Would you really be that surprised if we made the playoffs this year?

[didshereallysaythat]

WTH?

We were talking about progressive improvement, and it's debatable who was in a worse position when, your the one who is using the w-l record as the measuring stick, remember?

Long story short, your argument is severely flawed, let it rest already.

You, like everyone else missed the point that it is extremely common for teams to make the jump in one year from a bad team to the playoffs RATHER than a methodical and linear progression for 3-5 years.

 

[CuttyDoesIt6]

Would I be shocked if we made the playoffs? Maybe a little.

Am I expecting them to make the playoffs? Not at all.

The schedule is a nightmare, and it's almost certain that they will start off the season with a horrible record. When you start off bad, some teams tend to pack it in and get ready for the offseason. Am I saying the 2015-2016 Bears will do this? No, just something to think about.


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[PeterMbangala]

I was just listening to the Fangio presser and that actually further dampened my expectations for this season. Even said fom the other holes in our team and the insanely tough schedule. We've hot no chance of making the playoffs this year.

 

[Toast88]

It's not impossible for us to make the playoffs, or even win the superbowl next year. But the odds are against us. The problem is, we have a bunch of mediocre/bad players with big contracts, which handicapped us this year in free agency. As a result, we have more holes and less depth than most other teams. Add to that switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4, and as far as personnel, we are near the bottom of the distribution. That's not to say we can't turn this around next year, when said players can be released with minimal cap penalties.

If we do make the playoffs, that will be a testament to our coaching staff. And I think we have a good one. But maybe temper your expectations. Next year we will be more likely to succeed.

Indeed, that is quite a problem

 

[nc0gnet0]

You, like everyone else missed the point that it is extremely common for teams to make the jump in one year from a bad team to the playoffs RATHER than a methodical and linear progression for 3-5 years.

Really? Tell me just exactly what I did not answer that you asked here:

I want someone that thinks we are headed in the right direction but still not capable of competing to find me examples of teams that methodically improved over the course of 3-5 years in a linear fashion into a contender.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

Really? Tell me just exactly what I did not answer that you asked here:

I want someone that thinks we are headed in the right direction but still not capable of competing to find me examples of teams that methodically improved over the course of 3-5 years in a linear fashion into a contender.

Yep. You did a good job naming the examples.

 

[L GUAPO]

You do realize there are Wild Card teams right?

Exactly. We can grab the last wild card. A couple years ago we were usually in the fight for the last spot. If we don't get decimated by injuries we could fight it out with the likes of AZ and the Eagles.

 

[SERE Bear]

Yes. I see them as a 7-9 to 9-7 team this year so I would be shocked if they manage the 10 or 11 wins needed to make it into the playoffs. I'm not going to eat my laptop if they do but I will be shocked all the same.

 

[SERE Bear]

Exactly. We can grab the last wild card. A couple years ago we were usually in the fight for the last spot. If we don't get decimated by injuries we could fight it out with the likes of AZ and the Eagles.

Both NFC wild cards were 11 win teams this year. I will be shocked if the Bears win 11 games this year.

 

[Breaston Plants]

I've been predicting 8-8 since the draft and I'll ride with that, so yes I would be slightly surprised if we made the playoffs. However, it is possible especially because you never really know how the schedule will shake out, the health of other teams, etc. if manning goes down that Denver game looks more winnable. What if SD is a straight train wreck this year and we mop them on MNF. So on and so forth. It can happen I'm just not banking on it.

 

[Icculus]

Said it in another thread. Bears are winning the Super Bowl. Don't know why we're still fucking with this.

Why is your avatar Chris Barnes?

 

[SlickWilly]

He's not even coaching his own offense, they gave him kubiaks and told him to learn it.

Goddamn you are so stupid and full of shit it's pathetic. Get a life dumbass and stop making shit up.

 

[Desperado34]

Goddamn you are so stupid and full of shit it's pathetic. Get a life dumbass and stop making shit up.

Beautiful

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news...Trestman/19f242c0-5c46-4b0b-90b0-247f3a4b2fce

 

[SlickWilly]

Beautiful

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news...Trestman/19f242c0-5c46-4b0b-90b0-247f3a4b2fce

Just shut up, bud. Just shut up.

Yes, and since it appears your dumb ass can't read, he is not doing Kubiak's playbook just like it is. He's putting his own input into it. You really are fucking stupid ya know that?

 

[MEGATRON]

You, like everyone else missed the point that it is extremely common for teams to make the jump in one year from a bad team to the playoffs RATHER than a methodical and linear progression for 3-5 years.

1998 Rams (4-12)
1999 Rams (13-3) Won the SuperBowl

1997 Falcons (7-9)
1998 Falcons (14-2) Lost SB to Broncos

2002 Panthers (7-9)
2003 Panthers (11-5) Lost SB to Pats

These are some examples of teams that were bad and then went to a SB the following year. There are many more teams that went from worst to first or playoffs. I'm just too lazy to look them up.

 

[Desperado34]

Yes, and since it appears your dumb ass can't read, he is not doing Kubiak's playbook just like it is. He's putting his own input into it. You really are fucking stupid ya know that?

Sir?

 

[theOHIOSTATE!]

I'd be completely shocked and would have to believe some major injuries to G.B. and/or other teams were involved for it to really be feasible.

The meatballs with the lists of people who have had big turn arounds are actually getting laughable at this point.


Bill Gates dropped out of college, became a billionaire!

Lets believe that's probable for most college dropouts shall we.

By linking an average Joe who maybe dropped out of a directional skill with no real world skills with Bill Gates who had a very select and specific skill set and associated business plan bc both were "drop outs" is like linking the Bears and their situation and roster with another teams situation and roster just because they happened to have bad records. Both are idiotic.

 

[theOHIOSTATE!]

1998 Rams (4-12)
1999 Rams (13-3) Won the SuperBowl

1997 Falcons (7-9)
1998 Falcons (14-2) Lost SB to Broncos

2002 Panthers (7-9)
2003 Panthers (11-5) Lost SB to Pats

These are some examples of teams that were bad and then went to a SB the following year. There are many more teams that went from worst to first or playoffs. I'm just too lazy to look them up.

3 teams does not make it commons and none of those are recent. Also, 7-9 isn't that bad of a record in the NFL. In fact many good teams can end up 7-9 after some injuries/bad luck.

Also, please put point differentials up with the records.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

I'd be completely shocked and would have to believe some major injuries to G.B. and/or other teams were involved for it to really be feasible.

The meatballs with the lists of people who have had big turn arounds are actually getting laughable at this point.


Bill Gates dropped out of college, became a billionaire!

Lets believe that's probable for most college dropouts shall we.

By linking an average Joe who maybe dropped out of a directional skill with no real world skills with Bill Gates who had a very select and specific skill set and associated business plan bc both were "drop outs" is like linking the Bears and their situation and roster with another teams situation and roster just because they happened to have bad records. Both are idiotic.

Do you know the probability of the worst team in the NFL winning the superbowl? It is normally 1,000 to 1. Sometimes 5,000 to 1.

The odds of becoming a billionaire are 1 in 785,166.

http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1110/getting-rich-what-are-your-odds.aspx

The odds of the Bears THIS YEAR to win the NFC North are 7-2 according to sportsbetting.com I am not even talking about winning the division. I am talking about making the playoffs.

You are comparing something that is so astronomically low (especially the way Bill Gates did it) to something that literally a team or two will do every fucking year which is surprise and make the playoffs after a bad year.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

To the poster named OHIOSTATE (I will never put the "the" in there because A) no one fucking cares and B) its the stupidest thing in the world)...

Your logic is like saying, it's so hard to win the lottery that you should never fill out an office bracket! To hard to win because no one wins the lottery!