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Bears are a top 10 team, Packers are a bottom 10 team. Packers are closer to the Jets than they are to either the Eagles or Panthers. The Bears can't lose this game. Most simulations are saying Bears 24-17 at the worst. Others say 27-13 or 14.

Only 3 undefeated teams left, KC, SF, and MIN. MIN is a paper tiger. KC has two 3pt wins. SF is the most legit team so far. Bears should be right there with them.

Good point. I don't know how much he interacted with the defensive players, but Hutchinson cap hit grows to $54M in 2029. They backloaded it to go all in the next two years. After that, they will have to shed salary. Goff goes to $62M next year, then $69M in 2028. Half their cap next year is in Goff, St. Brown, and Sewell already.

His mistakes have just been magnified because they have been so noticeable. Drops an easy TD, jumps on a perfect punt for no reason causing a touchback, not even attempting to block on FG try, not following blockers on designed screen, etc.

Bears QBR so far this season, week by week: 1 - Williams 92.3 2 - Williams 70.3 3 - Keenum 74.1 4 - Bagent 75.1 4 straight games with the primary QB with a QBR over 70 is impressive. 3 out of 4 weeks with a QB in the top 10 in QBR. Coaching matters.

Definitely, Thieneman was the correct pick, so was Muhammad. Actually he probably should've been the Rousch pick. That one is looking like a whiff.

I don't think the Bears will be sellers at the deadline. I could see an Edge or CB. Jaylon and Stevenson have been really bad.

The funniest thing ever would be Bagent taking the first snap and then Caleb runs out on the field to takeover.

Mission Accomplished!

Another idea I had was they could bring Logan Jones along with Caleb, allowing the Center to get a ton of reps with Caleb before live game reps. So start them both Week 7 against NE at home on TNF. Also, NE knows Bradbury too well, they would exploit the hell out of him anyway. Perfect time to make the switch at Center in my opinion.

I am thinking they may hold him out until Week 7, since it is a short week. If he comes back for Week 6 and ATL, he would only have 3 days of rest (including travel) for the next game. I don't think they would risk that as the reinjury rate is pretty high. So I would not be surprised if Bagent starts against GB and ATL and Caleb returns for NE, then gets the mini bye after that game before MNF in Seattle the following week. That gives him more time to recover after his first game back.

I know you kind of throw stats out in rivalry games, but this is not the same Packers team of previous years. In terms of points, yards, and efficiency on offense and defense, the Bears are in another stratosphere as GB is right now. GB's two wins were by 3 pts each over the Jets and winless Bucs. In both of those games, Love threw for less than 200 yards, and they still won. They either get blown out, or win close games. On the flip side, the Bears have 3 wins by 10+ pts and a 6 pt loss in a monsoon.

Offense Defense PPG CHI 28.0 vs GB 18.3 CHI 16.3 vs GB 26.3 YPG CHI 429.0 vs GB 307.3 CHI 282.3 vs GB 324.3 YPP CHI 5.8 vs GB 5.2 CHI 5.9 vs GB 5.0 EPA/P CHI +0.06 vs GB -0.16 CHI -0.15 vs GB -0.02 Pass YPG CHI 232.8 vs GB 249.3 CHI 179.8 vs GB 185.0 Rush YPG CHI 196.3 vs GB 58.0 CHI 102.5 vs GB 139.3 Pass YPP CHI 6.7 vs GB 6.2 CHI 6.6 vs GB 5.8 Rush YPP CHI 4.9 vs GB 3.2 CHI 4.9 vs GB 4.2 TOP CHI 36:35 vs GB 26:14

The opening line was +2.5, that has already shifted to -1.5.

This game should've been a blowout of biblical proportions. The Bears had more first downs than the Jets had plays. The TOP difference was crazy, 42 to 17. The Jets converted 0 3rd Downs. The Bears lost the turnover battle 2-0 and still won by double digits. The Bears also did not punt. In reference to Keenum vs Bagent. Keenum's game was the quick short game. Bagent's game plan was closer to what we see with Caleb's. My biggest concern about Bagent is he is heavily weighted to the right side of the field. That makes it much easier to defend and reminds me a lot of Trubisky. Check out his chart, only 4 pass attempts to the left of the hashes beyond the LOS.