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You've got your answer. Go away.
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Keep losing boys, just calm Justin down, he does not have to kill himself this year. He should concentrate on his passing these next few weeks and run sparingly, we need him for next year and the year after....etc...
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sidenote: I'd rather watch the 2022 Bears than the 2014 Bears when they were omgstacked on offense. which one of you fucks is with me?
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I'm saying that before the Lioms game our playoff chances were still alive, albeit slim, and therefore winning in the short term took precedence. You play the best players and approach the game with the strategy that give you the best chance to win.
Now that our playoff chances are officially 1% you prioritize long term development over winning. You make decisions that are best for the longterm growth of your team. Winning still has some importance, but not the utmost. You still are not trying to actively tank.
Priorities:
1. Youth development and evaluation
2. Build player chemistry.
3. Experimentation of different plays/strategies to use next season.
4. Winning
5. Tanking for draft position.
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I don't understand. We ARE NOT a wild card team is the point. You have to have a broken cerebral cortex to think otherwise, so...what are you saying?
We are who we are. A team with a QB who might or might not be the answer but who, for the first time, is showing some special traits on the field while also showing some concerning ones which is on brand for any 2nd year QB (he's got to be more accurate and figure out things faster, that's for sure and we are all praying he can evolve). And we have a defense which can't put ANY kind of pressure on the opposing QB and will get shredded by any offense in the NFL.
So you are saying that we still should be hoping this team gets incredibly lucky and somehow finds a way to win enough games this year to make the playoffs and then get their asses kicked? And then we are in better shape because we'll know more about this team versus us not getting into the playoffs?
No offense, but how's your cerebral cortex doing these days?
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Its not that I thought the Bears were actually going to be a really good football team, but moreso that they would exceed the 3 win/bottom 5 expectations. I thought 8-9 wins were very possible and that it wouldn't take much to win with our soft schedule. Previous seasons we took care of teams like the Commanders, Giants, Lions, Falcons, Jets, Texans. So far we are 1-3 against those teams
My biggest whiff was that I thought Bears would be able to find at least one decent receiver from the assortment of guys they brought in. I thought a new scheme, playcaller, and improved Fields would make the difference in the passing game and we would be able to fill the void of Arob considering he did have a down year. But nope, the receivers have been dreadful.
Fields is putting it together, but now is too late because we didn't provide him with decent receiving help in the RZ gainst the Giants/Commanders, proceeded to lose, and then felt the need to be sellers at the trade deadline.
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No read the title of my post. The Lions loss was the dagger to the season. Our playoff chances are officially, mathematically, near dead. They are at 1%. Contrary to Madden philosophy, teams do try and win football ganes in hope of making the playoffs. They don't just show up and say, nope we aren't good enough to be a wildcard team, let's not try and win. They try to win, and with the schedule we had I thought it was entirely possible to win 8-9 games and be a WC team.
Additionally, It would have been nice to make the playoffs, because it means you won games when the pressure was on to win. You had guys step up and make winning plays when it mattered. For us, it would mean we are ahead of schedule and young guys were playing above expectations. That's what I was hoping and cheering for.
Losing means you aren't as good as the other team. You didn't make winning plays. Your players did not play up to expectations or were in line with low standards. I prefer this to not be the case even if it means we get a higher draft pick.
Did I simplify that down enough for you to understand?
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Simply put, playoff teams are better than nonplayoff teams. But the point I am making is the Bears making the playoffs this season would not mean they’re closer to a super bowl. It would, in fact, be the worst thing for them.
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You want the team to overachieve for some reason. Because this roster, a majority of it, will not be here in the future.
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It's not that I hoped a bunch of bad players would overachieve. It's moreso that I hoped the unknowns on our roster would step up and adequately fill some of our perceived weaknesses given the opportunity to play.
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I think best case scenario they will be backups. better players will be acquired through draft or FA. some players have kind of broken out, so that's a positive. I wouldn't expect much else for this season other than it being purely for evaluating players.
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"At Soldier Field on Sunday, the Bears became the first team in NFL history to score 29 points or more and lose in three straight games. "
This is how bad the defense is
This is how bad the defense is
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I didn't think it was a great take because we were never getting to the playoffs but it's not a bad plan. The Bears need to see who the ballers are and they especially need to see if VJJ belongs.
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They need to know if he's worth using a roster spot for. Pretty small sample size so far.
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use him like Patterson. #profit
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This might be the worst trash talking I've ever seen.
"Haha Justin Fields 8 TDs in the last 2 weeks! What an absolute LOSER OF A QB! LOL!
And the Lions are now in line to NOT draft a QB in 2023! JARED GOFF 4 LIFE!"
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If Poles had an inkling of what Fields could be before the season, known that the NFC was going to suck this year and had kept all of his defensive players, including Mack and Hicks, the Bears might have won a few more games, putting them in the mix for the 3rd wild card spot.
Now, it would be useless for the Bears to actually be in the playoffs because they are not a Super Bowl caliber team, and it was wise to add salary cap space for 2023 and beyond while also getting younger.
Also, Poles is a GM, not a modern-day Nostradamus.