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I heard a interesting stat this morning. We lead the league in explosive plays with 48. Over 10 yds rushing and 20 yds passing. This offense is probably around 60% of what it is going to be. The OL is starting to jell, the weapons are plentiful and a QB that still has room to grow. We are the only team in the league that has scored over 21 points in every game. I think the key to anything we do is Caleb getting better but since the OL appears to be fixed, the running game is solid and DL is starting to get some pressure, Theo is more consistent that Braxton was but still needs to grow. Jackson worried me in the beginning but is starting to show his stuff. I think the one position we may trade for will be a DB. DuShon Wright has shown some signs of making big plays but he makes a lot of mistakes also. 2 of our top 4 DBs are out for the year in JJ and T. Smith. I think Stevenson is stepping up but we need one more consistent players in our DB group. Gordon is getting his legs under him and starting to show why he is a blue player. If we added an upgrade at any group it would be welcomed but I think we see why they have not added a RB. All 3 of our top RBs are showing signs of life. We dont have a dominate DE but with Booker coming back soon, I think they run with what we got. Grady is still injury and if he gets healthy, that will help.

I think there were a few times the Saints zone blitzed, and the lineman dropped right into the throwing lane of our hot read. Caleb, to his credit, didnt throw the pick, and ran around instead, usually not to great effect. Williams and Johnson will have to work to build a better answer to that - and thats exactly what this season is for. Benedet also had a terrible game, two killer penalties and got beat a bunch by Chase Young. Not saying Jones or Trapilo are a better choice, but if theres a good LT in the draft next year that falls to the right place, we shouldnt hesitate to pick him just because Benedet and Trapilo are on the roster. Ditto possible trades or free agents.

I’ve watched the usual QB film study and some others. I watch a few other games each week. The core of this team is becoming good. The Saints blitzed a lot all game and yet not once did it feel like our Oline and Caleb didn’t know what to do. We have a ways to go to get the consistency the really good teams have but 6 games into the Ben Johnson era the floor has moved up considerably from where we were the last few years.

Hes nothing if not intense. I love it. Everything I wanted from Vrabel is here in abundance with Johnson. Our future is bright.

I didn't realize we hired a modern version of Tom Landry.

We werent Fields haters - we just watched the games, and despite hoping he'd be great (I was excited when we drafted him) he turned out to be a turd. That was obvious already 3 years ago. But to say Caleb hasn't grown this year is a huge mistake. Time is gonna show that opinion is trash too. Caleb's gonna be FINE. In fact, he's gonna be a top 5 QB within the next year or so.

Whine is what some people did while Fields was here. I wanted him to play better but he never got there. I wished him well and Fields haters like you jump to look at conversations from a couple years ago so you tell everyone how smart you are . I never said he ever was going to be a top 10 QB. I like the way if you support a player and hope he gets better it's a bad thing. I wasnt the only one on here that wished him well. Caleb hasnt set the world on fire with one of the best offensive minds in the league but I support him and expect him to get better. Now if he fails, you'll come back and complain how dumb I was for supporting him a couple yrs from now. Some people just like to be a little bitch because that is their nature. You havent made a post since May 26 until now and this is the subject you wish to comment on. That says everything about you. Once a d*** always a d***

And the moron on this board who endlessly whined and promoted Fields, with obviously manipulated facts and statistics the entire time, should apologise for the complete waste of time and brain cells spent looking at his posts. Thank God for the ignore function.

yes, anyone with eyes can see - JF sucks

And as the world turns, Jayden "RGIII" Daniels is already ruled out, again...

He will end up somewhere as a backup gadget guy like Taysom Hill and live on in the Beartalk threads

I didn't want to start a new thread, but the debate is formally over.

I really love this guy.

I want to see Caleb take a big step forward next week and play his most complete game of his career!

Maye is a specimen.

Listened to Patrick Mannely tonight, he praised how great the oline has become at run blocking, working together, and the RBs are showing the results. He said teams will now have to respect the run and play 8 in the box or different personal. This is the type of offense that allows BJ to mix it up and start attacking with formations that show run and are pass and vice versa. Once he has defenses guessing, then the TEs can start slipping out into the seams

He might be trying to break him from that instinct of running. I noticed when he bailed the pocket, he tried to loop around back in to it. That gives him the whole field instead of half on finding a open receiver. All good things I think.

Caleb needs 108 passing yards to hit 5K for his career, and 1 TD pass to hit 30. If he does that on Sunday without throwing an INT, he will be the only QB in NFL history to throw for 5K Passing Yards, 30 Passing TDs, 500 Rushing Yards, and fewer than 10 INTs in their first 24 games to start a career. The only QB close is RG3 who threw 14 INTs. No other QB is under 15 that has the other 3 stat categories. RG3 had 32-14.

I am wondering if Johnson has told Caleb to throw the ball at all costs instead of scrambling, even when he has space to run? Why do I say this: The last two games, 4 rushes, -2 yards per game, with kneel downs accounting for 3 rushes for -4 yards total. So he has only rushed 5 times for 0 yards in the last two games in total. Going back since the start of the 4-game winning streak? 21 rushing yards in total. In the first two (both losses), he averaged 43 yards per game rushing. So he has dropped 38 yards per game on the rushing side between the 2-game losing streak and 4-game winning streak. That just seems like too much of a coincidence to not be purposeful. He has never had a streak of 4 games like this rushing the ball.

I do find it interesting that the Bears have the 9th highest rated team in PFF while the Ravens are 29th. Their D-Line is no longer elite, so they rely on Kyle Hamilton to make plays all over the field.

4-2 8 @ Baltimore Ravens - TOSS UP (Allowing a league high 32.3 ppg) 9 @ Cincinnati Bengals - WIN (Only scoring 19.4 ppg AND allowing 30.6 ppg) 10 New York Giants - WIN (scoring 21.9 ppg AND allowing 25.3 ppg) 11 @ Minnesota Vikings - TOSS UP 12 Pittsburgh Steelers - TOSS UP 13 @ Philadelphia Eagles - LOSS 14 @ Green Bay Packers - TOSS UP 15 Cleveland Browns - WIN (Only scoring 16.1 ppg) 16 Green Bay Packers - TOSS UP 17 @ San Francisco 49ers - TOSS UP (Only scoring 20.7 ppg) 18 Detroit Lions - LOSS 7-4 with 6 toss-up games, split those for a 10-7 record.

I would love for the running game to hang another 150-200 on the Ravens. That would more than likely equate to a win.

PFF Grades are always amusing. For this game, only two players on the entire team had a below average grade (below 50.0). Benedet had a 43.2 and Turner had a 29.7 on 10 snaps. The top 5 on offense were: Swift - 83.6 Dalman - 74.8 (kind of funny considering the snap issues) Monangai - 73.8 Thuney - 72.7 Jackson - 72.1 (he is slowly getting better and better, you don't hear his name called much) Top 5 on defense: Edwards - 86.8 Wright - 85.9 Jackson - 83.9 (only 14 snaps, but he seems to always be around the ball) Dexter - 76.6 Gordon - 74.1 Funny Grades: Edmunds - 53.6 (he was all over the place making plays, this is a ridiculous grade) Williams - 62.4 (for the first time ever, I think they gave Williams a higher grade than he deserved, accuracy alone puts him under 50.0, so I don't know what they are looking at.

With Roquan coming back to practice, it still may be a couple of weeks for him to rev up to 100%. Playing the Bears he will push to play. Best way to handle Roquan is run right at him.