Week 16 Official Game Thread - GB @ CHI, 7:20pm, SAT, 12/20, FOX, CHI +3

[DABEARSDABOMB]

45 minutes ago, jason said:

That illegal shift is MADDENING! What bullshit!!! I’ve heard NUMEROUS NFL OFFICIALS talk about this exact concept. Every time they mentioned it had to create an advantage gained for the offending team. This did not. Furthermore, the one second set rule is more guideline than a hard rule, even if it is in the rule book. No official watches the players stop, get still, then runs a “one thousand one” in his head. It’s waaay overly technical, and shouldn’t have been called.

Bears would have won in regulation without this call (or so I think). That was a bad call. 

[Bears4Ever_34]

That easily goes down as the most thrilling win as a Bears fan in my life. I have no idea how they won that game.

[DABEARSDABOMB]

46 minutes ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:

This has been one of the worst coached games I've ever seen. 

Yes - Ben Johnson and Dennis Allen struggled a bit. Packers adjusted well on both sides of the ball.  I think Ben will learn from this though. 
 

Id love for Lions to lose tomorrow. Nuts how hard it is to make playoffs in NFC this year. 

[adam]

53 minutes ago, jason said:

That illegal shift is MADDENING! What bullshit!!! I’ve heard NUMEROUS NFL OFFICIALS talk about this exact concept. Every time they mentioned it had to create an advantage gained for the offending team. This did not. Furthermore, the one second set rule is more guideline than a hard rule, even if it is in the rule book. No official watches the players stop, get still, then runs a “one thousand one” in his head. It’s waaay overly technical, and shouldn’t have been called.

Funny they called it there, but I saw the same thing on the first play of the game from GB. WR was not set, but they didn't call it.

[AZ54]

3 minutes ago, adam said:

The bailing is the biggest issue for me. I think he still sees some ghosts from last year. Might take another offseason to get some of that out of his system. That feels teachable. He has way too many unteachable traits that you can't give up on. He is playing under center with play action more than he has in his entire life combined, so he has to adjust.

DJ Moore said it best on national TV:  F Green Bay.   I can't say that enough.  What a dagger through the heart that was.  We have been on the receiving end of those daggers for a long long time because GB had the better QBs.  If the TV was right, Caleb and this years Bears team holds the NFL record for 4th quarter come from behind wins.  That's not a fluke.  To borrow common phrase:  3 date points is a trend 6 is tsunami.   Anyone playing Chicago and Caleb knows now they damn well better be prepared to play 60 because we ain't giving up.  

(edit:  NFL Network just said Caleb has tied Peyton Mannings record for come from behind wins under the age of 25.  We might still hold the single season record too so how ever you slice it this is elite territory.  Enjoy it!). 

[Stinger226]

I'm not watching the replay of the whole game but will watch the OT. Lots of bad today but I don't care.

I will never bad mouth Caleb again even if he throws 5 interceptions in a game. 

Talk of trading DJ Moore after the season needs to go away. He's a gamer.

We are now in the driver's seat, we have two wins yet but I'm not even considering we might lose. 

Blackwell recovered the onside kick. 

DuShoun Wright caused that fumble in OT.

I love this team, stop any negative talk and enjoy what just happened.

[BearFan PHX]

We have a hell of a team here.

Caleb is becoming elite right in front of us, right on schedule.

And we are doing all of this without a shred of a D line. Imagine how scary we will be with an actual pass rush.

We need to do whatever it takes, trade whoever is necessary; JJ, Moore whoever to get one. Draft them too. You add a pass rush to this train and we are real killers.

[Stinger226]

5 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

DJ Moore said it best on national TV:  F Green Bay.   I can't say that enough.  What a dagger through the heart that was.  We have been on the receiving end of those daggers for a long long time because GB had the better QBs.  If the TV was right, Caleb and this years Bears team holds the NFL record for 4th quarter come from behind wins.  That's not a fluke.  To borrow common phrase:  3 date points is a trend 6 is tsunami.   Anyone playing Chicago and Caleb knows now they damn well better be prepared to play 60 because we ain't giving up.  

(edit:  NFL Network just said Caleb has tied Peyton Mannings record for come from behind wins under the age of 25.  We might still hold the single season record too so how ever you slice it this is elite territory.  Enjoy it!). 

Caleb has two games to break the record. I would say our opponents need to play all 70 minutes to beat us.

[adam]

56.9 air yards on that TD pass to Moore, in that crazy wind, which makes it even that much of a better throw. 

[BearFan PHX]

4 minutes ago, adam said:

56.9 air yards on that TD pass to Moore, in that crazy wind, which makes it even that much of a better throw. 

usually that's the kind of thing Rodgers did to us. Caleb is getting there. Im telling you guys - CW is for REAL.

[AZ54]

8 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said:

usually that's the kind of thing Rodgers did to us. Caleb is getting there. Im telling you guys - CW is for REAL.

The way Green Bay lost is the way the Bears used to lose.  I really wanted to run them into the ground but missing guys like Rome and Luther, who both block well, had an effect.  But FGB,  it’s nice to see their fans know how this feels.  Especially because we are a team on the rise… and they know it. 

[jason]

22 minutes ago, adam said:

56.9 air yards on that TD pass to Moore, in that crazy wind, which makes it even that much of a better throw. 

That’s why I want more passing.

[BearFan PHX]

43 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

The way Green Bay lost is the way the Bears used to lose.  I really wanted to run them into the ground but missing guys like Rome and Luther, who both block well, had an effect.  But FGB,  it’s nice to see their fans know how this feels.  Especially because we are a team on the rise… and they know it. 

100%

[Stinger226]

5 hours ago, AZ54 said:

The way Green Bay lost is the way the Bears used to lose.  I really wanted to run them into the ground but missing guys like Rome and Luther, who both block well, had an effect.  But FGB,  it’s nice to see their fans know how this feels.  Especially because we are a team on the rise… and they know it. 

 

[Bears4Ever_34]

Still running on fumes after last night...

They were severely out played and out coached for almost all but 2 minutes at the end and somehow found a way to win.

I am hopeful this win will finally allow them to breathe a little and not press as much early on in case they meet in the playoffs. Having Burden and Odunze back will be huge, but the Packers will get a couple players back they didn't have last night, too.

My biggest concern right now is what happened to CJGJ? I pray he didn't blow his knee out and maybe it's only a slight hyper extension. Was he able to walk it off? His loss is devastating for this defense that already couldn't afford to lose him given the Kyler Gordon injury.

They still likely need 1 more win to get in, and they're going to have to play maybe the two best offenses they'll play all season the next two weeks. I'm really nervous how this is going to play out.

[Mongo3451]

Can we please get 2nd half Caleb in the first half?  It seems like he plays on slow burn until he needs to crank it up.  Man, he's great with his hair on fire. 

And how bout Jahdae Walker!

[adam]

I see a lot of media blaming the injuries to Love, then Jacobs, but in reality, Willis and Wilson were better. If you compare Willis and Love, you would think Love is the backup. Wilson also had double the yards per carry than Jacobs.

Willis played a lot better than I was expecting him to. 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

41 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

Can we please get 2nd half Caleb in the first half?  It seems like he plays on slow burn until he needs to crank it up.  Man, he's great with his hair on fire. 

And how bout Jahdae Walker!

Jahdae Walker might be a solid find a year from now. Small school to big school and he seems to have some tools. 

[adam]

Knowing PFF is just one tool, this is pretty cool, the TD to Moore was the first "perfect" throw this season:

 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

1 minute ago, adam said:

I see a lot of media blaming the injuries to Love, then Jacobs, but in reality, Willis and Wilson were better. If you compare Willis and Love, you would think Love is the backup. Wilson also had double the yards per carry than Jacobs.

Willis played a lot better than I was expecting him to. 

The defense was getting cooked…gave up a ton of long drives as they really weren’t ready to get into a physical slug fest and when Love went out that is what happened. And our dline just isn’t good. 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

3 minutes ago, adam said:

Knowing PFF is just one tool, this is pretty cool, the TD to Moore was the first "perfect" throw this season:

 

This highlight doesn’t get old…my whole family had given up in 2nd half and I kept telling them this team is different they’ll find a way…but even I didn’t see it quite going like this…from so frustrating to so damn fun…so nice to be on the flip side of this!!! 

[adam]

3 minutes ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

The defense was getting cooked…gave up a ton of long drives as they really weren’t ready to get into a physical slug fest and when Love went out that is what happened. And our dline just isn’t good. 

Love was averaging 5.9 Yards per attempt and Jacobs 3.0 Yards Per Carry. The only thing that was extending drives were the penalties. Willis and Wilson were way more efficient.

[Alaskan Grizzly]

47 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

Can we please get 2nd half Caleb in the first half?  It seems like he plays on slow burn until he needs to crank it up.  Man, he's great with his hair on fire. 

And how bout Jahdae Walker!

All of this.  ☝️😎

[adam]

1 minute ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

This highlight doesn’t get old…my whole family had given up in 2nd half and I kept telling them this team is different they’ll find a way…but even I didn’t see it quite going like this…from so frustrating to so damn fun…so nice to be on the flip side of this!!! 

I was worried about time when they didn't get the FG off before the 2-min warning. I felt that with 2 timeouts and the 2-min warning, they would have a shot. Once they got the onside kick, I knew they would score. Then I was worried about Ben going for 2 and losing. So I am glad he played for OT because the Bears really had the momentum at that time.

[DABEARSDABOMB]

2 minutes ago, adam said:

I was worried about time when they didn't get the FG off before the 2-min warning. I felt that with 2 timeouts and the 2-min warning, they would have a shot. Once they got the onside kick, I knew they would score. Then I was worried about Ben going for 2 and losing. So I am glad he played for OT because the Bears really had the momentum at that time.

Yeah I wanted OT. Home game you play for OT, especially with them looking like they had momentum. And I honestly don’t know that the D could have stopped the Packers ground game…they were getting cooked.