Ben Johnson looking like the next Shit HC in Chicago tonight

My wife asked me what I’m going as for Halloween, and I told her a depressed Bears fan. So, I’m fine with the loss because it takes my costume to the next level.

It kind of annoys me that people are saying Bagent sucks because he played bad in his second game, but then expecting Fields to come in and turn things around in his 32nd game. No idea which one’s better, but these people are clearly contradicting themselves.

Eckler absolutely embarrassed TJ Edwards all night good gracious

Also I don’t think fields should come back this week. His hands are on the shorter side plus compromised grip strength, slow to throw and saints d is a recipe for disaster

I would be absolutely embarrassed if I actually believed (and commented) an undrafted D2 QB was going to come in and be a franchise QB after watching him play one week and throwing for 160 yards.

Fellas, give these people some grace. They are having a tough Monday.

Hiring anyone this off-season not named Ben Johnson or Shane Waldron is a failure.

I’m glad the Bagent talk can finally come to a rest, we seen what QB controversy can do to a someone’s confidence like last year with Zappe and Jones. Not a dig at Bagent, it’s insane you’re playing on SNF and you went to a D2 school. I hope he develops into a solid QB2 which is a super valuable resource in this game. I want to see fields back and ball out so we can have some reassurance he’s our guy, this is mostly cope because I don’t want to get another QB and go through a bad rookie year till we ruin him lol

If Bagent were a first round rookie, we would have no trouble taking the positives from his performance. He showed some good stuff. But in the end, he has more to prove because nobody really expects him to be a starter. I think we’ll see him start again someday, but any QB controversy this year (if it ever existed) is well and truly dead.

It was a bad time for the Chargers to remember they actually have talent on their team.

Individual and coaching performances aside, it was clear which team had the better talent.

And, tbh, I think the Bears D-line was actually trying pretty damn hard to get to Herbert. Aside from one play where I still don’t know what Justin Jones was thinking (had a clear shot at Herbet), I liked their effort. The Chargers O-line was just not having anything.

I’m personally ready for Fields to be back

Ed O’Bradovich lost it last night and he was right about Justin Fields walking around sidelines with sunglasses on lackadaisically while game was going on instead of being next to Luke Getsy.

Fields should never start another game for Bears again after that stunt. Time to move on.

The defense is capable of looking ok against mediocre QBs but is always going to get picked apart by good ones. I honestly dont care that much, in the modern NFL you need an offense that can outscore in games like this. Once we have that I might start caring about the defense.

I would love nothing more than to see Bagent seize the QB1 position and guarantee that we don’t make the huge mistake of giving fields a fourth year (after we made the huge mistake of giving him a third year).

But I didn’t spend the last two years calling bad qb play bad in the face of downvotes and cope just to give in to trutherism now. That was bad qb play.

(Disclaimer: playing bad in his second start as an udfa does not mean he’s bad for a UDFA, or that he’s not a fun story, or that he has no chance to do better, or whatever other reddit illiteracy people are about to accuse me of).

Bagent made too many bad reads, was scared to work the middle of the field when it was there, held the ball too long at times, and looked shaky on long throws (the Mooney bomb to open the game was a touch underthrown and Mooney made a great adjustment, the VJJ drop was quite off-target but the coverage was so busted it should have been caught anyway).

He had good zip on some of his shorter throws but it was inconsistent and there were a few completions where the ball took forever to get there and he only got away with it because the coverage was playing soft in a blowout.

He had a couple of great third down throws (there was one to mooney that he put right over the defender’s shoulder, love the fearlessness) but with his inconsistent arm those kinds of throws are going to lead to more picks. He was lucky it was only two tonight and he’ll have more 2+ nights than he does 0 this season if he keeps playing.

Thoughts:

• Velus shouldn’t see the field again this season. In fact, go fetch me some water, you’re now the hydration guy. Just try not to drop any water bottles on your way back from the bench.

• Bagent’s arm is seriously not it. I like his attitude, his decision-making, his progress through his reads and his ability to move in the pocket but the fact of the matter is, if you don’t have a live arm you ain’t making it in this league. (in before someone lists a few mediocre examples of dudes with weak arms)

• You need a quick 10 yards? Throw at 29. I know he’s a rookie and this is trial by fire but goddamn, get him some help. Some say receivers are still making catches on him right now.

• Our highly paid linebackers can’t tackle for shit.

• If I’m Poles I am adding beef on both sides of the line. Desperately need pass rush and better pass blocking. Run blocking is great but running doesn’t win in this league, especially when your defense is a sieve.

• Fields wouldn’t have fared any better against the Chargers. They just out-talented the Bears.

• I am sick of seeing teams like the Chargers consistently draft good QBs. Meanwhile we get Great Value brand bullshit year after year. Herbert is the real deal, loved watching him play.

• Please don’t waste anymore of your anger on this team, they don’t deserve it. Just watch for individual plays and players to see how they do through the year.

• Everflush seems like a nice man who has the respect of his players but is in over his head. He needs to be a DC, not a head coach. Please let this season be his last.

• If we hire another defensive head coach I’ll be so pissed off man. It’s obvious the game is won via offense. Hire an offensive head coach. Goddamn I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

• I am not on the Poles must go train, as I believe a lot of the moves he’s made have made sense and when they failed (#15) he got rid of them quickly. But his leash is short, IMO.

• Anyway, see you fuckers next week, Bear down or some shit.

The game sucked, the Bears were terrible, but how about some unbiased officiating to give us a chance?

Mooney should have scored on the opening play. The ref standing there didn’t blow the whistle, someone back thirty yards behind the play did. Come on man.

Kmet should have scored, there was no way forward progress stopped.

The offensive lineman clearly blocked a Bears LB in the back on that long Eckler run that lead to the final TD

The offensive linemen on the Chargers were tackling Bears pass rushers all night.

The officiating was SO one sided, it was an embarrassment to the NFL on National TV again. And the announcers, complete cowards for not calling them out.

Draft MHJ and the Best OL and DL. And hit DL in Free Agency. Simple