Congratulations Chicago Bears.........

[citizenerased]

Your team would be insane to rest its starters vs. Green Bay.
You need to get them out of the playoffs.

Yes, the Bears need to risk getting one of (or multiple) Cutler, Forte, Hester, Urcharler or Peppers injured to keep a team they have already beaten this season and who will have to go to through Philly in Philly before they even reach the same playoff round as them out, so instead they can let a team that has already crushed them once and is perfectly built to do it again (the Giants) in their place.

Think McFly.

If you were the Bears, the Saints, Falcons, Eagles and the Giants (who you would probably be letting in by beating the Packers) would be more concerning then an team that can't beat Detroit and folds when the going gets tough.

[NAHSTE]

Not commenting on this Bears team specifically but I can't recall a more watered down playoff field. If they finish at 11-5 it'd have to be one of the only times a 5-loss team had a bye, right?

[FirstTimer]

Your team isn't good enough to overlook Green Bay.

Apparently it is. The game could/most likely will mean nothing for the Bears.

It's not like the Bears need more film on Green Bay or don't already know they are pretty evenly matched.

I'd rather "overlook" Green Bay in Week 17 when the game doesn't matter and not get anyone hurt than try and go balls out to win a meaningless game and risk getting a key player hurt before the playoffs.

[EmpireWF]

Proof in the pudding.

2006- Entering Week 17, the Bears are 13-2 and have HFA locked up. Nothing to play for.

They played a 7-8 Green Bay team who was playing for a wild card spot (they ended up losing out on tiebreakers).

Bears lose 7-26. Starter QB Grossman was pulled at the half after 4 turnovers for back-up Griese b/c he was playing so poorly...it was 23-0 at halftime.

Lovie said after the game the plan was for him to play into the 3rd but changed his mind b/c of how bad he was.

Pretty sure everyone else played the majority of the game. I did see where Devin Hester left b/c of a leg injury though.

[FirstTimer]

Proof in the pudding.

2006- Entering Week 17, the Bears are 13-2 and have HFA locked up. Nothing to play for.

They played a 7-8 Green Bay team who was playing for a wild card spot (they ended up losing out on tiebreakers).

Bears lose 7-26. Starter QB Grossman was pulled at the half after 4 turnovers for back-up Griese b/c he was playing so poorly...it was 23-0 at halftime.

Lovie said after the game the plan was for him to play into the 3rd but changed his mind b/c of how bad he was.

Pretty sure everyone else played the majority of the game. I did see where Devin Hester left b/c of a leg injury though.

Thomas Jones didn't play.

If Atlanta wins I think the Bears end up treating this like the 2nd or 3rd preseason game.

Plus that was a tricky situation with Rex. By that point the tide was turning in Chicago of people wanting to see Griese play/start. Lovie had to start Grossman and play him a decent amount IMO regardless of what happened because if Griese got the start and played well in the Bears loss or win, there would be even more pressure on Smith to play Griese and there would be even more of a QB controversey heading into the playoffs.

Griese relieved Grossman and played poorly so it didn't matter but Griese getting the start and playing well wasn't a risk Lovie could take IMO.

Plus, in 2005 Lovie sat Rex and most of the starters in a season ending game against Minnesota.

[FirstTimer]

Not commenting on this Bears team specifically but I can't recall a more watered down playoff field. If they finish at 11-5 it'd have to be one of the only times a 5-loss team had a bye, right?

An 11-5 Bears team had a bye in 2005 I believe.

[EmpireWF]

Thomas Jones didn't play.

He played, but he only had 9 rushes. Benson relieved him and rushed over 10 times for 100+ yards in the loss.

Don't know when Jones left the game.

[FirstTimer]

Thomas Jones didn't play.

He played, but he only had 9 rushes.

Like I said........

[Rush]

Not commenting on this Bears team specifically but I can't recall a more watered down playoff field. If they finish at 11-5 it'd have to be one of the only times a 5-loss team had a bye, right?

The Bears B-Squad led by Caleb Hanie (I hope they let him play and not that old faggot Todd Collins) could come out with a win, crazier shit has happened. They could very much be 12-4. Had the Packers not lost to Detroit I wouldn't even mention that.

[dave]

Think McFly.
If you were the Bears, the Saints, Falcons, Eagles and the Giants (who you would probably be letting in by beating the Packers) would be more concerning then an team that can't beat Detroit and folds when the going gets tough.

The Packers, IMO, are the most dangerous team in the NFC playoff picture.
Yeah, they lost to Detroit, but it was Matt Flynn's first real game and Detroit played great the last six games of the season.

The Packers have the kind of offence/offense that can expose the Bears' D. If I'm the Bears, I want the N.Y. Giants in the playoffs before Green Bay.

That said, I like the McFly reference.

[FirstTimer]

The Packers, IMO, are the most dangerous team in the NFC playoff picture.
Yeah, they lost to Detroit, but it was Matt Flynn's first real game and Detroit played great the last six games of the season.

The Packers have the kind of offence/offense that can expose the Bears' D. If I'm the Bears, I want the N.Y. Giants in the playoffs before Green Bay.

That said, I like the McFly reference.

Cutler and the offensive line doesn't.

[Rush]

The Packers, IMO, are the most dangerous team in the NFC playoff picture.
Yeah, they lost to Detroit, but it was Matt Flynn's first real game and Detroit played great the last six games of the season.

The Packers have the kind of offence/offense that can expose the Bears' D. If I'm the Bears, I want the N.Y. Giants in the playoffs before Green Bay.

That said, I like the McFly reference.

How much football do you honestly watch?

Aaron Rodgers threw all over the Bears defense in the first meeting and they lost the game.

The Bears defense consistently "gets exposed"....what the fuck is being exposed? That they give up a lot of yards? It's been so consistent, it's no longer exposing shit.

[Colonel Angus]

The Packers can beat anybody. Will they? Probably not.

With that said it would be absurd to think this game Sunday means anything to Chicago. Unless the improbable happens and Carolina Beats Atlanta all the players will be looking forward to their week off. Sucks for me since I'm going to the game and was looking forward to a high stakes game on both sides.

[Rush]

The Packers can beat anybody. Will they? Probably not.

With that said it would be absurd to think this game Sunday means anything to Chicago. Unless the improbable happens and Carolina Beats Atlanta all the players will be looking forward to their week off. Sucks for me since I'm going to the game and was looking forward to a high stakes game on both sides.

Any team can beat any team in the NFL. The Browns beat the Patriots in pretty convincing fashion. That is why no one team has a clear "win" vs anybody. I am sure Philly thought they would smoke Minnesota.

I cheer for the Bears to win every game. That is why I don't go into any game of theirs with a "this is an automatic win/loss" right here. I didn't think we would win several games that we won, and then the automatic win games, we lost.

[FirstTimer]

How much football do you honestly watch?

Aaron Rodgers threw all over the Bears defense in the first meeting and they lost the game.

The Bears defense consistently "gets exposed"....what the fuck is being exposed? That they give up a lot of yards? It's been so consistent, it's no longer exposing shit.

I know.

I don't get it.

The best is that he says the Bears would rather see the Giants....a team the Bears already lost to in dominating fashion and a team that knocked Cutler out of that game and the next weeks.