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Hoge & Jahns said they lock in the O-Line on Wednesday, they didn't mention other positions. Could be complete speculation.

Updated after MNF: Offense Pts scored - CHI - 20th, NYG - 18th Total Yards - CHI - 31st, NYG - 22nd Defense Pts allowed - CHI - 11th, NYG - 12th Total Yards Against - CHI - 20th, NYG - 16th INTs - CHI - 3, NYG - 0 Sacks - CHI - 6, NYG - 3 The Giants did not register a sack or INT against DAL. That seems to be their defense's weakness. They are decent for pts allowed and yards allowed, but don't seem to get much pressure nor are they opportunistic in their secondary. Let's hope Fields doesn't end that INT streak. I am updating my prediction, Bears 24-17

I just hope he doesn't want top 5 RB money. Right now the RB salaries go: McCaffrey - $16M AAV - 1st, Mixon $12M AAV - 8th, then a huge drop off to Barkley at $7.8M. So $8-10M seems like a fair deal. With the cap space next year, they will have money to front load some contracts. I like the 1-2 punch of Monty-Herbert and with the QB position still up in the air, you need at least one position group on offense to be special.

Yeah, they lock in the starters on Wednesday so they can prep for their assignments. So that also means Mustipher at C again.

At this point, Poles is just throwing as many darts as possible. Smith-Marsette, now Roberson added to PS. At some point, one of these guys will look serviceable.

I also heard on a Podcast that he is not comfortable with his new feet set. He used to be right foot back guy and they made him switch to left foot back. That is like trying to skate board or do a long jump off the opposite foot, it is not easy. So that may be contributing to his timing issues.

My biggest issue with Monty is with this juke thing he does when he initially catches a screen or near the LOS on a run. For some reason his first step is almost always a juke even if no one is there. He had a screen pass the other game to the right and there is no one within 5 yards of him. All he has to do is turn around and run. He turns around does his head juke thing to air, the defender just runs right at him and tackles him for a 2 yard gain. I don't mind the juke at full speed with a defender right on you, but it is almost a nervous tick now he does it so much.

Darnell Mooney, WR1, 4 receptions for 27 yards. Cole Kmet, TE1, breakout year, 2 receptions for 40 yards. The player with the most receptions was hurt and missed most of the last game, Montgomery with 5. Everyone's stats are completely neutered due to SF game and Fields. Everyone should have 3 to 4x their current numbers.

Great question, I think I can. At this point though, regardless of play call, scheme, defense, etc, it comes down to playing ball. Right now any QB in the NFL, even guys on the practice squads can come in and do what he has done. One more game like this and Fields will have the longest run of futility in the Super Bowl era.

Fields DVOA got worse, now at 79.3%, historically bad, almost impossible to just get back to average QB. Team improved, now 23rd overall, 28th on offense, 11th on defense.

This is probably why we don't see many quick slants (if any) for Fields. They don't want LBs and DBs jumping the route.

157 yards on 20 carries, 2 TD, 2 receptions, 12 yards. There have only been 18 games since 2002 where a player had 150+ yds, on 20 or less carries, at least 2 TDs, 2 receptions, and 10+ receiving yards. 16 players to do it, Tomlinson and Jonathan Taylor are the only 2 to do it twice ( from 2002-2022). The last 5 before Herbert were Taylor x2 (20/21), Aaron Jones (20), McCaffrey (19), Chubb (19), and LeSean McCoy in 2016.

There have been only 26 games since 2000 where a QB had at least 15 attempts, less than 150 yds passing, 0 TDs, at least 2 INT & 5 sacks. Justin Fields just had one of them. Teams are 2-24 with a QB with those stats, and Fields is the first QB to win a game in regulation with those stats. QBs with 2 games: David Carr, Jay Fiedler, Jon Kitna, and Josh Rosen Only 3 times since the start of 2020, Fields plus: Ian Book on 12/27/2021 NO vs MIA, 20-3 Loss Sam Darnold on 10/25/2020 NYJ vs BUF, 18-10 Loss The Bears have the most games and QBs with 4: (Fields, Hanie, Krenzel, and McNown). Miami is the only other team with 3 or more games (Fiedler x2, Rosen).

He is literally doing EVERYTHING wrong right now. On both of his INTs, terrible footwork. He is scrambling into sacks instead of stepping up. He is either missing his reads or not reading the coverage. He is still slow to throw the ball. That to me seems like his biggest problem. Either he is waiting to see them open before throwing or he is just slow to execute after he sees it. To me the worst part is he has clearly regressed. Watch the Steelers game from last year. Also, if you take his name off the stats, how many guys are going to get more starts with numbers that bad. I am looking into how bad right now. I even bought a subscription to find out.

Yeah, I think they were in Nickel? So only 2 LBs? One on each side. Just like the Eddie Jackson INT, they made the right call, the player executed, AND caught the ball. Too many dropped INTs last year.

Mooney and St. Brown are better than anything they have. Ours looks much worse due to the offense and Fields right now.

We really need Velus. How long can be out for a soft tissue injury. He has been out 2 months now.

Seriously, if we can't beat the Giants with this WR Corps, the franchise should be disbanded.

Who is Jones throwing to without Shepard? Jones was pressured over 20 times and sacked 5 times.

Giants are playing tonight, so I wanted to start this thread before the game. It will be interesting to see if they win and start the season 3-0. I thought the initial line of Bears -3 was very telling. Vegas thinks this is an even game on a neutral field. They will have the short week. Without the 3rd game for the Giants, the team stats will be a little skewed, but I will update later. Right now for comparison sake: Pts scored - CHI - 20th, NYG - 16th Pts allowed - CHI - 12th, NYG - 8th Total Yards - CHI - 31st, NYG - 22nd Total Yards Against - CHI - 20th, NYG - 13th INTs - CHI - 3, NYG - 0 Sacks - CHI - 6, NYG - 3 So NYG beat TEN and CAR. CAR might be the worst team in the league (like HOU). Mayfield threw for 145 yds against the Giants. Against the Titans, they had 2x 60+ yd plays (1 run, 1 pass) that led to 2 of their TDs. The Giants have yet to get an INT, and only average 1.5 sacks a game. That is very favorable for Fields. Their passing defense looks good in terms of yards allowed, but it is sort of off with who they played. This will be an away game for Fields, maybe he plays better, like he did against PIT last year. He really needs a game like that to get his confidence back. It seems like it is all gone and he is overthinking on every play. My early prediction is Bears 23-20.

The Pro Football Docs speculated it as a possible high ankle or MCL sprain or both. They have been pretty spot on with injury assessments from watching how the injury occurred. They could be totally wrong, but like I said, they have been surprisingly accurate. A high ankle would be 4-6 weeks. Flus said he was optimistic and that Monty was day to day, so we will see. Crazy ironic that Monty wore a Cohen shirt to the game that he got hurt in:

This is what the Bears will be facing between now and the next GB game. QBR Rating: Week 4 - Jones - 27th - Jones is terrible Week 5 - Cousins - 20th - it depends on what Cousins shows up Week 6 - Wentz (TNF) - 24th - Wentz was sacked 9 times by JAX Week 7 - Jones/Hoyer - 25th - Jones hurt, Hoyer may start Week 8 - Rush - 3rd - It seems like he has peaked and will only come down once there is tape on him. Week 9 - Tua - 1st - I don't think he is this good or will be able to keep this up all season. Week 10 - Goff - 8th - Goff is way too high for who he is, he will come down too. Week 11 - Mariota - 12th - Surprisingly high for what looked like a career backup after TEN Week 12 - Wilson/Flacco - 28th - bad young or bad old At least 5 favorable QB matchups in the next 9 weeks and that does not count Goff, Rush, or Mariota. Possibly 8 of 9 with Tua being the toughest. The good thing is we get Tua and Goff at home.

Still the last Wild Card team. If DAL wins, it would be a tiebreaker. Still pretty funny. Game balls for Roquan and Herbert. Hopefully Patrick can start at center next weekend, so Jenkins can also play the entire game at RG. Need to get Johnson back and Velus needs to play at some point. Barely played in the preseason and has yet to play in the regular season after 3 weeks. Not a good look so far. Right now Brisker and Jones look like great picks. Gordon needs to improve quickly, getting burned a lot. Velus has yet to play one snap. Gill has looked good too. So a mixed draft so far unless Gordon improves and Velus plays and looks decent. Ebner has been ok, but he needs to take a knee on some KO returns.

It seems like the rust is finally off. What a game he had. In 3 games, Smith leads the NFL in total tackles (T-36), has 0.5 sacks, 2 TFLs, 1 INT, and 2 Passes Defended. If he can keep up this pace and get a couple of FF's he will be looking at a big contract. He is on pace for over 200 total tackles.

Looks like a possible high ankle and MCL sprain. That would be 4-6 weeks, if any tears, it might be longer. Tough blow in a contract year, but on the flip side, Herbert looked really good.