Bears week 4 vs Rams: Sunday at noon on Fox

[Derwood]

Stafford got evaporated on that hit

[Tryptamine]

That was not helmet to helmet

[UMFan83]

Holy crap I enjoyed football!

[SpongeWorthy]

that wasn't as egregious as sanchez and amin were making it out to be, i expected a flag though but he kinda hit him and his shoulder pad simultaneously and nowhere close to helmet to helmt

[cl smooth]

DA BEARS

[minnesotacubsfan]

2 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

That was not helmet to helmet

Not close. He hit Stafford high, but he was also batting at the ball and his hand hit his shoulder

[UMFan83]

Man that was awesome. I can’t stress enough how important it was to win that game. You cannot blow a 2 score 4th quarter lead at home to go to 1-3.  Instead, we saw the offense come alive and Caleb take some major steps forward as he legitimately led the Bears to victory today. Obviously Swift making a major leap today is huge too but the way Caleb looked so incredibly poised in the pocket in the 2nd half was awesome. 

[Derwood]

Comparisons to Fields now are moot. Caleb didn't have a spectacular day, but he looked like he knew the offense and was comfortable running it. We had several years of Fields looking completely lost on every possession

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Just now, Derwood said:

Comparisons to Fields now are moot. Caleb didn't have a spectacular day, but he looked like he knew the offense and was comfortable running it. We had several years of Fields looking completely lost on every possession

He’s going to have ups and downs all year, but he’s shown week to week improvement each of the past two games. Last week on some deep balls, this week on picking up the pressure and finding his outlet. The short and intermediate passing game was working.

[Proven Veteran]

3 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Comparisons to Fields now are moot. Caleb didn't have a spectacular day, but he looked like he knew the offense and was comfortable running it. We had several years of Fields looking completely lost on every possession

Fields had a great game today but also had a disastrous fumbled snap on the last drive.

[BigSlick]

Wow that was fun. Good to see the offense finally look somewhat competent (it took about a half, of course) and Caleb looked composed and did what he needed to do. His numbers look depressed because some of what he did right involved drawing downfield penalties, and he held onto the ball too long on several key moments, but he never lost his cool and never looked panicked. It was a good job by him.

excellent to see the running game finally get going, and as nice to see Swift finally see some signs of life, I want Roschon to get more touches. He just runs downhill so much better than Swift. But all in all a significantly better offensive effort that looked almost professional.

This defense is really something special. They had a rough drive or two, but it’s the NFL and that’s unavoidable. Brisker is a goddamn beast. Honestly surprised how good this defense has been. I’d love to trade a little bit of defensive competence for some more cleaned up offense, but unfortunately that’s not how it works.

Excited to be at the game next week.

[Bertz]

Good efficient game from Caleb.  Even though he didn't get a lot of bulk yardage feels like he still got a good number of first downs and kept the chains moving and drives alive.

[SpongeWorthy]

good dub 

positives:

- holes weren't huge but they were where they were supposed to be in the run game, i think in the last two games we have not had many/any drive killing runs for like negative 4 yards. pass pro got better in the 2nd half. pryor did a good job filling in at LG when jenkins went down

- tory taylor was exceptional

- caleb didn't throw a pick or even really come close, definition of taking what the defense was giving us

- splash plays on defense and really tight in the red zone

negatives:

- only 3 points total in first quarters through week 4

- still only 254 yards of total offense, 7 catches for 51 yards from wide receivers. some miscommunication and overthrows

- defense got ran on quite a big, were we playing a light box? seems like with our secondary and cupp/nakua being out we could've played more base D if that was the case

- penalties (wright in particular had a brutal stretch of presnap penalties and that 15 yard blindside block)

 

 

 

 

[raw]

1 hour ago, Proven Veteran said:

Fields had a great game today but also had a disastrous fumbled snap on the last drive.

The C snapped it before he was supposed to

[UMFan83]

45 minutes ago, raw said:

The C snapped it before he was supposed to

Ahh yes I remember the fun arguments about who was at fault for Fields’ snap fumbles

[UMFan83]

This is not a brag thing or anything, I’m just legitimately curious if Kyle’s “no elite punters” position has changed?  Definitely just one game but he had a legitimate impact on today’s win

Edit: Relevant tweet:

 

 

Edited September 29, 2024 by UMFan83

[Bertz]

 

 

[raw]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

Ahh yes I remember the fun arguments about who was at fault for Fields’ snap fumbles

This one wasn't in question. C said after the game the guard tapped him to snap it and it was too early.

[UMFan83]

I know this is too optimistic after one win especially after I spent half the game bitching and suggesting we fire the OC but the schedule sets up really nice to go 6-3 or dare I say it 7-2.  But after that it turns pretty brutal. In fact, for the Bears to have a hope of playing meaningful games late into the season they should probably on themselves a favor and get through the first 9 at 6-3 or better.  Carolina, Jacksonville (London), bye, at Washington, at Arizona, New England.  
 

Get there at 6-3 and your 8 remaining games are the 6 divisional games, at San Francisco and home vs Seattle.  

[raw]

The Bears will be favorites in 3 of those 5 games, I'm assuming. Maybe if they lay an egg vs Carolina and the Jags get a W vs the Colts that may change, but they also maybe get a boost by coming off their bye before going to Washington for Caleb's homecoming. Of course, Washington has a pseudo bye vs Carolina the week before. 

[BigbadB]

I had a 12-5 prediction to start the year with losses to Houston, San Fran, splits with Detroit and Green Bay, then a loss to one of LAR, Indy or Jacksonville. Minnesota looks way better than anyone thought. After seeing the first 4 weeks, I'd probably be more hopeful for 10 wins at this point. They need to get something solid on the OLine going and for the receivers to become an impact in the passing game. I feel like Waldron still has the training wheels on his QB and is holding him back. Maybe it's because the OLine looks so damn bad and they just don't want to expose Williams to more hits waiting for the longer plays to develop, but until they stop defenses from sending extra guys, it's not going to change. They have to burn someone one or two times so that Williams can be respected. 

 

[gflore34]

31 minutes ago, BigbadB said:

I had a 12-5 prediction to start the year with losses to Houston, San Fran, splits with Detroit and Green Bay, then a loss to one of LAR, Indy or Jacksonville. Minnesota looks way better than anyone thought. After seeing the first 4 weeks, I'd probably be more hopeful for 10 wins at this point. They need to get something solid on the OLine going and for the receivers to become an impact in the passing game. I feel like Waldron still has the training wheels on his QB and is holding him back. Maybe it's because the OLine looks so damn bad and they just don't want to expose Williams to more hits waiting for the longer plays to develop, but until they stop defenses from sending extra guys, it's not going to change. They have to burn someone one or two times so that Williams can be respected. 

 

Williams was 8-9 with a TD vs. the blitz, a step in the right direction.

[We Got The Whole 9]

If Caleb can ever figure out his deep ball our offense will take off. The dude has no touch as of right now. He has receivers beating 1:1 a lot and can't capitalize. Has to change. He has to be better than that. 

 

How much did he and the recievers train together in the offseason... it feels like they are farther from sharing the same page than they should be at this point. 

[UMFan83]

 

 

 

Edited September 30, 2024 by UMFan83

[tfarks]

The TD to Moore and the seam shot to Kmet were eye openers on a day filled with quick hits and check downs. Just stayed poised and in-structure all game, improved dramatically against the blitz and let Tory Taylor take care of the rest. Love it.