2020-21 NFL Season

[Silent Verbal]

The players wrote a letter...

Had that been the case, Eagles ownership would've rewarded Pederson by giving him an extension with a massive buyout.

[4everwarriors]

The players wrote a letter...

Didant no da Hausers played four da Eagles, hey?

[MU82]

Where does it say he lost the locker room?

I said it. It's my opinion, based on numerous accounts I read. You're free to disagree. I'm thinking Lurie agrees, though.

[GooooMarquette]

Bill Belichick declines Presidential Medal of Freedom.

https://mobile.twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1348790788046680067?s=10

[The Sultan]

The players wrote a letter...

Lol. 

[Spotcheck Billy]

Didant no da Hausers played four da Eagles, hey?

not since leaving MU

[Dish]

Insert your own jokes, but I think Bears management literally has no idea what to do.

It's ridiculous it's mid Tuesday afternoon and they haven't said a word.

[The Sultan]

Insert your own jokes, but I think Bears management literally has no idea what to do.

It's ridiculous it's mid Tuesday afternoon and they haven't said a word.

Do you think the problem is with Phillips or the McCaskey family?

[Pakuni]

Insert your own jokes, but I think Bears management literally has no idea what to do.

It's ridiculous it's mid Tuesday afternoon and they haven't said a word.

May be that they don't know what to do. May also be that they've decided to stand pat. They've already leaked that Nagy was expected to return for 2021. If they're not making any changes, don't expect a big announcement that they're not making changes.

[Dish]

May be that they don't know what to do. May also be that they've decided to stand pat. They've already leaked that Nagy was expected to return for 2021. If they're not making any changes, don't expect a big announcement that they're not making changes.

With their season over, the NFL requires teams to hold year end press conferences within 8 days (I believe I have that right) of their season ending.

At this point, I don't expect changes, but that's a post on its own.

If they are standing pat, just say presser next Monday 10am. Them literally not even issuing that by now leads me to believe they have no idea what to do.

[Dish]

Do you think the problem is with Phillips or the McCaskey family?

Phillips might as well be a McCaskey at this point. They gave him a board seat a while ago, he makes them money, and it'd be hard for them to let him go. He'll retire soon enough as well.

Pure guess is there is a soft split in the family in how to proceed. It's odd that they didn't have decisions made weeks ago. Nobody seems to know anything, it all feels discombobulated. We'll see.

[tower912]

Maybe the answer is status quo. 

[The Sultan]

Phillips might as well be a McCaskey at this point. They gave him a board seat a while ago, he makes them money, and it'd be hard for them to let him go. He'll retire soon enough as well.

Pure guess is there is a soft split in the family in how to proceed. It's odd that they didn't have decisions made weeks ago. Nobody seems to know anything, it all feels discombobulated. We'll see.

Maybe they did have the decision made weeks ago, but the run to get them into the playoffs either made them change their mind, or say something like "it would be so unBears like to fire a playoff coach."

[JWags85]

Phillips might as well be a McCaskey at this point. They gave him a board seat a while ago, he makes them money, and it'd be hard for them to let him go. He'll retire soon enough as well.

Pure guess is there is a soft split in the family in how to proceed. It's odd that they didn't have decisions made weeks ago. Nobody seems to know anything, it all feels discombobulated. We'll see.

Yep. Phillips is more of a made man than the most loyal and secure made man in the mob. Dude is bulletproof, despite being utterly clueless on how to run a football team that wins.

As for the FO and end of season, when it comes to the Bears, the simplest answer is usually the correct one. They are likely confused and uncertain, and I'd be completely and utterly unsurprised if they do nothing. They are linear and simple enough to go "hey, we made the playoffs!" and ignore everything else, making this season a resounding success.  If Trubisky is a Bear next year however, people need to show up at Halas Hall with pitchforks and torches

[Jockey]

Insert your own jokes, but I think Bears management literally has no idea what to do.

It's ridiculous it's mid Tuesday afternoon and they haven't said a word.

A tough position to be in.

They have no QB for next year (Foles is not the answer) and Pace cannot be trusted to get one.

[Pakuni]

Bears DC Chuck Pagano is retiring (or "retiring ").

[jesmu84]

Bears DC Chuck Pagano is retiring (or "retiring ").

Twitter saying Pace and Nagy will stay through 2021.

[Jockey]

Twitter saying Pace and Nagy will stay through 2021.

Whoo Hoo!!!

[BM1090]

Confirmed by Schefter.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1349388315024351233

[The Sultan]

Confirmed by Schefter.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1349388315024351233

"I was impressed with both of them."

That was probably a good time for McCaskey to say nothing at all.

[JWags85]

Not only are they staying McCaskey was "impressed with both of them" and he also said "Ryan and Matt are the people best able to lead us to success"...fire this family into the f-ing sun. I'm sure they are nice "classy" people but they are incompetence personified

[The Sultan]

Not only are they staying McCaskey was "impressed with both of them" and he also said "Ryan and Matt are the people best able to lead us to success"...fire this family into the f-ing sun. I'm sure they are nice "classy" people but they are incompetence personified

Let me guess as to the actual reasons.

It's not "Bear-like"...they don't want to pay the buyouts....they like them as people.

[JWags85]

Let me guess as to the actual reasons.

It's not "Bear-like"...they don't want to pay the buyouts....they like them as people.

You're probably dead on. Stinginess and the classic misguided kindness.  It's amazing how the McCaskeys get lauded for being classy and kind for actions which predominantly harm the actual purpose of a sports franchise

[Jockey]

Sorry, Bears fans.

You have no hope. Except of course, that they are good at collaborating. But really, how do you use a 6 game losing streak as an example of why they should stay.

They started the season with a huge gap between them and GB. That chasm has widened.

[Dish]

I've been pleading for some time for an AFC team to move to Chicago.

Never more so than today.

That was the most tone deaf end of season presser you'll ever see. In an absolute cutthroat league, the Bears are like a ma and pa shop selling CD Roms across the street from an Apple Store.