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The Bears offensive rankings after 8 games with last season's rankings as a comparison. It is like two different teams. Point Per Game: 26.9 (6th) > 18.2 (28th) Yards Per Game: 378.4 (T-3rd) > 283.5 (32nd) Yards Per Play: 5.9 (T-4th) > 4.5 (32nd) EPA/Play: +0.04 (9th) > -0.13 (26th) Pass Yds Per Game: 234.0 (10th) > 181.5 (31st) Rush Yds Per Game: 144.4 (2nd) > 102.0 (25th) The last time the Bears had an offense that ranked in the top 10 in Pts and Yds was 2013 (2nd in Pts, 8th in Yds). Last season's top 10 scoring teams all had winning records, and 9 out of 10 made the playoffs. The only team that didn't make the playoffs was the Bengals at 9-8. However, they were nowhere near as balanced as the Bears' offense is this year.

Another factor in this game is that the Giants will more than likely be sellers at the deadline, so they may have lesser of a team come Sunday. Not that it should matter, the Bears should beat them regardless, but that could be another factor.

You need some psychos on your team lol.

With 1,916 Passing Yards, Williams is on pace for 3,832 in 16 games, and 4,071 in 17 games. For his career, his 17-game average is up to 3,711 Pass Yds, 22 TD, 7 INT. Williams already owns the 5th best single season passing season for a Bears QB with 3,541 Pass Yards, Cutler owns 2nd-4th with 3,812 - 3,659 yds. Caleb can break all of them this year.

When I saw him get picked up by one arm off the ground like a child against Jalen Carter, I was out.

and for all the Daniels stuff, the biggest negative I had on him was injury risk. I always thought he could be a top 12-15 QB but his body type does not suit his play style. We are now on his 3rd injury in less than 25 games.

I had some different AIs look it up and I could not find 4 TDs in one game scored that fast unless it was multiple returns, DEF TDs, etc.

One of the weirder things I found is that Caleb is borderline elite with more opportunities. He has a 23-4 TD-INT Ratio in games where he passes for 225 yards or more (11 games). Below 225? 9-6 TD-INT ratio. More yards don't normally imply a better game, but for him it does. Of his 13 career games with a Passer Rating above 90.0, 9 of them occurred with 225 or more passing yards. He only has two games with 225 Passing Yards with a QB Rating below 95, a 80.8 against IND where he threw for 363 Yards (Career High), 2 TD, and 2 INT, and 77.2 against BAL this year.

It's wild when the article mentions guys in this light, yet the unit looks like the worst in the league: "Josh Blackwell, Elijah Hicks, Jahdae Walker, and Travis Homer all round out a solid core of players known for their ability to make plays in the third phase."

Caleb hasn't had the monster game from start to finish yet. Dallas was close but there were plays left on the field. They just scored 47 against CIN and they probably could've scored 60. If you zoom out a little bit, and in this case remove the best and worst games as anomalies, he is actually pretty consistent and the one thing I notice is he really has a high floor. I think most were expecting him to have a high ceiling, but the floor would be very volatile. In reality, it has been the opposite, and he has had 6 games within a top 12 QB range, 1 game in the top 3, and one game in the bottom 10.

It helps having the easiest SOS in the NFL to pad some wins but they won the games they were supposed to win, so I give him that. Slightly different defenses they were going up against, and CIN was never down by more than 2 scores which is sort of the magic number that late. Once it goes to 3 scores that late, it is basically game over. That is why the Pick-6 called back was so huge. It was a 14-pt swing in seconds. If you didn't watch the WAS game, the Commanders had no chance. The game was over at half, and all SEA did in the 3rd was extend the lead and they had a 31 pt lead with 8 mins to go in the 4th Quarter. Again, you play him if you have a chance to win the game. It was out of hand at that point. So typically you pull your starter to avoid the risk of injury. Quinn didn't.

4 TDs in 2 mins and 2 seconds total to be exact. I doubt there is another game where the team allowed 29 pts in 122 seconds.

PFF Grades Top 5 Offense Wright - 94.1 Jackson - 91.1 Williams - 90.8 Loveland - 86.3 Dalman - 84.8 Top 5 Defense Booker - 90.0 Byard - 76.9 Edmunds - 67.8 Sweat - 65.0 Dexter - 60.4 Worst Offense Odunze - 51.8 Worst Defense Stevenson - 26.5 Wright is playing at an All Pro level.

Giants defense is 27th in EPA/Play and 31st against the run. They allow 5.5 YPC. It seems like the Bears will be able to control the ball and the clock, and throw when the defense starts bringing that extra guy into the box. The Giants offense is 22nd for EPA/Play, but a lot of that was Skattebo who is on IR. They probably are closer to 25-30th now without him. Robinson+Slayton is 3-4 levels below Chase+Higgins. The current DB group should be up to that challenge.

Mayfield and Allen are MVP candidates, and Williams is right there, but if you listen to the media, Williams is the only QB in the NFL missing easy throws, etc, etc. Mayfield - 1919 Pass Yds, 13 TD, 2 INT (6-2) Williams - 1916 Pass Yds, 12 TD, 4 INT (5-3) Allen - 1833 Pass Yds, 13 TD, 4 INT (6-2) The media is so bad that you would think that Williams has the worst Comp% in the league or at least the lowest of any 2nd Year QB. Nix, Penix, McCarthy are all lower, and Daniels is only 1% higher. The standout is Maye who has had the easiest schedule of the bunch. This was at the point of Goff's time with Johnson where you saw a visible improvement to his game. I am hoping we see that from Williams from here on out.

To me it is scheme-related, not necessarily effort on the players' part. I am going to do a ST review this week of all kickoffs and see if I can see anything that stands out. From the tv view, it always looks like the Bears players are out of position.

Quinn should be fired. Down by 31 late in the 4th quarter with a QB coming back from injury and he is running the ball? Why put him at risk with no chance to win? The most amazing thing about his rookie year was avoiding injury. Hopefully he can have a speedy recovery but that looked season ending.

576 yards on offense are the most by the Bears since 1980.

There were so many improbabilities in this game. Before the game, if you asked me what I would thought the outcome of the game would be if Odunze had 0 receptions, I would probably tell you at least a 10 point loss. Then tell me Flacco threw for 470 yards and 4 TDs, and the team allowed a KR for a TD. 6 TDs by the offense definitely changes things.

The Bears are now 0.5 games out of first place in the Division, that MIN game still bites, the Bears would be in sole possession of first place at 6-2 right now tied for the NFC lead. So now at 5-3, they are the only 5-3 team not in a playoff spot, because of the H2H loss against DET. The top 3 Wild Card teams are SEA at 5-2, SF at 6-3, and DET at 5-3.

Sacks Rates are crazy this year. Ward is on pace to be sacked 72 times just based on games played. That is if he survives or plays all 17. McCarthy has been sacked 14 times and has 66 passing attempts. He also has 4 INTs in that same 66 attempts. If McCarthy attempted the same number of passes Williams did in 2024 (562), McCarthy would be on pace for 119 sacks (not a typo). He is basically sacked every 5th drop back, yet you will only hear about his grittiness. If he had the same number of attempts as Williams in 2024, he would also be on pace for 34 INTs lol. Maye has been sacked 34 times and has 255 passing attempts. If Maye gets to 562 attempts like Williams did in 2024, he would be on pace to be sacked 75 times.

Week 9 - 1. Maye - 50.3 QBR - 259 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT, 6 sacks, 20 Rush Yds, 1 FL. 279 Total Yards. Won Season QBR: 74.0, 2,285 yards, 17-4 TD-INT, 34 Sacks, 2 TD, 1 FL 2. Nix - 53.4 QBR - 173 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT, 1 sack, 36 Rush Yds. 209 Total Yards. Won Season QBR: 57.9, 1976 yards, 17-6 TD-INT, 9 Sacks, 3 TD 3. Penix - 89.5 QBR - 221 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT, 1 Sack, 19 Rush Yds. 240 Total Yards. Lost Season QBR: 57.9, 1649 yards, 8-3 TD-INT, 10 Sacks, 1 TD, 1 FL 4. Williams - 65.8 QBR - 280 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT, 2 Sacks, 53 Rush Yds, 22 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD. 355 Total Yards. Won Season QBR: 55.5, 1916 yards, 12-4 TD-INT, 14 Sacks, 2 Rush TD, 1 Rec TD. 5. Daniels - SNF. Season QBR: 51.1, 875 yards, 7-1 TD-INT, 13 Sacks, 2 FL 6. Rattler - 14.3 QBR - 136 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT, 3 Sacks, and 12 rushing yds. Lost. Season QBR: 50.1, 1450 yards, 8-4 TD-INT, 1 FL (benched for rookie) 7. McCarthy - 54.3 QBR - 143 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT, 5 Sacks, 12 Rush Yds, 1 TD. 155 Total Yards. Won Season QBR: 31.8, 444 yards, 4-4 TD-INT, 14 Sacks, 2 Rush TD McCarthy had 143 yards passing, time for Player of the Week Honors again!

Yeah for sure. Still learning, but already light years ahead of Flus, but room to grow. The officials are still impacting the game though, which makes everything look worse. On the Byard INT, there was no DPI, that happens on almost every play on those routes. Then on the Edmunds INT, so if a player touches a player before they have possession, and that player goes to the ground after, they are down? Doesn't he have to complete the catch first?

The 10 players outside of the kicker are on the 40, with the ball regularly kicked inside the 5, yet somehow the returner can go 30 yards in the same amount of time that the Bears kickoff unit goes 5. The math is not mathing. Also, with the returner and the kicker not counted, it is 10 vs 10, and in most cases 10 v 9 since teams have 2 guys back deep. There is no way a returner should be able to go the distance unless he breaks multiple tackles, but untouched? The other teams do it to the Bears, and when the Bears do have a longer than average return, there is always a holding call, always. Sure you can get a few other bottom of the roster players that may be better on Special Teams, but I can't see them making that big of a difference. I believe it is how they are being used, which is on the ST coach.

Against CIN, they allowed 297 return yards, a KR for a TD, and allowed an onside kick that did not go 10 yards. That is a net -163 yards on Kickoffs, which is insane. With the team always on the wrong side with the officials, they can't afford to lose on Special Teams in every game too.