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I like Dexter, just not at 3 tech. He's not explosive or slippery. That was never a knock on Hicks. Put another 20 pounds on him and he may become a pro bowl 1 tech.

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Hicks is a great example that all players don't develop immediately. He bounced around two teams until he landed here and finally found his game. A lot people get down on a player if he don't look good his first couple of years. Some just take longer and we have several on this team. Dexter hasn't been bad but isn't a star of which some people expected. He works hard and it may be next year before he stands out. Edwards was a UDFA and worked his way to a starring job in Philly. Has been a very consistent player since coming here.

I think something great than no one talks about is he's never missed a game to Injuries. That's unique in this NFL these days.

If not this year but next year. With 11 wins and playoff bound, plenty other things to talk about.

I still find it interesting that some people/media are not "sold" on Caleb yet. Like what else does this guy need to do? The Bears just won the NFC North and have a chance for the #2 seed. He is about to break the franchise Passing Yards record at 24 yrs old. In most cases, he is neck and neck stat-wise with Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield, Trevor Lawrence, Jalen Hurts, and Bo Nix. The only QBs ahead of the pack are Stafford, Goff, Prescott, and Maye (the only QBs with 30+ TD Passes and 4K yards). However, he is elite with ball safety, basically breaking his own record with every attempt. With 3 more attempts, he will have the lowest INT rate for a QB in their first 1,100 attempts. He already has the record for the lowest with 1K attempts. The BEST PART, he is still not a finished product. I don't know if he will ever be a 70% Comp guy, but who cares? That is a good goal, but that is not the end all be all. Stafford is a career 63.5% Comp QB. However, he didn't hit 60% for his career until he was 27, in Year 7. All the while throwing double-digit INTs every season. Josh Allen didn't hit 60% until Year 3. Tom Brady was under 62% until Year 8. Caleb is at 60.3% for his career already. I think 65% is a more realistic goal. At the start of the season, we were hoping for 40 or fewer sacks. He has 23 heading into Week 17 and hasn't been sacked in the last 2 games. He got sacked in every game last year. The wildest advanced stat on his sacks, Caleb has the lowest sack rate of any QB with 80+ sacks in his first two seasons.

Right, it's not my perfect example, but they had a great player and elected not to resign him to preserve cap space. Good teams do move on from good players for the purpose of cap management - I know you agree.

Brady only hit 4K once in his first 7 seasons. Caleb will hit it, and I am sure he will consistently hit it, but if he doesn't, I don't think it is the biggest deal. There are a lot of bad QBs that have hit 4K, so that alone is not the measure of success (Matt Schaub, Brad Johnson, Trent Green, Carson Wentz, Ryan Tannehill, Josh Freeman, Jon Kitna). Notable QBs in top 50 all-time: Elway's best season: 4,030 Passing Yards Esiason's best season: 3,959 Passing Yards Montana's best season: 3,944 Passing Yards McNabb's best season: 3,916 Passing Yards Aikman's best season: 3,445 Passing Yards I just hope he hits it, gets 270+ so we can finally move onto other discussions.

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The point isn’t what HoF QBs have done in domed stadiums. People saying 17 games makes it easy for Caleb to hit 4k is just a back handed insult by implying that almost any QB could do that. Yet nobody ever has. Maybe it does take a special QB to hit that mark while playing half the season in windy Soldier Field? It certainly takes someone with a strong arm. I’m confident Caleb will rewrite the Bears record books and exceed 4000 multiple times in his career. Even if Caleb becomes as good as Brees I doubt we’ll see the 5000 yard threshold ever met while playing at Soldier Field.

Hicks was a FA signing and we sure could use another like him.

In another thread you said our WRs are playing well because our Oline is finally good. I agree that is part of it. Talent is still needed at WR but if you give them more time to run deeper routes you naturally pull the defense apart. Add in a play caller who knows how to put defenders in a bind and aQB who can throw to all levels of the field. if this keeps up we’re more likely to help low level WRs get good contracts when they leave in FA versus needing elite FA WR talent.

Nice!

It is so funny how all 3 of the other fanbases are acting towards the Bears this year.

I'm worried about the inevitable. We will see several outstanding position coaches offered promotions to join a newly appointed HC this offseason—the price a good team pays every year. I strongly expect Harris to be offered a DC position. I'd hate to see him leave.

Good pull! 🏈💪

If I remember correctly, many Detroit fans said they'd be better off with BJ leaving the team, because their HC was responsible for their offensive success, not Johnson. 🤣

There are a bunch of these lol:

I could've sworn we were talking about him in the 2nd round and the Bears had 2x 2nd rounders, but went DB x2.

I wanted Raimann earlier than he was drafted.

Crazy to think that the Bears could've had the best record in the NFL if games were called evenly.

Definitely, especially with an in-season injury.

There are 4 teams that have a positive EPA/P of +0.02 or greater on offense and -0.02 on defense. Surprisingly, the Bears are one of them (for how bad the defense has been lately): LAR, NE, BUF, and CHI. DEN would be the 5th but are only +0.01 on offense. Every other team either has a negative offense or defense that are in the playoffs. What does all of that mean? Those are the 4 most consistent teams and are most likely to progress thru the playoffs because probabilities are stronger in the playoffs. Home field advantage goes up 10% in the playoffs, meaning home teams win 10% more than they do in the regular season. LAR @ CHI and BUF @ NE for the Conference Championships would not be surprising at all.

Honestly, the way we play, it'll be a fight till the end with any team we go up against. I'll take home field and roll up my sleeves...