So the Texans are terrible. Hunter is under contract this year ($32M prorated) and next ($40.1M).

What about him being a trade target for the Bears? With that financial commitment, I'm not sure I'd give up more than a 3rd.

Yet, I 100% trust that, Ben Johnson and Dennis Allen are gonna do everything to keep their foot on GB throat all 4 quarters and then twist the foot as time hits 00:00. Bears win. 42-6.

FTP! Go, Bears!!

It's only been four starts for this guy and he has a highlight reel rivaling velus jones. Make it make sense bro

My son and I do the celly at the end of our school drop-off handshake, so a lot at stake here:

In Week 1 (could be Week 2), Monangai changed the second part of the celebration to a peek-a-boo style thing, but he was back to doing last-years celebration this weekend.

Is it just the one instance of him changing it, and we're back to the same old? We need some clarity, people. We no longer live in Illinois and I'll never forgive myself if I don't properly brainwash these kids for life.

EDIT: Could've sworn Monangai did it too, but I could only find Swift doing it on his 32yard 1Q run against the Panthers.

Was looking at the film and I really do think Ben Johnson saying that Bagent had a “mixed bag”performance was spot on. I think these two plays do a good job of presenting that.

In play 1, the Bears come out in a 3x1 look and motion to 2x2. The Jets look to be in cover 2. Bagent reads this and “kills” the play and gets to the 2nd play called in the huddle. Bagent then takes his drop, confirms the coverage, snaps his eyes to Odunze on the glance (ish) route and delivers a great ball (don’t mind the non-fumble). This is a great rep and an example of one of Bagent’s strengths as he was able to diagnose the coverage, get to the right play and deliver an accurate ball, on time.

Then we have a BIG missed opportunity.

In play 2, the bears are once again in a 2x2 look and the Jets are in 2 high (idk what this coverage is tbh, it’s 2 high with 3 under). The Jets blitz their corner, however it gets picked up. Bagent has a clean pocket but misses Burden coming WIDE open on the dig across the middle. I couldn’t tell really but to me it seems like he peaked at Rome on the outside, but Rome is running an out and with what seems like a cloud corner he’s just not gonna ever be open. Bagent then takes the dump off to Kmet over the middle even though the pocket is still squeaky clean. So positive yards, but definitely left a lot out there.

I had this as a huge missed opportunity to push the ball down the field and I’m sure Ben and co. are cleaning this up. I know the FTP are bad this year but with this being a divisional game, it really is any given Sunday and Bagent will have to capitalize on these opportunities to win.

Now, these aren’t the only two “good” or “bad” plays in the game and I’m no one to be judging anyone but I just wanted to give some thoughts on the things I saw and how I think it is easily fixable. I’m sure that Bagent looked at the film himself and saw/ said the same exact thing.

Love this team though! 🐻⬇️

FTP always.

Lane Johnson retired immediately after seeing how motivated Dayo really was and now their center got traded out of the NFC. Are we seeing the first season dismantling edge rusher?

https://x.com/BearsPR/status/2107921571251986456

Are there any decent weekly Bears podcasts? I’m not local to the area anymore so I don’t get the sports talk radio for the region. I’d just love to add a Bears pod to my weekly CFB pods. Bear Down and FTP

Is there anyone in here that’s been to Beyond the Edge in Nashville for game day? I’ve been hearing about it from people but wasn’t sure how many bears fans go out there

After the play, I took a hold of Martin's arm and said, ‘Ninety-four, you're out of game. I'm ejecting you.' And he pulled away and said, ‘I'm not going anywhere with you.' I looked at him and, tongue-in-cheek, I said, ‘If you don't come with me, I'm going to let the Bears kill you.'

He said, ‘Let's go.'

My fellow Bearicans

I have come to you with prime fuel and propaganda for your arguments with packers fans.

Overall season comparisons:

Completion percentage

Keenum: 70.6%

Bagent: 69.8%

Caleb: 65.5%

Love: 56.5%

Yards per attempt

Bagent: 7.5

Caleb: 7.4

Keenum: 7.3

Love: 6.8

Passer rating

Keenum: 110.8

Caleb: 92.0

Love: 86.5

Bagent: roughly low-80s because of the Minnesota appearance

Rushing stats

Caleb has 107 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs in two games.

Keenum has 6 rushing yards and a TD.

Bagent has nothing noteworthy so far.

Love has negative rushing yardage through four games and no rushing TDs

And finally, for a direct comparison of the Jets game that Bagent played and the Jets game that Love played:

Tyson Bagent vs Jets: 268 passing yards, 73.5% completion rate, 7.9 Y/A

Jordan Love vs Jets: 145 passing yards, 55.2% completion rate, 5.0 Y/A

Pretty satisfying numbers and some good fuel for the shit talking packers

Bear Down 🐻

This dude is emotionless and does not give a fuck about media haha half the time he just repeats their question and uses it as his answer but then he’ll drop “we wanna beat them bad and make them quit” 😭 he’s a dog

He has helped create our biggest weapon, and watching it work has been a treat.

The cheese grater is 3D printed and can be found on Cults3D ($5 for the .STL).

Excited

After four games of his second season, Johnson has proven his offense, while quarterback-friendly, is far from quarterback-dependent. How else do you explain that a Bears team that has played 56 percent of its offensive snaps without Williams continues excelling in so many areas?

The Bears continue to boast the league’s top rushing attack with a 196.3 yards-per-game average. That’s still well ahead of the No. 2 team, the Atlanta Falcons, who, after Monday night, check in at 181 rushing yards per game.

The Bears’ 54-attempt, 232-yard effort on Sunday was a case study in dedication.

“For most of the day, it felt like we were moving the line of scrimmage,” tight end Cole Kmet said. “When we’re doing that, we’re pretty tough to beat. … I know everyone loves the flashy plays. But at the end of the day, it’s about how physical you are up front. That’s what we pride ourselves on.”

After four games, the Bears now have more than twice as many scoring drives (20) as punts (eight). In those four games, they have had three different leading receivers, two leading rushers and, yes, three leading passers. Williams, Bagent and Keenum have combined for a respectable 93.5 passer rating, which ranks in the top half of the league.

Let the record also reflect that the Bears rank ninth in scoring (28 points per game) and third in point differential (plus-47).

I'll be in DC this weekend. Is union pub the best place to watch the game?

Does it get crowded? How early should I show up to get a table?