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Awesome review by Gruden.

Brisker and Gordon both out for Sunday. Hicks and Blackwell are in. I am sure WAS will target those guys often.

The division is easily the best division in football, and the last 2 months of the season are going to be a bloodbath. The Bears have 6 division games left, GB and DET both have 5, and MIN has 4. Those games will ultimately decide the division and even some WC spots as we knock each other down in the conference standings. I am hoping the Bears can at least split with each team and go 3-3 in the division games. That would give the Bears a good shot at 10-7 and a WC spot. CHI - Team still improving, on a 3-game win streak, last 4-game win streak was in 2018. 3 winnable games coming up, need to take care of business. DET - Hutchinson out for the year who was playing at a DPOY Level, impossible to replace; Williams (WR) suspended for 2 games GB - Love sucks balls, 3-2 when Love starts, 2-0 when he doesn't, Love leads the NFL in INTs in only 5 starts with 8 INTs. Has thrown one in every start. Probably should have 3 or 4 more if DBs didn't have hands of stone. MIN - Lost 2 straight coming out of bye, Darrisaw hurt, might miss some time. Their defense is finally getting exposed, no pressure on Stafford all night. Easy pickens.

Brisker is trending into Mike Brown territory with all the injuries. In Brisker's case, it is concussions. He should consider a guardian cap.

I was just thinking how funny it would be if the Vikings went from 1st place and undefeated, to last place with 2 losses in one week lol. That is hard to do.

Yeah there is, and Nate Tice is not a homer by any means.

Yeah man, I am pumped, Bears fans have been thru so many years of mediocre QB play.

Vikings lose again, now 5-2, the Bears can tie them with a win on Sunday, crazy.

Yeah, or the Wide 9, show blitz and drop random players into those spaces.

The LBs really need to step up and cover that short to intermediate area on the right. Daniels throws 75% of his passes to the right from the hash out to about 10 yards. Hicks stepped up and had the 4th highest grade on defense vs JAX, and Blackwell had that INT. Terrell Smith and Stevenson should be back, which will help.

Caleb is already on QB 401 as a rookie, which is insane. He is still going to have bumps along the way, but we finally got one. It is still hard to believe.

Mahomes gets a ton of Ref Assisted Wins (RAW) though. That run on the sideline was complete BS. 3 defenders scared to touch him on the sideline, he sidesteps one and runs for 30+ yards for the winning TD.

Super cool article about Williams, one of the better reads with videos that I have seen so far. Nate Tice did a great job putting this together: https://sports.yahoo.com/football-301-playbook-this-is-the-caleb-williams-weve-been-waiting-for-175701617.html

Active GMs, let me know how you want me to handle non-paying GMs. The new deadline is Oct 31st, at that point what do you want me to do with GMs that have not paid the dues? Here are the options on how we can handle this: 1. Do nothing, the GM can play but is not eligible for winnings. Adjust the winnings with the new league total (down from $750 > $675). 2. Remove the GM, and start the best lineup for the remainder of the year. Adjust the winnings with the new league total (down from $750 > $675). 3. Remove team altogether, any remaining games against that team is a bye week. Adjust the winnings with the new league total (down from $750 > $675).

Gonna be interesting to see what they do about extensions for that year group coming up. They can't extend everyone. Byard still looks solid, and he is playing like a top 10 Safety. I would not mind resigning him next year.

Brisker and Gordon out again worries me. This might be the game that ends the streak of 21 or less pts allowed.

Ribs for QBs are tricky. One bad hit and he is out for multiple weeks, compared to him resting for a week and not being at risk. I think they play it safe as Mariota played well, they are at home, and this is not a must win game for them.

I am surprised the Bears are favored by almost a FG, which implies 5.5 pts on a neutral field. I am assuming they don't think Daniels is playing. The Bears will need to stop the run and take away McLaurin. This is going to be a tight game, probably decided by a turnover or a dumb call by the refs. I am going Bears 24-21.

I hope he plays too, I am going to the game in DC lol. Either way, they better win with me in attendance.

KC gets a ton of RAW though. No team gets as much as they do.

The Bears are going to have to take care of business head to head. If they want to make the playoffs, they have to at least split the division games and go 3-3. SF does not look as scary as they did last year. Aiyuk is now out for the year, and McCaffrey may never come back. Purdy looks very pedestrian when he doesn't have 4 Pro Bowlers to throw to. I believe the Bears get a mini bye before playing SF (coming off Turkey Day in Detroit). So that game is more winnable than it looked like before the season. NE looks horrible, even with the QB change to Maye. That has to be a dominant win for them. So the WAS game is actually a pretty big deal, it might be the difference between 9 and 10 wins at the end of the season.

In a weird way, he is a like a mix between Fields and Trubisky.

Mahomes 6 TD, 8 INT this season so far. Hmmm, almost like not having elite skill position players matters. No Pacheco, no Hill, no Rice, Kelce over the hill, and no other reliable WR.

That was my biggest gripe with him. He is too comfortable running, but in the NFL players are faster and bigger. When I saw Jalen Carter lift Daniels up with one arm on a sack, that was enough for me. Very few players as skinny as him are in the NFL running as much as he does. The difference is muscle and fat can absorb hits, but when you are skinny, it is tendon, ligaments, and bones that take all the hits.

I think Maye will be solid, like a better version of Davis Mills with a shorter neck. If you look at his first start, it was the same thing. Down by 20 pts late in the 3rd, then he gets 100+ yards and 2 TDs in garbage time when the team loses by 20. So half of his current stats and 3 of his TDs have come in garbage time. The difference between first games is hard to compare because one was Week 1 and one was Week 6. That's a huge difference to be able to sit for over a month before having to start.