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One week from today. Can't wait. The addition of Mack has moved the line from 8.5 to 7.5. Obviously a must win. Division game at home.

A Roquan, Floyd, Mack trio has the potential to be very very disruptive. I am hoping Fuller reverts. I really wish we had Donnie Boy to spot start of the line. He was a tour de lulz.

Between having to play the the Vikings twice every season and now the Bears with Mack, the focus or goal should no longer be Rodgers playing in another Super Bowl. The focus and goal should be Aaron Rodgers ever playing a full 16 games in a season again.

If the Packers go into week 3 0-2, I'll still consider it a major success if Rodgers is able to suit up.

Probably smokescreen, but it sounds like there’s a slight chance Mack might not play.

Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy said Sunday that he will be "smart" but aggressive in getting Khalil Mack up to speed in time to play next Sunday night at the Green Bay Packers.

Nagy said Mack will practice Monday and the Bears are "going to do everything we can to get him to a point to where he can play." Asked to clarify the likelihood of Mack playing in Week 1, Nagy answered, "Hopefully pretty good."

"We'll get to see where he's at mentally here after tonight, and then physically we'll have a practice tomorrow and physically get an idea, and then we'll just kind of have to listen to his feedback where he's at," Nagy said. "We told him, communication is imperative here. It's not like being able to plug somebody in on a Madden game and just say, 'Go sack the quarterback.' There's some planning that goes [into it].

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24559428/chicago-bears-aggressive-smart-getting-khalil-mack-ready-week-1

If you think about it, he could be a liability in coverage until he gets the playbook down. My guess is that for sure he plays on passing downs strictly as a rusher, but may sit out a lot of 1st and 2nd downs.

Yeah there's no way Mack doesn't play.

rilamann wrote:Between having to play the the Vikings twice every season and now the Bears with Mack, the focus or goal should no longer be Rodgers playing in another Super Bowl. The focus and goal should be Aaron Rodgers ever playing a full 16 games in a season again.

If the Packers go into week 3 0-2, I'll still consider it a major success if Rodgers is able to suit up.

Relax man thats awfully negative. The goat is the goat is the goat is the goat you know what I'm saying?

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Frank Nova wrote:

rilamann wrote:Between having to play the the Vikings twice every season and now the Bears with Mack, the focus or goal should no longer be Rodgers playing in another Super Bowl. The focus and goal should be Aaron Rodgers ever playing a full 16 games in a season again.

If the Packers go into week 3 0-2, I'll still consider it a major success if Rodgers is able to suit up.

Relax man thats awfully negative.

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rilamann wrote:Between having to play the the Vikings twice every season and now the Bears with Mack, the focus or goal should no longer be Rodgers playing in another Super Bowl. The focus and goal should be Aaron Rodgers ever playing a full 16 games in a season again.

If the Packers go into week 3 0-2, I'll still consider it a major success if Rodgers is able to suit up.

The Bears are still a 6 win team. Calm down

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Mack may play, but he won't be ready. Situational at best and how many guys have we seen get injured coming off a hold out ?
I predict a tweaked hammy by halftime

King:

The Bears and the Packers, fittingly, will open the 100th season of professional football in Green Bay Sunday night at Lambeau Field.

They have met 196 times previously—194 in the regular season, twice in the playoffs. In those 196 games, this is the composite score:

Green Bay 3,377, Chicago 3,377.

RRyder823 wrote:

rilamann wrote:Between having to play the the Vikings twice every season and now the Bears with Mack, the focus or goal should no longer be Rodgers playing in another Super Bowl. The focus and goal should be Aaron Rodgers ever playing a full 16 games in a season again.

If the Packers go into week 3 0-2, I'll still consider it a major success if Rodgers is able to suit up.

The Bears are still a 6 win team. Calm down

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No way, I bet Bears win 8 games this year, that defense and if Mitch steps up

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RRyder823 wrote:

rilamann wrote:Between having to play the the Vikings twice every season and now the Bears with Mack, the focus or goal should no longer be Rodgers playing in another Super Bowl. The focus and goal should be Aaron Rodgers ever playing a full 16 games in a season again.

If the Packers go into week 3 0-2, I'll still consider it a major success if Rodgers is able to suit up.

The Bears are still a 6 win team. Calm down

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No way, I bet Bears win 8 games this year, that defense and if Mitch steps up

A: That's a pretty big assumption that Trubisky will step up in a meaningful way

B: Unless Trubisky makes a huge leap they're still the 4th best team in the division and your not going to 4 teams .500 or better

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RRyder823 wrote:

Gianstoppable wrote:

RRyder823 wrote:The Bears are still a 6 win team. Calm down

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No way, I bet Bears win 8 games this year, that defense and if Mitch steps up

A: That's a pretty big assumption that Trubisky will step up in a meaningful way

B: Unless Trubisky makes a huge leap they're still the 4th best team in the division and your not going to 4 teams .500 or better

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Trubisky has weapons around him and coaching around him to take him to the next level and their defense that was already good got even better. Not sure what's so crazy about that. plus they're better than the Lions

Gianstoppable wrote:

RRyder823 wrote:

Gianstoppable wrote:
No way, I bet Bears win 8 games this year, that defense and if Mitch steps up

A: That's a pretty big assumption that Trubisky will step up in a meaningful way

B: Unless Trubisky makes a huge leap they're still the 4th best team in the division and your not going to 4 teams .500 or better

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Trubisky has weapons around him and coaching around him to take him to the next level and their defense that was already good got even better. Not sure what's so crazy about that. plus they're better than the Lions

I'd rank their offense as the least talented unit in the division by a fair amount. They have good RBs but a "meh" oline at best and a very weak WR core (so it's not exactly like he has a plethora of weapons), and also sophomore slumps are a very real thing, (which might not even be an applicable phrase because it's not like Trubisky set the league on fire), and theres no guarentee that he ever develops into a legit QB. (admittedly that last part may come down to how you felt about him as a prospect comming out)

I guess its debatable if you think they're on par with the Lions. I'd disagree but it is debatable. Even still in that case marking them down for 8 wins is still setting the bar higher then it should be.

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Mack is arguably a Top-2 defensive player in the league and I would have loved to have him on the Packers. But Chicago better hope he's the second coming of Reggie White with how much they mortgaged their future for him. On top of praying that Trubisky is a franchise, Top-10ish QB that can elevate the offense in lieu of expensive play-makers. They're a still rebuilding team that doesn't own a 1st round pick until 2021. I'll believe they're an 8-win team when I see it. This could be the move that catapults them into contention in a couple seasons, or it could set their franchise back years.

I liken the Mack move to Stafford's massive contract signing last year and maybe Cousins' deal as well.

I don't disagree with the take of "lol, idiots...that'll cost 'em in 2-3 years." The problem is that Rodgers' prime is 2-3 years (maybe) and his career is likely 5 more. So I'd have liked to see all of those teams play for the future. The NFC North is probably going to suck in 2022 or 2023.

Rather face Mack in Week 1 on a new team, new scheme rather than later on. Hopefully Bulaga is in mid-season form.

Kerb Hohl wrote:I liken the Mack move to Stafford's massive contract signing last year and maybe Cousins' deal as well.

I don't disagree with the take of "lol, idiots...that'll cost 'em in 2-3 years." The problem is that Rodgers' prime is 2-3 years (maybe) and his career is likely 5 more. So I'd have liked to see all of those teams play for the future. The NFC North is probably going to suck in 2022 or 2023.

I disagree with your assessment 100% because of Rodgers. Not that you're wrong and I'm right or anything like that, but Rodgers is a generational talent to the extent "prime years" dont exist. Aaron will be elite until the day he hangs up his jersey for good. Tom Brady and Drew Brees are proving now what Rodgers will be doing 5-7 years from now.

Id imagine that Cousins will be on a serious down swing and Trubinsky likely at his absolute peak (whatever that is) and Rodgers will still be Rodgers barring any catastrophic injury along the way.

I do agree with your 1st point about the big splash signings in the division. They're all about the same. Lions and Vikings made splash plays for their franchise QB while Chicago has the luxury of a rookie QB and money to spend elsewhere.

When you're not Aaron Rodgers or a legit MVP caliber QB, I can't even imagine how much it must suck for other fans to watch their teams flush 100s of Ms away on crap.

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Kerb Hohl wrote:I liken the Mack move to Stafford's massive contract signing last year and maybe Cousins' deal as well.

I don't disagree with the take of "lol, idiots...that'll cost 'em in 2-3 years." The problem is that Rodgers' prime is 2-3 years (maybe) and his career is likely 5 more. So I'd have liked to see all of those teams play for the future. The NFC North is probably going to suck in 2022 or 2023.

It may suck then, but it just might be the best division in football today and that impacts the Packers, along with the other three teams.

If Trubinsky is just solid, with their defense, Chicago won't be any sort of easy win and Detroit on the road is never easy. Vikings a loaded roster.

On the flip side, look at say New England. Yet again their division sucks and lacks any proven quality quarterbacks. Since Brady and Belichick took over 17 years ago, who was the best other QB in their division. Mark Sanchez? Tyrod Taylor?