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I am just praying they can do this beyond the scripted drive. Getsy loses his brain after these first drives.

Wow, Fields looks amazing in these crazy snowy conditions. Moore is insane. TD 1+2=6!

Nate Davis is terrible.

Block in the back on that Bijan run, amazing that wasn't called.

Kmet is going to play, Bears by 11!

Getting a future 1st also hedges with Fields again. Even if the pick is not the #1 again, they could package the two future 1sts to move up if need be and not lose anything. I am hoping the can trade with a terrible team again like WAS or NE who look destined for some tough years coming up.

Sure, I was implying one of the top guys that use that #1 pick. There will be an opportunity to get one of the 2nd or 3rd Tier QBs as long as they can trade out of one of those 1st round picks.

How many other 6 or 7 win teams are needing to announce/leak their coaching status for 2024 with 2 games remaining? Just seems weird to me.

Can someone decipher this from Foreman: This came out right after the Flus news.

Think about it, they just released the video of him walking around the players with all the nicknames. Outside of his ridiculous post game speeches and his pressers, that was the only other time we have seen him interacting with the players. That comes out, then this announcement follows a few days later? Feels slightly staged. Get a positive vibe out about Flus, then leak this info.

Reading the tea leaves, I assume this means they are trading the #1 pick and not taking a QB.

Just odd timing imo. Why now with 2 weeks left?

Yeah, I doubt that report would come out if he is gone or if it is undecided.

Revised after Week 16: Week 17 1. NYG beats LAR 2. PIT beats SEA 3. MIN beats GB Week 18 4. SF beats LAR 5. ARZ beats SEA 6. ATL beats NO

How Bears can win 2 and still pick in the top 10: CHI beats ATL NO beats TB and ATL DEN beats LAC LVR beats DEN GB beats MIN MIN beats DET CHI beats GB CHI at 8-9 picking #10 This would be a pretty crazy outcome if they didn't make the playoffs.

Here are the outcomes and projected draft pick range for the Bears: 6-11 (#7 if TEN wins 1, #8 if TEN loses 2) with Jets at 6 wins, CHI jumps them with 2 losses. 7-10 (#9 if NO or ATL lose 2, #8 if NO and ATL win at least 1 of 2) all 6x 7-8 teams play each other, so 3 of those teams will get to 8 wins. Only NO and or ATL can pass CHI with SoS. 8-9 (#10 to #12), based on SoS, it looks like no 8-win team can drop below CHI, all 6x 7-8 teams play each other, so 3 of those teams will get to 8 wins. Only NO and or ATL can pass CHI with SoS. So it seems at best the Bears can get to #7 with 2 losses and a TEN win, but #8 seems like the most probable outcome if CHI and TEN both lose 2. The most probable outcome is Bears winning 1. That would put them at 7 wins, at worse that slides them to #9 if they win one and the loser of ATL/NO loses their other game. ATL plays CHI. So #8 or #9, odds say #9 here. Then we have 2 wins. That gets the Bears to 8-9, with 3 of the 7 win teams going to 8 makes them all drop. If Bears win 2, that means ATL has to lose at least one, so they drop below the Bears to #9, making #10 the best the Bears can get, and it looks like at worst #12 (unless they make the playoffs). So #7 - #12 is my projected draft range for the Bears pick.

It's definitely something to consider. If they go with a new QB, that guy has to win over the locker room while also replacing Fields, who by all accounts is a great teammate and leader.

A good game tonight, DET at DAL. I am going with DAL at home. Will be a good measuring stick for the Bears as they beat DET and should've beaten them the first time.

Exactly, I jump back and forth between what I want them to do and what I think they will do. I know we are concerned they will do what they always do, but Poles is going to have unprecedented flexibility going into the 2024 draft and offseason. Now one other thing, if you look at PFF grades by team, the Bears are 27th overall according to PFF. So my question to everyone is, are we giving too much credit to Poles because we like some of the players? Like if this roster was as good as some of us think it is, wouldn't the PFF grades be higher? I know that some of the grades are sus, but generally speaking, they are at least in the ballpark, and the grades seem to get better as they average them out over time.

OK cool, thanks. Williams looks like he is the highest rated on PFF with a 86.5 PFF grade (#2 in NFL), but with only 497 snaps. Cushenberry is at 72.0 with 940 snaps, and James is 70.0 with 824 snaps. Those all would be massive upgrades over Patrick at 51.0.

Who is available via FA for Center? I thought it was a weak group.

QB - Fields, WR - 1st Round Pick, Edge - Other 1st Round Pick, S - 2nd Round Pick after trade back, C - 3rd Round Pick QB - Williams/Maye/Daniels, WR - 1st Round Pick, C - 3rd Round Pick, S - Jackson restructured (1/2 the cap hit), Edge - Addressed in FA

It was in his presser the other day. He said it is all part of the offseason evaluation. Which led people to connect the dots. If he was going to be, he would have no issues saying that, but by not saying it or saying they have to assess the situation, leads people to believe that they are moving on from him.

Do they even disclose how long Flus' contract is for? Previously they have been tight lipped about it. I know for Nagy and Pace, there were whispers of extensions but no one really knew.

We probably have seen the last of Mooney in a Bears uniform. I doubt he is going to want to play and risk injury without a contract.