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* Hope you all had a relaxing weekend! What’s going on in your part of Illinois…

posted by Isabel Miller
Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 7:35 am

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Cubs sinking, an (expected) Illini loss, Packers choked in the 4th quarter. Great sports weekend for me! At least the weather was nice in Central IL.

Hope everyone had a better sports weekend than I did!

Comment by SouthernCentrist Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 7:56 am
The great Ray Long very smartly comparing this season’s Cubs ball club collapse to the legend of the 1969 free fall gave me real perspective to these last Cubs’ series, including the debacle in Arizona.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 8:17 am
Once again we ask the question: What if this is as good as Justin Fields ever gets??

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 9:15 am
If this is as good as Fields gets.then we can say for sure the old GM overpaid for QB twice and was not good at discernment when choosing a pro QB. If it is truly so the Bears should have a chance to pick a QB high and hopefully th current scouts and GM arw better at drafting a QB than the old staff.

Comment by DTownResident Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 9:28 am
I attended the Bears game in Tampa. That pick 6 on the 8 yard line is more on the OC than Fields. Yes, maybe the pass could have been thrown better but the Bears were calling that same play and formation all game. Tampa knew what was coming immediately and the LB adjusted to make the game winning play.

Comment by Stones Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 9:32 am
Game 2 leaves the Bears in great position for the Caleb Williams sweepstakes. Who am I kidding? You could give the Bears the next Mahomes and they would find a way to mess him up.

Comment by Independent Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 9:49 am
===You could give the Bears the next Mahomes and they would find a way to mess him up. ===

Agreed. “We ruin quarterbacks” should be the team’s motto.

Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 9:52 am
The bears have a very good QB sitting on the bench.

Once the season is all but over Badgent will rise to the top.

Comment by MOON Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 11:00 am
The Bears are the only team to have never had a 4000 yd passer. The leader? Erik Kramer, with 3838. In 1995. At this rate Fields won’t touch that even with a 17th game.

Comment by Independent Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 11:32 am
I suppose we’ll use the next 1st draft pick we earn to trade for the Eagles’ center and pretend like that was a good deal.

Comment by Candy Dogood Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 11:52 am
My sympathies to the hyperstorm flooding victims in the Southeast Suburbs of Chicago, I had 8-12 inches of water in my basement in Riverdale; several neighbors also had flooded basements. Waiting to see if my appliances, furnace and water heater will survive-letting them dry out to test them.

Comment by thisjustinagain Monday, Sep 18, 23 @ 12:46 pm

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