Caleb has to not just be ok, but has to be a reason they win the game for the Bears to show they are headed in the right direction. Caleb, if you are the guy, it’s time.
They got Ben Johnson which was huge, so I give them credit for that. The trade for what ended up being the #1 pick was awesome, but you have to get the right guy. The heat is going to be getting very hot in this organization very soon if they don’t win today. Today’s game is as close to a symbolic must-win as you can have that shows the McCaskeys the Bears are headed in the right direction.
Is Warren mentoring Poles on how to mess up and delay a stadium project, cost your team hundreds of millions of dollars, and make incredibly weird social media videos?
Hyped up #1 overall pick that can’t hit deep balls, is widely inaccurate, can’t throw receivers open, holds onto the ball too long, and has questionable work ethic. These are serious issues that are instinctual for good QBs.
Moody was let go for missing kicks week 1, but this is probably just symbolic to Santos since he’s signed through 2027 and Moody is significantly worse than Santos
There was talk of that, but I’m not sure if you want Taylor kicking off in a crucial spot when he’s never done it in a game before. The play should have been to kick it out of bounds. That’s the right decision a $13 million coach should have made.
Ben Johnson said the plan was for Santos to kick the ball through the end zone to have more time on the clock should the defense force a three and out. But why would you risk losing 50 seconds of time when you could just kick it out of bounds, only lose 5 yards, and not put that on Santos who doesn’t have a strong leg and routinely doesn’t have the leg be able to kick it out of the end zone? Huge miss.
Not that it wouldn’t be the right move to bench Caleb, but Ben Johnson didn’t choose the Bears over every other team only to move to Bagent early on unless Ben was incredibly impressed by Tyson in the preseason
I hope Caleb does become a great QB, but if Caleb continues to struggle and makes the same mistakes again and again, I still fear that he will be on an extra long leash because your coach and GM just started long-term contracts
A few weeks ago Dave Wannestedt said he was at a Bears practice right after they re-signed Bagent and was talking to Poles. Dave said, “It looks like you have a solid backup QB now.” Poles said, “ We have that and more.”