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

 

[Rubi]

On the bright side Eagles fans A.J. is happy

 

[wgoldsph]

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!

Big shoes to fill, but I admit I was just being impatient haha

 

[Cowboysfan8]

The crew just showed how the Oc taking the heat for everything yet on the play where Hurts missed a wide open Smith he had Goedert even more open down the middle if the field for a td

I love it lol

I mean, the choice to go to Davonta wasn’t wrong if Goedert is the second or third read. Smith was open and is probably the first read. It was a bad throw, but that happens. Nothing egregious imo. That type of thing happens all the time

The point they were making was that the OC IS THE WORST and he had 2 different players open for a td and got neither

Sure. That happens every play. Davonta was the first read, was the easier throw and was wide open. KP would agree

Shrug

 

[IHEARTFF]

Wonder how long it had been since Lions, Chiefs, Ravens, and Eagles all lost during the same week.

 

[unckeyherb]

The crew just showed how the Oc taking the heat for everything yet on the play where Hurts missed a wide open Smith he had Goedert even more open down the middle if the field for a td

I love it lol

I mean, the choice to go to Davonta wasn’t wrong if Goedert is the second or third read. Smith was open and is probably the first read. It was a bad throw, but that happens. Nothing egregious imo. That type of thing happens all the time

The point they were making was that the OC IS THE WORST and he had 2 different players open for a td and got neither

Sure. That happens every play. Davonta was the first read, was the easier throw and was wide open. KP would agree

Shrug

Yeah, dude, I get it. I’m very aware of the plays you’re referring to. Jalen needs to be better on the throws to Devante on both of those plays. Again, I’m not gonna kill him for throwing to Devante and not seeing Goedert. Devante was wide-open, was the first read, and was a safer throw. If you think that these plays are why the Eagles lost and the offensive coordinator is just on the sidelines, wondering why Jalen can’t execute his great plays, I don’t know what to tell you. The guy sucks.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

If you think that these plays are why the Eagles lost and the offensive coordinator is just on the sidelines, wondering why Jalen can’t execute his great plays, I don’t know what to tell you.

I’ve never said anything like that. I never said the ball should’ve gone to Goedert on that play either.
All I’ve said is SB mvp Jalen is part of the problem. There have been plenty of plays where the sucky OC has called plays where guys are running wide open and not getting the ball

 

[InDitkaWeTrust]

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!

Man, you do the Lords work every week in this place (for years) and I, for one, appreciate it.

 

[unckeyherb]

If you think that these plays are why the Eagles lost and the offensive coordinator is just on the sidelines, wondering why Jalen can’t execute his great plays, I don’t know what to tell you.

I’ve never said anything like that. I never said the ball should’ve gone to Goedert on that play either.
All I’ve said is SB mvp Jalen is part of the problem. There have been plenty of plays where the sucky OC has called plays where guys are running wide open and not getting the ball

Jalen is part of the problem, KP and Sirianni are a big part of the problem, the OLine playing its worst football since the Chip Kelly era is a part of the problem, Saquon getting close to 500 touches last season is part of the problem, AJ losing a step and losing interest is a part of the problem. There is basically nothing on offense that hasn’t degraded substantially from last year.

But again, you can always select a snapshot of a single route tree to point out a wr that the qb missed. That does not tell the story of this offense and its complete ineptitude. I maintain that the playcalling is some of the worst I’ve seen by this regime.

The third and 2 against Dallas is a case study in this OCs inability to make good decisions or have any feel for the game. On a down where all you need is one yard and a tush push and the game is effectively over, they put Jalen in shotgun with a deep drop, with long developing routes for all the WRs. No one even turns around by the time the pass rush gets past the backup RT and Jalen has to take a sack. They punt, Dallas drives, we lose. Before the ball was snapped all of us were collectively saying “why the **** are you not running here!?” Everyone watching knew what was about to happen. That play has happened over and over again this year. Just completely lacking in feel for the game flow and what is needed in the moment.

 

[FairWarning]

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.

Dont think they have given up, it could wake them up though. The boys on WIP are ruthless.

 

[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.

Dont think they have given up, it could wake them up though. The boys on WIP are ruthless.

I don’t think they’ll give up, either. I think they’ll stumble thru the last couple weeks of the schedule, win just enough to take the Division, and then go 1-and-done.