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Wow, with Tyrique Stevenson and Kyler Gordon out, this is gonna be a tough game for the defense. I can see us winning this game, but I can also see us losing it too. But even if we lose, these losses on defense shouldn't be an excuse for Caleb's performance. He needs to take another step this week. I expect we will be running the ball a a lot too - eating clock limits opportunities for the Ravens to expose our CBs. Hopefully, that should take pressure off of Caleb too. Coming back from multiple touchdown deficits will put him in a bad spot. We need to limit the penalties on offense, stay of our 3rd and long situations, and play crisp ball. If I see that, and the Ravens run up 35 points and beat us, I'll accept it. But there is nothing saying we can win this one either. Lets Go Bears! Take another step!

Yeah, true. I guess if there was ever a week for Loveland to explode, this is the week.

I couldn't find a missed game, and his lowest total snap count in a single game is 13, which is his only game under 20 total snaps. He only has one other game below 25 snaps. So 90 career games, 88 with 25+ snaps, and until this week, has never missed a game or had fewer than 13 snaps in a game (where he left with an injury).

Admittedly I haven't seen the all-22 but I have noticed that Swift is more of a blocker reliant style of runner. He needs the plays to develop as they are drawn for him to excel. I was recently watching some of his college highlithts and even when he played in Georgia he was known to follow his blocker (esp in the open field) right up to the point of engagement (some call that patience). Maybe because he waits so long to decide which side he's going to make the cut it gets him within too close proximity of the tackler (??) I'd think this also might be a symptom of him slowing down a little but like I said earlier, he did it in college too. Monangai I haven't seen much of other than to say he's more effective between the tackles than is Swift. And so was Johnson....theoretically.

There was a video you shared a few days ago that highlighted the defensive production to this point. What impressed me were the repeated shots of the 'old timers' Edmunds and especially Byard and how well the both of them are doing. Byard came on strong late last year so he's been consistent not just in this season's window. He's deserving of the accolades he's been getting for sure.

Nor does he have any real trade value right now. He's averaging ~ 1 catch a game for a total of 132 yards so far. He's doing great as a blocking back though.

There is no comparison between Caleb and Justin. Even last year with no coaching, no plan, Calebs numbers destroy anything Fields has ever done in a season by a lot. It's just true.

I do not think Kmet has ever missed a game.

ffs on these injuries, Gordon out, Stevenson out, Kmet out. Swift, Booker, Santos all questionable. Gordon is soo frustrating, they already paid the guy, he has never played a full season, and now going into Game 7 of his 4th year, has missed 14 games out of 58. That is not good. Basically hurt for 25% of his career. Kmet is interesting with the trading deadline on November 4th looming. Is he being rested as a precaution?

This is the longest stretch in season that Jackson has missed and came back. In the two other seasons where he missed a game and came back, he didn't particularly play very well, at least on the passing side. In 2021, when he missed a week and came back, he passed for 165 yards, 1 TD, and 4 INT against the Browns. The offense scored 16 pts. In 2020, he also missed one game, and came back against DAL and passed for 107 yds, 2 TD, and 1 INT. So this time, including the bye, he will have been out of game action for 3 weeks before this game.

Looking back at the all-22, there were about 50 extra yards left on the field by mainly Swift and Monangai. It is so weird. Swift is following blockers, then out of the blue, says nah I'm good, and runs right into a defender who tackles him. Monangai did it too, where there is blocker straight ahead engaged, and he can go left or right, with no one on one side and defender on the other, he goes right to the defender who tackles him. So as much as the accuracy issues need to be addressed in the passing game, there are still more yards left on the field in the running game.

He was a full participant today but Harbaugh did say this:

Lamar Jackson has a limited practice designation. I would say with a short week Thursday game against their division rivals Miami, he doesnt play on Sunday. I dont think they think they need him to beat us . I could be wrong. The key in this game is stopping Derrick Henry.

Moore will have a $28M cap hit in 2026, but if they want to move on from him, it will have to be via trade. His dead money would be $35M if cut before June 1st. No way that is happening. For cut candidates from the higher priced guys, Edmunds, Kmet, Swift, and Santos are the only ones with low enough dead money if they needed to cut any of them. It seems like Santos is the only one that would fit the bill there. All the others would seem to have some trade value. If Edmunds and Swift keep playing like they do, they could be in line for extensions or restructures. Kmet may be moved at the deadline. Any further lack of involvement in the offense would seem to further lower his value. I don't even know where that is at anymore. A guy like him, with the emergence of so many younger TEs, seems like TE2/3 type of player. Kiran is a no-brainer, but they may see if anyone is willing to trade a late round pick for him as he is still young, just inexperienced.

He not only is playing well, but is a team leader. On X I remember people saying after the first few games that he has slowed down because of his age. I'm not sure they say that now. When you judge a player in a short window, you can't properly measure a players worth. Look at the RB position tons of people on X, (we need another RB). That narrative changes now. We have to let this season play out and see the results. If we finish 5-6 we still end up with a winning record. I would say 11 wins are our ceiling. Can we go 7-4 the rest of the year? We will find out Sunday.

Byard has been a 1st Team All Pro twice in his career. Thru 6 games, he is on pace to match and/or exceed those numbers this season: This Season 2025P - 88 Tackles, 11 INT, 14 PD, and 6 TFL All-Pro Seasons 2017 - 87 Tackles, 8 INT, 16 PD, and 3 TFL 2021 - 88 Tackles, 5 INT, 13 PD, and 1 TFL Unc is cooking.

A cut-and-paste from SI.com would indicate the Bears should win easily. But what is missing is Jackson and Henry. If they are both playing, it will be a challenging game to win.

I think most of our needs can be filled with the draft right now. Word on the streets are we covet a LB/DE from Texas Tech. I can see them extending Byard bc he will be cheaper than Brisker. Draft a safety to replace Brisker.

I hope Fields finds a place that use him right whether a starter or backup. I just wish him well, he's not here anymore so actually dont think about him . Caleb is the guy I rout for now. He needs to make better decisions with the ball, get rid of the ball sooner and be more accurate. I think BJ will get him where he needs to go. These hopes are not any different from the same things people complained about when Fields was here. The trait I see different with Caleb is what he has shown at the end of games. He gets us in a position to win even under the worst of odds. Not every QB in the league can do that. He needs to clean up the rest of his game. BJ came here because of Caleb and I trust him to get Caleb there.

Easy to look at people to move but a lot harder to do. I dont think there will be a big contract coming back if we do trade for somebody. That will just create next year cap chaos. Crosby will be paid 120 mil from 2026-29. Any contract they take on will end before we have to pay Caleb. Simmons 53 mil over the next two yrs. I think they may add a CB to help but not a big contract. I think , like the RB room, they will expect players to play better on the DL and stick pat with money. Poles set the team contracts to be done when Caleb expects to get paid in 2028. Then they will play with the rest of the roster.

The biggest factor is going to be the cap. In order to bring in a big contract, the Bears would have to move a big contract.

and BAL has one of the easiest schedules remaining after the Bears: MIA, MIN, CLE, NYJ, CIN, PIT, CIN, NE, GB, PIT, they could easily rattle off 8-9 wins in this run, and there wouldn't need to be many upsets.

Jesse Morse, MD evaluates every NFL injure every week. He said today will determine if Lamar plays this week. If he is not a full practice, he thinks they wont play him until a Thursday night game for week 9. If he does play , he will not be 100% and usually a players first game coming off an injury is below par.

I think every team can find those plays. We definitely seem to have more. Maybe being a winning team will grant us some less obvious calls.