Week 10: Bears vs Giants, noon on FOX

[gflore34]

12 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Fun with numbers

Career passing TD vs INTs

Caleb Williams 33/10   3.3/1

Jayden Daniels 33/11    3/1

Drake Maye 34/15        2.8/1

Michael Penix 12/6       2/1

JJ McCarthy 5/6           .83/1

Bo Nix 47/20                 2.35/1 

 

 

 

This before it clicks for Caleb, imagine those numbers when he really gets it.

[Banedon]

I really like Kyle Long as a studio guy.
 

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

The drops were brutal. What's the total number of drops on the season (and how does it compare to other teams)?

Also, why the FUUUCK is Donald Trump in the booth for this Commanders/Lions game?

Hes literally trying to pressure them into naming the new stadium after him. And he pretty much gets whatever he wants so, brace for that.

[Derwood]

So already bested last year's win total with 8 games still to go

[bukie]

1 hour ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

This would be amusing if it were true. 😉

I misheard an analyst after the game. He's 3rd on the team in sacks, 2  behind Sweat and 1 behind Dexter. 

[Tryptamine]

4 minutes ago, Derwood said:

So already bested last year's win total with 8 games still to go

9 wins is what I'm really hoping for. 9-8 with this schedule in the first year of this offense, I'd consider that a huge win.

[Derwood]

Remaining schedule:

@ MIN
vs. PIT
@ PHI
@ GB
vs. CLE
vs. GB
@ SF
vs. DET
 

[bukie]

Of the remaining schedule, I'm convinced Detroit and Philly are very good, Green Bay and San Francisco are good, Minnesota and Pittsburgh are meh, and Cleveland is very bad.

Splitting the next 2 puts them in a decent spot for getting to 9 wins, stealing one against a good team (split with Packers would be most likely, IMO). Sweep the next two somehow, and then they can start talking playoffs.

[BigSlick]

22 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

9 wins is what I'm really hoping for. 9-8 with this schedule in the first year of this offense, I'd consider that a huge win.

I think it’ll be very hard to not win at least 9 games. The Browns game at home is as close to an auto-win as an NFL game goes, they’re just dreadful and have no offense, which is a problem against us.

then you need to win just 2 games against the remaining 7. No matter how tough these teams are (and recent weeks have shown every NFL team this season is mortal). Coaching and morale on this team is too high to suffer a 2024 doom spiral collapse. 

[jersey cubs fan]

1 minute ago, BigSlick said:

I think it’ll be very hard to not win at least 9 games. The Browns game at home is as close to an auto-win as an NFL game goes, they’re just dreadful and have no offense, which is a problem against us.

then you need to win just 2 games against the remaining 7. No matter how tough these teams are (and recent weeks have shown every NFL team this season is mortal). Coaching and morale on this team is too high to suffer a 2024 doom spiral collapse. 

They’ve barely squeaked out wins against some really bad teams, I don’t think they are good enough to have any auto-win

 

3 more wins are certainly on the table and achievable. But they need to bury bad teams  

[Soul]

1 hour ago, Tryptamine said:

Fun with numbers

Career passing TD vs INTs

Caleb Williams 33/10   3.3/1

Jayden Daniels 33/11    3/1

Drake Maye 34/15        2.8/1

Michael Penix 12/6       2/1

JJ McCarthy 5/6           .83/1

Bo Nix 47/20                 2.35/1 

 

 

 

Yeah but JJ is gutty.

GUTTY.

[Soul]

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Edited November 10, 2025 by Soul

[Bertz]

They won't do it because Rome's dad clearly has no chill, but a really funny bit would be for Caleb's dad to go on social this week and complain about how he didn't get a single target after catching two passes including a touchdown last week.

[NorthsideAvenger]

3 hours ago, BigSlick said:

I think it’ll be very hard to not win at least 9 games. The Browns game at home is as close to an auto-win as an NFL game goes, they’re just dreadful and have no offense, which is a problem against us.

 

:"And we're the Cleveland Browns." 

Hopefully the Bears don't do their best Cleveland Browns impersonation in that game. 

[Geographyhater8888]

Calebs sack rate is down 237% from last season. I’m ambivalent about him but you can’t take for granted his avoidance of negative plays and his ability to use his legs when he’s late on his reads. 

Edited November 10, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[BigbadB]

17 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

Wow do they hate Santos

It was announced early in the game that the wind conditions were not favorable for kicks of any length. Pre-game kicks were sailing in every direction other than between the uprights. Both teams knew it and avoided long field goal attempts.

Oh, and don't we all hate Santos?

[Derwood]

59 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Calebs sack rate is down 237% from last season. I’m ambivalent about him but you can’t take for granted his avoidance of negative plays and his ability to use his legs when he’s late on his reads. 

And it feels like the sacks he does take are only for a few yards. He often scrambles to avoid big losses but doesn't quite make it back to the LOS

[Geographyhater8888]

23 minutes ago, Derwood said:

And it feels like the sacks he does take are only for a few yards. He often scrambles to avoid big losses but doesn't quite make it back to the LOS

His pocket elusiveness and visual spatial awareness is a good as advertised. I’d like him to make reads faster so he won’t have to evade defenders so often but the sack avoidance and ball security are extremely under looked.

Edited November 10, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[Geographyhater8888]

Burden and Loveland are overtaking Kmet and Ozz. Nice to see Bears rookies contribute at this level. 222 yards on 18 targets for Burden and 248 yards on 50 targets for OZ.

Edited November 11, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[Derwood]

6 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

His pocket elusiveness and visual spatial awareness is a good as advertised. I’d like him to make reads faster so he won’t have to evade defenders so often but the sack avoidance and ball security are extremely under looked.

I still can't tell if it's "can't see open receivers" or "doesn't trust himself to fit the ball into tight windows", but on many replays yesterday, there seemed to be open receivers crossing the field as he was scrambling

[Geographyhater8888]

9 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I still can't tell if it's "can't see open receivers" or "doesn't trust himself to fit the ball into tight windows", but on many replays yesterday, there seemed to be open receivers crossing the field as he was scrambling

It’s the same story every week. He looks towards his primary read and if he’s not open he drops his eyes to the slot or tries to extend the play. Hopefully as time goes on he’ll become more adept at making full field reads. If he’s not planting his feet within 1.5 seconds, 90% of the time he’ll play hero ball because he doesn’t have a plan b when throwing from the pocket.

Edited November 10, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[We Got The Whole 9]

4 of the bottom 9 QBs in competition% were drafted #1 overall within the last 5 years. 

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

It’s the same story every week. He looks towards his primary read and if he’s not open he drops his eyes to the slot or tries to extend the play. Hopefully as time goes on he’ll become more adept at making full field reads. 

There were one or two plays yesterday where he scrambled to his left and there were two receivers crossing to the left (one underneath, one mid-field) and he chose to tuck and run rather than leading either receiver to the sideline

[Derwood]

Caleb has started 26 games and has thrown just 10 picks

Peyton Manning threw 28 in his rookie year alone
Brees threw 16
 

[Geographyhater8888]

5 minutes ago, Derwood said:

There were one or two plays yesterday where he scrambled to his left and there were two receivers crossing to the left (one underneath, one mid-field) and he chose to tuck and run rather than leading either receiver to the sideline

I think it comes with the full package of his turnover avoidance. He’d rather take the easy yards. Perhaps it’s a lack of trust in his accuracy? Processing? I’d love to know where his eyes were on those plays.