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There is one QB in the NFL that averages over 300 yards per game for passing+rushing yards. Stroud at 309. Of the notable QBs linked to Fields, Allen is at 293, Hurts at 282, Lawrence at 272, and Jackson at 266. Fields is at 245, but that does count the game he left early. So he would probably be slightly over 250 if he finished that game. He had 273 against the Lions, 339 against the Commanders and 360 against the Broncos (3 out of the last 4 games). So he is trending up.

and Fields leads the NFL in TD% at 6.5%, Allen is at 5.5% (7th), and Hurts at 5.0% (10th).

Ironically, Allen, Hurts and Fields have a very similar QB Rating: 95.8, 94.9, and 93.3 respectively (good for 11th, 12th, and 13th in the NFL this year). They are also very similar in Y/A, Hurts 7.5, Fields and Allen 7.4. Additionally, Hurts has 410 rushing yards, Allen has 342 and Fields has 341 (in 7g). Interestingly enough, Allen leads the NFL with 13 INTs (12g), Hurts has 10 (11g), and Fields has 6 (7g), so the rates (per game) are fairly the same as well. Outside of passing volume, one glaring difference, both BUF and PHI use their QBs as runners in the RZ. Hurts has 11 Rushing TDs, Allen has 9, and Fields has 1. Out of all the other stats, that one may be the biggest difference overall.

There is enough tape on Dobbs now. First, I can't believe this is Dobbs 7th season. In his first 6 seasons he appeared 6 games, 2 where he was sent out to take a knee (lol). He started 2 games with TEN at the end of last season, both losses. Then went to ARZ this season where he started from Week 1. Somehow he beat DAL in Week 3, which was his first and only career win until he went to MIN a few weeks ago. So before MIN, he was 1-9 as a starter. Then came in for Cousins to finish the win against ATL, beat NO, then lost to DEN. The one thing about Dobbs, he will take off and run. In his 3 wins, he rushed for over 40 yards (55, 66, and 44) and has hit 40 yards in 4 other starts. So 7 of his 12 starts, he has rushed for 40 yards. So it will be imperative for the Bears to stop him from scrambling and getting first downs on scrambles. If Dobbs beats Fields, it pretty much speaks to where Fields is in his career arc.

Nice one Mongo.

This might not sound like progress, but the Bears are now 24th in DVOA, 25th on offense and 25th on defense. They haven't been this high all year. The teams behind the Bears: ATL, NE, NYJ, LVR, WAS, ARZ, CAR, NYG. The Bears 3 wins are in there, and they still play ARZ and ATL. I don't know if anyone saw the CLE game but they did not look good at all. So that games looks much easier and the Browns may be without Garrett for a few weeks, or if he plays, may just be coming back from injury. The Bears should've beaten both MIN and DET, so those games are also winnable. That leaves GB as the last game. So the Bears could easily go 2-4 or 6-0 down the stretch. Odds say somewhere in the middle, so 4-2 seems very realistic and would basically be a given with a win tonight.

The JJ situation is going to be interesting. I hope Poles doesn't keep making holes though. He needs to upgrade weaknesses, not fill currently filled positions with different players. If the Bears can't beat the Vikings without Cousins AND Jefferson, it will be another incredibly sad loss.

Bears by 2 TDs!!

Yeah, they really need to consider doing things like that more often.

No I can't, that would be insane. HOU had #2+#3 this year. #1+#2 would be game changing. Poles controlled the draft this year with #1. Having #1 AND #2? They could use both, use one and trade one, or trade both.

With the Giants and Titans winning, the Bears could win and stay at the #4 pick. With a loss, they could slide back to #3 if ARZ wins. If ARZ and CHI both lose, the Bears stay at #4. It looks like Week 16 and 18 will be huge for the tankathon with 4 out of 9 teams playing against each other in those weeks. Based on current projections, the Bears would get the #1 and #5 picks. If they beat MIN, they would drop to #8. So it seems like 3-14 will get the Bears #2, (0-6) 4-13 will get them #4, (1-5) 5-12 will get them #5, (2-4)* - most likely 6-11 will get them #8, (3-3) 7-10 would have them outside of the top 10. (4-2)

Panthers lose, couldn't get 10 yards.

NE misses a last second 35-yard FG to lose, lol. Giants go to 4-8, Patriots fall to 2-9. Panthers down by 7 with 2:57 left, ball at their 25.

NE converts, still time to tie or take the lead.

Giants up by 3, NE with a 4th and 4 at the two-minute warning. TEN up by a TD, CAR with a 4th and 14 with 6 minutes left.

In the early games: TEN up by a TD over CAR, but CAR is keeping it close. NE and NYG tied at 7, neither team wants to win. This is a fugly game to watch. 3 NE INTs and 1 NYG fumble. 12 total punts, 7 by NYG.

Which combo would be better: A. Moore, Nabers/Coleman, and Brock Bowers? B. Moore, MHJ, and Ja'Tavion Sanders? or C. Moore, Nabers/Coleman, and Jer'Zhan Newton?

My only concern is that the offense reverted back to the same offense that we saw for a few games last year that made us all hopeful. However, it was the unsustainable offensive model that had Fields running 20 times a game. Before the injury he had his first 300 yard passing game against DEN, then the 282 passing game with 57 rushing yards against WAS. Both games with 4 TDs. That is what everyone was waiting for. Then he looked lost against MIN before getting hurt. Then against DET, he passed for 169 yards and rushed for 104. So 273 passing+rushing yards. We can pass it off as it was injury related, but that was the same thing they did last year, which had some great highlights, but never seemed like a sustainable model. I would rather he be over 250 yards passing and under 50 yards rushing every game. The Bears are 0-4 when he rushes for 100+ yards.

He was doing so good, I made a thread: PFF has Roquan as #10 and Edwards as #16 in their grading system. Interestingly, Roquan has the two worst games from the two players and the three highest. So Edwards has been way more consistent and reliable.

Rushing is also important, and Daniels has over 1000 yards on the ground this year with 10 rushing TDs. For his career he has 34 rushing TDs to go with his 85 passing and 1 receiving TD for 119 total TDs. In comparison Fields had 67 and 19 for a total of 86 total TDs.

That would be an awesome draft, but I doubt we ever trade with GB.

I doubt Warren cleans house. He knows Poles didn't really get to pick "his" guy. He was given a set of coaches to choose from. Flus may have been on his list, but may not have been his top guy. Poles has done a great job with the cap and draft capital. He just needs to work on his pro level scouting as that seems to be a little more hit and miss than we would like to see. I think Poles sticks around to draft a new QB paired with a new HC. That would buy Poles at least 3 more years.

Oh sure, I can agree with that. I am just saying as of today, if you had to make a decision, I would be leaning towards replacing him. A 3rd round rookie would be comparable and cost a lot less. Now if he plays the remainders of the season and lives up to his cap hit, then fine, keep him, no need to create another hole, but right now he is teetering for me.

and ole Aidan didn't do anything against GB. His is a high motor guy that never stops, which is when he wins. However, that is like a sprinter trying to win a 5K run. That's great that you can get out to a super fast start, but if it is unsustainable where you have to then run super slow to finish, at the end you just look like a big idiot.

Here is one, but there were a few like this. He let up one of the two sacks as well. Again availability is your best ability and this guy has been AWOL for a bunch of time in the offseason, then in the regular season, then an injury. I understand personal issues that may cause people to be unavailable, but he has missed 6 games, played in 5, and in one those only played 10 snaps. So the Bears are paying him a full salary for 37% of the usage. That is terribly inefficient use of the cap. He was a red flag out of TEN and was the exact same player for the Bears. So he is not trending in the right direction for me.