jason

I think a QB who can breathe, slow the game down, see the field, anticipate the play, and make the throw under duress is the QB who becomes great in the NFL. The QB who can’t do that is destined for something other than greatness. Williams is still frantic at times, inaccurate too often, and that seemed like the type of play that Brady, Rodgers, Montana, et. al would have laser-guided to the outstretched hands of OZ. When he consistently sees those open receivers and hits them, I’ll believe it fully. Right now I’m just cautiously optimistic.

Oz and Kmet. More so Oz.

Nailed it, top to bottom. The combination of no pass rush and porous secondary makes average dudes like Flacco look great. When the Bears play great QBs they have a very good chance of getting eviscerated. That’s the scariest aspect.

Agree on Swift v Monangai. Swift seems pedestrian at times, and doesn’t hit the expected hole immediately, costing him yards. Monangai sees it, hits it, drives hard, and regularly picks up extra yards after contact.

NEVER.GETS.OLD

There were definitely some Justin Fields games where he was the best player and the primary reason for the win. As for today, love the win, love the clutch gene, but watch that last scrambling TD again. Two WRs wide open. WIDE OPEN. I would have been much more impressed if Caleb had stopped and fired a game-winning TD pass. As it stands now, the end of game scrambling heroics remind me of guess who? Fields again.

The EPA formula is so bogus in my opinion. Some things can’t be properly quantified.

Caleb reminds me some talented kids on my sons’ little league team. All the talent in the world, but something is missing mentally. Throw from 3rd? Gun it as hard as possible. Good throw and it’s an out. Throw from 2nd? Gun it as hard as possible. Now it’s an error and the runners are circling bases.

GOOD BETTER BEST!! I love that rallying cry. The team really seems to have bonded. Outwardly there is a great locker room culture right now.

That’s been my philosophy on here for years. Why draft a QB high if you’re not going to protect him and give him weapons? Looks like that’s finally occurring this year. I just wish they had believed in Kmet as #1 pass receiving TE and drafted someone to whelp the defense.

I love the win and the drama, but just because Loveland had a great play/game doesn’t mean it was a good pick. My comment was a reply to the concept that the selection is somehow proven as the right move. I still think it wasn’t, since the defense has massive holes and Kmet has been woefully underused.

Nah. If you have a wallet full of money in your left pocket, and then fill a new wallet with cash & put it in your right pocket, it doesn’t prove that the new wallet was a good purchase. It just proves you have two good wallets…and based on the score, holes in your socks.

Optimism as a Bears fan is not common. And it won’t come from me. Williams looks to me like Trubisky and Fields when it comes to making reads, going through progressions, and pocket presence. The main thing is, in addition to Williams having a way more talented arm, he also has better weapons and a far superior OL.

Make no mistake, he’s a blocking TE if that’s how the Bears use him. Unless they start really including him on offense, he’s primarily a blocking TE. Can he be a receiving TE? Sure. That’s the only reason a team would draft a TE in the first. But right now he’s a blocking TE.

I appreciate that you own it, but a 5-win team shouldn’t be spending a first round pick on a TE, much less a blocking TE. Blocking TEs go on day 3.