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Louis Reddick is a believer.

It's been working for me. Plus I use an ad blocker with my browser. It lest me unblock posts from X, and still block ads. Hope that helps.

Right. He sees problems and then he fixes them. Cant wait to see where he takes us.

I liked that , yesterday is the first time I seen this podcast. It popped up on my YouTube feed when I hit Chicago Bears. When I tried to post it, it just popped up a black screen and said video unavailable.

Posting this here... has the server been down? Had trouble the last 2 days accessing the site and now it has advertisements all over the place. Plus I cannot click on the last comment but have to scroll page to page.

It's all narratives. Clearly Caleb is up there already, even as he is making lots of mistakes still. All the recent QBs we've had were nothing like Caleb is right now, imperfect as he is. The reason the word "generational" is thrown around is that we can clearly see that Caleb has LOTS of room for improvement, and yet he's still on pace to shatter the all time best season by a Bears QB. after 2 years, Caleb as a rookie put up the 5th best season, and he is on pace to have the best season as a passer in Bears history. Right now, the Bears offense is 3rd in the league for yards. Our Passing yards is 10th, and our Running yards is 2nd. We are 6th in scoring. And remember those first two weeks where we were awful? They account for 1/4 of those stats too. That's how good Williams and Johnson have been. Some guys are just mediocre. Caleb is amazing and great, but he is still making a lot of mistakes, so he averages out to mediocre. The consistently mediocre player wont get better, but when Caleb becomes more consistent, and makes fewer mistakes, he is going to be elite.

3 QB is in the MVP discussion with odds: Josh Allen: +150 (1,833 Pass Yds, 13 TD, 4 INT, 280 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TD) Justin Herbert: +2000 (2,390 Pass Yds, 18 TD, 8 INT, 305 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 9 games) Baker Mayfield: +2000 (1,919 Pass Yds, 13 TD, 2 INT, 158 Rush Yds) ------------------------------------------------------ Caleb Williams: (1,916 Pass Yds, 12 TD, 4 INT, 183 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TD, 1 Rec TD)

I am giving Allen the benefit of the doubt right now as they have been working mainly with their 5th and 6th CB as starters for most of the year. No Jaylon, a lot of no Kyler, some no Tyrique. Lost Zah Frazier and Terrell Smith for the year. Brisker still not looking 100%. I know everyone has injuries but the secondary was supposed to be a strength. The DLine, especially the DTs have been super disappointing. Billings, Dexter, Jarrett all have underperformed, which has seemed to bring down everyone else.

The Pats were up by 10 entering the 4th? His GWD was against BUF. They were tied and he led the last scoring drive. That's why it was not a 4Q Comeback, because they were tied.

GB lost Kraft for the season, he was their leading receiver. So their main threat is Jacobs who averages 3.8 yards per carry. That makes both of those games a little easier on the defense. SF's defense is nowhere near they have been in the past. Warner is lost for the year I believe, and he may be a bigger loss than Jaylon on the Bears.

Simply put, Johnson is making me a believer… at least for now. What stood out was how he used the bye week to acknowledge the offense was struggling, then simplified things and leaned into the zone-run game. Since then, his in-game adjustments have kept the momentum rolling. And for most of the other things you said. Also agree the 'worst-worst' is special teams. As I started out going into the year I'll say again, not a fan of Allen. So far his scheming as of late has done nothing to make me think better of him. There have been some great individual performances (Byard, Edmunds and Edwards among them) but overall, the coaching hasn't been all that. Adding some key players could help him but if he's such a well regarded DC then he should be able to work with what he's got available to him.

Even with them both back, and assuming the defense magically rebounds because of it AND Caleb stays consistent on Offense I'd say... GB: My neighbors/friends are not at all happy with how the Packers are playing right now. They tell me they are playing like a$$. I can't tell you why that all is but one of them said, ever since the Cleveland loss earlier this year they seem to be losing focus. Cumulatively they (the fans) are convinced they won't make the playoffs. I feel the Bears should at the very least, split those two games. Browns...they seem to have been in selling mode as of late and got rid of the aforementioned Flacco while doing so. Don't think they'll pose much challenge. 49ers: Not sure what Purdy's and Kittle's return dates are but so far Jones hasn't been doing too awful filling in. With it being in SF, I could see it as a loss. Lions: agree 100%. This could be a similar situation to last year's season ending game (against the Packers) only bigger.... 50/50. And as an aside, I know its already been brought up the similarities to this year and 2018, but WHAT IF we find ourselves in the playoffs (at home) and playing against the Eagles? Do we keep Santos as our kicker until then or go with Moody? Or call back Parkey to give him a chance to redeem himself?

For Maye, does the game last weekend against the Falcons count where they were down by one going into the 4th quarter and ended up winning? And believe me when I tell you as a Broncos fan how fond of him my sister is. They really like him there in Denver. That 33 point comeback against the Giants in the 4th quarter last month was pretty incredible.... Speaking of...the Bears play the Giants this weekend.

I enjoyed watching and listening to this film study https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b0pyXwLlPgw

All last year, and even into this year, all we heard about is Caleb Williams taking too many sacks. So how is this possible: Williams sack rate last year was 10.79% and his career sack rate is now down to 9.10% Drake Maye has been sacked 34 times this year, which matches the same number he had last year. His sack rate this season is 11.76% which is 1% higher than Williams' last year, but no one is talking about that. Additionally, Maye's career sack rate is 10.29%, which is over 1% higher than Caleb's and only 0.5% less than Caleb's "terrible" sack rate from last year.

If the Bears get both Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon back for the final month (5 games), would that change your outlook on any of these games? It should make all of them more competitive. 14 - DEC 7th @ Green Bay Packers - coming off FRI game while GB is coming off THU game. Both teams with at least 2 extra days rest, but in GB. Will be tough. 15 - DEC 14th vs Cleveland Browns - WIN (Only scoring 16.1 ppg) - Final 4 games, CLE will be in Aruba planning mode by then. The Bears have to win this one. 16 - DEC 20th vs Green Bay Packers - short week, Saturday game, while GB comes from DEN - This feels like a win. 17 - DEC 28th @ San Francisco 49ers - This one seems like it will decide the playoff hopes due to the Wild Card. 18 - JAN 4th vs Detroit Lions - This game becomes massive if somehow the Bears are in the division title hunt heading into this game, but they would have to had beat MIN and GB twice to even have a shot at it before this game.

It's about a 40 slot drop from the Bears projected 6th to the Eagles projected 7th. That equates to an early 7th round pick. Now I know Monangai worked out, but the odds that a 6th or 7th rounder even make the 53-man are low. Kyle Monangai, Luke Newman, Travis Bell, Kendall Williamson, Zachary Thomas, Trestan Ebner, Doug Kramer, Ja'Tyre Carter, Elijah Hicks, Trenton Gill. Of the 8 6th and 7th rounders Poles has selected before this season, Hicks is the only one on the 53-man roster. That is a 12.5% hit rate. So using a 7th rounder value on a former 1st rounder is not that bad.

Caleb now has 5 4QC in 25 starts. So 20% of his starts have included a 4th Quarter Comeback. He has also led 4 Game-Winning Drives in 10 of the wins. Probably would have a couple more of each if not for being Flus'd. Maye has never led a 4th Quarter Comeback and has one Game Winning Drive. Nix has had 7 of each, which is kinda crazy. If he only played in the 2nd and 4th quarters, he would be the greatest QB of all-time. 32 TD - 9 INT in the 2nd and 4th quarters, 14 TD - 9 INT in the 1st and 3rd quarters. Daniels had 4 of each last year, 0 this year. Penix has never led a 4th Q comeback or had a Game-Winning Drive. McCarthy has one of each, both against the Bears in Week 1.

Poles track record on free agents is up and a lot of down as far as value. Billings-Edwards-Byard were good values. Plenty of bad signings. I will say the way he does contracts that most dont have a long term affect on the Cap We wont know what Joe T-S will be until he plays for us. For better or for worst the Cap is structured to have the most money available when Caleb's contract comes up. The proper time to grade everything is at the end of this year. If we end up being a winning team then the way he structured it worked out. If not another bad mark on Poles track record.

I think they will draft another LT, it comes down to the progress of Theo and what they project Ozzy as a future prospect. The key to that comment is what round. I think they could look at edge or even CB to be more important. It depends on how the season plays out.

He didnt play in Cleveland bc Myles Garrett amd the next two DEs are players they drafted. He has a great RAS score, great attitude, young, and maybe just needs the right team and opportunity. JTS plays 1 and 2, Booker in for 3rd downs.

I dont see Theo becoming a above average LT. He is a tyrannosaurus....monster (6-7) with short arms (32-1/8). This does not mean I dislike him. He has the feat, but will get beat more than win because of the arm length. Ozzy has 33" arms, a little better. I think they need to consider drafting one only if they check all the boxes. I dont mind dipping into well until they get it right.

I agree (or not at his current price per AZ's post above, hes got a point), and there's some chance they look at CJGJ as a safety too - because I think his skills set makes a good fit there.

I think he stays but on a lesser deal than he hopes to get. Other teams will also shy away from his concussion history so I don't expect him to have a big market. I wouldn't even be surprised to see 1 yr deal.