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McCaffery & Pearson

LOL, I was about to predict a 100 point game. Hopefully we win 52 to 48 😉

First Burden, Now Loveland. Two well discussed draft picks who are proving they are building blocks for this team going forward.

GO LUTHER!

Well, SF figured out they can run against us. Didn't need AI to figure that out.

Slow out of the gate. Instead of run, run, run, it was pass, pass, pass. Let's hope that changes on the next possession.

Caleb & Co. better have their track shoes on.

The 49ers made that look too easy.

What a way to begin a game! Pick 6!

If the Bears win X2, would SF rest starters and allow Seattle to have the #1 seed? Would that be to their advantage? Or would they prefer the Bears have the #1 seed and vie for seeding position with Seattle? I find it hard to believe they would want Seattle to have the #1 seed.

BFPHX, Stinger, time to put this one to rest. You both have expressed your disagreement &/or misunderstanding several times without resolution. There is no need to continue. It will just lead to a heated exchange that disrupts other forum members. You have both been doing great, keeping things civil and avoiding conflicts. We have an exciting time ahead of us with the Bears finally back in the playoffs. Let's enjoy the moment. Don't even reply to this post. Just walk away and leave it behind. Thanks.

Crosby has 10 sacks this year. Sweat has 9.5. Crosby only had 7.5 sacks last year. He's a damn good player, but he seems to get injured a lot. I don't think I would feel as good about investing in him as you guys do. If I'm going to trade players to open cap space and give up draft picks, it would be for Trey Hendrickson or Garret, not Crosby.

Thanks. So we will need opponents of SEA this week or next to give us a little help. Odds are not great for the Bears to get the #1 seed, but then again, the odds before the season began for the Bears to have achieved what we have so far were probably far greater.

I know it's been said before, but help me out so I don't have to sort through all the posts to find it. What has to happen for the Bears to take the #1 seed? If we go 13-4, do we clinch it, or would we still need help? For the Bears to have a 1st round bye week to heal and prepare would be awesome.

You bet it was. But remember, teams can take cheap shots at Bear players. Open season. I noticed after the hit that DJ was holding a hand behind his back when he lined up for the play, obviously in a great deal of pain. The guy is tough. He plays through injuries when others would sit. We need to keep guys like this on our team.

I'm sure Detroit will have plenty of motivation. Question: If they win out, and GB drops their next two, doesn't that give them 2nd place in the NFCN? If yes, does that put Detroit in as #7 seed?

Wow, I asked a simple question, assuming everyone agreed with me that it was DPI, and wondered if the refs should have flagged it, even though DJ somehow managed to catch the pass. (How he was even able to see the ball with the defender's hands in front of his facemask amazes me.) My assumption was obviously wrong. Not everyone agrees that it was DPI. Which only proves how difficult it is for refs to make the call, unless the action is so blatant it doesn't need to be subjective. The only indisputable fact is that DJ caught the pass, scored a TD, and the Bears won. That is all that matters.

Big difference from when we would only get one or two players make it, quite often as a substitute. Let's hope all of them make it and have to take a pass because they will be preparing to play in the Super Bowl. 😉

Same here. Heck, my gut reaction was it was an incomplete pass. Then I saw the celebration and refs indicating a TD. Surprised they didn't do a replay. Guess they were able to see it was clearly a TD.

Wild game, OPI wipes out go-ahead walk-off TD, and PIT wins. We are, as you announced, a playoff team!

I can't believe I will be pulling for A. Rodgers to have a great game to defeat Detroit. Good grief, how low can I go?

That was my thinking. He wasn't playing the ball; he was reacting to DJ's reaching for it. The defender not only made major contact before the ball arrived, but also had his hands in DJ's face (at first I thought it was grabbing the face mask, but then, on watching it again, he was covering it with his hands). I am certainly not as well-versed in these manners as Mongo, but to me it was a DPI. I guess it is a good thing I am not a ref. LOL

Didn't you think that was a DPI?

Question. If DJ didn't catch the winning TD in the endzone, would the refs have called DPI against the Packer player draped over his back before the ball even arrived? My guess is that, given how the refs have disrespected the Bears pretty much all season, it would have been a no-call.

Green Bay plays Baltimore next week (with Love?), which is certainly not an easy task, and then travels to Minnesota for the final week. The GBP vs MIN rivalry is strong, and you never know what will happen in divisional matchups. Hell, it's possible GB tanks the remainder of the season.