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Bears Week 3 at Colts: Sunday at noon on CBS

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Irrelevant Dude Knoxville Smokies

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Why did the colts not return that kick?

Not having a kicker that can kick the ball out of the end zone could have (and should have) hurt the Bears there.

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Tryptamine South Bend Cubs

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Hot take, I feel much much better about Caleb after today.  Int #1, 100% his fault. Int #2, Odunze should have made that catch but it was a difficult one to make. The fumble was not his fault at all.

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1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

Hot take, I feel much much better about Caleb after today.  Int #1, 100% his fault. Int #2, Odunze should have made that catch but it was a difficult one to make. The fumble was not his fault at all.

I agree. A loss to a bad team, but I saw enough to be hopeful today.

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1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

Hot take, I feel much much better about Caleb after today.  Int #1, 100% his fault. Int #2, Odunze should have made that catch but it was a difficult one to make. The fumble was not his fault at all.

He did some good stuff today. Maybe better about him but worse about the Bears as a whole. 

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1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

He did some good stuff today. Maybe better about him but worse about the Bears as a whole. 

Eberflus is a special kind  of moron regarding challenges and time outs 

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The best thing about football season is that as the life is sucked out of the Bears season, the days continue to get colder, darker and more depressing.

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10 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Not having a kicker that can kick the ball out of the end zone could have (and should have) hurt the Bears there.

Liability. Santos is accurate but has no length in today's NFL. He can barely make XPs at this point. His kicking distance cost the Bears today.

Hairyducked Idiot All-Star

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So yeah, this team is going to have a helluva time winning 9+ games without this one. The second half of the schedule is full of games that are a lot harder than this.

But I'm about as happy as I can be.  Caleb Williams just put up the 11th-most passing yards in a game in franchise history, in his third game as a pro.  He didn't look perfect, but he looked better the longer the game went. His first quarter was terrible, but every quarter after that got better.  He hit some deep throws, he made some throws into tight pro coverage, he used the middle of the field.  This is the kind of game elite QBs have early in their careers.

The first INT was a rookie mistake. The second INT I really didn't mind, he lasered a throw to a receiver he trusts and put it on his hands in tight coverage.  Two separate defenders made great plays to turn it into an INT, it happens.

Waldron is going to eat so much horsefeathers this week, and he deserves it for the disastrous goal-line sequence that was arguably the difference in the game.  But I really liked the game plan overall.

The running game looked a little better. Not a lot better, but at least the ball usually went forward.  I'll take it. Roschon Johnson looked like our best back and it wasn't particularly close.

Taylor had a bad game.  There's no such thing an elite punter.  He outkicked his coverage several times and he hit a wobbling half-shank on his best chance to pin them deep.

The defense did about as good as you could hope.  The Colts' offensive line is really good and they broke off some big runs, especially when defending a lead, but we repeatedly made Anthony Richardson play QB, which he can't do.

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Just now, Hairyducked Idiot said:

So yeah, this team is going to have a helluva time winning 9+ games without this one. The second half of the schedule is full of games that are a lot harder than this.

But I'm about as happy as I can be.  Caleb Williams just put up the 11th-most passing yards in a game in franchise history, in his third game as a pro.  He didn't look perfect, but he looked better the longer the game went. His first quarter was terrible, but every quarter after that got better.  He hit some deep throws, he made some throws into tight pro coverage, he used the middle of the field.  This is the kind of game elite QBs have early in their careers.

The first INT was a rookie mistake. The second INT I really didn't mind, he lasered a throw to a receiver he trusts and put it on his hands in tight coverage.  Two separate defenders made great plays to turn it into an INT, it happens.

Waldron is going to eat so much horsefeathers this week, and he deserves it for the disastrous goal-line sequence that was arguably the difference in the game.  But I really liked the game plan overall.

The running game looked a little better. Not a lot better, but at least the ball usually went forward.  I'll take it. Roschon Johnson looked like our best back and it wasn't particularly close.

Taylor had a bad game.  There's no such thing an elite punter.  He outkicked his coverage several times and he hit a wobbling half-shank on his best chance to pin them deep.

The defense did about as good as you could hope.  The Colts' offensive line is really good and they broke off some big runs, especially when defending a lead, but we repeatedly made Anthony Richardson play QB, which he can't do.

Yes, the results weren't  ideal, but for the first time in an NFL game he showed us that he can be what we hope he can. I'm really hoping this is the confidence booster that Caleb really needed.

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2.3 YPC is pathetic. If they could run just a little bit it would open up so much. Not even sure how much of it is his fault but so far it’s been a pretty disastrous start for Swift - 37 carries for 68 yards - 1.8 YPC. I’ve never seen numbers this bad from a lead back who has shown success in the NFL before and isn’t at an age where he should be washed up. I suppose there’s a reason he’s on his 3rd team in 3 years but damn. And the Bears made him their top FA priority too

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