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About that imminent playoff run....Cant wait to see what we got Edit: Ok a 4th....about what I was expecting

deGrom for 3 years you might be able to get. You're going to have to pay a hefty premium to get Judge for 5 years IMO. But horsefeathers it lets do it all!

I looked this up on my own. Based on CORSI and Fenwick, the Hawks are playing like one of the worst 4 teams in hockey. And their recent performances during the winning streak don't necessarily suggest an improvement. In fact, last night's game was their poorest performance of the season.

If you build an offense to Fields's strengths, the question is will they be able to stop it even with adjustments? Like you can build a great game plan to stop prime Tom Brady but he's still going to beat you because he knows what his strengths are and plays to them perfectly. Guys like Lamar and Hurts have been running offenses that frequently use a variety of QB runs to a lot of success. Watching that O'Sullivan video last night, what stood out to me was him pointing out areas where Fields is uber-elite while running. For example, the implication was that a lesser running QB would not have scored on that 3 yard QB misdirection TD. But the fact that Fields was able to find the hole, cut and go upfield without losing much if any speed is an elite trait and is what allowed him to score. Lamar and Hurts are better passers (but not by a ton in Lamar's case) so maybe they are better equipped when teams take away the run. I could be way off base here. There are teams (like Dallas probably) that can limit this part of the game and rely on their elite secondary to cover up any gaps in the pass game but I'm not sure they will be able to completely eliminate it. For sure his athleticism and innate ability are just gonna win often. But to the extent scheme is unlocking a more productive tier on that run game, it doesn't seem ideal if you're ripping a gameplan from elsewhere rather than having a deeper concept of why it works. Maybe the more they steal the better they understand it and incorporate into their natural package, but the element of surprise must have had some impact on a team not prepared for what they were seeing. I didn't think much about the ripping from the Ravens angle, maybe I should. I saw it as more the Bears recognizing that a Fields run heavy offense was the best way to find consistent success, and the mini-bye was the perfect time to implement, and the patriots the perfect opponent to kick it off against. We'll see what happens next week. It would be so Bears to get everyone excited on MNF and then come out Sunday and watching fields take the snap under center 80% of the time and no designed runs.

If you build an offense to Fields's strengths, the question is will they be able to stop it even with adjustments? Like you can build a great game plan to stop prime Tom Brady but he's still going to beat you because he knows what his strengths are and plays to them perfectly. Guys like Lamar and Hurts have been running offenses that frequently use a variety of QB runs to a lot of success. Watching that O'Sullivan video last night, what stood out to me was him pointing out areas where Fields is uber-elite while running. For example, the implication was that a lesser running QB would not have scored on that 3 yard QB misdirection TD. But the fact that Fields was able to find the hole, cut and go upfield without losing much if any speed is an elite trait and is what allowed him to score. Lamar and Hurts are better passers (but not by a ton in Lamar's case) so maybe they are better equipped when teams take away the run. I could be way off base here. There are teams (like Dallas probably) that can limit this part of the game and rely on their elite secondary to cover up any gaps in the pass game but I'm not sure they will be able to completely eliminate it.

The problem with potential playoffs is that the Bears have already dug themselves a nice hole. They are 1-4 vs. NFC teams (with 2 of their 3 wins coming against NE and HOU) and already lost H2H tiebreakers with WAS and GB, 2 teams that are both currently 3-4. If the Giants fall back to earth, we've lost that tiebreaker too. We do own the tiebreaker over the 49ers, but they are only 1 GB in their division and possibly the favorites if the Seahawks aren't as legit as they looked and the Rams don't get it together. Obviously there's plenty of time to change those trends, but its not a great start for tiebreaker purposes.

4 wins in a row. Is any of it sustainable or are the advanced stats showing this is fluky?

I stuck with the regular broadcast yesterday so just seeing this. Peyton geeking out over the Bears play call and Fields execution on the TD to Herbert.

Full PFF grades

Thought this graphic was interesting since I'm always complaining about the Bears taking kickoffs out of the end zone. I get the idea in theory....if you break one and start at the 50 or even take it to the house, it makes up for 4-5 returns that you are down at the 18 or something. But if you don't have a HR hitting returner, just kneel.

I've sworn off drafting TEs high forever. Unless its Kelce they are so fickle from year to year that I'd rather strengthen my skill positions and stream TEs. I went against this strategy last year and drafted Kittle and he was hurt half the year and unproductive about half the time he was playing. This year you have guys like Pitts and Waller who have been bad values, etc. This year I drafted Friermuth in one of the last rounds and he's ended up giving me a consistent floor so far so I haven't had to stream (yet). Not going to ever give me Kelce weeks, but I hold my own on the TE matchup most weeks.

Yikes, that's a rough go of it. You've mentioned a lot of the names but what does your full team look like now? Also how many teams make the playoffs? The one thing I like about my league is 8/12 teams make the playoffs so a doomsday start is not the end of the season. The 2-5 team in my league is 1 game out of the playoffs. 6 of 12 make playoffs. I'm tied for 9th (aka 2nd to last) and actually am about 8 points from top 1/2 of the league in scoring. There's a 5-2 team with the 2nd lowest point total. I am 2 games out of playoff spot. But my team is: QB- Brady, Mariota (hoping to add Tua off waivers) RB- Aaron Jones Rb- Dalvin Cook WR- DJ Moore WR- Tee Higgins TE- David Njoku (now out 2-5 weeks), claim in on Geisicki Flex- Dameone Pierce Flex- Allen Lazard K- Seattle Def- Cowboys Have Mattison (Cook handcuff), Hardman, Romeo Doubs, Darnell Mooney, and Elijah Mitchell on my bench. Have had some injuries and underachieving, but I don't see a roster that gets me in the money. Thats pretty rough tbh. It's not necessarily a terrible team but several guys would be on lists of "most disappointing players for their draft position". I would go crazy on the waiver wire...no sense in holding onto Mooney or Mitchell (unless he's on IR). Try to find some guys that have elite upside to chill on your bench. Not sure if anyone owns Rachaad White, but that would be an example. TB's season is going south and depending on what Brady decides to do could be starting a rebuild. White has gotten rave reviews and has been productive when he's played..could easily see the Bucs deciding to split the backfield or even give White a chance to be the lead back at some point. Wan'Dale Robinson maybe at WR? He's a 1st round pick and due to injuries and attrition is getting an opportunity. The Giants don't throw a ton but his target share has been increasing. Basically try to find some home runs before they become HRs. I had one season where I started 1-5 and based on getting lucky with some waiver moves ended up losing in the championship game. Picked up DeVante Parker, Breshad Perriman, Deebo Samuel, Mostert, Golden Tate and somehow they all hit. This was 2019 so those names don't sound very cool but they were productive back then. Edit: Another one I thought of is D'Onta Foreman but he may already be taken. He looked better than Chubba by a little last week, Chubba is hurt (not sure for how long), and the Panthers have the easiest SOS for RBs remaining. Not a sexy pick but you might get lightning in a bottle.

Yikes, that's a rough go of it. You've mentioned a lot of the names but what does your full team look like now? Also how many teams make the playoffs? The one thing I like about my league is 8/12 teams make the playoffs so a doomsday start is not the end of the season. The 2-5 team in my league is 1 game out of the playoffs.

Lamar ran for 107 yards against the Pats in Week 3. Multiple patriots players said the Bears were running the same stuff the Ravens were. Great of Eberflus to recognize and take advantage. I guess the question is why the Patriots were not better prepared, unless they just don't have the scheme/talent to stop it.

Oh snap nvm, he posted the whole 33 min breakdown on Youtube for free

Looks like O'Sullivan is doing his Bears breakdown now. Here's the first one he tweeted:

I haven't heard/seen Jaylon Johnson much over the last 2 games. I can only assume that this is because teams are still not throwing his direction much? If Eddie Jackson doesn't regress to 2019-2021 version and Kyler Gordon keeps improving this secondary has a chance to be one of the true elite units in the league.

I posted that video yesterday and I think the best response was that it looks like bad Madden AI Dang. I went back 4 pages and didn't see it. its all good, it was during the game and its worth sharing again today because wtf

This is going to be a really tough one. The Dallas defense is playing on another level right now.

I posted that video yesterday and I think the best response was that it looks like bad Madden AI that play alone seems to run contrary to Mustiphers high pass block grade, but it also looks very typical of his play in general I'll be honest, I've lost a little bit of respect for PFF's Oline grading after Michigan was given a mediocre run block rating after running for over 400 yards on Penn State. In fact Penn State had a considerably higher run block rating in the game despite rushing for 300+ less yards. Now I get it, the point of grading is to try to rate performance beyond the ultimate result so you will occasionally see grades that don't jive with what actually happened but man the results plus the eye test really didn't match up to what the grades were.

I posted that video yesterday and I think the best response was that it looks like bad Madden AI

Not quite club dub but I like it

Conversely the Bulls combined to go 6-1 against the Wizards and Cavs last year. This season, they’re 0-2 against them

So 7 weeks in now. What have we seen from the Bears so far: -1 blowout win -2 close wins -3 close losses -1 blowout loss The bears are not good (probably) and the schedule is super hard but that’s not bad all things considered