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then I would love that, he is a team leader and playmaker. He never was a speed guy, so the age doesn't bother me at all. Make him retire as a Bear.

I didn't realize PIT had the worst passing defense in the league, worse than DAL and CIN (in terms of yardage) and in the bottom half of the league in terms of QB Pressure: PIT OFFENSE: 22nd Passing 29th Rushing PIT DEFENSE: 32nd Passing 13th Rushing

Bears OFF +0.02 x PIT DEF -0.04 / -0.01 x 66.7 plays= (-0.67 DIFF) 25.8 Bears O x 23.2 PIT D + DIFF = 23.8 (24 pts) PIT OFF -0.04 x Bears DEF -0.05 / -0.045 x 57.1 plays= (-2.57 DIFF) 24.6 PIT O x 26.4 Bears D + DIFF = 22.9 (23 pts) Congunkulator shows a close game 24-23, but that is with Rodgers at QB. If it is Rudolph, you have to believe that is at least 3 pts less for PIT, making it a 24-20 game.

The Congunkulator was pretty close, and predicted wins the last two weeks.

Yeah, I am glad all of that is over. This truly is a new era. Hopefully we get Johnson+Williams for the next 15-20 years and the coaching and QB musical chairs finally stop.

Poles finally took the North.

PIT is a common opponent in the Division race, so this game does have tie-breaker importance beyond just a Win vs Loss. 8-3 with 6 games left would really set the Bears up for no less than a Wild Card berth.

He won't last long. They will give him this year to fail and I would expect them to draft another one or sign a proven vet if he does not improve (which he won't). If anyone watched any Michigan games, he handed the ball off 80% of the time, and was only asked not to make mistakes, but because he was a good kid and the ultimate hype man, MIN bought into the "winner mentality". I also think the league got over their skis on KOC. Solid coach, etc, but a little overrated. Not hard to beat teams when you have a Flores defense holding team to under 20 pts and giving you great field position.

As long as he is showing a work ethic and growth, next year is off the table. Regardless of stats, he made winning plays yesterday. No turnovers, rushing for first downs and avoiding sacks isn't pretty, but it's winning football. All of those blitzes can make a young QBs head spin. I agree on the piss missiles, though. He needs to lay off on those heaters. Favre had to do the same thing. His brain will slow down as he sees it more.

I’m guessing they have him, Gordon and Edward’s back for the Eagles game.

If DET and CHI finished at 11-6 each, there is a good chance they both have the same Division record (3-3), Conference record (7-5), and record in common games (8-4), which would then move to the Strength of Victory criteria, which just based on their schedule, DET would more than likely win it. What sucks is you benefit from beating a good team, but are not penalized for losing to a bad team with Strength of Victory. For CHI to win the division outright, they will need to beat DET by at least one game on the season, which may be decided in Week 18. With GB having a tie, that takes all the tie breakers out of the equation. The easiest route to the Division is sweeping GB and beating DET. That would give the Bears a 4-2 DIV record and DET would end up at 3-3. They would then only need to win 1 game against PIT, CLE, SF, and PHI to finish 11-6. Win two of those and you more than likely win the division outright at 12-5, but it still would come down to Week 18. There is crazy scenario where the winner of Week 18 wins the Division, and the loser misses the playoffs (because of GB's tie).

I think you are speaking to his need to be the hero, ego drives him. In college they called it hero ball. If you look at him at the end of the game, he seemed mad and not excited when Santos won the game. At this point in the season when his inaccuracy should be getting better, a lot of misses. He had some drops but on several of those it looks like he threw fast balls when he should have thrown change ups. Last week we won because of Caleb, this week he was just along for the ride. He has some outstanding traits but if he doesnt start being more consistent all of those great traits will not matter. He's not going anywhere anytime soon but at what point does BJ quit trusting him? Half way into the season next year is my guess.

We just went into the Vikings stadium and beat them. I have to keep repeating that to myself because it seems surreal. Especially when Tyrique went out. I’m being captain obvious here but the difference between week one and this win is the coaching. As bad as it feels at times the floor for this team is just at a higher level. When they will put it all together I don’t know. It might be next year. I believe Caleb has a mental hurdle to get over with other QBs in his draft class. Against Daniel’s and Wash he was sailing passes high early on. Today again it’s the same thing. Pressure to prove he was deserving of the #1 overall pick seems to be real with him.

And nothing else matters...🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

Bears are all alone in first place.

What matters most is that the Vikings got McCarthy

The table was definitely not set well in the first half. The second half had a much better menu.

What this means to me, is either Caleb wasn't hitting the hots or BJ wasn't setting the table very well...

Looks like Rodgers won't play, still possible, but unlikely. So it will be Mason Rudolph. Can't lose to another backup QB after losing to BAL. They need to take care of business and get right at Soldier Field on Sunday. Sunday weather is forecasted in the high 40s to low 50s, partly cloudy, perfect football weather. Bears by double digits!

There it is, 2/3 of his drop backs he was blitzed on. On the other 12, he was at least pressured on half of them (will have to watch the game to get exact number). So potentially, he had no blitz or no pressure on 6 or fewer drop backs the entire game. Wild stat if that's what it ends up being. Johnson has to draw up more blitz beaters.

In their last 8 starts each, Nix and Maye are 8-0, and Williams is 7-1. So combined those 3 are 23-1 in their last 24 starts. Has there ever been a trio of QBs from the same class do that ever?

https://youtube.com/shorts/PkuwI2SB9eQ?si=TffqoT1w2LcnZmbi

I don't think SoS applies for playoff positioning unless you get past a crazy amount of prior conditions. For WC spots, it's head to head (if applicable) first, then record in conference, then common opponents. For divisional tiebreakers, it's head to head, divisional record, common opponents.

Interesting point. And great analysis in the whole post.