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Weird to see Bears as leading vote getters, 4 OL on the list, 14 total players in the top 10. The top 4 guys should be in consideration for All Pro, Dalman, Thuney, and Byard should be 1st Teamers. Wright, just because of name recognition will probably lose out to Horn or Surtain for 1st Team All-Pro. OC - Dalman - NFC1 / NFL2 OG - Thuney - NFC1 / NFL1 FS - Byard - NFC1 / NFL1 CB - Wright - NFC2 / NFL2 KR - Duvernay - NFC2 / NFL3 ST - Blackwell - NFC2 / NFL4 OT - Wright - NFC4 / NFL4 OG - Jackson NFC3 / NFL7 DE - Sweat - NFC3 / NFL7 LS - Daly - NFC5 / NFL5 QB - Williams - NFC4 / NFL7 P - Taylor - NFC5 / NFL10 TE - Loveland - NFC6 / NFL10 RB - Swift - NFC7 / NFL10 The Position groups without players in the top 10 in voting: WR, DT, ILB, OLB, SS, K. Somehow Doubs made the top 10 and is 49th in Receiving Yards in the NFL, but Odunze or Moore didn't. DT is expected, both LB spots have been due to injury, SS has been a mixed bag with Brisker, and Santos is obviously not a Pro Bowl kicker.

The 2 games that stand out that seem to have swayed public perception (regardless of outcome) was the LVR game where they needed a blocked FG to win it, and then the Saints game where Caleb only had 15 completion, which is still a season low.

He is playing MLB, so he would make TJ expendable. I thought the most interesting piece was 7 out of the top 8 players were FA/trade acquisitions, and the top 3 were since August:

and to think 2 of those were on tipped balls caught by the defender tipping the ball, which are still INTs, but not in the traditional bad throw sense.

We haven’t played a lot of good teams? Minn Detroit GB Philly Baltimore Wash Pitt. We just put up 31 against the third best defense in the NFL.

Is he making Tremaine Edmund’s expendable this off-season? Best defense grades LB D'Marco Jackson: 93.5 DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka: 90.4 NCB C.J. Gardner-Johnson: 80.3 DT Chris Williams: 77.7 LB T.J. Edwards: 74.6

Parsons torn ACL, out 9+ months, brutal this late in the season, will probably miss 3-4 weeks to start next season as well.

7 of the top 8 PFF Graded Defensive players were recent FA/trade acquisitions by Poles, and the top 3 were the most recent 3, all in season. 1. Jackson - 93.5 2. Tryon-Shoyinka 90.4 3. Gardner-Johnson 80.3 4. Williams 77.7 5. Edwards 74.6 6. Wright 73.3 8. Jarrett 66.6

The fact he’s the only QB in NFL history to have just 12 INT in his first 1000 passes gives me a ton of confidence we drafted the right QB.

I’ve accepted that we hired a coach who loves explosive plays and who is one of the best at drawing them up. He knows he must effectively run the ball to make that happen but it is just a means to his end goal.

Bears next 3 opponents: EPA/Play OFF / DEF Rankings: GB T-2nd / 17th (no Parsons) DET 4th / 19th (No Joseph) SF 9th / T-22nd (No Warner/Bosa) 3 top 10 offenses, 3 bottom defenses.

The simplest path for the playoffs is Bears win 1 of their last 3, Lions lose 1 of their last 3. To win the Division, the Bears need to win 2 of 3 and beat GB. Both could finish 2-1, Bears would be 12-5, GB would be 11-4-1. These next few weeks, every game in the top of the NFC matters: THU 12-18 - LAR 11-3 @ SEA 11-3 (Winner is probably #1 Seed, especially if LAR wins) SAT 12-20 - GB 9-4-1 @ CHI 10-4 (Winner is probably NFC North Champ, #1 Seed still in sight for Bears) SUN 12-21 - PIT 7-6 @ DET 8-6 (A DET loss basically eliminates them from the playoffs with 7 losses.) MNF 12-22 - SF 10-4 @ IND 8-6 (IND almost beat SEA, at home could upset SF with IND playoff hopes still on the line) TNF 12-25 - DET 8-6 @ MIN 6-8 (MIN looks much better playing with nothing to lose, could end DET's playoff chances on XMAS lol). SAT 12-27 - BAL 7-7 @ GB 9-4-1 (BAL could hurt GB playoff chances, especially if GB lost to CHI the week prior) SUN 12-28 - SEA 11-3 @ CAR 7-7 (CAR still has a shot at the Division and would be right there if GB lost to CHI and BAL) SUN 12-28 - CHI 10-4 @ SF 10-4 (SF on a short week, while Bears had extra day playing on SAT, 2 extra days rest) For #1 Seed, the Bears chances are not that far fetched. The Bears need to win out, have SEA beat LAR on THU, then SEA has to lose 1 game between CAR and SF. So the Bears just need a 2-1 finish from both LAR and SEA with SEA beating LAR. The #5 Seed (best non-Division winner) would play a road playoff game at TB or CAR. That is the easiest playoff path. #7 Seed is playing in CHI right now. #6 Seed is playing in PHI. As of today, it is LAR with the bye, then GB @ CHI, SF @ PHI, and SEA @ TB.

Swift now has 935 Rushing Yards and 254 Receiving Yards thru 13 games, and 3 games left. He is on pace for over 1,100 Rushing Yards and 10 TDs. Payton, Anderson, and Casares are the only 3 RBs to have over 1,100 Rushing Yards and 10 Rushing TDs in the same season. Forte, Jones, Howard, Sayers, Thomas, and James Allen all have had over 1,100 Rushing Yards, but didn't hit 10 Rushing TDs.

Williams now on pace for 3,825 Passing Yards, 26 TD, 7 INT, 405 Rush Yds, 4 Rush TD, 1 Rec TD (31 Total TDs). That pace is with 225 yards per game. So he clearly has a shot at the team record (needing only 14 more yards over 3 games). For 4K, he would need at least one big game, or two "bigger" games. 2025 Pace 3,825 + 405 = 4,230 2. Williams 3541 + 489 = 4,030 3. Cutler 3812 + 191 = 4,003 4. Kramer 3838 + 39 = 3,877 5. Cutler 3659 + 201 = 3,860 Last season, as a rookie, with an incompetent coaching staff, Williams put up the most Pass+Rush Yards in team history. This year he is on pace to break that mark by 200 yards. At 21 Pass TDs, he already surpassed his rookie year of 20 Pass TDs. With his 4 other TDs, he has 25 on the year and should be over 30 by the end of the season. Kramer has the franchise lead for TD Passes (29) and total TDs (30) tied with Cutler, who had 28 TD passes and 2 Rush TDs in 2014. 26 TD Passes would be 5th best all-time in franchise history. 31 Total TDs would be the most ever for a Bears player.

After what we've gone through over the past decade, a division title would feel like winning the SB. Time to dance in the streets. LOL

Bears currently 10-4 with 3 games left. I had them winning against GB and DET, and losing against SF. If they do that, they are 12-5 and NFC North Division winners, guaranteed a home game and more than likely against GB in the Wild Card round. Honestly, any extra wins, a playoff berth, and potentially a Division winner, all seem like they are exceeding expectations, but seeing how they have played, and what the other teams look like, it doesn't even feel surprising anymore.

Nah it has been -2.5 and -3.0 for awhile now. Vegas doesn't change the lines until injuries are confirmed. It will change, Parsons is that good.

It will probably swing towards CHI once Parsons is confirmed out.

We didn't really know what to expect but had positive vibes when we hired BJ. We had questions about LT, the running game and the pass rush. Will Caleb be better? At 10-4, I think it's fair to say we have one of the best offensive minds in the league. LT appears to have a prospect. The running game is clearly better than most expected. We still need more pass rush of which I think we will address in the draft. There won't be anymore big free agent signings and trading for a big salary, it won't fit our Cap. Booker seems to be coming around, hopefully a Dayo (not injured) can give us help because his contract doesn't allow us to get rid of next year. I think we will be drafting a DE, DT and S at the front on the draft, it's probably the only help we have coming.

With these injuries, the Packers are favored by 3 points, Vegas still doesn't believe.

We can only play the players the other team puts on the field. It's about wins and if we have an easier path, so be it.

This doesn't get old https://youtube.com/shorts/7BPlYyfiASE?si=T0_QDZRhVnj9YtwX

The betting line has the Packers favored by 3 points. I think I'm making my bets now.

I've been sleeping and waking up to comments. Odds of us ever having a perfect game is small but I'll take an not perfect win of 31-3 every day. A lot of people speak of being 10-4 , we haven't played a lot of good teams. I don't care. What I see week to week is we are capable of playing well against anyone. I hope we go 3-0 to finish the season but 1-2 or 2-1 would be okay as long as we beat the Packers and make the playoffs. We are starting to get healthy overall as a team as other people lose people. Poles found Wright, G-Johnson, D Jones, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka even played well today. The combo of BJ and Poles is starting to look Super Bowlish.

We lead the league in missed games for players in the league. So we can only play the team in front of us. We have played games with 6 starters out on defense and no one said they wish we were healthy. Caleb had a good game , We ran the ball well, and TOs. BJ said we will be playing our best ball in December. Sure Cleveland isn't a good team but their defense is third in the league with the top pass rusher and it didn't slow us down.