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Here are players post-game discussing it:

All he had to do was beat Jacksonville in a meaningless game for them, and he burps a fart. I still can't believe the Colts missed the playoffs. The Bears are no different than the Chargers, Colts, Ravens, Browns, Saints or Vikings, they all missed the playoffs. Just a crazy sequence to end the season and the Bears benefit from so many bad teams winning, boosting their draft slot a few places. So back to Indy, when is Chris Ballard going to get any bad press? Wentz was their answer, just like Rivers was before. The Colts traded the 16th pick in the 2022 draft for Wentz, they missed the playoffs, and owe Wentz 103M. Philly relieved themselves of Wentz, made the playoffs without him, and have 3x first round picks. Wow Philly is dealing.

Wow, first off, I love Brandon Staley. Did anyone else see the Chargers Raiders game? If they tied, both would make the playoffs due to IND's loss. Well LAC scored a last-second TD and forced overtime (they didn't go for 2). Then in OT they swapped FGs and with the game tied and the Raiders at the LAC39 with 38 seconds left (and a running clock), Staley called a timeout. It was clear to everyone in the world that the Raiders were content to run out the clock and take a tie. It would've been a 56 yard FG from there and the risk of a block or something bad happening was too high. They even said this after the game. They were actually going to take a knee! So he calls a timeout, which gives the Raiders more time for an extra play because they only had one timeout left. So after the LAC TO, on the next play they let up a 10 yard run to Jacobs who they knew was running, then the Raiders called a timeout and kicked the GW FG from the 29. Unbelievable. Somehow the Chargers missed the playoffs. They were 8-5 and lost 3 of their last 4 (lost to HOU). Just an unbelievable sequence. The Steelers made the playoffs. The Colts missed the playoffs (lol Wentz). Cleveland and Baltimore missed the playoffs. Such a weird year in the AFC. All IND had to do was beat JAX to make the playoffs and they lost. BAL was 8-3 and lost their last 6. CLE lost 3 of their last 4.

Yep, the Bears loss dropped them to #7. ATL was already a win ahead, so they only came into play with a Bears win.

Borom was terrible. Jenkins looked really solid. Still unsure why they didn't play Graham because he looked good when he was in there. Instead they let Christian and Jackson get torched the entire second half.

Just odd that he randomly quits on some plays.

Yep and in the end, it was probably the best scenario as ATL, SEA, and WFT all won. So the Bears are the lone 6-11 team and will have the 7th pick in every round. That is pick 39 in the 2nd, and pick 71 in the 3rd. So the Bears top two picks are 39 and 71.

If SEA ends up with the same record as the Bears, depending on SOS, the Bears may draft 7th, which would give them the 8th pick in the 2nd round (#40). So it is better for the Bears to get #8 in the first as they would get the 7th pick in the 2nd (teams rotate picks with same record). So I am hoping for #8 and #39.

LOL, Andy Dalton assures the Bears get a better draft pick by completely crapping the bed in the 2nd half. So the Bears slide back to 8th unless SEA beats ARZ, then they would draft 7th. 7 - SEA 6-10, .518 ARZ 8 - CHI 6-11, .520

So Dalton found a worse thing to do on 4th Down, a Pick-6. Unbelievable. What a loser. I am so glad Nagy is gone. He is such a bum, it is not even funny anymore.

5 DBs in a circle jerk covering neither WR. Unbelievable. However, an epic collapse and loss is totally a Nagy thing. One team made halftime adjusts and it wasn't the Bears.

This is why I don't want Eddie Jackson anywhere near this team next year. Take the dead money and be done with this bum:

BTW Jenkins is in at LT and he is looking pretty good. He plays to the whistle every play even when the ball is not near him.

Nagy brings TEs and WRs into the box from the outside which adds a defender, then runs right at that extra guy. Why not spread it out and make them choose between the box and coverage? All Monty needs is a little space.

Dalton has taken 3 4th Down sacks in scoring territory. So to those who think Dalton is better than Fields because he doesn't take sacks, Fields would at least have a chance to escape. My God that was bad. This offense is still terrible.

Projections at halftime: 7 - SEA 6-10, .518 ARZ 8 - ATL 7-9, .462 NO 9 - MIN 7-10, .515 10 - DEN 7-10, .482 11 - CHI 7-10, .520 12 - WFT 7-10, .532 13 - CLE 7-9, .524 Drafting 11th would seem like a fitting position because that is what they traded up to for Fields.

It looks like he thought it was a penalty and push off. Really odd for him to just give up on the play when the WR caught the ball inbounds without being touched.

Mooney hit 1K receiving yards, not bad for a 2nd year player who is a 5th round pick.

Monty is running hard.

Nagy's route concepts are hot garbage. A monkey could design better routes. Half the time there are no hots or multiple receivers in the same area which makes it easier to cover.

Bears at Vikings, no Fields. Both teams playing for pride? It would be such a Bear thing to do, so Bears 23-17.

That sentence was QBs only. Pace has signed Clausen, Barkley, Hoyer, Glennon, Sanchez, Daniel, and Dalton (Foles was a trade). If you go back and look at the QBs available each year and what some signed for with other teams, that list could be significantly better. However, your statement about the other FAs actually reinforces Pace's departure. He is a 45% GM. Even his free agents are good for about 45% of the time. Quinn, 50%, one great year, one terrible year. Hicks? 2 years with 15+ games, 2 years with 9 or less. Trevathan is the same as Hicks. 2 years with 16 games, one year with 12, two with 9 and this year with 5 games. That is very average at best. BTW, Trevathan is still on contract at 32 next season for $6M. ARob is a 75% and probably one of the highlights, but his highest salary year and the franchise tag got the Bears what exactly this year? I mean, if there was any year to perform, it was supporting the rookie QB and ARob failed miserably. Also, out of the 4 guys you mentioned, only two will be on the roster next year, maybe even one. I will give Pace credit for hitting on the lower end market, however, he has also whiffed there as well. Remember Dion Sims, Quintin Demps, Marcus Cooper, Markus Wheaton, Benny Cunningham? Cody Parkey, Trey Burton, Aaron Lynch? Mike Davis? Buster Skrine, Marvin Hall, Haha Clinton-Dix, Barkevious Mingo, Artie Burns? So for every Brent Urban, there is a Markus Wheaton. For every Blackson, a Davis. To be a winning football team with sustained success, you have to have more hits and bigger hits than misses. Pace just doesn't have that. Even guys that seemed like draft steals are average picks (Cohen, Jackson). At this point, I don't even care who the new coach is. I just want to know who it is and who the OC is going to be.

Oh wow, I thought he gave it up years ago. I didn't realize he was still doing the job into his late 80s. That is wild.

That's the thing, if you keep Pace, you are ok projecting what he has done in the past into the future. So do we want 1 winning season in the next 7? 0 playoff wins for 7 more years? This is a totally different story if the Bears have had at least a few consecutive years of success (winning record) with at least one playoff win. Also, the one winning season is about to be 4 seasons ago (played 3 seasons since) and after that one year the Bears have been 22-26, averaging 7 wins a year. That is exactly who the Bears are and have been under Pace. Do we want that to continue? I would say Payton is the only HC I would be ok with for retaining Pace. Any other HC I would rather go in another direction without Pace.

The more I look back at Pace's tenure, the more I think he has to be gone too. Last year around this time they held a press conference and basically tied Pace and Nagy together. How could Pace survive but Nagy goes when it's Pace's roster? He was the one who had no plan at CB and OL and backed himself into a corner with Fuller and Leno that could've been resolved before last season ended. A team is what the record states and is indicative of the players they have. They are either hits or misses. So if you go thru all of Pace's free-agent signings and draft picks, he has more misses than hits (probably around 40%) which correlates almost perfectly to the Bears record with him as GM. Leno ended up having a rebound year and was just extended by WFT for a reasonable price, that was a miss. Fuller was terrible this year, so Pace is 50%. Pace let CPat walk and he ended up a Pro Bowler with ATL and 5th in total yards. The Bears player with the most all-purpose yards? Khalil Herbert with 1132 and is 33rd in the NFL. Drops Pace to 33%. You can keep doing that and I bet it is no better than 45%, right where the Bears have been with Pace the entire time. For me, looking back, 2018 was an anomaly. Easy schedule with the defense getting way too many turnovers to make it sustainable. That was more like a 9 win team with 3 wins from the schedule and turnover margin. I really hope he is gone. He has had 2x HCs and drafted 2x 1st Round QBs while also signing several vets and none have worked out. Fields is the only one that has a chance, but even he is no sure thing. Lastly, this should've been done last year. Everyone seemed to think 2021 was a reset year anyway and didn't have Super Bowl projections. If there was a new regime, they could've treated it like that and got the roster and cap in better shape for 2022. It's ok, but could be a lot better.