Bears week 8: @ Seattle MNF on ESPN

[Banedon]

[We Got The Whole 9]

Drive-In theater near me is showing the game Sunday night. 

[Soul]

Caleb: 70%+ completion percentage this year; 2nd place (1st place is Joe Burrow). Another criticism bites the dust. I don't think there's anything left except the nail polish.

[BigSlick]

1 hour ago, Banedon said:

is that good?

[Derwood]

Schedule makers have a lot to do with this, but pretty cool

 

[bukie]

1 hour ago, Banedon said:

If the Bears never trail the rest of the season, I have a good feeling about their chances.

[Banedon]

 

[Banedon]

Youtube won't let me embed this because NFL, but...more Ben Solak goodness...

(1) Bears' goal-to-go gameplan against Seattle was perfect - YouTube

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

5 minutes ago, Banedon said:

Youtube won't let me embed this because NFL, but...more Ben Solak goodness...

(1) Bears' goal-to-go gameplan against Seattle was perfect - YouTube

 

He should have a lot more than 3k subs 

[Banedon]

6 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

He should have a lot more than 3k subs 

He's fantastic.  My favorite NFL analyst by a long shot.

[Soul]

27 minutes ago, Banedon said:

He's fantastic.  My favorite NFL analyst by a long shot.

That's great commentary for sure.

[gflore34]

Some positive has happened with Rome, finally starting look like a 1st rd receiver.

[We Got The Whole 9]

5 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Some positive has happened with Rome, finally starting look like a 1st rd receiver.

He seems to really favor the deep in. Seems like 80% of his catches come on that route. 

[BigSlick]

Rome has definitely turned it up the last few weeks. And you can see it in how he celebrates after catches, the man is roaring with deep seated enthusiasm. 

I think he's gotten a bit of bad luck in his first few years, with a bad injury, some unlucky and unfortunate drops, and then having a lot of the fanbase turn on him when compared to superstars-in-the-making with Burden and Loveland. But he's still got a ton of talent and I have a lot of hope he can be a seriously good player. 

 

[gflore34]

What'll be the PFF mockery this week?  Their golden boy, JJ McCarthy, didn't play, my guess is Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray will graded higher.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

[Tryptamine]

Browsing other NFC North team's message boards as one does after a big win and holy horsefeathers Detroit fans are arrogant. Everything from Caleb isn't good to they have 6 or 7 better players than any Bear player not named Simmons, etc. etc. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Frustrating as hell that Ben didnt beat the Lions last year 

[Rcal10]

33 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Why are the Bears chances against the Jags so low? It is in Chicago and I see no reason why the Bears wouldn’t be favorites to beat them. 

Edited 44 minutes ago by Rcal10

[BigSlick]

FPI (whatever that is) must grade the Jags pretty high 

[gflore34]

8 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Frustrating as hell that Ben didnt beat the Lions last year 

Sure is, 2-6 against the NFC North although, I believe Ben and Caleb are going to turn that around.

[gflore34]

5 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Why are the Bears chances against the Jags so low? It is in Chicago and I see no reason why the Bears wouldn’t be favorites to beat them. 

I don't know how much stock to put into anything called ESPN Analytics.  I remember this supposed statistical analysis shop had Dylan Gabriel with a higher QBR than Caleb at one point last year.

[bukie]

32 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Why are the Bears chances against the Jags so low? It is in Chicago and I see no reason why the Bears wouldn’t be favorites to beat them. 

Jags lead the NFL in point differential at +85 and are better in almost every metric.

Bears are 3rd in the NFL in point differential behind the Jags and 49ers. Bills are right there as well.

Bears definitely in the conversation for best team in football right now along with those 3 teams, though (and possibly the Vikings who just don't allow points).

[Tryptamine]

38 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

I don't know how much stock to put into anything called ESPN Analytics.  I remember this supposed statistical analysis shop had Dylan Gabriel with a higher QBR than Caleb at one point last year.

Their power ranking also had the Bears at #7 last week and the Broncos at #8. Following a Bears win at Seattle and a Broncos win at home against KC, the Broncos leapfrogged the Bears and are #4, with the Bears at #5. They also had Buffalo #1, SF #2 and the Jaguars #3.