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I mean yeah, but I'd argue that we were in those situations because the defense couldn't generate turnovers when they did the hardest part (force the fumbles).

That Bo Nix injury yesterday is probably why they don't put Caleb on designed runs more often.

The scariest part of watching the Bears offense isn't when they face 3rd and forever, it's when it's 3rd/4th and short. We just can't consistently hit in the quick game. The fact that Ben keeps going for it in these situations just makes it worse.

I'd actually argue the Bears had terrible turnover luck in the playoffs. They forced 6 fumbles in the last 2 games and recovered none of them. Stafford also had 2-3 tipped passes that didn't get intercepted. All the turnover luck they had in the regular season just went away. They also threw 2 picks cause the receivers ran the wrong route and another one was because the main receiver slipped on 4th down.

Obviously amazing season. But man...to get that TD to send the game to OT and then fumble the game on that interception. That hurts. I'm not sure this team had what it takes to go win next week in Seattle, but you play the games for a reason. I bet nobody thought this defense could hold Stafford and the Rams to 17 points over 4 quarters. If you had told me that before the game, I would have guaranteed that we'd win. The offense just could not convert key 4th downs in the first half. That pick in OT was probably on Moore. We don't know what the play is, but I don't think Caleb just throws it up there like that if he didn't think Moore was going to break his route off. DJ's kind of known for improvising at the worst times, but he played a great game before that today. That's just part of the DJ Moore experience I guess.

This is just cruel to both teams. Broncos basically have no chance next week and Josh Allen gets knocked out by a team without a QB for the rest of the year.

They made Purdy look slow. Meanwhile Purdy ran circles around the Bears defense.

To finish the job that Rick Hahn couldn't do.

Tomlin is done in Pittsburgh.

I used to think that if you're down by 2 scores with less than 5 minutes the game is pretty much over (at least for the Bears). But we've come back from that kind of deficit 3 times this year.

I don't think any team will pay a huge price for him when the Cubs don't really have a place to play him. You can't really negotiate with any leverage if the alternative is that he sits on the bench or spot starts a few times a week.

We just had him last year lol. He's a guy who can only rush the passer so don't ever play him when the other team can run at him.

What is this infatuation with Shaw that I clearly don't see? He had 3rd percentile exit velo, 16th percentile bat speed. He doesn't hit the ball hard at all. Sure he's fast and good on defense, but you can't stick at 3B hitting the ball that softly. His entire Baseball Savant page is blue (ironic) except his whiff% and sprint speed.

Teams run fake screen wheel all the time. Hell, Sarkisian runs it every game with the Longhorns and it usually works when they play bad teams. But the fact that Ben put Wright out there on the opposite side of the formation as a blocker made it look so much like a screen that Green Bay 100% took the bait and left DJ wide open. What's also great on that play is that if the safety bit too much towards DJ on the wheel, Loveland would have been wide open on the post. Ben dressed up a very vanilla play and threw in a wrinkle in there to basically make sure there was an option no matter what Green Bay did out of a single high look. This is why the details matter.

We got torched by Romeo Doubs yesterday. Puka might put up 200 on us if our offense can keep up.

Caleb's inconsistency is tougher to deal with when you have only 3 plays to get 10 yards. But when you have 4 downs every time, there's a greater chance he hits a home run or does something crazy like that 4th and 8 throw. He's better in a gotta have it scenario.

It depends on how serious it is. If it's a bad rupture he's gonna be out for some of next year. Slater just ruptured his in August. It's not a easy to come back from.

That throw on 4th and 8 is why Caleb is special. I don't think there's another QB in the NFL that can make that play. Not even Mahomes.

The contrast between the 2 halves was so large (especially on defense), that it felt like I was watching a game of Madden and the casual gamer that was playing in the first half handed their controller to a pro Madden player in the 2nd half. I don't think I've ever seen an offense move the ball at will for an entire half just die in the 2nd half. They punted 4 times in a row and got 1 first down that entire time. Adding to the Madden analogies...I saw a post on Reddit saying Ben going for it on 4th down every time was like getting mad that you can't beat someone at Madden and going for it every time. Relatable.

Did Love have the worst 4 TD 0 INT playoff game of all time and did Wiliams have the best 2 TD 2 INT playoff game of all time?

McManus missed 4 points by himself. Also, GB got complacent at half and didn't adjust. Dennis Allen did. Once we were able to actually get stops on defense the entire game turned around. It took the offense a bit too long to actually convert the red zone trips to TDs, but they gave us like 6 possessions in the 2nd half.

It's rare for such an accomplished coach to become available. Their season got screwed by the Lamar injury, but even so, Harbaugh has been blowing a lot of winnable games with them in recent years. Not to mention all the issues in the playoffs.

They've been playing like the Eberflus defense from the past few years ever since the 2nd Packers game. They don't give up a ton of points (outside of the SF game), as they get stops in the red zone and hold teams to FGs. It's effective for keeping the score low, but it also keeps the offense off the field and makes it hard for them to get any real rhythm.

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They never could establish the run today at all. Detroit hasn't exactly been good at stopping the run recently. Very weird game plan all around. I also think that Johnson wanted to get Caleb to 4k pass yards. I think he needed 74 yards for it and they got the ball starting at the 26, so it would have been exactly 74 yards if they passed the entire way for a TD. But yeah I had the same thought. Run the ball once and get it to the 2 minute warning and then go from there. They did have a decent looking play on first and 10 but Burden dropped it. This really was a no harm no foul game, but I'm just confused why they came out with the game plan they had. It honestly felt like they didn't want to give teams any more tape on plays they might run in the playoffs. If that's the case then you might as well have rested all your starters. I'm also really concerned about how badly we start in these divisional games. This goes all the way back to week 11 against the Vikings. It feels like our scripted plays are all terrible and we just stall early in games. Ben eventually makes adjustments, but we've gotta start better. Some of that is on Caleb, but Ben has to get the offense going early and at least give his defense a rest. You absolutely cannot do that in the playoffs and expect to still be in games in the 4th quarter.