Bear Down Baffa

You have to give it to Matt “Jesus Take The Wheel” Nagy.  Already on his way out, he reached deep into his bag of tricks for an answer to the Bear’s offensive deficiencies.  And all he came up with was handing off play-calling duties to OC Bill “The Blazer” Lazor.  And though the Blazer did get 2 starting O-Linemen back, he was without our top 2 RBs, aka the Accounting Firm of Cohen & Montgomery.  So the effect of this “Hail Nagy” on our offense was indistinguishable.  And after starting our season 5-1, we’ve now lost 4 straight, and show no signs of being able to score another point this year, let alone win a game.  So even though only 6 NFC teams have better records than us, and we’re somehow STILL the #8 seed, I’m gonna go ahead and put a fork in the 2020 Bears.

Foles, saying goodbye to his hip, his eyes, and his 2020 season

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Yes, the Bears suck.  At least right now.  Teams ebb and flow over the course of a season, and at 5-4, we’re definitely ebbing.  But we’ve been starting 3 backup O-Linemen.  And that’s on a line that wasn’t any good to begin with!  It’s not an excuse, it’s an explanation.  Our line has been our weak link for years, and like everything else in 2020, it finally came to a head.  But the Bears are otherwise solid, mostly because of our defense.  OK, entirely because of our defense.  But they’ll keep us in games as we fix (or figure out how to work around) our line.  And now that every NFC team has at least 2 losses, and none has more than 6 wins, we’re only a game and a half behind the #1 seed.  So unlike the Bears, who did NOTHING at last week’s trade deadline, I’m not throwing in the towel on our season just yet.

Their names and numbers are on their jerseys, but I
still don’t know who half these guys on our O-line are!

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After GB lost the early game Sunday, the Bears had jumped back into first place before we even kicked off.  And though our game was extended due to overtime, by 7 pm local time, we were not only out of first place, but we were out of the playoffs altogether.  It’s amazing what 2 losses can do, as the NFL gods came to collect all that fairy dust that had been sprinkled on the first 6 weeks of our season.  They also came to collect our 3 “best” O-linemen, leaving our already wingless crew now also rudderless.  If the Bears are gonna make any headway this year, we have to address this – and by tomorrow.  The trade deadline is Tuesday @ 4 pm.  If we don’t bring any improvements in, it would be the equivalent of throwing in the towel on our season.  So the question for the Bears becomes:  Deal or no deal?

4 O-lineman, 3 defenders, and not 1 block for Foles

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