Final week will be interesting. Looks like WFT and Dallas will be tied. WFT wins the tiebreaker so if they can beat the Eagles, they win the division at 7-9. Dallas plays the Giants.
Meanwhile the Cards will be a game behind the Rams but they play next week. If the Bears and Cards win, three teams sit at 9-7 for the final two spots. The Rams will be out if that happens.
This Sunday night game should be a good one. Packers vs Titans. Looking forward to some quality football tonight. I hope.
Al Michaels is back!! Woohoo!
Btw, Washington losing next week and the Giants winning is the only scenario left where at 6 win team (the Giants) will make it into the playoffs from the NFC East, so I’m rooting for that scenario next week. Come on 6 win NFC East Playoff team! I believe you can do it!
Jared Goff broke his thumb. Some guy named John Wolford is likely starting next week if Goff can’t play. The broken thumb is on his throwing hand so I can’t see how he can play, but he did finish the game with it.
If the Rams lose to the Cards they need the Bears to lose to make the playoffs. Bears have the Packers in Chicago in what is shaping up to be a meaningless game for GB.
It isn’t. They can lose the number one seed if they lose to the Bears and the Seahawks win (#1 is either Seahawks or Saints, depending on whether NO wins)
Ah, ok. Didn’t see that. Well, that makes it tough on the Bears.
There are quite a few interesting games next week. Should be a good final weekend.
Alstein
1929
I think they changed the rules for that after it cost the Panthers a game a few years back.
So the WFT vs. Eagles game is the Sunday Night game next week. If Dallas loses to the NYG the Sunday Night game will be meaningless.
I don’t think that’s correct. Like I said upthread, if Washington wins, they go through, winner of Dallas vs Giants doesn’t matter. If Eagles win, then in the other game if Dallas wins, Eagles go through, and if Giants win they (Giants) go through.
Since you’re saying the Dallas vs Giants game will happen first, then if Giants win it, they’ll go through if Eagles win the Sunday night game, or Washington goes through by winning.
You are right. If Dallas wins, WFT has to win to win the division. If the Giants win, WFT has to win to win the division. No matter who wins the Dallas vs. NYG game WFT has to win. The Eagles are eliminated now.
I am making lots of mistakes just winging this stuff on my own, heh.
So WFT vs. the Eagles isn’t a gimmee by any means. Jalen Hurts will be playing to be the starter next year for the Eagles and it’s the Sunday Night game. WFT has QB problems. Alex Smith has a hamstring injury so there’s no guarantee he will play next week. Haskins looks terrible. They may have to play Taylor Heinicke at QB.
If Dallas gets in as the division winner, they may surprise some people. Their offense looks good and the defense has been playing better.
This would be the most Bears move ever.
See! The 5D chess Zimmer and the Vikings are playing to long-term cripple the Bears franchise is working perfectly!
(Gaaaaaaah we’re going to suck for at least three years and need to fire Zimmer and GM Spielman immediately fml)
Trubisky can be fine if they tailor the offense to what he can do well, and not try to fit them in the offense they want. He’s not Mahomes or Watson. I think the question is - who out there is available that would be a better choice, because Foles definitely isn’t it.
They should start drafting QBs, tho. They clearly won’t get someone in the top 10 now, but we see good to great QBs get drafted outside the top 10 all the damn time. Hell, none of the top QBs right now where high draft picks. But if you don’t draft them, you’ll never have a shot at finding that guy.
The game against the Packers will be interesting, as they will definitely be playing to win, and maybe we can see what he can do against an OK defense vs two pretty bad teams (Texans, Jags) and one ‘inconsistent and also missing some of their best players, and oh hey, they have Kirk Cousins’ team. At worst, he could be a good backup for someone.
And yes, that INT he threw yesterday was terrible. No question. But we’ve seen some truly horrible interceptions from QBs who are, supposedly, leagues better than Trubisky, so it’s not like he’s the only one. And at least it was only one.
Edit: Also, he should have one comeback playoff win for himself already. Not his fault Parkey can’t kick worth a shit (unless the goal actually is to hit uprights).
Sammich
1936
I think Mitch’s failures are 60% lack of talent and 40% poor coaching/development. I don’t think Mitch would be in the upper echelon even in the best situation; he’s too inaccurate and skittish for that. However, Nagy hung on to his dream of adapting the player to his offense for far too long.
It’s such a no-man’s-land situation for the Bears. The time to fire Pace and Nagy is now, but they’ve got too much dead cap in '21 to start a meaningful teardown, and they’ve already won too many games to have a top 10 pick, so whoever they bring in would have to start their tenure in limbo.
As an aside, I’m not sure which move was worse: trading up to pick Trubisky, or trading a fourth-rounder for Foles and his contract.
rshetts
1937
Hey, it doesnt have to be a completion! They were both pretty bad. Actually, I would have to say trading up for Trubisky is the worst though. Not just because it as a bust but because of the players they passed up with that move. Draft picks are always a gamble but when you move up and fail, youre doubling down on the bad.
And they traded all that to move up one spot, and SF didn’t even want a QB.
Sort of disagree. I think Mitch has some talent, although I agree he wouldn’t be in the upper echelon regardless. His ceiling would be serviceable to good, who can occasionally win you games - possibly a little higher with a great offensive line. And the move for Trubisky - bad as it was for numerous reasons - was still better than the Foles signing and also the Glennon signing. Seems to me you should do what you can to sign a QB that is as similar as possible to what you have so that if you have to switch, the playbook doesn’t have to change as much. Foles needs a decent O-line to do well, because he’s a statue. Bears don’t have that now (although they are playing better), and didn’t have that then. Glennon was just a mistake all around.
Also, as much as I’d like to bag on Pace for those signings, it’s not like he’s been horrible. Looks like Mooney was a great find. Roquin Smith looks to be the next great MLB for the Bears. Jaylon Johnson looks like he could be a good find. Montgomery. The Robinson signing (although if they let him get away, that would be real bad mark against Pace). Brought Hicks in from NO. Even Leonard Floyd was a good pick, and seeing how he’s been playing this year for the Rams, makes me question the coaching he was given for 4 years. He’s made a number of good picks and signings - he has just repeatedly failed at the most important one (QB).
rshetts
1940
But wasn’t the Foles signing a direct result of failure of the Trubisky pick?
They’d seen enough of Haskins. I’d be surprised if any team wants him now. Doesn’t seem that talented and certainly lacks the leadership quality you’d want in a QB.
Gotta hurt to have a first rounder bust so bad, though.
