Trust me, the loss today was just as big of a gut punch for me too. But in reflecting more, this is big for 2 main reasons.
1 - Flus & our staff get fired after 2023: Poles came to Chicago and said we’re gonna take the north and never give it back. Since then, we haven’t won a divisional game (0-9). Poles absolutely cannot seriously move forward into 2024 with while keeping this coaching staff here, without seriously risking his own job. If we win the Lions game today, Flus has legit case to make that we’re turning things around with this staff and they just need more time. This is the breaking point. 2 - Our draft position improves: This loss, paired with the Giants win gives us the ability to trade back from 1, get a massive haul, while still being within striking distance of MHJ. Look at all the 4 win teams - I know the loss hurts now, but in April we’ll be glad.
JF1 looked great, and I also understand that at some point this team needs to learn how to win, but this coaching staff is inept and we’ll get there next year once we clean house. Until then, Bear down.
Ppl are setting themselves up for disappointment if they honestly think fields solidified himself for next year. If u want that, u should be hoping we land with pick number 3 & Williams/Maye going 1 & 2.
It was a solid performance for Fields but if poles has to fire flus for his own job security, he’s also going to think about the risk of trading #1 to stick with Fields & pass on Williams/Maye.
New coaches also will weigh in on Fields vs a rookie & most likely will prefer the raw talent they can mold vs the known commodity who could leave em stuck looking for another QB adter a show me year 4, just look at how that worked out for the giants & daboll.