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DJ Moore was the first piece of the rebuild. It’s fitting he made the play to put us in the playoffs.

That thought crossed my mind

DJ kind of worried me when he let the ball hit the ground when he laid out like he was dead. Hold onto the ball for a few more seconds so there is no way they can say he didn't "complete the catch". I felt like he let it go pretty quick.

I think the question is, if DJ doesn't catch that ball, do we see a late flag thrown. Feels like sometimes that happens in NFL now (akin to NBA calling a late whistle to see if a shooter made the bucket or not). Not saying right approach. Happened in Lions game yesterday where Steelers though they won the game about a minute earlier but than after the incomplete pass you had a bunch of late flags fly for PI (this was on a 4th down earlier in that same sequence).

it is that. one comment... you are wrong about that not being PI. that has been pass interference for 60+ years. look where he places his left hand... he draped it over tj's shoulder and was using it to impede moore's momentum to the ball. that is NOT reaching for an equal right to catch the ball, that is holding any day, every day, of the week. even if you say he was reaching for the ball and has an equal right to do so, you are wrong again. you do NOT have a right to go after the ball by climbing onto a receivers back to do so before the ball arrives. it is just not done, period.

That's the issue with them lumping all the players into a single tweet, then everyone retweeting the hell out of that one. Somewhat odd that Moore, Kmet, and Santos were missed though.

McCloud is NOT a Pro Bowler for sure! lol

Clearly someone scripted something that included McCloud and Booker. No Santos, Moore, or Kmet lol.

Hilarious: 10 Bears players were the #1 vote getters in the @NFL: Dalman, Thuney, D. Wright, Swift, Brisker, N. Wright, Byard, Edmunds, Duvernay, and Taylor 7 others were top 3 vote getters: Blackwell 2nd (1st in NFC) Jackson 2nd (2nd only to Thuney) Daly 2nd (2nd in NFC) Dexter 2nd (2nd in NFC) Sweat 3rd (2nd in NFC) Williams 3rd (1st in NFC) Loveland 3rd (2nd in NFC) 8 Others: made the top 10: Stevenson 4th (3rd NFC) Jarrett 4th (4th in NFC) Odunze 6th (5th in NFC) Burden 7th (6th in NFC) Edwards 7th (3rd in NFC) Billings 7th (6th in NFC) McCloud 8th (5th in NFC) Booker 8th (4th in NFC) Kicker and Fullback were the only two position groups the Bears didn't have a player in. Cairo snub.

D’Marco Jackson has done well at LB, he even wore the green dot for a couple games.

Run D was starting to look better when Shemar Turner was on the field versus Dayo. When he returns next year it’ll be as if we added 3 draft picks to the Dline, or 4. .

Probably. Game 1 is at home if we win the division anyway but you’re right about the games after that.

Wright has had great moments and some blown coverages too. On balance he’s been good enough to make the list here though. OZ has been more bad than good IMO and we can do better than him next year.

He hasnt been in enough to qualify for this thread, but Jadae Walker is a sleeper too for the future - assuming he is understanding the playbook - I have read some rumors that he isnt, but I have no actual information about that.

Wed be locked in, but still playing for home field advantage, so I think we will play starters?

A thing of beauty... https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1GvxnLP5Tn/

This is amazing for year one under BJ. That said I hope we make the best of it. One and done after this season would leave a bad taste in our mouths but might be OK for future development. We have a chance to be really healthy by that first playoff game and it might be interesting to see how well this team can play at close to 100%. Out pass rush is still dogshit so that will likely be our achilles heel when we go up against the best teams. If the Packers lose on Saturday our division championship is locked in. It would be interesting to see if Ben plays at least part of the SF game with backups. The only thing that matters now is being the best team we can be in “Week 18” no matter who our opponent is. There’s an outside chance we could get the #1 seed but I don’t expect that. Any thoughts?

Honorable mention to Jackson and Booker to add to the D. Commentators keep praising Edmunds for his great season and I don't see it. I keep seeing him tackle people from the side, instead of him filling a gap. Our DL is not getting manhandled. Running backs can patiently wait to see a hole and know they are getting 5 yards. I believe he played the entire game and recorded one tackle and five assists. Seven DB's had more solo tackles.

As far as I can tell, DJ Moore has the 2nd most games played without a playoff appearance at 129. The only player I have found with more is Justin Simmons (Safety) now with Atlanta at 134 games.

The Bears/Packers game was not typical. The Bears had the 2nd lowest score of any winning team this week. I hope it is not that close. I would like a 2 score lead late in the game.

There are two guys that stand out for me when you consider their draft status and or contract vs performance this year. So far on offense, that is Monangai who has 731 Rush Yards, only 97 fewer rushing yards than Jeanty, but with 69 fewer carries. He also has 140 receiving yards on 14 receptions. With 871 Yards from Scrimmage, he only needs 129 total yards to hit 1K with 2 games left. For a 7th Rounder, that is some crazy production. The Bears are 7-1 when Mongagai gets at least 12 touches, and 4-3 when he doesn't. Feed him! On defense, it is Nahshon Wright. 5 INTs and 2 FF, 1 TD, and 11 PD. The Bears are 6-1 when he forces a turnover, and the only loss was the Week 1 debacle vs MIN. I don't know if there is another player who has made impact plays that have directly contributed to wins like he has this year. Then you consider that he was doing this because everyone else was injured and played a bunch of time as CB1 makes it even more amazing. Other notable guys, are Swift, Wright, Thuney, Dalman, and Jackson on offense. Swift has really changed his running style and I love it. The O-Line vets were expected to be good, but Wright, Thuney, and Dalman are playing near All-Pro levels, and Jackson started off slow, but has really turned into a top 10 RG. The emergence of Loveland and Burden lately has been exciting as well, but somewhat expected for higher draft picks. On defense, Byard leads the NFL in INTs and has held down the secondary thru all the injuries. Edmunds was off to a strong start before the injury, hopefully he can get back to that level. The same with Edwards. On the flip side, the only really disappointing player on offense with a lot of playing time has been Oz. He has dropped a few easy uncontested passes that would've been massive gains and his targets took away from Loveland and Burden's early on. On defense, there are a few guys, but Odeyingbo takes the cake for me. Even before injury, he was not living up to his contract size as Edge2. Billings and Brisker have underperformed quite a bit, Gordon's lack of availability and performance when he did play has hurt, and guys like Sewell and McCloud who have played a lot of snaps have severely underperformed, even as backups. QBs have a 140.7 QB Rating when targeting McCloud, a 140.0 when targeting Gordon, a 128.3 when targeting Sewell, and 125.4 when targeting Brisker. Sewell also has a 13.4% missed tackle rate and leads the team in missed tackles. For the most part it seems like every other player has played within their band of expectations, at least on paper. Did I miss anyone?

Yes, because he saw the ball in the air. After that he was making a play. I can't debate whether the contact the DB made was PI, because we've seen that "called/not called". I just did see enough of the DB affecting DJ. I'll stand on the face guarding part and that he was playing the ball.

We keep thinking these games are going to be high scoring but will end up like the Packers game. 26-23 and if course the Bears win.

I would hope both get to a 1000 yards. Swift will end up having around 1100 and Monangai 850. I think they probably play with an extension for Swift to lower his cap money next year. With a SB run next year, they both we ve here.

Swift now with 993 Rushing Yards with 2 weeks to go. Monangai with 731, which is wild to me.