adam

Flus has 10 wins in two seasons and is only 2-10 in the Division in the last two years. Poles motto is "take the north and never give it back". If you can't even go .500 in your division, you are not even close to "taking the north". So to me that is the more damning stat. The Bears needed at least a 3-3 record this season in the division and couldn't do it. Also, the Bears finished LAST in the Division again. So as much as you can point to win-loss improvement, it didn't mean squat in the division. He is out.

It may not be the most popular route to go, especially because Fields is such a great leader and teammate, but this group has won 10 games in the last 34. A 10-24 record. Fields is 8-22 in those games and 10-30 overall. This is not a tough decision. There is no way Fields returns. For Flus, you have to win the Division before you do anything else. He is 2-10 in the Division. I could care less about the improvement. It was clear it came from player acquisition and health, not some Flus magic. The Sweat trade and the players coming back from injury turned the defense around. Playing CAR, ATL, and ARZ helped. Also playing MIN with Dobbs. They are 1-3 in the last 4 games against real teams, 1-1 against DET, loss to CLE, loss to GB. Those are the only games that matter. I feel like I had some recency bias lately and the wins, because they are so rare were fool's gold. The Bears were beating bad teams, like they should. The roster is solid, but there are still holes to fill. I feel like the team would be stuck in neutral if they run this back. Could they make the playoffs with Fields, sure, but that is not saying much. This offense scares no one. The same QB that played against ATL at home was AWOL today in GB. That is sad and unfortunate, but it is the reality of the league. Take the name out of the equation, and just look at the body of work. It is subpar and the QB position needs to be upgraded to take the next step.

I have been teetering on the fence to keep Fields or draft a QB. It is really a tough decision, but today made it very clear for me. The entire time it has been talked about that the offense looks like gaining yards is tough, scoring is tough, well today that was on full display. They had nothing to lose and that is how they played. The Bears offense scored 9 points. If I am an offensive player, I am embarrassed. The only highlight is Santos broke Gould's record for FGs in a season, but the sad part is that means the offense left A TON OF POINTS on the field. I do not control what Poles does, but if I had a vote, I would go with a clean slate, new HC, new OC, and new QB.

Bears lose, draft #9. They got 2 top 10 picks! That is the silver lining. You feel ok taking a QB knowing you have a 2nd top 10 pick.

Yeah, even in wins, most were brutal unfortunately. There were about 4-5 good games, the rest sucked, and the year before all 17 sucked.

For how bad we felt the defense played, they only allowed 17 pts.

9 points on offense

Welp, thats it boys.

Game over, even if they stop them, it will be 15 seconds left to go at least 60 yards. Fields last drive as a Bear, with a chance to tie the game, in the 4th quarter, they gained 18 yards and had to punt. Unfortunately, the Fields era is over.

Love has torched this soft coverage, but the Bears have made it super easy. The TE came out late, so no one was assigned to him in coverage? He was wide open.

On 3rd and 8 on probably the most important play of the game, you rush 4, seriously.

Game over.

We will see if they throw on 3rd and 8 and trust Love. When the Bears have the lead, they run the ball on 3rd and 8 and take the ball out of Fields hand.

Herbert barely gets 2 yards. Jones is not touched until he is 2 yards past the LOS. The LBs are 5 yards deep. Making it easy.

You have 2nd and long, give receivers 5 yards cushion and bring no pressure? This is so embarrassing.

Soft zone on 2nd down and long wtf.

Not only was that a terrible screen pass, Scott can't block a DB for 0.0045 seconds. That was another whiffed pick by Poles. He does nothing even average and is a waste of a roster spot imo.

What a joke, this thing is over. Unless the defense forces a turnover and scores, this is a loss.

GB holds on every play.

Here is Fields chance to redeem himself. I have not seen a lot so far.

Jackson needs to go and why is he not fighting with the WR to the ground? Why is that not taught? Keep whacking at their arms all the way down.

Damn, that was an amazing throw by Love, freak, they did it again.

Now the defense has to make stops for the rest of the game, which I don't know is possible.

132 yards passing. Ugh. Due to the 7 rushes and 4 sacks, only 13 passing attempts. That is sad.

Fields almost had that TD but the throw was behind and made Kmet stop running (if you watch the other view).