jason

I’m sure my heart just lost a week of life just now.

LOL! Good one!

That illegal shift is MADDENING! What bullshit!!! I’ve heard NUMEROUS NFL OFFICIALS talk about this exact concept. Every time they mentioned it had to create an advantage gained for the offending team. This did not. Furthermore, the one second set rule is more guideline than a hard rule, even if it is in the rule book. No official watches the players stop, get still, then runs a “one thousand one” in his head. It’s waaay overly technical, and shouldn’t have been called.

That was BS. He was already going forward and leaning. You could even see that he changed how he was attacking; it was awkward. He just can’t bend the laws of physics.

And yet another BS roughing call. A player running full speed and leaning in can’t change direction like a UFO when a QB decides to slide late. The on ball official didn’t flag it but the trailing official did. 🙄

Can someone in Chicago get word to Caleb that his job is to stand in the pocket, deliver the strike, and take the hit? Apparently, there is a good chance of baiting a roughing penalty at the very least.

It’s time for the Bears to pass, and pass a lot. The packers are daring the Bears to throw. Enough cute BS. Put in heavy-jumbo, chip with TEs and RBs, and let Caleb have some time to work. He’s the #1 pick and it’s time the Bears start acting like he is. out everything on his back and let him know he has to carry the team.

Swift pissed me off on that play. He didn’t even try to plant a foot and drive. He stayed deep and just waited for the D.

This is exactly what I mentioned before the game last week. The Bears love to make journeymen look like all stars.

Why is Howie Long meat riding? He called the hit on Love dirty? That’s horseshit. It was 90% form tackle. Booker just needed to lift his head and see his target. Then it would have been 100%. It’s not like he can change physics when Love drops his head a foot or more lower just before impact. Side note: Thinking about buying a Booker jersey.

Not all stats tell the story intended, but this is interesting nonetheless.

I honestly don’t. I want them to be riddled by season-ending injuries. I want them to be completely barren. I want them to suffer. This goes all the way back to Charles Martin and the never-ending string of Bears’ QBs afterwards. I’ll never let it go. Especially when they get back to back HOF QBs over the stretch of 20 years, followed by what appears to be yet another franchise QB.

😂🤣😂🤣😂

I don’t want perfection. I want to see obvious progress in simple scenarios. He needs to hit the guaranteed passes that prolong drives and create scoring opportunities.

No. I’m comparing Lovie’s ending with Caleb’s beginning. It’s kind of apples and oranges, but it has the same purgatory feel.

No doubt the first half had more opportunities to criticize Caleb. He was terrible in the first half and it’s almost as if they didn’t trust him to throw the ball. But if the first half was terrible, and the second half has obvious issues that largely cost the team the game, that’s not a good starting point.

Many games of the last 20 years or so have felt like this. A journeyman or worse QB comes in with bad stats and/or receivers, and everyone expects the Bears to dominate. Then that average-to-below average dude starts carving up the Bears’ D. I’ll be honest fellas; this game concerns me way more than it should. It should be a win by 14 or more, but I think it’ll be close.

Kmet COULD have run a slightly different angle, but that INT is 100% on Caleb’s slow read and poor throw. Kmet was open way early and all Williams had to do was lead him.

Yes, it makes us happy, but it doesn’t erase obvious flaws. Wins DESPITE a player can’t be ignored. And that’s how it feels far too often with Caleb missing open receivers. We appreciate the 11 or 12 wins, but yearn for the potential of greatness. It kind of reminds of Lovie’s end. Great, 10 or 11 wins. But then what? Glaring holes and a Divisional round loss? Again, what makes this worse is seeing his potential. His ceiling is extremely high. And if he just cleaned up the singles and doubles, it would be a lot easier to love the home runs. And that goes right back to the accuracy.

All year it’s been kind of the same. Flashes of brilliance mixed with horrific accuracy and suspect mechanics. I keep waiting for a huge, breakout game. A ridiculous game that displays why he was the #1 pick. Something that shows him carrying the team instead of just being part of it. Then one or two fairly dominating games where he puts up big stats. Hell, even Shadeur Sanders had one today. So how long is his leash? He’s clearly not performing like a #1 pick when missing simple throws and obvious reads. The last play of the game was a brutal demonstration of both. He made the read very late when the WR was wide open. Then made a weak throw with poor anticipation. And to make things worse, DJ leaked out on an underneath route wide open. He would have walked in for a TD. So, again, how long is his leash?

100% agree. It’s like he can’t see the easy button. Just take the 4-5 yards and be happy.

I’d love for someone to analyze the all-22 of this one. I saw 3-4 times where Caleb just didn’t see or hit an open receiver. I just don’t understand why every throw has to be difficult. Other than the soft toss to Loveland, nearly all throws are rockets. Meanwhile, Love is just tossing rainbows into spots with deadly accuracy. Caleb reminds me of the saying, “It is only when mosquito land on your balls that you realize there is a way to solve problems without using [force].”

Disagree. The offense was total ass in the first half, and 186 yds passing just won’t cut it in the NFL. Caleb has to improve his accuracy and stop with all the wild angles, off balance throws, and terrified scrambling in the pocket. His inaccuracy is what’s holding the team back from being truly dangerous.

I think it was: “A great OL makes bad players average, average players good, and good players great.”