adam

The DET vs MIN game was awesome. The NFL should almost play 3x vs Division teams when they go to 18 games. 9 Division games, 4 games against another division, 4 against division from the other conference, and 1 game against a random opponent based on record.

WTF happened in the GB game? They gave Doubs a catch when he clearly didn't "survive the ground", which gave them 6 extra yards right before the game winning FG. Unbelievable.

The deadline for the league dues is October 31st, I extended it for those that did not pay yet. Please pay up so I can close this out. Thanks, Adam.

Watson tore his achilles, like Rodgers, career probably over, if it is the same side as his knee injury.

Yeah, the narratives are crazy. If you watch it like you said, Caleb looks even better. He has maybe one or two brain farts a game, but then the other 95% is literally top 5 level QBing.

HOU has scored 19 on GB in the first half. HOU scored 19 against CHI.

Fake punt from your 30, turns into a TD for Vikings. Wow Lions. This is where you have to criticize Dan Campbell. If they lose by 7 or less, it is 100% on him.

Jordan Love first drive, almost a pick 6 lol. I am telling you, he is probably the luckiest QB in the NFL over the last year and a half. I have never seen so many near INTs either get dropped by a DB or somehow miraculously caught by a receiver. Eventually the average will catch up to him. He had 11 INTs in 579 passing attempts last year. This year he has 148 attempts and 7 INTs. One every 52 attempts to one every 22.

Drake Maye 16-37, 70.3%, 276 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT against JAX. Wow what an amazing game for the rookie. However, what they won't tell you is 135 yards and 1 TD came in the 4th quarter down 15 with the Jaguars playing prevent.

Sweat can play both sides. I only know of the breakdown by position, but not by location.

Now other teams have to drink the koolaid and convince themselves that their young QB is their next franchise QB.

Did you see that Thursday Night barn burner? That was such a terrible game, and even though the Broncos handily beat the Saints, it was not because of Nix. These are the two best plays to depict the TNF game: and

I agree. It also helps with the team building. Just think if they had two tough games instead of CAR and JAX, and it was SF and MIN or something like that with 2 losses. They would be 2-4 and not feeling very good.

I am good with keeping him because an injury to Swift and you are using Roschon and Homer, and I don't think anyone wants more Homer.

He won't make enough on the free market to figure into the comp pick formula, so the thought process is to see if you can get ANYTHING in terms of draft capital for him that could help you in future years. Basically Herbert's value ends this season. If you can get even a late round pick for him, his value extends beyond the contract. The Patriots and Niners have been doing it multiple ways for years. They either acquire a one-year rental with a low pick and get back a higher one from the comp picks or trade away their guys before the contract runs out to ensure they get something for him. The bottom feeders, including the Bears for quite awhile, do the exact opposite. They end up with too many boat anchors, players that have a negative effect on the roster after they leave. That is either with dead cap or by the loss of a future draft pick that was used to trade for them. The Bears felt the Mack trade from the Raiders up until last year. Like the Claypool trade, that will actually be felt on the roster thru 2026 (the last year of the rookie deal from the 2023 draft).

JAX and LAR won the week before the Bears game. LAR beat SF. JAX beat IND. I don't think it is a but because in previous seasons the Bears would lose a few of these games. Most of the teams that make the playoffs, especially the WC Teams are normally teams that were 8-2 vs non-playoff teams and 2-5 against playoff teams. That is how you get to only 9 or 10 wins. The teams winning 12+ are the ones with winning records against playoff teams.

and just think of that with an improved O-Line?

Most grading sites show that the Bears have a better O-Line than the Jags. Using PFF, both Jones and Wright are rated higher than Robinson right now. So I don't know how much of an upgrade he would be and he is on the last year of his deal, so he might end up as a rental. So there is some chess that can be played. If you trade for him and give away a mid to late round pick and he signs elsewhere in the offseason, you might get back a comp pick that is better. Robinson has a huge cap hit bigger than the Bears available cap, so there would have to be a lot of massaging going on to fit him under the cap.

Thanks, I like the easter egg hunts. There are so many different stats out there, and some have pretty big impacts on the game, but are not always talked about. I like to find them and see if any correlate to wins, etc. Some do, some don't, but it is interesting to dig.

So I guess Poles has to determine if fresh legs are more important than whatever he would get in a trade for Herbert. I am glad I don't have to make that decision.

Here is CBS showing Bears at #6: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/standings/playoffrace/ Here is Fox Sports Playoff picture, Bears at #6: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-playoff-schedule-bracket Yahoo Sports has the Bears at #6: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/standings/ but NFL.com has them at #8: https://www.nfl.com/standings/playoff-picture

I am going off of Conf Record because that is the only visible tie breaker. The Bears are 2-0 in the Conf, TB is 4-1, and GB is 2-2. Since there are multiple teams tied, I do believe the Bears lose out right now due to common games against GB, but I can't find a tiebreaker where TB would pass the Bears because they have no common games yet and the Bears have the better conference record. So 6th seed straight up with conference record, might slip to 7th seed due to common games, but I don't see the tie breaker that would allow TB to jump the Bears.

Which means they had a ton of penalties between Week 1 and 5.

Did you know that the Bears are the 3rd highest penalized team thru 6 weeks? 47 penalties, the most in the NFL is Dallas with 49. The Bears have to clean that up. DET has the 2nd least at 26. The league average is 37. On the flip side, the Bears have the least missed tackles in the NFL, at 22. The next closest is PIT with 24. LVR has 62 missed tackles, wow. For the Commanders game, one perspective to consider. The Bears have 13 takeaways, tied for 2nd with MIN (GB is 1st with 17). The Commanders only have 4 and a league low 1 INT. That is a huge advantage. The Commanders have only kicked 27.3% of their punts inside the 20, the Bears have kicked 38.5% inside the 20, so the Bears should have a net advantage in the field position game when punting.

HOU at GB and DET at MIN. If HOU and MIN both win, GB would be 4-3 and DET would be 4-2, sliding the Bears up to 2nd place in the Division lol. Both games should be super close. I wonder how DET will to without Hutchinson, he was playing at a DPOY level before breaking his leg. That is hard to replace with a backup Edge. They should be a lesser team for the rest of the season at least on the defensive side of the ball. HOU's defense allows a league low 53.3% comp % against and only 163 yards passing per game (4th). They are 13th against the run. GB is 2nd in rushing HOU and MIN should be favored, and should win unless the officials get involved or there is a catastrophic turnover.