Payton34Sayers40
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No fans.
No fans. No boos. No expectations from anyone in the arena other than his teammates who are pulling for him and will never boo him.
Basically, the games more closely resemble a practice.... because of the lack of fans.
For a mentally weak quarterback, who even his own head coach has said "has finally gotten mentally out of his own way". This is a problem. Because this is a false equivalency. You cannot compare what he is doing now to what he did before because this is an artificial environment if you will -- a bubble of sorts.
He is now insulted from boos. Sort of like the Halas Hall tv's being turned off so that he does not ever have to hear anything negative.
What happens to him when fans start booing him again? What happens to him when fans are let back into the arena and he plays in front the rabid Chicago Bear fan base that will boo him when he screws up?
The risk is too great. He has shown that in "real" football environments with fans and all, he is a mental cream puff. The Bears cannot afford to take that risk and resign him. Also -- last point -- is he has improved against weak defensive teams - teams without their usual starters and teams toward the bottom of the rankings as far as defense goes. Not a quality defense to be found. Again, more evidence as to why we can't franchise this guy.
Listen, I hope that I am wrong and the guy leads us to a Super Bowl. We are so close now I can taste it so I am pulling for him. But short of a great run by Trubs (winning multiple games) in the playoffs against quality defenses when the pressure is on, I think we have to move on from him and draft our franchise quarterback this year.
No fans. No boos. No expectations from anyone in the arena other than his teammates who are pulling for him and will never boo him.
Basically, the games more closely resemble a practice.... because of the lack of fans.
For a mentally weak quarterback, who even his own head coach has said "has finally gotten mentally out of his own way". This is a problem. Because this is a false equivalency. You cannot compare what he is doing now to what he did before because this is an artificial environment if you will -- a bubble of sorts.
He is now insulted from boos. Sort of like the Halas Hall tv's being turned off so that he does not ever have to hear anything negative.
What happens to him when fans start booing him again? What happens to him when fans are let back into the arena and he plays in front the rabid Chicago Bear fan base that will boo him when he screws up?
The risk is too great. He has shown that in "real" football environments with fans and all, he is a mental cream puff. The Bears cannot afford to take that risk and resign him. Also -- last point -- is he has improved against weak defensive teams - teams without their usual starters and teams toward the bottom of the rankings as far as defense goes. Not a quality defense to be found. Again, more evidence as to why we can't franchise this guy.
Listen, I hope that I am wrong and the guy leads us to a Super Bowl. We are so close now I can taste it so I am pulling for him. But short of a great run by Trubs (winning multiple games) in the playoffs against quality defenses when the pressure is on, I think we have to move on from him and draft our franchise quarterback this year.