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Where is the outlet or check down on some of these plays? Fields continually tries to do too much and takes a sack instead of throwing it away. He has to know the situation.

Yeah man, hard not to speculate on some of that. Mustipher had a phantom hold yet GB never gets called for ANY holds, like zero. On Rodgers TD run and Jones TD, both easy holding calls, 10 times worse than whatever they thought Mustipher was doing, yet they are not called.

I have been saying this for a long time. He is the worst player on the roster, and should not be playing every snap on defense. How can the defensive coaches watch the tape and say he is worthy of being a starting free safety on this team? He is an outside corner and technically did his job all game. Not his best game, but held his own. Adams only had 4 receptions for 89 yards and the big one was Jackson's failure.

On GBs next drive, Quinn with the sack and the defense forces a 3 and out. You can tell Rodgers is aware of the pass rush. Then Grant gets hurt on the next punt return, ugh.

Wow, Bears 7-0. That was quick. Super efficient drive, Fields looks sharp. Herbert TD run after an 8 play 80 yard TD drive. Kmet, ARob, and Mooney with receptions. Goodwin draws easy DPI call. Fields was 3-3 for 46 yards. All started from Grant's 11 yard punt return from the 9 yd line. Let's go!

Hell yeah, impact play stops a drive. Rodgers goes down like a wet noodle. Great heads up play by Grant on the punt return.

COVID List, out for today.

Akiem Hicks is playing today. That's great news. The Packers don't have either of their starting CBs or Z. Smith on the Edge, and allow a TD 100% of the time once a team gets into the RZ. They have a terrible Special Teams unit as well. This is a prime time to get the Packers. One other sneaky fact, the Bears hired Mike Pettine, the former GB Defensive Coordinator, who is on the Bears staff. He practiced against this offense for 3 years and has intimate knowledge of the defensive player's strengths and weaknesses. If we see the Bears have the edge schematically, he might be why. To me it comes down to Davante Adams. If the Bears can limit him to under 100 yards and 7 receptions they win. If he goes off for double-digit receptions and over 120 yards, they probably lose. NO MISSED TACKLES! NO BUSTED COVERAGES! EDDIE JACKSON, PROVE US WRONG AND MAKE A PLAY! GO BEARS!

You don't clear cap space for nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if they added a CB, OT, or even a RB if they don't think Monty will be back as soon as originally expected.

I was hoping for Quentin Nelson, but the Smith pick turned out awesome. He adds to the legacy of great Chicago Bears LBs.

I was figuring 4-6 weeks for Borom (so Week 5-7), this week is Week 6, so they may just hold him out until the bye in Week 10. If Jenkins ever plays, Thanksgiving (THU) against Detroit would be a good game he would get extended rest after his first game before Arizona 10 days later. My predictions: Borom is back vs SF at home, Week 8 Jenkins is back at DET, Week 12 on Thanksgiving or doesn't play all year.

From Pace 2 weeks ago, very vague: On the status of injured rookie offensive linemen Teven Jenkins and Larry Borom: "Both those guys are working really hard. They continue to progress. They're both on schedule. It's a really good, combined effort with our trainers and strength coaches, along with those players being fully committed to that timeline to get them back as soon as possible. But they're both working hard and they're both on schedule." Maybe they can insert Elijah Wilkinson at right tackle instead of Germain Ifedi, but they still have a left tackle problem until rookie fifth round pick Larry Borom returns from IR and he has to miss at least one more game.

Man, I wish I didn't live in Alabama. Talk about an easy prop bet for an anytime TD. Herbert is easy money. He is going to either get one on the ground or in the air for sure. GB RZ defense is terrible.

Wilkinson played well after Ifedi went down. With Attaochu on IR, we may see Snowden get a shot and Mack backfills on PS.

Get out of my browser history Mongo! I was assuming he would be fined or suspended, and would have to attend some type of sensitivity training. It seems odd that he was forced to resign yet there are players, coaches, and owners who have said and done worse that are still employed.

Man, they have turned the All-22 into crap. For some reason, not all the plays and only half the game are available in that format. So it just jumps from one series to the next, missing plays and entire series. It is hard to watch unless one specific play you want to see if available for playback. From what I can tell, ARob looks slower. Almost like he is just going thru the motions. On Jackson, for a ballhawk, he is never around the ball. Outside of the time where the plays goes directly at him and he is forced to attempt a tackle, he is literally just running around the field for the other 60 plays. It is so weird.

It looks like the Packers may be down both of their starting CBs (Alexander and King). Their defense was already ranked 20th with them. How bad is their defense without their top 2 Corners?

Yeah, that too. I think Dalton was Plan "B" after RW fell thru.

The fact that we are dead last in yards with a 3-2 record is actually very promising. Odds are that the offense will improve significantly over the remainder of the year. Also, yards are very misleading because if you score on enough drives, have turnovers (like against CIN), you have short fields and thus don't need multiple 70-yard scoring drives. KC is 3rd with a losing record. The Giants are 12th in yards but have 1 win. I also think the team is not showing their full hand and that may be on full display this weekend. They haven't needed to the last two weeks, so why not wait to unleash new plays, formations, etc the most important week before the bye? Division opponent, at home is as important as it gets. Also, the defense still has yet to field all their starters at the same time for a full game. Hicks, Goldman, Trevathan, and Gipson have yet to be on the field at the same time this year. So both sides of the ball can improve. On Special Teams, Grant had a decent first game, and I can only imagine he will get better once he is in sync with his blockers.

I don't mind not turning over the calls, except when the call on the field is wrong. The side judges ran in and marked the spot with their feet, but you can see they are running to where his helmet was, not the ball, which neither can see from their perspective. Like I said, off by a football length, ok got it, but this was beyond that.

Pic 4 - The spot was literally where Peterman's helmet was, not the ball. This could've been a game-changing play. Games should not be decided by a visual guess and a chain. Luckily this one didn't bite us. Nagy challenged, but there was no evidence to overturn it, but there was also no evidence that the ball got that far. What is crazy is at best it was a half football from the line, yet is an entire football over the line. An average NFL football is about 11 inches, so they were almost a foot and a half off on the spot. I can see if they were off a half a football, but giving them an extra football without being able to actually see the ball is ridiculous.

Pic 3 - Side angle of replay, shows same line to gain in red, and the farthest possible point of the ball (in yellow) before Peterman gets blasted back by Roquan Smith. At best he gained an inch, but ultimately only gets back to the LOS. One thing to note is where his helmet is at, it crossed the line to gain which comes into play in the next pic.

PIC 2 - Last good view of where Peterman is holding the ball. He never extends the ball and if anything tucks it lower than it is in the picture. From the side angle, this is the last time any official can physically see the ball. Red line is line to gain.

So in the 3rd Quarter, on the Raiders only TD drive, Carr gets hurt, then Peterman comes in for a few plays. On a 4th and inches play, the Raiders get a great spot without there being any possible way the side judges can see where the ball is to spot the ball. Here is the play in 4 pics: PIC 1 - Ball is spotted just short of a football's length from the first down marker.

The All-22 posts 24 hours after game end, so I will look at it tonight. However, from the TV view it was pretty evident he was terrible and avoiding contact. Looking back at his numbers, it is clear to me that Jackson is not the same player since the injury. It has nothing to do with the contract. He is avoiding contact so he doesn't get hurt again. It is either physical or mental, but he is not even a quarter of the player he was in 2017 and 2018. The mistake by Pace was not seeing the steep decline in his play in 2019 and signing him to an extension only after 3 years of play. He was already a different player. In 30 games prior to injury he had 8 INTs and 21 PD. Since that point, in 37 games, he has 2 INTs and 10 PD. In 7 more games, 25% of the INTs and half as many PDs. And those last 2 INTs were the last play of the games against Sean Mannion (MIN) a hail mary, and a deep pass by David Blough (DET) on Thanksgiving into double coverage. It's not like those two plays were impactful. So his last meaningful INT was the one he got injured on against GB in 2018, which is crazy. So it is coming up on 3 years since he has a seriously impactful play that changed the game.