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Andrew says not so fast! A huge MNF showing gives The Mad Lithuanians the win setting up for a "win and in" scenario for next week. David now needs a win against Ary to clinch 1st or for me to lose against Sully. All games have playoff implications next week. Let the fun begin.

Here is what we are up against. Besides having to win out (highly unlikely, but crazier things have happened), we still need help to make the playoffs. It's not out of the realm of possible after seeing GB stink up the joint on SNF. There is a key matchup between MIN and GB in Week 16. Then MIN plays us Week 17, which might determine who gets into the playoffs. MIN has 3 prime time games (SEA, LAC, and GB). I could see them losing all of them for how bad Cousins plays in prime time. If they do that, Week 17 could be a play in game for WC2. GB just got destroyed, and now has to travel across the country (West coast to East coast after a Sunday Night game) to play a noon game on Sunday. I could see them losing to the Giants, then beating the Redskins at home before our huge game against them in Week 15. Ultimately, we have 5 straight playoff games and two games against teams we are trying to catch. They also play each other, which will give us a chance to make up a game on one of those teams and two on the other. The other game could be made up this week. If we can beat DET, MIN loses in SEA and GB loses in NY, we are now only 2 games back (with a head to head against each and the common game where one of them will lose). That's not that far back, especially if we can cut it to two games with 4 to play. Here are the scenarios: If MIN beats GB: DIV. Bears beat DET, beat DAL, beat GB, beat KC, beat MIN, finish 10-6, 5-1 DIV, 8-4 CONF (winning out is the only option, any loss and the season is over) WC2. Vikings lose to Seattle, beat Lions, lose to Chargers, beat Packers, lose to Bears, finish 10-6, 3-3 DIV, 8-4 CONF OUT. Packers lose to NYG, beat Redskins, lose to Bears, lose to Vikings, beat Lions, finish 10-6, 4-2 DIV, 7-5 CONF If GB beats MIN: DIV. Packers lose to NYG, beat Redskins, lose to Bears, beat Vikings, beat Lions, finish 11-5, 5-1 DIV, 8-4 CONF WC2. Bears beat DET, beat DAL, beat GB, beat KC, beat MIN, finish 10-6, 5-1 DIV, 8-4 CONF (there is an outside shot to get in at 9-7, but MIN would have to lose to SEA, LAC, GB, and CHI and we would win the head-to-head tiebreaker 2-0) OUT. Vikings lose to Seattle, beat Lions, beat Chargers, lose Packers, lose to Bears, finish 10-6, 2-4 DIV, 7-5 CONF Thanksgiving is going to be huge. If we can somehow carve out a win, we are really going to put pressure on the other two teams. We then get a mini-bye before playing DAL at home. DAL also gets a mini-bye, but they have a much tougher opponent in the Bills.

GB got smoked on National TV, and Rodgers ends the game with 104 passing yards. Check out his last 3 games vs Trubisky's last 3 games: Rodgers - 60-97, 61.9%, 498 YDS, 5.1 Y/A, 2 TD, 0 INT, 10 sacks, 1 FL Trubisky - 65-107, 60.7%, 641 YDS, 6.0 Y/A, 5 TD, 3 INT, 8 sacks, 1 Rush TD I can't believe another QB has a worse Y/A than Trubisky has, that is hilarious. GB just got exposed and something is clearly wrong with Rodgers. They go to NY to play the Giants, then at home against the Redskins. If they could somehow split those games, they would then have to play us and MIN. If somehow we won and they lost to MIN, we could be tied going into Week 17, both at 9-6. Obviously we still have to win out to have a chance, but it's still possible.

Yes, A-ARON with 94 yards passing, 58% and 3.0 Y/A. What's crazy is if you look at the last 3 games for Trubisky and Rodgers, you would not know Rodgers is the otherworldly elite QB. The numbers are very close.

We are seriously two or three plays away from being 7-4, and MIN should be 7-4 after that ridiculous win against DEN, down by 20 at half, and DEN completely folded.

Had 43 yards rushing today on 6 carries. Montgomery had 22 yards on 13 carries. I can't believe we lost him for nothing because we didn't bring him up and put Trevathan on IR.

I think they all are going to get another year based on last year's production, unfortunately. However, I think they are going to clean house with some of the coaches, Special Teams (Tabor), gone, Heistand, gone. Furrey, gone, Ragone, gone. They have to clean up the positional coaches as they have the biggest impact on the individual performances of the units. Special Teams is atrocious, our WRs are undisciplined outside of Arob, and our QB has not progressed, so Ragone has to go. Then for the roster, you release or trade Floyd, you resign Kwit, with Trevathan leaving. The only way you bring Trevathan or Prince back is if they take some huge salary cuts. You try to move Burton and Massie for anything, and cut Shaheen. I would try to resign HHCD with a longer deal so the cap hit isn't big next year. He has played way more consistent than Jackson this year and would be a nice security blanket. The only good thing about Jackson's play is the Bears should be able to sign him to a much lower contract than he would've received. I would bring in Bridgewater, Tannehill, Keenum, Mariota or a younger guy like Mullens, McCarron or Cooper Rush to compete with Trubisky.

Yes, GB tonight, LAR on MNF. Hoping for those two teams to lose.

It looks like David and "Run dem Pockets" is going to lock up the 1st seed and a Week 14 bye with a win this week. Congrats! A big win by Kam and "PapaBear" against Brad and "SuperBearsSuperBowl" sets up for what becomes a play-in playoff game in Week 13 between Brad and Andrew. Travis and Adam will be vying for the 2nd seed and a Week 14 bye, while Sully and Kam look to jockey for better seeding. Pending any madness, the standings will look like the following going into the last week of the fantasy regular season: 1. Run dem pockets 9-3* (vs The Bunny - needs win to clinch 1st Seed or Domination Inc loss) 2. Domination Inc 9-3* (vs Cali Bears - needs a win or a loss with 18 more pts than Pepe for 2nd Seed, or a win and Run Dem Pockets loss for 1st seed. 3. Pepe 8-4* (vs El Dragon - needs a win and a Domination Inc loss with 18 more pts than Dom for 2nd Seed) 4. Cali Bears 7-5* (vs Domination Inc - needs a win for 4th seed, loss could drop Cali to 6th based on points for, and a win and loss by Pepe with 36 more pts could give them the 3rd seed) 5. PapaBear 6-6 (vs Nopper - needs a win to clinch a playoff berth, or loss with no less than 30 pts than the loser of SBSB/MadLith game. 6. SuperBearsSuperBowl 6-6 (vs The Mad Lithuanians - needs a win to clinch a playoff berth) 7. The Mad Lithuanians 6-6 (vs SuperBearsSuperBowl - needs a win to clinch playoff berth) * - Clinched Playoff Berth ^ - pts estimate

This week, the Bears need GB, LAR, PHI, and CAR to lose. So far, PHI (5-6) and CAR (5-6) both lost. GB plays SF tonight and LAR plays BAL tomorrow night. If they all lose, the NFC will look like this: NFCN 1. GB 8-3 (@ NYG) 2. MIN 8-3 (@ SEA) 3. CHI 5-6 (@ DET) WC2 1. MIN 8-3 (@ SEA) 2. LAR 6-5 (@ ARZ) 3. CHI 5-6 (@ DET) 4. PHI 5-6 (@ MIA) 5. CAR 5-6 (vs WAS) Our only hope is if MIN loses to SEA, LAR loses to ARZ, and the Bears beat DET next week. That would make it only a 2-game lead for MIN with 4 to play (1 game head to head).

Trubisky ends the game with 25-41, 61%, 278 yards, 6.8 Y/A, 1 TD, 2 INT, 69.0 QB Rating, 1TD Rush. The INT's were awful, but he did have more success down the field. On the 2nd INT, Nagy drew up 4 deep routes with no outlet. Nothing underneath, so Trubisky forced it deep. He still doesn't understand how to throw it out of bounds. The offense had 335 yards of total offense, but only scored 19 pts. The defense allowed another late TD drive that totaled 102 yards. The defense has to clean that up. They also dropped several INTs. Special Teams, outside of one great play by Patterson, has been awful.

You know they are. It's fine. I don't like it, but it is what it is. Wins are hard to come by in the NFL. If they win on Thursday against DET, they will be 6-6 with 4 games to play. I would say 8-8 would be a success, anything less at that point would be a failure IMO.

And the lovely soft defense returns. They have dominated this team all game and have just let the Giants march down the field easily into the Red Zone in the 4th quarter. Can we just close out one game?

The running game is just God awful. RB's are hit behind the LOS every run.

Nagy says "F it" and Trubisky runs in for a TD. Bears going for two.....and an unbelievable sequence occurs, Arob is called for a BS pick away from the play, Bears decided to kick, then get an illegal substitution penalty, then Pineiro misses a 48-yard XP. To his credit, the wind was blowing left to right and he kicked it left, but it never moved an inch right. He needs to just aim and kick dead center. Bears 19-7.

Mack is back, causes a Jones fumble and the offense starts at 1st and Goal.

Trubisky has 250 passing yards (4 from season high), has a season high rushing yards (19), and 7.4 Y/A is only 0.2 from a season high. A 300-yard game and a 2nd TD pass would be a nice finish, and a WIN! Bears up 13-7. I don't like Nagy's play calling near the goal line. He keeps cutting the field in half, which makes it easy for the defense. Keep the entire field open and try to some draws up the middle.

You have to start somewhere I guess. They just need to start putting consecutive scoring drives together.

Holy baby Jesus, a long TD pass to Arob? No penalty? and Pineiro made the XP?

Can anything more go wrong in one game? Now O'Donnell kicks a 13-yard punt, seriously, this is beyond laughable.

We get a 60+ passing play negated by a phantom hands to the face call. We are bad enough without bad officials, but this is ridiculous.

Guess what, another 1st quarter without a score. Shocker.

Braunecker then misses an easy TD catch (he was wide open), then Trubisky throws an INT into the End Zone to kill the drive. This team is just brutal. Ogletree made a better catch in the INT than any of our receivers have made all game.

Based on starting holes or lack of production, we have to address the following positions next year: 3x FA Holes: CB (Prince), S (HHCD), ILB (Trevathan) 3x Performance Holes: TE (Sharton), T (Masso), G (Danward) That would be our 6 picks in the first 5 rounds. Then you can use a 6th on Kicker. Unless someone falls, I don't see the Bears drafting a QB. I heard an interesting thing on the Hoge and Jahns Podcast. What about signing Clayton Thorson off the Dallas PS? We would have to bring him to the 53-man roster, but he would cost the team nothing. He was a 5th round pick in 2019, played 4 seasons at Northwestern, is a local kid out of Wheaton, so he can play in some bad weather. Unfortunately, like any guy on a PS, he is not without flaws (some very similar to Trubisky), but if Nagy thought he could fix Trubisky, maybe he can fix Thorson? What do we have to lose? If not him, I would really consider this option. You can get a young guy with zero risk. If he doesn't work out, you lose nothing.

Right now the Bears are tied for the 12th worst team in the league with CLE and JAX (oh joy). Since we have the toughest SOS, we get the lesser pick (14th) in the first (to OAK) and then the 13th pick in the 2nd, and the 12th pick in the 3rd (to OAK). If the season ended today, we would have the 45th pick in the 2nd round and somewhere around the 52nd pick from the Raiders. Without 3rd and 5th Round picks, the Bears almost have to use one of those to trade down. I would rather use the second one and do something like this: 1. Select #45 2. Trade #52 (OAK) for #60 + late 4th + late 5th 3. Select #60 (from trade) 4. Trade late 4th and Eagles 6th to move up in the 4th 5. Select mid-4th (from trade) 6. Select 4th Round Comp (Amos) 7. Select 5th Round 8. Select 5th Round (from trade) 9. Select 6th Round 10. Select 7th Round This scenario would give us 6 picks in rounds 2-5, where Pace has better success.