Week Thirteen: Chicago Bears (4-7) @ Detroit Lions (10-1)

[Klondike]

25 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Offense did not execute in red zone. They missed Decker. IIRC, they had three trips inside the ten where they came away with only with six points. 

In second half, Jaymo’s personal foul broke a drive. Unacceptable. 

The refs called a bunch of ticky-tack penalties on both sides. Dudes, nobody wants to see you, especially on thanksgiving. 

Let’s hope the defense can get healthy soon. They were running guys out they that I’ve never heard of. 

It's two weeks in a row of mediocre offense play. They really have to dial it up because the defense is very limited at this point through injuries and the offense has to find their mojo. Next week in only 7 days, vs. GB so no time to heal.

Edited November 28, 2024 by Klondike

[CMRivdogs]

1 minute ago, Motown Bombers said:

When Eberflus sees Caleb taking too long, he needs to call the timeout. When you have a rookie QB, sometimes you need to intervene. 

I don't put it all on Caleb. He was trying to get the other 10 in position. The rest of the offense was treating it like they had lots of time left. No time clock awareness there.

[KL2]

4 minutes ago, sagnam said:

It was 3rd and 24. They weren’t getting another first down. The idea is to get 10 yards or so to get back into range and then call timeout. Worst case you get an incompletion and use the last second or 2 for the Hail Mary. The Bears knew they had 2 more plays*. So the second is either a FG attempt or a Hail Mary. They don’t want to leave Detroit 20 seconds for a final possession after the assumed made FG.

 

* they only got one play because Caleb decided to take away the FG option by going for the win.

So the smarter call was to risk what happened?! Come on that's silly 

If your team is discombulated you call the time out.

End of game goal is to get in place to tie. Who care if you give the other team 20 seconds if you never give yourself a shot?! 

[Motown Bombers]

1 minute ago, RandyMarsh said:

If that was the case then why have multiple receivers running routes to the goal line? 

They may have been going for the win and thinking of two shots to the end zone against a depleted defense. 

[KnoxP]

Never mind 😛

Edited November 28, 2024 by KnoxP

[sagnam]

2 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

If that was the case then why have multiple receivers running routes to the goal line? 

To clear out. Kmet ran a short out at the top of the screen. I never saw who was in the middle from the bottom of the screen.

[RandyMarsh]

Just now, Motown Bombers said:

They may have been going for the win and thinking of two shots to the end zone against a depleted defense. 

FOr sure but I was commenting on the fact that the play was designed to be a short pass and timeout but Caleb instead tried to play hero ball. If it was infact designed to be a quick short pass they wouldn't have had as many players as they did run down field. 

[Motown Bombers]

1 minute ago, KnoxP said:

On the coach!!! He could have called TO immediately after the sack, with over 20 seconds remaining. Quick pass over the middle and then clock it. What a joke he is. QB maybe trying too hard to get the formation right, but should have never gotten to that!  

They couldn’t clock it. That would be 4th down. I get what they were trying to do, but when they aren’t executing, have to call a timeout. 

[sagnam]

I’m not excusing the stupidity of it all. Just trying to understand what the hell I just saw. I don’t think anyone should let Caleb off the hook for a huge mistake. He had the guy with a step so if he delivered that pass on target it would have been a big time highlight. It was just stupid.

[lordstanley]

Dan Campbell on injuries in interview just now. He says Decker and Davis are very hopeful about playing against Green Bay, and if not he (Campbell) feels very good about them being ready for Buffalo. Doesn’t know much about today’s injuries until tomorrow, Campbell suspects Rodriguez’ might be the most serious. 

Edited November 28, 2024 by lordstanley

[KL2]

1 minute ago, RandyMarsh said:

FOr sure but I was commenting on the fact that the play was designed to be a short pass and timeout but Caleb instead tried to play hero ball. If it was infact designed to be a quick short pass they wouldn't have had as many players as they did run down field. 

They had two run deep to pull the safeties

The other three went about 7 yards and turnaround. Pulling the safety also gives Williams room to run

[Motor City Sonics]

35 minutes ago, sagnam said:

I think this one is on Caleb.

The coach has to step up at about 12 seconds and call that time out and call 2 more plays right then and there.   First play to the end zone or sideline and second is a FG.   Yes, Caleb rookied it there, but that was a case of Eberflussing if I have ever seen one.     Wait, does Eberflussing have one or two Ss? 

 

Time to go eat and then look at Bears message boards. 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[lordstanley]

Should be past the point by now of doing things that require apologies. He has had enough “learning experiences”. 

[KL2]

1 minute ago, lordstanley said:

Should be past the point by now of doing things that require apologies. He has had enough “learning experiences”. 

Nah nah more chances

[Motown Bombers]

 

[MichiganCardinal]

The way I see it, you’re not going to win 68/68 quarters in an NFL season. You can only hope win enough of every four to put together some wins and be prepared entering January. They did that today.

[Motown Bombers]

Just now, MichiganCardinal said:

The way I see it, you’re not going to win 68/68 quarters in an NFL season. You can only hope win enough of every four to put together some wins and be prepared entering January. They did that today.

The Lions were basically playing with a second string defense. They could only hold up so long. They will be fine if they get healthy. 

[MichiganCardinal]

Dude couldn’t even make it to a snap.

[RatkoVarda]

someone above correctly said this is a wake up game they needed, but without the loss.

nothing to apologize for - they won a division game

fully on board with losing some games if it means they are healthy for playoffs

[Jason_R]

7 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Dude couldn’t even make it to a snap.

Yikes. Would have been a different game with him. 

[lordstanley]

Eberflus pretends not to get it. The question isn’t why they didnt rush to get off a play right at the 30 second mark or why they didn’t use the time out with 30 seconds to go. It’s why he as the head office didn’t step in and call when it got down to about 10 seconds to go. Still would have had time even then for a 3rd down sideline pass to maybe get into FG position.  
 

 

[RandyMarsh]

We've been spoiled for the most part by having blowouts against bad teams but in general this is how the NFL is, even the bad teams routinely give the best teams a good game that is decided by a score or 2. 

[lordstanley]

 

[Motown Bombers]

5 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

We've been spoiled for the most part by having blowouts against bad teams but in general this is how the NFL is, even the bad teams routinely give the best teams a good game that is decided by a score or 2. 

Kansas City needed a last second FG to beat Carolina. The Bears, even after this loss, have a positive point differential. They don’t get blown out.