🏈 Week 13 Official Black Friday Game Thread 🏈 CHI@PHI, Nov 28th, 2PM CST, AMZ, CHI +6.5

[BearFan PHX]

3 minutes ago, adam said:

For the Bears to go into the 4th Quarter up only 10-9, and in 9 minutes turn that into a 24-9 lead to effectively put the game away was incredible.

 

hey Adam, I sent you a PM, when you get a chance, please take a look at it. Thank you

[Stinger226]

There going to be playing this video on all the national sites. F*** ' YA

[adam]

Hurts actually underthrew the 1st TD to Brown and Wright was in good coverage and just misplayed it. On Brown's 2nd TD, they had McCloud on him, which is now someone I want on the field. The Bears defense has really struggled when teams play with tempo. I would not be surprised if teams try this earlier in the game.

[adam]

6 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

 

 I would not want to be playing the Bears right now. 

[Stinger226]

This is the Eagles post game show, worth watching a few minutes of 

 

[adam]

8 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

This is the Eagles post game show, worth watching a few minutes of 

 

Good stuff. Outcoached, outschemed. Most rushing yards against Philly since 1973 lol.

 

Oh by the way, not a one score win, and finally have a positive points differential (lol).

[Stinger226]

I think anyone wanting to post some negative statements and there was a few  spots, just wait until tomorrow. This day deserves happiness. 

[AZ54]

It's going to take me a long time to come down off this high.  We just manhandled the Eagles defensive front for 4 straight quarters.  There are a lot of first round draft picks in their front 7.   Fangio may have kept the safeties back for most of the game protecting against the big plays Ben Johnson loves but he paid for it dearly.  Now we're taking that running game to Green Bay where they just lost their starting DT.   We get a couple extra days of rest and planning to boot.  If Green Bay tries to do the opposite and load up against the run you know Ben will respond accordingly.  

It was a horrible day passing for both teams, and a horrible kicking day for one team.   35mph gusts coming sideways in cold weather.  It affects the ball.  That's why you need a good running game late in the season.  Despite all the skill position talent on the roster Ben has been focused on the running game since the beginning of training camp.  

Dennis Allen has put together a good staff on defense.  It's hard to say he's not getting the best out of the talent he has on the field.  Even the DE we traded for, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, is making impact plays the last two games.  

In summary.. the Bears just did to the Eagles what the media expected the Eagles to do to the Bears.  

[AZ54]

54 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

This is the Eagles post game show, worth watching a few minutes of 

 

Love it.   We put in our Navajo package with 5 Dlinemen and it still didn't matter.  

[Stinger226]

32 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

It's going to take me a long time to come down off this high.  We just manhandled the Eagles defensive front for 4 straight quarters.  There are a lot of first round draft picks in their front 7.   Fangio may have kept the safeties back for most of the game protecting against the big plays Ben Johnson loves but he paid for it dearly.  Now we're taking that running game to Green Bay where they just lost their starting DT.   We get a couple extra days of rest and planning to boot.  If Green Bay tries to do the opposite and load up against the run you know Ben will respond accordingly.  

It was a horrible day passing for both teams, and a horrible kicking day for one team.   35mph gusts coming sideways in cold weather.  It affects the ball.  That's why you need a good running game late in the season.  Despite all the skill position talent on the roster Ben has been focused on the running game since the beginning of training camp.  

Dennis Allen has put together a good staff on defense.  It's hard to say he's not getting the best out of the talent he has on the field.  Even the DE we traded for, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, is making impact plays the last two games.  

In summary.. the Bears just did to the Eagles what the media expected the Eagles to do to the Bears.  

Hard to wrap my head around this, the best team we played all year and we dominated a defense that has 5 or 6 pro bowlers on it. At the end of the third quarter they worked there way back to possibly take the lead and we smacked them  back to reality. Pounded the ball and kept Eagles out of the end zone. Caleb not having a good day at the end of the game popped some plays to keep us in the lead. 

The best is yet to come. 

[Stinger226]

Who's our best D player. Sweat? Byard? Edmunds? I think Nashon Wright i has to be in that picture. 

[Stinger226]

I just heard where the Eagles havent allowed a 100 yard rusher the whole season.

Swift and Monangai had 255 yards between them. 

[Pixote]

4 hours ago, adam said:

Love it

 

 

The rest of the story...... (from an article on SI.com)

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The Wieners Circle, a beloved Chicago hotdog spot, had vowed to give the entire city of Chicago free hot dogs if Ben Johnson ever took his shirt off during or after a game, and Johnson delivered in spades. After delivering his famous 'good, better, best' post-game speech, Johnson ripped his coach's shirt off and flexed for his shouting, cheering team, basking in the glory of a statement win.

 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

7 hours ago, adam said:

Damn, I wish WRs would come back to the ball a little bit with this wind. Odunze probably has a TD if he comes back 2 feet. 

10-3 Bears. 

Caleb was falling on the pass and I think Rome slipped. 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

6 hours ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:

11/24 for Caleb that half. 

League average completion % is in the mid 60's. His inaccuracy continues to be alarming. Two missed touchdowns to wide open receivers that half.

Eagles were begging the Bears to blow them out but Caleb missing throws is keeping them from running away with it.

The TD he missed to zacheus wasn’t an easy throw with that wind and I think he was going down on the throw to Rome. I think next year we will see Caleb’s accuracy take a huge step forward. But you see him throwing guys open more and more, you see him using middle of field and tight ends more, and he is better in an around the pocket. 
 

Goff had a 40 percent completion percentage against that D and Love struggled against them too. That is a great D - add in those conditions and while it wast a good game - he did enough when it mattered. I see development out of him every week - but accuracy is obviously not that yet - he has to trust his feet more and that will come with continued reps and another offseason. 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

Let’s go bears - way to go - that was a fun one. Nasty winds, road game, defending Super Bowl champs and we manhandled them. Running back and oline and the defense played great too. 
 

I did think the pass blocking struggled at times - at least a few times it looks like Wright got cooked / a few other times the were just confused but on the ground game - wow. Trapillo seemed to hold up outside of a play or two. 

[Alaskan Grizzly]

I started the season skeptical of Johnson.   After the bye week when he adjusted and made the Bears focus more on the run game I became more of a believer in his ability to coach properly.  I said this season reminds me of 2018 2.0 but what’s missing (so far) are the bone headed challenges, timeouts and other head scratching play calls that Nagy was notorious for, even that year.
 

Today was a master class of play calling.  Johnson went in knowing the weather would be a factor and kept Williams in the ‘game manager’ setting and didn’t ask him to make splash plays.  Fortunately he didn’t have to.  The running game and its blocking has advanced to a level we haven’t seen in many decades.   This is really cool. 
 

I can say confidently; “In Ben I trust”.  

[DABEARSDABOMB]

12 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

I started the season skeptical of Johnson.   After the bye week when he adjusted and made the Bears focus more on the run game I became more of a believer in his ability to coach properly.  I said this season reminds me of 2018 2.0 but what’s missing (so far) are the bone headed challenges, timeouts and other head scratching play calls that Nagy was notorious for, even that year.
 

Today was a master class of play calling.  Johnson went in knowing the weather would be a factor and kept Williams in the ‘game manager’ setting and didn’t ask him to make splash plays.  Fortunately he didn’t have to.  The running game and its blocking has advanced to a level we haven’t seen in many decades.   This is really cool. 
 

I can say confidently; “In Ben I trust”.  

Yes sir 

[Stinger226]

This is a Eagles fanbase podcast that is killer for the first 5 minutes its worth a listen.  As they said Eagles were lucky the score was that close. 

Also Olin Kruetz in the postgame show on 670 pronounced this as the best OL in the NFL and its hard to argue with him. Jordon Davis is a monster, Calen Carter is an all pro and were run over time after time. Huge holes for the warhorses S and M . At 73 I dont get drunk very often anymore but lite it up today and now after 7 hours am truly appreciating what we just did. 

This picture is for the national media

[Stinger226]

Its great listening to non Bears media eat crow. We played a desperate team that was 8-3 and SB champs in their house. We controlled the game and came up big to not let them back in the game. Nashoun Wright is getting a big raise next season. In post game interview he thanked Poles for giving him a chance. He aint going anywhere. 4 yr 23 mil sound good?

 

[Stinger226]

They interview S and M, Kyle is a monster. 

 

[Stinger226]

Former Eagles players get slapped upside the head.

 

[Stinger226]

Monangai is now 13 yds behind Jeanty. Jeanty was the 6 th pick in the draft and Kyle was pick 233. I think its time to give Poles some kudos for not listening to fans and added Monangai to his Swift to give us the best running team in the league. He added 4 starters to the OL.  Poles deserved getting called out for his mistakes but while that was happening, he built a team.  

The best is yet to come. 

[Mongo3451]

13 hours ago, adam said:

Hurts actually underthrew the 1st TD to Brown and Wright was in good coverage and just misplayed it.

Yes, then no, definitely.  Brown unfortunately saw it first, then hit the brakes while manipulating Wright's momentum.  It was a classic Michael Irvin push off.  If Wright sees it first and makes the first move, it's PI.  Brown is a monster.  Great play by Brown.

[Stinger226]

31 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

Yes, then no, definitely.  Brown unfortunately saw it first, then hit the brakes while manipulating Wright's momentum.  It was a classic Michael Irvin push off.  If Wright sees it first and makes the first move, it's PI.  Brown is a monster.  Great play by Brown.

Wright is a special player. He has given up some catches but is the big play guy along with Byard on this defense right now. Tearing that ball from Hurts was huge. I am sure Poles is already talking to his agent. When BJ gave him a game ball in the post game, he thanked Poles for bringing him here. Doubt if he leaves the building at the end of the season.