Week 18 Official Game Thread - DET @ CHI, SUN, 3:25PM, JAN 4th, CHI -2.5, O/U 49.5, FOX

[AZ54]

14 hours ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

Beg to differ.  Brees threw for 5,000 yards in five seperate seasons.  All before the NFL went to 17 games in 2021.  
 

And point taken about “never being done” …for Chicago.  It is a record to be noted considering it’s for one of the founding teams of the NFL.  

The point isn’t what HoF QBs have done in domed stadiums.  People saying 17 games makes it easy for Caleb to hit 4k is just a back handed insult by implying that almost any QB could do that.  Yet nobody ever has.  Maybe it does take a special QB to hit that mark while playing half the season in windy Soldier Field?  It certainly takes someone with a strong arm.  

I’m confident Caleb will rewrite the Bears record books and exceed 4000 multiple times in his career.  Even if Caleb becomes as good as Brees I doubt we’ll see the 5000 yard threshold ever met while playing at Soldier Field.  

[adam]

Brady only hit 4K once in his first 7 seasons.  Caleb will hit it, and I am sure he will consistently hit it, but if he doesn't, I don't think it is the biggest deal. There are a lot of bad QBs that have hit 4K, so that alone is not the measure of success (Matt Schaub, Brad Johnson, Trent Green, Carson Wentz, Ryan Tannehill, Josh Freeman, Jon Kitna).

Notable QBs in top 50 all-time:
Elway's best season: 4,030 Passing Yards
Esiason's best season: 3,959 Passing Yards
Montana's best season: 3,944 Passing Yards
McNabb's best season: 3,916 Passing Yards
Aikman's best season: 3,445 Passing Yards

I just hope he hits it, gets 270+ so we can finally move onto other discussions. 

[Stinger226]

2 hours ago, adam said:

Brady only hit 4K once in his first 7 seasons.  Caleb will hit it, and I am sure he will consistently hit it, but if he doesn't, I don't think it is the biggest deal. There are a lot of bad QBs that have hit 4K, so that alone is not the measure of success (Matt Schaub, Brad Johnson, Trent Green, Carson Wentz, Ryan Tannehill, Josh Freeman, Jon Kitna).

Notable QBs in top 50 all-time:
Elway's best season: 4,030 Passing Yards
Esiason's best season: 3,959 Passing Yards
Montana's best season: 3,944 Passing Yards
McNabb's best season: 3,916 Passing Yards
Aikman's best season: 3,445 Passing Yards

I just hope he hits it, gets 270+ so we can finally move onto other discussions. 

If not this year but next year. With 11 wins and playoff bound, plenty other things to talk about.

[jason]

6 hours ago, adam said:

Notable QBs in top 50 all-time:
Elway's best season: 4,030 Passing Yards
Esiason's best season: 3,959 Passing Yards
Montana's best season: 3,944 Passing Yards
McNabb's best season: 3,916 Passing Yards
Aikman's best season: 3,445 Passing Yards

Aikman does not belong in that group. Always has been overrated.

[BearFan PHX]

28 minutes ago, jason said:

Aikman does not belong in that group. Always has been overrated.

He and Emmitt Smith both benefited from that Offensive Line. They were unusually stacked because of the Herschel Walker trade.

Also, Aikman is going to regret getting into a tussle with Caleb. 

[AZ54]

I lived in Texas and watched a lot of Aikmans first season in the NFL.  He was nothing close to Caleb in his first season. Both had bad teams around them and bad coaches.  Aikman threw 18 INTs.  Now that I went and looked it up his career completion % was just 61%. 

[BearFan PHX]

Aikman wasnt a bad QB, but he doesnt make anyone's top 10 greatest either. Caleb has the possibility to be a top 10 QB. It's not guaranteed or anything, but he looks like he is on his way.

[Stinger226]

QBs come and go and every once in a while, an Aaron Rodgers pops up. We now could have that next great one playing in our house. Thank you Ryan Poles for Caleb and BJ, I think we won the lottery.