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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.

You really think this about him? I think he's done well with a depleted Dline, and DBs, and backup LBs over the start of the season. It has been ugly at times but you see the defense rebound each week.

At no point in this game did I feel Daniels outplayed Caleb. Neither was perfect but IMO Caleb is still the better QB.

I can't even explain how freakin' awesome that win was. To come from behind two games in a row, in a game where again we didn't play perfectly, and then beat the Commanders and Jayden Daniels (on his mistake) and Wash, the scene of last year's debacle, with a game winning FG is just the best icing on the cake. Ben now owns this team and the buy-in will be a big help to get us over the hump to being a legit competitive team. Going into this game I thought we were getting blown out. The Dline looked better, the Oline looked better, the run game looked much better. Every weakness seemed to be improved and that's what you want out of your coaches and players coming out of a bye. I never thought this team would put together a 3 game win streak and potential for a 4 game win streak going against NO next week.

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Those are just the players I’d be interested in trading for. I have no clue on availability but never rule anything out among the teams needing a QB. Teams can find RBs off practice squads. We know that because the Bears have done that.

For sure Simmons is my top target too. I'd give up a 2nd but not sure that's enough. I've got tradeable players that I'd toss in too: Kmet, or Moore, and possibly Braxton Jones although he'd be more dressing on the deal. On Crosby that's exactly what I was thinking. Raiders get a pick, keep some stability at the position and more roster flexibility (i.e. cap space) to do as they wish. Both require cap space so a trade of a player is likely.

There are 3 players I’m interested in. Jeffrey Simmons. Max Crosby. Breece Hall. I believe the first two are signed for at least two more seasons. Hall will need a new contract which makes him a more challenging option.

In football coaches often tell players to know when the play is over. It’s the same with conversations.

I tuned in with 4 min left and heard the announcers say their offense had not crossed midfield all game long. I thought I accidentally tuned into a bears game from last year.

Electric!

Hippolyte would be great as a spy except he has fast feet and slow eyes. If he ever gets TJ Edward’s level of reading and reacting he’ll be really good for us.

Theo definitely struggled. He seemed to be more comfortable when he moved to LT. Maybe with all the questions around Braxton that’s where he’s been practicing for the last 6 weeks?

Ben Johnson seems to be very high on Darnell Wright. With Ozzy looking decent I could definitely see them ramping up LT reps for Theo.

I’m with you here. This was not the game to burn clock expecting mistake free football on the last drive.

Horrible day for the offense and yet we still put up 25pts. I agree on the play calling early in the game we were playing into their hands. Stevenson was the best player on defense. Kudos to him for putting in the work to improve (if you didn’t see his press conference a week ago it’s worth checking out). Byard was right there with Stevenson. i don’t know what happened to Braxton. I do know that things improved with Theo and Ozzy in the game. there was a lot of ugly football this week. We won an ugly game coming from behind. The mistakes are not good. Staying in the game and fighting for the win on the road is a huge positive for the locker room.

I'm pretty sure I've never seen that in my lifetime.

I don’t think last week wasn’t the biggest challenge for him but I do agree he is getting better each week. He needs to avoid getting beaten early to the inside. The IOL needs to give Caleb room to step up and we can make it through the season. Last week Been said Ozzy was doing much better and that he should see the field soon. I’m guessing likely as the 6th Oline on a play.

What he really excels at is not making me nervous when we get in the red zone.

It’s easy to forget how difficult it is to be an NFL QB. That puts it into perspective. I watched some of the film study and Caleb is starting to see the field and read defenses well. Yet there is still room for growth.

That game is what it’s like when you watch the good teams. Dennis Allen gets a ton of credit for that defensive effort because early on it looked ugly but he adjusted. Caleb looked good but hasn’t even reached his ceiling yet.

Sounds more like a hernia than a groin injury.

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.

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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