Maybe the shocker would have put it right down the middle.

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If that ball goes thru and the Bears win nobody is talking about the offense or defense or special teams mistakes.

Mitch didn’t lose the game today. But, he didn’t win it, either.

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Those ‘paid’ experts are wrong as often as ‘unpaid’ experts. Some of you put too much stock in this.

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If the rule you followed lead you to this, of what use was the rule?

One thing lost in all the disappointment, the bears pulled that same shot with the miller “reception” that they did against the packers a couple of years ago. When will they learn to pick up the ball just in case

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they did enough to win the game. the kid just needed to make the fg. It's the playoffs, nothing goes perfect. That's why its called the playoffs. you have to find a way to win. many times the best team doesn't win in the playoffs. the experience you get in the playoffs is on how to win games like this.

But he kind of did. Who would get credited with a game winning drive if Parkey does his job

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Mitch drove the team down in the last two minutes of both halves. That is a good indication of decelopment

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I know who gets credited with a game losing drive...the D.

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Yeah...but there wasn't really a receiver in the area...and the officials were clearly waving incomplete. I can understand why none of them went after the ball.

The defense has no excuse...always go get the ball no matter what. There were 2 guys right there in the area.

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Mitch is not the qb at this point of career to single handly win games for you.

And yet, there they were because of him

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yes he did enough to put them in a position to win.

1st off, I didn’t say I wanted him gone. I said this is the issue I have with him as a coordinator and it’s what I won’t miss if he does leave.


I’d be just fine with him staying and said as much in my opening post about this.


2nd -no one is above criticism, and this is my criticism of him as a play caller and has been for some time now. Your ‘perfection’ analogy here make absolutely no sense. Me being critical of something is not the same as asking for perfection. This team hangs its hat on the defense, if the defense would have come up with a pick or forced fumble we’d all be comfortable saying this is what the Bears do, this defense is ‘special’, lean on your defense to win it and so on. But that didn’t happen tonight, and it’s my opinion that it didn’t happen because Fangio did not put his defense in the best position to stop a late drive the opponent needed to win.


I also criticized Nagy’s playcalling too.


And in case everyone missed it, here it is again flat out -this is a coaching loss. It’s not on Mitch, and it’s not on Parkey. Bad play calling lost us this game. And I’ll stand by this opinion.

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They lost. I'm not saying it's all on him, but you're acting as though they won. Kickers don't automatically make kicks. He put them in a position to have a chance, perhaps. But I could argue that a 12-4 3-seed playing at home shouldn't have left it up to the kicker.

Look, I want (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky to succeed as much as anyone else. On top of being the Bears QB, he seems like a genuinely good kid. And he has made progress. But I don't understand why some of you take any critique of him so personally. He still has a ways to go if he wants to live up to the expectations of a 2nd overall pick who was in the same class as Mahomes and Watson. It shouldn't be controversial to say that.

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That one touchdown was awesome.

Shit I already forgot how the Bears scored a TD tonight. Still can't remember it.

I love Leash’s sports thoughts. Right on the money.

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And enough to win if the D dies their job.

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Three home teams lost this weekend

I criticize Mitch often. He played fine today

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True. It was actually a pretty heroic game before that bullshit.

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Agreed.

All 3 phases had a chance to win it. Offense goes 3 and out. Defense allows TD, special teams cant kick a FG.

You can blame Parkey for the loss and still point out how Nagy and the offense could have been way better.

Nagy handcuffed him with terrible over simplified play calling for 3 quarters.

At least we don't have to hear about 'Club Dub' today. Consolation prize.

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What about the oriental kicker from Notre Dame?

I still think you're absolving the defense for responsibility over their own actions and instead transferring that responsibility to Fangio. There are a number of blitzes and prevent style coverages Fangio called late in the game that didn't produce sacks or INTs. Is that on Fangio? Khalil Mack was totally neutralized by that offense line. Is that on Fangio? Fangio can call whatever he want. There's no call in his playbook however that makes the Philly o line less talented.

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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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I'm very skeptical of fans critiquing playcalling. To an extent, I think it can be valid, especially run/pass ratio. But we have no idea what the progressions on some of those passes are or if (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky has options on the play call at the line or any number of things. Maybe the playcalling was the same as always but (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky was being tentative and checking down or locking onto one guy. Additionally, playcalling critiques by fans tend to be contradictory. People yesterday were bitching that Nagy wasn't being aggressive while simultaneously bitching that they weren't running enough.

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They held the opposition to 16 points. That should be an automatic win. The offense did not do enough. Period. End of Story.