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Yep, thought the same tjhing when I saw it. It's rare man who can do that stuff to a 300lb Olinemen.

Well said AZ. Next year's cap is showing 20 mil over without figuring the 5th year options on Caleb/Odunze. The Bears will work on extensions first to help lower the cap on Jonah Jackson/Thuney/Kmet, but will have to cut a valuable player or two to keep this train chugging . The thought of FAs is not existent right now without changing major chemistry.

Extended thoughts on the lack of another trade. As stated by many here.... Simmons changes the calculus. It's already more evident in the significant drop in blitzes we've seen in the last two games. That allows more coverage and as we did against Seattle and JSN we can bracket a WR if we want to and keep him in check. We can do that against two WRs if we want. When we get Bryant back the ability to rotate and mix coverages over the top goes way up. I think that's definitely part of the thinking. We have a LB in Bush who can cover RBs or TEs. TJ Edwards is good in coverage for a short area but that's enough with consistent early pressure. Our NB in Gordon is pretty good as well. Essentially this means if/when we want to do more bracket coverage on a WR (or two) we have the ability to go single man on man against the other offensive threats. There were no good CBs available. Even if there were, did we have the cap space for them, or were we giving up a valuable day 2 pick? I don't think we should give up a 2nd or 3rd Rd pick after we lost our next two 1st Rd picks (not complaining). Those pieces are needed for restocking but also cap control. If Overthecap is correct we have just $2mil in cap space right now. I know we could do some magic and make room if needed. Why do that for someone like Woolen who is just not better than our current CBs so he'd be a depth piece. I never understood the chatter about Nashon Wright...we've seen all his poor coverage skills and don't need more of that. I can't say he's any better than the DBs on our practice squad but I can say that the coaches know. Do we need a DE? Booker and Sweat have looked much better with Simmons. Dayo is going to return and was productive before his injury and that should only go up with Simmons around him. Turner is still learning how to play DE, and we're getting good pass rush production out of Hardy too. Again I didn't see any game changers out there other than Mack and it seems he wasn't available. DT depth is more of a concern for me. Where I see production coming out of DEs 3, 4, and 5 on the depth chart, I don't see that at DT. Van den Berg has not been very productive with almost no flashes. Nor has Gallimore. With the loss of Street we could use a good depth piece in this rotation. It might be that the Bears are strongly considering the ex-Titan Jordan Elliot and they wanted to save the cap space for him. Handle run downs better get more 3rd and long situations. That gets you a piece who can give Jarrett and Simmons some more snaps off the field. When Simmons was off the field against Seattle they averaged something like 13yd/play. When he was on the field it a little over 3yds/play. I haven't seen the stats from the Tampa game but it felt similar on the few plays Simmons took off.

Boy howdy has he ever. You’re right in that he’s been a huge factor in other players getting better. I cant think of a time I’ve ever seen Sweat smile let alone more than once. The front 7 for sure have improved based on Simmons addition. I agree completely that once Bryant returns AND he’s able to make up for a lot of lost time, he’ll be key to the back end and be a great pairing with Thienamen The corners still remain a mystery. I’m not convinced Muhammad is the solution. He’s had a couple good games but hasn’t made a full season against tough competition down the stretch. I think what we saw from Jaylon against the Bucs is his peak performance and that will probably all we’ll get from him going forward. And Stevenson…well he’s about as hot and cold as a broken hot water heater. For me, I’d feel better with one more solid and proven CB but otherwise im good.

This mock fell favorably for the Bears, bye week fun. A good press man CB , a high effort technician at edge, and a quick 3T for pass downs. RB that played w Caleb at USC and is a hybrid WR/RB. Another LB with speed and coverage skills. There were some IOL and TEs available with the 6th but went RB since most of this year the Bears been thin. This draft will give the Bears options with Jaylon, Sweat, Jarrett and Dayo who will be considered as cap cuts

Kinda like the Reggie White "humpf" move...

After watching these clips I feel like Simmons counts as 2 blue chips.

Me too

The clock expired and Poles sat on his hands, Bravo! CB- Malik Muhammed will be back. He will be opposite of Jaylon Johnson, Kyler Gordon at NB and Tyrique Stevenson primary back up. This is light years better than last year. JJ showed improvement and hopefully takes that game and continues. S Coby Bryant should be back in a month too which frees Bam Cam Lewis as rotational depth as well. DE/pass rush - Sweat took Dayos meme and is now "motivated". Booker asked for opportunity and it is showing. Turner returned and is showing a flash? But he should start growing with experience. Dayo is returning and was one of the Bears better rushers before injury. This all revolves around DT Jeffrey Simmons and his presence in the middle. Jarrett and Lynch seem to be showing up. Bears worked out DT Jordan Elliott who may push Van Den Berg to PS in time if signed. Heck even Bush is showing what he can do with the addition of Simmons. So I am happy the Bears stood still and can use the remaining draft to help re-tool after the season and hard decisions will have to be made.

Gotta say, Poles got it right by not picking Jalen Carter. Carter got his contract and quit, while Wright is living up to his.

Precisely!

Low key concerned that our playoff matchup might end up being against TB at TB in the 1st round. I would rather play the Giants or any other team in the NFC South except the Bucs. Their defense is very good and Baker will probably be healthier the next time they play. A lot can change between now and then, but I would be surprised if the Bucs didn't win their division. The Panthers have fallen apart, the Falcons have a QB problem and just traded one of their best defensive players, and the Saints are not great on either side of the ball.

Really, the entire NFC South has been a bit of a roller coaster this season. It seems to be one step forward and one step backward, with the teams doing more damage to each other than anyone else. Just look at some of the divisional matchups: Panthers 34, Falcons 3 (Week 2); Falcons 45, Saints 24 (Week 4); Falcons 0, Bucs 16 (Week 8); and Panthers 13, Bucs 43. Outside of Carolina's opening-week loss to Chicago (37-59), the NFC South hasn't exactly been piling up losses with huge score differentials against the rest of the league. In fact, the Panthers beat Detroit 32-26 in Detroit, lost to Green Bay by just eight points in Green Bay, and the Saints beat Baltimore on the road while Lamar Jackson was still playing. Even Tampa Bay, the team the Bears just beat by three, lost to Green Bay while at Lambeau by only three in Week 4. All things considered, I'd say at least half or most of the NFC South is only a game or two away from being above .500. It's a strange division, but maybe not nearly as bad as people think. They're just beating each other up every week. The game started out as a blowout (almost comical like you said) then the Bears settled in for a perfectly defined "trap game" by getting really lackadaisical, at least on the offense side of the ball. I saw on the socials someone commented that Tom Brady threw at least one 4 interception game in six different seasons and still managed to win the Super Bowl in three of those seasons.

Indeed on both accounts. Certainly a timely bye week coming up for the Bears. Both the Seahawks and the Bucs D's are legit. 3 straight primetime games is a lot. We have some tough games upcoming. 2x Lions, Jaguars, Bills, Packers, Vikings. Granted the Packers and Vikings schedules both get tougher as well. It was a very ugly and Bizaar game. I wasn't honestly sure what to expect in this game. Bucs came in barly even trying to pass the ball, I was a little surprised they came in with a more balanced play calling. The Bucs have been an oddball team this year. So I feel like just as us fans looked at this as an odd possibly unpredictable matchup I don't doubt game prep treneded that way too. You had to assume they wouldn't come out and just attempt a handful of passes. By the time the 4th quarter rolled around my thought was let's just find a way to survive this game with a win and go into the bye 7-2. After the first quarted It looked like the game could have turned into a laugher and it was trending that way till that boneheaded personal foul in the redzone. We had them on their heels, then it seemed like the game slipped into the twilight zone. Caleb throws a very uncharacteristic pick. D steps up, only for Caleb to throw a second pick. From there the offense only managed to score 6 points off two FG's. Sandwiched in JJ's pick six. Which when that happened my first thoght was "I think that's the first positive thing JJ's done on the field this year." Special teams was anything but special. Punt blocked, Kalif nearly muffing one. Only special teams props go to Santos for making his two kicks including the game winner. Random thoughts: Williams - The picks, good God that was the worst he's looked. The worst ones in my opinion were the goal line one, and the two that he was bailing out and should have just chucked them into the stands. Credit to the Bucs defenders. Most of those picks were a hell of a play. Especially the one where the DB got his hands under the ball that got reversed from INC. For Caleb, you cannot put balls like that in the field of play. The Bucs are a team that thrives off the takaways. Given the body of work this feels like a blip where he just lost his mojo and he clearly seemed to be pressing or overthinking. When it matter though he did get them in FG range for winning kick. I think he learns from this and moves on. As a player you just have to aknowlege as he did in the post game that it was a rough game and he needs to just put it behind him and learn from it. O-line had a rough night. Williams seemed to be under constant pressure and the run blocking wasn't good either. Again that is a very stout D that the Bucs have. Defense kept us in this thing and are the reason we walked out with a win. I was expecting more pressure on Mayfield, but I also feel like our guys got held A LOT. Oficiating.... what can I say, just what we've come to expect. Last year this game and the outcome would have felt like another day at the office for this team. This year it feels out of character in so many ways. That shows how much the Bears have grown from last year to this year. We hung in and found a way to get the win. Use the bye week to get healthy, and mentally reset and prepare for the stretch run. There is a lot of football left to play. Lets's finish strong.

Agreed, the hit was not intentional. Since he was a runner, the hit was legal as Bain did not lead with the crown.

What a bizarre game. Past Bears teams would've lost by double digits. One of the crazier stats of all of them, TB lost 4 pts off the Bears 5 turnovers. They only got one FG and threw a Pick-6 on Bears turnovers.

I think it is probably a lot on the players emotions and just the body clocks etc. Routines are what these guys do…3 in a row big games with the last two against two of the more physical defenses in NFL is a grind. Huge win though cause schedule is about to get even tougher.

Both of those calls were bad. The hit on burden wasn’t intentional but I think it is a penalty and the Zavion playing coming back was an awful call too. But they found a way!!! Swift is pretty banged up so I think our RB room is getting a much needed rest and reinforcement coming is big!

I haven't looked into it enough, but there's been a lot of talk recently about how bad teams have been coming off their 3rd primetime game in a row. I think the Bears are one of a few teams already this year that have played 3 in a row—the Seahawks being one of them, who the Bears just beat, and there was at least another team I'm forgetting, maybe KC the week before who lost to SEA? If the NFL could be done with that schedule gimmick, that would be great. Don't need to go through that ever again.

The curse of expectations. Last year I was happy when we won the close games like that. We were winning anyway we could win. This year...that game sucked. Yet we have a defense that actually played very well, maybe better than the Bucs defense. How many years has it been since our defense (and offense) were good enough to overcome a 5 turnover game? How many teams in the NFL can do that?

What pissed me off is Collinsworth, saying how huge of a play it was for the Bucs. No mention the WR was knocked out cold. No concern for the Bears player. F him. I dont think it was intentional head hit, but when a player drops it should be reviewed. Glad the Bears won and Burden walked on his own to the sideline.

I didn't realize until later that it was helmet to helmet because I was so mad at the turnover. That's two game changing calls by the officials in this game that went against the Bears. The awful holding penalty on Zavion Thomas' kickoff return took 7 points off the board, and that Burden play gave the Bucs 7 points that they shouldn't have gotten. 14 point swing. Still waiting for the first game where the officials screw over our opponents instead of the Bears. It never happens.

This wasn’t pretty…that defense is strong and the Bucs are physical and they found a way. Bears can learn a lot from today and it will help them in long run - better to learn after a win. To Caleb’s credit when it mattered most he got them down the field for the game winning field goal. Defense was strong - dline nice work - JJ with a huge pick six and a good game. Hopefully he can build on this. Busch was a monster!!! Find a way!!!

Santos flubs a kickoff Taylor has a punt partially blocked Our kick returner nearly fumbles Swift close to fumbling Burden fumbles Caleb throws 4 interceptions and,,,,,,,,,,,,,, We WIN!!! Go figure.