Bears beat 49ers to clinch No. 3 seed
Go Bears! :-)

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Bears beat 49ers to clinch No. 3 seed
Go Bears! :-)

I was hoping the Bears vs. Vikings game next weekend would
be meaningless to the Bears however, I heard it has some bearing
(pun intended) on the Bears getting the Bi week in the playoffs.

Bill

@Vic - when did you become a Rams fan ? :)

(pun intended) on the Bears getting the Bi week in the playoffs.

Are you discussing sex? Its bye. ;)

Sorry Gary,
I must have been thinking about Green Bay < cough, cough > :)

That's pretty cheesy.

The Rams before they moved to StLouis were in LA while I was growing up, different conference, Blue/Yellow was worn back then, blue/gold yuck!

I know the Rams won the Superbowl with Kurt Warner as QB in St. Louis.

Did the Rams ever go to the Superbowl while in LA ? I can't remember )

Bill

The Rams before they moved to StLouis were in LA while I was growing up, different conference, Blue/Yellow was worn back then, blue/gold yuck!

I know the Rams won the Superbowl with Kurt Warner as QB in St. Louis.

Did the Rams ever go to the Superbowl while in LA ? I can't remember )

Bill

Vince Ferragamo QB, Super Bowl XIV, 1979, lost to Pittsburgh. The year Carroll Rosenbloom passed and the crazy woman got control.

Boys beat Hawks .

Boys - 24

Hawks - 22

Will the Monsters of the Midway (12W 4 L) have the Philadelphia Eagles (9W 7L) for an early dinner starting in about 15 hours?

GO BEARS!

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Boys beat Hawks .

Boys - 24

Hawks - 22

The Cowboys could of had at least one - possibly two more touchdown(s) if it was not for some bad passing/receiving plays early on and a bad call by the referee's in the 4th quarter (along with the Cowboys not challenging the bad call by the ref).

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What the hell was that? The rules aren't supposed to be starring?!

Again, some controversial calls by the referees in the Bears / Eagle game causing the Bears to loose the game (by two points) they should of won.

Getting %#(O&&%#$ with the referees deciding who is going to win the game.

Too bad the NFL does not make it PUBLICLY TRANSPARENT that they hold the referees accountable for their bad calls. Nothing has changed PUBLICLY since at least 2013.
Top few search results for "does the NFL hold referees accountable for bad calls":

From 2013: How Are NFL Refs Held Accountable for Their Performance?

From 2015: The NFL Is Finally Punishing Bad Referees The NFL may be hoping to cut down on incidents like #Batgate.

From 2017: Mike Mularkey questions why referees aren’t publicly held accountable and he’s got a point,
"You just want to see people held accountable as coaches and players are every Sunday."

Mularkey points out that referees are graded and if they have a bad game and make mistakes, that hurts their chances of doing playoff games. But other than that, that’s all we seem to hear when a referee makes a bad call.

From ~3 months ago (Reddit): Does the NFL hold refs accountable?

From 2018-12-13 (Sports Illustrated): The 10 Worst Officiating Decisions of 2018 See #9, #6, #4, #3.

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Is there anyone who still thinks it is taking a knee that is making people turn off the NFL, not the sorry state of the rules and officials?

Is there anyone who still thinks it is taking a knee that is making people turn off the NFL, not the sorry state of the rules and officials?

Have not seen/heard much about it since just before Thanksgiving.

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Codi Parkey leaving yesterday's Bears / Eagles game:

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Codi Parkey leaving yesterday's Bears / Eagles game:

:-(

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Chicago - Goose Island’s 43-Yard Field Goal Challenge Is Saturday, Do What Cody Parkey Couldn’t And Get Tickets To Any NFL Game In The U.S.

Goose Island doesn't think you can do it. Sign up starts at noon Saturday.

A doubtful Goose Island Brewery is challenging “armchair kickers” who “sit on a throne of potato chips and vape pens” to make a 43-yard field goal outside its Near West Side taproom at 1800 W. Fulton St. Saturday for a pair of tickets to any NFL game, airfare and lodging included.

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Wow, Cowboys go home as do the Colts.

What will Sunday bring?

Patriots beat Bolts 41-28.

Rams heading for NFC Championship game against the Saints.

Eagles beaten by Saints 14-20.

Hi Vic,
Looks like some great championship games next weekend !

Bill

0-for-100: No one makes a 43-yard field goal in snowy, sloppy Goose Island contest

None of them had both the distance and accuracy to put the ball over a chain-link fence and through a makeshift goal post erected in the middle of the street outside the brewery. A handful came close, though.

Goose Island had offered anyone who made the 43-yard attempt a prize of airfare, hotel and tickets to any regular-season NFL game next season. If any contestant had made the attempt, he or she would have had a chance to break the NFL record with a 65-yard try, but it never got to that point.

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