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This trade makes up for the Claypool blunder. Jackson may be the best Offensive Lineman on the team, or at least close to Wright at this point, and Wright is playing at an All-Pro level.

Getting Gordon back would be huge. The defense is playing great, but Jaylon and Stevenson have underwhelmed. If you can rotate Gordon in and Muhammad and replace Stevenson, that would remove the biggest hole on the defense. The Jets exploited it and you know GB will attempt to as well.

Bears are a top 10 team, Packers are a bottom 10 team. Packers are closer to the Jets than they are to either the Eagles or Panthers. The Bears can't lose this game. Most simulations are saying Bears 24-17 at the worst. Others say 27-13 or 14.

Only 3 undefeated teams left, KC, SF, and MIN. MIN is a paper tiger. KC has two 3pt wins. SF is the most legit team so far. Bears should be right there with them.

Good point. I don't know how much he interacted with the defensive players, but Hutchinson cap hit grows to $54M in 2029. They backloaded it to go all in the next two years. After that, they will have to shed salary. Goff goes to $62M next year, then $69M in 2028. Half their cap next year is in Goff, St. Brown, and Sewell already.

His mistakes have just been magnified because they have been so noticeable. Drops an easy TD, jumps on a perfect punt for no reason causing a touchback, not even attempting to block on FG try, not following blockers on designed screen, etc.

Bears QBR so far this season, week by week: 1 - Williams 92.3 2 - Williams 70.3 3 - Keenum 74.1 4 - Bagent 75.1 4 straight games with the primary QB with a QBR over 70 is impressive. 3 out of 4 weeks with a QB in the top 10 in QBR. Coaching matters.

Definitely, Thieneman was the correct pick, so was Muhammad. Actually he probably should've been the Rousch pick. That one is looking like a whiff.

I don't think the Bears will be sellers at the deadline. I could see an Edge or CB. Jaylon and Stevenson have been really bad.

The funniest thing ever would be Bagent taking the first snap and then Caleb runs out on the field to takeover.

Mission Accomplished!

Another idea I had was they could bring Logan Jones along with Caleb, allowing the Center to get a ton of reps with Caleb before live game reps. So start them both Week 7 against NE at home on TNF. Also, NE knows Bradbury too well, they would exploit the hell out of him anyway. Perfect time to make the switch at Center in my opinion.

I am thinking they may hold him out until Week 7, since it is a short week. If he comes back for Week 6 and ATL, he would only have 3 days of rest (including travel) for the next game. I don't think they would risk that as the reinjury rate is pretty high. So I would not be surprised if Bagent starts against GB and ATL and Caleb returns for NE, then gets the mini bye after that game before MNF in Seattle the following week. That gives him more time to recover after his first game back.

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.