Time to pay up u/CardiologistNo2532

https://www.reddit.com/r/CHIBears/comments/185iqj7/week_12_gamethread_chicago_bears_38_at_minnesota/kb2mxkp/

It only took Flus 10 tries and more than a season and a half to finally beat a divisional opponent. Why is this jackass still here?

It truly is unbelievable how non-clutch this motherfucker is

There’s no justification for bringing either Flus or Fields back next year. I hope to god Poles does the right thing in the offseason.

Can’t wait for us to be in this exact same position in 2026 with [insert 2024 1st round QB] and [insert January 2024 HC hire]

Second game this season where there’s just no excuse for how we lost. Our record should be 5-6 right now, it’s embarrassing that it isn’t.

Yeah so I don’t want to hear another person on this sub say how we shouldn’t draft a QB

He beat a 10-7 Raiders team with Derek Carr in 2021. That’s it. I guess the 49ers game last year technically counts? 49ers went 13-4 but Trey Lance made his 3rd career start that game. Also, a fucking hurricane helped the Bears win that game lol.

Does anyone still think Poles is getting fired this offseason? Whether we think he deserves it or not, he’s almost certainly gonna get to hire a second HC.

He’s gonna have to play pretty goddamn good and win a lot of the remaining games for me to be cool with Poles passing on taking a QB in the top 2 for the second year in a row.

Don’t worry, the Lions are probably gonna wipe that stupid fucking grin off his face in a hurry on the 19th

I’m so tired of this growing segment of the fanbase thinking that Bagent has a future as a starting QB, let alone as a GOOD starting QB or as a franchise savior for us. Look, it’s not impossible for him to eventually develop into that. But the odds of that happening are really really slim. Plus does anyone seriously trust this regime or the next one to be able to develop him into that sort of guy? I’m very happy that we were able to find a D2 UDFA who is capable of being a decent backup and a game manager who can win a game in specific situations. Frankly, that is amazing in and of itself. But we have to stop putting this guy on a pedestal and thinking that he’s something he’s not. He’s not Tom Brady, he’s not even Brock Purdy. Maybe in a few years he’ll be capable of being our starter if the next 1st round QB flames out too. But we seriously need to pump the brakes with our assessments and expectations of this guy.

I’m terrified that all it’s gonna take for Flus to keep his job is just win one more game. He can technically sell this season as “progress” over a literal tank attempt last year.

u/FieldsToDJMoore you’re running out of time!

Eberflus: “Hey, can I talk to you for a sec?”

Chicago media: “Yeah, hey!”

Eberflus: “Hey, um, I came up with a really great idea, dude.”

Chicago media: “Yeah?”

Eberflus: “I’m gonna play both sides.”

Chicago media: “Why would you tell me that?”

Eberflus: “Should I not have?”

Chicago media: “Probably shouldn’t, because if you’re trying to keep a secret from me, well, now I know.”

Eberflus: “Should I tell the Panthers?”

Chicago media: “No, I don’t think you should tell either side because if you’re trying to play both sides and they both know you’re not playing anybody.”

Eberflus: “What should I do now?”

Chicago media: “I don’t give a shit. Why are you here?”

“It’S sTiLL tOo EarLy tO jUdGe PoLeS!!!”

Calling it now. Our next head coach is going to be Frank Smith. He’s 42, the Dolphins OC, and was the Bears TE coach from 2015 to 2017. This will initially seem like a great hire because he’s young, he’s an offensive minded guy, and he’s coming out of the Mike McDaniel offense. However, he’s never had to call his own offense and probably isn’t ready to be a HC yet. He’s only in his second year as an OC under a genius who calls his own offense. He’s a TE and OL coach by trade. He will fucking fail royally and we’ll be in the exact same spot in like 3 years. This is what the McCaskeys do. They get so close to getting things right and then just left turn off a fucking cliff.

I’d love for us to just once have a GM who had an ass load of cap space and draft picks and didn’t royally fuck up on the daily.

I wonder what George S. Halas would say if he could see what his descendants have made of his once revered NFL franchise.