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Game 18: Bears at Packers - 1/5/25 - Noon - Fox

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Post#401 » by RiotPunch » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:10 pm

MLF deserves to get grilled after that, but Wilde will probably flirt and toss him soft balls.
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Post#402 » by BUCKnation » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:10 pm

Siefer wrote:TO before the field goal, and having your safeties 40 yards deep when they need 15? Completely asinine coaching.

I didnt even realize that was our timeout taken before our fg, does mlf have cte?
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Post#403 » by MiltownMadness » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:10 pm

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milweskee wrote:We deserved to lose both games vs Chicago so kick rocks defending MLF.

No coach will ever satisfy you, its not hard to figure that out. I just think its a loser mentality you have, its sad
To be fair A LOT of fans across all sports are like this. If it were up to the fan bases we'd have 20+ fired coaches a year

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Absolutely but it just disallows all nuance and you sound dumb to me considering how fortunate we are to have MLF and the Pack
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Post#404 » by BUCKnation » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:11 pm

MLF and Hafley are so anti clutch
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Post#405 » by dogswithbeesintheirmouths » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:11 pm

That defense was so dumb that it will stick in your mind for the rest of Haffley's career that he could be a total fraud moron
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Post#406 » by MikeIsGood » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:11 pm

I PHYSICALLY do not understand taking a TO before the FG. It's making my head hurt. What the absolute ****.
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Post#407 » by trwi7 » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:12 pm

humanrefutation wrote:Dallas just lost so it's not like it would have mattered for seeding.


It annoyed me and is going to make me think what dumb **** we're going to do in the playoffs next week.
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Post#408 » by RRyder823 » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:12 pm

I'm still trying to figure out why MLF called a TO before the FG. Let the clock tick or make the Bears use there's. That extra time does you no good with only 2 TOs and less then a minute left.

That TO doesnt get called GB wins. MLF takes the blame for this L

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Post#409 » by Iheartfootball » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:12 pm

Guess it’s hard to win in the NFL. I don’t have confidence in this team heading into next week.

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Post#410 » by Isocleas2 » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:12 pm

Just a brutal series of bad decisions down the stretch. Not sure why the Packers chose to leave so much time on the clock by snapping the ball with 20 seconds on the playclock and then burn a timeout before the field goal. They purposely called 2 runs and a short pass to keep the clock running and then chose to undermine their strategy at the end. Perplexing.

Don't even want to get started on the playcalling (offense and defense)
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Post#411 » by MiltownMadness » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:12 pm

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MiltownMadness wrote:Enjoy your Sunday guys, Packers didnt care about that game and you shouldnt either. We just hurt their draft spot


Cope.

Cope what? I didn't even realize the game was on until the 4th. I just was morbidly interested in how worked up you were all making yourselves, now I'm here talking to you. Enjoy your day man hope you feel super vindicated and happy
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Post#412 » by MissKhriddleton » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:13 pm

I just don’t understand how a professional football coach (coordinator) calls that play with 15 seconds left. It’s completely idiotic. Imagine that was a playoff game? You’re not gonna fire him but **** fire him. That’s the equivalent of calling a handoff on 4th and 10 when you need a first down or you lose the game.
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Post#413 » by Matches Malone » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:13 pm

MLF's teams are just soft and undisciplined. Doesn't matter if it's vets or the youngest team in the league. It starts with him. And I like MLF and usually give him the benefit of the doubt. My patience is wearing thin though.
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Post#414 » by RubberSoul » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:14 pm

dogswithbeesintheirmouths wrote:That defense was so dumb that it will stick in your mind for the rest of Haffley's career that he could be a total fraud moron

Right I am having a hard time moving on from unfathomably dumb that was. It’s not even losing the game that’s the worst part it’s that we
a coaching staff that called a timeout and discussed the situation and thought that was a good idea. WTF.

That play may have single-handedly shattered my confidence in the coaching staff.


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Post#415 » by humanrefutation » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:16 pm

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humanrefutation wrote:1-5 against the division.

Very easily could have been 0-6


This is a fake L, if we're honest. Didn't play many of our regulars, & it was still eeked out against. So it's really 2-4.


Who did we sit, other than Jacobs (after his second quarter TD)? It appeared to me that we played everyone who wasn't hurt.
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Post#416 » by ReasonablySober » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:17 pm

Really struggling to come up with reasons MLF isn't just really bad.
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Post#417 » by milweskee » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:17 pm

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MiltownMadness wrote:Enjoy your Sunday guys, Packers didnt care about that game and you shouldnt either. We just hurt their draft spot


Cope.

Cope what? I didn't even realize the game was on until the 4th. I just was morbidly interested in how worked up you were all making yourselves, now I'm here talking to you. Enjoy your day man hope you feel super vindicated and happy


Intellectual dishonestly... smells like copium.
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Post#418 » by MiltownMadness » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:18 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Really struggling to come up with reasons MLF isn't just really bad.

He's so good that he has made you think the talent on this team isn't very average. We are constantly playing over our heads with MLF, he's awesome but seems to be falling out of favor with our spoiled bunch.
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Post#419 » by milweskee » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:19 pm

milweskee wrote:Chicago trying to give us this game and MLF is like "OMG eww".


I rest my case.
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Post#420 » by PintSizedBox10 » Sun Jan 5, 2025 9:19 pm

MiltownMadness wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Really struggling to come up with reasons MLF isn't just really bad.

He's so good that he has made you think the talent on this team isn't very average. We are constantly playing over our heads with MLF, he's awesome but seems to be falling out of favor with our spoiled bunch.


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