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I sometimes revel in other people’s misery. On Packers wire is an article about how horrendous their Oline is and how bad their game plan was against Minnesota. It’s also easy to find articles and videos talking about firing the Panthers DC. I’m ready for week 2

I agree. The only positive that comes out of that is that for the rest of the year whenever we line up on 4th and short the defense knows it’s likely for real. We now have a QB with a good hard count so we should get some free first downs as the season plays out.

Agree. And while Braxton Jones did get walked back into the QB a few times from a bull rush, he was more effective in the run game than I had seen from him before. So, good for both of them Id say.

The only time I have been to NYC was on my senior class trip in 1970. Our bus pulled up to the hotel and , when getting off, a cop chased a hooker down and arrested her right in front of the bus. I travel a lot now and NYC was a fascinating place, I need to go back. Went to a preseason game this year, other wise its been before COVID hit. At 73 its much easier to watch on TV, but nothing like crowd energy when we are playing well. I had season tickets for two years and was reminded that I was at the Chi-GB game in 1980 when we beat GB 61-7. Lots of energy at that one.

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One day I’ll make it to NYC. And DC and all of the NE coast for that matter. Lol.

All good to know. It’s been awhile since I’ve been in the city so it’ll be great to see if it all comes back. And no driving allowed says the wife. She insists that’s why they created uber.

If you're driving to any of them, you can drive by Soldier Field too. They're all pretty near each other.

well i dunno if ANYTHING is cooler than the Museum of Science and Industry! The working coal mine you go down into - it's pretty freakin' cool. The dinosaurs are at the Field Museum of Natural History. LOTS of great Museums in Chicago. I gotta say I lived right in the middle of NYC for 35 years (I used to be BearFanNYC) and I went to the museums there too. Everyone says NYC Museums are the best, but I didnt think so at all. NYC likes to brag about itself. I'm from the Chicago burbs, so still say please and thank you and it just confuses the NYers. Anyway rambling to say, Chicago has some pretty damned good museums. Much better than NYC in my opinion.

Yes, he has gotten results from coachable players. Until I see better talent up front, I can't fault DA either. Not like he can make Jarrett younger or Dayo more t be a feared unit. I hope they can draft a few d game changers next draft.

I seem to recall the Museum of Science and Industry - had dinosaurs and sliced human anatomy displayed along the staircase? But what you're describing is even cooler sounding. Gotta add that to the list. Thank you.

At the risk of debating, the two rookie DBs (Muhammad and Thieneman) came out ready to play - I think a result of good coaching. Johnson and Stevenson's performances (or lack thereof) aren't really manifestations of bad coaching - that's just them. They both got burnt a bunch yesterday and in games past.

That goal line sneak that Caleb attempted was hilarious. He jumped straight up then right back down...no yardage, feet or inches gained. 😂

After thoughts Its easy to love this kind of stuff, but the only thing that bothered me was the play he ran when he went for it on the 21 that we turned the ball over to Carolina. Ben is going to take risks, 21 yard line is 20 yards to close for me to take that risk. I think 40 yards going forward is where the risks start but Ben isnt changing his bad with all the good. Caleb isnt very good with QB sneaks, I would have handed off to Swift or Kyle. Loveland only getting two targets is insane but just shows how many weapons we have. Caleb had some pressure (two sacks) but generally had a pocket the whole day. The OL were a beast on the ground. We are a running team with a QB that can make every throw and has legs. That is going to be hard to beat. Street and Sweat got the sacks and had decent games. Dillion and Muhammad make a few mistakes but played well for rookies. Wasnt impressed by any LBers. Jarrett only had a QB hit but was in a pressure situation many times.

I saw the same. What I liked was that he fought and eventually anchored. That's something I don't think we've seen before. He drew praise from Thayer, Jurko and Waddle today. I'm just glad he didn't stink it up.

it took Ben quite a feww weeks before he put Burden out there last year, so I figure Zavion will have to earn trust in practice, and learn the playbook etc, and become a contributor later in the season. Im intrigued like you are Bears4Ever_34, but Im guessing we will have to wait a few weeks?

I really would like to see Zavion Thomas getting in on the action sometime soon. I'm intrigued to see what he can add at the RB position with this group. If he could form a 3 headed monster in the backfield, their offense will be even more unstoppable than it already is. It'd be like an earth, wind, and fire kind of a thing.

if the Museum youre talking about is the Art Institute (what a GREAT museum!) dont miss the Thorne rooms in the basement. They are hand made miniature replicas of rooms throughout history. Theyre really cool. And of course the impressionists up the stone stairs!

Benedet was in there for three or four series too. I saw Jones get walked back into Caleb a few times. But the real problem came from the interior. Now granted, Carolina has one of the best DT tandems in the league, so it's not entirely surprising, Caleb was rushed and flushed a bunch of times. I was also impressed with how Caleb got through his reads and to the check down in rhythm a lot too. And lastly Darnell Wright is even better than ever this year, what a total beast.

We'll find out soon enough how good our OL is with Jones back at LT and a different Center. This week, Minnesota blitzed on 78.3% of defensive plays, logging a pressure rate of 50% (per NFL.com). I expect the same this week when we play them.

The Panthers added three money players and have Derek Brown- Bobby Brown. This was not a terrible defense we played . They have two good DBs also. They got pressure on Caleb several times but I dont think it was a takeover of the line of scrimmage.

That's the one! You'll be amazed with the story. From city concept to river flow...

Question: was it me or did the oline seem to lose control of the defensive rush? Was watching Kmet in an interview where he insisted Caleb is a ‘pocket passer’ but is also a dual threat with his legs. I’d agree about the elusive part but I haven’t seen him do a lot of pocket work, especially not yesterday. I get there are some designed rollouts but a lot of the time Caleb is spending his time juking and spinning away from defensive pursuit. Is the line not doing its job, is Caleb too impatient or ???

My wife’s favorite player and I heard all about it. Lol.