If we run the ball well again and Bagent executes like he did on Sunday. Yeah, we might be able to do enough. Ekeler has been banged up and hasn't really gotten going yet. Our secondary has been playing pretty solidly the last couple of weeks and they give me hope that we might be able to maintain Allen.
Not that Getsy is off the hook, but i believe this is 100% Eberflus. He had timeouts and plenty of time on the clock at the end of the half and Eberflus basically let the clock wind down.
Maybe a combination of the two. In one sense, the ultimate decision on how a team operates during its two minute warning falls on the shoulder of the head coach. But I think Getsy deserves a little flak because he's the playcaller for this team. The offense looked disjointed or befuddled or something down that key stretch. Fortunately it turned out to be a no harm/no foul situation. But we should never blow opportunities like that when they pop up. There could come a time when that could end up biting us in the ass.
I would agree had I not heard Eberflus' press conference. He was specifically asked about the 2-minute drill and a full compliment of timeouts. Eberflus gave his typical "coachspeak" answer which talked about the offensive penalty on the previous set of plays setting them back, the concern about execution, and then possibly having to punt the ball with time on the clock.
I'll agree with you on the possibility of Flus getting canned and maybe even go you one better, but it's all based on IF - a huge and sad if, but only if the Bears go on another nasty losing streak. And when I said going one better, if we were to stop winning games, I don't think it would last until we face the Cards or Falcons. I don't think Poles would wait any longer than after the 2nd Vikings game to shitcan him. That would make 5 consecutiuve losses, which is when I think Poles would yank the cord. But we're back to that IF - personally I don't think we'll drop 5 straight and honestly all it would take is one or two dubs for Flus to ride out the rest of the season.This is purely a hunch:
Assuming the entire coaching staff is gone at the end of the season, I have a feeling the Bears will break tradition and fire Eberflus either before the Zona game or the Falcons game and make Getsy interrum.
The reason is because if Eberflus' conservative gameplan is the problem, holding the Bears offense back, that'll give Getsy free reign to open up the offense.
No doubt our D is going to be tested in this game. Sure would help if we can keep Herbert's time on the field to as little as possible. Long sustained drives by our O could really help with that. Guess all we can do at this point is hurry up and wait to see how this all plays out.
It sure is, how TF does illness keep you out of the game unless it's some nasty version of covid or something. And why must this illness be such a mystery anyway? I hate when teams pull this shit.
I was just saying, this kid is reminding me of Mike Brown. Always around the football with no concern for his own safety and body parts.
Except they're saying its an illness.
