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Definitely a chance they at least get 60.

I will have to check on the other numbers, but 24-0 so far. Herbert lost the fumble, Fields threw 1 INT.

Fire everyone, what more do we need to see? This is so embarrassing.

This team is so bad. It is hard to watch. Let's play soft zone against Mahomes so every receiver is open.

So far, 1 quarter into the 3rd game, looks exactly the same as every other quarter or game to me. I still do not see the progress.

The Bears literally cannot stop anyone on 3rd down. Same today. Good on 1st and 2nd for the most part and then on 3rd, when you know they are passing, you shit the bed?

Yeah, things like this just show how bad this organization is from top to bottom. So if there was a forensics vehicle at Halas Hall, it may have not been "raided" but any law enforcement visit would be close enough. So that dude who tweeted it originally was more accurate that not.

Fields sacked, ugh, Jones got by Wright way too quick, but Fields ran into the sack.

Ref-aided TD for KC, 7-0.

And of course, the Bears get a personal foul on a hit by Stevenson AND he is down. Insult to injury.

Kelce now left wide open for 2 easy receptions. I have no clue what the defense is doing.

Bears first drive, one good throw to Claypool, then they run twice and Carter literally gets pushed back into Fields for a near sack. Bears punt.

The Bears defense just stopped KC from scoring and made them punt, wow. Impressive start by the defense, and that was after a bad 3rd down where they decided to leave Kelce wide open. So 1 bad play, otherwise every other play was good.

Notes from Jeremy Fowler: Interesting last comment. So at least it looks like they are putting in extra effort.

Yeah, if he was going to be demoted, then said, you know what, f'it, if I can't call plays, then I don't want to be here. Like you said, went home for a week to discuss with family, then came back and resigned. If all of that was a shock to the rest of the staff and they feel jaded, then it could fit. Now if any of the raid rumors are true, the demote > resign scenario would not make sense. However, that raid stuff seems like it could be total BS. If it was and people were putting that out there as fact (sources telling me), I would sue the hell out of them for libel. One last scenario, is there any connection between Mel Tucker and Alan Williams? The timing of the allegations against Tucker and Williams taking a leave of absence was very closely aligned. Could be a complete coincidence, but a former Bears Coordinator and current one in the news the same week.

The Indy player connection is an interesting data point.

Listen, I want them to win, on paper it looks like things are headed in the right direction, but there has been nothing on the field to suggest the team is any better now than it was in Nagy's last season. Under the new GM and HC, the Bears are 3-16, and will more than likely be 3-17 with 13 straight losses. The roster has been turned over, so we should start seeing the results. First two games, sure, call them preseason games, but now into Week 3, with all those live reps and several weeks of prep, the players should be in a groove and clicking. If they look bad against KC again, then I don't know if they can turn things around. Again, even in a loss, just look better, be competitive. Claypool has all the physical tools to dominate, but he plays soft for some reason. There are two WRs with his physical numbers, Megatron and Claypool. He has to unlock that somehow.

I think Poles is better than Pace, and I said he was trending towards Pace. I was referring to guys that don't stick to BPA. If you look back at all the picks, which the team has full control over, Gordon and Brisker would not have been the first 2 picks if you were going BPA. Velus absolutely would not have been a 3rd rounder, 5th, ok, but 3rd was a reach and ultimately a wasted pick. This year, the trade was a no-brainer if you didn't like the QBs. CAR didn't give up Burns or a 3rd first for a pretty big jump to the 1st overall pick. Getting Moore, an extra 1st and an extra 2nd was an easy trade. Then with a chance to draft Carter, who was arguably the #1 talent in the draft, you move down one stop to take a RT. Wright is solid and I like the pick, but don't love it. Then he goes CB, DL, DL with the next 3. So in Poles first 2 drafts his top 6 guys were Gordon, Brisker, Velus, Wright, Stevenson, Dexter, Pickens Instead of Brisker/Gordon, there were options like Pickens - WR, Ingram - G, Fortner - G, Petit-Frere - OT, then in the 3rd, instead of Velus, you could've picked Abraham - OL, Jones - CB, or Parham - OL. 5 OL options, all were there, but he went DB, DB, KR. Something like Pickens, Abraham, Jones would've been a great top 3 (WR, OL, CB) covered. This is not revisionist history, these guys were on the board and highly rated. Then in 2023, there was the trade for Moore, which was fine, but then if he drafted at least one OL in 2022, maybe he feels better going with Carter this year. Then after Carter, depending on if you addressed WR in 2022, you could go with Marvin Mims, Rashee Rice, or John Michael Schmitz (was drafted after Stevenson and Dexter) who most of us wanted. For the DL, I would've been happier with Carter vs Dexter/Pickens, on the OLine, JMS + any OL listed in 2022 would be better than Wright alone. Getting Pickens or one of the 2023 WRs would be better than Velus. So Carter, JMS, Rice or Mims, and Puka Nacua. Can you imagine a WR Room with Moore, Pickens, Nacua, Mooney, and Rice? Outside of Nacua, all the other picks were there when the Bears drafted. Again, it's apple to oranges at this point. You can't change anything but when assessing a GMs performance, you have to look back and see what the baseline would've been.

Really? I can't even think of another scenario that would garner that type of response from the team.

That is a fair assessment. The problem I see is that the Bears hire too many GMs that think they are the smartest guy in the room. Pace was that way. Trubisky, Shaheen, etc. For Poles, he is trending that way too, Velus and passing on Carter. We need talent evaluators at all levels. Then the coaches lately are the typical football coach. Nagy was the prototypical younger offensive coach working for a great HC. Flus comes in as the older throwback coach that wins with defense and rushing. They then hire Getsy as the popular OC hire and the schemes with the players they have are like a square peg in a round hole. It doesn't work. Too many clashing concepts. Fields is a game breaker, you take the good with the bad, but you don't bridle him, just let him play street ball inside of a loose structure of an offense.

I still think my original theory has some legs: 1. The Bears were planning to fire Williams, told him, he said F'it I am going home, he goes and lawyers up, they direct him to resign, he resigns, lawyer makes public statement refuting other claims. That is why everyone on the Bears are so tight-lipped about it, because there could be legal charges against them. Other theories I have seen: 2. Prescription narcotics/Drug problem 3. Gambling/betting on Bears games 4. Williams was about to come out as a Tranny or any LBGTQ+ and has AIDS 5. Domestic Problem/Affair/Sugar Momma 6. A very personal health issue, erectile dysfunction 7. Mental Health issue, suicidal

Underdogs -10 or more on the road are like 1-17 in the last 18 games. That's about a 5% chance, so you're saying there is a chance? Home dogs win much more frequently.

Not that I don't care about Williams, but at this point, he is no longer on the team, I wish him well unless he is a criminal, then I retract my wish. I just hope all of this hasn't been a distraction and they don't get blown out really bad in KC on Sunday. At this point, every worst outcome has almost occurred. Injuries to O-Line and secondary, probably the thinnest groups to start the year; Fields not playing well; the defense missing sacks and dropping INTs, coaching changes in the first 2 weeks of the season; media spotlight looks like it is getting to some of the players; Velus still hasn't done anything; Foreman was a healthy scratch (why did you sign him?); and now you are on the road at the Super Bowl champs house with a super annoying QB wife and brother.

Getsy has had Fields for two full offseasons, the entire season last years, and now 2 more regular season games this year. So it's not like it is just two games. Fields has been afforded a lot of time to progress (20+ months) and the eye test says he has actually regressed. That stretch he had in the middle of last season was strictly his elite athleticism and nothing related to his development as a QB. So I think it masked some sentiments about him. No one wants him to fail, the Bears fans have been through enough, we are mentally exhausted with the revolving door at QB, OC, DC, HC, GM, etc, etc. However, that doesn't make up for what we see and what his stats say. They match. That is not good. I really hope whatever needs to click, clicks. Even a loss in KC, which is expected, is fine, as long as the offense looks better and the team is competitive. The playoffs are already a longshot starting 0-2, and at 0-3 near impossible, so if you lower the expectations back to 7 wins, it looks more achievable to go 7-7 the rest of the way after 0-3. The only way they are going to get there is if Fields improves.

Purdy threw for 310 yards, but he didn't look particularly good. It makes it much easier when you are throwing to McCaffrey, Deebo, and Kittle. Aiyuk didn't even play.