DABEARSDABOMB
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The oline with exception of Theo’s pass blocking has been very good of late. Theos run blocking has been excellent - his pass blocking is beyond bad of late.
Wright has been downright elite - despite playing with one arm. Kudos to him, Poles and the coaching staff on this. And I rip Poles everywhere but outside of LT, it is starting to gel quite nicely on the line - a huge step up compared to last year.
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The Jets did exceptional. No clue why Colts did what they did - but they clearly believe in Daniel Jones. Cowboys got a great player - no idea why they did it now.
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9 hours ago, adam said:
Low cost, low risk move here. Former 1st Round pick.
I was so glad to see they basically did nothing. Was very against any big moves - but this is low key and basically gets you a former 1st rounder for what will likely be moving down 15-20 spots from middle of 6th round to early in 7th.
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3 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said:
right - this is right where he is. The pushed vs coddled thing will prove out after a couple years when those other guys are still learning, and Caleb is fully dimensional.
Hes showing examples of getting it, and he needs to increase his consistency.I will say - Drake Maye looks very good. He reminds me of Herbert. Has played some bad defenses too (like Caleb this week) but he has looked the part.
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25 minutes ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:
I think he bought himself more time after today, but I completely disagree with you that there was zero shot had he been awful.
The new system talking point can be drastically overstated by the team with the QB who's struggling. Didn't seem to affect Jayden Daniels or Bo Nix last year, or Drake Maye this year. There's a learning curve, certainly, but come on. The Bears have more offensive talent than most teams in the league. Caleb was the #1 pick. We should hold him to a higher standard than everybody else.
I agree - I expect a lot out of him, but I don’t see Stroud or Daniel’s crushing it this year. I see a qb being pushed a ton vs coddled this year. BJ didn’t just have him doing a bunch of shotgun / read option stuff - he has him doing playing behind center a ton - something he never did in college and which required new footwork etc. That takes time.
He is 12th in yards and 19th in TDs. Great - no - but awful - no. His sack rate is down a ton - YPG is up - yards per play is up a qb rating and qbr are up - all in a new system. I see more good than bad, but acknowledge he hasn’t proven shit yet - but he also flashes some real good stuff too.
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5 hours ago, adam said:
The Bears are 5-3 playing at home (2-1), and the Giants are 2-7 (0-5 on the road), yet the Bears are only favored by 3? I fear that the refs will be heavily involved in this game.
This shouldn't be a close game. Without Skattebo, the Giants leading rusher was Dart. So I would hope this makes it a little easier for the defense. I am going with Bears 30-17.
They have had some good games with Dart and D is still banged up pretty good. I hope you are right - would be nice to get a comfortable W - with that said - I just want them to keep improving and grinding. Play your best game of the season Chicago!!!
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2 hours ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:
Just checked the stats:
The Bears offense is now 4th in ypg and 6th in scoring after today's game. Almost top 5 in both categories(!)
It's crazy how productive they've been despite the QB rollercoaster.
I think of it more of - they are that good and Caleb is certainly a part of it - but he also has a lot more room to grow and take it up another notch - which is real exciting! This team still has lots to work through - but I expect a lot of growth this second half of the season. Not sure they make the playoffs but this team is going to learn and grow a ton this year and a foundation for sustained success will be built.
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6 hours ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:
Have to give credit to Caleb Williams for sticking with it all the way to the end. He's still frustrating the hell out of me sometimes with his inability to check the ball out quick when nothing's there, but I'll never question his clutch gene.
Loveland and Monangai breaking out is a massive deal, but also Rome Odunze might be not great at football. Moving forward, I hope Ben Johnson starts scheming up more plays for DJ Moore again, as well as Burden/Loveland.
My last takeaway from this game is the Bears don't need to trade for a RB now. Monangai is the real deal. Him and Swift can actually be a lethal combination when they're both out there.
I was glad to see some young players show up today - Loveland had some big plays and Monongai was a beast. Caleb played good - still had some misses - but plenty of good too.
Defense was pretty much trash - Higgins was absurd though and Joe throwing to those wideouts with our secondary is like shooing fish in a barrel. I hope Gordon and JJ will be able to come back and play meaningful football this year.
Special teams - awful everywhere. But finding a way to win and getting TDs in the red zone. Rome - I expect you to pick yourself up and have a big game next week!
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6 hours ago, Pixote said:
Allow a KO return for a TD
Missed FGs
Couldn't cover an onside kick
Geesh....
Special teams is awful. Santos is either hurt or needs to be cut.
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6 hours ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:
It really is unbelievable how the Bears routinely get hosed over by the officiating every week. They really had to make something up to break up those two pick sixes.
The officiating was awful. Getting sick of it - so one sided.
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7 hours ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:
Thank god they got a touchdown out of that. Odunze might be a bust as a top 10 pick. Monangai completely dominated the Bengals defense that entire drive. He's really starting to assert himself as a quality back.
Odunze is not a bust but he’s going through some struggles catching. He also is getting open all over the place - it will come together but it is frustrating. Far from a bust and I expect we will see him bounce back. Jamar Chase had some cases of the drops early in his career too.
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10 hours ago, Pixote said:
It was noted when he was drafted and again this year in preseason that Caleb has problems with his cadence when calling plays. I'm reasonably sure that this is just one of the reasons for our ongoing issues with presnap penalties.
He had barely played from center in college - Ben is having him play from center and forcing him to develop from there - but there wil be growing opportunities.
Offense was quite good today which was nice - despite another couple drops from Rome.
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11 hours ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:
Feels like an inflection point game for Caleb today. If he doesn't play well, and the team loses, it wouldn't surprise me if we start hearing rumblings of a potential QB change on the horizon.
The Bears can't lose back to back weeks to a Ravens team without Lamar Jackson and an old ass Joe Flacco with the worst defense in football, who, by the way, doesn't have Trey Hendrickson out there today. Can't happen to a team with real playoff aspirations.
There is zero chance they should be looking at a qb change. Caleb is 1.5 years into his career and half a year into a new system.
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4 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:
Speaking of Turner…
Yeah - bummer. Hope he recovers quickly and ends up becoming a dude for the bears. I saw where BJ talked about how he played a big part in the run d improving.
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11 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said:
I havent heard him do any of that CYA stuff yet, so I read it differently. I think he means it.
We dont have to agree of course.I think Ben is putting some emphasis on players this week - in particular with the penalties. It’s a long season, I hope we see a 4-5 TD outburst and a Bears win on Sunday!!!
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3 hours ago, adam said:
On INT, Loveland 6 yards downfield being held by Roquan, literally on his back, prevented him from moving. Another missed call.
It’s interesting - Rome looks open from there.
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I think I with this past draft it comes down to best use of draft capital and the Bears just didn’t do it - period.
With that said - I expect Loveland and Luther are both going to be good football players - they just weren’t the right picks or right positional value with the Bears. I do think both are very good prospects though at their position.
Trapillo was solid value and I haven’t seen any reason to think he couldn’t become a good RT, but like the guys above, not right use of draft capital relative to roster. Bears literally took a guy top 10 at position 2 years earlier. So unless they plan on flipping Wright, it’s bad roster construction.
Shemar looks like the worse pick in terms of production - but in fairness injuries - but at least he was a pick on the dline, which was an area of need.
Poles did do a good job on both oline trades and Dalman is fine, but good god did he piss down his leg on his defensive free agents, yet again.
But it’s his sheer waste of relevant draft capital and inability to hit big in draft with roster construction that leads me to believe he is bad. I hope I’m proven wrong though.
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29 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:
This.
FWIW, Flacco led the Browns to defeat the Packers on week three of this year. Flacco was traded to Cincy 5 days and made the starter before he met the Packers again but wasn't able to pull of the win (losing 18-27). I'd make the case the Cincy's offense is better than Baltimore's - position wise.
It appears the Bengals and Ravens may have swapped out on who has the worse defense. Right now Cincinnati is ranked 32nd overall, 31st against the pass and 30th against the run.
Especially with two elite wide ups going against our preseason #5-7 dbs (JJ/Gordon/Stevenson/Smith out). Hopefully Stevenson somehow is back and healthy.
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4 hours ago, adam said:
Here is a graph of Caleb's Comp%, QB Rating, and QBR. I will add PFF Grades once this week's grades are out.
To me, this looks like he is regressing across the board. With 7 games, you can take out the middle game, which was right before the bye, and assess in 2x 3-game increments. In his first 3 games, he had 7 TD-1 INT, with 3 games at or above average. Then in his last 3, he has 1 TD, 2 INTs and 2 of the 3 lowest graded weeks this season.
Red Zone efficiency is probably the entire difference between first few weeks and last few weeks in all honesty.
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Caleb is part of the problem but there has also been plenty of good too. He has to be better and more confident throwing guys open and getting through his progresssions but he has had his positives too and has massively reduced his sack rate.
The whole offense continues to false start (literally and figuratively). Too many mistakes between penalties, drops and poor execution too - in particular in red zone. Even mediocre red zone execution and we are having a different story.
I expect to see real progress these next few weeks. Let’s see Bears dig deep and grow vs wilt!!!
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I want to see Caleb take a big step forward next week and play his most complete game of his career!
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On 10/18/2025 at 11:03 AM, Mongo3451 said:
Caleb is my guy, but really liked Maye before the draft. I think Maye is going to be the best of them all. Followed by Caleb, Daniels, Nix and Penix.
Maye is a specimen.
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Huge win - defense and Swift get a lot of credit. Moody hits 4 of 5. Lot to still work on too.
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The trend has been solid too - let’s see them continue stacking and trending positive - and see more growth from offense and Caleb and cleaner execution. They do that and I think we will also see them start to show up against better defenses (may not be good enough given injured to D - but still would be even more progress!).