Historical shit right here.

We all know if the Bears went for it on 4th down they weren’t going to get it. This is the Bears. Forget even that Getsy probably calls a run up the middle to get stuffed. This is the Bears. The Bears have never had an offense that would make you feel confident they could make a 4th down to put a game away.

So I didn’t hate the FG. The next possession was WAYYY more problematic. The FG set them up to have a chance for kicking a FG to still win. Had like 29 seconds left to do so. We’ve seen a team with 17 seconds left and I think no timeouts get to FG range and beat the Bears.

So that wasn’t the problem. Wish we’d focus on the real problems and not about that possession.

“Playing not to lose instead of playing to win” is such a nonsensical statement. People always say it as if they’re being profound or something. Unless you’re trying to tie, those things are the same.

When up 12 Tremaine Edmunds fails to bring down Gibbs in the middle of the field. It is 2nd and 4. If Edmunds brings Gibbs down the Lions convert and the clock runs. Instead, Edmunds tries to wrap and throw Gibbs down. Gibbs spins out of it and hustles to get OB.

This is the type of execution that Flus is right about. Almost there is this. Edmunds has to being Gibbs down there.

Instead, Gibbs gets OB. Lions huddle. Next play is 32 yard TD pass. This was way bigger than we realize.

The Bears were up 2 scores. They lost because they couldn’t stop Detroit from scoring 2 touchdowns in 2 minutes. You can blame Eberflus for his defensive play calling, but this is ridiculous “hindsight is 20/20” bullshit.