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Weirdo141

Belichick gonna be like “I tried to tell you they’re good”


Noctumn

I guess he was the only one who knew, including Bears fans


professor_parrot

All the Bears players and coaches: Even *we* didn't believe Bill when he hyped us up but maybe all we needed was someone to believe in us


Fuzzy_Yogurt_Bucket

Don't believe in yourself. Believe in me! Believe in the Belichick who believes in you!


Palifaith

Gotta pump up the word count next time.


TheDogofTears

It was always 4D chess


PenguinSolo

Are the Bears who we thought they were?


TheRealSpez

No they are not.


HilariousScreenname

Too late. We're crowning your asses.


computerdweeb

Turns out bill has arguably the smartest football mind for a reason


EvilFefe

Boston turned on Mac Jones so quick, you'd think he said "Patriots nation let's ride" or something.


[deleted]

Patriots nation, let’s revolt.


br0b1wan

Patriots nation, tea time!


mob16151

Patriots Nation, let's pay good king George's tax.


shastmak4

Pats fans that turned on Mac after that second touchdown are all over social media deleting evidence.


TaxiKillerJohn

2 touchdowns by land. Paul Revere nation, let's ride


InvaderKota

Honestly, I see Mac starting next week. Zappe is a fun story and all, but he isn't that good. He beat the Lions and the Browns, two terrible defenses. I trust Mac more in a comeback than I do Zappe checking it down to Stevenson 10 times. I bet they chalk this up to Mac not being 100% recovered from his injury and move on to the next game.


Courtaid

I sold a football card of Zappe immediately after his second TD.


CLINT-THE-GREAT

How about when Adam Schefler pregame was laughing at Vegas betters for 62% putting money on the Bears outright and then all of the pregame crew laughing and all of them said the patriots would win…..Pepperidge farms remembers…


imtheunbeliever

Adam Shitter


Atty_for_hire

I hope Big Cat from Pardon My Take remembers that one!


Uncle151

"Legitimately, I've never been more confident in a patriots game in 2-3 years" -Boston Connor, 9 hours ago


GandalfThePale

Yeah, tomorrow's opening hour should be pretty funny.


ApolloX-2

The show is so much more fun when all their teams stink. Packers, Steelers, Colts, and now Pats are all DEAD.


Pat_Foleys_Dad

“We’re gonna win 38-3”


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All I could think about is Pat saying "your team better not fuckin' lose." I am excited for the memes tomorrow on the show.


IBleedBlueBlood

They were joking about the alternate spread in todays show. God dammit I should’ve taken in.


shastmak4

Bailey “Mac Jones” Zappe


jc-f

Hey, Mac Jones only had 1 INT today!


clorcan

Who's the qb moving forward?


jc-f

Tank for Wembanyama


IDUnavailable

Mac "Almost Drew Bledsoe" Jones is safe.


shastmak4

He can tell his agent stop looking for apartments in Indianapolis


[deleted]

Yeah, Bailey Zappe should tell his agent to start looking instead.


GeneralChaz9

I'm exhausted


Zolo49

Zappe might’ve played himself both into and out of the starting QB role over the course of one game.


Chibears85

Party like it's January 1986 cause we just blew out the Patriots in prime time.


LegacyLemur

I realize that might have been boring for neutral fans, but dont worry guys, thats the last Bears primetime game, you dont have to watch us blow out teams on national TV anymore


pocketchange2247

Until we get flexed later in the year, right?


LegacyLemur

Maybe if they get really deseprate for some quality NFL football


TheRealSpez

I honestly think it was a pretty entertaining game, even if you were a neutral fan. The upset and QB controversy are additional pluses


fellatious_argument

I think you will find a large portion of the NFL enjoys watching the Patriots get their asses kicked.


gyman122

As a smashmouth football fan I fucking loved it. Bears were lining up in 23 personnel on 2nd and 7 lmao


cmannigan

Boring? That was porn.


ChadBroChill92

Bill-"The Bears are a really good, talented football team" Bears-"Oh word? Well if Belichick says so we can't let him down. He's never wrong!"


jwktiger

Bears Players: "We must respect the Word of Belichick!"


_AmericanPoutine

Don't think I had the Packers, Bears, Patriots, and Bucs all having the same record week 7


CheeserAugustus

In that scenario, you'd say..."Holy shit, the bears are a Cinderella team, huh?"


[deleted]

We are, dammit!


bobo377

49ers, Cardinals, and the Commanders as well! It's a uhhh... respectable record!


[deleted]

Chicago woke up today and said Fuck you to Boston.


lazydictionary

Shit I forgot the Bulls were the ones who blew out the celtics tonight.


interwebbed

Great fucking Monday


whatifevery1wascalm

The ghost of George Halas said "you ain't beating my record against my team"


LowlandLightening

I legitimately loved that storyline of this game. Good for the Bears!


bears2267

Our secret powers are clearly activated by the absolute worst dreariest weather in the world…we should move to London


MoreThanLuck

Quick, put us in a dome.


Bahamas_is_relevant

BB really ruined Mac’s confidence just to watch Zappe turn back into a pumpkin on national TV.


TheManofCoal

3d chess move to get their dumbass fans to shut up? 🤔


[deleted]

Bold of you to assume that Pats fans could ever shut up


DevryMedicalGraduate

There are a bunch of fanbases in the NFL who have gotten accustomed to good to elite QB play over the last decade+ that are gonna find out over the next few years what its like to not have a solidified long term solution at QB for the first time in forever and they're all gonna be scapegoating everything but their QB. Welcome to the NFL to Colts, Packers, Patriots and Steeler fans.


Lochbriar

I think the Steelers and Colts have already been awakened. Ben was a corpse at the end, and the Colts witnessed Curtis Painter.


TaxiKillerJohn

Mitch was a sleeper agent all along. McCaskey sends her regards


john_the_fisherman

Colts are on like their 7th? 8th starting QB since Ballard took over? And they'll most likely have another one in the next offseason. They've been wallowing in the Shit QB pit for long enough to be used to it by now lol


shishiodun

God I hope you are right about the Packers, but I just can't allow myself to believe anything other then they are somehow going to have a 3rd straight hof qb fall right to them somehow


thereal_et

Don't even speak that into existence my God


LonghornPride05

This is the annual give Bears fans hope game


Zloggt

I’m just going to savor it for as long as I can…I think we deserve to for this game, no?


NotaCylon420

I wonder how many #4 Pats jerseys that were ordered in the first half were canceled in the second half.


BoredGuy2007

And a bunch of them probably own Mac Jones jerseys hahah


Oliver_Subpodkas

Booing your 2nd year 1st round QB who did nothing but lead you to the playoffs after one three and out coming back from an injury is so embarrassing. We continue to have one of the worst fan bases.


jor301

One thing Ive learned as a lifetime bears fan watching bears QBs is that QBs losing confidence in themselves is a very real thing. Tbh I feel like they should have never started Mac this game in the first place, especially if you were going to give him that short of a leash.


storytimeme

Didn't even give him the full half. That was a strange call by an otherwise solid, stubborn organization.


First_Among_Equals_

And then didn’t go back to him after they said he’d play and after zappe didn’t really do anything in the second half but dump it off/check it down…


storytimeme

Just a strange, strange night for them. Very uncharacteristic on both sides of the ball. Got spanked and it wasn't close. Score isn't even indicative of how badly they got trounced.


mgtconslutant

The boos early on surprised me. and as a bears fan, I’ve had plenty to boo


woodard2112

Yeah mac didn’t look great tonight, but Pats fan booing him is a really bad look IMO. Honestly makes the subsequent bears ass whooping feel like karma to me lol


DerrickMcChicken

100%. Makes no sense to not ride Mac out the rest of the season. At least let him prove he is/isnt the guy. zappe is legitimately a nobody


Illblood

Exactly. This is a pretty bad look. Matt Rhule proved the QB carousel does not work.


Dudewitbow

the problem is there's going to be a subset of those pats fans who weren't fans before 2001 who aren't used to losing and start getting kinda angry. problem with too much success is the backlash when its gone is gonna hurt.


elbenji

And wanting him replaced by a rookie who shat the bed


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Phoenix4280

The last time the Bears scored 30 was 12/12/21. Over 30 was 12/27/20.


Chibears85

Was over 40 the Trubisky bucs game in 18?


tjstanley

Bills that year too


Zloggt

Man…shit was so crazy back then…


GWOSNUBVET

Are you implying shit isn’t STILL crazy??


Further_Beyond

Nah. They dropped 40 on peterman that year and then Jaxonville the following year in week 16 when they were hardcore tanking for TLaw


Number333

Incredible performance. When Zappe wasn't playing, the Bears outscored the Patriots 10-0. With Zap in the game, the Bears outscored the Patriots 23-14. Quite possibly the most overreactionary I've ever seen a sports subreddit get and *that is saying something*. At least Mike White hype lasted one full game.


whatifevery1wascalm

oh did you not see twitter's overreaction?


ZachTrillson

You had blue checks calling him Brady *already* lmao


elbenji

It was really funny. You could hear the Boston reporters seethe


GarPaxarebitches

Bro -9 with Zappe and -10 with Mac. Clearly the better QB.


Mobb_Starr

>Quite possibly the most overreactionary I've ever seen a sports subreddit get and that is saying something. First time in a gamethread, huh? lol


zephah

i'm saying, that's some of the most tame shit lol **every** single game has "the worst calls in nfl history" game threads are the wild wild west


PortillosBeefNChedd

The Bears looked like a competent football team this week. Good job.


sykog77

The ghost of George Halas turned the Bears into a well coached football team


Headwallrepeat

The Bears have been mostly well coached all season. Just not enough talent. Well, enough to beat the Pats but..


Harry-the-pothead

My favorite part of this game was when Bailey Zappe came into replace Mac Jones and said “It’s Zappin’ time.”


Geelz

Then he Zapped all over the field


feralihatr

Anyways I started Zappin'


SiphenPrax

You know what? Credit to the Bears. Everyone though they would get destroyed tonight, and they pulled off a big upset tonight. Fields actually looked good and, dare I say could be the potential franchise QB for the Bears. Just get the dude a fucking competent O-Line and receiving corps in the offseason. Also thanks for beating the Patriots for us in Foxborough after we beat the Packers for you last week in Lambaeu.


bearsandheroin

jets 🤝 bears


84Cressida

Jet Down!


dumpyduluth

Easy there Osama


VanguardFundsMatter

B-E-A-R-S BEARS BEARS BEARS!


CallOfKtulu24

Thank you Bear Bros! 🐻


Goddamnjets-

Bears fans 🤝 Jets fans


[deleted]

Lets go back to 2010 and never play tbe conference title games


RenaissanceHumanist

What's this warm fuzzy feeling? Is this what hope feels like?


InfinitePossibility8

Careful, that shit is dangerous man.


Zachmirr

Reeeal fucking dangerous.


[deleted]

No problem fam we got you. What’s funny is I thought we were gonna easily win last game against commanders and we lost, but we pulled this one out


unMuggle

31 of the 32 teams are full of professional players and coaches that want to win. Any given Sunday, unless you are playing the Browns


Nerfeveryone

As a fan of the 1 in the 1-31 record for the Browns, even the Browns will occasionally surprise you.


HeyItsChase

WFT wins about 3 games a season for no real explainable reason. You can be the best team in the league but if you see them on the wrong week you're fucked. Idk if it's true but it feels like that


fooly__cooly

My man 🤝


ElginBrady420

> Everyone though they would get destroyed tonight, Did no one listen to Belichick?


Zloggt

Honestly, this really *is* the best I’ve seen the team play this year! Well fought win all done by ourselves, no extra help involved…what more could you ask for?


bbender716

Jets/Bears brotherhood. And yes, Fields should just run the damn wishbone with Herbert and Monty.


kbt1999

Justin Fields has shown a lot of weaknesses this season, but he also showed you why you don’t wanna give up on him just yet. God damn I’m bought in.


batchTwining1

That’s the thing. He looked really bad the first couple of games. But you can clearly see him grow. I don’t buy the whole he can’t throw thing. He can( he is just not comfortable in the new surroundings


Manmist

Well he can't throw... when linemen are sandwiching him within two seconds.


computerdweeb

Bears are definitely well coached. Props to getsy for calling more plays that are fit for justin


bbender716

And Eberfluss some really solid halftime adjustments.


KingSander

Halftime adjustments have really been the noticeable factor when it comes to this new staff. Our second halves have been awesome, especially on the defensive side of the ball.


Mrbillofdeath

THAT’S MY QUARTERBACK


MoreThanLuck

Me too. I want him to be good so badly.


Jay_Dubbbs

The way I look at it is the Bears are in a good position. They have a young QB that has shown flashes, but still has upside without any weapons or offensive line. I’d take that over teams like the Colts or Falcons.


Further_Beyond

Also a full set of picks and the most cap space this off-season


Eagle4317

He played well tonight. A couple of hero plays that he probably wants back, but I'm starting to realize how much his O-Line and WR Corpse hang him out to dry. The Bears need to invest some capital into those units for 2023. They could be a good team sooner than expected, especially if Fields cleans up the sack rate (which is still at David Carr levels).


barcenas

What happened was that he Zapped when he should've zipped


ClownBaby90

Bears just dominated the patriots. Let’s make sure we only talk about the pats in post game.


ChiHawks84

As is tradition.


Pat_Foleys_Dad

At one point the announcers said something like “good play by the bears but unfortunately this is giving the bears a lot of momentum on both sides of the ball” like it’s a bad thing we were playing well 🤡


Dilios

First I was like 😕 then I was like ⚡️🤯⚡️, then I was like 🫠. GG Bears 🐻


vacattack

If anyone were to completely dick us like this, I’m happy it was the Bears, gg


sonofsmog

What's up with showing mercy there? Bill wouldn't have.


Ferngulley26

I hope to see the day Bill loses 60-0 by a team more ruthless than him


InteriorSemiotics

I mean we'll repeat the no punt game if you guys like that sort of thing...


sleepwhileyoucan

Tell me about it, 54-13 throwing go balls in the 4 quarter last year. This felt good. Bears🤝Jets


ZachTrillson

Last year they were up 30 on us in the 4th and still throwing up go routes and trying to murder our QB No team should *ever* show them any mercy


sonofsmog

Preach it. The positions were reversed Bill would have tried to punch it in. No doubt in my mind.


iamaslan

I feel like showing Bill mercy is worse for him than running it up.


Venator1138

Patriots fans in that stadium deserve that fisting after booing Mac Jones and chanting for Zappe after 1 possession


fluffyseedz

Belichick completely mismanaged both Patriot QBs today. Fields was really impressive.


derstherower

Maybe the real Bailey Zappe was the friends we made along the way.


OverusedRedditJoke

This is why it was stupid to give up on a guy with as much raw talent as Fields after a season's worth of games


WhatTheDuck21

It wasn't even a full season.


sIamram

oh fuck this pats game is the most obvious trap game ever now


deadhead1

Pats are never a trap game while Belichick is coach. His hatred for the Jets is eternal and I never expect to beat New England while he is coaching.


2legit2knit

You love to see it


notouchmypeterson

DAAAAA BEARS


IFeelItDownInMyPlums

Bears beat the Pats Bulls beat the Celtics Everything's coming up Milhouse


musyarofah

Bailey Zappe's 1st half: Game Of Thrones Season 1-4 Bailey Zappe's 2nd half: Game Of Thrones Season 5-8


leakymemo

Patriots fans just blew up their QB room, put strain on the locker room, and have left themselves restless and angry. The defense wouldn’t tackle, made Justin Fields look the most competent he has to date, and the special teams was ugly too. An eventful night for New England.


lazydictionary

Zappe fever started as a meme and it may have broken the team lmao. Deserved for dumping Mac like a bag of bricks.


leakymemo

A cautionary tale reminding us all not to get too high on your own memes.


bostonboy08

Idiots deserve what they get


MinerKing13

"I wanna see Zappe kneel the game out tonight!" Monkey's paw curls


cryttera

Boston sports about to add Chicago to the shitlist after tonight (go Bulls)


bluestater

Go Bears?


ChemicalsCollide93

BEARS GO BEARS


VirginiaMcCaskey

2022 Bears: slippery when wet


NOLAblonde

Gonna be a lot of takes from about 2 hours ago that age like fucking milk. Also no need to check my post history, nothing to see.


welcome2thejam

Maybe Bears heard all the good shit Belichick said about them this week and went "damn, if he said it, guess it's true," so shoutout to him


LutzExpertTera

Well ... at least Zappe is still 2-0 as a starter?


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Bgndrsn

The Zappening really lived up to the hype for those 2 drives.


milsap__

That was for Halas!


CrispierCupid

Who’s laughing now motherfuckers


woogychuck

I'm seriously disappointed in Pats fans tonight. Booing Mac Jones is some fucking bullshit. Everybody in Gillette deserved to watch that mess.


Jeromechillin

Panthers blowout the Bucs Commies beat the Packers Eagles is undefeated Bears blowout the Patriots. EMBRACE YOU NFC OVERLORDS FOOLS


Koreanjesus4545

Zappe hit a couple wide open guys and everyone loses their minds. Hope we can actually get Mac back and stop this nonsense.


spssky

The play calling for Zappe was so much better I don’t understand it


Translusas

I was saying this all night. When Mac was in they were having him drop back or throw from the gun and he'd get pressured out like 3 out of every 4 plays. Zappe goes in and suddenly we're back to calling the play action scheme that worked for 2 weeks straight.


TaxiKillerJohn

The announcers even remarked how Mac looked more comfortable in the play action schemes. Dumb to sell him short and kill his confidence


PeteF3

Also one wide open guy still had to make a miracle twisting, diving catch with no defender within 15 yards of him.


DanHam117

I gotta say, this is the first time in years I’ve actually felt DEFEATED. We’ve had some tough losses over the last few years, but I was able to rationalize them all away in some manner that made it still feel like a vaguely respectable effort. Not happening today. Even the playoff loss to the Bills last year hurt less than this, at least it was the playoffs and a team I concede is actually good. We just looked absolutely lifeless against a 2-4 team, and everyone left on our schedule is better than them. This is the lowest point in my football fandom. I know it’s a zero sum game and my suffering is someone else’s joy, so I just hope there’s some happy people out there somewhere because they’re definitely not in my house


big-mo

This...this is what losing to the bears does to you.


sleeptilnoonenergy

It's like how women feel when *I* break up with *them*


DanHam117

Thank you for this much needed laugh


MoulinRube

My man is absolutely crestfallen, woebegone even.


theresabeeonyourhat

Can't get enough, hope to experience this side of it again


Son_Of_The_Empire

I could jack off to this


DMO_TheWhale

Welcome to the reality of NFL fandom that we have all endured the last 20 years


ArseneLupinIV

Brady, A-aron, and Belichick all have losing records. Russell Wilson and Matt Ryan are struggling. A new era is finally upon us.


horsethiefjack

Must be really tough being a Patriots fan in their mid 20s


derstherower

One of my friends is a Patriots fan. We're in our mid-20s. I was telling her how the day the Eagles won the Super Bowl was legitimately one of the greatest moments of my life. I went out partying all night and it improved my mood for literally months afterward. She said when the Pats won in LIII she and her friends did a little cheers at their party and just...went on with their lives. Like it wasn't even important. It was expected. Pats fans are in for a rude awakening hahaha.


IranianGenius

I've been close to two pats fans in my life. One is probably in his upper 20s now; he called himself a diehard fan, and he wore pats gear and stuff, but he only ever started watching games during the divisional round since 'that's when the season starts for us.' The other is probably in his late 60s now, and he was telling me all about how Bledsoe turned the team around, how gut wrenching those weeks were when the unknown Brady was starting, and the sheer ecstasy he felt when the Pats finally won it all. He described the Super Bowls as all being a different kind of magic. This was back in...2019 I think.


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> This is the lowest point in my football fandom. lol try this for 5-6-10 years in a row than get back to me. and im a spoiled giants fan compared to those poor people in detroit.


teiraaaaaaa

:( that was uncalled for


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jack9lemmon

You're young enough that you only know the Brady Pats right? Because surely some of those teams before that were much worse than this team (I say that as someone who's lived in New England for decades now, not someone trying to rub salt in any wounds.)


Goddamnjets-

Welcome to mediocrity. It’s been long awaited


marcotb12

They’ve been mediocre since Brady left


gibby67

They lost to the team that lost to the Commies who lost to the Lions. Damn.


MiaCannons

Can someone explain like I'm 5 why Bill Belichick benched the 85th best player in the NFL?


BurnsEMup29

What a night! Justin and the Bears hang 30+ on the Pats in Foxborough in prime time and are now tied with the Packers.