Just beat the Bears. Anything bigger than the division is probably not realistic this season but please win this game. This one-score differential has me pulling out what's left of my hair. One fluke play from a nauseating week of Bears love.
I know you didn't mean it toward McManus but he has had a rough go. His stats are bad due to playing hurt, blocked kicks, and that one comical attempt that was never going in. He's a good kicker.
I'm aware. You aren't kicking a FG there anyway. Just run a normal rushing play that has a chance to break 3+ yards, or throw a pass that they won't expect. Sneak on 4th down.
Not blaming any of this game on MLF, but I hate the QB sneak call. The benefit of having a first down inside the 5 is opening up your playbook. The sneak takes away the nice advantage you have.
He's playing the rest of the game. He's no longer the back up. He's going to have to throw the ball eventually. Good point about the wind though, that's probably correct.
Would have rather forced the Bears to burn more timeouts and drive 96 yards. That FG is near worthless and now they will probably start a drive from the 40. Ironically if they kicked the first time down, that one would have been actually meaningful.
That drive was shot on that first down call. Absolutely hate that. Then the obvious run out of shotgun followed by an obvious passing down. Just bad playcalling the whole sequence.