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  • Tim Jenkins Reviews Caleb v Puke WK14

    Tim Jenkins Reviews Caleb v Puke WK14

    Haven’t shared some Tim Jenkins Caleb Williams’ breakdown in a spell. Mostly ’cause Caleb gets sliced and diced more than a frog in a Jr. High Science class.

    But here is a thorough analysis of every Caleb throw vs Puke.

    One. It’s a bit frustrating seeing Caleb throw absolute perfect balls to Cole Kmet on the scramble drill, then Olamide Zaccheaus for that TD with a CB draped all over him; then the very first clip Caleb sails badly, or that last INT to lose the game.

    Caleb is at 52.5% for the last 5 games which is actually LOWER than Kyle Orton [in 2nd yr].

    I keep bringing up Kyle Orton on purpose since I don’t think that’s necessarily an insult. He finished his rook campaign at 51.6%, but more importantly, with a 10-5 record showing that a QB can win as a ‘game manager’. Problem is Orton’s D was much better than this ’25 D. OTOH, ’25 Bears’ D is leading the league in TOs, so it’s basically a wash.

    However, unlike Orton, Caleb has a much livelier arm and mobility which has translated into less sacks and more explosive plays. Needless to say, Caleb just needs to ball from the opening bell. We keep waiting for it to happen, but what if this is just who Caleb is?

    Two: Pure progression vs Post/Pre-Snap Look [PSL]:

    Kurt Warner is a PSL believer. He advocates that the best QBs are the smartest QBs [in the pocket], and that the best way to outsmart a D is to actually diagnose it and take advantage of its particular flaws.

    For instance, we all know that a big hole in the Cover 2 is a TE right up the seam [unless you have Urlacher as the MLB]. So, that TE becomes a QB’s #1 option.

    In a pure progression the #1, #2, #3, etc are already predetermined coming out of the huddle. So it doesn’t matter if they’re playing Cover 2, Cover 3, the reads are locked in.

    Jenkins illustrates the pros and cons of using either in his video.

    Pro. When the PS look is super muddy [Think Dennis Allen on 3rd downs]. 8 defenders all lined up close to LOS, a QB has no clue if they’re going zero blitz, some blitz, falling back to Cover 2, etc

    So, pure progression simplifies it since it barely matters what the D is doing. 1, 2, 3 already baked into the play.

    Con. That final Caleb INT where #1 seemed to be Kmet when maybe it could’ve been altered at the line to DJ [or just straight sprint?]. There’s plenty of other examples in this video alone. How many times throughout the season have we been screaming, “Look, he’s open!” Yes, but maybe he was the 4rth option while Caleb was running for his life.

    “Predetermined” is the keyword. From the outside it looks like Caleb just locks onto a target, but maybe that’s what BJ WANTS him to do [for now].

    Either way, Jenkins does an excellent job of showcasing the debate as well as explaining some of Ben Johnson’s playcalling logic.

  • Bears@Vikings Game Preview

    Bears@Vikings Game Preview

    Minny leads series 69-58-2

    By the numbers:

    Bears’ O 26.6 PPG [7th] Can you believe it!

    Week 1 Vikes beat Bears 27-24

    -JJ 143 YDS, 2TDs, 1 INT, 1 Rush TD, 98.5 Rating
    -Caleb 210 YDS, 1 TD, 86.6 Rating

    Vikings’ Pass D allows 102.7 Rating to opposing QBs [24rth]. They only have 3 INTs the whole season. In addition, they have also allowed 24+ points in past 4 games.

    So in theory, this should be a favorable matchup for Caleb through the air.

    Despite this, they boast an athletic front which held Lamar Jackson, arguably the most efficient QB, to 58%, 176 YDs, 1 TD

    Their run D seems a bit more stout holding King Henry to 75 yds, 3.8 ypc. Season long they concede 4.2 ypc [16th].

    JJ McCarthy has been held to a sub 83 QB rating in last 3 games [54.5 vs Ravens] and is going to play with a bruised hand that has limited his practice.

    He has also been sacked 11 times in previous 2 games. Bears have racked up 3+ sacks in back-to-back games, but the key will be if JJ holds on to the ball.

    What should worry Bears more is Vikings rushed for 167 YDs [6.7 ypc] vs Ravens as JJ contributed 48. Given how Dart – darted around – hopefully the D practiced setting the edge, contain, and RPOs.

    Season-long Bears’ D is giving up 5.2 ypc [29th], and if Edwards remains out, you bet your ass the Vikings are going to want to limit JJ passing as much as possible and attack Jarrett/Chris Williams/Sewell every chance they get.

    This is where the Caleb gauntlet begins. Like Hercules and his 12 Labors, Caleb will need to prove himself in order to relieve a lot traumatized Bear fans.

    X-Factor

    Bears played a relatively clean game vs Gmen [3 accepted flags], but will this carry over on the road in a raucous stadium? The Bears NEED to start winning some of these div games [they’re 0-2 currently] in order to stay atop the division or ahead on the WC race with tie-breakers.

    Let the labors commence!

    Overtime. Michael Franzese is a former Columbo cappo who was heavily involved with athletes gambling. If you even watched ONE mafia flick, you know that gambling is YUGE in that culture, so this is his take on what’s rocking the NBA and MLB.

    “My dad told me there’s three things that can kill you: wine, gambling, and women. Watch all three of them.“

  • The Promised Land

    The Promised Land

    “Charlie Wilson’s War” is a criminally underrated movie. It’s about the CIA funding the Mujahideen in Afghanistan; it’s so absurd, it has to be true. Spoiler alert – it didn’t end well!

    Well, one scene specifically is cinematic magic in the hands of the late great Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

    This is how I feel about the Caleb Williams’ journey.

    Rookie year was up and down as Caleb definitely held on to the ball for too long resulting in a whopping 68 sacks [3rd most all time], but he did steer Bears to some late-time heroics including defeating GB in the finale.

    Nevertheless, the whole fiasco of going through 3 different OCs and Flus mid-season firing made it impossible to objectively evaluate.

    Up and down. Up and down.

    “We’ll see.”

    2025. First game he essentially gets outplayed by a raw JJ McCarthy. Then crushed by the Lions.

    He sucks!

    “We’ll see.”

    Later Caleb goes off on toothless Dallas.

    He’s great!

    “We’ll see.”

    Tyler Huntley comes off the Practice Squad and outduels him.

    Heck, often this rollercoaster spins us through loops in a single game.

    Bear games should come with the same warning: do not ride if you have a heart condition or abnormal blood pressure.

    Jaxson Dart, a rook on an awful team with a walking-dead HC, looked better than Caleb. Blame drops, BJ, wind, Tall Whites…don’t matter, Dart still looked sharper passing and running than Caleb [Flacco didn’t look too shabby in comparison either].

    Then Comeback Caleb dons his cape, and we know the rest.

    So where does that leave us?

    “We’ll see.”

    One thing is certain: through 10 weeks, the Bears have played some of the softest defenses.

    Jared@CinnamonJared
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    The bears strength of schedule is .351 (next closest is Buffalo at .407) and their strength of victory is .272 (next closest is the jets at .278)

    Both easiest in the entire league

    Our very own Zombie posted this in-depth commentary:

    —————
    I know we’re all excited about being relevant this “late” in a season. Perhaps some perspective?

    Here are the records of Bears opponents thus far, not including the games against the Bears.

    The teams that beat the Bears
    Detroit: 5-3
    Minnesota: 3-5
    Baltimore: 3-5
    Aggregate: 11-13 (.458)

    Teams the Bears beat:
    Cowboys: 3-4-1
    Bengals: 3-5
    Commanders: 3-6
    Raiders: 2-6
    Saints: 2-7
    Giants: 2-7
    Aggregate: 15-35-1 (.304)

    Grand aggregate: .353

    In other words, bottom feeding. If you add the Bears games, the winning percentage of the opponents is 29-54-1, a mighty .351.

    Of course, you can only play who is on the schedule.

    But, clearly we ain’t done nothin’ yet.

    ———-
    Zombie is not alone. Twitter is brimming with [illiterate] doomers:

    Needless to say, the future SOS doesn’t get easier.

    “Front-runners” is a word floating around the Bears like Drakkar Noir at a gaudy discotheque.

    The other standard ‘slander’ on Caleb is that he wouldn’t need to be Captain Comeback if he actually played well for the other 3 QTRs.

    Or that despite the D spotting him 3 extra possessions, he still barely beats horrendous defenses.

    Common counters – Caleb only in his sophomore season, new to BJ-system, LT is some Canadian walk-on, he’s cut down his sack rate from 10.8 to 4.6 , unfair to compare to Maye, ‘this is a hit piece!’…

    And round-n-round we go.

    A lot of us may live in a Bear echo-chamber, but perhaps the sole good thing about Twitter is that one can see the haters from every echo-chamber!

    So what does this all mean?

    Simple. Caleb must prove the doubters wrong down the stretch.

    It won’t be about stats, comp %, EPA, “4K!” or other nerdanomics.

    Maybe not even about wins and losses.

    Caleb’s rating could hit 158.3 the rest of the way, and it won’t matter in the win column if the defense gets lit up by SB contenders like the Lions, Eagles, 9ers, Pack [2X]…while Specials continue to struggle as flags fly.

    Of course, we’re all going to be pulling for Caleb. How awesome would it be for him to rise above the criticism – to grow before our eyes and totally dominate from anthem to fade to black…

    To transfigure into that mythical elite QB we’ve all been waiting for so long…

    The franchise-messiah to finally lead us to the SB Promised-Land…

    Will he deliver?

    “We’ll see.”

  • Bears Escape a Giant Upset: 24-20

    Bears Escape a Giant Upset: 24-20

    Giants were 2-7. They lost like 10 in a row on the road. Skattabo-less, beat-up with a rook QB in a snowy windy Soldier Field and an HC on the hot-seat.

    So naturally, the Bears nearly blew it!

    The key word is “NEARLY.”

    If you missed the game, here’s a concise “Re-Kap.”

    Kap is citing 8 drops, but for what it’s worth, PFF credits 6. Either way, 6 would be the most drops by any team through ten NFL weeks, and that doesn’t even include close misses.

    However, the drops were only part of the offensive disfunction. I have no clue why Ben Johnson went so quick-rhythm passing for the first half. Giants’ D were ranked 31st vs run, and dead last vs defending parameter runs [Swift specialty]. Now maybe he was trying to zig instead of zag, but result?

    7-points.

    Didn’t help that Jaxson Dart was dealing.

    Through 3 QTRs, he looked like the superior QB while Brian Daboll looked like the superior playcaller continually targeting LBs[esp Sewell] as the Gmen bullied the Bears’ Dline.

    Then this happened.

    Up 17-7 and already close to FG range, I wouldn’t doubt if many Bear fans hit the parking lot to beat traffic. The whole game just felt off – not exactly low energy, but like a David Lynch flick that just made the whole experience a little uncomfortable.

    Then the Bears’ D rises to the occasion. Some may have wondered why I didn’t grade the Bears’ D lower. Moments like these are why. Despite getting pawned for most of the game, giving up a bunch of yards, and essentially losing in every metric… they almost always find a way to force a TO or a big stop [see the CJ blitzes, Dexter contain, Sweat sack]. After the Cowboys’ game, I was dubious they could maintain it, but they have, and this is who they are; it’s no small part why the Bears are 6-3. Will they keep forcing TOs against a brutal 2nd half gauntlet? Stay tuned, but relish it and a winning record for the time being.

    Courtney Cronin

    C.J. Gardner–Johnson on what was going through his mind in the 3rd Q when he forced Jaxson Dart to fumble: “I got tired of him running the ball. No disrespect. It’s just aggravating when he breaks for 20, 50 yards and you’re playing great coverage. So I had to find a way to get off the field to get the ball out of his hands eventually.”

    This dude just joined the club! Yet he’s already talking like a Dennis Allen ballhawk.

    This play completely turned the game around particularly since it also knocked out Jaxson Dart. After Dart went out, Daboll turtled with Russ Wilson. He definitely wasn’t going let Russ cook; heck, he wasn’t going to allow Russ to even enter the kitchen.

    Then it was Caleb Clutch time!

    In fact, the Bears scored TOO quickly, and gave what seemed like an eternity back to the Giants.

    Despite the struggling D, they still finished the game with a key CJ Gardner blitz which the Gmen totally blew in blocking [a 2nd time]. Ya know Allen was saving that blitz for a crucial moment, and it was for the final Giants’ drive.

    Bears 24, Giants 20. Fade to black…

    [Fly Eagles, Fly!]

  • Caleb a JAG?

    Caleb a JAG?

    Which is a #1 overall & which a 3rd string backup?

    QB1: 77.3%, 186yds, ZERO INTs, 1 TD, [53 yds rushing]

    116.9 Rating

    QB2 [b4 last junk drive]: 68.8%, 201 yds, 1 INT, ZERO TDs, two intentional groundings, [22 YDS rushing]

    Approx 75.1 rating

    Caleb Williams didn’t play against the 2000 Ravens. As I wrote in the preview:

    Ravens’ D is allowing 4.6 ypc [to RBs]
    32.3 PPG [32nd]; rank 27th stopping 3rd down conversions.

    Their pass D isn’t much better. Their secondary amazingly enough has only ONE INT thus far [now two] while allowing 108.4 passer rating [28th]and 246 passing yds [28th] with only 8 sacks and low pressure rate.

    Caleb somehow still found a way to look indecisive, inaccurate and Trubiskesque; he also struggled mightily against the lowly Saints, so this is nothing new. We’re 24 starts in already. In fact, some argue he’s only had ONE good game all season.

    To be certain, Ben Johnson called a subpar game, but I mean, wth can he do to prevent THIS? This INT basically cost the Bears a win. Caleb made the mistake Tyler Huntley,a practice squader, did not.

    And it begs the question:

    Is Caleb a JAG?

    Think about this long and hard. No doubt Caleb has all the physical tools needed to be a HOFer. “Generational.”

    So did Smoking Jay Cutler, yet Cutler never became Aaron Rodgers despite possessing all the same physical gifts.

    [IMO, Cutler was actually more athletic].

    Halas just kept throwing Cutler out there, never even entertaining the option of benching him for his own good.

    Here’s another way to ask the question.

    Would you rather have Jordan Love? Daniel Jones? Jared Goff? How far down the QB list do you have to fall to prefer Caleb?

    Caleb over.. Bo Nix, Jackson Dart, Michael Penix, Trevor Lawrence, Mac Jones, CJ Stroud, JJ McCarthy?

    One would have to get down to the the 7th circle of the QB inferno with the likes of Wentz, Flacco, Geno and Tua to make this an easy decision for Caleb.

    [Even then I can see some Bear fans dreaming about Tyler Bagent, Cousins or even Flacco at this point]

    Asking if you’d want Caleb over Drake Maye by now is laughable. Maye who also is in his sophomore season under a new system with arguably worse weapons and no offensive wunderkind HC.

    You know, the QB that tightened Ryan Poles‘ chest and whom he laughed out of the draft room.

    Sadly, this routine is nothing new for us Bear fans.

    I remarked before how Caleb reminded me of Rex Grossman except Rex was bad/good for entire games.

    Caleb fluctuates between awful/great seemingly play to play.

    There’s the rub. Can’t possibly rely on that to win consistently. Couldn’t do it with Rex. Couldn’t do it with Cutler. Won’t be able to with Caleb if he can’t improve.

    Counting on 3+TOs a game is not realistic as we found out quickly vs Ravens.

    It’s almost better to go with a ‘game manager‘ like Orton, Foles or Josh McCown, but Poles didn’t draft Caleb to be Andy Dalton, so here we are.

    Before I get accused of over-reacting, compared to the Twitterverse, I’m being stoic. Even our old friend Jeff Hughes who advocated to start both Trubisky and Fields day 1 is expressing doubts.

    Kap, “[Caleb] is playing ok, fine, mediocre, but not like a #1 overall” – I.E. a JAG

    The only real question left: what is the best way to rescue Caleb from devolving into a permanent JAG?

    Is it for him to sit or play through it?

    Maybe Bears can make up some BS ‘groin’ INJ to lowkey bench Caleb.

    OTOH, perhaps BJ just keeps sending him up like Viper with Maverick in “Top Gun”.

    Either way, SOMETHING has to change else us Bear fans will be suffering through yet another era of mediocre-hair-pulling-jersey burning QBing with similar results:

    Bears’ suckage.

    Overtime:

    This isn’t ALL on Caleb. Ben Johnson also has to clean up many mistakes, especially the penalties.

  • Revenge: CHI@WASH MNF WK6

    Revenge: CHI@WASH MNF WK6

    We all know the narrative. Bears blow a victory vs WASH last year in catastrophic fashion thxs to Matt Eberflus dumbfuckery and Tyrique Stevenson yapping with the crowd.

    Bears enter death spiral that results in the first Bears’ HC to ever be fired midseason making Caleb Williams shuffle through 3 OCs in his rookie season.

    Meanwhile Jayden Daniels catapults to OROY, carrying his team to the playoffs amid media hype.

    Many pundits preseason were predicting the Bears to be a ‘surprise playoff team’, but Washington stole their Cinderella slippers that day.

    On the bright side, it was such a colossal disaster that it was enough for even the milk toast McCaskeys to show some balls and fire Eberflus.

    Although in typical timid Halas fashion, it still somehow wasn’t enough to terminate the GM who hired that HC [and vouched for him]because…Bears.

    So we know what’s at stake. This isn’t just another game. It’s nearly symbolic and a true measure of how far the Bears have really progressed since that fateful Hail Mary.

    What needs to happen:

    Well, once more, this isn’t rocket, or even rock ’em-sock’ em robot science.

    The Commies are the best running team.

    As I wrote on Tues.

    Bears’ avg 102.3 YPG [24rth]; however, when one slices out the Caleb scrambles it leaves RBs: 3.4 YPC, 2 TDs.

    Meanwhile, the Commanders: 156.4 YPG [1st].

    On D, the Bears are giving up a whopping 164.5 YPG [31st].

    Ergo. STOP THE RUN.

    Or at the very least slow it down! This won’t be easy. Jayden Daniels can freeze the LBs opening up lanes for Bill Croskey-Merritt who is having a heck of a rookie campaign. I caught some of him, and he resembles Ashton Jeanty in that he’s shifty with zip.

    Friendly reminder, Poles drafted Kyle Monangai [233rd] while Croskey-Merritt was selected 12 spots after. Fans dreaming about trading for Breece Hall or De’Von Achane when Poles could’ve just drafted Merritt straight up. Thanks, Poles.

    Luckily for the Bears, T.J. Edwards and Kyler “Spider-Man” Gordon are projected back. Maybe they help. It’s important to remember that nickel in today’s NFL is basically the new SAM, as such, expected to make tough tackles in space. For the Bears’ sake, Gordon [and Austin Booker] return hungry.

    As a Bears’ fan, my first instinct is to establish the run and keep ramming it down their throats. That simply isn’t feasible with this Poles’ roster. More realistically, Ben Johnson will have to pass to open up some lanes for the run as WASH struggles to defend the pass and employs a ton of zone.

    Caleb Williams seems to excel vs zone, so chunk plays must be made. First downs can’t be missed; they will act as the defacto run game to keep WASH off the field and hopefully playing from behind. It’s not ideal. Much more can go wrong, from pre-snap penalties, drop passes, wrong routes, to sailing balls, blown up screens, jumped passes and strip sacks, but that’s what happens when a team can’t run.

    Outside a slew of Bear-forced TOs, Commanders self-sabotaging, or crazy plays like blocked FGs, muffed returns, etc… this is likely the best path for the Bears to serve the chilly dish of revenge and finally bury that infamous debacle.

    King Benny didn’t take it lying down and neither should the BJ Bears. Bang! Bang!

  • Twitter Tues WK4

    Twitter Tues WK4

    It was a fantastic week of football. Bears won. Cowboys lost. Puke Lost [to Browns no less]. 1-2 can easily turn into 2-2, heading into the bye on an up note.

    Some Twitters.

    OLINE: Braxton had himself a game.

    Benedet the Canadian seemed to hold his own when Wright left.

    Wright – wrong

    Via Kristen Tanis

    By the PFF scores, Shemar Turner did not have a good game in his first outing.

    He had the 2nd lowest PFF score on the defense with 30.0

    HOWEVER, before everyone jumps all over this.

    He only played 23 snaps.

    His pass rush score was 59.6.

    While that seems low, 60.0 is the starting score for all players when PFF grades games.

    His low overall score is based on 1 missed tackle. Because he had so many fewer snaps than most players, one bad play can swing the PFF score wildly. That put his tackling & run defense scores in the basement.

    He didn’t record any pressures & as someone said “looked on ice skates” out there, but I don’t want to rush to judgement yet

    It was his first game after missing almost all of training camp

    Let’s wait to see a handful of games of reps from him before we draw any early conclusions

    Gervon Dexter had a 55.4 pass rush grade in his first Bears game, btw

    Some QB/Caleb info.

    Regarding accuracy from Caleb’s class.

    and a counter

    Caleb handled the Cowboys’ blitz well

    Caleb’s deep ball accuracy, an issue we were all fretting about, has improved which is great because Ben Johnson is taking deeper shots with Caleb than with noodle-armed Goff.

    If you think Chicago media is the only negative force out there. Think again! Bitter radioman is an archetype!

  • Caleb Concern

    Caleb Concern

    After watching the MNF opener vs Vikings, I can only quote The Irishman, “I’m more than a little concerned.”

    While plenty of blame can go around, the loudest 5 alarm fire was definitely Caleb as once more he wilted; in contrast, JJ McCarthy started off shaky, but literally gathered his Olinemen, then mounted a comeback as Caleb flailed.

    I won’t rehash the trauma. We’re all in a safe place now. Also, TBH, I didn’t really have to watch the All-22 to know what went wrong with Caleb; still, I thought it might reveal some details I may have missed initially.

    “All Things QBs” with Tim Jenkins masterfully breaks down every Caleb throw.

    Jenkins reinforces what we already talked about in the last thread ad nauseum.

    1. Caleb isn’t throwing in rhythm
    2. Caleb’s not seeing the open receivers
    3. Even if he sees them, he’s not pulling the trigger.
    4. If he does pull the trigger, the accuracy’s ‘manic’.

    And that’s when the Oline doesn’t allow pressure, which it did especially Dalman and Jackson.

    Jenkins observed that Caleb appears to struggle throwing to his left [wasn’t that McNowns’ downfall?]; He shows it’s tied to his feet and how wide he’s opening his shoulders. Ironically when Caleb scrambles, these mechanical issues don’t usually surface, so he may be a better scrambling QB than pocket at this stage.

    Another pundit put it another way, think it was Biggsy, ‘Caleb’s accuracy is worrying. In baseball terms, it’s not just that the pitch is off, but that it’s entirely out of the batter’s box.’ This might help explain his lack of INTs – neither the receiver nor CB have a shot. Such errancy robs the O of YAC [hitting in stride] and cheap pass-interferences on top of, ya know, COMPLETIONS, 1st downs, TDs…

    Tweets.

  • Ty-Writer Drops Bombs!

    Ty-Writer Drops Bombs!

    At this point it would be negligent of me to NOT share Tyler Dunne’s trilogy “House of Dysfunction.”

    I won’t cover it all, and TBH, it’s a bit of a bummer reading this right before the season kicks-off. It’s like sniffing a turd emanating from a wrapped gift before Christmas.

    Nevertheless, wishful thinking is no way to prance through life. So buckle up; here’s a summary:

    Part I

    1. Caleb Williams seems disrespectful towards the coaches: Waldron, Brown, and likely Eberflus.

    2. The Vets didn’t like Caleb, a rook, busting on the scene, making coaches and vets conform to him.

    3. Caleb might be football dumb; apparently his mental struggles were so extreme, Dunne muses if Caleb actually possesses a learning disability.

    4. Caleb is not just entitled and learning disabled, but LAZY.

    The Bears offense devolved into an exercise of trial and error to fit whatever the USC rookie demanded.

    All of which would’ve been manageable if Williams was willing to work. He was not.


    Part II

    1. Ryan Poles rigged the selection. Like Kim Jung Un, he let his biases be known and expected the lackies to follow. Here’s a reenactment.

    2. Poles’ autocratic manipulations essentially made Caleb Williams the only viable option at QB despite it being arguably the strongest QB draft since ’83.

    “To those seeking a vibrant debate, these draft meetings were a farce.”

    Part III has yet to drop, but this is their outline:

    In Part III, we zoom out: Who’s to blame? The Bears have become an organization repellent to independent thought. The GM inherited a bad situation and managed to make it worse with a 15-36 record. All roads in this league tend to lead back to ownership.

    I won’t rehash my thoughts. If you’re curious, just click on the previous post; however, I do disagree with Jeff on one point.

    How in the world can this news, if true, NOT impact Ben Johnson’s tenure?

    If the QB is entitled, challenged and lazy, what can the HC do to fix THAT?

    What kind of culture will those traits create?

    [Didn’t we get a sneak peak of that last season when rumors swirled that the vets wanted Bagent to start over Caleb?]

    That being said, as a fellow late-bloomer, this doesn’t mean that Caleb is Jeff-George-Leaf-Manziel-Fated. Even if all those reports are legit, something can click inside Caleb to turn it all around.

    Happens all the time. Everyone loves a 2nd act.

    Still, I expect Poles and sycophants to vigorously deny, deflect, and distort the details because that’s what ‘strong-men’ do when criticized, exposed or challenged.

    Heck, maybe Poles will claim that Dunne is a Detroit constructed AI to undermine the Bears’ season and his reign – Fake News!

    I would absolutely love for some intrepid reporter to ask Mercedes Lewis, Keenan Allen or DeMarcus Walker if the trilogy is accurate. The current Bears like DJ will likely lie through their teeth. That’s fine, but those ex-Bears are free to relay the truth.

    And as with all things, the truth will out.
    The die is cast. The chips are all-in.

    Like those Turkmenistan cabinet members, we too are now forced to cheer, root and clap as Poles raises the fu-bar to another level…

  • Preseason GameDay Thread #2: Bills

    Preseason GameDay Thread #2: Bills