adam

The one thing about taking points, a FG is not guaranteed points, Santos had one blocked and a 2nd one almost was. So I am ok going for it in most cases. Johnson is just the extreme.

and PHI was not set for 1-second on the TD, should've been a false start.

The Bears running game is concerning. It feels like PHI always has 2 more defenders where the Bears are running. When Barkley is running, it is the opposite. That needs to be fixed.

I can't believe they are winning at halftime with all the blunders. On the Hurts sneak, why was the defense not ready? Bush was just standing there, not even attempting to stop the sneak. With 1-2 more guys and Hurts doesn't get in. Bush has been terrible. On the Hurts sneak a few plays earlier, Edwards is clearly spying him, but doesn't even react to him escaping the pocket. Just lack of awareness all around.

A lot of teams winning with backups, WAS beat SEA with Mariota, Penix beat GB, Watson beat CAR, Winston beat TEN, and Nix beat LAR.

Also, just for reference, Williams has a 86.1 QBR (2nd in the NFL), only trailing Purdy. Daniels has a 62.0, Nix has a 46.6, and Maye has a 45.9.

Nix gets credited with another Comeback and 4th Quarter win. Yet the defense scored on a Pick-6. The refs were just as bad in that game as I have seen in Bears games, just against the Rams. Phantom calls, no calls, etc. It was clear they wanted to give the Broncos every opportunity to win that game. They had something like 12 plays inside the 15.

Wow, this season has started out rough for the 2024 draft class, especially QBs. Maye has been straight up ass, like borderline the worst QB in the league if Jordan Love didn't exist. Nix has been his mediocre self, averaging 200 yards a game with 1 TD and 1 INT per game. Daniels is where he was always projected to be, hurt, and Penix had a solid game, but it always feels like he is one play away from getting injured. So it sucks that Caleb is now lumped in with these bums. He clearly is a lot better than all of them, but now he is relegated to the injury list with Daniels waiting for Penix to hop back in.

If they lose to TB, they would fall to 1-3. Teams that start 1-3 have a 13% chance to make the playoffs. If the Bears beat them and they fall to 1-4, there season is basically over. They have at least 8 more games against top 10 offenses, at best they can split those, that is 5-6 with MIN, TB, HOU, DAL, MIA and NE as the other 6 teams. They will be lucky to split those 6, that is 8-9, at best. I doubt they split those first 8, probably more like 3-5, and 2-4 against those last 6 to finish 6-11.

and they should be 0-3.

Wow, the Packers look terrible. Lost 35-14, but it should've been more. Love had 5 INT throws, DBs dropped 3. O-Line may be the worst in the NFL, RB Room worst in the NFL. Outside of Watson, they have no offense. On defense they cannot stop the run. They look like a 5-win team.

From an efficiency standpoint, the Bears have the better offense and better defense: CHI OFF +0.08 vs PHI DEF +0.01 = Net +0.09 for Bears PHI OFF -0.01 vs CHI DEF -0.01 = Neutral

Interestingly enough, this will be the first game as a play caller where he doesn't have the #1 Overall pick as his starting QB. 3 years of Goff for all 17 games, then Williams last year for 17. The game against MIN was the 70th straight game in that regard. Kinda wild.

Yeah, I am sure it will be Keenum.

Bagent or Keenum against Fangio doesn't sound fun. If the Bears can't get the run game going, it will be another long day. Barkley is questionable after a stinger, Goedert is out, so if Barkley can't go, the main threat is Devonta Smith. PHI is a hard team to gauge right now. They are 2-0 but beat WAS and TEN, who are both 0-2. They only beat WAS by 2, and TEN by 4. I feel like this was a win with Williams, but probably a loss with Bagent or Keenum. I assume the Bears keep it close and it is a low scoring game.