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His only game with 270+ passing yards is against the Bears which included the 52-yard HM. Since then, in his last 3 games, he has averaged 201 passing yards, 3 TD, 1 INT, with a good chunk coming in garbage time. On the season, he averages 213 Passing yards, 29 rushing yards (242 Total Yards), and 0.9 Passing TDs per game. Caleb is at 198, 26 (224 Total Yards), and 1.0 Passing TDs per game. Nix is at 197, 29 (226 total yards), and 1.0 Passing TD per game. So the top 3 rookie QBs are within 18 total yards (Passing+Rushing) and 0.1 Passing TDs per game. However, only one is getting MVP consideration, solely due to the team's record. The context of the stats is huge. Caleb has attempted 197 passing attempts when trailing to only 63 with the lead. Daniels has attempted 108 when trailing and 133 when leading (literally the exact opposite). Nix is right in the middle with 148 when trailing, and 113 in the lead. With the lead: Daniels, 133 (55%), Nix 113 (43%), Caleb 63 (24%) Trailing: Caleb 197, Nix 148, Daniels 108 The difference is huge. Caleb had a 76.2% Comp, 5 TD, 1 INT, 121.0 QB Rating and only 4 sacks when leading while throwing for 8.5 YA. Those numbers fall off a cliff when trailing. He drops to 56.9% Comp, 4 TD, 3 INT, 72.8 QB Rating with 27 sacks with his Y/A down to 5.5. If Caleb had the same % of passes when leading than Daniels does, Caleb would have at least 240+ more passing yards, 3 more TD, and 1 less INT (at a minimum) on the season. Probably more.

The Bears have better odds for the #1 pick than they do making the playoffs. They may not win another game.

I don't know if Brown calling the offense is going to make a big difference. This still looks like an ugly matchup at the worst possible time. The Bears will probably lose by 20 and nothing will change.

You can look back at old posts, Poles has not been as good as it seemed. He got a haul for the #1 pick, which most GMs would get in that situation. The only reason it worked out was because CAR took Young over Stroud. He is an ex-OL who doesn't address the OLine. It is baffling. He let Daniels walk to sign Davis to more money and play worse. If the Bears win 7 or less, you have to consider replacing everyone, including Poles. I am just wondering how many losses in a row will it take to fire Flus.

He was bad as the Panthers OC last year, but they had terrible players. He made a 30 yr old Thielen into a 1K WR, so he can obviously scheme guys open. The scary thing is he was already the Passing Game Coordinator and that seemed like a total mess. Maybe it was all Waldron. We will see, but it is hard to see how they take the plays that don't work, then somehow change them to work, and have the players in sync with these new plays. It will be interesting, but I would be shocked at a major turnaround at this point. Any improvement is better than nothing, but when you are this bad, almost anything will look like a positive.

Bears have a realistic shot at the #1 pick at 4-13, or at least a top 5 pick at 5-12. Do they win more than 1 game out of the next 8?

Brown was bad as the OC last year in CAR. Also, if he is the "Passing Game Coordinator" aren't those his routes that were drawn up? Isn't that what a Passing Game Coordinator does? He may be part of the problem. I would almost rather see Chad Morton as the OC and Play Caller. He at least seems to be a better motivator and leader than the other guys. I could be totally wrong, but that's the way it seemed on Hard Knocks. I don't even remember seeing Brown once the entire season.

Blow this whole thing up. It clearly is not working. Too bad they didn't sell at the deadline. Now we are stuck with this POS roster for multiple years. Poles and the entire coaching staff will be gone in 3 years or less. I assume the coaching staff is going to go this offseason but I have zero faith in Poles to select the right coach.

The amount of quality coaches Poles passed on to hire Flus, and then again this offseason is so disappointing. Poles sucks at his job. He got lucky with the CAR trade, that's it. Hardly any other move has resulted in a player playing above his contract or draft status. Taylor looks like shit, Wright has never played to top 11 pick potential, Stevenson sucks, Pickens sucks, Scott doesn't play, Velus was cut. What an absolute shit show, courtesy of Ryan Overrated Poles.

F*%k this team. An absolute poverty franchise. We all could see this coming a mile away. They had to move on from Flus or they would be repeating the same thing they did for the last 2 1st round QBs, and they did it AGAIN. Now it is going to burn at least another year of Caleb's rookie deal in a partial rebuild year as this one is lost. GB 45 - Shitty Team 6

This is arguably the worst run franchise in the NFL. Somehow the Panthers have won 2 straight but the Garbage Bears can't win a single game in their last 3 on one of the easiest schedules in the NFL. The original 4-2 was hollow and it shows. I don't care what you think of Poles, but he built the O-Line in the image of himself, a shitty OLineman, and it shows. His draft picks have sucked, he whiffed on way too many instead of loading up on OLinemen until you had a solid core. Velus, Scott, and Taylor were all wasted picks. They could've easily had a starting OG and OC out of those 3 picks. Poles also hired Flus, so the coaching failures are on him. I don't want him picking another coach. Make Waldron the sacrificial lamb, then fire Poles and the entire coaching staff this offseason. They all suck. Worst run franchise in the NFL. Look at Minny, Washington, etc, all were on similar timelines and are running circles around the Bears. That Keenan Allen trade looks like an absolute whiff. Another draft pick that could've been used to throw more darts at the trenches. Stevenson, who they traded up for sucks. He is terrible with a bad attitude. Great drafting Poles, a fetus could do a better job at picking than you. That punter sure looks like a wasted pick now. A 13 yard punt while the Pats punter is booting 75 yarders in his face. Embarrassing. What absolutely sucks is the Bears should've had a firesale at the deadline. Now they are stuck with this piece of crap roster for multiple years. Can you imagine how pissed Caleb has to be right about now? Sure he is not playing up to his potential, but man, WAS could've traded up for him and he would've had McLaurin and Kingsbury in WAS with that team. Instead he is throwing WR screens to an unmotivated Moore while old man Allen is whiffing on simple blocks. After 9 sacks, I would just list him with a phantom injury and call it a season. Let Bagent play out the string, no reason to risk long term injury when the season is over. The Bears could've had the historic haul + Jayden Daniels or this....... I think Poles whiffed here and he did zero homework on Daniels. Unbelievable.

At least he acknowledged it in the last press conference. Someone asked him about his accuracy issues and he is aware of them. So we will see. That is a better answer than "what issues". Here are his comments:

Game related, it looks like Billings is out for the year with a pec tear, Brisker still has not come out of concussion protocol. Both OTs are more than likely out. So this game is not looking good either. If they can't beat NE, they may not win another game. With the risk of injury, at what point do you go with Bagent? With the Billings new, Poles and Co knew he would be out before today, thus he could've made a move to add a body to the DL. Buffalo literally signed 2x DTs off waivers today.

It became very evident in Hard Knocks, and when they captured his post game locker room speeches. He might be a good "teacher" but that always doesn't translate to a good Head Coach. The good teachers are the positional coaches, and at most the coordinators.

Margins are so small in the NFL. There are about 120 total snaps in an NFL game (both teams), you can't afford anything external to the gameplay impacting the play on the field. We feel that with the officials all the time, a missed call or a phantom call, and it really feels like it impacts the game. The same can be said for coaching. If the Bears had Eric Washington as the HC all season, the Bears would at least be no worse off than they are right now. That tells you Flus needs to go because if you can just replace him with just about anyone and there is no drop off, then he is not a benefit to the team in any way shape or form. To me, he always felt like the "safe" pick for HC. I swear he was hired almost immediately after Poles and some questioned if Poles actually had much say in the process. Here we are almost 3 years later and week in and week out it feels like the same time. When there are problems, they will search for the answers, etc, etc. They never find the answer.

The 3rd year is supposed to be pointed up. I don't know if you can say the Bears are trending up. It feels like we are just floating laterally into oblivion. The crazy thing is the team has a bunch of vets that were supposed to add leadership. Allen, Lewis, Swift, Kmet, and Moore on offense. Sweat, Billings, Walker, Edmunds, Edwards, Johnson, and Byard on defense. That is a long list of vets to be having accountability issues.

Also remember this was a 10-win team last year that won 7 games. Now the Bears are a 6-win team that is 4-4.

What sucks about this game is, an average win will tell us nothing. It is the same Bears beating a bad team at home. The only way a win means anything is if they blow them out by 20+ and the offense looks like an actual NFL offense. If the Bears lose, Flus and Waldron have to be fired. 4-5 with the easiest schedule in football and 3 straight losses?

Unfortunately Moore has been pouting all year. I honestly think he didn't like the Allen trade, though he will never say that. He came in as WR1, then they drafted Odunze and traded for Allen. Last year he was the top dog and only dog outside of Kmet. Now he has to split targets with 2 other WRs. So he doesn't like to run routes when he is not getting the ball. That has been clearly evident the last few games.

Nah its all good. It is just like Velus. Poles held onto him for no reason. If Herbert was going to be inactive for multiple games, why not trade him in the offseason. They clearly were going in a different direction with Swift and Roschon. They had to just outright release Velus but had trade offers before the season started. At this point, that is the best he can do, cool, oh well, schucks. The issue is with roster building. If you continually bleed value, it will reflect on the field. 2nd round pick lost for Claypool, 3rd rounder used on Velus. Those missed picks, whether they are traded, or don't pan out, add up. That is why you see teams like MIN and WAS winning while the Bears are struggling.

Herbert will replace Moss as RB2 so he is going to get some carries.

Has anyone really looked at WAS compared to CHI? Is Poles really doing a good job? I mean, he lucked into the #1 overall pick, yet WAS, who was actually the 2nd worst team in the league last year, traded away both of their Edge Rushers, and somehow leapfrogged the Bears in the development timeline. Now they trade for Lattimore to improve their secondary while the Bears are sellers at the deadline. Very frustrating to say the least.

It's actual market value. Poles is getting a guaranteed 7th in 2025 vs a chance at a 7th round comp pick in 2026. Herbert would have to sign for over $5M to have it be a 6th.

Herbert to Cincy for a 7th. Poles is amazing.....not. You might as well kept him for injury insurance at this point. Poles is really trending down and fast.

The biggest day in the U.S. is today.......the NFL trading deadline. Poles has been one of the more active GMs of late during this period. Will he make any moves? Will the Bears be buyers or sellers? With the ravaged OLine, getting anyone to protect Caleb would be useful. I wonder if guys like Herbert or Allen will be moved?