Tony

Yes, really important to enjoy the ride. We have no idea what the future holds, but with BJ in the fold, seems like this could be the start of something really fun. Historically, the ride up to the top is always the most enjoyable, when the team comes out of nowhere and puts together a great season. Next year, there are going to a lot larger expectations from the Bears, and rightfully so. Expectations always change. But everyone will be more critical because of the heightened expectations. And given that the Sox, Blackhawks, Bears and somewhat Bulls are the teams I root for...it's been a long time since we've been 2/3 of the way through a season and we're looking ahead at the playoffs. Been incredibly refreshing and can't wait to see what this team has in store for us the rest of the year.

Think a split would be fine, just don't get embarrassed in either of the games (which I don't think they will) If they lose Sunday, take care of business next weekend vs. the Browns. Then beat the Packers at Solider the following week. That gets the Bears to 11 wins, and if they can't make the playoffs after winning 11 games, I'm not even going to be upset.

Yeah, don't buy that for a second. Like always, there is absolutely no appeal to playing for the Chicago Bulls organization.

Amazing win, hard to comprehend the Bears are 9-3. Caleb played one of the worst games of his career, just terrible. But keeping stacking W’s

Said this on September 5th before the season started, and think it's looking pretty solid right now. Biggest takeaway for me is how much coaching matters. There were a bunch of games last year under Eberflus where they lost in such unbelievable fashion, literally found new ways to lose. Culture was rotten, team wasn't prepared, but the core of this roster is basically the same in 2025 as it was in 2024. And seemingly every close game they play this year, they're finding a way to win. I just don't think any of us could wrap our head around how big of an upgrade Ben Johnson/Dennis Allen/Antwaan Randle El would be from Matt Eberflus/Eric Washington/Thomas Brown.

I think JJ and Kyler will probably play…but Philly will be pissed after losing to Dallas, and they are just a better team overall. Don’t love their chances

It’s just insane they lost 10 in a row last season, and have now won 8 of their last 9 games

Imagine spending two and a half hours being miserable during a W, every week lol

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Terrible call to pass there

Perfect play, perfect ball

Just way too many incompletions by Caleb. I continue to love Johnson’s scheme, but Caleb is just too inaccurate right now

Really nice drive

Here come the s%*# takes!

He’s avoid the disaster plays so well this year…that was brutal

Yeah that's fair

Jaylon is the best player on the team, and I don't think it's that close. Not the most impactful per say, but from a talent and position standpoint, he's the best player on the team. Not having him basically the entire year and them being 7-3 is in fact, pretty crazy.

Listened to Big Cat with Waddle and Silvy yesterday, and thought he summed up the rest of the season well. Bears are now in a Best of 7 series. Win 4, and you're absolutely making the playoffs. 3 wins could still get you in, but you go 4-3 and you're in.

From the story:

NFL is weird. On a day where Jacoby Brissett completed 47 passes yesterday, I watched almost the entire SNF game, and Jared Goff, a guy that came into the game with a 70% completion rate this year and last year...was missing guys all over the place, went 14/37 last night. Eagles defense is obviously great, but he was missing guys in bunches last night.

The Bears are in 1st place in the NFC North

They'll lean on "rebuilding" and "development" and add a few C level free agents, I'm sure 1 or 2 will be tagged with the "veteran leadership" tag and it will be another similar season to last. And in some regards, based on where this organization is at, plus the upcoming CBA issues...I can understand that general philosophy to a degree. There isn't one free agent name that screams "this guy would be a perfect addition, they must do anything in their power to sign them" But, as a fan...we're entering the 4th season in a row where the there is virtually no path for the team to even play .500 ball. I'm tired of that, and want to see them make a real effort to improve. Signing a 31 year old Cedric Mullins and a 32 year old Ryan O'Hearn doesn't really accomplish that for me. But I know not to expect anything significant, they've given no indication of that.

For Bears fans especially, the evidence seems very obvious. In 2023, after the Browns game in late December, it was the third time that season the Bears lost a game after leading by 10+ points in the 4th quarter. Then you had the Lions game on Thanksgiving last year, the Washington game...etc. And it's all those little things that lead up to blowing those games. Good coaching prevents those things from happening, Ben Johnson is a really good football coach, and the Bears aren't hurting themselves when the pressure is on. Flukes happen. But when they keep happening, and seemingly keep going your way...they kind of stop becoming flukes and start becoming opportunities to cash in on.

Before the season started, If someone showed me the standings in the NFC North after Week 10…I would have “Yes please” After losing 10 in a row last year, winning six out of their last seven feels pretty good. Probably not going to stay that way, but if they can just go .500 the rest of the way, they have a really good shot at playing meaningfull football in January.

I mean, even last year, he put them in a position to win a lot of games at the end. He has that “clutch” gene, whatever that is.