Quin Posted Saturday at 06:17 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:17 PM 1 hour ago, bmags said: While still skeptical of Poles talent evaluation, it was hard not to appreciate his accomplishments yesterday. The offensive line is one of the best in the league, largely due to the offseason moves of Dalman, Jackson and Thuney. One of the reasons it was easy for me to fly off on Poles when that group started slow (esp Dalman) was that despite it being commonly said that it takes oline and offense time to gel, as a bears fan it’s been pretty rare to see our groups improve in season. They are either good right away and slowly atrophy, or bad and stay bad. The bears across almost every major position group have been improving, as people who watch functioning organizations say is possible. Quite a sight. the one area that will still paint as disappointing is DLine, which is way too expensive to be this mid. But even they played great vs the run yesterday. Poles has to feel so vindicated watch Ben not only take this draft class (injuries/Frazier aside) and turn them into producers, but turning around past moves as well. Ideally he spams defense this next draft. Re: Improvements, I can't get past Johnson going into the bye-week talking about how the run game wasn't working and that it was an o-line/scheme issue, not Swift/Monangai and then turning it into this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted Saturday at 07:26 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:26 PM (edited) 2 hours ago, bmags said: That’s funny I thought herbstreit was pretty kind to Caleb despite it being one of his rougher games. He was often pointing out the WR slips causing throws to look off. Biggs 10 thoughts are so epic. With the athletic giving up on covering sports, he’s really taken the lead of must read bears reporters: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/29/chicago-bears-brad-biggs-10-thoughts-week-13/ I assume he’s still on The Score? “BRAD.BIGGS.TALKS.FOOTBALL.WITH.YOUUU!!!” 🤣 Edited Saturday at 07:26 PM by WhiteSox2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted Saturday at 08:24 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:24 PM 2 hours ago, Quin said: Poles has to feel so vindicated watch Ben not only take this draft class (injuries/Frazier aside) and turn them into producers, but turning around past moves as well. Ideally he spams defense this next draft. Re: Improvements, I can't get past Johnson going into the bye-week talking about how the run game wasn't working and that it was an o-line/scheme issue, not Swift/Monangai and then turning it into this. If Trapilo can be a long-term left tackle it really frees him to go all out on defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted Sunday at 01:51 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:51 AM 5 hours ago, chw42 said: If Trapilo can be a long-term left tackle it really frees him to go all out on defense. If Trapillo is a legit top 10 LT it would be huge for the Bears in long run. I’m not saying anything one way or the other but last two weeks certainly give some hope of Trapillo on left side. Very helpful having Thuney over there to help the youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted Sunday at 03:15 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:15 AM I’m cautiously optimistic since the Bears beat the Eagles. I did not have that one circled as a win and thought they would beat the Packers once, the Browns and 49ers and Steelers. I have a weird feeling, but think the Bears really need to beat the Packers to get over the hump in the NFC North even though they beat Philadelphia. I also want them to get a win in the playoffs and prove this isn’t 2018 and that they aren’t the Marvin Lewis Bengals. Are any of those concerns legitimate or am I off base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted Sunday at 03:28 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:28 AM https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25303245-top-draft-needs-every-nfl-team-2026-entering-seasons-home-stretch Caleb Downs would be the dream pick...or Arvell Reese. Both long gone. Dillon Thieneman from Oregon is intriguing. But three suggestions for OL line help later in the draft. Edge rusher would be the other need. Bears somewhere between 26th-29th in draft...likely go 3-2/2-3 to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted Sunday at 04:06 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 04:06 AM 53 minutes ago, The Beast said: I’m cautiously optimistic since the Bears beat the Eagles. I did not have that one circled as a win and thought they would beat the Packers once, the Browns and 49ers and Steelers. I have a weird feeling, but think the Bears really need to beat the Packers to get over the hump in the NFC North even though they beat Philadelphia. I also want them to get a win in the playoffs and prove this isn’t 2018 and that they aren’t the Marvin Lewis Bengals. Are any of those concerns legitimate or am I off base? I mean the thing with the Marvin Lewis bengals was he made the playoffs every year just never won. Big difference compared to going to the playoffs twice in 12 years and never winning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted Sunday at 04:31 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:31 AM 27 minutes ago, bmags said: I mean the thing with the Marvin Lewis bengals was he made the playoffs every year just never won. Big difference compared to going to the playoffs twice in 12 years and never winning. Fair, what do you make of the remaining schedule? What do the Bears have to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted Sunday at 05:40 AM Share Posted Sunday at 05:40 AM (edited) 1 hour ago, The Beast said: Fair, what do you make of the remaining schedule? What do the Bears have to do? Win 2 of 5 and they're in the playoffs. Win 3 of 5 and they win the division. I think they need to aim for at least a split with the Packers, beat the Browns at home, and then win 1 of 2 against the Lions and 49ers. Win 1 of 5 and they're gonna need the Lions to lose 3 of their last 5 and the Cowboys to lose 2 of their last 5. Edited Sunday at 05:42 AM by chw42 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted Sunday at 05:47 AM Share Posted Sunday at 05:47 AM 3 hours ago, Chisoxfn said: If Trapillo is a legit top 10 LT it would be huge for the Bears in long run. I’m not saying anything one way or the other but last two weeks certainly give some hope of Trapillo on left side. Very helpful having Thuney over there to help the youth. He went up against 2 of the best defensive lines and came out looking good enough. Keep in mind he went against Maxx Crosby in week 4 as well and did ok. They really threw him to the fire and he's survived so far. It won't get any easier though. He's gonna see Parsons and Garrett in the next 3 weeks. Just an absolute gauntlet for a rookie tackle to go through. He's basically gone up against a top 10 pass rusher in every game he's started so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted Sunday at 08:24 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:24 PM Carolina trying to help the Bears right now. Up on the Rams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted Sunday at 08:44 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:44 PM Panthers win! Bears officially #1 seed in the NFC North. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted Sunday at 08:44 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:44 PM 22 minutes ago, SoxAce said: Carolina trying to help the Bears right now. Up on the Rams. Bryce Young trade keeps paying off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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