Patrick Finley

Covering #Bears & NFL @SunTimes. Halas Intrigue podcast: #Depaul adjunct, #Mizzou grad, dad, husband, identical twin. Bluesky: PatFinley

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

Ryan Poles after Simmons trade:
"I know it's kinda a joke that kinda goes around, but like ‘F them picks’ is like a big thing. That's really not what we're about...We absolutely believe that the draft and bringing in young talent is the way that you sustain success around here."

[Simpsons NFL @TheSimpsonsNFL]

The Colts to Jonathan Taylor

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

The fourth-best QB in his own division now. But an upgrade from what they had.

[ESPN @espn]

Breaking: The Raiders are finalizing a trade to send QB Kirk Cousins to the Vikings, per @RapSheet, @MikeGarafolo and @AdamSchefter.

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

SO much better than constant whining about officiating we hear from other coaches.

[Joey Van Zummeren @JoeyVZ_]

Eli Drinkwitz recapping #Mizzou's loss to Texas:
"We are not victims, and I refuse to give in to being a victim mentality. I refuse to give our players, our fans, our coaches an excuse for not getting the job done. It's my job as the head coach to get it done."

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

Wow.

[Mark Maske @MarkMaske]

The Eagles are trading Jordan Davis to the Jaguars for a first-round pick next year and a second-rounder in 2029, source says.

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

"We took the money."

[Heather Dinich @CFBHeather]

Rich Clark said the CFP is aware of the fan sentiment and “that many fans aren’t in favor of expansion” but … “we owe it to them to make this great and that really is our intent. We did take into account their sentiment… but we decided to move forward with it.”

[Ben Pope @BenPopeCST]

Blackhawks didn't exactly tweaks to their system today, but they did hammer down on a number of points of emphasis. I'll have a full story up later analyzing those.

Blashill: "If you make full-scale changes to what you do, you could walk on the ice Thursday and our guys be super hesitant and not know what they're doing, and that's the worst possible situation."

[Jeffery Simmons @GrindSimmons94]

🐻⬇️

[Josh Dubow @JoshDubowAP]

Record of each division in non-division games

[Ben Pope @BenPopeCST]

Yesterday was a big Blackhawks news day, as expected.

We'll see what lineup or system changes are revealed in practice at 11am today.

Jeff Blashill safe as coach: https://t.co/4mjbQVpVMh

Drew Commesso replaces Arvid Soderblom as backup goalie: https://t.co/8coWsbMz1o

[ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk]

NFC North teams are now 20-3 against non-NFC North teams.

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

#Bears DT Jeffery Simmons saw all the orange Sunday night. He loved it. https://t.co/ULi58UKB17

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

#Bears' Cairo Santos "had to have my teammates' backs" by kicking winning FG: https://t.co/MlOzdWUb46

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

The Bears are the only team in NFL history to:

have 5+ turnovers
have 9+ penalties
have no 10+ yard rushes
blow a 14+ point lead

...and yet still win the game.

[Simpsons NFL @TheSimpsonsNFL]

Bears fans tonight

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

#Bears win 27-24. Game is over. Team is 7-2.

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

#Bears take 2 knees and will set Cairo Santos up for a 38-yard FG at the gun here.

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

Colston Loveland is wiiiiiiide open for 38 yards and the #Bears are at the TB 16 with :40 left.

[Patrick Finley @patrickfinley]

This game has been horribly played, but at least it's also taken forever.