We're now 6-3, but.........

alexwilkins · Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:45 pm

We’re a 1st place team with a 4th place schedule. I’m not complaining.

Mikefive · Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:02 pm

EricTighe wrote:Well my emotional approach is Playoff run. If disappointed I will go get some Prozac. Or most likely a couple of kegs of beer until the pain subsides.

SuperBowl or bust baby.

Consider me a public servant, aiming to decrease your need and costs for drugs and alcohol.

Moriarty · Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:08 pm

Mikefive wrote:It's easy to ask the question... When's the last time we were 6-3? And get really excited. (And we should be.)

However, who have we beaten?

6 wins, against...
Seahawks (4-5)
Cardinals (2-7)
Bucs (3-6)
Jets (3-7)
Bills (3-7)
Lions (3-6)

3 losses, against...
Packers (4-4-1)
Dolphins (5-5)
Patriots (7-3)

Obviously, we haven't beaten anyone who is .500 or better. And we get the Vikings (5-3-1) this week with only 3 sub-.500 opponents in our final 7 games. If we continue to follow the trend, that puts us 9-7 at season's end.

Interesting observation.
That hadn't registered with me.

Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:41 pm

I don’t understand why fans feel the need to explain away success. Is it so it doesn’t sting so bad if the rug gets yanked out from under you?

Mikefive · Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:48 pm

wab wrote:I don’t understand why fans feel the need to explain away success. Is it so it doesn’t sting so bad if the rug gets yanked out from under you?

Doesn't that seem like a pretty rational defense mechanism for a fan of the Chicago Bears?

46Blitz · Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:12 am

For what's it's worth, they flexed the game to Sunday night this week. Think someone in the NFL thinks the Bears have some potential.

Boris13c · Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:11 am

allow me complete your subject my way

Mikefive wrote:We're now 6-3, but.........

..... we have 7 games to go so nothing is a given

4 of the games left are against division opponents which I believe will be the most important in determining the Bears fate

I am confident 10-6 or better will be the end regular season result

Pagan · Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:56 am

I appreciate your slant here Mike, even if I don't necessarily agree with it.

There's a TON of anti~Bears, anti~Trubiski media sewage out there because, unfortunately, humans love them some drama.
We're living in a post~Jerry Springer/tabloid society & quite frankly... the Bears have been bad for a # of years. So some of the level of doubt is certainly expected/warrented.

This is the heart of the whole Grossman/Orton.. Pro/Anti~Cutler debates.
A tendency to knee~jerk react.
Whether it's toward defending hope & optimism or critical realism.

Balance, and in general, is always a work in progress.

My advice is to Hope for the absolute best & expect the rational result.

The Bears are currently 6~3... This current record SHOULD (realistically) be better than what was expected before the 1st game of the season.
All media prediction had the Bears season an average of around 6~12.

I'm betting, as this team's Best fans, we could look back and average our (obviously biased) season predictions at 8~8 or 9~7.

Things have looked MUCH better than previously anticipated... so yeah, our expectations/hope for this season is now obviously better than an 8~8 season!

Every year 1 team goes from worst to 1st..why NOT our Bears?

Let's continue to enjoy the ride.. get crazy & have Super Bowl dreams. Get (momentarily) caught up in the excitement!
At the same time though... remember that you're not a 1 year wonder fan. This young team WAS recently built & built to win More than 1 year.
We're ULTIMATELY still looking for growth & improvement THIS year = everything else that happens this year is a bonus

Mikefive · Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:08 pm

Pagan wrote:I appreciate your slant here Mike, even if I don't necessarily agree with it.

There's a TON of anti~Bears, anti~Trubiski media sewage out there because, unfortunately, humans love them some drama.
We're living in a post~Jerry Springer/tabloid society & quite frankly... the Bears have been bad for a # of years. So some of the level of doubt is certainly expected/warrented.

This is the heart of the whole Grossman/Orton.. Pro/Anti~Cutler debates.
A tendency to knee~jerk react.
Whether it's toward defending hope & optimism or critical realism.

Balance, and in general, is always a work in progress.

My advice is to Hope for the absolute best & expect the rational result.

The Bears are currently 6~3... This current record SHOULD (realistically) be better than what was expected before the 1st game of the season.
All media prediction had the Bears season an average of around 6~12.

I'm betting, as this team's Best fans, we could look back and average our (obviously biased) season predictions at 8~8 or 9~7.

Things have looked MUCH better than previously anticipated... so yeah, our expectations/hope for this season is now obviously better than an 8~8 season!

Every year 1 team goes from worst to 1st..why NOT our Bears?

Let's continue to enjoy the ride.. get crazy & have Super Bowl dreams. Get (momentarily) caught up in the excitement!
At the same time though... remember that you're not a 1 year wonder fan. This young team WAS recently built & built to win More than 1 year.
We're ULTIMATELY still looking for growth & improvement THIS year = everything else that happens this year is a bonus

Actually, post-Mack trade, the average prediction here was 9-10 wins, leaning toward 10 IIRC.

Boris13c · Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:22 pm

Pagan wrote:I'm betting, as this team's Best fans, we could look back and average our (obviously biased) season predictions at 8~8 or 9~7.

mine was 10-6 (which you can look up), which I am sticking with ... but now leaning towards 11-5

so screw all the negative nancy's

crueltyabc · Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:37 pm

I don't even think the Vikings are very good. I think we've played some bad teams and some average teams. The only good teams in the league are Saints, Chiefs, and Rams and we're only playing one of them before the playoffs so basically no matter what happens this season our record is "suspect" or something?

We have a good offense, a great defense, and bad special teams. 6-3 is about right

Mikefive · Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:46 pm

Bears are 3 point favorites at home.

thunderspirit · Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:59 pm

Mikefive wrote:Bears are 3 point favorites at home.

Meaning Vegas sees the two teams about even, as home is usually good for +3.

Middleguard · Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:01 pm

thunderspirit wrote:
Mikefive wrote:Bears are 3 point favorites at home.
Meaning Vegas sees the two teams about even, as home is usually good for +3.

Meaning Chicagoans have more money to waste than Minnesotans.

southdakbearfan · Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:42 pm

I would expect the line to move towards even by game time.

MN, as much as I hate them, have a lot of talent. Their downfall is their offensive line. Good defense, good receivers.

Could be a tough game.

docc · Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:23 am

Will be a tough game..but competitive..
Should be fun Sunday night..

We got us a TEAM now..

JMHJD2017 · Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:16 am

6-3

I damn good!

We got defensive ends for days baby! Were gonna be very competitive. The Linebacker crew is gud too

Pagan · Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:14 am

Mikefive wrote:
Pagan wrote:I appreciate your slant here Mike, even if I don't necessarily agree with it.

There's a TON of anti~Bears, anti~Trubiski media sewage out there because, unfortunately, humans love them some drama.
We're living in a post~Jerry Springer/tabloid society & quite frankly... the Bears have been bad for a # of years. So some of the level of doubt is certainly expected/warrented.

This is the heart of the whole Grossman/Orton.. Pro/Anti~Cutler debates.
A tendency to knee~jerk react.
Whether it's toward defending hope & optimism or critical realism.

Balance, and in general, is always a work in progress.

My advice is to Hope for the absolute best & expect the rational result.

The Bears are currently 6~3... This current record SHOULD (realistically) be better than what was expected before the 1st game of the season.
All media prediction had the Bears season an average of around 6~12.

I'm betting, as this team's Best fans, we could look back and average our (obviously biased) season predictions at 8~8 or 9~7.

Things have looked MUCH better than previously anticipated... so yeah, our expectations/hope for this season is now obviously better than an 8~8 season!

Every year 1 team goes from worst to 1st..why NOT our Bears?

Let's continue to enjoy the ride.. get crazy & have Super Bowl dreams. Get (momentarily) caught up in the excitement!
At the same time though... remember that you're not a 1 year wonder fan. This young team WAS recently built & built to win More than 1 year.
We're ULTIMATELY still looking for growth & improvement THIS year = everything else that happens this year is a bonus
Actually, post-Mack trade, the average prediction here was 9-10 wins, leaning toward 10 IIRC.

You're probably correct on that, but I I may have underestimated the mean of our predictions.

Either way.. it still speaks to my point AND why I Love our little slice of Chicago Bears heaven!

Most of the members here can ultimately make independent, logic based evaluations... all while still being admittedly biased with the love of this team

Umbali · Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:33 am

So heres the thing for me. I will be really pissed if we lose the Vikings game. If at the start of the season you told me we would be a wildcard team I would have been very happy. NOW tho, I want the DIVISION!

Knuckles · Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:02 pm

docc wrote:Will be a tough game..but competitive..
Should be fun Sunday night..

We got us a TEAM now..

Agree but man it's so hard to not fall into the normal Bear fan mode thinking that we will blow it somehow. It's been like that for so long I forgot what it felt like to be confident in the Bears LOL. I mean hell I was 16 the last time I felt confident and pride in the Bears... I'm 48 now

Well, it feels good to actually want to watch the games instead of just watching them because it's the Bears.

I think they have a legit chance to win out with exception to the Rams game which I believe will be a close game but maybe next year will be the time we can be at that level.

It's a good time to be a Bear fan.

docc · Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:39 pm

I never make predictions..just don't feel I know how..

But this..Bears are 6-3..
Probably 10-6 gets in.. Can this team win 4 of the next 7..

We'll see..it will be fun..this is not a one shot deal..we are seeing a team being built..
Not the haphazard patching..minimum expectations of "keeping it close" ..

Now I see a team attacking and planning to attack..and it's about time..