Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson

This fucking defense. Penalties. And the Bears may have lost Cole Kmet for the season. This night was a disaster. How they won is beyond me. They did what they could to piss it away. It had the makings of a very bad loss. Yet, here we are.

Yes, I know these Thursday games are weird and teams are just off. But again, the Patriots are playing on the same rest. No excuses at all.

It’s late. I have a lot of shit to do. This will be quick.

Caleb was outstanding. He was making big clutch plays despite the circumstances. 4/12 on third down isn’t great. But the offense did just enough. But damn, this team could be in a bad place if Cole Kmet is out for a long time. Sam Roush fucking sucks and has no business being in the NFL. Colston Loveland can’t do it on his own. The Bears need Kmet.

Fuck this defense. Jaylon Johnson is fucking rotten. And how the fuck do you give up that touchdown at the end of the half? That is awful. It makes you think Mel Tucker is in charge of this defense again. This team has a history of giving up touchdowns right before halftime. It happened in the most shitty of ways. Thank God for Cairo Santos to step up when it mattered the most. Yeah, his missed field goal really pissed me prior to that. But when it mattered, he got it done. And big shoutout to Rome Odunze for recovering that onside kick. If the Patriots recover that, you can be certain the Bears lose that game.

The Bears play the Seahawks on the road a week from Monday.

These Thursday games are odd, as we all know. Both teams are beat up with no time to rest.

That being said, neither has an advantage. The game plan needs to be simplified. Run the ball. And for the love of God, the secondary needs to learn how to cover receivers. The Patriots have a very solid offense.

How many games have we seen like this over all these year? The Bears up big. Then bad play-calling by the coach. Then a turnover. You can’t forget about the defense that had played so well for the first three quarters turning to shit in the fourth. Certainly, the head coach and a running back that has barely played this year has a lot to do with this. No excuses. Roschon Johnson is a running back in professional football. He should be able to hold onto the damn thing.

There is so much shit that happened in this game. I am probably going to forget something. Feel free to chime in with a comment on your thoughts.

There is zero excuse to piss that ball away to allow the Falcons to make it that close. There is the drive before that with the Bears taking over around the Falcons’ 45. Instead of trying to run the ball some more, the first down is Caleb running 10 yards backwards for a sack. It’s 31-7 at the time and Johnson has his quarterback who just came back from a serious injury do that shit? It completely turned the game around with the Bears punting. The Falcons go 90 yards in less than three minutes? WE’VE SEEN THIS SHIT TOO MANY TIMES. RUN THE FUCKING BALL THREE TIMES AND CHEW UP A COUPLE MINUTES AT THE VERY LEAST.

I am fucking pissed off. The defense was outstanding the first three quarters. They stuffed Bijan Robinson all game. With the exception of Malik Muhammad having an awful game, this defense was incredible. Kyler Gordon was fucking outstanding. That includes the last defensive drive when it felt like a miracle that they stopped them. Why take the foot off the gas? Before someone says “they took out starters”, I don’t care. Zero excuses. Here I am ready for a blown 24-point lead. The Bears are very much capable of doing this. It’s fucking rotten. The Bears are known for fucking up these kinds of games.

Let’s not forget about the penalties either. The Bears left at least 10 more points on the board. Jahdae Walker is a fucking idiot for also igniting the Falcons by headbutting someone. Dumbass. Sam Roush? I don’t ever want to see this guy play for the Bears again. I don’t know what kind of fetish Ben Johnson has for this guy. But this is fucking absurd to continue counting on this guy when all he does is get penalties and miss blocks. He should be stocking groceries at the local Jewel.

What is wrong with Cairo Santos? Another missed field goal. This is concerning. Thank God for Roschon finding a way to get that first down and sliding to put the game away. I felt if Cairo was called upon to make it a two-possession game again, he would have either missed it or have it blocked. Again, this is what the Bears are known for.

You want something positive? Caleb came back and threw for over 300 yards and had a big first down on a sneak late in the game. What do you know? A quarterback sneak actually works. It wasn’t perfect due to a couple of bad decisions by him. But hey, it’s the head coach telling him to pass the ball. Time for Caleb to ignore that idiot and audible for a handoff up the middle.

I am fucking exhausted. No rest for the weary as one of those amazing Thursday Night games is coming up against the Patriots.

Caleb is back. But at what cost? Due to the shitty play by Bagent the last two games, the Bears seemed to have panicked. If this team had won last week, the Bears could have easily given Caleb this game and possibly Thursday’s off to rest even more and have him more healed in a couple weeks.

This is going to be a slippery slope.

The game isn’t over and I just don’t care to wait. The defense did not show up today and the offense is showing why Ryan Poles is a dumbass for trading D.J. Moore. I am not going to bash Bagent for this debacle today because the play-calling was awful. But as I am typing this out, he just overthrew a receiver. Now, an interception.

And what is Cairo Santos doing missing that field goal in the third? What a way to suck whatever life the team had at that point away.

There is no miracle comeback this time. Because of this loss, instead of giving Williams another game or two to rest, he is going to be rushed back and increase the chances for a more significant injury.

Let’s be clear: The Bears are only one game better than the Packers. Lose today and not only do they have the same record, the Bears will drop to last place in the division with no tie-breaker advantage. As of this writing, they are two games out of first.

No Kyle Monongai as he is out with a turf toe. That could be weeks. Roschon Johnson will need to step up.

We will all miss him. I have very early memories of him being the coach for the Bears. I was at the Monday Night game in 2013 where it was -10 and Ditka was being honored at halftime. That was pretty cool. Unfortunately, the Bears have not been the same franchise since he was booted as we all know. We pray he will help them from above going forward.

Yeah, I am still going to complain. Why? Because if you told anyone that an NFL team would have nearly 500 yards of offense (with it nearly being split run and pass), they would think a team put up 30-40 points. Not the Bears. Because of Ben Johnson’s continued stupidity, this game was a lot closer than it should have been. Thankfully, the defense on every possession except one bailed along with numerous penalties by the Jets bailed out the fuckery of Ben Johnson.

Here’s a shocker: A huge amount of credit goes to the defense. An interception by Bagent along with a fumble by Swift were the only reasons why the Jets had points to begin with. The secondary was outstanding and the blitzes threw Geno Smith off all day. Yes, that touchdown in only two plays pissed me off. Inexcusable. But I am not going to get too pissed off at that. Great play also by the defensive line including Austin Booker getting a sack. Dayo and Devin Bush also got in on that fun.

D’Andre Swift had a terrible game. I still felt he got that touchdown on the 4th down at the goal line, but he should have never got the ball to begin with. Case Keenum, to my belief, called his own play last week by sneaking it up the middle for the touchdown. It’s time Tyson Bagent does the same because Ben Johnson is a fucking idiot. I was screaming on my couch on that 2nd down “QUARTERBACK SNEAK YOU FUCKING MORON.” Yet, a pass play for nothing. Then two straight touchdowns that weren’t touchdowns by Swift. No excuses. That’s all coaching. The Bears should have been up 14-0 after the first two drives.

Tyson Bagent, like Keenum, did just enough to win. Some of those passes were AWFUL. He had one interception, but three others called back on penalties. The discussion all week was whether or not to give Keenum another chance. And hey, Keenum could have went out there and played like Todd Collins for all we know. If Bagent is starting next week, he needs to call his own plays when common sense isn’t being used.

Very happy with the running game despite Swift having another bad game. The Bears will need him to step up and play like last year. He could have very easily cost this team another game because he can’t hang onto the ball this season. Kyle Monongai and Roschon Johnson stepped in for the final quarter with some huge plays.

Credit to Cairo Santos for knocking down three field goals. Again, due to the incompetence of his head coach, he’s having to be out there more than just after touchdowns. It would be really nice to see the Bears play a game where they aren’t stopped at the goal line.

The Bears are on the road against the Packers next week.

I’m praying for something to be happy about given these last few days of futility with the Blackhawks and Illini pissing all over themselves. Tyson Bagent is starting and let’s see if the defense can continue to play better.

If anyone actually said the Bears were going to do what they did tonight, I would call you a liar.

I cannot believe this happened. Sure, the Bears have that one game every year where no one expects them to win. Is this the one? Or is it still ahead of them? I was frustrated at the defense on a couple drives giving up some plays. But overall, they stopped the Eagles when it mattered the most. The season is saved for now.

Case Keenum is the player of the game. And again, if anyone said he was going to play like this, you are a liar. Ben Johnson put him in a position to fail on one drive that left the team empty-handed. But holy shit, what a night. He was making some crazy passes off the back of his foot. He was making crisp passes all night and the receivers didn’t let him down. Certainly, that drop by Odunze that fucked up the drive at the goal line pissed me off. But he made up for it with key catches afterwards. Either Ben Johnson actually used common sense or Case Keenum ignored whatever call was made when he rushed it for a touchdown at the goal line late in the game to put it away. My guess is Keenum knew the call by Johnson was fucking stupid and ran it the yard up for the touchdown.

I was pleased with the running game on a tough night. In the second half, it picked up even more. Swift and Monongai contributed in the second half that helped put the game away.

The defense. I am going to be pissed off for a couple different reasons. First, letting the Eagles go 95 yards was inexcusable. If it wasn’t for Jalen Hurts needing to be examined for a concussion, that game ends up being tied. Andy Dalton came in and threw the ball right to Daniel Thieneman. Penalties by the Eagles also fucked up things. But the defense letting the Eagles drive down with ease right before halftime and then letting them drive down late to try to cut the game to two touchdowns is inexcusable.

At least the Bears won. The Jets are next on the schedule. We’ll see what happens. I am going to bed now.