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This is one of the worst called games I think I've ever seen. 3 takeaways by the defense and only 6 points to show for it when they've had unbelievable field position the entire game. This is embarrassing. Ben Johnson better get his shit together and stop forcing the run.

Looks like it's going to be one of those games. As soon as they didn't score touchdowns after those two gift wrapped takeaways by the defense, you knew they were in for trouble.

Loveland has a lot of work to do when he comes back. Tyler Warren has been really good right away. Loveland has been invisible, and now hurt. Not a good look for him.

I feel about as good with this one as I did with last week. The offense has been trending in the right direction for 3 weeks in a row. The only real thing that's held them back has been those drive-ending penalties. If they can avoid those on Sunday, I think they can put up a lot of points again. Everyone in this division is annoyingly 2-1 again except for the Bears.. If they want to keep pace, they can't give these games away against mediocre competition. At some point, they are going to have to win a couple against playoff-caliber teams to have a realistic shot at the playoffs, but we'll worry about that in a couple weeks.

Bears are now 11th in yards and 9th in ppg (25.3) on offense, btw.

ESPN has him at 67.2 QBR on the season now. It's only been 3 games, but he's clearly been the best QB of his class to start the season. I still don't think Drake Maye is any good. He's benefited from a cakewalk schedule against soft defenses in these first few games, yet New England is still 1-2 with Caleb out performing him.

Don't look now, but Caleb Williams is tied for the league lead in passing touchdowns (7). Bears caught a much needed break with the Lamb injury, but the offense did exactly what they were supposed to do against a bad defense. Feels good to finally get this one off their backs—especially against Eberflus. Luther Burden looks like the real deal. Rome has to knock it off with the drops, though. Way too many, despite his 4 touchdowns.

Bears are going to win this game, because they have to. I like the way the offense is trending. Through the first 2 weeks, they are 2nd in the NFL in explosive plays. Penalties are holding them back. Everything is setting itself up well for a breakout performance against an atrocious DAL defense, and I think they will.

Funny, because Kaleb Johnson was the one guy I absolutely did not want from the RB position. He was a product of a great OL, and that was clear to me after watching a few minutes of his highlights. The majority of his best runs were him not getting touched at all, or at least not until he reached the second level. I thought he looked slow and lacked the lateral agility necessary to be anything more than a complimentary back in the NFL. Steelers look like they've already given up on him.

Super small sample size, but more numbers continue to show he's getting better. They scored 17 points against MIN (taking away the pick 6) and 21 against the Lions. They had 317 total yards against MIN, and 339 against the Lions. Penalties continue to kill this team, but if they can ever clean that up, there are signs of hope with this offense. Next week will be a big test. DAL's defense is horrible. If the Bears don't put up big numbers against them, It will be concerning. If they do, it will give some validity to the idea that they are improving.

Watching ATL handle MIN with such ease tonight makes last week's loss even more embarrassing. McCarthy stinks. ATL got pressure on him all game and ran the hell out of the ball. Penix didn't even play well, and they still won on the road.

Poles is the worst GM of my lifetime—or at least since I became cognizant of what I was watching as a kid around the early 2000's. I know a lot of people would say Phil Emery, but Emery at least gave us 3 pro-bowl players in the draft (Long, Fuller, Jeffery). Two of them became All-Pro's. He also traded for Brandon Marshall and broke the cycle of WR futility. His misses were catastrophically bad, but he didn't have as much time as Poles did to do as much damage to the franchise. He also didn't ruin a quarterback. Poles has quite literally been bad at everything, from drafting to public speaking. His free agent signings are almost always terrible. His trades are even worse. Hasn't drafted a single pro-bowler in 4 years on the job. 0 playoff appearances. 2 double digit losing streaks.

I get the general cynicism, but the timing of this statement is strange considering the QB was the least of their problems today. He's honestly been fine through 2 games. I am seeing incremental progress. First game looked rough until I saw Kurt Warner's breakdown. This week, I think he improved until the game got away from them.

Cowboys are going to put up 50 on this defense next week, too. Season's on the line.

Legit think this team might end up competing for the 1st overall pick. Already seeing quit. Not a good sign for this coaching staff.

Darnell Wright blows, and Odunze can't catch a freakin pass. Ryan Poles, ladies and gentleman.

Caleb was mostly good in the 1st half. His OL and Swift have taken points off the board.

Can't wait until Swift is off this roster. Horrible RB. False starts on the first play of the half, and then trips on a 2nd and 10 run. He always goes down on first contact. Please run anybody else other than him.

This team looks poorly coached. No discipline whatsoever. OL continues to make things impossible for the offense to succeed. Caleb was playing great until that last boneheaded play.

Yeah Daniels looked like crap. Had like 125 yards or so through 3.5 quarters, and ended up with a garbage time TD. It honestly felt like a Caleb Williams game from last year, watching him. His deep ball accuracy is not as good as people think, either. GB shut down those slants and screens he benefited from last year and didn't let him escape the pocket. He didn't have an answer for it. Saw this circulating on X during the game. If this were Caleb, he'd be getting excoriated for "missing" open receivers. Curious to see if this is more of a blip than a trend, but this is two consecutive weeks of mediocre-to-poor play. This is what happens when: A.) Teams have had all off-season to study film on you B.) You no longer have the easiest schedule in the NFL C.) You actually play against teams with great defenses

Thought this was interesting. Kurt hasn't usually been quick to praise Caleb in the past, so the fact that he's doing so now makes me feel a little better about last night.

The Bears should take a page out of Sean McVay's book from the first couple years he had with Jared Goff. He ran a mostly no-huddle offense that wasn't necessarily up-tempo, but it allowed Goff to look to the sidelines for the playcall, like in college, and gave them plenty of time to get all their motions in. Part of the problem last night is that they weren't getting to the line quick enough to do all the motions, and I think it affected the thought process of the QB. It's been clear to me that Caleb Williams has been at his best in the no-huddle offense. I'm not going to skewer Johnson after one game, but he's got to use this to his advantage at some point and not be so rigid about his preferred methods. I really think it could make a huge difference for this offense if they integrated the no-huddle more often moving forward.

Caleb still surprisingly finished with a better QBR than McCarthy(63.8 vs 52.6). Guessing those nearly 60 ground yards helped, and of course the McCarthy pick six. McCarthy got better as the game went on, Caleb got worse until, of course, the final drive when he always seems capable of running a successful 2 minute drill against shell coverage.

Lost in all this bad is the fact that the Bears drafted 3 second round players, and only 1 played tonight and had 1 catch for negative yards. Shemar Turner was a healthy scratch. Unacceptable.

Caleb WIlliams kind of sucks, doesn't he? It's getting harder to ignore how bad he is.