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The Cowboys are technically the toughest opponent the Bears will have faced to date. They are 3rd in DVOA, have the #18 offense and #2 defense. So another huge challenge for Fields and the offense. It looks like the Cowboys will be without Elliott, but have Prescott back. I never liked this matchup and it still looks pretty bad. The line is heavily in the the Cowboys favor. It will depend on which teams show up. If the Bears team that played the Pats shows up, the Bears can actually win this game, but if any other team shows up, it could be a long day against that defense. I figure this one will be a little bit lower scoring. Dallas only scored 24 against the Lions, but only allowed 6. They have allowed only 17 or under in every win, and 19 and over in every loss. So that seems like the sweet spot. The Bears will need probably 24+ to win. I am going: Cowboys 27-17

Kramer? I know they liked him before the injury. Definitely need an upgrade at RT.

A 4th is good considering his contract over the next 2 years. Von Miller netted a 2nd and 3rd.

I just hated Pace's attitude, smartest guy in the room. He did that with the Trubisky pick instead of using the normal logic with Watson and Mahomes. He got cute with Shaheen. Mike Glennon's contract? He had a lot of head scratchers.

I wonder if he broke a toe? Normally you can tape those up.

Yeah, these rankings used to be fairly accurate. Now, it is all to get clicks. Even with recentcy bias, the Bears have been in every game and basically lost 3 due to late game fumbles. So even then, they should at least be ahead of every 2 win team at this point.

Oh wow, that is surprising. I was figuring low 20s.

The Bears are 3-4, beat SF and NE, and were in every game. ESPN has them at #28: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34830163/nfl-week-8-power-rankings-1-32-poll-2022-season-stats DEN, NO, CLE, JAX, LVR, IND, WAS, ARZ, ATL and NE are all ahead of the Bears. These things are such a joke.

I really like Poles. Night and day compared to Pace. I am so glad Pace is gone.

Overall, this was the most complete team victory since the TB win in 2018.

Yep, it really does open up everything, because if they key on guy in motion, Fields can take it; if they key on Fields, he can give it to Herbert, or play action pass after the bite. The one thing they need to work on is having the O-Line at least block a little before releasing. There are too many free runners, but that can be fixed.

Fields:

More designed runs, Fields got down or out of bounds on most. They were very timely too. We had barely seen any of these yet, which made it easier to defend. Now everyone had to account for him to just take off at the snap. That is different than a scramble. This is what makes defending Lamar so tough. As long as they don't over do it, this is only going to help.

Did we just watch the tables turn on MNF? Are people starting to believe Fields is better than Jones finally? Jones has been terrible this year and was masked last year by a lot of factors. Now with Zappe, who may not be great, but looks better than Jones. Zack Wilson is still throwing for under 150 yds and Lawrence goes from a 300 yard game to multiple INTs. So is it a reach to say Fields is at least in the conversation as the best 2nd year QB, especially considering the talent around him?

Yeah, the entire coaching staff. I don't know if we could ever say the Bears out coached anyone since Lovie, and the Bears did it with all units and time management.

The designed runs for Fields was the missing piece. Now defenses not only have to worry about him scrambling, but now they have to account for him from the snap as a runner. This is what I needed to see. I have not been impressed with some of the play designs but his play calling tonight was his best game yet. Very few plays were predictable outside of a few runs.

They already said "the Bears won't have 10 days to prepare every week" lmao. They have now allowed 35 pts in the 2nd half all season, averaging 5 pts allowed per game in the 2nd half. The one constant has been solid halftime adjustments on defense. I loved the designed runs for Fields. That adds an element that defenses have to account for vs just scrambling. Now they have to spy him and that should open up more passing lanes.

Santos is money as long as they don't make him kick a 63 yarder like idiot Nagy did. Even though Pettis dropped one, he looks much better than Velus out there. I am still waiting for the Velus jet sweep. Bears can put this away with a TD.

Yep, exactly, 2 score lead and the ball. Burn clock and get some pts. Probably need 30 to win this one.

Roquan with a huge sack, almost killed Zappe. Great call by Williams there.

Yeah it's terrible. Bears with another decent drive and get pts. I am still waiting on them giving Borom help.

I didn't expect 20-14 halftime lead and getting the 2nd half kickoff. The O-Line is still an issue, I don't know why they are not giving Borom some help with Judon. The blown coverages are concerning. They need to fix that and not let up anymore deep passes.

Wow, ok, this is what we have been waiting for. Arguably the best drive of the year. Monty with a Sweatness run, a great mix of passes and runs, Fields runs it in for a TD, Bears 10-0.

Great start, defense forces 3 and out, then offense drives down field and get 3 pts. Fields looks pretty good, one miss to St Brown, but he needs to make a better attempt at the pass. Monty dropped a pitch. Several rollouts, which was nice to see.

At this point, I have seen absolutely nothing from Getsy that says he can develop Fields (or any other offensive player), or that his play calling and scheme work. I have not seen it yet and after 6 games, you would hope to see some progress. Technically the WAS game was one of the worst with only 7 points scored. I hope he improves.