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Micah causing chaos...

This year is all that matters.

There is no doubt he is the best QB out of that class so far but after 3 yrs we need to look back and see what happens. Footnote: Justin Fields is playing well.

Watching first couple series of WAS vs NYG, and Jayden Daniel's is still doing it to start year 2. He may not have a body for durability, but he makes the throws and moves the ball. NYG have one of the best Defensive fronts too. Playing against him in FF today too, so was hoping he was a fluke last year...not looking like it.

To double down on that (Braxton) , BJ said he looked good in practice with consistency and then ( KC game), he said he got lazy in his technique.

I like that BJ has some ammo in his holster. He can look at Caleb anytime and say, "your backup outworks you". Whether it's true or not, to Caleb there has to be some believability. As to Braxton, the book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", it says that if you do the same thing for 21 days it becomes a habit. Maybe they are trying to keep Braxton on edge in an attempt to bring consistent technique. To me, he seems lazy. This happens to big guys. When trying to maintain weight, you gotta eat bigger meals and sleep more. Comfort also breeds stagnation.

Braxton is our LT for now. Is he a good LT? Very average by NFL standards. BJ looks at players and want perfection. Can Braxton look better with better play calling? Can Thuney playing next to him make him look better? Can Caleb getting the ball out quicker help Braxton? We get to see in real time if any of this applies.

100 percent and I believe Keenum got really rave reviews for his work with Stroud as a backup too. Some back ups aren’t right fit some are. I think Bagent works hard but as a back up he also wants to be the dude given where he is at in his career - keenum just wants to be close to the game and if he’s put in and gets a shot be there to serve as the bridge guy and maybe win a game in sake the qb has to go down.

I've been critical of the need to keep Case Keenum on the 53 as I don't really see the need for that. In light of all this chatter about Caleb's need to learn how to be a professional QB maybe that is the need. Poles obviously saw what was going on last year and there's no doubt he consulted with Ben Johnson about that. They knew what they wanted and recruited Keenum out of retirement so it wasn't just finding another QB to compete for the backup role. I know everyone talks about how having a vet presence can help Caleb but I'm saying that was the sole reason he was hired and put on the 53.

This prediction of the record , game by game seems realistic to me. https://www.windycitygridiron.com/chicago-bears-news/97583/predicting-every-chicago-bears-game-in-2025

Regarding Caleb - I said it a couple months back - there are plenty of red flags on him just as there were on the coaching staff. He has to learn from what he did wrong and I legitimately think he bought into his hype too much and did not take it as serious as he should of and also had a bit of an entitled attitude and perspective and that played out and there were enough rumblings of that. He got his ass kicked last year - in many ways. Now I hated that he spent any time wasting it on the quotes that drove the Flus hit piece earlier in the offseason cause it still shows a total lack of maturity. With that said - I think the whole culture has changed and hopefully he had the rude awakening needed and is now all systems go with a staff that is going to really push and some added vet presence in the qb room to help. We won’t know in first 4 weeks - but as season goes on, theexpectation has to be we are seeing some above average and at times high end play from that position.

Ty Dunn wrote a 3 part article about 2024 Bears and it throws Caleb under the bus. I read where one coach that is quoted said this was not suppose to be public. The writer lied to get quotes. It makes Celeb look very bad. Throws Poles under the bus also. I have only seen some quotes and the article comes out Monday. My opinion is some things are true and some things are opinion. He made this a sensational article to get clicks. We have Ben Johnson now and everything is going well, I could care less what is true and not true. BJ came here because of Caleb and its all a new year , the sh+t show left last year with the coaches.

Its like finally here and then you're the last game played in the week. In the preseason I seen a lot of shotgun, I expect much more under center stuff. He will scheme to attack the weaknesses in the defense, and has plenty of weapons to work with. I to think BJ will have some designed runs for Caleb. A lot of quick passes and roll outs. It will be a lot of run run run.

I'm looking forward to this game so badly, it's painful that it's on MNF. Going back to Ben's first press conference, he said that he's going to taylor the offense to its talent. He hasn't schemed for a top tier mobile QB yet, so I expect several wrinkles with Caleb's feet. He hasn't had two above average TE's he can use in 12 personnel packages, so I expect that to be a higher ratio than what was used in Detroit. He also hasn't had a DJ Moore or Luther Burden that are excellent as RAC guys, so I expect some mismatch razzle dazzle in the run game with those two. He doesn't have Jamir Gibbs and Jameson Williams type of speed to play with, but I think with what we have happening underneath, there are going to be a lot open shots for big gainers downfield.

Bears win 27-17

Saquon was the only player who stood out to me on both sides of the field. I can say now I regret passing on him in FA because this offense with him and Ben Johnson would be elite. He's one of those rare players that is just fun to watch. Prescott looked lost after his first read on most plays. Hurts looked the same, constantly pulling the ball back down and staggering around the pocket before deciding to run. It is just week 1 so a lot of that is normal but after the game Jerry Jones said he was very encouraged by the Cowboys performance and thought it was one of the best games he'd seen from Prescott. He is clearly in damage control mode after the Parsons trade. They have a lot of good players but I'm not overly concerned about playing them in Wk 3.

I think it will be similar, two teams running the ball a lot, lower scoring game.

Week 1 is gonna be ugly. After that game last night, a tale of two halves. Zero punts in the first half to 1 FG in the 2nd half. PHI's defense did not look that good, and their entire offense was Barkley or Hurts scrambling. For DAL, it was pretty much all Lamb on offense and he still had 4 drops, which is crazy.

I didnt realize that Chirstian Darrisaw hasnt played in any preseason games and had limited practices. Coming off of knee surgery last year may not be ready to go. Addison out, JJefferson may not be at 100% and with Darrisaw possibly not playing , I feel a lot better about our chances.

I realized Sanborn was starting and was happy for him. I liked him its just DA loves speed and that's the only thing he didnt have.

Saying this board is about sniping and being bitches is a treasure coming from the only person on here that does it weekly. The Reason: because you think anyone that disagrees with you are stupid and being jerks. You think because you watch tape that everyone is wrong because you are great at it. You gave good content but you let your ego get the best of you and the first person to start name calling other members. Its okay to say (you think Braxton sucks) but most of the football world calls him an average NFL tackle, not good not bad. If you going to play in the world of adults you have to learn to accept people that disagree with you and stop creating wars because of a different opinion. The only thing I regret was when you called me a pedophile and I didnt go thru with the defamation suit. I was leaving for Thailand and the private detective service in AZ was going to cost me 2500 to get your private information. I didnt thing it was worth the trouble to call you out on a discussion board because of your radical behavior.

I’m watching the Cowboys Eagles game and I just realized that Eberflus took the Dallas DC job expecting to have Micah Parsons but instead has to replace him with Jack Sanborn.

The real game starts Monday, let the games begin. We all have opinions and people disagree, it's the getting personal that has always bothered me. No place for that on a sports forum. None of us know each in a personal nature, so any name calling is just part of the cloud . I like the good old days when everything was face to face and settling differences was simple. The Internet just doesn't work that way.

Well said...

Might need to have joint practices with the Packers so we can beat on other teams. Monday cannot get here fast enough