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So Williams has been sacked 9 times in 2 games. Since they started recording sacks, there have only been 92 two-game spans with a QB being sacked 10+ times. The largest two-game span is Jake Plummer with 16. Fields has two of those 92 with 11 and 10. Krenzel has 2x 10 sack games, and McMahon has 2x 10 sack games. Just for fun, there are 3 QBs with 20 sacks in a 3 game span (Plummer, David Carr, and Tommy DeVito). Plummer owns the largest 4-game span at 28 sacks, DeVito, Carr, and Plummer have a 26 sack 4-game span as well.

So I will say the scripted drive, or at least the first 8-10 plays were solid. There was variety in formations, motion, etc. Then once the line started really struggling with noise, etc, he went very conservative.

I know I am concerned about the Bears offense, but league-wide, offensive numbers are down across the board. Check out some of these stats thru 2 weeks: 300-yard Passing Games thru 2 weeks: 2024: 5 2023: 13 2022: 13 2021: 21 2020: 16 2019: 20 2018: 19 2017: 13 2016: 20 Red zone passing TDs thru 2 weeks: 2024: 40 2023: 67 2022: 74 2021: 71 2020: 79 2019: 56 2018: 69 2017: 57 2016: 64 So as bad as Williams has been numbers-wise, they look a lot better considering what the rest of the league is doing too.

Homer to IR, should mean more Roschon and Herbert. Davis re-injured groin (go figure). Looks like we will see some Pryor at OG. I would just IR Davis the rest of the year, free up a roster spot.

It honestly looks like there are 2-3 different plays going on at the same time. On the jet sweep to Moore (that was gobbled up). The Bears had 3 blockers for 5+ defenders. Half the line just stood up or ran the other way, not even slowing down the guy in front of them. There are sooo many plays like this.

I just don't understand how the Bears can't use 6 players to block 4-5 rushers and consistently win. That still leaves 4 players in routes at any given time. After watching the game again on the all-22, there were too many routes with nothing underneath over the middle. It doesn't seem like routes are playing off each other. Maybe I am missing something, but the screenshot below is a great example. Two players in the backfield with Caleb, 3 WRs at the LOS on the snap. DBs playing 7-8 yards off. On the snap, all 3 WRs run vertical for 10+ yards. All they needed was one receiver to cut over the middle and there is a huge gain. In the pic, Carter's guy is backpedaling the entire time with no less than 5 yards cushion. If Carter breaks inside, Williams gets an easy pass off over the middle to hit Carter in stride with a ton of space to run. There is a single high Safety near the Texans 40 at this point. This happens ALOT. I am going to track how many times this happens (no MoF crossing routes). Yeah, no one is clearing anything out. On almost every sack there are several deep routes with nothing underneath. Everett looks terrible on almost every play.

HOU is a top 5 team. TEN is a bottom 10 team. IND, JAX, and LAR are all in the bottom 10, and CAR is 32nd. Depending on what metric is used, the Bears are anywhere from 15th-20th and ranked higher than their next 4 opponents, with 3 home games.

Hell, I would rather have Chad Morton as the Run Game Coordinator.

Buckner already out for Indy, who is their best defensive player. They were already getting gashed by the run. Latu has only played sparingly due to injuries (which was always the risk with drafting him). Bears by 2 tuddies, 27-13.

A nuclear option if the Bears underperform this year would be to make a coaching change and bring in someone like Slowik, Kubiak, or Johnson to be HC/OC. Don't even wait for Waldron to "figure it out" and there is enough bad against Flus to let him go today and no one would question it.

Caleb Williams is now 70th on the Bears all-time passing list. He just passed the likes of Jason Campbell, Henry Burris, and Moses Moreno. Up next is passing Sweetness, Red Grange, and Doug Flutie. D'Andre Swift is 220th in rushing yards, and at his current yards per game, would only need 41 seasons of 17 games to surpass Walter Payton's 16,726 rushing yards. Swift would break the record when he is 67 and on his 16th contract extension with the Bears and Caleb Williams' grandson at QB. DJ Moore is now 52nd in receiving yards and is closing in on Anthony Miller and David Terrell on the all-time list. Cole Kmet is 17th in the franchise in receptions. He just passed Darnell Mooney and is one reception away from Devin Hester. Dikta and Desmond Clark are the only TEs ahead of Cole on the list. He is also 33rd in receiving yards. Cairo Santos is 8th in the franchise for both FGs and XPs, he should pass Paul Edinger this year. Tory Taylor is already 30th in punt yardage and his 46.2 Gross Punt Average is already a team record for players with over 10 punts. Fun fact, Jim McMahon has an average of 47.5 (2 punts) with a long of 59 yards.

I wish Justin the best and hope he improves in Pittsburgh, but everything that plagued him in CHI is there in PIT. In his first two starts he has 273 yards passing, in Year 4. Williams has 267. I just thought that was kind of funny that we go from Fields to Williams and it is a 6 yard difference after two games.

To give him credit, there seems to be halftime adjustments ever since Alan Williams left. It could just be a coincidence, but there has been a distinct change in the 2nd half, especially if the other team was having any sustained success on offense.

Mongo, I was just hoping for 3-3 in the Division, even splitting with every team. Winning the division would probably require 11-12 wins, probably 1-2 wins out of reach this season. Next 3 opponents. If Waldron can't unlock the running game in the next 3 weeks, we might as well go 5 wide and pass on every down.

That was an incredibly sloppy game for a coach that preaches discipline. Unfortunately Flus is a better DC than HC.

The Bears really need to get right against the Colts:

The 2nd half timeout on the Gordon INT attempt was terrible. The first one was ok if you were just doing the challenge in place of a timeout. However, in the 2nd half, in a tight game where timeouts are super valuable, you can't waste them.

It's going to come down to the division. 3-3 should be the worst they do. Flus is still 11-25 as a HC. 9 wins is the floor for me with him. Anything less and he needs to go.

The Bears have 4 more games before their Week 7 early season bye. 3 home games and the only road game is 3 hours away in Indy. There may not be an easier stretch of games all year. The combined record of the 4 teams is 0-8. @ IND 0-2 (Richardson is boom or bust, plays into Bears strengths on defense, weakest defense faced so far potentially missing Buckner) vs LAR 0-2 (decimated with injuries, no Kupp or Puka, -37 Pts Diff) vs CAR 0-2 (just benched Young, have been outscored by 60 pts in 2 games) vs JAX 0-2 (might be 0-5 or 1-4 by the time the Bears play them with HOU, BUF, and IND up next) The Bears really need to go into their bye 5-1, at worst 4-2.

Week 1 - 28.3 Week 2 - 21.6 After 2 weeks, at 24.2, he is 2nd to last in the NFL, only ahead of Bryce Young. Bo Nix is at 35.7 and Daniels is at 46.8 Williams needs to step it up as QBR is a huge predictor of future success. Comparatively, Fields ended his rookie year at 31.4, Zach Wilson at 33.4, and Lawrence at 39.1. Williams PFF Grade is a 44.3, the lowest of any Bears offensive players and 2nd lowest of any player. Only Booker is lower at 42.9.

I have no idea why he was kept on the staff, but when every Offensive Lineman that leaves improves, there is only one common denominator. I wish this was satire, but somehow guys like Lucas Patrick (who was the worst OL player in the NFL last year magically becomes the best OG in the NFL in one offseason?). Cody Whitehair, who was relegated to the bench in Chicago, is a starting caliber player in LVR. James Daniels was expendable in Chicago and has been one of the cornerstone players on the Pittsburgh O-Line since he left. Cornelius Lucas who was a castoff on the Bears roster has been starting for several years in Washington and is a top 15 OT right now. Look at the current line. Teven Jenkins has regressed. Darnell Wright is not improving. Shelton, who was a serviceable starting Center can't block a 3rd Grader, Nate Davis can't block a stationary tackling dummy, and Braxton Jones is now playing to his draft status.

Herbert scored on the next play. However, there were 2 other plays where Odunze was not on the same sheet of music than Caleb (one was an INT) and the other was the last offensive play of the game. After seeing what Harrison Jr and Nabers did, and what Brian Thomas is doing, Odunze really needs to step up his game. Right now, he is the worst of the 1st Round WRs and it's not really that close: Nabers 15-193-1 Thomas 6-141-1 Harrison 5-134-2 Odunze 3-44-0

Even in his record breaking season, CJ Stroud still had some issues: Stroud lost his first 2 career games (Williams started 1-1) +1 Williams Stroud sacked 11 times in first 2 games (Williams only sacked 9 times) +1 Williams Stroud had a 3 INT game (Williams' max is 2) +1 Williams Stroud lost to Bryce Young and CAR 15-13, with only 140 yards Passing (Williams can't lose to Young who got benched) +1 Williams Stroud lost to the lowly Jets 30-6, where he was 10-23, 43.5%, 91 yards Passing (Williams worst game was 93 passing yards on 48.3% in a win) +1 Williams Williams +5 after 2 games

What kinda makes me sick is Williams signed for 1 yr/ $4M, it was not like he broke the bank. Everett signed for 2/12.

That is the crazy part, the pressure rate was worse last night than the Cleveland game (but similar). The main difference was the QB.