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What did they say? I must have missed it?

I agree with what you said. This is either a moment where we look back and see how the team responded and learned from this adversity or it becomes a moment that leads to a change at the top and Johnson would seem as good as any candidate. I will caveat I hope Bears go on to win the next 2 and than spring board further from there and I do hope Stevenson and others on Bears learn from that mistake and it can galvanize the squad.

I think of the term over-reaction Monday. And this is when we all feel it as fans. I think there is still a chance what you said will be true - but at the same time - it is still one game, a game in which the offense played atrocious for 3 quarters and than finally figured it out in the 4th (or at least partially - sans the fumble at the 1). Defense played pretty good all game - but had a lapse at the end. Awful game - but they have to move on to the next. In NFL you are never as good as the high you were on and never as bad as the low - they got to keep working. You knew with a young QB the Bears would have some stinkers and on the road Caleb with linemen dropping like flies - Caleb had an awful 3 quarters (no other way to describe it - he was inaccurate, indecisive, and was audibling into bad plays). Its a learning lesson for him and the team - lets see how they respond.

I expected some duds from rookie qb - this was one - I’m excited to see how he responds next week. Shoot the way he responded in 4th quarter was nice.

I agree with this. I don’t mind Flus - he isn’t awful - but Harbaugh was there for the taking and the Bears were afraid to go for great.

The better team won. Caleb and the Bears were bad today on offense. They were not prepared coming out of a bye but they did fight back and Caleb played his best in the 4th quarter…but too little too late. Sucks though cause I was perfectly fine stealing a win late

I'm looking forward to this game. I hope Daniel's plays and this is the first of a long-time rivalry where the two teams meet in many superbowls with the Bears winning a lot of them (if not all of them - but I won't be greedy, majority is fine)

Thought this was going to happen. Tomlin seemed consistent saying Wilson was the starter.

But if late in the season they for some reason aren't in playoff contention - I could see them not playing Field(s) to make sure they don't give up a 4th rounder.

That is the key though - win the next 2 and he probably gets another 2 tough ones for benefit of the doubt. How many more starts does he need to get the 4th round pick?

If they lost today Wilson was starting - no doubt about it in my mind.

Im glad they won - I like Justin and I also want that higher draft pick :).

This is fun. I know they have a brutal second half of the year and still have work to do - but man this team has been fun to watch these past few weeks. Please let this be for real and just the very very beginning of something super magical!!!!

Two things can be true. Caleb can be a really good rookie and end up being a stud as can Daniels. I don’t care who is better at this point - just that Caleb becomes great and I love what I have seen 6 weeks in. Daniels is a bad ass too and easy to root for. That Washington game after the bye is going to be nuts. Two stud rookie qbs.

Hopefully it ends up being less serious. Hate seeing young guy like that go down.

Im curious what he saw on that. Did the ball just hang up on him or did he just not see the safety on it. Either way he made up for it and had an outstanding game. Whole team did! Slow start - spectacular middle an end!!!

Jags can put up points though. They are going to fling it. This is a game where Jags are going to be throwing it - so Bears D has to be hitting Lawrence and creating turnovers. On flip side Bears need to mitigate the penalties and Caleb hopefully can mitigate turnovers on his side and make enough chunk plays. Bears need to continue to push the ground game, but liked how they mixed things up a lot this week. It was progress - but we had penalties cost them a first down and a touch down in the game. Might have been more - but those were 2 that stood out. Also a key drop by Moore costing them a 1st down too. So there was 1 drive we had to settle for 3 (vs. 7) and 2 drives that stalled out in good field position for punts because of offense's inability to execute. Got to build on that - cause against better teams, you can't overcome those mistakes. But the progress was huge. I think this is going to be a real tough game - Jags are clinging to hopes if they win this one they can turn some momentum on in a relatively weak division. Let's go Bears!!! Let's see more of this continued positive momentum from our Bears!!!

I hope they stick with Justin - not just for the Bears sake but for Justin's sake. Give him the season with that team and see if he can be good enough. Wilson isn't it and there is no long-term in Wilson if you are Steelers. With those 3 teams coming up - if Justin stays in, I see them going 2-1.

That was fun - 5 games in - 2 300 yard games and 3-2. Love it!!! Work to do but every week I see progress!!!

This was spot on

Which was the right decision - don't do anything in '24 that might put '25 and '26 and beyond at jeopardy. The one spot they might have done that is being cheap on the oline. Hopefully not though and they have a lot of options and ways to potentially fix it next year - both via draft and free agency (knowing that Keenan will give you flexibility). I also want to be cautious that he holds / sticks to his guns and keeps his draft picks at this year(s) deadline (unless a total stud olinemen was available). You can get good players with that Panther(s) pick and they are also cost controlled - than leverage the Keenan flexibility when he leaves so you can see what else you do there (as I presume Keenan will be one and done and than become a comp pick a year down the road).

Dallas would be who I'd look to trade him to. They need a RB big time.

That was a tough penalty - probably cost us points as we had a big 1st down conversion on that play and I think ended up punting instead post penalty.

Last week he actually came out a few days after his Monday score interview and indicated that he actually saw a lot better progress when he rewatched the tape...so was more complimentary of the Colts game later on in the week than the beginning of the week. This week I actually thought I saw the same thing - I didn't see as much growth in Caleb this week - but he also didn't make the bad throw. I'll also note, growth isn't always linear. I do disagree that he is a one read QB - he clearly is going through a number of progressions - whether he always trusts them and his feet along with it - absolutely not, but very rare for a rookie QB to be able to do that and the Bears are putting him out there with zero training wheels (hopefully that doesn't backfire - I think Caleb has the thick skin and swagger needed to deal with the increased frustrations that will come from that approach - but hopefully not using training wheels allows him to reach his potential quicker).

This feels like a "trap" game. Hopefully Bears are ready and make real progress. Would be nice to see them play their most complete game of the season on Sunday. They have been a much better team with Dalton at the helm.