Ugly win but we'll take it!

Of the four picks, only one was due to failure to read the defense. Still sucked.

Don’t win many 5 turnover games very lucky

5 minutes ago, Milkman delivers said:

Man, I’m pretty on edge after that. Don’t usually get too emotionally invested.

Not sure if I feel more or less confident in them after this win though.

It makes me feel confident.

These are the ugly games Bears would always lose. Great teams find a way to win these games, mediocre or bad teams lose these games.

It's the mark of a good team when they can play badly and still get themselves a win.

They found a way, that's all that matters.

Now get more help at the trade deadline Tuesday and get some needed rest with the break.

Awesome defense and just nothing went right…still win and despite all that when it matters most offense gets the job done.

Defense played outstanding. They will learn from this battle - bye coming at good time. You can tell Swift is not 100 percent plus getting Monagai back will be huge!

I’ve ripped on him all year but Jaylon had a good game today and that pick six was huge. Hopefully it helps him out. Dline had another strong game and Bush was a monster!

Just a gross game, not an enjoyable watch.

However, feels good to truly believe what we saw out of Caleb after the 1st quarter is an anomaly, I have full confidence in him and Ben moving forward. Never in my life have I not been waiting for the other shoe to drop with the QB, and truly don’t feel that way now.

5 turnovers and a blocked punt is a recipe of a loss in the NFL. Huge win by Da Bears.

That was just a weird game. Gotta give some credit to the Tampa defense but their offense is awful.

Good thing Sanborn blew the fake FG as that was going to be a disaster.

Not sure what got into Caleb as two of the INT's were just bad decisions trying to throw it away, I hope, and up until that penalty the offense was rolling. The Bears seem to take the foot off of the gas in games and make things interesting but maybe that is just the NFL. Two of the holding calls were mysterious and the one that brought the KO back was a turning point. Also the review that brought back a first down that they never showed the replay of was odd. Although the Swift first fumble that went to review looked like fumble as well so who knows.

Bye should help and I hope Luther and the DBs can get healthy.

I just got done reading that this is the first time in NFL history that a team had blown a 14 point lead, with 5+ turnovers, 9 + penalties, and no runs for at least 10 years.

Talk about finding ways to win. Despite everything that they saw, Caleb Williams was still locked in on that last drive despite everything going against him for the previous couple of quarters. Dude is a Hall of Famer in the making. He does things on a football field that mere mortals only dream of.

13 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I just got done reading that this is the first time in NFL history that a team had blown a 14 point lead, with 5+ turnovers, 9 + penalties, and no runs for at least 10 years.

Talk about finding ways to win. Despite everything that they saw, Caleb Williams was still locked in on that last drive despite everything going against him for the previous couple of quarters. Dude is a Hall of Famer in the making. He does things on a football field that mere mortals only dream of.

If this was going to happen (and it was bound to), it seemingly happened at the right time. Caleb has been playing at an MVP caliber level since the entire time he's been on the field this season, and after the first two drives last night, he looked even better than that. Seemed like maybe he got a little too confident and bullet proof, and that first INT was a ball that he simply hasn't thrown this year, way too risky and just one of those "DO NOT THROW UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE" balls.

If you watched the Good Better Best video from last night, it was crystal clear that lockerroom wasn't really in a celebratory mood, which I was happy to see. You got two weeks to clear your head for a few days, clean some stuff up, and get ready for a tough 2nd half. But I think getting humbled a little bit, while also still earning a victory, is going to be a good thing for them long term.

I feel like Caleb was kinda too amped up in that game, he made a lot of uncharacteristic throws and coupled with TB having a really good defense, you get 4 bad INTs, you could see in the 4th qtr, BJ basically took the ball out of CWs hands, they were just trying to run the clock out

27 minutes ago, Tony said:

If this was going to happen (and it was bound to), it seemingly happened at the right time. Caleb has been playing at an MVP caliber level since the entire time he's been on the field this season, and after the first two drives last night, he looked even better than that. Seemed like maybe he got a little too confident and bullet proof, and that first INT was a ball that he simply hasn't thrown this year, way too risky and just one of those "DO NOT THROW UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE" balls.

If you watched the Good Better Best video from last night, it was crystal clear that lockerroom wasn't really in a celebratory mood, which I was happy to see. You got two weeks to clear your head for a few days, clean some stuff up, and get ready for a tough 2nd half. But I think getting humbled a little bit, while also still earning a victory, is going to be a good thing for them long term.

Oh yeah, that had all of the vibes of, "we know we got lucky AF"

Get healthy, get clean, and get ready to close out the 2nd half. This division is brutal, if they can survive it at a mediocre clip, they are in the playoffs. If they can go 4-2 to 5-1 over those last six division games, they should win the division and get the bye.

I get the feeling if Thomas didn't commit that dumbass penalty when we had 2nd and goal on the 6, this game would have been completely different. Caleb was incredible up until that point. Then he forced a bad throw because we needed 21 yards to score and everything kind of went downhill.

What was concerning was that Caleb was trying to throw the ball away on 2 of those interceptions, but they weren't all that close to actually going out of bounds. Especially not the 2nd one. I know he got hit on the first one, but that wasn't the case on the 2nd one. He was clearly a bit rattled after the 3 picks and missed numerous throws he usually makes in the 3rd quarter. The rhythm just felt off, especially when he missed a wide open Raymond twice with inaccurate throws.

Ben's gameplan was also very weird. I know it's hard to run on the Bucs, but it was also hard to run on Seattle and they did it 30+ times anyways. With Caleb struggling, they needed to try and establish some sort of run game and they just couldn't. Very frustrating game from a game calling perspective. Ben clearly didn't adjust to what the Bucs did on defense until very late in the game. The scripted plays were great, but once the Bucs adjusted to those concepts, we had no good answers. That and the run game are things they have to correct during the bye.

11 minutes ago, chw42 said:

I get the feeling if Thomas didn't commit that dumbass penalty when we had 2nd and goal on the 6, this game would have been completely different. Caleb was incredible up until that point. Then he forced a bad throw because we needed 21 yards to score and everything kind of went downhill.

What was concerning was that Caleb was trying to throw the ball away on 2 of those interceptions, but they weren't all that close to actually going out of bounds. Especially not the 2nd one. I know he got hit on the first one, but that wasn't the case on the 2nd one. He was clearly a bit rattled after the 3 picks and missed numerous throws he usually makes in the 3rd quarter. The rhythm just felt off, especially when he missed a wide open Raymond twice with inaccurate throws.

Ben's gameplan was also very weird. I know it's hard to run on the Bucs, but it was also hard to run on Seattle and they did it 30+ times anyways. With Caleb struggling, they needed to try and establish some sort of run game and they just couldn't. Very frustrating game from a game calling perspective. Ben clearly didn't adjust to what the Bucs did on defense until very late in the game. The scripted plays were great, but once the Bucs adjusted to those concepts, we had no good answers. That and the run game are things they have to correct during the bye.

Was Roschon Johnson hurt? Was weird to call up Ahmed and just delete Johnson from the offense altogether when he actually has been running well

Agreed that the penalty against Thomas ruined whatever they had going

14 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Was Roschon Johnson hurt? Was weird to call up Ahmed and just delete Johnson from the offense altogether when he actually has been running well

Agreed that the penalty against Thomas ruined whatever they had going

He played special teams. I thought Roschon played pretty well against Seattle. I have no idea why he got squeezed out of the rotation for a guy who they just got off the practice squad.

1 hour ago, Kyyle23 said:

Was Roschon Johnson hurt? Was weird to call up Ahmed and just delete Johnson from the offense altogether when he actually has been running well

Agreed that the penalty against Thomas ruined whatever they had going

I felt they were protecting Swift (limited carries) and Johnson (ST over offense) during the game.

Jaguars and I believe the Lions made 2 trades today. Should be an interesting deadline in the NFL.

I’m not sure Carson Wentz will have a job on Tuesday.

Not a good week to have the initials CW as an NFL QB.

41 minutes ago, Milkman delivers said:

I’m not sure Carson Wentz will have a job on Tuesday.

Not a good week to have the initials CW as an NFL QB.

Caleb had a bad game but don't put him anywhere near this debacle. This is the worst QB play I've seen in a long time.

You watch this MNF game and all I can think is “Oh I’ve seen this movie before…”

Vikings remind me so much of past Bears teams…some really good players, well coached on defense, just have a QB holding them back in a huge way.

Trade for Bagent you cowards.

9 hours ago, almagest said:

Caleb had a bad game but don't put him anywhere near this debacle. This is the worst QB play I've seen in a long time.

He had 4 interceptions. It was very ugly. Not Wentz ugly, though.

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