They would have to go 4-3 the rest of the way to get to 7 wins, which I don’t see happening. Winnable games and winning games are two different things, and I doubt they sweep all of their “winnable games”. 5-12 seems about right to me.

I think Flus needs to get to 6 Wins. He won’t.

I think it depends on where we fall in the draft. If we fall at #3 and like #11 then my guess they take MHR and a Tackle or DT and we run it back. If Carolina sucks ass and we end up with a top 2 pick I’m guessing they will use it to draft another QB.

People overlook 1 thing: QB’s are very expensive when they come off rookie contracts. Fields has an option for next year, but then he’s due that 2nd contract. My guess is the Bears will draft a QB strictly because nobody knows if Fields is the guy and at best they only have 1 more year with him before he needs to be paid. By moving on to another rookie QB it allows Poles to spend money building a solid roster outside the QB position.

I don’t think there is a scenario where poles gets fired regardless of how we do the rest of the season. I also think the likelihood of Flus going is also low. Fields and the rest of the staff I’m less sure on. If they keep fields I think Getsy is still here too since giving him a 3rd OC wouldn’t be good for anyone, but if fields ends up going I can see a new OC being brought in regardless of Flus’s status.

I don’t know why you would think it’s realistic for us to win 4/4 winnable games to close the season when we’ve won, like, 3/7 winnable games to open the season

So much young talent on this team and many key players have been hurt including Fields. We are missing two coaches also. It would only be fair to see the team as a whole.

The fact that we may end up with a top two pick from the Panthers changes everything. Fields is due to get paid and we could give him another year to prove it but his option would cost 23.5 million the year after. That’s essentially a fully guaranteed one year rental. There’s no guarantee we end up with a pick to draft a qb in 25 in case he doesn’t work out.

Either way I want a new OC. Getsy is clueless.

Regardless of what they do, Poles has kept a lot of things close to the vest. I am not sure what he is thinking

No matter what we need a new OC and HC, in my opinion there’s going to be nothing a few more wins on the back end of another awful season will do to change that.

However, here’s a potential scenario that I think would work and would allow Flus to stick around. If he was willing to transition to a full-time DC, I think he would be much more successful in that role. He just doesn’t have the requisite skill or experience as a HC to get it done, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Many coordinators are great in that role and then go on to suck as HCs, and since he’s taken over the defense full time there is no denying it has gotten much better since Williams was let go.

Now of course, it’s a long shot this would actually happen because most people would not want to essentially demote themselves to a lesser role voluntarily. But, I don’t see many other teams knocking on the door clamoring for him to be their new HC, so there’s a chance he could be talked into it given the right circumstances.

Getsy, on the other hand, has got to go. Even more so than Flus, because at least Flus is showing his side of the ball can be consistent week-to-week. Getsy has become glaringly blinded by his scheme and his personal approach to what good NFL offenses should look like. He is refusing to scheme to a player’s skill set, and instead expects everyone to bend to fit his scheme. And I’m not just referring to Fields here, during Bagent’s stretch I felt he was often putting him in some awful situations and expecting far too much out of him. He has consistently shown a troubling lack of ability to adapt/adjust in-game, and also struggles to embrace what works over what he wants to see from the offense.

Ultimately, all of this is gonna boil down to the McCa$$keys (as it far too often does). If they truly are going to keep their word and allow Warren and Poles to take the wheel, then I’ll have hope the right staff will be brought in. But if they insist on being involved once again and opt to bring in some former NFL “expertise”, then we’re boned. They also may insist in keeping everyone around next year, which is just as bad too.

Time will tell.

No

If we somehow manage 7 wins then I’ll just put trust in poles because that’s a 4 win improvement from last year and even with all our lows, that was precisely the realistic best-case expectation going into the year. Probably run it back with the current foundation player-wise and stack it up through draft and cap space. Coaching-wise, I’d lean toward firing everyone but if we did get 7 wins, I find it hard to believe Poles let’s go of Flus. Getsy should be gone in any scenario though

Lions fan with an honest question:

If you guys do end up with the first pick in the draft with the Carolina pick, does Fields remain the starter?

the team is on the way up

BEATING THE ACTUAL WORST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE BY 3 IS NOT “ON THE WAY UP.”

I FEEL LIKE I’M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!

I guess it would depend more on the how but I would still feel uneasy sticking with Eberflus, he practically lost all trust I had in him after the first 4 weeks.