NFL 2018-19 2.0

[Lennys Tap]

If they hire Fitzgerald you'll find me the next day after distributing pitchforks and torch material outside of Murphy's house

Eng, why do you hate Fitzgerald so much? Does it have anything to do with him not being interested in Penn St after the Joe Paterno fiasco?

[WarriorDad]

Nagy gave the Packers the win in week 1.  He's trying to repeat it today.  This coach should have his team with 1 loss this year, but his inane decisions have saddled them with some L's.  Fake punt up 14-6?  What an idiot.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Nagy gave the Packers the win in week 1.  He's trying to repeat it today.  This coach should have his team with 1 loss this year, but his inane decisions have saddled them with some L's.  Fake punt up 14-6?  What an idiot.

Baffling decision yes but gotta take the good with the bad. No way is Fox a .500 coach with this team.

[cheebs09]

Nagy gave the Packers the win in week 1.  He's trying to repeat it today.  This coach should have his team with 1 loss this year, but his inane decisions have saddled them with some L's.  Fake punt up 14-6?  What an idiot.

That last play may have topped this.

[Archies Bat]

I  love gimmick plays by the Bears.

[cheebs09]

About as poor of a possession as you can have by the Packers there. Hoping that would have left with McCarthy.

[Dish]

That pick should clinch the North and end the Packers season.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

How ya doing there Brand?

[Dish]

I don't know what will happen in the playoffs, but the Bears will be a tough out.

[jesmu84]

I don't know what will happen in the playoffs, but the Bears will be a tough out.

Depends on Jackson's injury

[Dish]

I think Jackson will be ok, looked like a rolled ankle. They can give him 2 weeks off to recoup.

They just have to beat the Niners to wrap up the 3rd seed, and can rest everyone at Minny.

Injuries, a brutal Mitch game, and/or a bad Nagy decision can kill them in a playoff game. But, this should be house money, a year ahead of where they should be, took advantage of down years from the Pack and Vikes. Things can change fast in the NFL, might as well win the tournament now if they can.

[forgetful]

Nagy gave the Packers the win in week 1.  He's trying to repeat it today.  This coach should have his team with 1 loss this year, but his inane decisions have saddled them with some L's.  Fake punt up 14-6?  What an idiot.

Good thing you are a Cardinals fan.

[mu03eng]

Eng, why do you hate Fitzgerald so much? Does it have anything to do with him not being interested in Penn St after the Joe Paterno fiasco?

Nope never wanted him at PSU. Have heard some shady stories from recruits over the years and he is not a good coach, benefits from a bad division in the Big 10

[The Sultan]

He's the winningest coach in Northwestern football history since the 1930s.  I don't think you understand how hard it is to win there.  I don't think he should be the Packers choice at all, but to say he is not a good coach is just not accurate.

[Lennys Tap]

Nagy gave the Packers the win in week 1.  He's trying to repeat it today.  This coach should have his team with 1 loss this year, but his inane decisions have saddled them with some L's.  Fake punt up 14-6?  What an idiot.

Yep, he's an idiot all right. Bears are clearly the best team in football and pretty much everybody knew it coming into this season. Any competent coach has them 13-1 and with a good one they're 14-0 and ready to make history. Putz.

BTW, Ive forgotten - did Nagy drop that pass thrown right to him by Rodgers in week !? Could have sworn it was Fuller.

[WarriorDad]

Good thing you are a Cardinals fan.

We get all the Chicago games, part of living in the area.  For the same reason Seattle residents receive all the Seahawks games, but not everyone in Seattle is a Seahawks fan.  I think I commented on the Bears two games this year.  Game one and today.  A Bears fan would be commented on them routinely during the season.  Nagy would make me nervous if he were my coach.  He brings them up to high heights, but dumb decisions could undo it all.

[WarriorDad]

Yep, he's an idiot all right. Bears are clearly the best team in football and pretty much everybody knew it coming into this season. Any competent coach has them 13-1 and with a good one they're 14-0 and ready to make history. Putz.

BTW, Ive forgotten - did Nagy drop that pass thrown right to him by Rodgers in week !? Could have sworn it was Fuller.

Week one the play calling and clock management at the end were what lost the game.  He and his team controlled that element, not whether an interception was caught.  That was on Nagy, and many of the city's sportswriters called him on it.  He has been very successful, that doesn't mean he hasn't made some considerable blunders. It was like watching Kyle Shanihan against the Patriots in the SB.  Atrocious play calling, equally bad clock management game one.  Never should have lost that game or the Dolphins game.  Giants game was another, but with with a backup QB you let that one slide.

He has done very good things with this team, who already had a lot of talent.  The question is whether some of his stupid decisions will ultimately hurt them. Is there enough good to overcome the bad?

No need for the personal attack name calling. 

[Lennys Tap]

Week one the play calling and clock management at the end were what lost the game.  He and his team controlled that element, not whether an interception was caught.  That was on Nagy, and many of the city's sportswriters called him on it.  He has been very successful, that doesn't mean he hasn't made some considerable blunders. It was like watching Kyle Shanihan against the Patriots in the SB.  Atrocious play calling, equally bad clock management game one.  Never should have lost that game or the Dolphins game.  Giants game was another, but with with a backup QB you let that one slide.

He has done very good things with this team, who already had a lot of talent.  The question is whether some of his stupid decisions will ultimately hurt them. Is there enough good to overcome the bad?

No need for the personal attack name calling.

Nagy is the head coach of a team that radically outperformed expectations this year. He'll probably be the NFL coach of the year in his first year as a head coach. And according to you, he's an idiot.

Wojo has (depending on your appetite for kool aid) slightly underperformed, met or slightly exceeded expectations over 4+ years. Not only is he not an idiot, you consistently defend him against even the mildest of criticisms.

Wojo is expected to win maybe 21 regular season games this year. If he wins 33 he outperform to approximately the same degree as Nagy. If somebody here calls him an idiot after doing that I'll call him a lot worse than a putz.

[Dish]

I'll happily take a re-match with this Rams team in the Divisional Round. They've fallen off a cliff.

[MU82]

Nagy gave the Packers the win in week 1.  He's trying to repeat it today.  This coach should have his team with 1 loss this year, but his inane decisions have saddled them with some L's.  Fake punt up 14-6?  What an idiot.

Remember when Sean Payton opened the second half of the SB with an onside kick? It worked, so he was a genius. If the Colts had recovered, he'd have been an idiot.

This is true of pretty much every trick play in football history. Fake punt works = genius. Fake punt fails = idiot. Flea-flicker works = genius. Flea-flicker fails = idiot. Etc, etc, etc.

Nagy's done OK.

[barfolomew]

I just like this picture:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-bears-10-thoughts-packers-nfc-north-brad-biggs-20181217-story.html

because it looks like DB Kevin Toliver (#22) is carrying an unnamed teammate in one arm.

[Jockey]

Remember when Sean Payton opened the second half of the SB with an onside kick? It worked, so he was a genius. If the Colts had recovered, he'd have been an idiot.

This is true of pretty much every trick play in football history. Fake punt works = genius. Fake punt fails = idiot. Flea-flicker works = genius. Flea-flicker fails = idiot. Etc, etc, etc.

Nagy's done OK.

I thought Nagy tried to give the game away as well. Against a decent team, his moves probably would have cost the game.

I have no problem going on 4th and 2 from midfield, but let the offense do it. THEY practice offense.

On the 2nd one, Nagy again took the ball out of Trubisky's hands. Two 4th down attempts and he did not allow Trubisky to touch the ball.

I'm not smart enough to know why - but something is driving the decision to get the ball out of Mitch's hands on 4th down.

[Pakuni]

Nope never wanted him at PSU. Have heard some shady stories from recruits over the years and he is not a good coach, benefits from a bad division in the Big 10

I don't know about your shady stories, but not a good coach? He arguably does more with less than any other coach in the nation.
Easy to say he benefits from a bad division, and yet his teams are consistently as good or better than Nebraska and Iowa, which play in the same division and have more to work with, and are way better than the likes of Minnesota, Purdue and Illinois.
I'm really interested in what more you expect at a place like Northwestern beyond consistently finishing in the upper half of a power conference.
Also, bad coach was just unanimously voted Big 10 coach of the year.

[Dish]

RIP to the Ron Rivera era in Carolina. What a train wreck since mid season.

[jesmu84]

I still haven't been able to decide if cam is hurt or bad