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18 minutes ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:
I love Ben Johnson!
I’m really starting to lean his way. Seems like he might finally be the offensive-minded leader of men Chicago needs.
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4 hours ago, adam said:
The Hail Mary ended Flus's run, the team was sleepwalking after that game.
My hope is this is the signature gritty win they were looking for, battling for 60 minutes to scrap out a last second win.
Johnson needs to improve his play calling; felt like he was forcing the runs that were turning into instant lost yards. Then, with first and goal at the 2, you score on first down when you could have burned the clock all the way down and forced them to use their timeouts.
A lot of learning points while getting a win going into the bye. They really need Edwards, Jarrett, Gordon, and Wright back.
Don’t agree on this one. You don’t dick around when you can score a TD, because TDs aren’t guaranteed.
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1 hour ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:
Given his usual consistent hands I’ll give him a pass - but the penalties were too much. I expect BJ will be tough on him during the break. But in general the dude pretty much catches everything that hits his hands during his career - something was just off today.
Concur. He has been very good. Which is why the first round TE didn’t make sense. Everyone can have an off game, especially with how schizophrenic the offense appeared to be today.
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Did Caleb look like shit as his stats indicate, or was the OL terrible? I didn’t watch any of the game but I thought he’d put up big stats today.
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2 hours ago, adam said:
Poles really does suck. Take your pick for OT in the first, probably can trade back from 10 and still get Simmons. Burden was a no-brainer once the Ohio St RBs went, but what about Mukuba over Trapilo in the 2nd, then trade the Turner pick for later ones to pickup Skattebo and Gadsden. Poles would be better off using mock draft simulators.
Josh Simmons/Greg Zabel (OT) - 1st
Luther Burden (WR) - 2nd
Andrew Mukuba (S) - 2nd (Trapilo)
Cam Skattebo (RB) - 3rd/4th (Turner)
Oronde Gadsden (TE) - 4th/5th (Turner)
100% agree.
i don’t care what anyone says, the first round TE pick was stupid. All the 12 personnel and different type of TE talk is meaningless unless the first rounder is used in surplus. He’s simply not needed as much as a DE or OT was/is needed.
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1 hour ago, Stinger226 said:
A little early to judge a current draft. after 3 games?
Perhaps, but he looks like a ball of relentless energy. A full on battering ram who has juggernaut tendencies. And the Bears don’t appear to have a single RB who can attack the LOS with more than mediocre intent.
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I haven’t seen the defense do very much, and the pass rush looks non existent, but this is an offense year.
Against the Raiders I want to see Caleb go for 300+ yds and/or 3TDs.
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I haven’t liked an uncertain player a ton in quite some time. I remember being in love with Randy Moss and being told he was way too big of a risk.
Well, I loved Skattebo also, and many were uncertain about him. Too slow. Bad competition. Won’t translate to the NFL. Even though he appears to be fast-tracking towards CTE, he could have been the guy the Bears picked to fill an obvious need.
i wonder if the Bears front office even considered drafting him? Has anyone seen reports suggesting one way or another?
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15 hours ago, Stinger226 said:
1.3 mil dead cap / save 7.5 mil
That’s an EASY decision then. He’s gone.
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9 hours ago, Mongo3451 said:
What I really enjoyed, is that this board went silent during the game. It says everything about what we treasure...
I think it was indicative of our expectations. We are used to getting a lead and then losing it. We are traumatized. We expect failure, and didn’t want to jinx anything.
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5 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:
Interesting. They appear to really like their HC.
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Dude has terrible vision. Should probably have another 50+ yds this year.
What’s the cap hit if he’s cut at the end of the year?
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I saw a thing on some site that said Poles is gone after the Bears lose to Dallas. That would be surprising, but probably warranted.
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On 9/17/2025 at 4:55 AM, adam said:
More specifically, Swift.
The Bears are a top 5 rushing unit BEFORE contact, meaning the OLine is actually doing a great job at run blocking, yet Swift is bottom 5 after contact.
So the run game is completely dependent on making a gaping hole that anyone can run through.
RB will need to be addressed. Still can't believe Poles waited until the 7th to address it with a bunch of RBs on the board in the first few rounds.
Remember, this was common sense from everyone outside the organization. Literally everyone thought RB was a significant need. But, what seems like a broken record at this point, the Bears front office was “smarter” than conventional wisdom.
Maybe that’s also why the Bears have a first round TE they didn’t need, who has zero stats after two games? But but but 12 PeRsOnNeL on offense!
Two common sense thoughts:
1. Don’t wait until the last round for a position of need.
2. Don’t draft a backup TE - literally what he is - in the first round.
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Didn’t watch.
Over 50pts given up.Pathetic.
The Bears are cursed.
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You’re right on all of it, but that doesn’t mean the Offense or Williams looked good.
2024-Turd
2025-Turd Sandwich
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6 hours ago, adam said:
Almost every game comes down to 2-3 plays. Regardless how the rest of the game played out, there was no less than 7 pts lost to terrible officiating. It is one thing to miss a call, it is another to actually impact the outcome of the game with a phantom call, and the Bears had two back-breaking ones in a 5-minute span to start the 4th Quarter.
Phantom Holding Call on Wright = -3 or -7 pts (Bears would've had the ball at the 12, led to a missed FG)
Phantom DPI on Stevenson = -4 pts (next play was a TD)
I like this way of thinking. As an official, I understand impact to the game. The NFL guys do as well. I actually officiated an arena game several years ago with the white hat from last night. He’s a great official and person from my limited interaction. But he missed on the holding call because he didn’t see the entire play. He turned his head too slowly to his key and stayed on the middle too long.
And the DPI was a matter of a bad angle. That official guessed because he didn’t see the contact fully. He shouldn’t have thrown the flag and deferred it to a colleague. What’s more, one of the others should have come to him after and talked him into picking it up.
Those two plays directly impacted the game.
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4 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:
I hate Edmunds and our fans. The two biggest bitches in all of sports. Our team fought and Chicago fans boo. I've said it for years and hate it. Chicago fans suck...
To be fair, the offense was pretty terrible, the play calling was like a little girl in a haunted house, the second half run defense was nearly non-existent, the OL had way too many penalties, and Caleb looked far from generational.
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58 minutes ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:
Caleb WIlliams kind of sucks, doesn't he? It's getting harder to ignore how bad he is.
I feel the same. Never wanted him. He was amazing in college because he was a superior talent with amazing talent around him, and his opponents were PAC12 garbage.
He missed 2-3 simple passes up the middle. Almost overthrew Kmet on another if not for an amazing catch. Looks frazzled like a squirrel in the woods. And the overthrow to a wide open DJ for the win…that’s just unforgivable. Gotta give your #1 guy a chance.
He better shake it off quickly, or he’s going to lose the city by mid season.
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1 hour ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:
I’m lovin me some Sewell!
That aged like milk in the July Alabama sun.
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26 minutes ago, OmahaBear said:
Same old bears. I knew I shouldn’t have expecting something different.
Same. Hyped up for 30 minutes, but I knew better.
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37 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:
Maybe but really the offense hasn’t done much to offset it.
Edit: and don’t forget Johnson pissed away a TO on that earlier challenge.I honestly still don’t understand that one. Knee on the ground requires contact. This is the NFL not NCAA. And the first contact was to the ball, making it loose.
I don’t understand how it wasn’t a fumble.
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Either our WRs and TEs are atrocious at getting open…
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Caleb Williams has poor vision and anticipation.
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This game comes down to Caleb Williams and his development. He needs to take a step forward IMMEDIATELY and lead the team. The Bears need to be offensively focused rather than a traditionally defensive team.
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