Black Friday Brawl - Chicago Bears (8-3) at Philadelphia Eagles (8-3) (8 Viewers)

[ProstheticRGK]

Hopefully this is enough to can Petulo.

They can’t, this late in the season. It sends a message that they’ve given up. The best we can hope for is Nick low-key takes over play calling, and that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence with his tenedncies.

 

[GoBirds]

Hopefully this is enough to can Petulo.

They can’t, this late in the season. It sends a message that they’ve given up. The best we can hope for is Nick low-key takes over play calling, and that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence with his tenedncies.

Yep, essentially Nick needs to take over play calling. Announced or not to save face.

 

[renesauz]

wind pushed that a long way lol

 

[Insein]

This was about the most pathetic attempt at a game I've seen in a long time.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Glad I didn’t start Jake Elliott this week

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Well done and congrats Bears fans. See you next week at Lambeau.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

I think the Eagles lay an egg this week.

I think Lane Johnson is a huge loss for the offense, and I think the Bears offense is good enough to give the Eagles defense problems, particularly the Safeties. I think Colston Loveland is a sneaky start, and I think this is a good Rome Odunze week. I also think the Bears run game will be successful. I think the Eagles offense underachieves (again) and we spend another week saying the OC should be fired, and that the Bears are actually for real.

Bears-31
Eagles-10

Dude, you’ve been on fire lately. I hope, for your sake, you’ve been betting these calls and not wasting these calls on us rubes

 

[The Frankman]

Good game, Bears fans! I was convinced your team were frauds, but we saw exactly who the frauds are. Respect for the Oline and the run game, and the HC.

Its been a steady ascent, but the Bears into Lions Ben Johnson makeover is certainly on schedule, especially with the OL.

Remember the MNF game where people were crowning J.J. Mccarthy as better than Caleb Williams? this is why you absolutely have to give time to new QBs and new offense pairings.-

 

[ProstheticRGK]

This is gonna be a bad, bad day

Narrator: “He had no idea just how bad it was going to be”

 

[travdogg]

Hopefully this is enough to can Petulo.

They can’t, this late in the season. It sends a message that they’ve given up. The best we can hope for is Nick low-key takes over play calling, and that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence with his tenedncies.

Yep, essentially Nick needs to take over play calling. Announced or not to save face.

I would hope it would tell them to build the offense around AJ Brown. But honestly, I'd be more concerned about the fact the defense game up almost 300 yards rushing than anything else.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Good game, Bears fans! I was convinced your team were frauds, but we saw exactly who the frauds are. Respect for the Oline and the run game, and the HC.

Its been a steady ascent, but the Bears into Lions Ben Johnson makeover is certainly on schedule, especially with the OL.

Remember the MNF game where people were crowning J.J. Mccarthy as better than Caleb Williams? this is why you absolutely have to give time to new QBs and new offense pairings.-

I am guiilty of labelling Caleb a bust early. I still don’t think he’s “the man” but he’s good enough to run the increasing complexities of Ben Johnson’s Offense.

I was wrong, but I’m not crowning either one of them.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

The obvious question:
Are the Bears this good?
Or
Are the Eagles kinda mid?

 

[ProstheticRGK]

The obvious question:
Are the Bears this good?
Or
Are the Eagles kinda mid?

Honest opinion, the Eagles are playing that badly. But, these are not the same old Bears, either.

 

[travdogg]

The obvious question:
Are the Bears this good?
Or
Are the Eagles kinda mid?

I think both teams are good. Neither team is great. Both in probably the 8-12 range in the NFL, Bears matched up really well with Philly.

ETA: In general, I think it drops off pretty quick after Rams/Seahawks (and I'd argue healthy Lions, which might not exist anymore...again) at the top. Then not much separates the next dozen or so teams.

 

[renesauz]

The obvious question:
Are the Bears this good?
Or
Are the Eagles kinda mid?

honestly I think the Bears are pretty darn good...AND the Eagles are a WC quality team (not a true contender). Philly has faced a brutal schedule this year and 8-4 is a record most of us would have gladly signed up for at this point. It's the wild inconsistency that's maddening.

 

[renesauz]

Good game, Bears fans! I was convinced your team were frauds, but we saw exactly who the frauds are. Respect for the Oline and the run game, and the HC.

Its been a steady ascent, but the Bears into Lions Ben Johnson makeover is certainly on schedule, especially with the OL.

Remember the MNF game where people were crowning J.J. Mccarthy as better than Caleb Williams? this is why you absolutely have to give time to new QBs and new offense pairings.-

I am guiilty of labelling Caleb a bust early. I still don’t think he’s “the man” but he’s good enough to run the increasing complexities of Ben Johnson’s Offense.

I was wrong, but I’m not crowning either one of them.

DId the same. Put him on my trade bait list in the one league I own him. Luckily I didnt get anything close to a reasonable offer before he started turning it around. Solid hold now

 

[urbanhack]

Reminder: the bears did this without their top 4 LBs.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Reminder: the bears did this without their top 4 LBs.

That’s the scary part for the playoffs. When the weather gets cold if the playoffs go through Chicago, look out.

 

[GrantK]

Reminder: the bears did this without their top 4 LBs.

Maybe their LB room will be reshaped, the last 2 weeks they were supposed to be exposed, they responded. Sometimes all a guy needs is a chance... we wil see.

 

[Chaka]

Wow. I totally missed the game. I assumed it started around 5 pm

So, the Bears are legit. Go figure.

 

[BladeRunner]

OH, this is fantastic!

 

[Guss]

Petulo has been terrible this season as OC/play caller for the Eagles

He has zero experience in calling plays in the NFL and it shows, he sucks as an OC/play caller

Why they would choose someone who has zero experience to run an offense that is championship level
is nothing more than complete mismanagement

Am surprised that the Eagles would do this based off of how well they are run

 

[My_Bench_Scores_More]

AJ Brown has recently been validating my decision to keep him in my lineup — despite the shaky, if not feeble — first 3/4 of the season...

These past two weeks have been what I'd been anticipating to be the norm.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Bears +7
o/u 44
Game time temp - 40 degrees with winds 10-15 mph with gusts over 25

The Bears lead the all-time series 29-17-1, although the Eagles have won the past 6 meetings since 2013. The last win for the Bears in the series came in 2011, a 30-24 win in Philadelphia.

Apologies to the Sharks, been on the road for a few days visiting family, I’ll be home by Sunday Morning to launch the other game threads. You did awesome Goldie, thank you!

 

[Da Guru]

I know they needed a 2 point conversion on one drive, but with clock this low I would have waited for the second TD. You aren't getting 2 more drives from this team anyway, so keep hope high longer. With 5 minutes left, sure go now so you know what you need

Yep. But I’m sure some analytics book says to do it this way.

Maybe so, but the analytics have not been kind to Dan Campbell as of late.