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Caleb is the X-Factor. He can beat the perfect defense, which has to be demoralizing. You do everything right, instant pressure, hold coverage for 3 seconds, and bam, he escapes, extends the play, then throws frozen ropes 50 yards down field. The "Grate One"

They are epic meltdowns. I love the compilation one. That fanbase is so delusional after Favre/Rodgers. Love is good, but not Favre/Rodgers good. This was supposed to be the year, Love was 27, just like Favre and A-Aron. Kind of funny that Love has accomplished a single thing either of those other QBs have Favre - 1x SB, 3x AP1, 3x MVP, 5 PBs, before 29 Rodgers - 1x SB, 1x AP1, 1x AP2, 1x MVP, 3 PBs before 30 Both won a SB at age 27, Favre lost one at 28. Neither went back after those. Love at 27 has 3 playoff appearances, 1-3 overall, no AP, no MVP, no PB. For his career, he averages 202 yards per game passing. To me he is an efficient QB but is completely team dependent. You need a game-changer at QB unless you have a stacked roster. That is the difference between Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes. Love is closer to Hurts than Mahomes. Williams is about as close to Mahomes as you can have.

The post game handshake and the "F*&k the Packers" in the post game speech. I find it refreshing to be honest. Eberflus is sitting courtside with LaFleur for a basketball game while the Packers are talking shit about the Bears, then Eberflus gets stomped on the field and walks off with a smile. Johnson has put a stop to that crap. It is a mindset.

Caleb has broken analytics and stats in general. What he is doing doesn't compute, it is so funny. In the Wild Card round, here is where he ranked of all the QBs who have played so far: 1st in Passing Yards (361) 1st in Big Time Throws (6) 1st in 1st Downs (19) 1st in Sack Avoidance (95%) 2nd PFF Grade (77.3) 2nd EPA (+7.8) yet he had a QB Rating of 71.6 and a QBR of 36.9. Both of those would indicate a subpar game. The main culprit is his Comp%, which was at 50%. He had the 2nd longest TTT, but only took 1 sack. Herbert had the highest TTT and took 6 sacks. It really is bonkers. I think that is what people are having trouble grasping, because if you are just box score watching, he looks fairly average. There are 4 QBs in NFL history to throw for more than 350 Yards with a Comp% 55 or below: Kosar, Cunningham, Jackson, and Williams. Caleb is the only one to throw for 2 TDs, and the Bears were the only team to score more than 30 pts in that game.

Absolutely bonkers, and Caleb had 283 Passing Yards in the 2nd half as well.

I understand that it may not play a huge role, but it will be a factor to consider. There are a lot more examples of warm teams struggling in the cold than playing well. In that game you reference, it was playing the SF team that won back to back SB's, with Joe Montana at 32 and Jerry Rice at 26, so I don't know if any factor mattered against that team.

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.

The Bears didn't punt. In 10 drives, they had 3 TDs, 3 FGs, 2 INTs, and 2 ToDs. So 60% of the drives resulted in pts, and 30% in TDs. GB had 11 drives, they had 4 TDs, 2 Missed FGs, 4 Punts, and the EOG. So they scored on only 36% of their drives. If you hold an opponent to only 4 scoring drives, you typically win. The Bears won a game where they had no takeaways on defense and turned the ball over twice on offense. Something they rarely do on either side of the ball.

7th comeback win when trailing with under 2 minutes to go this season, most in NFL history.

This is one of those games that would make a front office make a move. LaFleur rode Aaron Rodgers coattails to pad his W-L record, then dumped him for Jordan Love. They have only been the 7th seed with Love as QB, and there is always an excuse. LaFleur is the reincarnation of Marty Shottenheimer. Shottenheimer had a .613 Win% as a HC in the regular season, but only won 5 and lost 13 in the post season. His teams only made the Conference Championship once in 13 playoff seasons, and lost that one. Without Rodgers, LaFleur is 37-30-1 in the regular season, and now is 1-3 in the playoffs, losing his last 3. Dating back to last season, including GB's playoff loss last season, GB is 9-11-1 in their last 21 games played. They lost 3 straight to end last season and 5 straight to end this season.

Wow, what a game. The script writers were on point with this one. Make it look desperate, then hit the climax and then the cliffhanger at the end. So much to unpack (no pun intended).