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Seen Gordan went on IR and out at least 4 games, haven't researched that report so might be false. So frustrating with these injuries.

Yeah, Im not down on him - hes young and just learning. if he makes mistakes, its not the same as if its a vet who has been making the same mistakes for years. But, Benedet had a couple penalties and gave up pressures that were part of the reason Caleb was holding the ball and running around last week. So Im just calling balls and strikes - but Im impressed with him, and expect him to continue to grow, so not calling for him to be benched or anything like that at all.

Likely means nobody wants him. Poles needs the roster spot.

Benedet does not get beat early and while he got walked backwards a few times there are some technique issues with his feet that, if he corrects it, he’ll be good. I suspect that will require a full offseason to fix. Plus he’s sticky to the pass rusher.

watching the film, Caleb wasnt as bad as I thought after watching the game. The Saints called zone blitzes a few times and Caleb didnt throw the manufactured pick, but he ran around after that, and people were covered. Also, Benedet got blown up on several pass protections and that accounted for the other plays where Caleb was running. In terms of the zone blitzes, thats on Caleb AND Johnson, because they got beat "rock paper scissors" style, because the hot read was taken by the dropping linemen. They all need to learn and adjust to these tactics and situations. This wasnt as easy as "Caleb had trouble with the 27th ranked defense" it was more a matter of how the play calls lined up, and what to do when its a zone blitz and your hot read is taken. They will adjust Im sure.

Williams had 172 yards passing, 0 TDs, and 1 INT (61.7 rating) against the Saints 27th ranked pass defense last week. Fortunately right now the Ravens are ranked 31st against the pass .

If we can put pressure on Huntley, even with our CBs being nothing better than street FAs, we should still wind up with a pick or two. This is the time for two players, who I understand will be making rare appearances this week, Booker and Jarrett, to contribute. On the offense, we will need both the run and pass to work—no more excuses. Caleb needs to step up and help win this one. If he has another game like week 7 against Baltimore, we will probably lose.

He is also doing it with a banged up secondary. The Bears are starting CB5/6 with Johnson, Stevenson, Gordon, Smith, and Frazier out.

The Lamar news is huge. Huntley had 68 yards passing in his last start. The Bears have to win this.

Hard to trade a guy that's on IR.

I don't know if I'd compare him to Davis. When you injure a hamstring, your body becomes out of tune from foot to neck. Sometimes another injury will pop up. In his case and it's a groin. Same thing happened with Johnson, as his injury was different than the one he initially missed camp with. Davis simply didn't want to play. Gordon seems to genuinely play with joy.

Kyler Gordon and Braxton Jones just put on IR, lol. Gordon is just stealing money right now. He got paid and decided to go full Nate Davis on the Bears. His body is made of glass. A trade for secondary help seems like a priority at the moment, especially if they win tomorrow.

It won't be that much. Houston received a 2027 6th for Cam Robinson and a 2027 7th. They will get something along those lines in my opinion.

A trip back in time when Tyler Hundley last played the Bears. November 2021. Hundley was informed, as he boarded the bus to the game, that he’d be starting in place of an ill Jackson. Bears HC was Nagy. Bears starting QB was Andy Dalton while rookie Justin Fields watched from the bench.

https://www.windycitygridiron.com/chicago-bears-news/101613/chicago-bears-lamar-jackson-injury-ravens-news

Braxton Jones is the most likely to be traded with LT starting experience . They have clearly moved on but if they still have doubts with Theo, they may keep him for depth. Probably a 4th or 5th round pick. Is that worth losing valuable depth? I doubt they trade anyone.

He is not playing , I watched several Doctors comment on his injury and said it was to early to come back. Full practice but run the Scout team tells you everything you need to know. With Hundley being the QB that helps us with aninjury plagued DB room. Henry is what we have to stop to win the game. Its the power run game up the middle that matters. He is not as effect if he has to go laterally to find a hole. Our LBs, and Ss are intact so we have a shot at limiting him to under a hundred yards by plugging every middle lanes. Effective tackling is important. The passes will be all in the front zone with the short passing game.

Yeah, it sounds like he's not going to play now, according to Rapaport. I did kind of think after being limited on Wed/Thu, that they may have been ramping him up for next week's game against the Dolphins. Dan Graziano alluded to this earlier in the week. Friday's are always lighter red zone days for most teams, so the fact he was a full participant isn't as meaningful as it is on Wed/Thu—and also, now that we know he was running scout team is even more of an indicator that this is more gamesmanship from the Ravens. I suspect they won't officially rule him out until 1.5 hours before kickoff, as they have no incentive to do so, but if he is out, that would be huge for the Bears, who really could use a break, given the injuries to the secondary.

Interesting. Could that mean he isn't going to start on Sunday?

Just heard Lamar ran the scout team in practice Friday.

It makes you think these guys are following advice from Nate Davis. At least this draft is one of the deepest for CB in a while, id imagine the Bears take one in rounds 1-3 the way this season has gone.

This game just became far less interesting. I think it's possible we're in for a repeat of Detroit part 2, even with a 50% healthy Lamar Jackson. These secondary injuries are getting ridiculous. Kyler Gordon injuring himself for a second time in practice? That contract is looking like another Poles disaster. We have to stop drafting/extending players with lengthy injury histories. This might have to be a ball control, ground and pound kind of gameplan from the Bears in order to keep this one competitive. It would be one of the best wins this franchise has had in years if they were somehow able to pull it off this short handed, assuming Lamar plays.

Bears offense needs to do better when given the opportunity to score. Bears D caused the ball to be turned over 4 times and only scored three points (in the opening FG) as a result. 12 of the Bears 26 points were from FGs and the other two scores (TDs) were rushing TDs. Sure the running game is clicking and could run down the clock but the passing game needs to do better and come alive. The issue seems to be somewhere between scheming and execution. Still not a fan of Dennis Allen but I will give him props on leading the TO ratio. Obviously with a fair number of his starters out he'll be challenged to put up decent numbers against better teams (is Baltimore one of those?). During last weeks game against NO there was a time the defense couldn't stop NO from scoring TDs (14 unanswered points). Had the QB been Drew Brees (or maybe even Derek Carr) the game could've had a totally different outcome.

Wow, with Tyrique Stevenson and Kyler Gordon out, this is gonna be a tough game for the defense. I can see us winning this game, but I can also see us losing it too. But even if we lose, these losses on defense shouldn't be an excuse for Caleb's performance. He needs to take another step this week. I expect we will be running the ball a a lot too - eating clock limits opportunities for the Ravens to expose our CBs. Hopefully, that should take pressure off of Caleb too. Coming back from multiple touchdown deficits will put him in a bad spot. We need to limit the penalties on offense, stay of our 3rd and long situations, and play crisp ball. If I see that, and the Ravens run up 35 points and beat us, I'll accept it. But there is nothing saying we can win this one either. Lets Go Bears! Take another step!

Yeah, true. I guess if there was ever a week for Loveland to explode, this is the week.