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I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THE LIONS IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In order for Detroit to take what is in their best interest, their entire team has to be willing to lose.
The only way to "tank" in this league is to cut as much talent you can, because these guys play as if their jobs depend on their best performance and as if any injury could end their career. If we beat Detroit, it's because our team outplayed theirs, not because they sabotaged their own chances with intentionally poor play
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Bears also had Jackson, Mooney and Herbert for the first Lions game. Hopefully Fields can put up another 4 TD 300 yard game vs them and still lose.
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No way Campbell tanks a game, nor should he. You can never ask a coach or players to tank its 100% toxic. As GM you do what Poles did, trade vets and be extra cautious with injuries.
I think Flus sees the big picture though, more than a lot of coaches. He fully understands this year is a tryout for next year for these players. That doesn’t mean he is not trying to win, but he won’t sacrifice the chance to develop a young guy for an old vet who gives him a slightly better chance.
Not your same old Bears I have been very impressed with both of them (Poles/Eberflus). They have a realistic outlook, a long term plan, and it makes sense. Will it work out who knows?
I think Flus sees the big picture though, more than a lot of coaches. He fully understands this year is a tryout for next year for these players. That doesn’t mean he is not trying to win, but he won’t sacrifice the chance to develop a young guy for an old vet who gives him a slightly better chance.
Not your same old Bears I have been very impressed with both of them (Poles/Eberflus). They have a realistic outlook, a long term plan, and it makes sense. Will it work out who knows?
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Bears are going to have to get creative to play peterpan weeks 17 & 18
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Detroit is also loaded with picks, and I think they will see the second half of this year as a stepping stone to a legit playoff contender next year. Don't think a couple draft spots for them is worth that loss of momentum.
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If they lose to Minny this week which isn’t a given they will be out of the hunt.
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Depends on WAS, SEA, NYG.
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No Lions talk allowed sir.
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Yes, yes, and yes.
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Right. They're in a nice spot. Let the Rams lose them into a big time pick while they continue to try to build on their success, which is huge for young players. We all like to shit on the Lions, but I wouldn't mind seeing the Bears/Lions be the teams duking it out for the division titles over the Packers/Vikings as it's been for a while.
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Yeah thats a logically consistent train of thought - Herbert had a good season because he had great WRs who were healthy, and then has a bad one when his WRs werent healthy. Not sure what Orlovsky thinks he is getting at here.
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Interesting that he puts the INT on Fields. I disagree with that. Sure, he probably wasn't going to be open either way, but the only reason that was an INT was because that was a shitty route by St. Brown. He took 4 yards to come out of his break. The WR on the other side of the field (Pettis?) is out of his break way before St. Brown. If ESB does that, it's incompletion at best.
Also, on the TD run, the Packers had that played perfectly. They tricked Fields into keeping it, as the DE crashed, but then the safety came up to take QB. Justin was just the better athlete and made him look stupid, then outran the rest of the franchise.
On the deep ball, I feel like the Packers played D under the assumption that the pass rush would get home. Jaire jumped everything short (well he always does), but I think they thought the Bears couldn't protect long enough to give Fields time to go deep.
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Yeah idk how anyone can put the first int on Fields. The route was way too deep and he wasn't even trying out of his break. Like I said, other teams make those plays every week, lazy route.
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