2026 Bears Week 1, @Carolina Sunday 1pm on FOX

[Wilson A2000]

2 hours ago, Banedon said:

Time to start brainstorming nicknames for this offense.

Should be related to Caleb’s Iceman nickname

[Rcal10]

3 hours ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Cairos noodle leg is a concern. He doesn’t have the leg for touchbacks and teams start with great field field position way too often. This defense already has a thin margin for error. 

I agree he doesn’t have the strongest leg. But the penalties he got on kick offs were because he didn’t get it far enough and close enough to the goal line. I don’t think that was because to leg stretch. He can definitely kick the ball to the goal line. He just didn’t figure out exactly how hard he had to kick it to get it in the proper landing area. He does have to get better at that, but he has enough leg to get the ball to where it needs to be. 

[Soul]

Just wanna say the NFCNorthMemeWar subreddit is in rare form today.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

I know Santos does not have the biggest leg, but is his issue with the penalties just that he is trying to do different dirty kickoffs, not that he can't kick it far enough?  I know he talked about adding dirty kickoffs last year and watching other kickers and incorporating different strategies.  I am always behind when watching the games  so I usually fast forward through the kickoffs.  So I didn't notice what exactly happened on those kicks.  

[mul21]

9 minutes ago, PosterToBeNamedLater said:

I know Santos does not have the biggest leg, but is his issue with the penalties just that he is trying to do different dirty kickoffs, not that he can't kick it far enough?  I know he talked about adding dirty kickoffs last year and watching other kickers and incorporating different strategies.  I am always behind when watching the games  so I usually fast forward through the kickoffs.  So I didn't notice what exactly happened on those kicks.  

They were trying to be cute and didn't execute.  Just kick it to the 1 yard line and let your guys go make a tackle if you can't execute the dirty kickoff consistently.  It's not worth the extra 10-15 yards of field position with a defense this bad.

[NorthsideAvenger]

3 hours ago, Banedon said:

Time to start brainstorming nicknames for this offense.

Murderball.

[Banedon]

 

[jb10194]

The WR blocking stuck out to me as well. Caleb's first TD scramble was helped out by Odunze sealing his guy in the end zone. Burden and Walker were making huge blocks as well.

Interesting stat of the game: Roschon Johnson is currently ranked fifth on the team in total tackles, with four ST tackles yesterday.

[The_Achiever]

2 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Should be related to Caleb’s Iceman nickname

The Frozen Tundra.  Bleak, hopelessness for whomever encounters it.

[Wilson A2000]

56 minutes ago, The_Achiever said:

The Frozen Tundra.  Bleak, hopelessness for whomever encounters it.

That’s the nickname for Lambeau Field