Once the Bears got DJ and Carolinas pick it was not a tank year. They really went for it I think. The Bears gave Fields some weapons and needed to see for themselves if he could put it together and win some games. They wanted him to break out. I agree the o line was ignored, but overall they performed quite admirably given their expectations and the fact that an RPO offense has to be tough for any line.

If you want to talk about 22 being a tank year I can't say I wouldn't agree with the caveat that in general, tanking for an NFL player is like asking him to cut off his own thumb. But some serious talent was traded away and sure I'll buy winning wasn't a priority in 22.

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Fields made it feel like one.

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Neither was 2021 (Fields first year), but Nagy and Pace were horrid.

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Darko, largely agree but the o-line was not bad. The cult wants to push an offensive line sucks narrative out there to prop up their guy but that's fake news. I've demonstrated this by sharing widely available data but of course the cult is allergic to data since it would shatter their worldview. Two summarized points from the data:

ESPN research ranks the Bears #4 or #5 overall in pass block win share, which assesses if the line provides their QB with at least 2.5 secs or more to throw on passing plays. The Bears passed that test with flying colors per ESPN.

The Bears sack rate drops considerably once a non-Fields QB takes over. It's staggering - Fields gets sacked around 12% of the time on pass plays which is abnormally high, like unprofessionally high. That rate drops to league average to below average 2-3% once someone else takes over, again proving that Fields sack rate is a problem he creates, it's not on the line.

There are other stats from OSU that paint the same pic - Stroud took way less sacks than Fields for example even though they largely played behind the same lines - and all of the concerns about sacks and taking too long to throw is documented in Fields pre draft scouting reports. Anyway, that's all to say the narrative about a bad line is fake news pushed out by the cult to cover up one of Fields' fatal flaws.

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This stat freak is really starting to go overboard with his "factoids". Now he is introducing something called PASS BLOCK WIN SHARE BY ESPN in order to convince us that the Oline wasn't as bad as our EYES AND BRAIN TOLD US THAT IS WAS. than he tells us also that probably the 2nd and 3rd more mobile qb in the NFL is somehow unprofessionally high and one of "Field's FATAL FLAWS". MY GOODNESS, little vegan, calm down with your absurd barrage of football minutia that nobody gives a crap about.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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Hawk if your eyes told you that line was any less than average you should see an optometrist. I will readily admit that the center was pretty bad. But ultimately Fields had time to move around and hit targets. But everyone knew once he broke out he's running and he got collapsed on as a result. His line wasn't the problem, he had time.

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unique take. No one said "no more excuses" before this season started.

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Baloney. The only good lineman was the right tackle. The truth really is that the first half of the year, the injuries were really pretty bad and the center position and the two guards were weak, very weak particularly in the first half of the year. I don't think by the way that it is fair to try and compare Fields to classic pocket quarterbacks in terms of sacks. YOU IGNORE AND NOONE MENTIONS the terrific runs that FIELDS made for first downs and yes touchdowns. These happened frequently after he went through some progressions, the pocket broke down and FIELDS made somethng out of nothing.

For you and the Williams cult to really say that the Bear's offensive line was somehow at least :"AVERAGE" is really weird. That opinion is really not factual.IF you love Williams for whatever reason, that is certainly your perogative. If he is successful, good for him. But don't put Fields down and do things like lying about the worth of the offensive line.

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Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

We all said it's make or break for fields in year 3. We all saw the talent they had overall. That was a playoff team. No doubt about it. Fields was the only one that clearly didn't not do what we expected him to.

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If it really was just the line play and coaching then why did the entire league pass on Fields as their starter and go with guys like Donald and Lock instead?