I typed this out thinking I would conclude this ranting about how that play has made me a worse person than I already was,

What a story, and you said you weren’t gonna be useful today!

Chris Tabor (with Nagy’s permission, of course) drove this whole clown car of kicking ineptitude and sorcery into the bridge embankment. Tabor sucks, but I’ll give Nagy a mulligan, since this is only his second year as a head coach.

Yeah I figured it *had* to be something like that cuz I don’t remember Albert Wilson being the kind of guy who’s gonna get 75 on a go route - I was just going off football-reference play-by-play sheets so not a ton of context with them.

I was both at the Detroit game (where he missed four kicks, and the Bears went for a two point conversion because of that) and Eagles playoff game. After the Eagles froze him with the late TO, you just knew something bad was going to happen, and it did.

Also, and I have no idea how people cant wrap their heads around this, it being tipped does not automatically make Parkey not at fault. It was tipped at the damned line of scrimmage. It was a 43 yard kick, so it didnt require a lower trajectory. Hester didnt get amazing penetration (lol), didnt jump absurdly high, it…

There are definitely days like that...

Maybe not, but man you have to turn off the sports radio and get outside. I started enjoying sports more once I accepted that the teams that I root for will at some point dash my expectations.  When it happens I get the sweet rush of confirmation bias.  If the manage not to fuck up and actually win a title, then I…

He cost us those two regular season wins, but don’t forget that he also doinked the uprights FOUR TIMES in a game the team WON.

It’s like your reading my mind, dude. There are stakes now. This is good, but stressful. It was kinda nice when the Bears let me know by the end of October that my Sunday afternoons were free for the next 3 months.

Hey I get it. You’re talking to a guy that convinces himself every year that a brain addled Eli Manning can win a 3rd Super Bowl.

Fuck, I’ve got ten years TO GO??? Pull the cord early!

All fair points, and I appreciate Pace shipping out the serious shitheads (Marshall, Bennet to name a couple) but I think I remember hearing that the Gould situation boiled down to him not being a “Fox Guy”, exemplified by the fact they first tried to replace Gould with a guy from when he was in New Orleans.

Your rant is absolutely spot on. As a Rams fan, the Bears were the NFC team that worried me the most during last years playoffs, even if they played in LA.

You are absolutely correct. I’m drinking that Nagy Kool-Aid right along with you these days, so take this all with a grain of salt. Yes, the offense had a bad day and it shouldn’t have come down to a field goal at the end. Hell, if you want to get existential about it, if Kyle Fuller doesn’t drop a ball in week one…

looks like you picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue

1. He can still wear his old helmet, like 75% of the time. Just not at work. Big deal.

No doubt. How about a team named after the polecat? Or a possum? How about a mongoose?

Also, Norm in Fargo. He is indeed a treasure.