adam

Also, if you look at it holistically, if you had an employee that was underperforming AND showing discipline problems, they would be punished, fired, etc. They always talk about football being a business and that these guys are "professionals". Well they need to start acting like it.

This Twitter thread is great for understanding what is going on with the offense. Quinten feels like the Bears are not using the McVay system that Waldron came from, but are actually using the NE model based on what he is seeing Caleb do at the line. He could be wrong, but it would make sense.

Stevenson should be benched for not only the hail mary, but for his poor play. He was terrible against WAS, got torched by McLaurin for 60+ yards and the Fail Mary. He was the lowest graded player on the team according to PFF at 38.2. The worst part of his game was coverage. The more I watch of him, the more he seems like a backup CB. For the season, he is the lowest graded defender at 52.1. So he is below replacement level (60.0). Terell Smith is 67.5 and Jaylon Jones is a 71.7. One of those guys needs to be starting.

Cole Kmet is now tied with Dick Gordon for 14th in franchise history with 238 receptions. He needs 4 to tie Desmond Clark for 13th (and 2nd best for TE). Tory Taylor is already the franchise leader in punting average at 48.5, 2.4 yards ahead of Trenton Gill (who ironically was the leader). His 45.5% of punts inside the 20 are also a franchise best ahead of Pat O'Donnell at 35.5%.

Thru 7 games, Caleb now at 1,448 passing yards. That puts him on pace for 3,516 yards with 22 TDs, 12 INTs, and 510 Rushing Yards. To break Erik Kramer's team record, he would need to average 239 yards per game here on out.

The fact that Tory Taylor is not on this list invalidates it completely.

The good news for Sunday. The ARZ defense is closer to JAX and CAR than WAS was. ARZ is 29th in EPA/Play at +.09. JAX was +.10 and CAR was +.10. In comparison, WAS is actually in the positive side at -0.04 while the Bears defense is 4th at -0.16. JAX have the worst defense against the pass (based on EPA), CAR is 31st, and ARZ is 30th. This has to be a get right game for the offense. NE is 27th and that was with Uche who is now on the Chiefs. ARZ is also bad against the run, 26th in EPA/P, which would be the worst rushing the defense has faced since LAR. On the flip side, the ARZ offense is comparable to the Colts offense. So I am feeling a lot better about this game. On every metric the Cards are a mix between the Colts, Jags, and Panthers. The Bears should win these next two handily.

Edge players have to at least honor the screen. If you watch, those Edge guys were almost always going super wide and deep. There was a lot of space for screens.

Roschon is 4/4 in rushing TDs on rushes inside the 5. Why get cute? Who were they tricking? There was zero misdirection, no defender moved, they all attacked the ball. 3 Timeouts and none used BEFORE our TD. Why not burn the clock? You don't know you are going to make the 2-pt conversion, so a FG for them could potentially win the game. Yeah, this has been Flus' culture though, every time out of the bye a terrible game. No one looks ready to play. No offense to Flus but he sounds like an idiot. This stuff is not that complex. There is always an excuse, it gets old really quick.

They need to get a new Center, new RG, and depending on what you think about Jones, a new LT. The also need another Edge and DT. So they need to go all trenches with the first 4 picks and have the other holes filled already in free agency.

Stevenson should be punished. Don't start him vs Arizona, but let him play if needed as a sub. Put him on ST and make him earn his spot back.

Richardson is the QB for the Colts?

Seriously disheartened. I know there are ebbs and flows with rookie QBs, but he is not the problem. They had 2 weeks to gameplan against a mediocre defense and could only muster 2 TDs, super late in the game, one of them solely on Swift. Like what was the game plan? What or who were they attacking against WAS?

oh and crap, Swift had zero targets in the passing game? The best way to stop the rush are the little outlet passes and screens that slows down the pass rush. What the hell is going on?

Amazing news Bears fans, the Panthers are now 1-7 and dead last in the NFL, so they now have the #1 pick and the #33 pick is the Bears. Bears now drafting 18th, the best team to not make the playoffs (lovely). Arguably the worst spot to be in, NFL purgatory, too good to draft outside of top 15, bad enough not to make the playoffs. So the Bears now have 3 picks in the top 50. #18, #33, and #50.

I didn't realize this was a race for a combined 1K.

The irony of the Bears. They hold the Commanders to 0 TDs for 60 minutes only to allow the Hail Mary after double zeros to lose. Goff throws for 85 yards, has a 15.3 QBR and the Lions win 52-14. Love throws for 0 TDs and 1 INT, leaves the game hurt, and Willis leads a 64 yard drive for the GW FG.

The Bears are the #1 last place team in the NFL. They are the only last place team with a winning record. They would be in 1st Place in the NFC West, 2nd Place in the NFC South, AFC South, and AFC East with a 4-3 record. The Bears have completely dominated the 1-7 Panthers, 1-6 Titans, 2-6 Jaguars, and 3-4 Rams.

So we are now nearing the halfway point of the season, already had the bye, so we should have a pretty good idea about who this team is and what their identity is, especially on offense. Can someone tell me what that is? The fact that we don't know after a full offseason and two months of the regular season is worrisome. Something is wrong.

Cole Kmet had 1 target and 1 reception. Everett had 2 targets. Like what we doing here? Allen had 7 targets and 2 receptions. Not very efficient. It still boggles my mind that we have Moore, Allen, Odunze, Kmet, and Swift, and this is all we can muster on offense. The O-Line may be bad, but it's not like it is 32nd in the league. Also, if we know it's bad, where is the quick passing game?

The players questioned why Kramer got the ball on the 1 yard line. They basically said they practiced the play but never expected to use it in such a critical point in the game when points were so hard to come by. They thought they could've used a timeout to get straight on assignments before the Hail Mary. JJ also alluded to the fact that they were in Hail Mary defense on the play BEFORE the hail mary, so there was clearly confusion there too. Also, you have the ball on the one yard line with 4 chances to score. They could've easily run the clock to under 20 seconds or less before scoring, giving the Commanders 1-2 less plays on offense. They had 3 timeouts. Kmet also said they were being lazy during practice this week, he said no giving the game enough respect. Again, to me that is taking a shot at the coaches. No one is being held to any standard. They talk about standards, but they are not enforced.

It is crazy how the Bears are ALWAYS on the bad end of these plays over the last decade. While teams like the Packers always luck out on way too many plays. I am really starting to think there is something to the "script" stuff at least with the refs influencing the game either with bogus calls or the lack of calls.

Jaylon Johnson and Cole Kmet both called out the coaching decisions today with media. Flus no longer has the locker room. How many "leadership" meetings do you need? That tells me there is no leadership with the coaching staff. Flus said he wanted "teachers" no, you need leaders that hold everyone accountable. Him and Waldron are too passive.

The Bears were favorites for this game a few weeks ago, now 1 point underdogs. Arizona just beat Miami, Harrison Jr, McBride, and Conner all had huge games. This is looking like a pretty complete offense and the defense got a safety against MIA, and they only won by 1. At this point, it really is going to come down to which Bears team shows up. If it is the one that won 3 straight, the Bears should win this game handily. If it is the team that just played Washington, it is going to be tough because ARZ has some playmakers on offense. My initial thought is Bears in a squeaker, 24-20. Also, if the Bears lose this game, they really need to consider firing Flus. 4-4 with one of the easiest schedules in football is unacceptable.

This does not get talked about enough. I was at the game. The Commanders were running plays that took 5-6 seconds minimum and only 1 second would be off the clock. If you weren't looking at the clock at every snap, you wouldn't notice it. The Hail Mary never should've happened, there was no time left. The Commanders did nothing in the red zone, and they get away with a ton of holding, especially when Daniels was escaping the pocket, the Edge gets held every time, and they never call it. That is how he gets outside so easily. It was maddening. So this loss is going to do one of two things. They will all get their act together and turn this thing around, or this will be the defining moment for a disappointing 7-win season.