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Bears with 2 scoring drives to GB's 1. Bears need pts going into the half.

After 12/12 early and afternoon games, the Bengals had a chance to really help the Bears but ultimately crapped the bed in OT against SF. WC2 SF 7-6 ATL-W, TEN-L, HOU-W, LAR-L 9-8 (6-6) WC3 WAS 6-7 PHI-L, DAL-L, PHI-W, NYG-W 8-9 (7-5) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 MIN 6-7 CHI-L, LAR-L, GB-L, CHI-L 6-11 (4-8) 2 PHI 6-7 WAS-W, NYG-W, WAS-L, DAL-L 8-9 (6-6) 3 ATL 6-7 SF-L, DET-W, BUF-L, NO-W 8-9 (5-7) 4 NO 6-7 TB-L, MIA-L, CAR-W, ATL-L 7-10 (5-7) 5 CAR 5-8 BUF-L, TB-L, NO-L, TB-L 5-12 (3-9) 6 SEA 5-8 LAR-L, CHI-L, DET-W, ARZ-L (3-9) 7 CHI 4-8 GB-L, MIN-W, SEA-W, NYG-W, MIN-W 8-9 (6-6) 8 NYG 4-9 DAL-L, PHI-L, CHI-L, WAS-L 4-13 WAS has the easiest schedule going forward which is really going to aid them in the last 4 weeks. At worst they need to go 2-2 to make the playoffs. To complicate it, they have to play PHI twice, so if PHI wins both, they are in the playoffs, if they split WAS is in. So the Bears need to go 5-0 now to pass WAS. If they lose to GB, but win the last 4, that is only 8-9 and 6-6 in the conference, WAS would win the tiebreaker. The Cincy loss to SF really killed the realistic Bears chances (to go 4-1 in the last 5).

He compliments Mooney very well and would give Fields a big body WR that is also fast.

Cooper would have $6M in dead money, Prescott has $77M in dead money (WOW). So he is not going anywhere until at least 2025. So they could cut Cooper, which would give them $16M in cap space back, but since they are over by $12M, that would give them just enough to sign their rookie pool but would literally have 20+ on minimum deals to fill out their roster.

It should but there is a chance it won't. The logical move it fire both, then bring in a new GM to hire a new coach. That is why they need to do it before the 2 week window, so they have enough time to interview and hire a new GM, and that GM can take advantage of the 2 week period for interviews. Otherwise, keeping him after Nagy is gone is wasted time if he is going to also be fired.

I agree, a ton of opportunities and money for that group that didn't exist 20 years ago. When I grew up, it was trade school, you needed to have some kind of tangible skill (carpenter, plumber, electrician, auto, etc) or go into the military, police, or fire.

Cowboys are $12M over the cap already for next year. Cooper is $22M, Elliott is $18M, no way they can afford to sign Gallup. An interesting note, GB and MIN are both over the cap for 2022 already. Cousins $45M against the cap, all would be dead money, immovable. All they can do is restructure and kick dead money down the road. Danielle Hunter making $26M, so between the two, they account for $71M against the Vikings cap for 2022, lol! The Packers are worse, Rodgers is $46M, Za'Darius Smith is $28M, Bakhtiari is $23M, and Kenny Clark is $21M, that's $118M for 4 players, they have $90M left for their remaining roster, lol! They clearly went all in this year and I am assuming know Rodgers won't be back. They can't even sign Adams if they wanted to. Rodgers is going to cost $26M to not be on the roster. So either way, they would have to free up something like $70M to get under the cap and sign Adams to a new deal. That ain't happening.

Does anyone follow, listen to or watch anything from Barstool Sports? I have seen a few things, mainly Big Cat who is a Bears fan, seems like a funny guy. Well, Pat McAfee, former Indy Punter, just signed a $30M a year deal with FanDuel leaving Barstool Sports. First off, that is more than he made in his entire NFL career (which is mind-boggling). Secondly, I can't imagine what ESPN and other networks are paying terrible QBs as analysts (Dan Orlovsky, etc). Besides McAfee, the only other personality of interest in Barstool is Big Cat. I can't imagine he is making anywhere near that much because the entire company is only valued at $200-$400M nowadays, which is just a valuation, and not necessarily gross profits. Barstool with McAfee was valued at $450M when Penn bought an equity chunk of Barstool in September. Since that purchase, Penn stock has tanked almost 50%, and that was before this news. Since the value of Penn shrunk, so does the value of Barstool, now down to probably around $250M or less, but that was with McAfee. I can't imagine what it will be without him. If Big Cat jumps ship, which he should, that would be pretty comical because Portnoy, the Barstool owner, is a big douchebag lol. This is what he had to say about the McAfee deal after the news broke: It seems pretty funny because all the panicked Penn stock owners, mostly Barstool followers, believe that this is a great deal for Barstool because it shows the value in sports betting....... yet McAfee is going to a direct competitor to advertise specifically for FanDuel. That's like saying The Rock in an ad for Ford F150 is good for Chevy Silverado. That is not how that works.

Trade is the only viable option other than resigning him because if you just let him walk, there is no guarantee of compensation.

I agree, we need WR, CB, C, and S. The next tier for me is ILB, DL, and more OL.

With Fields on his rookie deal, you can lock someone like Monty up easier. To me I am leaning towards extending him as long as he doesn't want top money. If he wants that you let him walk. If he is willing to take only top 10 money, I think they have the money for that. Especially once some of these bigger deals fall off after 2022.

Hicks out for SNF, no way the Bears resign him next year. Too many missed games.

Looks like ARob and Hicks might be back as well. This would be a good time for ARob to have a game. He is long overdue and can't be this bad. Hicks in the middle will help against Dillon.

He does and Mustipher actually played better last year, watch the tape. I don't know if he is dealing with an injury or something, or if he was playing on pure adrenaline last year but he was stronger at the point of attack, made fewer mistakes with the snap, and didn't get blown back into the backfield as much last year. Great story and Olin trains with him, so I understand he wants to help the kid out, but if that is the case, it is clear to see what he needs to work on.

AG, I have watched a lot of tape. Mustipher gets manhandled by most interior DLinemen. To Mustipher's credit, he has played some elite opponents, but there are plays where he just falls down. Maybe if he worked on his footwork and added some strength, he could be a viable long term solution, but if we are trying to put the best 5 in front of Fields going forward, that is not Mustipher. Great story, UDFA to NFL starter, but we need more consistency out of that position. I am sure every offensive player will improve once they are not playing in a Nagy-stained scheme. Even Mustipher. If we know Mustipher struggles with certain things, do things that limit that exposure. It is not hard. The Bears just run plays to run them. What I do is make a chart of all the 22 starters on offense and defense, add a few rotation pieces as key contributors, and add a few ST guys to come up with your top 30. Then you find the weakest guys of that group and target their replacements in the draft and FA. To me, Mustipher is in the bottom 5 of that top 30 if you consider positional importance to the offense (he touches the ball on every play and needs to be able to read the defense as good as the QB) and performance. WR1 and CB2 are higher than C, but I would put C in the next tier of needs with S and ILB.

Payton got it to work with Winston and Hill, so I can't imagine what he could do with Fields. I wouldn't mind Frazier, at least we know the defense would go back to tackling. The OC would be the biggest question mark there though, who does he bring in.

Does anyone remember Dave Ragone? He was supposedly the pass game coordinator or something along those lines. One of the problems with the Bears is the play design. It is horrible, has zero flow and does not put the players in the best position based on their strengths. Regardless of HC or Coordinators, we need someone to bring in a scheme and play calls that stress the defense and use the player's strengths.

It is boring. Watch the All-22 if you have access. Nothing feeds off each other, nothing stresses or confuses the defense. Even with Mitch and when ARob was making a ton of catches. He wasn't really open and the play only worked because he was between the QB and the defender, caught the ball, and hit the ground. The Bears have a lot of mismatches and rarely use them. Half the time the motion telegraphs the play or leads more defenders to where the ball is going. They have so much speed yet they don't use it. They have mismatches at TE and RB, never used. They got rid of CPat and he is one of the best playmakers in the league.

Bears by 20!

Bears by 20!

The Bears were trailing the Packers 17-14 a few weeks ago with refs aiding the Packers throughout the game. The Packers are 9-3 but are 2-2 in their last 4 games. In their last two their defense has been terrible, allowing 34 pts to the Vikings (who beat the Packers and lost to the Lions lol), and 28 to the Rams. The Packers are favored by 12.5, but I feel like this one will be decided by 10 or less. Rodgers has some sort of toe issue and it is going to be 33 degrees on Sunday Night. If you have ever had a toe issue, a cold cleat is probably the worst thing for it. To me if Fields plays, the Bears have a chance at an upset. If Dalton or Foles play, they lose by double digits.

Everyone points to the solid young core the team has. So if that is the case, Pace is doing his job and most of the issues are on coaching. I am torn on Pace because you have to give him credit on moves he gets right but also blame on the ones he gets wrong. It is crazy to think the Bears had only 1x 1st, no 3rd or 4th Round picks the last two years and ended up with Fields, Jenkins, Kmet, Johnson, Gipson, Borom, Vildor, and Mooney in the first 5 rounds. Herbert was a 6th Rounder! So if you count Herbert, out of the 9 first picks in the last two years, Pace got 8 major contributors. Kmet probably drafted too high, but got steals in Borom (5th), Mooney (5th), and Herbert (6th) to compensate for the reach on Kmet. Johnson and Jenkins in the 2nd were also seen as great value picks. The worst picks recently have been Ridley (4th), Miller (2nd), Iyiegbuniwe (4th), and Shaheen (2nd). Nichols was a 5th, Jackson and Cohen in the 4th, and even going way back Amos and Howard were 5th Rounders. Pace should only be allowed to pick in the 5th round. Even Jordan Morgan, who is no longer on the team ended up being a decent Guard from the 5th. So Vildor is his worst 5th Round pick, and he should be a backup CB, not a starter anyway. Really impressive track record in the 5th. Pace also should not be allowed to draft WRs, outside of Mooney, he has picked Newsome, Ridley, Miller, Wims, Braverman, and White. That is horrendous. The guys he passed on for those dudes are insane. Especially Miller and White. I feel like the problem with this team is mainly coaching and scheme. Nagy's system is Pop Warner level crap. It has been dissected ad nauseam. Hitch and Stick Routes, 8 yards deep for all receivers, rinse and repeat. They need to clean house with the coaching staff, that includes Desai. That way players like Jackson will be held accountable for their lack of production. I don't care what your contract is, if you play like crap, you are riding pine. On coaching, it pains me to see Brandon Staley in LA. They could've promoted him within but instead let him go to the Rams in 2020. If they did promote him, he could've slid into the HC position after Nagy.

I know, I read that, but I just don't see it on the tape. Olin keeps saying "who do you replace him with". Mustipher trains with Olin, so he is too close to the situation to properly evaluate. I constantly see Mustipher getting pushed back into the backfield on runs and pass plays. Most runs up the middle are disrupted by his ass. The QBs have to avoid Mustipher's backside more than any defender. Then you have the snaps into his crotch. He must have short arms and has a hard time wiping because he hits himself with the ball once or twice a game. The assessment reminds me of what McCaskey said about the team last offseason. He named all the things wrong with the team, then said outside of those, we have a great team, lol. So outside of being pushed back into the backfield on every play, fumbling the snap a few times a game, Mustipher is a great Center.

If you don't get a Center, then you have to get another G anyway. As for WR, Mooney is the only WR under contract next year. We have to draft a WR early. Maybe not in the 2nd, but in the 3rd for sure. I am thinking CB then WR would be great. Get a bookend corner to go with Johnson, then add a WR to go with Mooney. Add a couple of vets to fill out the WR room.

Cracked ribs take about 6 weeks to heal. If they are not going to play him now, they might as well put him on IR for the remainder of the season. I almost think they are just going to keep calling it day to day/week to week for the rest of the season. I could be wrong and that would suck, but I wouldn't put it past them at this point.