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Oh man geez, yes he is.

Eddie Jackson with a pick-6 but its called back because they said Fuller got there too early, yet ARob is mugged from behind and there is no call. That's 10 pts taken off the board.

Eddie Jackson forces a fumble, but then Foles throws a pick on the next play. Terrible throw, the exact thing Trubisky does. Just throw the ball away!

Wow, Santos hits a 55-yarder (would've been good from 60) right down the center to give the Bears a 13-6 lead going into the half. The Bears get the ball first to start the 2nd half.

The refs did everything they could to gift the Panthers a TD and the defense held again. Great stand to only allow a FG after 8 free plays.

Refs keeping the Panthers in it. No DPI against ARob, but that hit by Fuller is a penalty? It's football, the dude lowered his head, if anything it's an offensive penalty for leading with the helmet, what is Fuller supposed to do there? I am sick of these officials.

Bears have a great sustained drive, then ARob gets interferred with from behind at the 1 but no call. That is one I see called every game, but apparently not for the Bears. They settle for a FG 10-3.

Miller is such a disappointment. How can you flash crazy skills then just disappear. He had the first down just by lunging forward, but instead bouncing backwards and they are forced to punt. Ugh.

Yeah for sure. Leno needs to go. He has been terrible since signing that big contract. Coward has actually played decent for switching from the right side. Supposedly this is not easy (compared to skateboarding with the opposite foot forward).

Great first defensive drive, pressure and then an INT which leads to an easy TD drive and Kmet's first TD catch. On the 2nd drive, the Panthers move down the field easily with these deep slants that seem wide open. However, the defense tightens up and forces a FG after 1st and Goal. That was a great stop. Bears up 7-3 early. Now let's see how the offense responds with a normal drive.

Pix, I agree, the odds of hitting on a rookie seems higher than trying to resurrect a journeyman who has failed elsewhere. Before Trubisky, the last 3 QBs drafted were David Fales (6th) in 2014, Nathan Enderle (5th) in 2011, and Dan LeFevour (6th) in 2010. Enderle is a funny one, they passed on Tyrod Taylor, Charles Clay (TE) and Pernell McPhee, who all went within 20 picks after Enderle.

Darnold is much better than both of them.

Kawann Short, DT out for the year, a huge blow for an already weak rushing defense. Another reason why we should be able to get the running game going on Sunday.

Yep, worst or close to worst in the league, depending on the metric used. If we can't run the ball against them, you might as well pass 50 times a game for the remainder of the season.

You should be able to put him in the IR spot, and yes, unfortunately, you have to keep him on your roster. For eligible keepers, you have to draft them and they have to be on your final roster.

My bad, yeah, I would like to see what Miller can do. He carries way less drama and baggage. The only unknown I guess is Miller's health.

Miller is 26 and in his 4th year, he is who he is. At best a WR2, but more than likely a WR3. He shows flashes but lacks consistency. He is not a WR1 for sure. ARob is 27, just a year older than Miller, but look at the career production. ARob's best year is better than Miller's entire career.

He would not cost much since he is already getting paid a ton by the Jets. I would assume it would be only a 1 year deal for the remainder of this year.

This is a pretty big game as we are directly competing with Carolina for a potential wild card spot. If the season ended today, we would be WC2 behind LAR. There are 3 teams at 3-2, TB (we have tiebreaker), CAR and ARZ. NO is 3-2 but is a division leader. The Rams are playing SF, Arizona is playing Dallas, and TB is playing GB. So we have a chance to pad our playoff status with a win but a loss could put us outside looking in at 4-2, which would suck. 62% of the bets coming in are taking the Bears +2.5. I know that doesn't mean much, but there is more confidence out there, at least among bettors.

It's amazing how close their career arcs have been: - Both were stuck behind QBs in college who didn't make it to the NFL - Both only had one year as a true starter - Both had big years, though Haskins was waaayyy better, their last year before the draft - Both came out of school early - Both were first round draft picks and 1 of 3 QBs taken in that round - Both ended up starting games their rookie years - Both were benched for vets I don't know, college is such a different game that if you went solely off college stats, guys like Kevin Kolb and Colt McCoy would be All-Pro NFL QBs. To me he has similar traits as Trubisky, athletic but can't read a defense to save his life. That scares me about him, especially after dealing with Trubisky for so many years hoping that this year would be the year he graduates to 201.

Compared to other young Head Coaches: SF 19-18 (Shanahan) PHI 19-17-1 (Pederson) LAR 26-11 (McVay) Only McVay has a better record since 2018.

I agree, the Lions ownership is very loyal and they have given him several passes (Stafford injury, etc). However, I can see him being another HC firing in the next couple of weeks if they don't improve. It's crazy to think the Lions are 2-15 in their last 17 games with their biggest win being 5 pts. They are not far removed from their 0-16 season either.

The Bears started -3, but the line quickly moved to -2.5. I bet there is a lot of money pouring in on the Bears and the line may even be less by gametime. I am pissed I missed -3. The Bears are road dogs against a team without their star player in McCaffrey. Mike Davis has filled in nicely and they have had a balanced attack with him as the RB. Bridgewater looks solid but they are limited to Anderson, Moore, Samuel, and Davis for all their offense. Davis has 21 receptions and 30 targets in 4 games. If the Bears can slow him down and take away some of those dump-offs, the Panthers will be one dimensional and that will favor our defense. The Panthers are 3-0 when they allow 21 or less. The Bears are 4-0 when they score 17 or more. So this is going to be another close game. I am going with Bears 24-16 with the Bears getting a late FG. Our defense has been stingy on TDs, so I only see CAR getting one with a few FGs. Foles will flip the switch and get 3 TDs and 1 FG. The Panthers only have 2 sacks and their D-Line is not elite like we have seen the last few weeks. This favors the Bears. Their best players on defense are Chinn (rookie Safety that we should have), Shaq Thompson (LB) and Donte Jackson (CB). Against ATL, they scored 20 straight pts in basically a quarter of play before the half, then just held ATL to 3 FGs in the 2nd half. Robinson should have a big day as Calvin Ridley had 8-136 and Gurley had 14-121 on the ground. So expect a very strong day from Montgomery. The more I look at this game, I feel like the only way we lose if we have multiple turnovers or a ton of penalties. Will Lamar Miller be activated for this game?

Prescott is on the franchise tag this year and they have enough cap space to add him for the remainder of the year. For us that would give us guaranteed compensation for him vs losing him as a UFA and getting nothing if we sign other FAs and lose the comp pick. I would take a 4th for him right now if someone called. I don't see us getting more than a 6th in a comp pick for him if we don't sign anyone new next offseason.

Since Matt Nagy took over in 2018, this is the combined regular-season records of the NFC North with the Division record in parentheses: 1. CHI 24-13 (10-3) 2. GB 23-12-1 (9-4-1) 3. MIN 19-16-1 (5-7-1) 4. DET 10-25-1 (2-12) I was actually pretty shocked to see that the Bears had the best record (most wins) and the best record in the division. I was also shocked to see Minnesota near .500 and with a losing record in the division. It just doesn't feel that way.