OT: Bears & NFL Talk 102

[ChicagoBlues]

I’m not sold on keeping Fields as being the correct move. I’m just not convinced Williams is the guy either.

I can roll with that.

 

[TLEH]

Not firing Eberflus is the mistake of all mistakes. Poles has done some good things, some great, some bad.

If he decides to keep Flus after this season he can go on the shit list too.

 

[Space umpire]

Are you the guy who was clamoring for Bo Nix?

Correct! Nix, McCarthy and Daniels (to me) are (were? McC, injury) better at operating an offense.

I will say, my name is not Musto or Fiddy. They actively root against the guys they didn’t want picked.
No that he’s my teams QB I hope Williams is the illegitimate love child of Tom Brady and John Elway.

 

[Panzerspitze]

Bears QB Caleb Williams' struggles are layered, but one issue he must fix is his throwing accuracy

Williams made his name as an accurate passer at USC, but he has struggled with that in the NFL.

chicago.suntimes.com

Regardless of the Bears’ imperfections around Williams, the ball ultimately is in his hands. Turnovers, which he mostly has avoided, and bad throws are squarely on him. Pro Football Reference has charted Williams’ throws as on-target 68.9% of the time, third-worst among qualifying quarterbacks.

He’s 30th in the NFL with a 61.4 completion percentage, 23rd in yards with 1,665 and 21st in touchdown passes with nine. He has the 18th-fewest interceptions with five. Among the four rookies who have played significantly — Williams, Daniels, Maye and the Broncos’ Bo Nix — Williams leads only in touchdown passes.

Pro Football Focus ranked Williams 33rd at his position, behind the other rookies, and 42nd when under pressure.

Bears need a better return from their massive investment in WRs

Bears receivers have fewer receiving yards this year than they did through eight games last season.

chicago.suntimes.com

The passing game is out of rhythm. Take third-and-10 from the Cardinals’ 11 about three minutes into the second quarter of Sunday’s blowout loss. Odunze lined up in the right slot and ran upfield to clear out an under route from Moore, who ran from right to left uncovered. Williams instead threw left into the end zone toward Allen, who ran a stop and go route. The ball fell incomplete, and the Bears settled for a field goal.

“If Caleb wanted to not throw to Keenan, I was right there for the touchdown,” Moore said.

The same players who thrived last year, with the Bears or otherwise, have struggled. Through Week 9 last year, Moore was sixth in the NFL with 735 yards and Allen was seventh with 720.

This season, Moore is 52nd with 374 yards — almost half his total from last year. Allen, who missed Weeks 2 and 3, is 126th with 197.

Bears QB Caleb Williams, Patriots QB Drake Maye meet in battle of Nos. 1 and 3 draft picks

While they’re unlikely to see each other often, Williams and Maye always will be linked as part of the epic 2024 quarterback class that saw an unprecedented six of them go in the top 12 picks.

chicago.suntimes.com

Maye never impressed the Bears enough to sway them from drafting Williams, however. General manager Ryan Poles was set on Williams early and didn’t host any of the other five for pre-draft visits at Halas Hall.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Bears QB Caleb Williams' struggles are layered, but one issue he must fix is his throwing accuracy

Williams made his name as an accurate passer at USC, but he has struggled with that in the NFL.

chicago.suntimes.com

Bears need a better return from their massive investment in WRs

Bears receivers have fewer receiving yards this year than they did through eight games last season.

chicago.suntimes.com

Bears QB Caleb Williams, Patriots QB Drake Maye meet in battle of Nos. 1 and 3 draft picks

While they’re unlikely to see each other often, Williams and Maye always will be linked as part of the epic 2024 quarterback class that saw an unprecedented six of them go in the top 12 picks.

chicago.suntimes.com

he'll be canned if it doesn't work out, royal f*** up to not keep an open mind when Caleb did not dominate in 2023, the tweet put out this past week about Poles, Eberflus, Waldron etc all having the same agent is hilarious...

 

[Romang67]

Nate Davis added to the injury report, confirmed OUT with a back injury.

That means that instead of having Davis enter the game if an O-lineman goes out, Doug Kramer is probably the next man up for IOL. Curhan for OT.

Not great.

 

[plasmonresonance]

Nate Davis added to the injury report, confirmed OUT with a back injury.

That means that instead of having Davis enter the game if an O-lineman goes out, Doug Kramer is probably the next man up for IOL. Curhan for OT.

Not great.

I think Bates has been activated. So he's a possibility; assuming starting line is Borom-Jenkins-Shelton-Pryor-Curhan. Whomever it is, Caleb better be ready to get rid of the ball quick. Maybe Kmet gets more than one target.

 

[Romang67]

I think Bates has been activated. So he's a possibility; assuming starting line is Borom-Jenkins-Shelton-Pryor-Curhan. Whomever it is, Caleb better be ready to get rid of the ball quick. Maybe Kmet gets more than one target.

I think we're looking at Pryor-Jenkins-Shelton-Bates-Borom. We'll see. But yes, quick passes is probably the name of the game today. And the rest of the season.

 

[GIADF]

I think this is going to be a rough game, especially against a defensive minded coach. Wouldn’t be surprised if NE won a low scoring game like 13-10.

Struggling to see how the offensive line holds up today and I don’t trust Waldron to make any adjustments.

 

[plasmonresonance]

Daniel Jones is the kind of QB that gets coaches fired. Has had two bad INTs inside the redzone and missed wide open receivers several times.

 

[HeisenBaez]

Can the Bears keep Caleb alive? That is my only expectation of this game.

 

[Romang67]

Can the Bears keep Caleb alive? That is my only expectation of this game.

They are about to start playing semi-competent D-lines after a good stretch of bad D-lines that they haven't been able to stop, so...

Not today though. The Patriots aren't good.

 

[ClydeLee]

Daniel Jones is the kind of QB that gets coaches fired. Has had two bad INTs inside the redzone and missed wide open receivers several times.

How has their gm who has not acquired anything better still at his job? The coach made a mid 1 year Illinois starter look just equal to Jones last year. And that kid couldn't even make an nfl roster this year

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Feel good about today honestly

Will be fun to see QB matchup today

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Eberflus’ seat should be burning hot if they lose this game

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Must get TD on this drive after that return

 

[Pez68]

Get open!!!!

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Caleb sucks

 

[Pez68]

I hate this team.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Thai entire offense is pure garbage.

 

[GIADF]

Nobody was open on second down and Rome with an awful drop. Ugh.

 

[southsideIrish]

Great start.

 

[Pez68]

13 yard punt. Lol

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

And this is horrid start

And a 13 yard punt from our rookie

 

[Backyard Hockey]

And an absolute horrible punt. This team is an absolute disaster in all facets