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Yeah, it's a mindset thing. You can tell when things start to click for guys. I am sure there will be more bumps in the road, but I think we are on the way up.

I don’t think last week wasn’t the biggest challenge for him but I do agree he is getting better each week. He needs to avoid getting beaten early to the inside. The IOL needs to give Caleb room to step up and we can make it through the season. Last week Been said Ozzy was doing much better and that he should see the field soon. I’m guessing likely as the 6th Oline on a play.

They interviewed Caleb yesterday and asked him about winning player of the week. His response, "cool". When asked to expound upon it, "it's Wednesday and we're preparing for the Raiders". I couldn't love that more!

Josh Simmons is looking like the steal of the draft so far. He's huge and athletic. I would talk like to see Braxton put on 15 pounds of good weight in the off season. The extra anchor strength weight will help solve his bull rush problem. Sadly for him, the timing is bad to get a good contract with us. If they see something good, maybe he comes back.

One thing for me that is promising is that it didn't look difficult. Caleb and by extension Ben made everything look easy. We have been asking for a scheme that got receivers open, and we are finally seeing it.

This last game and being O NFC player of the week is at least showing signs he could be great. Not there yet.

Wasnt a lot of talk about LT in the last game. That's a good sign when he has been on the radar this year. I looked at the other 2 LTs we could have drafted and compared to Braxton. https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/braxton-jones/60092#seasonStatsWidget https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/aireontae-ersery/129649#seasonStatsWidget https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/josh-simmons/88924#seasonStatsWidget https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/josh-conerly-jr./163291#seasonStatsWidget https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/anthony-belton/143985 These are the LTs drafted between our first round pick and before Ozzy Trapilo. Simmons has did well but the rest are not excelling at LT. Note Belton is playing RT. Whether you like PFF or not, it gives a decent view to compare. As I have said before, Braxton is an average LT in the NFL. We need an upgrade but it could be worst. I remember some people saying we should have drafted Ersery, he has not looked good at all but at least he is playing.

What he really excels at is not making me nervous when we get in the red zone.

Caleb is excelling in situational football. 3rd Downs, 123.7 Passer Rating, Red Zone, 120.5 Passer Rating, trailing with 4 mins to go, 134.2 Passer Rating. Right now he needs to improve on 2nd Down, 57.5 Passer Rating (1 INT), and in the 3rd Quarter, 68.4 Passer Rating, but that's about it. Another solid performance against LVR and I think some of these numbers will level out.

That is absolutely fair, but after Week 4, we will be thru the first quarter of the season. So unless there are huge changes in usage and performance, what they have already done will just continue to trend in the relative same way for the remainder of the season.

Caleb gets NFC player of the week

You should see soldier field for raider games, they turn out. Raider nation is real as Bears nation is.

The Raiders can be had thru the air and are decent against the run. They have 7 sacks of which 4 were in the first game against the Patriots.( we have 5) They average 350 passing yards against them. Jeanty is averaging less than 50 yards a game at 3.1 yards a carry. Geno Smith isnt special, 4 TDs and 4 Ints. Is averaging 12 yards a game running the ball. The Raiders offense is averaging 18 points a game, Being on the road may not be an advantage because of the transient crowd that go to games. Lots of Bear fans will be there. 38-16 Bears will win Caleb 4 TDs.

I think its going to end up a home game for the Bears. Many ticket holders are transients and not LV residents. More Bear fans than Raiders fans. IMO

I was surprised to see LV as the favorites, although being less than 3 points favorite at home is basically saying the game is a toss-up. Can we get some pressure on Geno and stop the run? If yes, I think we can win big, Bears 32 LVR 17 If no, I hope we can pull it out, but it will be tight, w/last-minute FG, Bears 24 LVR 23

Congrats! Hope the Bears give you a present in celebration of your old age. LOL

Im not saying I dislike Skat, I would love to have him but we didnt draft him.

It’s easy to forget how difficult it is to be an NFL QB. That puts it into perspective. I watched some of the film study and Caleb is starting to see the field and read defenses well. Yet there is still room for growth.

I feel about as good with this one as I did with last week. The offense has been trending in the right direction for 3 weeks in a row. The only real thing that's held them back has been those drive-ending penalties. If they can avoid those on Sunday, I think they can put up a lot of points again. Everyone in this division is annoyingly 2-1 again except for the Bears.. If they want to keep pace, they can't give these games away against mediocre competition. At some point, they are going to have to win a couple against playoff-caliber teams to have a realistic shot at the playoffs, but we'll worry about that in a couple weeks.

This is my big 6-0 dream trip, so I'll be there bringing the heat! Can't wait...💪🏈

100% agree. i don’t care what anyone says, the first round TE pick was stupid. All the 12 personnel and different type of TE talk is meaningless unless the first rounder is used in surplus. He’s simply not needed as much as a DE or OT was/is needed.

Perhaps, but he looks like a ball of relentless energy. A full on battering ram who has juggernaut tendencies. And the Bears don’t appear to have a single RB who can attack the LOS with more than mediocre intent.

I was yelling at BJ when it was 4th and 2, Bears had a lead and they didnt kick the FG. Thank God DJ was standing by the goal post for the TD. I said now we will lose by 3.

I was one of those who didnt like Skattebo as a pro, but he has played especially yesterday. I have a feeling RB will be addressed somewhere in rounds 1-3.