Week 2 Pre-Gamethread: Chicago Bears (0-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0)

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1. JF desperately needs to make some strides here. We need to see something to have faith moving forward. Combined effort with the coaching staff

2. > Do not go gentle into that good night,
   > Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
   > Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

   > Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
   > Because their words had forked no lightning they
   > Do not go gentle into that good night.

   > Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
   > Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
   > Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

   > Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
   > And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
   > Do not go gentle into that good night.

   > Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
   > Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
   > Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

   > And you, my father, there on the sad height,
   > Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
   > Do not go gentle into that good night.
   > Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

   -Dylan Thomas, possible Bears fan

3. Drinking game for watching the Bears – Take a drink for every screen play run or any time a pass is completed to a check down.

4. Vita Vea Vs. Lucas Patrick….I’m going to rip my eyeballs out

5. One step closer to Caleb Williams tomorrow

6. Let’s go dbacks

7. We are gonna trick Mayfield, he is never guess our calls. because there isn’t any, just the same defense all game long.

8. Am i the only one that wants to watch the game tomorrow knowing that im just going to be disappointed….

9. I’m just gonna say it. We’re going to win this game

10. I’m fully expecting a win.

11. Depending on how this game goes i might be really hungover monday

12. unleash Fields and attack. i hope they never ever do that “play laterally” bullshit ever again

13. I’m ready to get hurt again

14. We haven’t won since MNF at New England, I’d say we’re well overdue. Fair chance of rain, could be a sloppy one we steal with the run game

15. My heart says 41-14 Bears.

    My brain says 21-13 Bucs.

16. A few designed runs early, with some quick passes to Moore and Kmet to get JF in rhythm and those guys involved, and the whole game will go differently than it did last week.

    But they 7-step drop him straight back, and pray the line holds (it won’t), and ask him to be a different QB than he is… well, our season is truly fucked. And we have absolute idiots on our coaching staff.

    Maximize your strengths, minimize your weaknesses. It can be as simple as that.

17. Surrender or die

18. I wasn’t optimistic but yall have made it way worse. Bears 9- bucs – 6

19. Longest week ever, this sub is exhausting.

    The biggest issue is that we’re down both starting guards and the bucs best player on defense plays interior dline. They are down their top cb and we should be able to attack, but need to see it. Fields needs to go from below average last week to consistently good/great or else a lot of bears fans are going to start talking college qbs.

20. My Christmas list for tomorrow

    – Defense needs to get pressure on the quarterback

    – At least one takeaway

    – At least 5 designed runs from Fields

    – Roschon Johnson 15 carries

    – Justin Fields to throw for 225+ run for 40+

    – Dj Moore 8 targets

    I think this is quite fucking reasonable

21. I’m already drinking

22. Friends, don’t expect this game to be that much better than the Packers game other than a few things getting cleaned up

23. I actually think we win.

24. Last week was the biggest game of Eberflus’ coaching career. Because of how bad it went now THIS week is the biggest game of his coaching career. Let’s hope our guys play hungry.

25. hopefully 1 game closer to eberflus being fired

26. If you set yourself up to expect a loss to the Baker Mayfield led Bucs tomorrow, you’ll have a better time enjoying the game.

27. Well, anything’s possible and I’ve seen plenty of strange things in sports.

28. At least the game is at noon.

29. Anybody else live in Tampa and going to the game? I’m gonna bear down so hard. I think we got this one

30. Fields please play well so we can stop with all these stupid takes. I can take film from 75 percent of QBs week 1 and dissect how shitty they played.

31. Bears 21 Tampa 17

32. if it’s a similar performance to last week i’m really gonna do it this time

33. I genuinely think this game has massive implications on the team’s future.

    Lose to the bucs and you probably lose to the chiefs. Start out 0-3 and maybe heads roll at the end of the year.

34. If the Bears lose after how the Cubs lost, I may just drown myself in the river

35. I would like to smile once tomorrow