bears get the NFC South next year. That is the only division without a team with a winning record. They also get the AFC West which has 3 teams in the bottom 10 in DVOA (LAC, LVR, and DEN). I know things change year to year, but this at least looks like a somewhat easier schedule compared to this year's.

Actually Apple backed out. It is now between Amazon (Prime) and Google (YouTube TV).

Yeah we need to have dominant lines in the trenches. We essentially need new starters at all positions on the defensive side and we definitely need a better Center and RT on the offense. That should be the priority this offseason. With the weak WR FA class, I would draft one or maybe look for a trade from a team in need of cap savings. The Saints (+54M), Bucs (+39M), and Titans (+14M) are all way over the cap for 2023. For the Saints, Michael Thomas has the biggest cap hit at $28M. I could even see a trade where they give the Bears a higher draft pick with Thomas for a lesser pick just to take on his contract, which effectively is a 2-yr deal with 2 void years. If they designated it as a post-June 1st trade, they could save $16M in 2023. He has been hit hard with random injuries, but when healthy, he is a dominant WR. For the Bucs, Evans, Godwin, or Gage could be available. Both Godwin and Gage would save them about $8M each. For the Titans, Robert Woods would save them $12M on their cap. Do any of those guys interest you?

There is still a lot of parity in the league and I don't think teams purposely tank. The issue is when losing seeps into the culture, or bad habits that contribute to losing become the norm. That is when it is bad. I don't think the Bears are in that situation.

It would be so Detroit if they did. Goff is about as average as they come. He is just like most other non-franchise QBs, and is completely dependent on the team/players around him. When LA had a terrible defense, he was 0-7 as a starter. When their defense became elite, he started winning. Now with Detroit. He was 3-10-1 last year, and now 6-7 and they are ready to anoint him as their future QB. It is pretty funny to see.

Even with the projected team they were supposed to have, I don't think they were going to beat PHI or BUF. However, MIN and DET are both winnable games. I would not be surprised if they win 2 of their last 4. If they win out, that would be pretty epic considering both teams are the current 1-seeds in each conference. Wins like that would be well worth the drop in draft positioning.

I don't think anyone suspected that the Rams pick would be a top 5 pick in the Stafford trade. I am sure when they were figuring it would be in the mid-20s as a projected playoff team. So Detroit got SUPER lucky for that one. Otherwise, they would have a decent team with several picks, but Goff as their QB. Now they have the luxury of getting a young QB with the Rams pick, while keeping Goff on the roster until that young QB is ready. The Bears have their QB, and that is ultimately the best position to be in, so unless you are getting basically a sure fire Pro Bowler in the top 5, you definitely would love to trade down and get some additional picks to upgrade the entire roster.

Might as well see what these practice squad guys can do. Same for our edge guys, we need someone that can get pressures.

Just think if the refs called a fair game? They would be at least 5-8 if not 6-7 at this point without any other changes to performance. I still don't think they can beat Philly, but BUF, MIN, and DET are all winnable games. Did anyone else notice how well Josh Blackwell played against GB? I would rather have him starting along side Johnson, then Gordon in the slot. With Brisker back and DHC filling the centerfielder role, the secondary is not that bad.

Whatever it is, they have had the lead in pretty much every game. The Minnesota game is going to be interesting. The Vikings will have nothing to play for at that point with the division wrapped up, but no chance at the bye. So they might as well treat it like a bye and rest every starter.

That would be terrible. They would end up with a mid-teens pick. I am sure Pittsburgh would be pissed too.

You had a nice 6-1 run in the middle of the season.

If the tradeoff was: one of Carter or Anderson vs two of T'Vondre Sweat, Peter Skoronski, Jaelyn Duncan, or Isaiah Foskey To me, it is hard not to like two top options, especially if you can get one of each OL and DL/DE.