How Bout Dem Bears?

Yeah even with that complete nonsense roughness call to give them a shot at an underserved touchdown they still were able to shut him out. That was the best defensive performance we've had all year, hopefully they can keep it going. Offense will find a way if they do.

I do wonder sometimes what all these ex cowboys have against us. Aikman and Garrett seem physically incapable of ever giving us any credit for anything. Did we interview Garrett for head coach at some point?

Time for every bears fans favorite quarter

Can't believe they waited until fourth down to try a pass.

Wow, some throw that by Williams! 17-17

Shocking decision to go for such a big play when you only needed eight yards and had the downs, and all you need is a field goal. Crazy.

DJ has been half assing routes when he's not the first read for 3 years and him half assing it on that deep crosser that was intercepted might fittingly be his last snap as a Bear if they can find a trade partner. No way Ben Johnson will put up with that.

That season might go down as my favourite when I look back at it later on. Absolute cinema most weeks and hopefully this is just the start.

Absolute joke we weren't given those two 3rd round comp picks for Cunningham getting the Falcons GM job.

Rooney Rule says you're supposed to get two 3rds when someone is hired to be another team's GM. The league's view here is that it doesn't apply because he's not going to be their "primary football executive" as GMs tend to be. The league says Matt Ryan will be the Falcons' primary football executive in his role as head of football operations.

That's despite Ryan saying stuff like this:

The general manager role is going to be exactly the same as what it's been here before," Ryan said. "That's something we've made clear to everybody on the coaching side that we've met with up until this point, and we'll make clear through that process to the general managers that we're going to look at in that process as well."

“Ian is driving this boat and he is the one that’s leading us moving forward,” Ryan explained last week. “…Ian is incredibly competent and qualified and he’s awesome,” Ryan added. “Looking forward to watching him do his thing… I also understand my responsibility is to be there to help out Ian where I can. Maybe that’s offering a different lens, offering a different perspective, but this is Ian’s regular season right now. He is in it and he is driving the ship for us.”

We were screwed basically, as Mike Florio pointed out a few weeks ago comparing it to a previous case:

Here’s where it gets confusing. When the Falcons hired Fontenot to be the G.M. in 2022, the Saints (Fontenot’s former employer) received the compensatory picks. But Rich McKay was the team president and CEO — and as of 2022 he was involved in football operations.