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Taylor also got the memo.

At this point, I am sure they are protecting Herbert from injury so they can trade him. This is his last year under contract, hard to see them extending him with Swift's contract and the recent drafting of Roschon.

It will be curious to see how many yards and passes were completed inside the numbers for Stafford. Once he sees it is zone with the guy in motion, he knows exactly where he is going. How the Bears defense isn't ready for that, I have no clue. Atwell and Whittington lead the game for receptions and yards for WRs, for both teams.

Same in cutting routes all day long.

Same in cutting routes all day long against this defense.

Oh no way, I will keep eating crow all year long as long as he plays like this. This is what I expected. Maybe he had an injury, but the way he is running is night and day compared to previous games.

OK, now the pass to Kmet was precision. Then the run by Swift with actual blocking assignments. Amazing how much different the offense looks when in tempo.

Still no holding calls on the Rams.

Complain about Swift, he finally gets his head out of his ass. Complain about Moore, scores a TD. I like the trend. Jokes aside, that may have been the Bears best drive of the season, 6 rushes, 6 pass plays, no penalties, very efficient, defense was gassed. Great pass and catch to finish it off.

They refuse to call holding on the Rams, it is maddening.

Rams have most of their yards over the middle, LBs are a non-factor in pass def, they are going to need to step up. Otherwise, the defense only allowed 6 pts and gave the offense a short field on the strip sack.

Moore is starting to look like ARob 2.0 wtf. There have been way too many of these targeting him this year. The him and Caleb not being on the same sheet of music when pretty much every confirms (this time Sanchez) that Caleb was in the right. He had to throw it like that because a loft gives the Safety too much time to get over. If Moore just kept running the same speed he runs right into that pass. Also, how is there no DPI against Rome? That was blatant right at the top of the route, easy call.

Remember the Rams have a bottom 3 defense.

Wow this team is bad. Anyone wanna reconsider Pole's roster construction with this O-Line? Keeping Flus? Hiring Waldron? This all starts with Poles and ends with Flus and the coaching staff. Where are all the quick routes? Get the ball out of Williams hands. This is not rocket science.

Screens never worked unless you use them once per game. Not once per drive. Max Protect that allows 2 free rushers is a problem. Looks like nothing has changed unfortunately. Can we just have a normal offense that throws a variety of passes beyond the LOS?

Yeah, that's on Waldron. Stretch them out, all those short plays and they have 9-10 in the box.

Throwing behind the sticks on 3rd Down rarely works.

Yeah durability is the concern. Daniels can definitely be a top 10-15 QB annually as long as he stays healthy.

Yep, I have no clue why he would launch himself laterally into the DL instead of turning the ball upfield then diving. Also, he has done that on several occasions where he runs into blockers instead of cutting back to the hole. I honestly have no clue what the Bears saw in him. I was thinking to compliment the running of Herbert/Johnson, but they have tried to run him like a Powerback and that is not his game .

On Yahoo, for the NFL Pick'em Contest, straight up, 73% of the people are picking the Rams. On CBS, 58% are picking the Rams. On ESPN, it's 73% for Rams as well. That's close to a 70% average. If betting is going the same way, there is a lot of money on the Rams. 30% of the people are going to win a lot of money.

AI results: Bears win! Book it!

With Kupp and Puka out, their leading WRs are Tutu Atwell and DeMarcus Robinson. So they come into the game with the 7th best Passing offense, but a 1/3 of that production was Kupp alone. On defense, the Rams give up 30.3 pts per game, have the worst defense in terms of yards against, 29th against the pass, and 31st against the rush. This is by far the worst defense the Bears have faced this year. They are tied for 28th in sacks with 4 and are tied for 29th with only 6 passes defended, and only 1 INT thru 3 games. If this is not a get right game for the offense, this is going to be an extremely long year of pain and suffering.

He was talking about the coaches. This is what he said about Waldron specifically:

Another thing that doesn't get talked about enough. Who have the Bears beat in the Flus era? What elite offense has the Bears defense shut down? How about the defense's success is also sort of hollow? Here is a list of every QB that Flus's defense has beaten: 2024 - Levis 2023 - Heinicke, Murray, Goff-11th, Dobbs, Young, O'Connell, Howell 2022 - Lance, Mills, Zappe Goff is the only QB with a QBR in the top 20 for that respective season. Murray is the only starter from previous seasons who is still a starter (or even on a roster). That is another reason why this weekend's game is so important. If the Bears defense can't stop Stafford who is without Kupp and Puka (top 2 Receivers), then we have to start doing more relative comparisons with the defense as well. Another component to the offensive struggles is Waldron is too nice of a guy. He is scared to tell vets what to do as evidenced by Lewis's comments this week. With all the analytics, tape, and now AI. There is no reason you can't draw up plays that are undefendable. Just like chess, the opponent can only react to your next move. They can position themselves for what they think you are going to do (show Cover-2), but until the ball is snapped the defense is at a disadvantage. The Bears do not take advantage of that edge. The offense doesn't dictate what the defense does. They take what they are given and in most cases this season, they can't even do that.

SF, LAR, and MIA are bad examples, they are ravaged by injuries, which no amount of coaching can overcome. DEN? Payton has a losing record without Brees at QB, so the jury is still out on him to begin with. I would be less concerned about coaching if the rookie QB was the problem. Williams is not the problem though. So it falls back on the roster or coaching, or both.