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<blockquote data-quote="EyeoftheIllini" data-source="post: 1799741" data-attributes="member: 623415"><p>I’ll give you half of your “bluffing.” I agree that the play calling in Saturday’s game should have better reflected Art’s strengths or at least not asking him to do things he’s not capable of. Can’t call the game like he’s TDV. Possibly they felt they were better off going with what had been taught and practiced all week, but as you point out the “bluffing” almost cost them the game. Hopefully with a week to prepare, they can put Art in better situations to succeed. But as to the “off-season bluffing,” what were they supposed to do, just say, “yeah, we got no real option at QB2”? Don’t see the harm in calling it a competition. Maybe they thought it would help hone both of them. Maybe they were worried that Art might transfer if he at least didn’t have a chance (or appear to) start. Who knows. You make it sound like some nefarious plot to dupe the fans/media.</p><p></p><p>As a complete side note, it is kind of interesting that it seems your main point of contention (or at least high up there) with the Bears/Fields situation is that new regime isn’t being truthful (some might even call it bluffing) about its feelings/plans for Fields and a future with Bears. Not sure what it means, but kind of interesting. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EyeoftheIllini, post: 1799741, member: 623415"] I’ll give you half of your “bluffing.” I agree that the play calling in Saturday’s game should have better reflected Art’s strengths or at least not asking him to do things he’s not capable of. Can’t call the game like he’s TDV. Possibly they felt they were better off going with what had been taught and practiced all week, but as you point out the “bluffing” almost cost them the game. Hopefully with a week to prepare, they can put Art in better situations to succeed. But as to the “off-season bluffing,” what were they supposed to do, just say, “yeah, we got no real option at QB2”? Don’t see the harm in calling it a competition. Maybe they thought it would help hone both of them. Maybe they were worried that Art might transfer if he at least didn’t have a chance (or appear to) start. Who knows. You make it sound like some nefarious plot to dupe the fans/media. As a complete side note, it is kind of interesting that it seems your main point of contention (or at least high up there) with the Bears/Fields situation is that new regime isn’t being truthful (some might even call it bluffing) about its feelings/plans for Fields and a future with Bears. Not sure what it means, but kind of interesting. 😎 [/QUOTE]
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