BearFan2000

Indeed on both accounts. Certainly a timely bye week coming up for the Bears. Both the Seahawks and the Bucs D's are legit. 3 straight primetime games is a lot. We have some tough games upcoming. 2x Lions, Jaguars, Bills, Packers, Vikings. Granted the Packers and Vikings schedules both get tougher as well. It was a very ugly and Bizaar game. I wasn't honestly sure what to expect in this game. Bucs came in barly even trying to pass the ball, I was a little surprised they came in with a more balanced play calling. The Bucs have been an oddball team this year. So I feel like just as us fans looked at this as an odd possibly unpredictable matchup I don't doubt game prep treneded that way too. You had to assume they wouldn't come out and just attempt a handful of passes. By the time the 4th quarter rolled around my thought was let's just find a way to survive this game with a win and go into the bye 7-2. After the first quarted It looked like the game could have turned into a laugher and it was trending that way till that boneheaded personal foul in the redzone. We had them on their heels, then it seemed like the game slipped into the twilight zone. Caleb throws a very uncharacteristic pick. D steps up, only for Caleb to throw a second pick. From there the offense only managed to score 6 points off two FG's. Sandwiched in JJ's pick six. Which when that happened my first thoght was "I think that's the first positive thing JJ's done on the field this year." Special teams was anything but special. Punt blocked, Kalif nearly muffing one. Only special teams props go to Santos for making his two kicks including the game winner. Random thoughts: Williams - The picks, good God that was the worst he's looked. The worst ones in my opinion were the goal line one, and the two that he was bailing out and should have just chucked them into the stands. Credit to the Bucs defenders. Most of those picks were a hell of a play. Especially the one where the DB got his hands under the ball that got reversed from INC. For Caleb, you cannot put balls like that in the field of play. The Bucs are a team that thrives off the takaways. Given the body of work this feels like a blip where he just lost his mojo and he clearly seemed to be pressing or overthinking. When it matter though he did get them in FG range for winning kick. I think he learns from this and moves on. As a player you just have to aknowlege as he did in the post game that it was a rough game and he needs to just put it behind him and learn from it. O-line had a rough night. Williams seemed to be under constant pressure and the run blocking wasn't good either. Again that is a very stout D that the Bucs have. Defense kept us in this thing and are the reason we walked out with a win. I was expecting more pressure on Mayfield, but I also feel like our guys got held A LOT. Oficiating.... what can I say, just what we've come to expect. Last year this game and the outcome would have felt like another day at the office for this team. This year it feels out of character in so many ways. That shows how much the Bears have grown from last year to this year. We hung in and found a way to get the win. Use the bye week to get healthy, and mentally reset and prepare for the stretch run. There is a lot of football left to play. Lets's finish strong.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Ezd5USM6U/?mibextid=wwXIfr This about sums up Simmons Bears debut.

I think Williams time on on the sidelines was beneficial.

Absolutely embarrassing performances from everyone. This was gutless. No effort at all. We made Love look all pro and made a mediocre packers team look like world beaters. They came out with intensity and urgency. We came out flat and didn’t event try to match their intensity. I turned it off in the third there was no point letting my blood pressure get any higher.

Amen, that is absolutely nuts. I feel like there should be some sort of punishment whether it's losing draft picks or something. If I'm the Raiders I'm ticked because now their return will be far less than before the Baltimore trade agreement. Other teams who pivoted elsewhere are now having to figure out if they can or want to get back into the mix. For Crosby it sucks getting jerked around, he'll certainly have a chip on his shoulder whenever he faces the Ravens.

Poles wouldn't be doing his diligence if he didn't see what the new asking price would be. I was not down with aquiring him for 2 firsts. But that price has to have gone down. If we can get him for a much better deal then that's a win.

Linderbaum is off the table. To the Raiders. 3 years - 81 mil https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48154652/sources-raiders-tyler-linderbaum-reach-3-year-81m-deal

Sad to see Moore go, but I think this works out well for all parties involved. Bills get a solid WR to go with Josh Allen, DJ gets a fresh start on an established playoff team. Bears get good compensation and some cap room. I don't see a loser in this trade.

At the end of the day what matters most to me isn't so much the location as is the quality of the site, stadium itself (game day experience), access, parking etc. Would the idea of the Chicago Bears stadium not being right in Chicago? Sure, but it's not like either Arlington or Hammond are that far away from the current location. As a resident of northern Indiana a trip to a Bears game involves taking the South Shore so I can't speak for parking as the train stops within walking distance of Soldier Field. However and whererever the new stadium is built it needs to be a first class facility that can host a Super Bowl, and a gameday experience that is modern but pays homage to the Bears tradition with some archetectural nods to Soldier Field.

The Bears are playing with house money at this point so I'm at peace with whatever the outcome. I think the only way I would be upset is if they came out and embarassed themselves (ie losing and looking bad doing it). I don't see this Bears team coming out and leaving without a fight. The Green Bay game was more personal being who it was, what beating them meant to the team, organization, and the fan base on top of the historic signifigance of that game. I never like losing but if we come out and give it our best and come up short I will still feel good about the teams future and will be proud of what they have accomplished this season. This one is a hard one to predict. There are factors coming in that could give us an edge. Stafford's finger, warm weather team playing in frigid conditions, in a hostile environment (crowd will be electric). The Rams are a team that seemed to have peaked 6 weeks ago and have looked beatable since. On their side they have two dynamic WR's that can give our secondary fits, two solid RB's, and when Stafford is on that offense can be lethal. Also, will there be a letdown on the Bears side. Was last weekl this team's Super Bowl? I don't see the Bears letting down, they have taken a very business like approach following the Packer game. I could even see them playing a little more settled and focused out of the gate. Last week being GB could have had the guys too amped. The key will be to have a quicker start. We don't want to dig a hole vs the Rams. Keep the game close and give ourselves a shot to pull it out. We'll have to keep pace. I believe we can.

Wondering, does anyone know where to get the cheese grater foam hats? Years back I ordered one from somewhere and it turned out to be a scam so I'm a little hesitant. I do want one but need to know if there's a legit place to order one from.

Also consider the Rams are a dome team that would have to travel here and play in the elements. Philly is used to cold weather. that said I’m still blown away that we went from last year’s train wreck to hosting two home playoff games and possibly more. One offseason. It’s night and day.

My hope is that the Bears take a serious look in the mirror at themselves. Both offense and defense deserve an equal share of the blame. Offense can't go 3 scoreless quarters and then expect to filp the switch in the 4th and come from behind that's not a sustainable formula. The defense can't allow oposing offenses to do what ever they want all game. The Bears came out flat. I mentioned to my wife that Detroit looks like the team fighting for a 2 seed, and we looked like the team that had been eliminated and had nothing to play for. I know Detroit had extra motivation to basically treat this like their Super Bowl to stick it to Ben Johnson. The players should have anticipated their intensity and matched it. Did the players think we'd just show up and win? GB will also come in and lay it on the line. Will we come in and match or exceed their intensity? We have to start fast, and controll the clock. We do not want to be chasing points in this one. We can't fix the personel on our D this season but we can improve on the "want to" and "effort". I saw a lot of laziness on D vs Detroit and SF. Can't do the big things right if you can't even do the little things right.

Finally something going then we throw a pick. Looking like 3rd seed and a road game. Vs Philly

Does anyone on this Bears team care enough to step up?