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0 sacks taken, 0 INTs, 4 TDs and a ton of explosive plays. This offense hasn't even scratched the surface yet.

Feels like a double win with the GB loss to CLE. Now they need to handle business in LVR and go into the bye at 2-2 feeling good.

No running game again. Swift 13-33 yds, but had one for 11, so he went 12-22 the rest of the way. Monangai was not much better at 6-16, but he did lose a bunch on one run.

Yes

Ok 3 INTs and 1 forced fumble for the defense. Not bad. The reverse Flus Revenge game worked lol. One of the best games in Williams career, very promising.

Game ball goes to Sewell for taking out Lamb early in the game.

A pleasant surprise today. Need to see how they close this out but 31-14 with DAL pinned back at their own 5 with 9 mins to go needing 3 scores. Offense looks much better but without any running game. Glad to see Burden getting involved, though Moore still looks like he is not having fun out there. Caleb having a great day, should be player of the week but we know how that goes.

Wright is a huge liability at corner. Surely they have someone better that could be backup to Johnson.

Sounds more like a hernia than a groin injury.

I noticed this on NFL.com this morning. It is the most positive news on JJ I have heard to date.

Dang, we have a soft tissue epidemic.

The thing with this team - with 3 of the teams top 4 corners out they are going to be in trouble. We have to hope Gordon is back and able to stay on field worse case following the bye week and ideally we have a positive surprise and JJ can get back midway into season (although sounds more likely he’s done for the year) and that somehow Stevenson or someone else on roster surprises us. This D is going to give up points - I also am hoping Turner and Booker will end up making a difference and that will carry over to helping guys like Swear and Dexter. Point being - it’s going to be hard to win a lot of games with a defensive backfield in shambles combined with a dline not generating pressure. Now on offense - I really hope we see them continue to trend up and start to really generate some huge offensive games and a lot of real good offensive games.

I think if the penalties go down significantly this weekend that will be a sign he’s able to not only call out players but hold them accountable. Small victories.

You said very effectively what I'm thinking. This is a process not a switch to flip. Do we have the right guy to lead that process? I think so because I see and hear the accountability, and the challenges to the players. I also think that schematically he knows what needs to be done on the field even if his players aren't yet able to execute that. The growth isn't everywhere on the roster for sure but the improvement I saw from Caleb and Rome between Wk 1 to Wk 2 makes me think it is starting to get better.

Is that Scott?

I had to take a break from all the negativity. I normally absorb all the Bears content I can but everywhere is blowing up. I felt bad after the game, I didnt want to keep robbing my positive nature by constantly tormenting myself. Im not saying, its not deserved but trying to find something positive to jump on and haven't found it. In saying all of that, I have hope we can put it together and punch out a win. I think Caleb and Rome have big games with the TEs actually getting involved this week. 34-29 Bears. Dallas's defense is as bad as ours, so we got a shot.

I think the challenge is - it takes a lot to turn a culture - and you have issues that come from learning new systems and evolution of systems and then you start to dial it in - but the standard is still the standard. Quite frankly - some players may not buy in and do what it takes - they could be good players too - and those players will be shipped out and new ones will come in. For example - BJ made a point about how you play whether you have the ball or don’t have the ball - used Lions film to show the difference - but players have to fully buy in and it takes a lot - especially for guys who have learned one way. It seems basic to us - but very little things differentiate good to great teams from bad ones in the NFL.

Good coaches build trust first. I can imagine the asst coaches telling the players it's not good enough, very vocally. Then BJ comes in and does the build up with a mention of the effort. Lose the first game and BJ says, we were right there. We had it and blew it. Let's go! Then, comes the ass whooping in Detroit. Now it's time for the towel snap. The public towel snap, after the first game, would have been deflating. Now, the players have friends family asking them about working harder and being more resilient. We should see some improvement after adversity this week. Bear down!

My question: How many practices does Johnson need to run to identify this issue? Since he was hired, how many practices has he put the team through? 20? 30? 40? Shouldn't this have been addressed before we got our asses handed to us by Detroit?

I liked Ben's press conference today. He's not afraid to call out players, or coaches for that matter. Yet he does it in way without degrading players. Nobody is getting compliments from Ben unless they've earned it. His comment on Wed that this team had yet to have a single championship caliber practice seems to have made the rounds of Halas Hall. Today he was much more complimentary of the practice effort and focus even if it was still short of championship caliber. You won't win games just because Ben Johnson is your coach. You win them because you put in the work. At the same time Ben is well aware that it will be a journey to get back to playing winning football. Although his pained facial expressions make it blatantly obvious he doesn't want this to be a long trip. Hopefully this team has more fight in them this weekend when things go wrong.

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That is not happening.

I saw a thing on some site that said Poles is gone after the Bears lose to Dallas. That would be surprising, but probably warranted.

Remember, this was common sense from everyone outside the organization. Literally everyone thought RB was a significant need. But, what seems like a broken record at this point, the Bears front office was “smarter” than conventional wisdom. Maybe that’s also why the Bears have a first round TE they didn’t need, who has zero stats after two games? But but but 12 PeRsOnNeL on offense! Two common sense thoughts: 1. Don’t wait until the last round for a position of need. 2. Don’t draft a backup TE - literally what he is - in the first round.

I’m curious—could the contact Swift is encountering be because the offensive line isn’t doing its job? In other words, the pre-contact yardage might just be the distance from the backfield to wherever the line is blocking. To me, it seems like Caleb is scrambling just as much as he did last year. This might be a question for Adam, but how do the other running backs on the Bears perform when they’re handed the ball? One player I’d be particularly interested in is Moore. I know he’s a wide receiver, but he’s one of the NFL leaders in YAC due to his elusiveness. In a running back role, it would make sense that he’d be just as elusive and gain more yards after contact.