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I suspect Byard has more free reign in Allen's defense than he was allowed in Flus' "stand here" D. That plays to his strength in play recognition.

The thing that I see each week with Caleb are the incredibly difficult throws he can make dropping the ball over coverage and into a tight coverage space. Plus he's starting to lead his receivers away from big hits by safeties. Subtle things that aren't obvious at first but when I see the film study I'm very impressed. Especially the way he's reading coverages fast now. I never saw those throws from either Trubisky nor Fields. Never seen them from Bagent either, he doesn't have the arm strength but also a lot less reps. These are things he wasn't doing in college that I complained about during the draft process. Seeing that gives me more patience for him to get the fine tuning down on deep passes and even the shorter throws. Adding simple stuff to a player's porfolio when he already has the elite throws down is far better, and far more likely to happen, than hoping the (former) QBs who can make the simple throws can learn how to make the elite throws.

Gumby arm ?

Some people prefer a longer honeymoon to believe the marriage will work out long term. Others just prefer a longer honeymoon.

Caleb is not a finished product but neither is the rest of the offense. First don’t be swayed by narratives around time to throw. Caleb is not Jared Goff going down in the pocket when the play isn’t there. Extending plays like does is a gift but there should be two distributions for time to throw. One for in the pocket. One for outside. The number of times he uses that gift has gone down but there are no NFL defenders who want to cover for 6 seconds. Likewise the number of throws he makes in anticipation has gone up. There are many moving pieces to this offense with read options on plays. Each game gets a little bit better that’s what matters most. This was a drop by a receiver making $20m

T-Mobile and DuckDuckGo browser and no issues either with wifi or cell network. Brave browser on the computer, or Epic.

I never expected the wheels to fall off. They have too many vets and talent for that to happen. From an organizational standpoint it’s the fraying or cracks around the edges I watch for that slowly builds up. Our frayed bits and pieces are slowly being glued together. On the other hand they seem to have more cracks now than earlier this year. I expect they’ll rebound next week but what does next year look like?

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/11/16/dan-campbell-will-call-lions-offensive-plays-for-rest-of-2025-season/87306830007/ Reading this it’s s hard not to think the Bears and the Lions are two ships about to pass each other in the night. https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/11/17/lions-week-11-takeaways-fourth-downs-offense/87318398007/

Yes they are. Campbell took over play calling. I thought they hired an OC to replace Johnson? Detroit’s defense looked good.

We don’t hire the best coaches only to throw the baby out with the bath water.

It’s outside the thread topic but I checked out a couple Viking’s fan post game discussions on YouTube. That loss hit them like a hard kick to the Skol sack. The fan base is definitely out on McCarthy right now.

I don’t know what’s going on in Detroit but the further they get from Ben Johnson the more their offense looks like the Bears old offense. I didn’t see the whole game but in the fourth quarter the Eagles weren’t doing anything special but Detroit Oline didn’t always know who to block.

We just went into the Vikings stadium and beat them. I have to keep repeating that to myself because it seems surreal. Especially when Tyrique went out. I’m being captain obvious here but the difference between week one and this win is the coaching. As bad as it feels at times the floor for this team is just at a higher level. When they will put it all together I don’t know. It might be next year. I believe Caleb has a mental hurdle to get over with other QBs in his draft class. Against Daniel’s and Wash he was sailing passes high early on. Today again it’s the same thing. Pressure to prove he was deserving of the #1 overall pick seems to be real with him.

Bears are all alone in first place.

What matters most is that the Vikings got McCarthy

The table was definitely not set well in the first half. The second half had a much better menu.

Brave browser and I get the full Sgt Shultz treatment... I see nothing.

This is what is really holding the D from being decent.

I'm not usually one to brag but my decision to fire the special teams coach in the 3rd quarter paid off.

Correct, he must return within the 21 day window. A quick search found this on the designated to return rules:

A more in depth review of the Bears from Bercich. Some of the plays he highlights are the same. My overall take is that he does not sound confident in his team going against this offense. My second observation is that he sees what Caleb is becoming and it's not good for the Vikings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH1RO0mcGaI

21 day window is to bring him back to the active roster. He is not on the 53 but can practice with the team. I thought there was a limit after which players could no longer return from IR. Maybe 2 or 3 weeks before the end of the season the return window closed?

Caleb was mic’d up last game. When he barely missed Rome on a deep route you hear them talking afterwards about if Rome was taking it upfield or flattening out. There are still subtleties to work out between QB and WRs but each week it gets better.

You can pretty much grab any film review of the last few games and see about half of Williams throws are being released before receivers make their break. He’s also moving safeties and LBs intentionally with his eyes knowing where he really wants to throw. Watch the TD to Rome where he’s all alone in the end zone. See the subtle fake to the outside route that gets both defenders to bite leaving Rome alone. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XyeHR_Du4Y4&pp=ygUdY2FsZWIgd2lsbGlhbXMgZmlsbSBicmVha2Rvd24%3D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tv9JpqrmdC0&pp=ygUNQmVyY2ljaCBiZWFycw%3D%3D A view from the other side.