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  • Rams, not Bears, get their Reggie White

    Rams, not Bears, get their Reggie White

    In case you live in a 50’s silo, Rams are going all-in for reigning defensive player of year Myles Garrett. Myles Garrett is coming off a historic season in which he broke the single season sack record. I normally discount a lot of these records which take extra games to achieve. OJ, not Dickerson, AP or Barry, may have my vote for best RB season of all time based on this logic.

    But context matters, and we gotta remember, Garrett broke that record [23] on the Browns [mic tap]. THE BROWNS. Not very many games they were playing with a two TD lead to force the opponents to go Air-Raid. I also vividly recall Favre folding into a fetal position for his buddy Strahan to break that record previously, so it’s not as if HIS record was clean either, and Strahan crying about it is epically ironic. Garret also hit the QB 39 times along with notching 33 TTFLs. Incredible.

    More details will emerge, I’m certain, but as of right now, this is the compensation:

    Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
    ·1h🚨🚨🚨

    Bombshell: The Browns are finalizing a trade that will send two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams, per
    @rapsheet,@TomPelissero and me.

    In exchange for Garrett, the Rams are expected to send Pro-Bowl edge Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick and other draft-pick compensation still being negotiated to the Browns.

    🏈Rams receive: Myles Garrett

    🏈Browns receive: Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick, a 2028 2nd and a 2029 3rd.

    In other words, Rams are going all-in.
    I was going to write a big article on whether the Bears should make a move on Garrett. The idea centered around ONE question:

    Are Bears ready for a true SB push?

    Follow up question – trading for Garrett the same as trading for Mack?

    Which begs a bigger question. How much better are BJ/Caleb than Nagy/Trub?

    Trading multiple 1sts and premium players for a legit SB shot, better?

    Or are we, like with Nagy/Trub, falling into the same wishful fallacy that landed Mack but wrecked the team long-term once the Nagy/Trub gambit fizzled out?

    Well, all that is moot now as the Rams are signing their Reggie White.

    A team the Bears will no doubt have to face in the playoffs the next two years or so, which coincidently mirrors the Caleb rook contract ‘window.’

    Lots to consider here, but I’ll keep it short.

    I don’t know if the Bears COULD’ve competed against the Rams for Myles.

    While BJ/Caleb are promising, if you’re a 30 yr old Myles, you want proven not promising, and McVay/Stafford are proven. They also eliminated Bears from last playoffs. The L.A./Hollywood angle, esp contrasted against Factory of Sadness, is also a real factor.

    In addition, the Bears didn’t really roster a Verse lvl defender to throw into the mix [thxs Poles!]. I guess you can dangle Sweat, but then the Browns likely ask for more draft capital, and at this point, it seems like treading water.

    Maybe they could’ve offered Rome and Gordon. That’s likely the route I’d go if I’m Bears’ GM. I don’t really believe in Rome. Burden and Loveland are the two top receiving options IMO; plus, we still have Kmet, a new TE, and a gadget KR/WR/Slot.

    Gordon is a walking hamstring. Trade him before it’s too late.

    OTOH, maybe the Bears really didn’t have a shot. Maybe Garrett told CLE, “It’s L.A. or bust, baby.” and that was that.

    So where does this leave the Bears?

    Proper fucked.

    The Bears are in a Cold War against the Evil Empire – The Packers – who traded for Micah Parsons.

    NOW, they’re in an arms’ race vs Rams who just acquired a cobalt bomb.

    Not sure Bears could afford to keep sitting on their hands and realistically hope that somehow a motivated Dayo, old Jarrett and raw Booker>ONE Myles Garrett.

    This trade might force Poles to more aggressively target, say, DT Jeffery Simmons. More likely outcome though – Poles signs an old ass Cam Jordan or Bosa.

    That, or BJ/Caleb must go scorched earth 2000 Rams’ style.

  • Lions Pounce on Listless Bears

    Lions Pounce on Listless Bears

    If you were to relay to a non-football fan that one of the teams was playing for something, and the other wasn’t, he would have quipped, “Oh, so that team in white is obviously playing for something.” Bears came out like the Fox zombies – oddly disinterested and disjointed. They completely nullified their home crowd.

    These were the stats by halftime:

    Lions 237 yds; 19:12 TOP; 13 points

    Bears 69 yds; 10:48 TOP; 0 points

    Abject failure. At least the defense was holding them to mostly FGs despite the Bears’ O just giving it right back. So yes, while the defense faltered, not nearly as much as the offense. In fact the O didn’t wake up til late in the game while the D did the heavy lifting.

    This is unacceptable. Poles hired Ben Johnson so that the new engine to the Bears would be the offense. He drafted Loveland instead of a pass rusher, doubled down with Burden [“overdrafted” Trapilo], and oh yeah, used the #1 overall on Caleb and another top #10 for good measure on Rome.

    Meanwhile the defense is being held together with bailing wire, the ghosts of Dayo, Shemar, Gordon and ailing underperformers.

    This is why BJ’s decision to punt it on 4rth and 4ish late in the 4rth was so baffling. Did he not see the game? They asked BJ why he decided to punt. He responded:

    “Because we had three timeouts and thought we were going to get the ball back.”

    How can such a sharp mind use that logic? ESPECIALLY when his other trait is aggressiveness. Needless to say, he came to regret that decision.

    We expect the defense to struggle while the offense carries the game; it shouldn’t be the other way around.

    Ben Johnson said as much in his post-presser:

    “I was not pleased with the offense today,”

    He added: “We can’t dig ourselves in a hole like that. I was disappointed with the offense as a whole. I let those guys know that. And we’ll be better for it.”

    Naturally, the BounceBack Bears, well, bounced back, but it was too little too late.

    And that’s twice in a row now resulting in two [totally different types of] defeats.

    It’s like continually hitting on 16 in Black Jack. Eventually the laws of averages bust you out with a vengeance.

    Luckily for the Bears, hitting on 16 didn’t cost them much this time. Nick Sirianni in his infinite wisdom decided to “rest” Hurts, then proceeded to lose to the terrible Commandos, thus locking the Bears as the #2 Seed to face the Packers this Saturday.

    Overtime:

    Congrats to Caleb Williams for becoming the Bears all-time leading season passer.

    Like I wrote in the game thread, I really didn’t give a crap about him hitting 4K. It’d be nice, like receiving Cheesecake Factory gift cards, but nothing mindblowing. I would’ve been more impressed if it happened in 16 games.

    Before this 17th game:

    ’25 Caleb YPG=233.1
    ’18 Bisquit YPG=230.2

    3 more yds per game than Trubisky isn’t exactly anything to write home about. Still, it’s not nothing, so golf clap.

    Speaking of which, congrats to Myles Garrett for breaking the season sack record

    Michael Strahan apparently wasn’t buying it ‘Garrett is the record holder for the 17 game season. I’m the record holder for the 16 game season’

    I may have agreed with him, but Garrett played for the freaking shitty BROWNS who likely weren’t ahead much. The stats say as much:

    Scott@WFNYScott
    Snaps required for each sack record:

    Myles Garrett (23): 437
    TJ Watt (22.5): 616
    Michael Strahan (22.5): 567

    Strahan’s buddy Favre diving for him was also highly dubious, so Strahan can suck it.

    Congrats to Loveland too. This may have been his breakout game, but outside from one tough drop, he’s been a 3rd/4rth down conversion machine. Brady even referred to him as “Baby Gronk,” and coming from him, that’s saying something. It’s even more remarkable because TEs notoriously progress slowly, so such ROI so soon should end any ‘shoulda drafted a HB’ or ‘Tyler Warren’ protests.

    I hope to gawd his back and not his will gave out. I don’t really put this INT on Caleb. He threw it to a spot like in that Pack game, except this time DJ flopped, literally.

    DJ wasn’t the only Bear to flop though. Many fans also noticed JJ looking slow and soft. These are vital vets getting PAID; they need to show the hell up in the crunch.

    Factoid:

    In a truly surreal season, the Bears won the NFCN despite going 2-4 in the division.

    Fitting. On a related note

    It’s Packer Week III!

    #FGB

  • Rapid Reax: Bears Pound Browns 31-3

    Rapid Reax: Bears Pound Browns 31-3

    Quick impressions. [Highlights]

    1. Caleb Williams was on point. [17/28, 242, 2 TDs, 112.5 QB Rating]

    Been making a lot about his comp% because regardless of what some Caleb-stans want to believe, accuracy does matter.

    So many games are lost on balls that are behind, drive dead. Game over.
    Ball too high, off hand, right into a critical INT. Or just plain ole misfires that leave a fan scratching his head.

    I was actually surprised to see that Caleb’s comp% was ‘only’ 60.7% vs Browns.

    FIRST ROUND MOCK

    Caleb Williams managed to crack the 60% completion percentage barrier for the 5th time this season (out of 14 games) vs. Browns. • Vikings 60.0% • Lions 63.3% • Cowboys 67.9% (Season-High) • Ravens 65.8% • Browns 60.7%

    Luckily for the Bears, they faced an even less efficient QB!

    Caleb’s comp% felt higher because it wasn’t simply completing the passes, but the ball placement of said completions. They seemed to strike that hit-box over and over again.

    The Kmet catch where he gets up-ended really excited me. It was nothing spectacular. A simple play-action boot to a wide open Kmet in the flats, but Caleb didn’t sail it, or throw it too low, or late. He floated it in there allowing Kmet to turn up field and convert a 1st down.

    That was the theme of the day. YAC. And the receivers YACked it up ’cause Caleb for the most part hit them in stride on a chilly day.

    If Caleb keeps playing like that consistently over 4 QTRs, I tell you now, they have a legit SB chance especially if Swift keeps running like Forte [what du fook did Swift eat!]and defense continues creating TOs.

    2. Speaking of which, wowzers, Dennis Allen wasn’t screwing around. The NFL gods threw him a raw QB who struggles with recognition, accuracy and timing, and unleashed the hounds of hell. No quarter offered – nor given. I love it.

    TBH, this is sorta what I expected. My only reservation was if the Bears could generate enough pressure on Shedeur Sanders for him to implode, and boy did they. As the Latin maxim goes, “If you’re not strong, you better be smart” and Allen completely outflanked the Browns’ O. Austin Booker specifically had himself a game.

    Austin Booker vs. The Browns

    4 TOT; 3 solo; 2 sacks

    In 6 games, he has 22 TOT, 14 Solo, 3 sacks, 2* TFL.

    The defense dominated. The 3 points only came because BJ failed on a 4rth and gave the Browns the ball at midfield.
    Add junk-time yards in that final drive where the Browns still couldn’t score, and that’s about it. This Browns teams wanted nothing to do with winning at a freezing SF.

    Overtime:
    We’ve given the special teams the biz [and for good reason], but they were good on Sunday [Outside the Santos missed FG]. Nice returns from Duvernay, solid gunning, Tori/Blackwell pinning Browns inside 1. I think it had more to do with the Browns sucking than the Bears’ sp teams transforming into Toub-ers, but hey, I’ll take it.

    All in all, by far the Bears’ most complete game this season. I didn’t even have to bust out my glue in the 4rth QTR! Only took 15 weeks, but hey, it’s better to be gelling late heading into the playoffs then falling apart like the Chiefs.

    Maybe it’s the eggnog, but I’m getting 2009 Saints/2011 Giants vibe.

    In those seasons, neither were SB favorites in August, and both squads were far from a perfect roster.

    The Saints particularly remind me of this D

    The 2009 New Orleans Saints defense, under aggressive coordinator Gregg Williams, wasn’t dominant in yards/points but excelled at forcing turnovers (2nd in NFL with 39), leading to their Super Bowl XLIV win, featuring key playmakers like Darren Sharper (9 INTs), Will Smith (13 sacks), Jonathan Vilma, and Tracy Porter, who sealed the championship with a famous pick-six

    Meanwhile the ’11 Gmen [9-7] had a young QB with ‘so so’ stats, but all he did was make clutch plays to win games in Eli Manning.

    Bears are some hybrid of those two SB Champs, and in a year where no true juggernauts exist, hey – why not the Bears?

  • Browns@Bears WK15 Thread

    Browns@Bears WK15 Thread

    Let’s see if Saint Mike Brown brings us better luck.

  • Browns@Bears WK15 Preview

    Browns@Bears WK15 Preview

    Can you believe only 4 games left?

    Browns, Pack, @9ers, home finale Lions, and that’s a wrap.

    Season has flown by, and we’re zooming into 2026. So savor it.

    Browns[+7.5]-v-Bears
    O/U 39.5 [Draftkings]

    If you’re feeling nostalgic and want to see one of the craziest comebacks of all-time, click here!

    By the numbers:

    This is going to be a cold AF game. Like Dante’s 9th circle of hell freezing. Could be windy too, so the passing game will likely suffer.

    That type of game should theoretically favor the Bears with their potent 1-2 HB punch while limiting Myles Garrett. However, Browns are no push-overs. Gotta remember they BEAT the Packers 13-10. I loved Quinshon Judkins in the draft and was hoping Poles could somehow steal him. He’s a 5’11, 220 pound hammer who runs a 4.48.

    Browns also now have a better QB than Flacco.

    I have caught some of Shadeur Sanders whenever I could because he piques my curiosity. I tell you what, when he has time, he can make plays.

    Shedeur Sanders vs the Titans:

    364 YARDS
    3 PASS TD
    1 RUSH TD
    23/42 CMP
    97.7 PASS RATING

    [Big Time Throw/ TO Worthy Plays]

    That being said, Shedeur’s depth of target is relatively low [screens]and his season long comp% is 52.4% [hey, finally a QB lower than Caleb!], so the key will be for Dennis Allen to find some way to pressure him. If Allen befuddles the rook, we could see a multiple INT game. If not, well, see above.

    Their defense is scary lead by this generation’s Julius Peppers.

    Myles Garrett already has 20 sacks! He needs 3 more vs Bears to break the all-time record of 22 [if I recall, Strahan got that with a little help from his buddy Favre]. Garrett’s record breaking campaign impresses more given the fact that the Browns were likely trailing in most games. Man, I hope Bears start recruiting him for next season!

    Garrett is also a beast against the run, so via con dios, Ozzy Trapilo. Their run D overall has limited explosive runs [11th best] but allowed 2 vs Titans while the Bears didn’t have a run play over 10 yds vs Pack, so this is anyone’s guess in freezing conditions.

    TLDR.

    Bears control run, TOP, with tactical Caleb strikes while pressuring Shedeur = WIN.

    *Cairo Santos doesn’t cuck it

    OVERTIME:

    We cover Caleb Williams a lot since QB is the most important position in all of sports, but we gotta give some laurels to what Dan Roushar is doing with that Oline.

    Our 2024 Oline was abject dogshit. Now it’s one of the top units in all the NFL. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced this dramatic turn around for a Bears unit in my lifetime.

    Here is Roushar’s former OT Terron Armstead talking about his coaching.

    If you’re wondering about Ozzy Trapilo specifically, here is an excellent breakdown of him thus far.

    Silliness: