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What matters most is that the Vikings got McCarthy

The table was definitely not set well in the first half. The second half had a much better menu.

What this means to me, is either Caleb wasn't hitting the hots or BJ wasn't setting the table very well...

Looks like Rodgers won't play, still possible, but unlikely. So it will be Mason Rudolph. Can't lose to another backup QB after losing to BAL. They need to take care of business and get right at Soldier Field on Sunday. Sunday weather is forecasted in the high 40s to low 50s, partly cloudy, perfect football weather. Bears by double digits!

There it is, 2/3 of his drop backs he was blitzed on. On the other 12, he was at least pressured on half of them (will have to watch the game to get exact number). So potentially, he had no blitz or no pressure on 6 or fewer drop backs the entire game. Wild stat if that's what it ends up being. Johnson has to draw up more blitz beaters.

In their last 8 starts each, Nix and Maye are 8-0, and Williams is 7-1. So combined those 3 are 23-1 in their last 24 starts. Has there ever been a trio of QBs from the same class do that ever?

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I don't think SoS applies for playoff positioning unless you get past a crazy amount of prior conditions. For WC spots, it's head to head (if applicable) first, then record in conference, then common opponents. For divisional tiebreakers, it's head to head, divisional record, common opponents.

Interesting point. And great analysis in the whole post.

PIT only sacked Flacco once. Chase Brown had 99 yards rushing on 5.5 YPC. Flacco targeted Chase and Higgins 18 times and they only had 6 receptions. Rodgers had a 38.2 QBR and Rudolph had a 25.1 QBR against CIN. For Rodgers, that follows a game against LAC where he had a 4.5 QBR. Rodgers has looked really old and slow the last two weeks.

Week 11 - 1. Maye - 83.4 - 281 yds, 1 TD, 0INT, 1 sack, 2 Rush Yds. 283 Total Yards. Won. Season QBR: 73.9, 2,836 yards, 20-5 TD-INT, 36 Sacks, 2 TD (11g) 2. Nix - 53.4 QBR - 295 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT, 2 sacks, 8 Rush Yds. 303 Total Yards. Won. Season QBR: 54.8, 2,421 yards, 18-8 TD-INT, 12 Sacks, 3 Rush TD. (11g) 3. Penix - 90.1 QBR - 175 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT. 175 Total Yards. Lost. (Injured) Season QBR: 56.6, 1,882 yards, 9-3 TD-INT, 13 Sacks, 1 TD 4. Williams - 24.1 QBR - 193 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT, 2 sacks, 26 Rush Yds. 219 Total Yards. Won. Season QBR: 54.6, 2,329 yards, 13-4 TD-INT, 16 Sacks, 3 Rush TD, 1 Rec TD. (10g) 5. Daniels - Gumby Arm. DNP. Season QBR: 51.2, 1,184 yards, 8-2 TD-INT, 17 Sacks, 2 FL. 6. Rattler - DNP. Season QBR: 49.4, 1,586 yards, 8-5 TD-INT, 18 Sacks, 1 FL (benched for rookie). 7. Nine - 22.5 QBR - 150 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT. 150 Total Yards. Lost. Season QBR: 26.7, 842 yards, 6-8 TD-INT, 15 Sacks, 2 Rush TD. Caleb's 2nd lowest QBR game of the season, only the NO game was worse. He now needs to average 239 yards passing per game for the last 7 to hit 4K.

Gonna have to rewatch the game as it was hard to assess everything in real time. It felt like MIN blitzed or had instant pressure on almost every drop back and instead of some quick routes, they were longer developing plays that didn't match with the protection. I would say Caleb tried extending 2-3 plays when he could've just dumped it off. He had for sure 2 overthrows, one on a scramble, and one on a designed pass. Outside of those plays, it just felt like he never had time to do too much. Play calling was suspect. Johnson got cute, using Homer on a critical 3rd Down, giving Smythe targets, and trying some fake trick plays with Bagent on the field instead of an extra blocker. I don't remember any turnover-worthy throws, so I believe Caleb was clean in that respect and he is finally throwing the ball away when nothing is open, which is a slight change where he would take an unnecessary sack or make a risky throw. He escaped 2-3 more sacks and ended up with only 2 for minimal lost yards, so I would say that was a success considering the pressure rate. One time during the telecast they said Flores had blitzed 70% of the time, the most he has done all season. Receivers are still dropping passes, and now they are on the chest drops. Burden, Odunze, and Moore had at least one each. Very frustrating considering they were in a dome with zero elements to deal with. To me play calling and protection from instant pressure were bigger issues than anything Caleb did or didn't do. Special Teams coverage units are still getting gashed. Hightower needs to go and they need someone to fix the coverage units. Outside of Duvernay's long kick return, the return units were terrible, especially on punts. Duvernay should not be tackled by 7 defenders with only one Bear in the frame. The Defense continues to fold in the 4th Quarter when they go into Prevent. They had zero sacks, and very little pressure. Watching Dexter a few times, it didn't even look like he was trying to get to the passer, he looked like a Dancing Bear at times. Jarrett was getting more push than anyone in the middle. Refs continue to screw the Bears, who had more penalties and yards than the Vikings, the 9th time this season. The worst was the missed face mask on Homer within 5 yards of the ref who is looking right at the play, no call. That is 15 yards and an auto first down.

Yeah, there is a good chance that CHI, DET, SEA, and SF all end up at 11-6, and GB finishes at 10-6-1. The Bears would still make the playoffs, but probably as the WC6 or WC7. DET would more than likely win the tie breaker, even if the Bears beat them in Week 18 due to the Bears lower SOS. So that would put the Bears in the Wild Card as the 5th, 6th, or 7th seed with SEA and SF. So they need to beat SF to get the H2H tiebreaker, and they would have a chance to have the tiebreaker against SEA within the conference. WC5 will play on the road against the South Div winner, currently TB. That slot might actually be better than winning the division, then getting DET, SEA, or SF coming to you.

when players are playing well, they do get extended in the season, we've done it before too but i forget the exact example. But it tells the team that good play gets rewarded, and it locks him up before free agency if hes amenable.

Must win. Steelers aren't good on either side of the ball, but will present a better challenge on offense than the Vikings did with McCarthy. TJ Edwards and Kyler Gordon need to come back this week. 10 wins might not be enough to get in this year. Highly unlikely they can get to 11 without this win.

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and i think had they fired Eberflus before last year, Johnson would have been our coach anyway. And we were fighting about it in here too! I cant think of any decisions that were ever clearer than Eberflus or Fields. Yikes!

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yes. CB injuries arent helping, but even bad CBs play better with a pass rush in front of them.

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I still can't believe they kept rolling with Eberflus into Year 3. He didn't win his 7th game until his 29th game. At that point, the Bears were 7-22 under him. It took Johnson 10 games to hit 7 wins.

Brave browser and I get the full Sgt Shultz treatment... I see nothing.

This is what is really holding the D from being decent.

We may have to hope the Packers are the team that flounders their way out of the playoffs now, because it doesn't look like SF is going to lose many more games this year. Their next tough opponent doesn't come until the final 3 games of the season: IND, CHI, SEA. Bears might have to win more than 10 games to keep them out. Otherwise, you better beat GB twice or miraculously win the division.