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Solid HC, but I think the team would be more dependent on the coordinators. I would not be surprised if GB moves on, but at the same time, would not be surprised if they doubled down on LaFleur+Love.

Temperatures in the teens, winds in the teens. Real feel is projected to be below zero wind chills. The Bears have been playing in crappy weather games for over 6 weeks now. LAR has not, that feels like it favors the Bears. With the home crowd + crappy weather, advantage Bears, and they will need all of them. 6 of the last 7 games for the Bears have been under 42 degrees. The warmest game was 42 degrees in Philly with 18mph winds and gusts in the 20s. The other 5 games were below 37. The Cleveland game is about as close as it will be on Sunday. Stafford has never played in a game below 20 degrees apparently. Teens with winds in the teens are on a whole different level of cold too. He hurt his hand in the CAR game and is almost 38. That cold will affect him. The last cold Rams game I could find was December of 2024 in NY against the Jets. 23 degrees. Stafford was 14-19, 110 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. They relied heavily on Williams running the ball to beat the terrible Jets.

I honestly can't believe how lost Herbert looked, but then again, in big games, that is what he does. Maye looked his age, which is fine given how young he is, but he basically had one good drive. Kind of easy when your defense allows 3 pts and a screen pass goes for 48 yards. I would take Maye over Herbert. Purdy is the ultimate system QB, which is great in that system. That still makes him better than half the league, because there are guys that can't even do that. Josh Allen is as close as they come, but if you compare Caleb's 2nd year as a pro and Allen's, Caleb is already better. We are comparing Caleb to Allen as 29yr old in his 8th season. One of the best parts of this situation is we have the QB AND the Head Coach. That pairing is the key to long-term success, and I really think we have it. Now there is no concern about a new system every 1-2 years, the revolving door of coordinators, etc. None of that matters, because the core is set with Ben and Caleb.

Yep, have to wait for the outcome of the PIT/HOU game.

Bears beat the Eagles in the regular season, and the Eagles beat the Rams.

49ers pull the upset, wow Philly played terrible. Lazy. Rams @ Bears.

Here we go. Well-traveled, warm-weather Rams playing at Soldier Field. This is going to be a shootout. Bears start as 3.5 underdogs, which seems about right.

That is the best part, this is all still a work in progress, but the things Caleb needs to work on are correctable; he has the things you can't teach. Next year, in Year 2 of the offense is when Goff took off, and I would expect the same thing from Caleb. If they can get a few impact players on defense, this will be a perennial playoff team with real Super Bowl aspirations every year.

You are looking at the Rams offense, who only allowed 23 sacks. The Bears allowed 24. The Rams defense had 47 sacks, tied for 7th. Eagles had 42, tied for 12th. The Bears had 35. The Rams defense also had the 4th highest QB Pressure rate (26.3%), Eagles at 23.6% (13th). Rams defense also had 16 INT, Eagles only had 12.

That's amazing, what a game to be at. That 4th and 8 to Rome was bonkers. The entire season riding on one, play, with pressure in his face, rolling left, throws a perfect pass 35 yards to Odunze who is circled by defenders.

Next weekend is forecasted to be in the 20s. Even though Philly is used to it, most of their players are from the SEC, and they did not look like they wanted to play in the elements the last time the Bears played them. Rams were 5-4 on the road in the regular season, now 6-4. Eagles were 6-3 on the road. Stafford supposedly is 1-8 in bad weather games, but those are rain/snow. This would just be cold, but still notable. I would have to look into how both teams have done vs bad defenses (bottom half of league), because the Bears defense is going to be the deciding factor.

You are correct, SF wins, LAR comes to CHI. If PHI wins, they come to CHI. Pros and Cons to each: LAR - travel is in in the Bears favor. LAR just had to go to CAR, back home, and then back to CHI. They have the better QB. PHI - the Bears already beat them, PHI would have one less day of rest, but they are the Super Bowl champs.

We should've known it would play out like this. The Bears scored 0 in the first half of the last game, and 22 in the 2nd half and OT in the last game. This game it was 3 and 28. In the first game 3 pts in the first half, and 18 in the 2nd. So collectively, the Bears scored 6 pts in the first half in 3 games against the Packers and 68 in the 2nd half/OT. LOL.

25 4th quarter points are the 2nd most since the merger. Eagles scored 26 pts in the 4th quarter against the Saints in 1993, but they won 36-20, so it was more of a blowout than a comeback.

Terrible news on the injury front, Edwards will be fine, but Trapilo is probably done. His body is probably too big for that tendon, and only half the players come back from that type of injury. Most times, it is 2 year recovery, which would mean he would miss the next two seasons. So the Bears will need to address LT in the offseason.