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I agree. And often in the NFL, you end up playing off schedule, and Caleb appears to be as advertised, but youre so right that playing on schedule is necessary too, and hopefully we will see more consistency with that too.

Also, Caleb threw to Odunze from his own end zone on 3rd down, and the defender undercut him - could have been an interception, but the Bills were flagged for illegal contact. Id say Caleb showed some promising moments, but has more than a couple plays to clean up too.

Watching more... To answer my own question, Allen played both series, threw himself into some blocks, but didnt see any targets. The OL played better than I thought. Two of the times the RB got stuffed at the line, it came from 8 and 9 in the box and safeties coming off the edge unblocked. Obviously thats a problem too, but teams wont be able to do that regularly against our three WRs. Herberts first stop down near the goalline was kind of on Herbert, because there was a crack to slip through if he'd made himself skinny. Shelton didnt win the rep, but he kept his guy outside of Herbert, and Braxton moved his guy a bit too. I wonder what the Bears are thinking about Herbert and Roschon.

rewatching tape and getting a better look, I saw a few more things. On the first pass play, the one where Caleb rolled right and threw it away that was called back for holding, he had Odunze open in the middle of the field for 7 yards, but the defender was closing, so Williams came off of him. Would have been a nice first completion if he had gotten the ball right out. I dont know hwat his progression was for that play, but i would have pointed it out for Fields too, so, fair is fair. What a bullet on the DJ deep curl. wow. so much velocity and the ball comes out so fast - Calebs throwing motion can be SO compact. Shelton played well at center, and is the reason Swift got such a big gain on the middle screen where Caleb flipped it to Swift. I think Swfit is gonna be amazing for us. Wright continues to not only move people but turn them in the running game. All in all, it's good to see Caleb do the same things I loved in his college film at the pro level right away. Thats a good sign.

thank you!

yeah, if someone is gonna make the team, they should stand out against the scrubs. If Booker hadnt, that would have been a problem. That he did, is a great sign that hes on his way to being great for us.

yeah it was a tough throw across his body (like the one he made to Kmet) it would have been the icing on the cake. But like you said, its his first game, he looked pretty good. when you said he missed Rome, I thought you meant on the play DJ dropped, and I had missed an open WR on that play, I see now the one youre talking about, and of course i saw it too at the time. Just a little bit outside. We didnt hear Allens name at all. Did he play?

thank you, Ill look again

Velus with another fumble, and a turf monster tackle where he forgot for a minute that he could get up. The guy is fast but a liability.

Pix, can you say more about which play he missed the WR open in the end zone? When the game is done Im gonna rewind and try to find the play.

Caleb with a nice scramble! And then a great rhythm throw to DJ who dropped it. Caleb look in control out there. So nice to see a Chicago QB look like this.

GREAT throw across his body to Kmet WOW

nice to see Caleb look calm and in control on the first drive. The blitz beating improvisation to Swift is typical Caleb, and the deep curl bullet to DJ was right on time and location with good velocity, the kind of precision we are not used to seeing - amazing. Great first drive for Caleb.

Let's go!

two fumbles too - but as long as he isnt here, I do truly wish him well. He gave everything he had. I feel differently, for example, about Nate Davis right now.

LOL He looked the same to me - great arm, good long ball, pats the ball before he throws, didnt score on the drive where he had the long pass, lazy play action from like 2 feet away from the RB. So hes like the 25th ish best QB or something.

SO I guess the Steelers have some QB guy named Jeremy Fieldman or something like that. Anyway apparently, we could have had him as our QB instead of Caleb and then fixed the OL and DL and a lot more. I dont know much about the kid, but hes playing in about 15 minutes, and I will probably check in and take a look.

I agree, it's kinda the same thing. He was hoping he got a steal, meaning a player. And given what a mess the OL is right now, another player would be helpful. To be clear I'm not saying that somehow Poles was counting on him being a starter or anything, but I do think with Davis and Jenkins, he has to be thinking about hedging his bets and having bodies that can play if necessary, and he probably wanted Benedet as part of that competition. I think that since we've freed up cap space signing DJ, the odds of bringing in a new guy on the interior OL is increasing, whether by camp cut, or trade. But one way or another, we are looking thin on the interior OL right now.

for sure - its taking a flyer on a guy who probably wont be there opening day. I still think we are going to make a trade. Weve got cap room, and two second rounders in our pocket. I cant guess who the trade would be though, any more than ANYONE thought Montez Sweat was on the block before we made that trade.

Thanks for that, and too bad for us

I would add that Poles seemed more upset with the Theo Benedet injury than he should have given his position on the depth chart. Poles actually rubbed his face in an "ugh" gesture. That tells me that Poles knows there is more trouble on the OL than there should be, and he was hoping to have a lot of bodies so that someone could step up. Also, the timing of the DJ Moore extension leads me to guess that they are freeing up cap room for a big acquisition. Maybe Connor Williams, maybe a DE, maybe a trade for a player not currently on our radar, and possibly on the OL?

Just watched Hard Knocks episode 1 - theres lots to say, but i just want to say this: Eberflus looks great. Everything i was worried about from last year i no longer am. He seems dialed in, and right where he should be. Awesome.

Just watched Hard Knocks episode 1 - theres lots to say, but i just want to say this: Eberflus looks great. Everything i was worried about from last year i no longer am. He seems dialed in, and right where he should be. Awesome.

I heard the entire Hard Knocks show is filmed on a cell phone from the stands while the team is on the far practice field LOL

Im sure! EVen if they dont have specific technique assignments, they still could have told Booker "we want to see interior and bull rush moves this week, we know you can bend" and like you, I wonder if they did.