The Bears will be better off if they CAN build around Fields. I’m still in that camp, but there’s still a chance he nose-dives the rest of the season and the Bears decide they can’t.
Honestly, none of it matters if the same staff is here.
If I’m Min, blitz blitz blitz. Make him throw or bail.
Maybe don’t run the QB behind Whitehair
That’s a great play call, if we were on the one.
A lot depends on what else the Bears can do in F/A and expect to do in the draft, but of the guys I’d like to see back, In order of importance:
Go ahead and watch the All-22 of that game. Though to be fair, nobody on defense was doing anything.
I don’t miss Roquan one bit. I was at his last game as a Bear. Looked completely lost on the field. He’s a good player, but a head-case. The dude is his own agent which is DUMB.
This season he’s playing well. 62 solo tackles and 2 sacks. Oh wait sorry, that’s T.J. Edwards stat line for ten games. Roquan is at 61/1.5 in 11 games.
Under no circumstances do I want Eberflus here next year (barring a miracle playoff run, and even then…). The head coach needs to be the architect of the offense. If it’s not the HC, any good OC that can get Fields/Rookie QB going would be a candidate to be hired elsewhere and the Bears will start over again. Young QBs need stability.
Definitely a tough road and we all know that Getsy isn’t helping him that much, but we know Fields can play well against good defenses (at least those that are willing to admit it).
In 2022, the top defense was SF, giving up 16.3 pts a game: Chicago scored 19 on them (in the rain). Dallas was at 20.1 pts/game Chicago scored 29, etc. We had bad games on offense too (obviously), but it’s not like he’s incapable.
Personally, I think our defense will regress over the next 3 games because our division has Eberflus’s (and Getsy’s) number. Bears will need to score 35 to win. We go against Cleveland after that, there’s a good chance we lose all 4 regardless of how well Fields plays.
Unless the Bears miraculously are in contention for a playoff spot, which is pretty far-fetched given the next four games, best case scenario for the Bears is that Fields plays great, so the Bears don’t HAVE to take a QB end up with more draft picks to build around him rather than starting over. Can you imagine being able to trade out of #1 and getting a haul AGAIN while also getting MHJ and some other pieces?
The fans that don’t want Fields to succeed can’t get over their bias that him doing well is the best possible outcome so we don’t have to reboot this thing all over again (except the coaches, please please please get an offensive HC regardless of what we do with QB)
Today? Extend JJ at minimum. If he also manages a decent trade for someone like Young, that would be icing.
He’ll lose me if we trade JJ unless it’s crazy lopsided, like a 1 and more.
Good corners are hard to find. You have to pay someone eventually.
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