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At the beginning of the year, Edmunds was the leading tackler on the team and made some big plays. Pro bowl level may have been a reach ( many Bear pundits was saying that) but he was playing well.

all the time our offense was on the bench could have been scoring opportunities for us and not them. while 19 points sounds reasonable, and is, it's the riding time and the stupid play calls by their coach. add one freaky intto that also. The offense could have counted the Lions TOP with one of their own. Didn't happen. Defense did NOT lose the game. Team effort...

I don't get the mentality of dumping the DC after his first year. Like people have stated, he doesn't necessarily have the players to fit his scheme, plus injuries have been huge . I think we were down 6 starters for a couple of games. Starters have come back but not playing up to there levels. A lot of TOs and red zone Def has been good. Before you get rid of DA, give him the players he wants before you judge him.

The bold above, I vehemently disagree with. Edmunds has never played at an all pro level. He just happened to be at the right place at the right time. He's never made a play that makes him look special. He may be the best five yard gain tackler I've ever seen. Everything else is spot on, IMO.

When we lose, the whole team takes responsibility but when you hold a team to one TD and 19 points, you should win a game. Did the defense play well, of course not but I think the defense did their part to keep us in the game. The defense has gotten people back but not one of them have played well. JJ isn't himself. Edmunds was playing at all pro level before the injury, now he is a liability. Tj Edwards has been ok but not at the same level from before. I think we were doing better when backups were playing. Gardner-Johnson is not good at the NB spot. He had some big plays since coming here but speed at the slot kills him. Stevenson didn't play a snap last game. The defense is a mess but have played descent in the red zone and with TOs. That's the best we're going to get , it can't be fixed until next year. Gordon is coming back but I don't expect a lot out of him. We are going to win or lose with our offense. Our expectations have been raised because of our cardiac finishes but can that work in the playoffs? I think we can win any game but will not dominate any games. We need to appreciate our 11-6 record, division win and 2 nd conference rankings but we aren't ready for a SB run just yet.

True. Coaching finding a way to make lemonade out of lemons. Even against Detroit so he gave up was 19pts. That's a very winnable game

The current players dont match ANY scheme. They are "built" for Cover 2 zone but they dont have a pass rush to make that work. They are too slow for man to man, and when we blitz 7 no one gets home. I dont think there is a single player on our defense that we couldnt live without. Some will stay, and some will go depending on replacement options and trade interest etc, but I see a lot of turnover coming for our defense this offseason. I'm gonna say at least 5 new starters not currently on the roster by midseason. Could easily be 7 or more.

right! DJ is a talented WR, but he is just way too expensive.

not really? they were unable to stop the Lions from eating up tons of clock, and scoring. The offense might have looked better if theyd had the ball to get into a rhythm. And then there is the eye test. We were terrible. If the Lions had been down 21 points coming out of halftime, they clearly could have scored that many if they needed it. Im not giving the offense a pass here, but the defense stunk. Like extra stinky. One of the worst defensive performances ive ever seen. Right up there with last week against SF and the week before against the Pack. When your opponent is up two scores, you cant point to their offense slowing down as a product of our defensive play. They didnt punt much.

I agree the scripted plays should give us an advantage if Johnson is doing his job, and something seems amiss. Hopefully he will be able to look at what worked in the other games and factor this into his scripted plays.

I don't know if any of the current defensive players match the scheme. The secondary, outside of the INTs has been subpar in coverage, and it was supposed to be a strength. Again I know injuries, but there are way too many wide open receivers while the DBs are playing off or in a soft zone.

Johnson needs to ensure his scripted plays are infallible including the audibles. The offense cannot start slowly. I hope they have just been over cautious with Rome and he can be a large factor in this game. I hope Johnson doesn’t go away from the run game. I think that was his mistake on the last possession we had v Detroit at the weekend. It is crucial that the defense plays a penalty free game, and doesn’t give cheap 1st downs. However, if we can be productive on offense, all the defense needs to do is to be good in the red zone, and we can win this game.

I agree, we can hold off until we are discussing what to do at pick 32.

I would love a blowout win, domination for 60 minutes. Put the entire league on notice in the playoffs. Getting Odunze and Gordon back (hopefully) would be a huge boost.

The scripted plays are just not working for whatever reason. I looked back at the last 6 games first 3 plays. How predictable are they being? There are only 8 possible combinations with a run and pass with 3 plays. In the last 6 games, every game had a different combination. To me that can't be a coincidence. To never have the same play sequence out of 8 possible sequences, in 6 games seems deliberate. I was thinking they were being too predictable but that isn't the case, so I really have no clue what is going wrong. PHI Run, Pass, Run GB Run, Pass, Pass CLE Pass, Run, Pass GB Run, Run, Pass SF Pass, Pass, Pass DET Pass, Run, Run

I see the macro view as the offense will take strides to be better and I'd hope the defense would also be better, but I'd also expect turnovers to come back, which might mean as a whole the defense stands par for the course but in a more sustainable way...with an improved defense overall offsetting loss of the ball bouncing there way a few times...than we see a step or two up on the offense and more consistent high end offensive play. Tougher competition too...which might mean....11/12 wins against tougher competition looks similar in record to what we did this year...but as a stronger, better positioned team for the long-run. But that is my last and only post on next year until this season ends...and hopefully that isn't until they are holding the lombardi trophy

It didn't come down to average because we caused the most turnovers. Not defending the D, but they play a scheme that depends on turnovers. Our front seven doesn't match the scheme yet.

Lets just go out and have the Bears play their most complete end to end game yet and decimate the Packers on Saturday night!!! Lets go Bears!!!

This team has an identity that needs to change. We haven't scored a first drive TD since the Bengals game. The team has bought into Caleb, to the point, they they think can turn it on and win at any time. Hey, that's great, but not sustainable. We don't want or need to live by the sword. A sense of controlled urgency needs to happen on every play. Otherwise, you die by the sword...

Hopefully the Bears actually get 9 games at Soldier Field in 2026, but I would not be surprised if one ends up as an International game (like vs Jacksonville). 8 games against 2025 playoff teams (one being CAR). They have 5 tough non-divisional games (SEA, JAX, BUF, NE, and PHI), what I see as 3 easy games (NO, NYJ, and MIA), and 3 other games they should be favored in (TB, ATL, and CAR). I am thinking 4-2 in the Division. They are not losing to MIN with McCarthy, I think they split vs GB and DET next year at a minimum. No way DET wins 4 straight against Johnson. 3-0 in easy games, 2-1 in the other games makes you 9-3 with the 5 tough games. If you go 2-3 you're back to 11 wins, go 3-2, you are a 12-win team. So 10-12 seems like a fair range. 3 of the tough games are at home, which helps. If this offense takes the normal 2nd year leap, and the defense just improves marginally, 10-12 wins should become the standard regardless of the schedule. I could see 7-2 at home, 4-4 on the road as a fair projection HOME Detroit Lions 9-8 - W *Green Bay Packers 9-7-1 - W Minnesota Vikings 9-8 - W Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-9 - W *Philadelphia Eagles 11-6 - W *Jacksonville Jaguars 13-4 - L New York Jets 3-14 - W *New England Patriots 14-3 - L New Orleans Saints 6-11 - W AWAY Detroit Lions 9-8 - L *Green Bay Packers 9-7-1 - L Minnesota Vikings 9-8 - W *Buffalo Bills 12-5 - L Miami Dolphins 7-10 - W Atlanta Falcons 8-9 - W *Carolina Panthers 8-9 - W *Seattle Seahawks 14-3 - L

Yeah, if he was head and shoulders above the others in terms of playtime, targets, and production, then you keep him. However, like you have pointed out, the cap is a finite resource, and you have to squeeze every ounce out of it, so a cap hit of $28.5M is about double what he should be making for that type of production. He has the 13th highest contract AAV for a WR. For that, he should be at least in the top 20-25 across the major categories (considering rookie deals). He is 40th in receptions, 39th in Yards, 49th in Yards/Target, and 87th in Catch% amongst only WRs. Then when you consider pass catching options, Loveland, Burden, and Odunze would be the top 3 going forward. That's makes Moore very expendable. There have already been concerns about attitude, body language, and normally where there is smoke there is fire. It is hard to argue with the dropoff. Just in targets alone he dropped from a consistent 120-160 target WR to 85. Obviously that impacts his potential, but the catch% is way too low. He had 5x 100-yard games in 2023, but hasn't had one in his last 23 games. His max targets in a game this year is 7. He had 11 games with 8+ last year including a game with 16 targets. The Wild Card game will probably be a huge indicator for the team going forward. Who are they calling plays for, who is getting open, and who are getting targets. If Moore ends up with only 4-5 targets, to me that says all you need to know about his future. You don't pay close to $30M for 4-5 targets in the most important game of the season so far.

The Bears are 7-1 when they hold opponents to 21 or less. The only loss coming this week. They are 1-4 when they score 21 or less, like they did this week. The entire team is at fault, but for how bad the defense played, they kept the score in the range where coming in, they were 7-0.

The idea isnt that Moore is bad - no one is saying he has to go because he is terrible! The argument is that he is redundant with all the WRs we have, and especially with Luther Burden. Does DJ Moore add something? Absolutely! But we are paying him $28.5M a year! And since we can play without him, that money needs to go to the D line, as well as any picks we might get from trading him. His 682 yards for $28.5M = almost $42,000 a yard. Come on. It's not that 682 is so bad, its that $28.5M is too much! We simply cant afford to pay $28.5M a year to a guy who is a luxury when our defense is made of tissue paper. So no one is saying that Moore sucks or dosnt bring something, it's just too much value at one position and not enough at others?

The offense was silent for the first three quarters, and the defense was AWFUL. Did the defense lose this game? Yes. Did the offense suck? Yes. No excuses should be made for either squad.

Regardless of injuries, giving up the 3rd most yards per play, 4th most yards and 10th most points is a fireable offense. The Bears defense allowed 1,400 more yards than the #1 defense, 1,400! That is insane. Almost 100 yards per game more. The Bears scored 90 pts off turnovers, 2nd most in the NFL. If that went down to the average, they would've lost 42 pts on the season and would be a 7-win team because of the defense.