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I'm curious whether Bears would make a play for Sam D'Arnold if Jets pivot. Gase is a disaster and he has talent, but obviously hasn't pieced it all together.

I just figure Allen definitely isn't - but you are right - part of it is Rivera had no attachment to Haskins. Haskins has some talent though - big arm, throws a nice deep ball, but not exactly the most mobile guy (although I'd caveat I haven't watched him much with the Washington football team.

I'm assuming breakfast tacos - if you haven't had them - you should try them - DELICIOUS

Rivera looks like he learned something about managing QB's from the Bears - pretty shocked at how rapidly they are benching Haskins. I know he hasn't been great but dude is in his 2nd year. I've always been a huge believer in giving young QB's time, opportunity and consistency. It is why I can't really argue how the Bears handled Trubisky - other than, if Fox was on that tight of a leash you probably should have let him be so that the HC and QB were aligned at the start (and I could make the same case for the Washington Football team).

Fantastic article.

Yeah - I was going to say - a high end count is around 50K and that is with something that has a vaccine (not perfect by any stretch - but it helps). And 50K vs. where we are headed (which is 300-400K) - probably isn't the best comparison but it is already 6times more than the flu and that doesn't even adjust for the fact that we are all wearing masks and behaving much different than the normal flu.

Bill O'Brien out.

And my fears have been realized - was worried this is exactly how he would handle this (if it is even real).

I still don't know that the team has had any quality TE's in his tenure or at least well above average TE's. Burton was solid in that 1 season - but he was far from spectacular and never looked like an all pro. Jimmy Graham is no all pro (not anymore) either, but he's certainly a step up from last year's mess. I won't even acknowledge last year given how futile the players were - I think Burton was like the worst TE statistically in NFL history last season (and no I'm not being sarcastic on that - I actually think I read a stat that said that from PFF). Cole Kmet is what gives me hope - but I haven't seen him show up yet. Again - I'm going to give Foles a chance to work with this squad and similarly Nagy to do the same with a new QB cause I legitimately thought Nagy called 3 straight really solid gameplans with Mitch as the QB. I saw a unit that outside of that 1st half against Detroit was starting to get more proficient at 3rd down and was putting together drives - that said - they weren't capitalizing on turning them into TD's and were missing on the big plays - which is why this team is where it is). Against the Colts - that was the most futile 4 quarter performance I had seen yet - but it is the #1 ranked defense in the league. I'm curious to see how they respond vs. the Buccaneers. If they put up a dud against the Bucs, than we have another conversation - in fact - at some point you have to start thinking about making moves for next season vs. this season. Do you make a play / push for Sam D'Arnold or something else?

It is who they were - they were always a team with good QB play that could win 11 or 12 games...but with mediocre play probably somewhere like 8-10 games. I always put the floor on about 6 or 7 games - because the defense was solid and the schedule, on paper, was pretty winnable. It will be interesting to see what they do at QB. And by the way - I'm not saying Nagy is the problem - there are things I think he does well as a coach and thinks that I think he can improve on. This is just the positions teams who don't have all pro type of QB's regularly find themselves in.

I've said many times - when for whatever reason - guys just don't get that open on the Bears. Don't know if it is scheme, playcalling, Qb's not finding guys at right time, the skillposition players not being very good or a combination of all of those things...but something has to give. That said - I do believe the Colts D is that damn good too. Did the Bears sign Lamar Miller to the practice squad? I read something over the weekend that said it was the rumor - so wasn't sure if it happened or not.

Yeah - pretty stupid by president. No longer surprised by his stupidity and selfishness.

No - you know nothing. You are jumping to conclusions on his health from random tweets etc. maybe he is on a death bed - I don’t know - but more likely he isn’t and the drs are being super cautious and overly careful because this is a serious virus and he is well the president. Let’s be clear - Do you know for a fact that the president is not mentally capable of making decisions (ok any more mentally incapable than he usually is)?

This is the worse the Bears offense has looked all year. Probably one of those weeks where Mitch would have been a better weapon because his legs add an extra dimension for a defense like the Colts. Note: I am not saying Mitch is the better QB.

First 3 weeks Oline was solid. This colts d is really good. Bears offense has not executed at all today.

Miller is a bum.

Colts d is really good - Bears offense looks bad and defense had some costly penalties early and failed to create turnovers (so far at least). Need the offense to play with some tempo here.

Jumping to these sort of conclusions is crazy too.

This is a winner. In 2-3 years there will be some bargains to be had I bet.

What the hell does that have to do with Tex eating at a restaurant el Fresca? I didn’t realize he broke the law.

I was in my conspiracy theory world most of the day re: trump & covid - but with all of his close people coming down with it - seems more and more legitimate and maybe this is the eye-opener that was needed to show that COVID is REAL. Now I'm just waiting for the tweet that Biden also has it.

Looks nice.

I don't think anyone at that event was doing something they weren't comfortable with - they all knew the risk and took that risk. They obviously either thought they were A) invincible because of all the testing and/or B) naive or 3) a combination of the above. Now if you knowingly have the virus and are wondering around out in big crowds, etc - totally different story.

IT is still a free country - tex is exercising his right to go to establishments that are open and eating there. He is taking what he feels is a justified risk. Not sure why people need to attack him for those choices. He isn't saying he walks around flaunting no masks all over the place - he is doing something that is perfectly legal and I'm fairly certain it is legal to do in all 50 states, whether a republican state or democrat state.

Sure you could - normal series you get more off days you try to get them to pitch 3-4 times each series; This wasn't normal though and fact that they couldn't pitch anyone always made this a really tough road to go deep. This rotation has potential - but the wheels fell off the wagon and they weren't ready. Just wish they got the hits to take this one more round. It was still a really fun season.