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Swifty is great for videos, but bad on stats. Mahomes has 1,593 yards.

Getsy has to go, someone needs to be held accountable for this mess. The defense looks serviceable and only allowed 13 pts. The offense was a train wreck again. Getsy has no clue what he is doing. I just don't understand how a team can be so dysfunctional top to bottom regime after regime. I could see if they were doing quantum physics or something, but this is not that hard. There are 11 external variables in a fixed perimeter and enough analytics that there is not enough time in a lifetime to review. There are plays to beat every defensive concept yet the Bears put that crap out there every week. They did it again btw. 3 WR screens in a row. Classic.

The fall of Mac Jones has been odd. His rookie year, he put up 3801 yds, 67.6% comp, 7.3 Y/A, and 22 TDs, for a 92.5 Rating. Those numbers dipped to 2997 yds, 65.2%, 6.8 Y/A, 14 TDs, and a 84.8 rating in 14 games, to now 1208 yds, 64.3%, 6.0 Y/A and a 74.4 Rating in 6 games this year. His per game yard average has dropped year over year: 223, 214, 201, TDs are down and INTs are up. I am really surprised that Bill stuck with him this long.

If he doesn't rebound, or struggles again against better opponents, we have our answer about him as well. The crazy thing is if you watched Mahomes in college, there is no way you would project him to do what he is doing in the NFL. He had a ton of yards, but his teams always lost. He was 13-19 in college and was pretty inconsistent. He threw for 734 yds in a game against Oklahoma to then follow that up with 206 against Texas Christian. Texas Tech didn't even play in a bowl game his junior year. For College QBR, in 2016, Mahomes was 7th, behind Mayfield, Flowers, Darnold, Jackson, Watson, and Trubisky, and a few players after him were Nathan Peterman and Josh Dobbs. 6 out of the top 7 QBs have started significant games in the NFL. How can you deduce that the 7th one is going to turn out to be arguably the best of all-time? In 2020, Mac Jones was near perfect with the highest QBR, followed by Fields, Corral, Wilson, and Trask. Lawrence was 8th, Ridder was 12th, DTR was 13th, Howell was 14th, Purdy was 16th, and Willis was 17th. Of the top 17 players for college QBR from 2020, every player that has left college has been on an NFL team. That seem fairly impressive for players to make the jump, but Purdy i Stroud was #1 in 2021 and 3rd in 2022. This year for QBR, it's McCarthy, Penix, Gabriel, Daniels (LSU), and Weigman,

Too soon! That's my fantasy QB who is continually failing me. QBing seems much harder this year against most teams. Very few QBs are having great games and winning. Some are getting 300 yard games, but are losing by 20. Minshew had 329 but had 3 INTs and lost by 17. Of the top 5 passing yards leaders for this week, only Goff won, and he mainly had to throw when Monty went down with an injury.

Yeah definitely depends on the severity. I messed mine up years ago and to this day, it still pops out of the socket every now and then. With it being on the throwing hand, any loss of grip strength will be an issue. Cutler sprained his thumb in 2016, was expected only to miss 2-3 weeks, missed 5, then came back for 3, was pretty ineffective, then missed the rest of the season. I am not saying Fields is on the same timeline, but with this season lost, they are going to have to consider all options that may be completely unrelated to his health. I can tell you they won't rush him back. There is no point. What to go from 2-15 to 3-14. Fields doesn't move the needle that much when the team is so bad around him. My guess is they won't put him on IR because I don't think you can trade injured players, so they would want to keep that option open if teams start asking about him before the deadline. I doubt that happens, but if he is not put on IR and misses at least 3 weeks, that's why.

Anytime older college players are playing against 18 yr olds, it's really hard to evaluate them in my opinion. It just adds another layer that is not there for other players. He definitely seems like a better prospect than previous older QBs like Weeden (lol), but again, can you justify drafting a QB when his 2nd contract may not come until he is already 30 yrs old?

Zach Wilson 19-33, 57.6%, 186 yds, 5.6 Y/A, 0 TD, 0 INT, 5 sacks, winning QB Mr MVP Jalen Hurts threw 3 INTs and with the lead and just after the 2 minute warning, your throw an INT that gets run back to your own 8 and on the next play the Jets score the go ahead TD. Then you have 1:46 and a TO left, with Brown and Smith as your WR, Goedert as your TE, and you go 4 and out to end the game. and just like that, there are no more unbeaten teams.

Now that would be absolutely insane. Getting the #1 pick to draft a QB, trading down to where you can still get MHJ AND another 1st rounder to get an Edge or OL or DL would be incredible. I also like that they still have CAR's 2025 2nd rounder, which by all accounts should be a great pick as well. I am curious at CAR's rebuild strategy though. How exactly are they going to improve their team without high draft picks? Like in 2024, without a 1st rounder, how are they going to catch up with any team in their division who are already ahead of them AND the other teams still have their 1st rounders. I get that they needed to go up and get a QB, but honestly, I didn't think Young was good enough to make that trade. Now you have to rebuild with essentially one hand behind your back and by the time your roster has newer draft picks, Young is coming out of his rookie deal anyway.

I read that he wanted to go back into the game but couldn't grip the ball. So as long as there is nothing on the MRI, he may not miss that much time, if any.

One other thing. I can just walk away and go about my day. I have no vested interest in the Bears when they are this bad. I can't imagine being on the Bears beat or media covering this team. It has been so bad for so long, they write hype articles or for them to look like clowns themselves. What sucks is very few of them gave us a proper perspective on this team before the season. Most were optimistic and had the Bears winning 7-9 games. At this rate, 3-14 is the highest probable outcome (wins against CAR and ARI), and even those games, other teams feel like they have a shot at beating the Bears.

I would love to trade back and still get MHJ, but if you pulled that off, you started with #1 and #2 and flipped #2 to maybe back to #4 or #5. I don't think he gets out of the top 5. Probably 2 QBs, Olu, MHJ, and an Edge.

Williams did struggle, but he definitely throws way more anticipatory throws than Fields ever has. What will be interesting to see how Williams plays for the remainder of the year. His supporting cast is not that good.

The MVP Brock Purdy against Cleveland: 12-27, 125 yds, 44.4%, 4.6 Y/A, 1 TD, 1 INT, 55.3 QB Rating in a 19-17 loss. SF lost to PJ Walker.

Not everyone OLineman can be a top 10 pick. Braxton Jones is out, which makes the line look much worse. With Jenkins back and Nate Davis, they really just need a Center, but that would come in the 2nd-4th round. If they have an opportunity to take the best QB, and your QB room is still undecided, you have to draft one to reset the timeline. Otherwise, if they ride with Fields, Poles could be gone by next year. My assumption is this entire staff gets axed this offseason, then they bring in a younger offensive-minded HC and pair him with an older DC. This would sync the coaching staff with the QB, something that has been off for years (since Cutler).

Getting thrown to the wolves is never a good place to be for a rookie backup. Let's now see what he can do with a week of prep as QB1. If he struggles against LVR, then we will have a better idea of the source of the problem.

This is a bad team, they don't even need to try to lose, they will do it regardless. They are now back in 2nd at 1-5 now passing the Broncos due to SoS. Panthers are 0-6 at #1. They have LVR, LAC, NO before CAR. More than likely will be 1-8 when they play an 0-8 CAR team. This is also why you don't fire anyone in season, just let this dumpster fire keep going.

and either way gets hurt like today, from the pocket. He is taking way too many hits.

I am still not sold. Seattle did a similar thing when Carroll first got there and turned over the entire roster in 2 years. It's not like the roster will change (besides deadline trades) before the end of the year, so this is the same team after 2 years. A dip was expected last year, but this year there should be visible improvement and we have seen that for maybe 3 quarters out of the last 24.

Improvement is not linear, but it also shouldn't be so volatile. There are very few average games for Fields. He is either really good or really bad. The defense held the Vikings to 13 pts. If Bagent's fumble doesn't get returned for 6, the Bears were in FG range to take the lead before that duck INT.

Damn he had Moore, arm got hit. Moore came all the way back to force a fumble but not enough offensive players in pursuit to grab the fumble. This is still a badly coached, weak rostered team. Poles built this and we are now a year and a half into this and the team is arguably worse than it was when he took over. Outcoached every game. Now knowing they will run the ball, you now can't stop them.

Regardless of outcome, when the Bears defense purposely applies pressure, it works almost every time and they look great. When they rush 3 or 4 and drop everyone else back, the other team picks them apart.

Too small of a sample size right now, but if he leads another TD drive and the Bears take the lead?

Yeah, things have to be much cleaner and clearer for Fields to play well in the pass game. Bagent may not be the guy, but he is a guy that looked much better in the pocket.

So Bagent back to back completions to Moore, now Moore getting checked out on the sideline.