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I mean, like they said during the broadcast yesterday, the 2 seasons he's gotten good QB play they've won a ton of games. Now, the defense certainly gets credit for last year and the start this year but you can't tell me Carson Wentz is anything other than a warm body back there at this point. But I 100% agree with your overall point, the weather was a major problem for both offenses yesterday and if not for the fumble by Swift and a sniper taking out Caleb, we're not having many of the discussions that are being had today and the Bears are 2-0 right now.
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The pre-snap penalties are the only thing I'm really concerned about from a coaching standpoint. Those have been terrible 2 weeks in a row. Now, maybe that's a repetition thing because it's a complicated offense and there are a decent number of new players and nobody plays in preseason anymore, but that stuff has to get better, especially with Caleb being down and the margin for error being even smaller.
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I said the same thing last night. 2 straight runs into a 9 man box when you know you have to score a TD or you're basically guaranteed to lose the game. Unconscionable.
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So not a munch on the IL? 😂
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Because you clearly have no idea how it actually works and why using it to compare across different eras of the game makes sense.
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Here's something maybe you can wrap your head around: PCA will likely have about the same number of hits that Dawson did in 1987 and will also finish with around 50 more walks than Dawson. Now, some of that is related to the number of plate appearances but PCA will have gotten on base fully 5% more often than Dawson at season's end. Do you know what the most important thing a hitter can do is? That's right, not make outs, and PCA is 5% better than Dawson was in his MVP season.
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I just assumed he was being held back as the game 1 starter for the DS in this scenario.
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The slider/sweeper has been much more frisbee like of late. If he can locate that thing, he's going to be tough on anyone.
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For second place? Absolutely. But Pete's run away and hidden by such a huge margin at this point that there's no excuse for anyone not to give him a first place vote. Especially since Otahni has been largely absent the second half of the season, even on offense.
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Interesting. I hadn't really looked but I was operating under the assumption they were markedly worse against LHP. That definitely changes how I'd approach the rotation against them. I'd almost consider using Peterson as an opener in the Gausman game based on some of his 1st inning struggles to let him get settled against some of their worse hitters before he has to get geared up to face Schwarber and Harper.
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I choose Pete Caleb-Armwilliams
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2026 Bears Week 1, @Carolina Sunday 1pm on FOX
mul21 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
JJ Watt absolutely shredded them for that. Those scores are absolutely worthless at this point. -
I would argue his game management is almost as bad as Eberflus and that's something that matters A LOT in the NFL when almost every game is close. They've lost 6 in a row and had a 2 score lead in the second half of four of those games. That's something you can't ignore.
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Did you even look at the standings or how the playoffs work before you wrote this?
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He also got bailed out by a bogus roughing the passer penalty that would have turned into a 4th down and a phantom hold in the end zone on an interception, so he was far from perfect yesterday and as others have mentioned, not nearly as mobile as Young so the Bears have a better shot at getting to him with the pass rush. And that's before we even get to the 2 short fields they got at the end of the game to put things out of reach.
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2026 Bears Week 1, @Carolina Sunday 1pm on FOX
mul21 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
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. -
There were so many free runners in the middle downfield for the Packers yesterday. I'll be surprised if the Vikings take the same tact against the Bears with their better offensive line and more weapons.
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2026 Bears Week 1, @Carolina Sunday 1pm on FOX
mul21 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
That was very noticeable watching live. I was glad to see Walker rewarded for playing his ass off both blocking and on ST. -
2026 Bears Week 1, @Carolina Sunday 1pm on FOX
mul21 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
I feel like one thing they were awful at yesterday, tackling, is pretty fixable with more reps. Guys play so little in preseason that wrapping up runners going full speed is an adjustment and I can't imagine that continues to be as big of an issue as it was yesterday. The rest, I'm not so optimistic about. -
Even as a Bears fan, I'll freely admit they got screwed at least 3 times by the refs. The roughing the QB penalty, the phantom hold in the end zone on the interception, and the non-call on the false start on the 2 point conversion were all badly missed calls.
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I mean, we knew this already. Someone here (Jason maybe? I don't recall) documented that his arm slot is down a couple degrees from last year and he's not getting the same arm side run on his FB that he did last year and it's making everything less effective.
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I'm not and it made me money because I bet the under on passing yards for him last night.
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How bad was Moreland on defense in 1986 that he had an OPS over .700 and was still negative?
