Mike Campbell

Social media is going crazy about the fact that Green Bay has the same record as Cleveland right now. My only coment: That's only because Cleveland waited until week 3 to put Mayfield in.

I'm feeling a little like Clark Grizwold this weekend. I just hung up the Christmas lights on the front of the house. But, only three strands going horizontal, not 250 going vertical. And, because the tree selection at Lowes is shit. We paid ten bucks for a permit from the city, and tomorrow we're cutting down our own christmas tree.

I now forgive Kyle Fuller for that interception drop against Green Bay in week one.

The only "action" I've ever seen was someone trying to line cut, and people already in line started yelling, which caused the cop that on duty to step in and tell the dude to get to the back.

The thing that seriously annoys me, as a Bears fan, is that the big argument for why the Vikings would win was because the Bears hadn't beaten anyone with a winning record. But, look at the Vikings 5.5 wins: Tie with GB (admittedly, better than Chicago managed), San Francisco, Arizona, Detroit, NY Jets, and the Eagles. They haven't exactly beat the cream of the crop in the NFL.

Trubisky has crashed back to earth after a couple of games where he was able to shred defenses, although to be fair, Cousins wasn't marginally better. Also, checking the stats for the season, his overall rating is 101.6. Aaron Rodgers is 102.2 This was almost a replica of the week one game against GB, minus the QB injury, except this time the Bears stayed on top their shit and didn't let things get away.

Yeah, man. I only found out because I was telling my friend I was thinking about getting an Xbox One and he warned me that it's no longer 'insert disc and play game'. Now it's 'insert disc, wait for the installation to complete and then play the game.' But even though you spend however long waiting, you can't play the game without the disc. When he told me that, I quoted CM Punk - "What kind of witch-doctory bullshit is that?"

There's a story on NFL.com about the Rodgers/McCarthy drama. The thing that I get the biggest kick out of (as someone who hates Rodgers) is that one of the reason that the Packers are struggling offensively is because Rodgers loves to hold the ball forever, and this year it's causing him to get sacked. Which isn't something that can really be put on McCarthy.

The same reason that book stores are having trouble. It's easier and more convenient to download. I don't know about the PS4 or Switch, since I have the Xbox One. But, I can buy a disc and still have to wait for an installation process. And, even after doing it, the disc still needs to be inserted to pay the game. Why deal with all of that, when I can just download the whole game onto the console?

People are roasting McCarthy for punting it, but I can see why. If they go for it and miss, then they're turning it over with Seattle already in scoring range. There was no reason for them to not convert on third. Jones has been good all season, and was doing well in that game. I'm wondering if McCarthy called for the handoff, and Rodgers overruled him because he wanted to be the hero again.

Having just lost the lead after a Seattle TD, and being deep in their own territory. Why would GB run a pass play on a 3rd and 2? Aside from the fumble in the NE game, Jones has been a solid rusher. Instead, Rodgers tried a deep pass, didn't connect and had to punt it back. Seattle got a couple of firsts, let the two minute warning come and go, and got to kneel to finish it.

I wish whoever had the power to make such decisions would just make Halloween the last Saturday of October and make Thanksgiving the last Thursday of November.

I was given a new assignment at work, it's a more demanding task although it's a lot less stressful on me. And all I had to do was blow my top to one of the managers. Short version, I was helping out a different department because they were short handed, and nobody could ever seem to tell me before work what I was supposed to be doing. So, one night I decided to text the operations manager and ask if I'm needed the next day. She texts back that she'll let me know. I never hear back, and I get an email from my dept manager with what I need to focus on. My phone rings 15 minutes later, I need to work in the other dept. I was annoyed, but stayed cool. Then, a couple of hours later, another manager calls and informs me that I ought not be texting the ops manager at night. She's out of the office and shouldn't be disturbed. To say I lost my shit would be an understatement. It was pretty much my best Jim Cornette cosplay, intertwined with apologies to the person listening to it, because she shouldn't have been the one who had to hear it. The next day, I'm expecting an ass chewing. I'm asked to take part in a conference call with the manager that I blew up on, and the ops manager. The call consisted of the ops manager saying, "You've done such a good job helping out, that we want you to do it permanently." - I was fucking gobsmacked. And all the only time it came up was when the other manager said "After the talk you and I have last night, we decided that this was the best thing." which I replied with "That's a generous way to put it" I found out later from the assistant manager, who I'm really good friends with, that they're keeping my little episode on the down-low. Because a lot of people are fed up with the ops manager for many reasons, and they're worried that other people might hear what I did, and what the fallout was, and get ideas.

Chargers/Steelers in Week 13 and Rams/Bears in Week 14 have been flexed to Sunday Night Football. A buddy had a feeling that the Bears game was going to be flexed, but I figured they'd wait to see how they did this week against Minnesota.

I've seen the Packers do it every so often with Rodgers and Hundley. If it's midway or late in the fourth and there's no chance of coming back, then they throw in the backup to get him a few reps.

This is now two weeks in a row that the Packers have had the game basically taken away from them due to an untimely fumble and the other team being able to manage the clock and prevent Rodgers from even attempting a comeback.

Texas Tech gets a touchdown and goes for the two point conversion to tie it up. Unfortuantely, it gets picked off in the end zone and OU takes it all the way to get their own conversion and basically seal the win.

Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, as a Bears fan, but this is baffling to me. GB's defense has been suspect for years, but this season's has been pretty stellar for them. Why get rid of one of the few consistent weapons they have? Is it just clearing space for Rodgers contract?

I wonder who has more heat after yesterday's game, Todd Gurley or Ty Montgomery?

What a crazy division, Bears went from first place to last, and then back to first. We should be able to hold onto it next week, although Buffalo has pulled out a few surprises.

I was thinking Gruden would trade Carr to NY in exchange for a 1st round pick.

The Chiefs cannot get out of their own way. Three big penalties on the drive, including a false start when they had the ball at the 1 yard line.

On purpose?

A few weeks back on FIrst Take, Max suggested that Rodgers sit out the games verus Washington, Buffalo, and Detroit, and hope that Kaiser can at least go 1-2. Stephen A. laughed his ass off at the idea of those games being troublesome for GB. I wonder if he's laughing now that GB *WITH* The bad man, went 1-2.

Randall Cobb, Devate Adams, and Geromimo Allison were all out of practice today. If they're out on Sunday, then the Bears just might be able to stay in first, unless the other receivers have improved beyond a "piss poor" level.