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We choked in the first game and got our ass kicked in the 2nd. Prior to the season beginning we had the discussion of how long it would take for the Ben Johnson team to take shape. Nobody on this board said it would be instant. We agreed it would be between week six and eight weeks before the offense would click. We never really discussed how long it would take the defense. Defense usually happens faster as but we have had a lot of injuries to hinder the process. Who predicted we would win the division? None of us. Caleb got better this week. That's all that counts.

I feel my 6 wins is a now too many. The schedule doesnt look much easier. Might be a 4 win team.

I hear you and keeping my fingers crossed that this unit gels as they play more together.

Caleb continues to progress. That’s job 1. As things slow down for him the playbook starts to expand.

The positive spin to this is that KC is also 0-2. After tonight either Harbaugh's Chargers or Pete Carroll's Raiders will have the sole lead on the AFC West. I haven't seen a lot of games outside of Chicago's so far but the little I did see I'm surprised to see the Giants at 0-2. Had it not been for the leg of Dallas' kicker and being able to 'easily' knock in 60+ yard FGs, the Giants would at least .500.

Looks to be out for awhile or possibly the entire season. Crazy think players can get hurt outside of work and basically get workers comp. Good reason for a fire sale I guess. Clean house at deadline and reset for next year. Use this year for offensive development and to evaluate players.

Revisiting the terrible and unnecessary decision to give Jonah Jackson an extension because he sure hasn’t been good so far this year.

looking at the schedule I see about 9-10 more losses coming.

Super small sample size, but more numbers continue to show he's getting better. They scored 17 points against MIN (taking away the pick 6) and 21 against the Lions. They had 317 total yards against MIN, and 339 against the Lions. Penalties continue to kill this team, but if they can ever clean that up, there are signs of hope with this offense. Next week will be a big test. DAL's defense is horrible. If the Bears don't put up big numbers against them, It will be concerning. If they do, it will give some validity to the idea that they are improving.

Okay thanks, so the software decides the IR eligible.

In Week 2, Fields had 1.1 QBR, one of the lowest scores I have seen. 3-11, 27.3%, 27 yds, and a fumble lost before leaving the game with a concussion.

Crazy to think the opening line has the Bears favored, but they do. My assumption is that will slide to DAL being the favorite as the week goes on and DAL gets hammered with money. At this point, it is probably another loss until something happens with the defense. If they can't get pressure, they can't have Stevenson out there trailing WRs by 5 yards on every play. I don't even know what type of coverage he is playing, but he has been one of the worst players on the defense, and teams just start targeting him on every play. Hopefully the offense decides to get the TEs involved because they combined for only 3 targets against DET. 2 for Kmet and 1 for Loveland. Right now the target share by position group is: 1. WR - 46 2. RB - 12 3. TE - 9

The Bears really got screwed by the schedule makers (again). Back to back division opponents, then playing on the road against a division opponent on a short week.

Even after the DET blowout loss, this Week 1 game still stings. MIN got away with one, defense did not adjust. Williams played better than Penix against MIN defense. MIN should be 0-2 right now. Sucks.

Week 2 - Penix - 27.1 QBR - 135 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT, 3 sacks, and -1 rushing yds. 134 Total Yards. Won. / Season QBR: 62.6 Maye - 77.6 QBR - 230 yds. 2 TD, 0 INT, 3 sacks, and 31 rushing yds and 1 TD. 261 Total Yards. Won. / Season QBR: 60.3 Williams - 43.7 QBR - 207 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT, 4 sacks, and 27 rushing yds. 234 Total Yards. Lost. / Season QBR: 57.7 Nix - 72.3 QBR - 206 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT, 0 sacks, and 20 rushing yds. 226 Total Yards. Lost. / Season QBR: 43.6 Daniels - 26.9 QBR - 200 yds, 2 TD, 4 sacks, and 17 rushing yds. 217 Total Yards. Lost. / Season QBR: 39.1 McCarthy - 6.2 QBR - 158 yds. 0 TD, 2 INT, 1 FL, 6 sacks, and 25 rushing yards. 183 Total Yards. Lost. / Season QBR: 20.4 Penix won with 135 passing yards. Nix lost with a QBR of 72.3. McCarthy has had one good quarter in the NFL out of 8.

If a player is IR eligible, when you go to move them to the BN, there should be another slot labeled IR to move them to. However, if they already played this week, you would have to wait until the next week starts because it will say they already played and can't be moved.

I think the Ben Johnson effect will take some time but I have always been a Poles supporter but lost that yesterday. He's not going anywhere so all my criticism will be lost. Caleb played better this week than last but the rest of the roster has been exposed.

I think we need to dwell on the positive after a butt whipping like this . Rome Odunze and Swift was effective. That's all I got. I stayed away from here yesterday and social media because I felt sick enough w/o the extra chatter.

Adam , how do you put players on IR, if we actually have those spots? I dont remember if we do in this league or not.

We are not seeing the performance from Caleb that would be expected of an elite QB. He has missed passes when under no pressure, either them being too low, or not well timed on timed routes in short to intermediate routes, or under or overthrown on deep routes. Goff was played well yesterday and Caleb didn’t. I agree he was let down by the team in the 3 phases, but at least I want to see him make the passes that most QBs are expected to make. I am also pissed at players who are unavailable for games due to muscle injuries. Those players and the fitness department have been poor leading into the season. I expect players to go down in the middle or towards the end of the season, but not now, unless it is an injury suffered like a joint sprain etc. I’m especially annoyed at Jaylon Johnson missing games. I think we can all agree, the strength of our roster doesn’t allow us to not have a best players on the pitch. I think it’s going to be a hard season again, and I thought we would at least be competitive this year, which doesn’t look likely.

Watching ATL handle MIN with such ease tonight makes last week's loss even more embarrassing. McCarthy stinks. ATL got pressure on him all game and ran the hell out of the ball. Penix didn't even play well, and they still won on the road.

Atlanta invested in two pass rushers and gave McCarthy trouble all game. Since Montez Sweat was left somewhere in 2023, this might be something Poles needs to consider. Was hoping Sweat, Dayo, Booker, and Co would have been enough but obviously not. Bears need Booker to return

Too bad the Bears just extended him. We get to live with his decisions for a few more years.

By the way - all that said - I’m not selling on the offense or BJ. I am really down on Poles though (have been a skeptic a while) and I expect this team will get better. Hopefully this was rock bottom for the year but rock bottom might be an 0-4 start if they lose to the Raiders - really hoping this was rock bottom and we see a bounce back here and than real improvement on a consistent basis post bye week.

I thought Caleb has made progress this season so far. Penalties are still too much and Caleb still has plenty of development but this game was more on the penalties, the defense fading (and not having Kyler and JJ is a big deal - plus Smith out for the year - that is 3 of their 4 best cbs all gone). Plus pass rush - Sweat another empty game. Way too much money for no production. Sweat and Edmund’s just don’t make plays to go with their paychecks. JJ has - you could see his defense and it faded once he went out hurt…sucks cause I’m sure he’s out a while given same injury he missed most of preseason with.