Week 17 // Chicago Bears (5-10) vs NY Giants (4-11)

[Otis Day]

Cincy winning interestingly as well. Didn't see that happening when I saw the halftime score.

[HisRoyalSweetness]

Mike Glennon:

11 attempts, 4 completions, 24 yards, 2 INT... 0.0 passer rating.

Oh, and 4 fumbles with 2 lost.

And we once paid this guy $18m! I don't know whether to or .

[Xee]

Mike Glennon:

11 attempts, 4 completions, 24 yards, 2 INT... 0.0 passer rating.

Oh, and 4 fumbles with 2 lost.

And we once paid this guy $18m! I don't know whether to or .

It amazes me that any team is willing to pay him to play professional football.

[Mikefive]

Even when we win I hate Nagy.

WTF was with the Wildcat play and Monty throwing a pick?

It was a way to get Kmet a TD. Nagy and Kmet were laughing after the play. He was wide open, but Monty just missed him.

[docc]

Mike Glennon 4 11 24 0 2 5.3
and G'aints had another QB active..but the Giraffe did hand the ball off ok..
Amazing..

[Mikefive]

Does Allen Robinson care at all?

I was thinking the same thing when he didn't even attempt to cross the defender's face to go for the ball that ended up being intercepted. He knows better than that. And he was non-existant prior to that play. Was good to see him show a little fight after that though.

[Grizzled]

Amazing to talk about a team playing incredibly poorly this year and it ain't the Bears. The Giants should be ashamed of themselves.

[Otis Day]

The ball is not coming his way, stats down. Future payday not what he thought it was going to be. He is pissed and can't save his year.

[Xee]

Amazing to talk about a team playing incredibly poorly this year and it ain't the Bears. The Giants should be ashamed of themselves.

When we had a comfortable lead,I found myself rooting for them to just do something positive. It was hard to watch; I honestly felt bad for them.

[HisRoyalSweetness]

An extra shoutout for Robert Quinn, who not only broke Richard Dent's franchise record for most sacks in a season but in doing so also joined the 100 career sacks club.

[docc]

Can't understand with Barkley gashing us in runs,,(over 100 yds)..why keep that lame Giraffe in all game ? Take anyone out of the stands and probably do better..

[Mikefive]

Can't understand with Barkley gashing us in runs,,(over 100 yds)..why keep that lame Giraffe in all game ? Take anyone out of the stands and probably do better..

Or just don't stop running it. They were reasonably successful that way.

[wab]

Even when we win I hate Nagy.

WTF was with the Wildcat play and Monty throwing a pick?

It was a way to get Kmet a TD. Nagy and Kmet were laughing after the play. He was wide open, but Monty just missed him.

It was a fun play. It’s not like the Bears were only up by 1 or something.

Nagy calling a timeout so the fans and team could celebrate with Quinn was a classy move too.

I’m over Nagy, but I’m not gonna shit on him after this game.

[spudbear]

It was a way to get Kmet a TD. Nagy and Kmet were laughing after the play. He was wide open, but Monty just missed him.

It was a fun play. It’s not like the Bears were only up by 1 or something.

Nagy calling a timeout so the fans and team could celebrate with Quinn was a classy move too.

I’m over Nagy, but I’m not gonna shit on him after this game.

Agreed. First time this season the Bears were up by over 14 points at the end of a game, and giving Monty a little "fun" is OK. Plus, if you're going to run the wildcat a few times a game then having a threat of throwing the ball helps over the long term.

[Z Bear]

They should be running the wildcat with Fields, not Monty. I do not understand the point of having the QB sit out wide and do nothing. Why limit your team to 10 players instead of 11?

[Bears Whiskey Nut]

They should be running the wildcat with Fields, not Monty. I do not understand the point of having the QB sit out wide and do nothing. Why limit your team to 10 players instead of 11?

Shhhh...don't give away all of Nagy's secrets!

[HisRoyalSweetness]

They should be running the wildcat with Fields, not Monty. I do not understand the point of having the QB sit out wide and do nothing. Why limit your team to 10 players instead of 11?

At least opposing defenses might consider Fields to carry some threat as a receiver out wide. The Giants ran the wildcat against the Bears with Mike Glennon!

[RichH55]

They should be running the wildcat with Fields, not Monty. I do not understand the point of having the QB sit out wide and do nothing. Why limit your team to 10 players instead of 11?

They still have to account for that player - even if its not their best defender or primary focus.

If you leave the QB - even Mike Glennon - absolutely uncovered - that is a win for the Offense

[RichH55]

Nick Foles literally made a Super Bowl TD Catch

[dplank]

They should be running the wildcat with Fields, not Monty. I do not understand the point of having the QB sit out wide and do nothing. Why limit your team to 10 players instead of 11?

They still have to account for that player - even if its not their best defender or primary focus.

If you leave the QB - even Mike Glennon - absolutely uncovered - that is a win for the Offense

They split Glennon out wide on a wildcat play yesterday, JJ went out there to cover him and I was yelling "just leave him out there he's not getting the ball". I would have loved to have seen Glennon in the open field trying to get YAC though lmao

[Ditka’s dictaphone]

They should be running the wildcat with Fields, not Monty. I do not understand the point of having the QB sit out wide and do nothing. Why limit your team to 10 players instead of 11?

At least opposing defenses might consider Fields to carry some threat as a receiver out wide. The Giants ran the wildcat against the Bears with Mike Glennon!

Did anyone tell Glennon?

[Boris13c]

Bears 26
Giants 15

Foles should get the start ... starting a still healing Fields in a meaningless game as the season winds down makes no sense

that said, i expect Nagy is leaning towards an 80% Fields starting over a healthy Foles ... because, Nagy

Nagy can't win here

If he plays the Vet - Burn him!

If he plays the Rookie - Burn him!

not what I said

and why does everything have to be a damn argumentative negative approach from you?

[RichH55]

Nagy can't win here

If he plays the Vet - Burn him!

If he plays the Rookie - Burn him!

not what I said

and why does everything have to be a damn argumentative negative approach from you?

This was more to the overall anti-Nagy stuff here than to you specifically. If that helps at all

The Board could use a bit more subtly in opinions. Not everything is the best or the worst. Not every outrage warrants an 11.

[WagonForce]

Nice to see the Bears beat up on the Giants. Once the two quick turnovers led to points it's clear the Giants had no real plan (or much hope) for how to proceed.

Mike Glennon might be the worst football player I've ever seen take a professional field. How is this guy still in the league? He must just dazzle on the practice field and in interviews.

[RichH55]

Nice to see the Bears beat up on the Giants. Once the two quick turnovers led to points it's clear the Giants had no real plan (or much hope) for how to proceed.

Mike Glennon might be the worst football player I've ever seen take a professional field. How is this guy still in the league? He must just dazzle on the practice field and in interviews.

He's a helluva smokescreen:)

[Boris13c]

not what I said

and why does everything have to be a damn argumentative negative approach from you?

This was more to the overall anti-Nagy stuff here than to you specifically. If that helps at all

yes it does help ... I thought since you quoted me in your response that your response was directed to me rather than an overall response

[Middleguard]

So since Andy Dalton is starting, wab technically hasn't made a prediction? (Hint hint...)

And for the same reason, neither has Artbest. If either needed a prediction in this game to qualify for my contest I would go back and give them whichever prediction scored worst, but as both are already qualified they're not going to be counted with a prediction.

Scores for game 16 predictions:
14 Arkansasbear
74 Ditka's dictaphone
86 RichH55
218 Umbali
342 The Marshall Plan
344 otis
350 southdakbearfan
378 Boris13c
386 BearsFanInMN
392 Middleguard
398 Moriarty
438 Grizzled
446 HisRoyalSweetness
456 pus
488 Mikefive
542 AZ_Bearfan / WagonForce
582 mmmc_35
654 IE
666 spudbear
674 GSH
722 Z Bear
728 UOK
744 HurricaneBear
834 Otis Day
1274 Hema2.0
1878 dplank

Duplicate predictions:
456 Bears Whiskey Nut
834 crueltyabc

[HisRoyalSweetness]

These lists definitely seem to be getting shorter...

[Ditka’s dictaphone]

I can’t work out if a low score is better than a high score.
I know my predictions are not hitting the mark though which is very strange

[Middleguard]

These lists definitely seem to be getting shorter...

You're right. Participation fell off immediately after game 1 against the Rams which had 52 predictions, but the Giants game was the first with less than 30 and that was only because I couldn't count the predictions from Artbest and wab.

It's always been like this, though. In 2017, the first year I did this (and with no monetary prize at the end) there were 24 predictions for the first game and only 8 for the last. Only three people made predictions for every game.