adam

I know you kind of throw stats out in rivalry games, but this is not the same Packers team of previous years. In terms of points, yards, and efficiency on offense and defense, the Bears are in another stratosphere as GB is right now. GB's two wins were by 3 pts each over the Jets and winless Bucs. In both of those games, Love threw for less than 200 yards, and they still won. They either get blown out, or win close games. On the flip side, the Bears have 3 wins by 10+ pts and a 6 pt loss in a monsoon.

Offense Defense PPG CHI 28.0 vs GB 18.3 CHI 16.3 vs GB 26.3 YPG CHI 429.0 vs GB 307.3 CHI 282.3 vs GB 324.3 YPP CHI 5.8 vs GB 5.2 CHI 5.9 vs GB 5.0 EPA/P CHI +0.06 vs GB -0.16 CHI -0.15 vs GB -0.02 Pass YPG CHI 232.8 vs GB 249.3 CHI 179.8 vs GB 185.0 Rush YPG CHI 196.3 vs GB 58.0 CHI 102.5 vs GB 139.3 Pass YPP CHI 6.7 vs GB 6.2 CHI 6.6 vs GB 5.8 Rush YPP CHI 4.9 vs GB 3.2 CHI 4.9 vs GB 4.2 TOP CHI 36:35 vs GB 26:14

The opening line was +2.5, that has already shifted to -1.5.

This game should've been a blowout of biblical proportions. The Bears had more first downs than the Jets had plays. The TOP difference was crazy, 42 to 17. The Jets converted 0 3rd Downs. The Bears lost the turnover battle 2-0 and still won by double digits. The Bears also did not punt. In reference to Keenum vs Bagent. Keenum's game was the quick short game. Bagent's game plan was closer to what we see with Caleb's. My biggest concern about Bagent is he is heavily weighted to the right side of the field. That makes it much easier to defend and reminds me a lot of Trubisky. Check out his chart, only 4 pass attempts to the left of the hashes beyond the LOS.

Still too early to assess any real impact. Dexter was never a good fit for Allen's defense. He was always better suited as a 3-4 DE than a 4-3 DT.

and it feels like it is happening a lot more frequently

Bears come in as underdogs. Kind of crazy considering the Packers have yet to score more than 22 pts. 22 in Week 1, 20, 14, and 17 this week against the lowly Bucs. Just comparing how the Bears and Packers have looked against common opponents, the Bears should win. Health is going to be the biggest issue. Caleb, and now looks like Monangi (thumb), Swift (knee) will have to be monitored. Early on, I am taking the Bears in a close one.

This has been one of the craziest games. The offense had almost 500 yards on offense but only scored 23 pts. The defense was borderline dominant except for the Stevenson toast play. Outside of that Geno had only 61 passing yards lol.

Damn a 3rd INT for Bagent, but another defensive penalty. I have seen enough, if Williams can't go next weekend, you have to go with Keenum.

Rousch with a hold on a kickoff, this guy needs to sit for a few weeks. He has been terrible all year. Turning into a crappy pick.

Stevenson drops arguably the easiest INT you will get, Swift fumbles, which leads to an easy FG for Jets. Now he gets burnt for a TD, so he has directly been involved in 9 Jets' pts.

Just like that, Jets TD against Stevenson, got burnt for 58 yards. Somehow they miss the XP, keeping it an 11 pt game.

Another FG, 23-6. makes it a 3 score game, should be over. Still crazy how this offensive juggernaut can't get one yard so many times.

Monangai is a beast.

After 3 quarters, Bears 20-6, Yards 380-85, TOP 28:30 to 16:30. Bears offense has 65 plays, Jets have 32. If not for the Bears two turnovers, this would be an absolute blow out.

Bears 20-6, need to close this one out. Another 3 and out for the defense. They have been the top defense since Week 2.

2nd terrible fumble in 4 games for Swift, geez.

13-3 at halftime, feels like it would be a 20-pt lead. Bagent has completed 72% of his passes with 170 yards in the first half, but it just does not seem as clean as Keenum.

Bears defense playing great. Stevenson should've had a pick there, but at least they forced a punt.

Defense needs a stop here. Don't allow pts before the half as the Jets get the ball to start the 2nd half. The Bears with 40 plays already. 60+ is where the fatigue kicks in. Should be an interesting 4th quarter.

He did that to satisfy all the "take the points" crowd. He will go for every 4th down the rest of the game lol.

Yeah, 10-3 lead, should be more. Lost 7 on the BS overturned TD and the Bagent INT gave the Jets 3 pts. Should be 17-0. Bagent clearly does not look as good as Keenum.

Bears 7-3 after Jets FG. Totally on Bagent. Can't gift the other team easy points. This is his chance to see how he responds to adversity. Need a TD drive to get that taste out of your mouth.

Damn, Bagent with another INT, this one counts. Terrible throw, behind Loveland. I can't imagine he will have a long leash. The Bears are dominating, can't make game changing mistakes like that.

Booker with a huge sack on 3rd Down, or should I have said Book-air!