NFL Football

[Vrede too]

Another reason to shun Prime is Jeff Bezos.

Meh - I don't read WaPo, shop at Hobby Lobby, or eat Chic Fil A, but if I really boycotted every corporation that had a right wing asshole for an owner or CEO, it would be a pretty spartan existence.

But you are boycotting Prime. Why not feel even more justified about it?

[GoCubsGo]

These.

Bears.

Do.

Not.

Quit.

[Vrede too]

NO, NO NO, NO NO!

The Bears are in navy jerseys AND navy pants.

I don't think they've ever won with this combo.

Yeah.

The 2025-6 Bears have GB exactly where they want them. Congrats.

4:18 - 4th, 6-18 4th, 27-24, 3 timeouts, here we go!

[O Really]

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Another reason to shun Prime is Jeff Bezos.

Meh - I don't read WaPo, shop at Hobby Lobby, or eat Chic Fil A, but if I really boycotted every corporation that had a right wing asshole for an owner or CEO, it would be a pretty spartan existence.

But you are boycotting Prime. Why not feel even more justified about it?

Sure. Why not.

[GoCubsGo]

Missed field goal!

Here we go!

[Vrede too]

These.

Bears.

Do.

Not.

Quit.

2:51 - 4th: GB MISSES 44 yard FG. One timeout remaining. It's Caleb time.

EDIT: 1:53 - 4th, FG range!

EDIT: 1:43 - 4th, HOLY CRAP, they've done it again - 8 times this season?

[Vrede too]

PHEW!

Good uniform choice.

[O Really]

Da BEARS!

[GoCubsGo]

Unbelievable.




And FU Green Bay!




Al Michael's said he's never heard Soldier Field louder and it was actually shaking.

[GoCubsGo]

[GoCubsGo]

Yeah baby!

[Vrede too]

Yeah baby!

https://x.com/davidaxelrod/status/2010240230989934599

Another home game! Who wouldya' rather - Rams, Eagles or 49ers?

Spoiler:

I'd pick Rams, but they're all pretty good.

1:00 PM CBS
AFC Wild Card Playoffs
Go Bills (12-5) > @Jaguars (13-4, -1.5)

4:30 PM FOX
NFC Wild Card Playoffs
Go 49ers (12-5) > @Eagles (11-6, -6 )
Someone else's turn.

8:15 PM NBC/Peacock
AFC Wild Card Playoffs
Go @Patriots (14-3, -3.5 ) > LA Traitors (11-6)

Monday, January 12, 2026
AFC Wild Card Playoffs
8:15 PM ESPN/ABC
Go Texans (12-5, -3 ) > @Kaarons (10-7)

[GoCubsGo]

Yeah baby!

https://x.com/davidaxelrod/status/2010240230989934599

Another home game! Who wouldya' rather - Rams, Eagles or 49ers?

Spoiler:

I'd pick Rams, but they're all pretty good.

1:00 PM CBS
AFC Wild Card Playoffs
Go Bills (12-5) > @Jaguars (13-4, -1.5)

4:30 PM FOX
NFC Wild Card Playoffs
Go 49ers (12-5) > @Eagles (11-6, -6 )
Someone else's turn.

8:15 PM NBC/Peacock
AFC Wild Card Playoffs
Go @Patriots (14-3, -3.5 ) > LA Traitors (11-6)

Monday, January 12, 2026
AFC Wild Card Playoffs
8:15 PM ESPN/ABC
Go Texans (12-5, -3 ) > @Kaarons (10-7)

It'll be either Rams or Iggles, if the Niners win they go to Seattle.

Don't matter.

[Vrede too]

It'll be either Rams or Iggles, if the Niners win they go to Seattle.

Don't matter.

EDIT: 1:43 - 4th (after the winning TD), HOLY CRAP, they've done it again - 8 times this season?

7 times.

How the Bears' second-half adjustments led to a wild-card win

In the Bears' postgame locker room after their 31-27 victory over the Packers in the NFL playoffs' wild-card round Saturday night, running back Kyle Monangai celebrated the team's seventh comeback win of the season. On one hand, they've done it seven times, but surely this one -- the Bears' first home postseason game in eight years -- felt a little different during halftime.

"Nah," Monangai said. "Same old."

Trailing 21-3 to the Packers at halftime, the Bears erased an 18-point deficit -- the fourth-biggest comeback in franchise history, and the largest in the team's postseason history. They're only the fourth team to win a postseason game when entering the fourth quarter trailing by 15-plus points.

... In three games against the Packers this season, the Bears averaged 0.5 points per drive in the first half ... and 3.85 in the second.

GoCubsGo posted this:
https://x.com/NFL/status/2010200445197922649

That's not coaching, that's uncoachable. That's the sort of franchise-defining, future-altering talent that gets drafted No. 1 by a listless franchise in need of a savior QB. These were 27 hard-earned yards of Williams' 361 in the game -- the most by a Bears quarterback in a playoff game in franchise history.

Williams wasn't the only offensive standout Saturday night, though. Rookie tight end Colston Loveland had 137 receiving yards, just shy of the record (142 yards) for a rookie tight end in a postseason game. As much as the Bears are a second-half team, Loveland is a second-half player. Since Week 9, Loveland has averaged 66.7 yards per game, which is 20th among all pass catchers and third, only to George Kittle and Trey McBride, among tight ends. Good company.

On Saturday night, Loveland tallied 115 of his 137 receiving yards in the second half, including three corner routes that were all oh-so-effortlessly open against the Packers' defense. (Hello, halftime adjustments.)

(detailed kudos for the second-half defense)

[GoCubsGo]

(detailed kudos for the second-half defense)

Three times playing the Pack this season and it's been a different game each time in the second half.


Good, better, best!

Never let it rest

Till your good gets better

And your better gets best

Than you AC Reynolds.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/475 ... etter-best

[Vrede too]

Three times playing the Pack this season and it's been a different game each time in the second half.


Good, better, best!

Never let it rest

Till your good gets better

And your better gets best

Than you AC Reynolds.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/475 ... etter-best

Asheville (state champion) and UNC QB - too cool!

"... first playoff win since Jan. 16, 2011."

... The Bears are the first team in NFL history to win six games in a season while trailing in the final 2:00 of the fourth quarter....

One thing - What is a "phone book"?

Maybe you want to root for 49ers > Eagles.
Source: Matthew Stafford to undergo tests on injured finger

[Vrede too]

Knee-jerk and stupid.

https://x.com/obvious_shirts/status/2008669750084386831

After "Black Monday" he'll have a new job by the end of the week if he wants one.

Hope he takes a year, he deserves it.

Doesn't look like it. Maybe doesn't want a gap year at 63. Retirement could be looming.

John Harbaugh to limit coaching interviews to a few teams

... Harbaugh told Fox that a number of teams have reached out to him since he was fired by the Ravens on Tuesday, but he plans to pick around three or four teams before starting talks. He said he was using the weekend to evaluate his options.

Harbaugh's agent, Bryan Harlan, had told ESPN's Adam Schefter that in the first 45 minutes after Harbaugh was fired Tuesday, Harlan received calls from seven NFL teams expressing interest in his client. At least one of the inquiries had come from a team that still had a coach in place at that time; the Dolphins have since fired Mike McDaniel.

Aside from the Ravens, the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders, Dolphins, New York Giants and Tennessee Titans all currently have a head coaching vacancy.

GoRaidersGo. Too bad Pete Carroll didn't work out for you.

Harbaugh, 63, ranks 12th for most wins by a head coach in NFL history with 193 and guided the Ravens to a Super Bowl title in 2012. In leading the Ravens for 18 seasons, he was the second-longest active coach in the league behind Mike Tomlin, who is in his 19th season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

By making bold decisions and stressing a team-first mantra, Harbaugh became the only coach in NFL history to win a playoff game in each of his first five seasons. He is also the only coach to guide a team to the AFC Championship Game three times in his first five years....

I remember hearing Don Shula say that the secret to longevity and success was winning early in one's career.

[GoCubsGo]

Saw on nfl network.

The company that makes the cheese grater hats used to make the Cheeseheads until the Packers sent them a cease and desist.

[Vrede too]

Saw on nfl network.

The company that makes the cheese grater hats used to make the Cheeseheads until the Packers sent them a cease and desist.

Were many people wearing them in the stands?

[O Really]

Whoever made the decision to give away the 3 free points at the first of the game should be sacked or at least ridiculed into obscurity.