Vikings beat Bears - who gets the deflated ball?

Yep. It was fun while it lasted. Deflated ball goes to Getsy and the offensive line.

The lines on both sides of the ball need to be the focus for the upcoming draft.

Fields. I was going w/Getsy, but if he could get 1 good drive out of Bagent, and move the ball a few times w/him. The problem was his starting qb not him.

Not saying Getsy was good, he wasn't, but Fields was the issue. There is no reason a backup undrafted FA was able to score a TD vs this Vikings def and Fields wasn't.

After Davis went down I knew it was game over. I know it sounds strange, but i think that guy is important.
With Whitehair in the middle you need Gs as best as possible.

Can't disagree with anything you said.  I'll come back to that later.  Everything I'm saying here is stuff I said in the shoutbox during the game so sorry for the repeats there.

I voted Getsy cuz that was on the menu of choices.  Getsy blows, let's not kid ourselves.  He had 3rd and 1 on the Vikes 25 near the end of the first half in a tie game and instead of running the ball from under center (TWICE if needed), he calls a shotgun pass.  Which of course gets tipped cuz Minny is blitzing like crazy and ends up being picked leading to a 14 point swing.  This guy is a clown school OC who constantly goes away from what is working in favor of what isn't.  

But Ric is right on Fields as well.  I saw him twice on 3rd and long at midfield pat the ball 4 times with plenty of time and run into an unnecessary sack.  Dude, wtf is your problem?  If nothing is there short to get the 1st down, you chuck it deep!  Throw the goddam ball to the 10 yard line for cripes sake!  Worst outcome is a pick which is as good as a punt.  You might complete the pass or draw a DPI call.  Throw the f*****g ball!  I don't care if your guy is triple-teamed--throw the ball!!!!

He's not a rookie anymore.  This is year 3.  This is basic football tactics any 3rd year QB should know by heart by now.  He's just inexcusably bad at times and those bad times are inexcusably too often.

Fields was right back to his old habits of holding it way too long, not recognizing what he's seeing, and being way too slow and indecisive.  If Justin needs an OL giving him 5 seconds every dropback, he's never gonna be a quality NFL passer.  That's just not realistic and Fields clock is just way too slow.

I'm giving up on him.  I'm done.  PJ Walker scored more points than Fields did today.  Watching Cards as I type this and Josh Dobbs is way outplaying him.  I have never once in 2.5 seasons seen Fields lead a must-have-it drive in the 4th Q to win or even tie the game.  He melts every time, usually with a pick or sack fumble.  The only times I have seen JF "ball out" are when its meaningless or expectations are low.  Every time he's been asked to step up and win an important game, he wilts.  I think we have seen the last of him as the Bears starter now that he's injured.  His last meaningful start anyway.  

I'm not gonna waste my time here arguing about Getsy vs. Fields and who owns what % of the failure.  You guys can debate that back and forth if you want.  To me, they BOTH have failed and they both need to go.  They both had a mission and set of objectives this season and both have fallen miserably short of what was expected of them.  I'm not gonna make excuses for either nor dissect out the fine details.  Both need to be replaced.

BTW, lets see if Kevin Warren has any real authority and has any balls now.  Any of the other 31 NFL teams would fire their coaching staff in this situation.  2nd year, massively underperforming (keep in mind we have played only 1 good team in 6 games), and you start 1-5 with the team constantly looking unprepared and outcoached.

Fire them both (F/G) tomorrow to send a message and hire an interim staff cuz you're tanking anyway here on out.  

But they won't.  The Bears organization is allergic to bold moves like that that smack of accountability.  To lose like that at home after a mini-bye against a divisional opponent where the only TD you score is on a sneak by a backup QB is a fire-able offense right there.

Grow some balls, Mr. Warren, and send a message that there's a new boss in town and you're not gonna tolerate this level of incompetence.  

PLEASE