How Bout Dem Bears?

well every time its mentioned that fields is a 6 3, 225 pound player , i think 'oh yeah he is ' his movement is so good but he is so close to getting hammered like in the Washington game

cowboys will be a real test and and there will be 7 point games like 2 weeks ago but the talent is there with fields to build a team around , just look at the car crash the bears left in new england with 2 qbs that both look like there not first choice

That's Mooney catching it right? The funny thing is your post here applies as much to Darnell as it does to Fields: he goes missing at times and really doesn't seem like a number 1 guy, but then the last couple of weeks he has had these phenomenal catches like that one, that are absolute bangers (if OBJ did it Collinsworth would explode). It all feels like we are just in reach of something fantastic, but I can't tell if it's real or not yet.

Losing Quinn was expected, I really don't know why they waited until now. He wasn't having a good season until Monday when he upped things considerably. He was a great Bear and his 2021 season was unforgettable, I hope he gets to win a Superbowl somewhere, he wasn't going to be around Chicago when we are in that conversation.

Anyone see Roquan's response when he heard? He really struggled not to start crying on the podium. That defense is a tight group. I'm worried they might try to ship Smith as well, I really don't like the idea though many have talked about it, he is young and home grown, and he's lighting up the field. He's what we should be building around on that side IMO

roquan smith traded to the ravens

agreed , we had a defense with mack , hicks , smith etc that was shutting teams down and it was ripped apart . massive gamble . its on poles to spend all that money next season wisely

is jackon now the defence leader on his own ?

You'd have to be happy with that, a second is good value for someone of that level who can slot right in (this week!).

As a Dolphin's fan want apologise. Ref won us that. Got away with it.

It was a shocking no call given how they called the Jackson one on Waddle a few minutes previous to that. It's sad how often the refs are influencing games these days.

Fields has had no luck on potential game winning drives so far. Velus fumbling the punt against the Giants, Smith-Marsette getting stripped against the Vikings, the 2 endzone drops against the Commies and now today with the missed PI. Even after that horrible decision he came back for 4th down and threw a perfect ball for St Brown who dropped another one to end the game. Awful.

what a TD fields , wowee

Losing to the Lions (unless we score..) is never fun but I'll take it for the better pick. Fields had that bad pick but he's done some insane stuff too. The 2 TDs with his legs were ridiculous. He's had a ton of time in the pocket at times today which is a nice change, but often doesn't throw. Whether everyone is covered or not remains to be seen.

Refs were also awful. Sanborn was robbed of an INT on that "hands to the face" and it led to a TD.

https://streamable.com/trtork

We were rode rotten by the refs but them's the breaks, we weren't good enough to overcome it and our defense is playing without much intensity or self-belief for understandable reasons. The offense is starting to click more every week, and draft pick notwithstanding it would be nice to knit a few wins together to help build a bit of team spirit. draft bedamned, I want us to win against the Packers.

The playcalling there...oof. Fields was stuggling with a leg injury after getting beat up throughout the game and Getsy starts the 2 minute drill with 2 designed runs? What are you doing? And he injured his shoulder on the first of those. Hopefully it's not badly hurt but he hit the ground hard.

So many positions on this team need fixing but both lines are head and shoulders above the others. Offensively we can't even stop a 4 man pass rush with 7 man protection and defensively we can't stop the run or create any type of pressure. Hard to win with that.

https://twitter.com/IrishBearsShow/status/1594839821905707014?s=20&t=3OpFhv2FMdL6Fu9n2iZ47Q

the team has been losing games with a fully fit fields , don't see the point in risking him against one of the better defences in the NFL that know he has a bad shoulder

I really have to believe that Peterman can outplay Mahomes in training. The only way I can see why he still gets paid. Anyway they decided Siemian isn't badly enough hurt to stick in Peternab,

the passing game is noticeably quicker ........just saying :)

nice to see claypool getting involved so far

Being the leader of the bears defense seems to be a surefire way to get off the team.

Panthers are handling the Broncos too so looks like we'll move up to pick 2 for the week at least.

Eddie J (lisfranc) and Mooney (Ankle) both gone to IR now. The defense barely has anyone left at this point 😅

At this point every fan should be on board for the tank tbh. We just need to lose out and hope both the Rams and Broncos win another game to secure pick 2. The Rams & Broncos still have to play each other, so one of them will get a W there meaning losing out would secure us the 3rd pick at minimum.

But securing pick 2 would be massive. We'd obviously trade it to someone wanting a QB and get at least 3 firsts back. Having multiple 1sts in the 2024 & 2025 draft on top of the cap space we'll have the next few years puts us in a great position to compete as long as Fields works out.

Yeah the defense is going to struggle massively all the way to the end now. I'm hoping that Fields can't play for as long as possible because looking at the way they called it for him when he was playing injured, they could really damage him trying to win games that don't matter. I'd like to see our backup QBs both get a run each week from here on in, and I don't care what the result is. I also think we really need to pick a QB in the draft in the later rounds to serve as a backup to Fields, he plays a style that will always run a high risk of injury and you need someone who can plug into the same offense.

Well...it is the Packers. Draft pick notwithstanding you want to give yourself every hope of winning that.

It's hilarious how Roquan wanted $20m and Poles was like "nah" so he trades him, lets Sanborn slide into the starting lineup and there has been no drop off in production so far.

Obviously he's playing a different position and not as good as Roquan, but he has replaced him as the sideline to sideline tackle machine in the defense and he's doing it for like $800k instead of $20m.

i know we kinda wanted to lose but ffs

I'm not bothered about taking another L to them as long as they don't do something f**king stupid like beating the Vikings backups in week 18 to screw up the draft pick.

Would have been even easier to take the loss if the Broncos hit that FG to win the game at the end there. Still need both them and the Rams to win another game.

Also, we should target Tyler Huntley in FA to backup Fields. He'd be perfect for the job.

We were losing either way but good lord that WR group is bad. 2017 levels of bad.