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This is not a result of Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams, or anyone else but Ryan Poles. You can't continually lose on trades and under draft year after year. 2025 Draft picks in the first 4 rounds have literally contributed zero to this team in 2 weeks, and the Bears had 5 picks in the first 4 rounds. In 2024, he drafted Williams #1 and Odunze #9, which were a wash. Most had Williams going #1 and Odunze at 8. He did pass on Brock Bowers and Thomas Jr to go with Odunze. Also passed on every other QB for Williams. Right now, even after a great game for Odunze, it looks like those both were the wrong picks compared to players picked after them. We still have to give them until the end of this year, but it's like the entire team is behind the sticks. Don't forget he also drafted Kiran Amegadjie in the 3rd, who barely made the roster, then Taylor in the 4th. WTF was he thinking? In 2023, Darnell Wright in the 1st over Jalen Carter. Still the wrong decision when DT was as big of a need. Then Dexter and Stevenson in the 2nd. If he went with Carter, he could've went OL in the 2nd. Pickens in the 3rd, then Roschon and Tyler Scott in the 4th. In his first draft, in 2022, he didn't have a 1st, but 2x 2nds, and went with a Nickelback and a Safety, followed by Velus Jones in the 3rd. So from 2022 - 2024, he has 13 picks in the first 4 rounds and has Williams, Odunze, and Wright to show for it. The Loveland and Burden picks should've been OL, then DB and TE instead of Trapilo and Turner. That is 17 picks in the first 4 rounds of the last 4 drafts, and only 3 are regular contributors, with Odunze really the only one with star potential. Every week more and more it looks like Caleb is going to be average at best.

This is on Poles, you can't contiunally lose team value on trades and under draft in the first 4 rounds. That was on display today. Loveland had 1 target, Burden had 2, and one was at the knees and he couldn't bring it in, yet the DET 3rd string TE is making that catch on the next drive. Pitiful. Like it was mentioned, 2nd rounders inactive in Week 2. 4th round on a punter. Stevenson is not an NFL starter. Pickens already off the team. It goes on and on and on.

then they gift the Lions 7 pts, unbelievable.

Bears -3 in turnovers, down 21-7, Jaylon out. Penalties 4-0. The Lions have not been called for a penalty. Game over. Can't beat the refs. On Monty's 18-yd run, Byard was clearly held, but no call.

Now Jaylon Johnson out with groin injury, greatttttttt.

Jones also had a penalty and has allowed a few pressures.

Yeah, O-Line is not playing anywhere near to their potential, impacts the entire offense.

Welp, there is the INT, on a throw-away. Bears checking everything off the Bingo Card today. Holy crap.

These penalties are ridiculous. Every time the Bears have a positive play, there is a penalty on the Bears. Yet the Lions are not called for the same exact thing.

Bears defense stands tall with Lions starting in Bears territory after turnover on downs. Missed FG for DET. Bears have chance to tie.

2nd and 1, hands to the face on Thuney, no call. Then terrible spot on Williams sneak on 4th down.

Offense looks much better, then Swift fumbles. Defense got gashed in two drives, then force 3 and out.

It was a penalty, so they could've declined it last week.

I honestly think some of this is him trying to place it where it can only be caught by the WR or no one, thus the historically low INT rate. However, being that risk averse leads to more incompletions. He needs to dial it down a notch, risk some INTs for more completions. Especially on 3rd Downs where it would be a punt anyway.

Yep this is all Ben Johnson and I love it.

Yep, NFL Next Gen Stats has them. GB's pressure rate against Daniels was 39.6%, lower than WAS's on Love 47.1%. However, Love's TTT was 3.14 to Daniels 2.84. Caleb's TTT last year was 2.92. Caleb had a pressure rate of 38.3% last year as well. So Daniels basically faced what Williams did on average in 2024 against GB.

Week 2 - Daniels - 26.9 QBR - 200 yds, 2 TD, 4 sacks, and 17 rushing yards. 217 Total Yards. Lost. / Season QBR: 40.9

Double standard to the nth degree from the national media. Every major talk show and media outlet had only negative things to say about Williams on Tuesday, yet watch the narrative today, it will be about GB's defense. There won't be hosts discussing benching Daniels, concerns about his accuracy, missed reads, not throwing to open receivers, etc. If you didn't watch the game, Daniels looked 10x worse than Williams, and outside of a few series last year, I don't know if I ever saw Williams that bad. Only after GB was up 3 scores late in the 4Q when they pulled starters, and stopped blitzing, did Daniels do anything. One other thing to watch on Daniels is his sack count, he took 4 last night, could've easily been 7, but he got back to the LOS so they didn't call it a sack. Over his last 6 games dating back to last season, he is getting sacked at rate higher than any 6-game stretch for Williams did last year. My fear with Daniels was always injury. I thought he would be a better version of Fields because he was a better passer and comparable runner, but his frame always concerned me.

88 passing yards, 4 sacks, 3 pts thru 3 quarters. Watch how many garbage time stats he accumulates.

Where are all the "bust" cries for Daniels? National stage, Prime Time Game, 49 passing yards, 3.3 per attempt in the first half. WAS has as many pts (3) as punts. Their only scoring drive was 9 plays, 37 yards, lol. Williams "bad" half he threw for 98 yards and 1 TD. It is just funny to me that all the praise is on the defense when it is not Williams.

Yeah, now we will see if we can turn those turds into at least turdsicles.

There is a good chance that the Bears win if Gordon plays in Week 1 vs McCloud. I didn't mind the extension because they needed to lock up some of their drafted players but Gordon is still the highest paid CB2 in the NFL by a big margin, and will probably still be the highest paid CB2 next season (unless 10+ CBs sign new contracts that exceed his).

Line now at Bears -6.5. Now the 2nd highest spread of the week. Bears +6.5 seems like a great bet because it feels like a game that will be within a TD.

and to put salt in the wound, the NFL decides to give McCarthy the Offensive Player of the Week honors for 143 yards passing and a Pick-6. Williams couldn't get one after throwing for 340 yards and 2 TDs against MIN last year or 4 TDs with 79.3% Comp rate against JAX last year, but somehow McCarthy's 143 yards was worthy enough in Week 1 over all other NFC offensive players. I know these are basically meaningless, but it does show the strong national sentiment towards Williams compared to all other QBs in his class.

Just to put a bow on the Week 1 disappointment. The Bears had more first downs, total yards, time of possession, a net positive in sacks and INTs, a defensive TD, and still lost. If the Bears do this reguarly, they will win most of their games.