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The only thing I can think of is that they like him around the team. If on IR, there are restrictions. I am assuming that's why they did the same thing with Trevathan for so long.

Yeah, it never made sense to bring him back after the loss after seeing him in so much pain during the GB game. Shut him down and let him get healed up for 2020.

With us locked into the 3rd place slot in the division, the only undecided opponent is the NFC East 3rd place finisher. Right now that is the Giants, but could be the Redskins. Either way, they are fairly the same opponent. The NFC North draws the AFC South and the NFC South in 2020. So if the season ended today, we would only have 2 games against playoff-bound teams (Saints and Texans) outside of our division. Our problem is we will more than likely have 2 teams in our division (and 4 games) against more playoff teams. However, 6 games against playoff teams is not too bad. Here is what it will look like: HOME: NFC North Saints 11-3* Buccaneers 7-7 Texans 9-5* Colts 6-8 Giants 3-11 AWAY: NFC North Panthers 5-9 Falcons 5-9 Rams 8-6 Titans 8-6 Jaguars 5-9 I really like our home games as we get the tougher opponents at home. The two tough road games will be going back out to LA and potentially playing an early-season game in Jacksonville. Outside of that, as long as we get a later bye, this looks like a fair schedule across the board. No excuses.

On Leno, it's easy to see what happened. First, he got overpaid. He was never great to begin with, so I don't know why you give him that big of a pay raise. Second, he got married, which doesn't help since now his time is split with family. Lastly, he has a baby on the way. Also, I just think he got lazy. In this league you have to continually improve and get better. If you just come in and do what you did last year and think you will have the same results, you will be emBearassed.

With another exciting week of fantasy football complete, we are now down to one more week of Fantasy Football in 2019. In the first game, SuperBearsSuperBowl! (5) defeated Run dem pockets (1) 161.28 to 158.44 to send SBSB to their 3rd straight championship game and into a rematch of the 2018 championship game. In the other game, Domination Inc (2) beat PapaBear (6) 199.70 to 171.10, to advance to the championship game and earn a rematch against SuperBearsSuperBowl!. Interestingly enough, the Domination Inc vs. PapaBear semifinal game was also a rematch from last year. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 2 - Domination Inc 10-3 --------------- | |-------------- 1st Place | 5 - SuperBearsSuperBowl! 7-6 ----- 3RD PLACE GAME 1 - Run dem pockets 10-3 ------- | |------- 3rd Place (last money spot) | 6 - PapaBear 6-7 ----------------------

The free agent money is not as big as you think with huge pay jumps numerous players. We literally have to release several guys to get under the cap. We might be able to bring in one or two mid-tier free agents, but I don't see any top dollar guys coming to the Bears unless it is QB (Tannehill or Bridgewater).

As I look up stats, I can't help but notice the similarities between Trubisky and Josh Allen. In their first two seasons they have relatively the same numbers, with Trubisky having the edge in most. Even the teams finished similarly. In the rookie years the Bills won 6 and Bears won 5, in their 2nd years the Bears won 12 and the Bills have 10 with 2 to play. So it will be interesting to see how Allen looks next year compared to Trubisky this year. It almost feels like Trubisky had a sophomore slump in his 3rd year (2nd year in offense). The one major difference is the Offensive Lines, the Bills have a far superior line but the Bears have much better WRs. The last piece is the divisions, the Bears get the Lions twice but Buffalo get Miami and the Jets for 4 games. That's the difference between 9 wins and 11 wins.

My updated priority list is OL, TE, CB. With how bad Prince and Skrine have played, we really have to look at addressing CB. It is not #1, but should be right behind the O-Line and TE.

With the losses, both of our picks moved from 49 and 50 to 46 and 48 (gained 3 and 2 slots respectively). We are now giving up #18 for #46 (that's the equivalent of pick #44 in trade value). The slight improvement in draft slots is equivalent to a late 4th rounder. So I am in the camp of playing some of the bottom roster guys to see what we have, putting injured guys on IR now and calling up some PS guys. If you win with them, great, if not, every loss helps.

After his first 300-yard game of the season, Trubisky now only needs 450 yards to get to a career-high in passing yards with 2 games to play (225 yard average). He is also 8 completions from a career-high but will need 8 TDs if he wants to break his career-high of 24. I doubt he gets the TDs, but the other should be fairly easy to reach. At this point, there not much to play for other than pride (or draft position), KC has clinched a playoff spot and is only playing for seeding. As the #3, they would need some help to get a bye. The Minnesota game may have more value as Minnesota is still in the hunt for the Division and WC seeding. It's crazy to think GB is the #2 seed and tied with Seattle with 11 wins and GB could end up as the #1 seed if GB wins their last 2 and Seattle loses one of their last two.

So the Semifinal round will come down to MNF for both games: In the first game, both teams are projected to have 164 pts (at times within a tenth of a point) with Run Dem Pockets having Jack Doyle to play on Monday. SBSB has the New Orleans defense on MNF and has the remainder of the SNF game to get some pts from James Conner. In the second game, Dom Inc has build a decent lead (thanks to Julio Jones), but PapaBear has the Pittsburgh defense on SNF, then Thomas and Cook on MNF. This one will end up a lot closer than the current projection.

I think we have our WR1 and WR2. We need both locked up for the next 5+ years: Last 4 games Robinson 26-390, 4 TD Miller 27-377, 2 TD

There was also a blatant block in the back on the long kick return. Our player (#53) was pushed straight in the numbers right at the point of attack and no flag. Then you take the Patterson one which could've been a 14 pt swing and the ARob one where the guys has one arm hooked and the other around his back, and the Bears win by 10+. It's frustrating to say that the team needs to fight thru that and win, when GB doesn't have to. On an even officiated game, the Bears win with the same effort.

We just didn't have the mojo this year. In this game, it was the officials getting calls blatantly wrong (Patterson's call was the ballgame, that was potentially a 14-pt swing) to guys slipping all over the field. How about the missed INTs? Kwit had one hit him in both hands. Fuller also missed one at his feet. The O-Line was downright terrible. Coward and Daniels kept getting beat easily and then Leno and Lucas started the revolving door play. If they can rush 4 and drop 7 with 6 DBs, that is tough to throw against. Mitch outplayed Rodgers and gave the team a chance to at least tie. He had some laser throws and some others that were A+ quality. He is still a work in progress, but a 300 yard game in those conditions is pretty good. I can't believe it ended on a series of laterals with Horsted getting tackled and then just throwing it to the ground as he missed a wide-open Robinson to his right who walks in for an easy 6. Unbelievable. Also, on that play, Miller saw the ball on the ground at his feet and actually jumped away from it allowing for an easy recovery for GB. That play was a microcosm of the season. Very chaotic with a bad ending. Our defense played ok, but you never like to see 21 pts and 3 TDs. Prince is a liability and there is no way he is back. Floyd too. He gets manhandled on every play. Mack can't make that amount of money and be held off the stat sheet again. Not even some tackles? That signing is starting to get stale. Hicks played a hell of a game and battled thru injury all game, that was impressive. The O-Line, DBs, and TEs are the top priorities. I like what I saw from Kwit and KPL again, they didn't look overmatched, so if you can bring them back with Roquan, ILB is set. For OLB, we need some fresh blood across from Mack (goodbye Floyd and Lynch). For Safeties, now I am seeing the problem here. HHCD and EJack are too close to the same style player. We need someone who can cover TEs, but also better against the run. I don't think HHCD comes back. For CBs, we need an upgrade across from Fuller, Prince is a liability, I like what I saw from Tolliver but Skrine has returned to his old ways. Skrine cannot guard anyone it seems anymore. I don't know what happened, but between him and Prince, there was always an open receiver. You hate to lose to GB, but making the playoffs was always a long shot, especially after the Vikings wins against Seattle last week and LAC this week. So now we play spoiler, but with us being eliminated, any guys with nagging injuries will probably go on IR. After seeing Hicks in pain today, I would not be surprised if he went back on IR. I would also expect Trevathan to go on IR to bring up another body to take a look at. I would also shelf Gabriel and Prince. Onto the draft, the Raiders also lost so we are basically locked into two picks in the late 40's.

Very cool, enjoy, GO BEARS!!!

The line has slipped to Bears +4, so there is a lot of money on the Bears. With Akiem Hicks back and the way KPL played for Smith. I feel like the Bears have a chance to surprise a lot of people. Most of the national media is picking the Packers, and with the odds, the Bears come in as the underdog, which is something they seem to like. For the weather, it looks like it is going to be in the high to mid-teens and sunny for most of the game. Only a little bit of wind and no snow, so the weather should not play a big factor. Revised score, Bears 27-13.

Yeah, it's really odd that they have not used Trevathan's roster spot. He got injured on November 10th, so tomorrow will be 5 weeks. If we somehow make the playoffs, that would be 8 weeks from the injury. Sunday will be 10 weeks for Hicks, so I am assuming Trevathan's was less serious and they feel he can be back a few weeks before Hicks was?

Lol sorry was looking at the bracket and the team names. Yeah, hard to beat 200+ pts in the playoffs. You would hope 150 is enough to win.

He is a true #1 WR and is only getting better. He is still fairly young, so there is no reason not to lock him up and not have to worry about that position for the next 5-6 years.

A TE that can exploit the seams is our biggest need on offense. Once that has to be defended, other things will open up. Burtheen has been an absolute disaster and their lack of production really hurt the entire offense.

Mongo, and even one of those can be killer from a conditioning and focus standpoint. He had a double whammy on both (no pun intended).

You needed 110 to win, a close game, with a bunch of players underperforming based on their projections.

Onto Round 2, after wins by SBSB and PB: 1-Run Dem Pockets 10-3 --- | |-------------- | 5-SuperBearsSB 7-6 ------- 6-PapaBear 6-7 --------- | |----------------- | 2-Domination Inc 10-3 --

I really don't understand how he doesn't grade out as one of the worst LT's in the league. We are unfortunately stuck with him with that contract. My belief is once he got paid, he got lazy. He is another guy that needs to be benched. One option would be to move him to RT, but we still have Massie's contract to deal with.

Kicking ourselves, I see what you did there.