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There are no easy wins in the NFL, anyone can beat anyone. As long as this team stays focused we should have a good run the next 5 games. Should not lose at home. period

2nd Year QBs - Career Totals Passing Rk Player GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int TD% Int% Rate Sk Yds Sk% Y/A AY/A ANY/A Y/C Y/G Succ% W L T 4QC GWD Team 1 Bo Nix 23 509 773 65.8 5052 38 16 4.9 2.1 91.9 30 234 3.74 6.5 6.59 6.05 9.9 219.7 43.6 14 9 0 5 5 DEN 2 Caleb Williams 22 449 721 62.3 4720 29 8 4 1.1 90 78 533 9.76 6.5 6.85 5.52 10.5 214.5 40.4 8 14 0 4 3 CHI 3 Jayden Daniels 21 408 604 67.5 4443 32 10 5.3 1.7 99.8 58 291 8.76 7.4 7.67 6.56 10.9 211.6 47.4 14 7 0 4 4 WAS 4 Drake Maye 18 356 517 68.9 3798 25 12 4.8 2.3 96.5 52 284 9.14 7.3 7.27 6.11 10.7 199.9 48.5 7 11 0 0 1 NWE 5 Spencer Rattler 12 269 431 62.4 2534 10 6 2.3 1.4 80.5 33 197 7.11 5.9 5.72 4.89 9.4 194.9 39.4 1 11 0 0 0 NOR 6 Michael Penix 8 159 262 60.7 1943 7 6 2.7 2.3 82.9 11 73 4.03 7.4 6.92 6.37 12.2 194.3 45.8 4 4 0 0 0 ATL

That’s where I’m at. Not a great game for either QB. I still like Caleb’s higher potential. Last year the pressure of playing back home affected Caleb. He rallied at the end. I was curious how he would handle returning to the scene of the crime. He was much better but still left a lot of plays on the field. Only five games into the Ben Johnson era and I like the direction Caleb is headed. I’m waiting for that game where he puts it all together. Who had the Bears winning three in a row after the loss to Detroit? Not mentioned anywhere is how satisfying this win had to be for our HC who lost to Wash in the playoffs 45 to 31. Not only that Wash is again expected to contend for the NFC championship.

I've seen the leverage rule, but don't believe there is a one second rule for protecting the center. If Payne did not gain height, it is not eligible for leverage to be called.

good catch. Im not one for conspiracy theories, but the refs were brutal on us last night.

It really starts to put into perspective what an amazing job Caleb did last year in all that chaos. Of course he got sacked way too much, and the team overall was a mess, but to put up the stats he did last year in all of that is incredible, and speaks to his innate talent alone, because the scheme and OL sure didnt help any. But what's even better news is how much Caleb is growing each week as a pocket passer under Johnson. Last night, even with the drops and missed balls, you could SEE where this is going. You could see what we are trying to do, and even as we fell short a bunch of times, it was right there - we are close to becoming something special. We just need to be more consistent. And that's the whole thing for this year - becoming consistent, moving the chains, learning to eliminate penalties, finding out what our identity is, especially in the running game. And all those things are getting better each week. It should also be said that the defnese was flying around yesterday, playing with a lot of heart. These are all good signs that we have the right coaches and QB.

Didn't even pay attention to this, but the blocked FG should've been a WAS penalty. One-second rule: This protection lasts for the first one second after the ball is snapped. Payne immediately uses Daly's back for leverage. He was not protected for one second.

PFF Grades Thuney - 88.0 Swift - 85.6 Burden - 81.1 Wright - 75.7 Kmet - 72.1 Williams - 46.1 (lowest graded offensive player) Edwards - 89.0 Byard - 81.2 Edmunds - 80.9 Sweat - 79.5 Jackson - 75.0 Ford - 37.1 (lowest graded player) The most hilarious thing is PFF has Justin Fields graded as a better passer than Caleb, Purdy, Nix, Rodgers, Penix, Jackson, and Geno. Pure comedy.

I hope Moore is OK too. He is a baller, and perhaps still the best WR on our team. But that doesnt mean at $20M a year that he isnt trade bait with Burden on the roster ready to take his place. Good teams trade good players when the cheaper and younger replacement is on the roster.

I was looking into the JJ situation and found an interview he did on The Score. He stated that he initially tore his adductor muscle doing coverage drills with wide receivers a week before training camp. After rehabbing, he felt strong enough to play, even though he had soreness in the area. IMO-that's on the Bears. He said he was not pressured to play, but felt a personal sense of urgency. Soft tissue injuries are still at high risk of reinjure if you are sore. (Especially, the tiny adductor muscle in the groin. Been there!). He said the current injury is new, but similar. Since his surgery, he's stated that the procedure was successful and expects a full recovery. He gave no timeline for return, be we may see him mid to late December.

ESPN has been around for 45 years now and the first letter in their name is Entertainment. Once the crazy revenue started to come in with the cable TV licensing deals, the money exploded. With money comes greed and fraud. There is no doubt there are things going on that artificial in nature. The league was supposed to have things in place to combat some of the human error, and if anything, it has gotten worse. How do you call a penalty that is not there? It is one thing to miss a call (didn't see it, didn't think it was severe enough, etc), but to call things that are not fouls are game breaking.

it's a new era in the nfl. gambling cartels in all probablility decide who wins games and who loses or at least the spread on points and probably about a hundred different things that can be bet upon. it's not even close anymore. the refs can choose to shave points or decide who wins or loses on selective penalties and calls during multiple games every week. they control the clock and the flow of each and every game which in turn controls the scores or other gambling points. is there any investigation into these allegations? certainly not. too much money is involved. the nfl itself is either complicit with this or just plain stupid, the same is for the owners. the rules that they implement are so ambiguous that there is no right or wrong calls which lets these semi pro part time officials make calls however they want without ANY repercussions thus leading into corruption. bad call? no problem, see you next week. need a new vacation for you and your family? no problem. someone out there is willing to pay you. the nfl is a multi billion dollar corporation that is now sucking money out of gambling cartels through advertising and other means of income. YET... they can't afford to hire FULL TIME employee's that are accountable to being promoted or FIRED? do they receive any benefits other than salary? do they even have a department that monitors these temps for honesty and integrity? unless there is government intervention with threats to the nfl in regards to tax regulations or some other means that will cost the MONEY you won't see the nfl policing themselves. so... are we watching a sport anymore or just an exhibition similar to all star wrestling? inquiring minds want to know

It really did feel that way. They were waiting until after the outcome of the play to determine whether to throw the flag or not. It was so obvious.

So far, so good. Still need to take care of business in the Division with a minimum of 2-2 record in the remaining 4 games. Have now won 2 of the games in the top category with 4 left (NYG, NO, CLE, and CIN). All 4 of those games need to be wins now. 4-0. That leaves PIT and PHI as the top 2 non-Division matchups, and BAL and SF as the other 2. They only need 1 win from these 4 games to win 10, but they could split them. NYG, CLE, NO, CIN = 4-0 BAL and SF (w/o Bosa and Warner) = 1-1, could win both considering injuries PIT and PHI = 0-2, could sneak one 4 DIV Games (MIN, DET, GBx2) = 2-2, need to repay MIN, and then win 1 of 3 vs GB, GB, DET. That gets them to 10 wins.

Caleb now up to 4,720 Passing Yards, 29 TD, 8 INT, and 597 Rushing Yards with 5 games remaining before he turns 24, NO, BAL, CIN, NYG, and MIN. If he averaged 256 Passing Yards over the next 5 games, he would hit 6K before he turned 24. He has a shot at 40 Passing TDs under 24 as well. Super impressive considering how bad the team and coaching staff was last year.

After the third bad call against the defense, we had a later defensive stop and I asked my wife where the flag was, then they threw it. It seemed so scripted. Aikman was biting his tongue...

Outside of one bad play, Stevenson's name was not called at all last night. He has really stepped up in the absence of Jaylon. They really need to figure out what they are going to do with CB2 though as Wright has been pretty rough.

They won another 25-24 barn burner, and in a way, the WAS game was more on the officials than anything else. Just crazy how many bad calls or missed calls have went against the Bears this season.

Kmet had 1 reception of 0 yards coming out of the bye following the worst game of his career. He is on pace for his lowest production since his rookie year. His catch rate is half of what it was over the past 2 seasons. He has literally dropped off a cliff and has the 7th highest AAV for TEs, while Loveland has the 24th. Another strike on Poles. To put that many resources into a non-critical position is wild.

This team is now winning in spite of Poles. Mainly because of Johnson and the coaching staff. I hope he has more say in personnel decisions this offseason. Still kind of frustrating to see what Warren is doing in IND, which is almost what Bowers did the year before. The Bears could've had either of them but decided to sign Kmet and draft Loveland instead of either of those two. Poles has not drafted one player who has even made the Pro Bowl. Think about that for a second. With how bad they have been and all those top 75 picks, not one has played well enough to get a Pro Bowl nod. Odunze had a shot, but now is trailing JSN, Puka, Pickens, Egbuka, St Brown, Jefferson, and London in the NFC. Caleb is trailing Stafford, Mayfield, Prescott, Darnold, and Goff, so he probably has a better shot but not realistic for this year unlesss he goes off for a few games. If anyone gets the nod, as a draft pick, it will be either Wright or Caleb, but that's it. I can't think of another draft pick who would even sniff the Pro Bowl or all Pro.

Hope Moore is ok

The Bears just won back-to-back on the road, and 3 in a row. The schedule lightens up a little bit over the next month, but they cannot overlook the Saints on a short week. The Saints are 0-5 when they allow 20+ points and 1-0 when they allow 19 or less. They themselves only have one game where they scored more than 21 and that happened to be the only game their defense held their opponent under 20 (lol). That also happened to be the game where the Giants had 5 turnovers. So as long as the Bears don't have a crazy sloppy game like that, they should win by double digits. The Bears can't lose to a 1-5 team like the Saints at home, they just can't. I think this is one is going to be one of their better games all-around, especially with the running game coming to life. The Saints are worse on the road, allowing 31 and 44, and I think the Bears extend that trend with a 31-17 convincing win on Sunday.

Yeah, that sucks, he has been grinding, getting rushing attempts, blocking, and getting some dirty yards. I would assume it was the kidney shot he took.

Week 6 - 1. Maye - 92.6 QBR - 261 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT, 1 sack, and 28 rushing yds. 289 Total Yards. Won. / Season QBR: 72.3, 1522 yards, 10-2 TD-INT, 2 Rush TD (6 games) 2. Williams - 37.2 QBR - 252 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT, 3 sacks, and -2 rushing yds. 250 Total Yards. Won. / Season QBR: 60.4, 1179 yards, 9-2 TD-INT, 2 Rush TD (5 games) 3. Rattler - 72.1 QBR - 227 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT, 2 sacks, and 20 rushing yds. 247 Total Yards. Lost. /Season QBR: 60.2, 1217 yds, 6-1 TD-INT, 0 Rush TD (6 games) 4. Penix - 33.3 QBR - 250 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT, 2 sacks, and -6 rushing yds. 256 Total Yards. Won. / Season QBR: 52.8, 1168 yards, 4-3 TD-INT, 1 Rush TD (5 games) 5. Daniels - 69.6 QBR - 211 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT, 3 sacks, and 52 rushing yds. 263 Total Yards. Lost. / Season QBR: 52.5, 875 yards, 7-1 TD-INT, 0 Rush TD (4 games) 6. Nix - 37.2 QBR - 174 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT, 1 sack, and 24 rushing yds. 198 Total Yards. Won. / Season QBR: 51.0, 1277 yards, 9-4 TD-INT, 1 Rush TD (6 games) 7. McCarthy - Always hurt / Season QBR: 22.5 (Last in NFL), 301 yards, 2-3 TD-INT 6 QBs from the same class with a Season QBR over 50.0 is actually unprecedented. The media is not giving this class enough love, it just seems to be a Maye Daniels love fest, and shit on Caleb. The Year 2 QBs were undefeated the last few weeks and now the only ones that lost, lost to other 2nd Year QBs. For how bad NO has been over the last two years, Rattler is actually playing really solid football. There are 4 teams with a current 3-game win streak, 3 of them have Year 2 QBs (NE, CHI, and DEN). Caleb on pace for 4,008 yards (if he plays 17 games), 31 Pass TD, 7 INT, 34 Sacks, and 7 Rush TD. Just say they rested him in Week 18, and he only played 16 games, he would be on pace for 3,773 Passing Yards, 65 yards less than Kramer's team record in the same number of games. Considering the lighter schedule over the next few weeks, I think he has a shot at the record in Week 17.

D J. Moore spent the night in the hospital in Washington last night. After the game he left the stadium in a ambulance. Haven't heard about the injury but he went back in the game after being injured. He's a baller and not someone you want to get rid of by trade. He's a valuable member of the offense. He runs the ball, catches the ball and blocks. He's still our best offensive weapon.