Rodgers could have played a LOT better. He's quite possibly the best regular season QB of all time. But in tight playoff games down the stretch, he would morph into Trent Dilfer.
Awfully confident in Carlson going 10 for 10 aren't you?
Maybe Carlson goes 0-for-5 and we change strategy and score 5 2-pt conversions?
Not the time to underrate Fields. I recall a 1st round playoff game in 2002 against Michael Vick. We were supposed to beat the indoor Falcons. Instead the guy went dashing through the snow in a one horse open field.
An apt description of what happened. Don't do that! I darned near spit my coffee all over the keyboard!
Flip teams in 70 and 80..that was our SBThe Bears biggest thrill each season is imagining beating the Packers. Can you imagine if our highest mark was imagining beating the Bears? What a miserable existence it would be. The Chicago version of Winning a SB is beating the Packers once in regular season
Problem for him is he can barely throw.
You may have said that tongue n cheek. That said, It’s interesting but I read somewhere that the league as a whole scores 2pt conversions at a 58% rate. Also recently read that the NFL floats around 95% XPM%. Couple this with.. I’m pretty sure GB is better in the Redzone than average ? We’re definitely worse than average at XPM this far.
In a vacuum, the simple math agrees with you. All else equal, go for two. But, that works long-term over several games. But, are coaches enough to put up with rough spots over time as the math "evens out?"
This is why MM didn't go for two when Janis caught the HM vs Ariz. He was winded and there weren't enough WRs available for any of the two point plays in the arsenal.
That’s kinda what I meant. I was surprised the 2pt was that successful. In a higher scoring game you have a decent shot at picking up m. About every 3 TD’s you’d pick up a point just statistically. It’s not huge, but it makes sense why a good Offense like Detroit went for it. They’re probably thinking they are above league average at getting 2 tough yards. So they’d be in that 60%+ area. Just being aggressive I liked it.
Good point. Go back to the season finale of 1968. We were already eliminated but the Bears needed to beat us for the division crown. Starr and Bratkowski were knocked out by the Bears and we had to go with 3rd stringer Don Horn. The kid delivered and thanks to a Ray Nitschke pick at the end we ended the Bears season 28-27.
Right about ball security. Our young guys have got to protect it whether on a punt return or in traffic. It looked easy in Minnesota. It won't be so easy today. Do not get in FG territory only to be pushed out of it by a 3rd down sack. Sometimes take what the D gives you.
If one WR were to sit out, the money would be on Watson for not practicing Friday. However, I thought it might also be Wicks because of the vicious hit he took on his TD catch vs Panthers. He took a shot.
