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When Carr was interviewed after the game he said their (his) intent was to win it from the start. But I agree in watching the game it sure looked like LV was good with just letting the clock run out. Have no idea what Staley was thinking. Suppose this just strengthens that rivalry that much more. I said in another thread how amazing a player Herbert is. He had something like 5-6 4th down and longs late in the game and converted every one of them. It was unbelievable.

Justin Herbert is an incredible player.

Olin Kreutz on Twitter = comedy

Borom is struggling mightily with Willekes.

You’ve seen his DBs play right? That’s where he was before he became DC.

Oh we made adjustments. It was on 4th and 1 we’ll show everyone how smart we are and pass. You have DM who rarely gets negative rushing yards and decide to throw instead. Sorry Nagy…you’re done.

Gotta love how the whole defensive backfield was standing around looking at each other while Osborn catches a TD and Jefferson was wide open on the other side.

I’m honestly surprised Cousins hasn’t been intercepted more this year. Hes thrown about 3 passes today that were pretty much fluttering ducks and should’ve been picks.

Annnnddd…. Jackson playing like we expect him to play. Stood there and watched while Jefferson catches a huge TD. The defensive backfield needs an enema.

Funny… my wife said “who’s that #81, he’s wide open” during that play. Agree that Andy should’ve seen that but never been in that position. If anything let him redeem himself and try to sneak it in.

Fangio was behind the 8 ball in Denver. Elway is about as bad an exec as Pace. Harbaugh HC and Fangio DC would be pretty sweet.

Quinn adds another notch to his belt. 19 sacks on the season.

And on 4th and 1 on the one Nagy calls a pass play that nets -10 yards. THAT sh*t is why he needs to be fired.

Johnson letting a rookie WR get 40 yards then watch Jackson tackle him.

Followed by Minnesota with their own series ending sack. Not nice.

Your first ever week 18 game thread. Go Bears! Blackson with a series ending sack. Nice.

In other medical news. I hope he’s back next year.

No need to apologize for the ramble, a lot of good accurate info. There’s been discussion (a few types of course) about maybe someone at or around Ted Phillips’ level to help with managing the team. We’ve all seen the talk about possibly locating the Bears elsewhere and that Ted might be better served doing that. If that be the case, whomever that is could have direct oversight on what Pace does and how he does it. We’ve also heard the rumors ‘Pace is liked by the organization’ for whatever that’s worth. I’ve read the team is talking to football gurus like Bill Polian to get advice in their next move. Hope they listen. Add in whomever the HC candidate is could have more say on player management (almost hybrid HC - GM). Candidates like Harbaugh, Frazier, Payton, Pedersen fit more into a mold like that than do others like Day, Daniels or Daboll. So really, if Pace stays with the team he may end up being no more than a glorified scout with a lot of leashes.

I’m personally undecided on Harbaugh. On the one hand I like it; reaching back to guy who played with the Bears before (as a QB no doubt), success at both the NFL and college levels, success developing QBs. But in the back of my mind I have to ask is he the absolute best option out there? Especially for a player like Justin? Speaking of his success at getting good assistant coaches; there’s rumors going wound Fangio may be let loose in Denver. Could Fangio and Harbaugh be reunited in Chicago? Would Vic do that to his protege Desai? Lastly, then there’s this:

Saw a cool Tweet with Richard Dent congratulating Quinn with the record. Good on Richard. In other news this “tragic” Tweet by Eric Lampert (#6 on the list):

Thought this seemed a good place as any to speculate what will happen after next weeks game. I found this Twitter exchange between former players Tillman and Azumah. For what it’s worth I like Azumah’s idea and really appreciate how invested our former players are in the team.

I never realized how much Chris Collinsworth was a Rodgers “fan” until watching last nights game. It’s like he has some sort of uncontrollable man crush on the guy. It was horrible. As far as MVP, I’d think someone like Burrow would be deserving with his stats AND the fact he was completely out of the game last year due to a pretty nasty injury. But like you wrote out, there are a lot more deserving people out there before Rodgers.

Just need to do a quick recognition of Robert Quinn and his historic sack total. To think his highest number (19) was achieved during the 2013 (almost 9 years ago!!) season that’s pretty incredible. And while achieving this year’s record he also logged his 100th career sack. Congratulations Robert.

It’s commendable of him to get out and play today. But after what I saw earlier in the season when he completely missed a block (never really tried) when Justin was scrambling behind him and other times he didn’t try on his routes I’m not sure his heart has been in it. Didn’t he skip working out with Justin in the off-season when he and Mooney were working together?