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Greg Olsen (the former Bear TE) should be coaching in the NFL.

FWIW Justin’s avg to hold the ball 3.08 seconds. CJ Stroud 3.01 seconds Josh Dobbs 2.92 seconds When it matters, is it because of the time the QB holds the ball of how long the QB had it in his hands while trying not to get sacked? https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/news/numbers-make-justin-fields-improvement-entirely-obvious This post courtesy of Makers Mark ?

Dallas’ defense was ranked 5th overall on defense going into today’s game (AT DALLAS) and so far have allowed GB to score 34 points . Just last week, while in GB, Chicago allowed 17 total.

Might add that GB was playing to win and get into the playoffs so someone suggesting they played light would be foolhardy.

So here’s a ‘silver lining’ thought. Bears were down 7-6 at the half last week IN GB. This week GB is up 20-0 in Dallas just before the half . And Chicago only let GB score 17 total points.

Meh. I don’t personally buy it. Especially after Warren was heard (repeatedly) using the ‘Vermiel-Third year’ analogy and has repeatedly said that “stability” is key going into next years. Or…he’s got one heck of a poker face.

Yeah bummer but it looks like this isn’t the first time he’s been out. In a quick read this may have been at least the third time he’s left (the other two he returned after a short stint away). If you add in he was a candidate for President against Warren last year maybe Kevin thought better to have someone he knows better in that role. ??‍♂️ There were also some rumors floating about his low-balling veteran contracts over the years. Maybe they’ve run into some issues getting on the same page with Johnson?

Watching some pre-game talk for this weekend and so far Eagles are -3 odds at home against the Bucs. Also saw some news about AJ Brown not only being out for the game but also putting up some interesting stuff on social media (or removing stuff rather). And over in KC, Kurt Warner was highlighting all the KC passing game struggles. Most notably how Mahomes was missing a lot of open receivers while scrambling and when he does manage to find an open receiver, they’re dropping the catches. Where have we heard that before. So it does appear other stellar QBs will struggle if not given ideal situations? Go figure. FWIW I’m especially happy to see that twit in Philly (Sirianni) struggle. Some early (and probably premature) murmurs of him being on the hot seat too .

I have two neighbors on either side of me that are GB fans. There are two others in the neighborhood that follow Detroit and Minny so we have the division covered. Anyhow my one GB neighbor last week was talking (texting) lots of smack late in last weeks game (rightfully so). And I would imagine having lots of whisky while doing so (he and I share whisky on a regular basis). Anyhow, after the game was over he said I would need to host a party this weekend for the Dallas GB game and so we could FaceTime his brother in Texas to give him sh*t. I told him to f*ck off. ?. He also left me some messages in the snow berm along my driveway - below. (that SOB). There was also a large G across the way on one of the snow berms in the adjacent cul de sac. Thankfully it snowed again about an hour after these photos were taken and covered up. Anyhow the point of all this is to say, this weekend I am a Dallas fan and hoping Mike McCarthy gets his revenge. PS: the next morning after it had snowed all night, the “vandal” came over and cleared my driveway for me. ??

Theoretically, if Bagent had 8x as many NFL starts as he currently has and those were under the same conditions as Fields had it, those percentages could trend up or down. Numbers and stats are what you make of them sometimes.

Yeah, I’m pretty convinced it’s a parody (aka trolling) type acct. Someone looked into “his” past predictions and it showed he was wrong on all of them.

Something to consider and personally I’d be ok with it.

There have been numerous reports, some not so reliable and others that are. I think he made some early commentary to the effect that he was still deciding on whether he wanted to wait to enter the draft due to who may drafting the highest. And other comments in regard to him wanting ‘partial ownership’ of whatever team he’s drafted to. And of course people will take that and add their own spin to it where they’ll convince you that Williams said he doesn’t want to play for the Bears (see most recent scandalous post below for example. Many are saying it is pure fabrication). It’s hard to see through all the interference sometimes but in the end it’ll count on TRUE intel and by the actions of Williams himself.

Full disclosure, I was sure Ryan Leaf would do better when it came time for him in the NFL. Who knew he was such a head case?

Unless you find a Brock Purdy or Tom Brady.

I’d have to check the data on Wright discussions from last year…but… As far as Flus goes, I was personally uncommitted. I can see the value of Flus staying but was a fan (to a degree) of Harbaugh returning to the NFL by way of Chicago. Cooler storyline but the recent crap in Michigan bugged me.

Bagent’s NFL starts: 4 Fields NFL starts: 32

Some more Caleb Williams social media data to chew on. I shared the link to this post as I can’t seem to share it directly as I used to. Good thread to read. Of note, both Maye and Daniels also skipped their bowl games but have already declared. MHJ declared on Thursday. Oh, and Williams doesn’t have an “NFLPA” approved agent yet which they say is “unconventional”. https://x.com/kalynkahler/status/1745856372707918010?s=46&t=KrpJmhSTc4DI1sACtjisOQ

Same. My concerns about how Williams withers against more solid competition is concerning. And with regards to character, before the national championship game the other night Penix was regarded a ‘high round’ talent. But after his performance many are saying his stock is tumbling. What did Williams do in his final game with USC in their bowl game? He sat out. And his backup scored 6 TDs. Now convince me again how Williams is a “can’t miss”? Oh and I might add, I’d take Penix over Williams any given day just soley based on his gritty play that night.

Question. How do these metrics compare to players like Mahomes or Jackson? What do you think are the contributing factors if they are dramatically diffferent? Second question: If Fields were to swap spots with either Mahomes or Jackson, how do you think the metrics would look in either scenario then?

So everyone remember about a year ago when we were all excited about going into the draft with finally having a 1st round pick again and that ‘all the talk’ (eventually) had us getting Jalen Carter? Who knew at that time we’d end up doing what we’d do? I personally feel that the hype leading up to the draft for either Williams or Maye is similar to what occurred last year. How it all plays out is all speculative but I can say I’m confident enough in Poles’ ability to say that I’m excited for April 25th to get here. And I usually don’t get all that excited for drafts.

Yeah I did see that. I was watching Flus during that and noticed he was sweating profusely during that time and Poles was cool as a cucumber. He's good.

He was the team’s nominee for the Walter Payton award…but yeah. Speaking of leadership, saw in that presser yesterday Poles and Flus went out of their way to herald Marcedes Lewis on his leadership. They said he was especially helpful in the locker room which I imagine was quite interesting early on. Hope to see him back next year. He blocks great and didn’t drop any passes thrown to him.

Good to “see” you again. I get it. But maybe a sip of Lagavulin will take the edge off? ?

Agreed, when it comes to character we got the better of the two.