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First game I can unequivocally say they won because of their quarterback. He got no help from his receivers or head coach today.

BALLGAME!

Masterful 4th quarter from Caleb, but they scored too fast!

Hell, yeah, Luther! In FG range, but they need to be mindful of the clock. Get another couple 1st downs and come away with 7 to win this game.

Caleb hasn't been great today, but he's played a lot better than his numbers say, and his ability to avoid sacks in this game is elite.

Just a flat out embarrassing performance by Ben Johnson today. Out coached and out classed.

Lol, what a horse shit penalty on Jarrett.

Redzone continues to plague this team. Ben Johnson's play calling continues to be garbage. Why is DeAndre Swift in the game there instead of Monangai, who is a MUCH better running in tight spaces?

Good catch. That's a playcalling/receiver issue. Can't have a route short of the sticks on 3rd and 5.

Drop #6. I hate this team.

Lol, okay, that's game.

This game is more about Ben Johnson and the Bears pass catchers than it is about Caleb right now. There's been at least 5 drops in this game, including 2 touchdowns. The offense just needs to take what's there and stop getting too cute downfield. Monangai needs to get the majority of reps in the 2nd half. Swift leaves too many yards on the field.

And now Wright drops an interception in the endzone. This has been a disaster of a 1st half for this team. Bears absolutely cannot allow a touchdown drive by the Giants to open the 2nd half now or they are hosed.

Embarrassing. Another drop. Get Swift out of the freakin game.

Have to finish this drive with a touchdown.

Just a brutal offensive performance so far against a bad defense. Ben Johnson is getting too cute with his play calling. They gotta stop going for homeruns and just take the easy yards.

So frustrating watching other teams catch everything in sight while our receivers can't make the simplest adjustment to help out their quarterback.

Giants front 7 makes me a little nervous for this game if the Bears have to play from behind late in the game. Luckily, the Giants are just as terrible against the run as the Bengals were, so if they can continue running the ball, that'll alleviate many of my fears about their pass rush. On the flip side, Dart has found out ways to still be effective without his top weapons. He's really dangerous with his legs. No Tee Higgins and Jamar Chase this week, but the Bears can't take the Giants lightly. Dennis Allen needs to step up and call a better game, too. After this game, the schedule gets a lot more difficult. Just get to 6-3, and then let's beat the shit out of Minnesota the following week to really catapult this team into serious playoff contention.

Bo Nix is 2018 Mitchell Trubisky on this Broncos team. Where would he be without that defense?

I read the pick they get back is actually the Eagles 7th round pick, not the Browns own 7th rounder, so it could end up being the last pick of the draft. Doesn't seem like good value to me, if that is the case.

To be a top 5 offense wasn't even under consideration for me when I started contemplating what realistic expectations were for the offense this year. I thought they'd be marginally improved—somewhere in the 20's—but top 5 is remarkable. Obviously, as someone mentioned, the level of competition is going to ramp up the rest of the way. We'll see where the numbers stand at the end of the season, but Ben Johnson did say this team would be playing their best ball in December and January. If he's right about that, things could get exciting.

They only had 3 healthy DE's on the active roster coming into this week (Sweat, Booker, Hardy). They had to do something—I just wish it was for somebody who can actually help. This guy has 5 tackles and 0 sacks on the season. You can find somebody on the street for that kind of production.

I think he bought himself more time after today, but I completely disagree with you that there was zero shot had he been awful. The new system talking point can be drastically overstated by the team with the QB who's struggling. Didn't seem to affect Jayden Daniels or Bo Nix last year, or Drake Maye this year. There's a learning curve, certainly, but come on. The Bears have more offensive talent than most teams in the league. Caleb was the #1 pick. We should hold him to a higher standard than everybody else.

Just checked the stats: The Bears offense is now 4th in ypg and 6th in scoring after today's game. Almost top 5 in both categories(!) It's crazy how productive they've been despite the QB rollercoaster.

Have to give credit to Caleb Williams for sticking with it all the way to the end. He's still frustrating the hell out of me sometimes with his inability to check the ball out quick when nothing's there, but I'll never question his clutch gene. Loveland and Monangai breaking out is a massive deal, but also Rome Odunze might be not great at football. Moving forward, I hope Ben Johnson starts scheming up more plays for DJ Moore again, as well as Burden/Loveland. My last takeaway from this game is the Bears don't need to trade for a RB now. Monangai is the real deal. Him and Swift can actually be a lethal combination when they're both out there.