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Not sure which angle you saw but on the film breakdown I only see the DB look back once and then for the last ten yards of that play his eyes are only on DJ.

What a turn around this year has been.

Yes and in the few minutes of the 4th quarter I saw their was a clear lack of discipline and execution on many plays (drops, bad passes, even the blatant OPI at end of the game which is St. Brown thinking there is no way the refs will call this - hint: he wasn't in a Packer uniform).

These are only PI if they are in a Bears uniform.

That only applied if the defender is looking back at the ball. No such effort was made.

Shady McCoy I think said it best regarding Willis vs. Love. First off...LeFleur is a really good play caller. When plays break down Love is unsure what to do. Willis might not be as good reading the field but if it's not there he just goes into scramble mode. You literally saw it play out when Love had to pull the ball down and then ran head first into Austin Booker. I've been alluding to that...cover the backend and then get pressure on Love and he's a different QB. We don't have the horses for that up front yet. Conversely...Get pressure on Caleb at your own risk.

No. I think no game will be more challenging than getting the Green Bay monkey off our back. This was as important a game as you can find in the regular season for making the playoffs plus the history between the two teams. You can’t come out of this game and not know that you can play with any team in the NFL. Pitt, Philly, GB, CLE (top D), GB. We’ve been in the playoffs for weeks. Now teams have to take us seriously.

The way Green Bay lost is the way the Bears used to lose. I really wanted to run them into the ground but missing guys like Rome and Luther, who both block well, had an effect. But FGB, it’s nice to see their fans know how this feels. Especially because we are a team on the rise… and they know it.

DJ Moore said it best on national TV: F Green Bay. I can't say that enough. What a dagger through the heart that was. We have been on the receiving end of those daggers for a long long time because GB had the better QBs. If the TV was right, Caleb and this years Bears team holds the NFL record for 4th quarter come from behind wins. That's not a fluke. To borrow common phrase: 3 date points is a trend 6 is tsunami. Anyone playing Chicago and Caleb knows now they damn well better be prepared to play 60 because we ain't giving up. (edit: NFL Network just said Caleb has tied Peyton Mannings record for come from behind wins under the age of 25. We might still hold the single season record too so how ever you slice it this is elite territory. Enjoy it!).

6pm kickoff time in AZ.

I have no clue how to interpret this. First receiver is a good thing ala Matthew Stanford or being a Checkdown king is a good thing ala Kirk Cousins. Then you add in the myriad of variables like does your WR 1 suck or is he double covered forcing you to go elsewhere? Is your OC any good or is he the idiot we had last year who often ran two or even three WR to the same area of the field? Although that made it very easy to progress from 1 to 2 to 3

Thank you thank you for not calling it a pitch count like all the so called sports journalists.

I wanted him to get a little more work in the last game but he ended up with just 8 snaps. However that little bit gave the coaches a glimpse of how well he did his job. Caleb got to see it too which on all the timing stuff we run is important to give the QB some confidence in him. Toss in another week of practice with the 1s.

Been Johnson tells it as he sees it. I was surprised by how complimentary he was of the depth we have at receiver all the way down to guys on the practice squad. He said they’ve been practicing well and have a good understanding of the offense. No names were mentioned but obviously Jahdae Walker is one of them. Are we about to be pleasantly surprised again by one of our backups?

I believe Ryan Poles has a position value model. RB safety and LB are not first round positions unless you absolutely have a blue chip player. Any of those that are blue chip are likely long gone before pick 20+. I just can’t see him valuing any of those players over the DEs or DTs that are likely to be on the board when we pick. I think he keeps doing what he’s done since he’s been here: draft a RB on day 3. Before the draft we’ll know how they feel about Edmund’s and DJack. Hipólyte is going to be a question mark. I expect they will believe they have their top 3 starters and just need to add depth but a stud could easily fall to us in Rd 2.

We'll see with Watson. He might play but also be limited when he does. Whatever his injury is, it is an odd one since he spent a night in a hospital after the game. Is he really going to be ready to take another hit this weekend? Does he have full range of motion on his bad shoulder? I expect Josh Jacobs to do what he always does on the field. https://packerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2025/12/17/packers-wr-christian-watson-to-practice-hes-fighting-to-play-vs-bears/87811544007/ Like you, I also expect Luther will play as his injury doesn't sound too serious. Jahdae Walker is going to get a lot of practice reps this week with Caleb. If Pro-Football-Reference is correct he's had a total of 8 offensive snaps with no catches. I hope he's ready.

Pretty good for a backup, and IIRC we've had another backup in Nashon Wright who also earned this award. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bears/2025/12/17/bears-dmarco-jackson-named-nfc-defensive-player-of-week/87811764007/

I feel like the team will want to keep DJ around but there has always been something amiss with him in this offense. From being moved early on to taking snaps in the backfield, which he still does at times, to the poor production and lack of connection with Caleb in the first half of the season. Was DJ not making the right adjustments to his routes earlier in the season? DJ just seems like the most obvious trade candidate. I don't think they do that for a draft pick it would be for a DE/DT that improves the pass rush and I could also see a trade for safety. Safeties are cheap so we'd clear cap space, and adding a good starter gives us more flexibility in the draft. Might get a 3rd or 4th Rd pick tossed in the deal too.

I don’t care if CJGJ is back next year. He doesn’t have the athleticism nor discipline to be a starter. He’s a backup and I’d offer him vet. min if he wants to stick around. One of the things hurting this defense is a lack of speed at safety.

That is true but there was also a lot of sentiment that we should be grabbing one of the RBs in Rd 2. Myself included although I think was more of the mindset there was so much depth that waiting until the 3rd or 4th Rd in that draft would still net us a good RB.

Not heard: I wish the Bears had drafted Quinshon Judkins in the 2nd Rd. In fact he looked rather pedestrian against our Bears. .

I think Dexter and Jarrett are playing well. They’re just not elite players. I feel the same about Sweat. Somewhere on the Dline we need a dude. If not two.

We haven’t played a lot of good teams? Minn Detroit GB Philly Baltimore Wash Pitt. We just put up 31 against the third best defense in the NFL.