People love to take games in college and act like that sways things. CJ Stroud lost a 2nd game to Michigan last year and people were saying “I wouldn’t take him in the 1st round after this.”

Then he played a baller game in the playoffs and suddenly he was back to the 1st round. And after all that “stock movement”, he stayed as the #2 QB off the board as initially expected.

I can see this all happening with Williams. At the end of the day, though, none of what these guys do in college matters in the pros. All that matters is their traits and abilities.

The last time we had consistent QB play was from the guy known across the league for inconsistent QB play.

Not even disagreeing with ya, OP. But there are levels of how shitty this is.

ITT - people acting like the NFL draft is an exact science

Eberflus is 0-9 against the division after blowing a 12 point lead with 3 minutes left in the game

Everyone wants him fired, but I guess we’re rooting for a high draft pick again so he’s the right man for the job.

On the topic of draft compensation, I’m wondering if teams are going to look at the Panthers and the success of the mega-haul trades for QB prospects at the top of the draft and start to re-evaluate the wisdom in that.

It’s entirely possible the mega-haul one expects for #1 is considerably watered down.

Either way, I’m of the mind that MHJ at #1 is fine. If we’re going QB at 1, so be it. But it’ll really suck to lose out on Harrison.

If the Bears want to win that game, why draw up two bad run plays from shotgun for no gain with the game on the line?

If Jaylon Johnson wants to be paid like a top 5 corner, why doesn’t he pick 6 that out route?

Did Virginia McCaskey have her brother murdered, his body mutilated, and pay off the judge to hide the autopsy? I don’t know. I’m just asking questions.

If we are keeping Matt Eberflus for the 2024 season, is now too early to start talking about who you guys want us to draft in the top 10 in 2025?

Jackson is a 12.5 million cap savings if we cut him in the offseason.

We could sign any safety in the NFL at less than that and have the same impact as Eddie Jackson does today. There is no reason to keep him.

We’ll always remember those first few years.

All I’m sayin’ is I’ve never seen anyone wear that mustache who wasn’t a pedo.

Good news!

Next two games are Minnesota and Detroit again.

There is no winning team that will have Matt Eberflus and Luke Getsy in the most key roles.

Pedestrian stats:

70% completions
7.3 YPA
105 Passer Rating
273 Total Yards

That is a pedestrian player who sucks at football, right r/NFCNorthMemeWar?

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I think JJ will be a good QB. Harbaugh is legit. Harrison is incredible.

I really don’t know if Harbaugh to Chicago will work. Kevin Warren probably has a rapport with him from his Big 10 commissioner days. But I wonder how a Poles/Harbaugh dynamic would look, and I really don’t see the Bears firing Poles or giving him the quiet demotion that a Harbaugh hire would be.

I’m not even convinced we’ll beat Green Bay. Chicago folds to them routinely. They have our number.

This is ridiculously cool looking.

But of course we want to go all orange…

But there’s a big difference between what he’s done versus what guys like Nagy, Tristan, and others have: his side of the ball is playing well.

I’m gonna have to stop you right there. You are comparing Bears coaches based on their predecessors, which is flawed at the outset. You should be comparing them to NFL coaches around the league.

Our coaches have all been terrible since the mid 2000’s. Being a high mark among Bears HCs is one of the lowest standards you can set.

Eberflus’ defense has improved against the run big time in 2023. I don’t take that for granted. But our pass defense and ability to generate pressure is not good enough. Eberflus is a “pretty solid” DC on good days, and that’s probably his peak.

Everyone is talking about the “chance to prove it” for Fields, but nobody ever talks about the money.

For the Bears, the belief has to be that they’re going to get better and won’t be picking in the top 5 every year.

Justin Fields rookie contract is up. We have him next year, but then’s the extension. Daniel Jones set the market on guys with talent who kinda suck at QB, and if we’re brutally honest that’s what Fields is.

We have cap space right now, but that’s going to start to bleed away with a few signings. Extend Fields and that’s it, we’re basically out of money and it starts to become a balancing act.

Fields has shown flashes of being a good QB, but if you have the chance to break the bank to sign him long-term and hitch your entire roster to him or get 4 more years of a discount on a better prospect than he was, wisdom leans on value over loyalty.

Does Andrew Billings count?

On a team standpoint, he’s basically taking Armon Watts spot and is like ten steps ahead of that player on this defense.

Teven Jenkins has also been lights out since coming back from injury and taking the RG spot next to the rookie mauling RT. His play has been elite at guard the last few games.

Unfortunately those QBs aren’t looking as surefire as they were a few months ago

Caleb Williams has shown signs of being merely human, but Drake Maye’s draft stock has gone up this season.

My one offseason prediction I was pretty confident in was that our DL additions would see us improve off an awful 2022 rush defense. Not really tooting my own horn here because we replaced guys who were genuinely bad at run defense like Pennel and Watts with guys who grade highly in that area like Billings and Walker.

It’s a small win, but I’ll take it for this team. We needed to get better at nearly everything and we’re starting to get better at some things.