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Kings of the North! | Ep 16 Season 3 | Trio of Positivity
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🏈 Trio of Positivity Podcast – Episode 59: The Chicago Bears are King of the North! The trio of Positivity are back again on the positive end! Hear the trio of hosts discuss the Chicago Bears' recent performance against the Vikings, including a recap of Week 11, playoff predictions, and a prediction of the Bears' game against the Steelers. They also delve into the standout performances, the debate over what constitutes a game-winning drive, and the impact of injuries on fantasy football. The episode concludes with predictions for the upcoming game against the Steelers and a positivity score recap.
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00:00 Introduction and Social Media Plug
02:00 Week 11 NFL Recap and Playoff Predictions
10:52 Bears vs. Vikings Game Analysis
11:50 Miller's Glazing Minute on Caleb Williams
14:03 Offensive Performance Discussion
19:01 Brian Flores' Defensive Strategy
25:11 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
26:07 Game Winning Drives: A Controversial Debate
32:25 Standout Performers: Offense vs. Defense
37:55 Kicking Controversies: Evaluating Performance and Future Prospects
40:31 Kicker Controversies and Team Decisions
42:06 Defense Performance Analysis
45:58 Standout Defensive Players
47:03 Positivity Score Recap
50:37 Upcoming Game Preview: Bears vs. Steelers
01:00:07 Fantasy Football Injury Updates and Pickups
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Overview
00:00:20
Speaker
Good morning, good evening, good afternoon. We are Trail of Positivity podcast. I am Christian, co-host, and I'm also joined by my other co-host, Boopin and Miller.
00:00:33
Speaker
Boys, how are you this week? Yabba-dabba-doo, baby.
00:00:38
Speaker
Oh, God, yabba-dabba-doo. little tired, but excited to talk about the show. we bernard We are a Chicago Bears podcast, hoping to bring some positivity into your life.
00:00:50
Speaker
It has been difficult to find, but holy shit, boys. It is going to be an interesting conversation today.
Social Media and Listener Engagement
00:00:56
Speaker
There's a lot to get under, but before we do that, we need to get our social plug going. ah You can find us on Facebook at trio of positivity podcast.
00:01:04
Speaker
You can find us at X at trio positivity on YouTube trio of positivity podcast and at tick tock trio positivity, ah which funny enough, I want you guys to know that we did post our first ever, tick tock and by God,
00:01:25
Speaker
We have zero views and we have zero followers. So we are doing fantastic on that aspect. We're going to see if we can continue the grind. China has all our beautiful faces.
00:01:37
Speaker
Oh, God damn it. All right. where ah the not we of youtube maybe i bill jones and Is official?
00:01:45
Speaker
um But, okay, question for you. So in Twitter, you tweet. What do you do in TikTok? Do you tick or you do you talk? Tick and you talk. Guys, we're so old. We cannot.
00:01:57
Speaker
Guys, we're.
00:02:00
Speaker
I apologize for our listeners that have to deal with this. All
Episode Agenda
00:02:03
Speaker
right. It is a Bears victory Tuesday. Our agenda for today is we're going to talk about week 11 in the NFL. We're going to go ahead and recap the Bears versus Vikings game, which was a doozy of a game.
00:02:16
Speaker
We're going to give our positivity score recap. And then we're going to look into the following matchup, which is going to be Bears versus Steelers. Give our prediction. And as always, we end our show with a fantasy recap.
00:02:27
Speaker
So let's get the show started. Guys, dad's coming back to town. Papa's coming back.
00:02:35
Speaker
Aaron Rodgers? Oh, wow. Do you not realize that that's so far low in the agenda that we're not? You cannot give a tease like that yet. I have so many jokes. He never comes home. He went to get cigarettes and never came home. He's coming back have so many jokes and you kind of took one of them away from me. So i'm very
NFL Week 11 Insights
00:02:54
Speaker
disappointed. But before we get to that game and before we talk about our landlord, um let's a little bit. ah where Let's go ahead and talk about week 11.
00:03:04
Speaker
Boys, one of you guys want to start us off. what were your thoughts of week 11 so far? um Is Kansas City going to miss the playoffs?
00:03:16
Speaker
They're right now. That great question. They have losses to the Chargers. They have losses to the Broncos. And they have losses to the Jaguars, all of which have better records than Interesting conundrum.
00:03:30
Speaker
Remember, they're going to have a first place schedule, so they got some doozies coming up, including the Colts this week. so
00:03:38
Speaker
Not only that, they're tied with Texans and Baltimore at Yeah. yeah They're saying only one of Baltimore or the Ravens will likely make the playoffs. But great, great, great, great segue, people.
00:03:54
Speaker
um Let's look at playoff odds since we are talking about playoffs
Playoff Odds Analysis
00:03:58
Speaker
already. The Chiefs, the Ravens, and the Texans, they're all 10-plus win teams from last year. They're all sitting at 500 with five losses, 15 losses between them. them That's more Ls between them than throughout their entire 20-24 campaign. I thought that was interesting. Miller kind of covered that. But talking about playoffs and talking about our very own, Bears, they're currently at 58%, 59% shot at the playoffs.
00:04:27
Speaker
But if we win this week, boys, you guys ready for this? We'll have a 69% chance of making the playoffs. That's such a great number. remember That is such a great number. That's 69 anymore. I love that number. ba
00:04:43
Speaker
ah I saw a clip on on YouTube of like, there was a basketball game and kids were going nuts for a free throw.
00:04:53
Speaker
Jesus. um For me, i talked a little bit about it. You guys laughed ah when we were talking about the MVP. And I said, you know, we got to watch Mr. Allen.
00:05:05
Speaker
Mr. Allen had himself a freaking game. Yeah. i i he played against the Bucs and had three rushing touchdowns and three passing touchdowns.
00:05:18
Speaker
I mean, if he continues anything similar to that performance, I think he will run away with that. oh Bills have been interesting this year. They're not that great. I think they're 6-4, I think. 7-3. 7-3. They've been like seven three like they've been like The games, they look bad. They look really bad. And there's games like this where they freaking show up.
00:05:39
Speaker
i don't know what's going on with that team. Like, did you expect them to run over some teams? They don't have a good defense. And they have not. so Yeah, they got... mean they They lost against the Dolphins, which was a That's a loss. And then i don't know how I feel about the Falcons. The Falcons, they lost 24-14. But then they have route wins. They beat the Jets 30-10. They beat the Saints thirty one nineteen Panthers 40-9. So like... I mean, they're big. win they individual losses right was their big a signature win Would you say that's a signature win now, though, after what you said, that they might miss the playoffs? Still the Chiefs.
00:06:15
Speaker
Yeah, you'd still keep them there? Hmm. They're not missing the playoffs. This is all bullshit. Well, speaking of missing the playoffs and and getting in playoff can in in the conversations of playoff, I had a question for you guys. There's a lot of teams up there in the standings um that have winning records. If we were to kind of just do a quick once over of the teams.
00:06:40
Speaker
um Broncos, Patriots, c Colts, Steelers, Bills, Chargers, and Jaguars are projected to be in the playoffs on the AFC side. The NFC, it's Eagles, Rams, Bears, Bucks, Seahawks, Packers, and 49ers getting in there at the end.
00:06:57
Speaker
um Who would you say is considered a fraud? and what I mean by fraud is that their record is high, but they are not playing up to that record. This answer is pretty easy and self-explanatory for me.
00:07:11
Speaker
um You just changed the question last minute. It had nothing to do with playoffs. The question that you posed was winning record. And the biggest fraud... winning
Bears vs. Vikings Recap
00:07:21
Speaker
record. Yeah, so my mistake. I meant to show those teams had records. The biggest fraud right now is the Carolina Panthers.
00:07:27
Speaker
um No one knows who they are. One minute they're winning games, 30-0 against Atlanta. The next minute they're losing to the Saints. So they are a minus 42 in point differential.
00:07:42
Speaker
And keep in mind, this is including 30-0 victory over So, I mean, Carolina Panthers, probably the biggest frauds out there with with the winning record, I would imagine, um even though they got wins against the Packers. But we'll see how that goes ah down the line.
00:08:01
Speaker
We'll see if they can keep it up.
00:08:04
Speaker
Yeah, my bad for changing it. I just i kind of wanted to transition from the playoff conversation. So, Boopin, go ahead. Chris, I got you. I know the answer you're looking for. And I'm going to hammer you.
00:08:16
Speaker
It's the Bears. They have a negative six points differential, and we are seven and three, and we are leading the division. I think that's what you wanted. But since you want stats, let me give you some stats, my brother.
00:08:28
Speaker
Takeaways, right? The Bears lead the team in takeaways for game. Rushing ah offense, we are the second best rocket rushing ah offense out there. Total offense, we are the third best team out there. So, yes, we have a negative six differential, but that doesn't tell you the whole picture.
00:08:43
Speaker
Some of these other stats do. Interesting, because I was actually not going to pick the Bears, so thank you for assuming. And you know what they say about the word assuming. um I'm actually going to say the LA Chargers for me.
00:08:58
Speaker
um They're 7-4 right now, but i I feel like they won early. You know, they had, what, like three straight, and then they lose against the Colts, and then they win straight three straight, and then they get blown out by the Jags.
00:09:17
Speaker
Like, I don't know what it is with them. It's just like, I don't know if it's good teams. Like, they lost against the Giants, and we know we're there at that point. Lost against the Commanders. They made a huge signing, some say. Some say.
00:09:31
Speaker
And some say. And then to lose against the Jaguars. But they beat the Chiefs, which Miller kind of put up there. And then they beat this the Steelers as well. So I was actually going to go more with the Chargers. I feel like...
00:09:45
Speaker
They should be... Them being 7-4, I feel like they should be kind of like a little bit higher. But I think you were talking the plus-minus on their and the other teams. Chargers are just plus-8. They also are having injury issues with their left and right tackle.
00:10:02
Speaker
Yeah. If you watch that one Sunday night football game, you'll see that PFF says they had the bottom of the bottom of the barrel. They are legit like starting seventh and eighth tackle. So like forget the starters, backup, second backups, yeah yeah third and fourth backups. Some of them are picking off the street and starting these days.
00:10:22
Speaker
Yep. So if you guys ah listen to that and you guys agree or disagree with any of us, let us know in the comments. We'll be happy to read some of those when we get our episode live. So, boys, let's get to the meat of the episode.
00:10:38
Speaker
We have the Bears versus Vikings. The Bears win 1917. And for the first time since it was set in a press conference a long time ago, we are officially kings of the north for one week.
00:10:52
Speaker
With the loss of the Lions, we have sole possession of first. ah Bears have won three straight for the second time this season. Whoop, whoop. which again, we are we are streaking. Caleb Williams went 16 of 32 with 193 yards. Swift, 21 carries, 90 rushing yards. Komet led the team in receiving, which we're going to talk a little bit about that with 45 yards, five receptions.
00:11:17
Speaker
a Sewell got 10 tackles to lead the game there. So got a couple of questions for you guys. But before we get into the questions, we have to talk.
00:11:29
Speaker
about probably one of my favorite segments. um We're going to have the clock up and running here in a bit, but it is time for Miller's Glazing Minute.
Caleb Williams Performance
00:11:38
Speaker
Now, if you are new to the show, Miller gets one minute uninterrupted to glaze about anything he wants. Typically, it's Caleb Williams.
00:11:48
Speaker
But let's see what he has. We are going to play probably one of my favorite jingles. It's catchy. And then we hand it off to Miller. So here we go.
00:12:02
Speaker
Brought to you by the Trio of Positivity Podcast. Is the timer going to show up?
00:12:12
Speaker
Oh, okay. No. I didn't know.
00:12:16
Speaker
Excuse me. It's turning off great. Happy birthday to you. Caleb Williams is his birthday today. 23 years old dive it into 24. You're already wrong. Start over. You're already wrong. Jesus Christ.
00:12:34
Speaker
All I am hearing these days is blah, blah, blah, blah. Caleb can't win without turnovers. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. ball. It is factual. He can't, and the Bears are leading the league in turnovers at this moment.
00:12:49
Speaker
Maybe we should start to focus oop on what Caleb isn't doing, and that's turning the ball over because we are taking it away, but the offense isn't turning it over.
00:13:01
Speaker
He has 10 interceptions in 27 games. That is a rate of 1.1% of dropbacks. This year, he has four interceptions and is a top five player With at least 10 games played.
00:13:14
Speaker
So he's not turning the ball over. So while Caleb is having the beneficiary of having a defense with the most turnovers, like I mentioned, we should be focusing on the fact that he isn't turning the ball over. Because if he was to turn over the ball, it would be a different season in general. And I'd be...
00:13:34
Speaker
And he's gone over his minute, even with the interruption. i gave him a little bit more since I had to cut him off since he was already factually wrong on that. Did not get a chance to finish. ah But you know what?
00:13:48
Speaker
Very. I would have been perfect. Technically, I was done. But I wanted to add a little more tidbit.
00:13:57
Speaker
Yeah, I kind of figured. i mean there a guy You know what to say about tidbit?
00:14:03
Speaker
the glazing was just not the, was not there. Yeah. Um, you know what Miller, you're not wrong about that statement. I think we can kind of nitpick a lot, uh, when it comes to the offense and, you know, I'll start because the first, for this game, um, from what I saw on a couple of the drives, I think for the first quarter, we only had three yards and, um,
00:14:34
Speaker
If I remember seeing what I saw correctly on ESPN2, I think it was three and outs and three yards for...
Bears' Offensive Concerns
00:14:41
Speaker
And I'm just going to confirm that before get in trouble for not saying that. Didn't we score 10 points in the first quarter? We definitely didn't score 10 points in the first quarter.
00:14:49
Speaker
We did not. First half. So, yes, we went ah two drives in the first quarter were three and outs. We had two yards of offense in the first quarter. And then the third ah possession, we had six plays for 18 yards.
00:15:04
Speaker
um So kind of leading into that, are you guys worried about the ah ah offense? Because, you know, what happened there? That's kind of interesting. Don't you guys think? um Let me answer this question roundabout way. Okay.
00:15:21
Speaker
If you listen to the Ben Johnson's press conference today, he said something. He said um not throwing the ball when there's no separation between wide receiver and the defender, which which is interesting to me. um You know, those 50-50 balls that are pretty popular in NFL, he was basically saying we don't throw the balls in those conditions, and he wants to see separation before he throws. And I think it goes...
00:15:47
Speaker
I hope it goes in hand. The way I took it is Miller's stance on like Caleb hasn't turned the ball over, right? Or he sails a pass over his wide receivers sometimes. i was like trying to put two and two together. And I feel like this may be connected.
00:16:03
Speaker
Not trying to throw the ball over paying cautious football might be reason why they were a little bit off um in in my opinion. The offense definitely looked more inept. I'm going to give you that. This was probably the worst game I've seen from him, um from the offense overall.
00:16:20
Speaker
um But just it's a brand of football that's not pretty to look at for sure. um But, you know, like want to give them um and their defense is legit too. Let's start there. Like, but our offense definitely looked inept and I'm not concerned, bob you know,
00:16:40
Speaker
It's another ugly way to win the game, but I'm um i'm like happy we got the dub. I feel like you kind of went all over the place and did not really answer the question, so I'm going to go over to Miller. Miller, you gave your glazing minute, you gave an interesting stat, and then you kind of saw the offense play how they did. What are your thoughts on the offense? Another game, another win, in another game.
00:17:00
Speaker
They got it done. It's not pretty. Caleb has, he makes improvements, he makes little improvements every game, but at the end of the day, he's still missing some of his deep throws that we expect him to make. and Sometimes he's off kilter, he's not he doesn't have his feet set, he's not ready.
00:17:19
Speaker
Whatever it's going to be, sometimes he misses some throws. Sometimes there's drops. edden wasn't i That wasn't a fact in the first quarter. there i don't think there was drops, but at the end of the game there was.
00:17:31
Speaker
But I mean, overall, he's getting better every day, every game. And he's not going to be perfect. We'll get into some details here shortly on why.
00:17:45
Speaker
yeah He had a tough game. At the end of the day, it's Ryan Flores on the other side. He's probably ah one of the best D coordinators in the league. and They play them a lot. He's played Ben Johnson a lot in the last three years, probably six times, if not more. and Hey.
00:18:03
Speaker
Yeah, we we talked a little bit. We'll get into the next question. um I think for me, which it was brought up about, you know, Winning games that are last minute wins.
00:18:19
Speaker
I think it kind of there was a season and I won't correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it was a season.
Late-Game Performance
00:18:26
Speaker
Flus got fired that we did have a lot of like one possession loss games.
00:18:31
Speaker
um yes I think we were like one in five or one in six or something like that for the whole season. was it the I can't ah don't quote me on which, but I the reason I thought about this is because if you flip that record, you'd almost get something similar to what the the Bears are doing now with their one possession wins and come from behind wins where it's like we were hoping to see progress on that and we didn't. And we're seeing it right off the bat with Ben Johnson. So I've been very in the past of a week, given from what I saw last week to this week, I am on the side of we're winning games.
00:19:05
Speaker
because I had to remember how horrible we were in the past that we weren't winning those one possession games. And now I'll tell you, you I'll be very honest with you. When I saw that they scored with 50 seconds left on the clock, I, in my head thought, that's too much time for us, which is a first.
00:19:23
Speaker
It's, I'm not going to lie. It is a first. um But yeah, let's talk a little bit about the, uh, forward. the vikings f We're now being and and put in the same category as like grace. Like,
00:19:35
Speaker
Like even like Tom Brady, every time there's too much time on the clock. I mean, we're just only, what, 10 games in. From ten statement? We're feeling it in Chicago right now.
00:19:47
Speaker
Yeah, from like a statement thing. Yeah, from a statement thing of being able to say that, yes. I wouldn't necessarily say we're Tom Brady-esque. I'm just saying, you just kind of quoted what was quoted hundreds of times with Tom Brady is like, there's too much time on the clock.
00:20:02
Speaker
Okay, but let me say it in this way. I was saying it more as a team, as like a whole instead of like a Caleb Williams. Shut the fuck No, you weren't, you fucking idiot. That's what I meant to say. Yes.
00:20:13
Speaker
Yes, I was. What do you mean? I was talking as team. felt like it was too hard. It was a team, not as Caleb. This is what he did. He was like, come on. Yeah, You went too far. You fucking idiot.
00:20:25
Speaker
Listen, as a team, as an as an offense, when it was the fourth quarter, you guys praise all of these fourth quarter wins and whatnot. Most of it involves Caleb Williams.
00:20:36
Speaker
Most of it involves Caleb Williams. It's not always Caleb, but he's set the record winner you already had your men head for comebacks for the Bears. That's great. Single season.
00:20:47
Speaker
Yeah. And we're going to talk a little bit about that. I still don't think that last drive should count for him. But before we get to that point, um Miller and I had a great conversation trying to figure out the the right way to word this question. But ah Brian Flores' defense has been known to blitz.
00:21:02
Speaker
And it's been noted in various sources out there that this was the highest rate. 78. With around 70% of the plays. I think there's other there's other sources that showed 78. But I did find another while we were talking about it.
00:21:15
Speaker
That said it was like 70. And then I found one more that says 66 point something. So the the number does seem to fluctuate depending on how you want to phrase a question into Google ai
00:21:29
Speaker
We love Big Cat here. How dare you? the How dare you? So... so Why did you think Brian Flores had to blitz that many times? I think it's a great question.
00:21:43
Speaker
We got to start with Bupin because we kind of know where Miller is going to go off on this point. But Bupin, why do you think Flores raised it up this week? I mean, that was their ace, right? They played their ace. That's the best unit in the game they had they They used it to get the best chance to win.
00:21:58
Speaker
um Their defense did their best for them to have a shot. Like, Sakela was sacked twice.
Analyzing Blitz Strategies
00:22:05
Speaker
we There were 10 tackles for loss against the Bears, which, you know, hasn't happened much this season, to be completely honest. But they played their ace, and they were trying to hide their defense. Sorry, their weakness, which is their offense um on the field. So they played their ace. I think that was just a game plan, and C-Dub persevered and overcame.
00:22:24
Speaker
Yeah, I think ah when I was looking into the question that was posed into the agenda, I tried to find like some kind of information so that we can actually have something to talk about. And it was very difficult to find anything at the moment when we were talking like related to the game. But then you actually start looking at his history. Apparently, he blitzes like 60, 65% of the game. You literally provided the stats. It said 51% last year.
00:22:54
Speaker
No, 50, but this seasonar is in this season, he's he's he's increased it again. He's been increasing it. that I'll find it again, but supposedly it was at like 61%.
00:23:07
Speaker
And I think one of the reasons was that he wanted to help with injuries or something. so And I don't know how you do that with injuries, but I'll try to find it again while we're talking. But um I would say that he definitely saw something in the offense that is If you add pressure, I think he was trying to play to his mistakes. But to CW's credit, he really didn't make a ah mistake this game. He kind of just played bad but did not play bad with mistakes, which if you look at their quarterback, you can say played bad and made mistakes. So Miller, your thoughts? Honestly, I think it's because of the quarterback.
00:23:46
Speaker
No, no, ah no, no. I'm not going to want piss people off. Even though it's already a good 23 minutes in. If they're still watching, then fuck them.
00:23:59
Speaker
Sorry.
00:24:02
Speaker
Yeah, fuck them, the people watching. Realistically, I think a lot of it has to do with, I think he needed to change up his scheme. um I think Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams, more so Ben Johnson, has been very successful against Brian Flores historically with his offenses.
00:24:17
Speaker
so I think this time, he rather than trying to stick what he's typically done in this past, yes, he's a high blitz rate guy, but I think he even wanted to get higher. I think he needed to get...
00:24:29
Speaker
more people in the backfield to try to move Caleb off his point because I think he knew that if Caleb stayed on his point, that he might be able to make passes. So they they wanted to move him around with the hopes that he wasn't going to hit the long ball, the long passes, and see the routes clearly. Because you did see there were several times in the game, if you watch,
00:24:51
Speaker
Players were open, but the problem is right before that wide receiver just cut to be wide open, Caleb was having to move because of the pressure. so So I think that they up they had to up the pressure just based on the prior experiences against Ben Johnson Gideon.
00:25:11
Speaker
So I did misspeak. So it looks like Brian Flores so far this season on first and second downs has blitzed them at 51.4%, which...
00:25:22
Speaker
which If you really think that's a lot. And then there is another stat out there that said that in this recent game on dropbacks, they blitzed 66.7%, which goes to what Miller was saying. I don't necessarily want to say it's because of the quarterback, because I think it's just generally what they see as a whole, as a package on the offensive side.
00:25:45
Speaker
But the fact that this man went from that much to to increase it um is still incredible. So again, comment your thoughts on that. But now, probably one of the my favorite things that I will be able to debate on with you guys is that for whatever fucking reason, the NFL is counting this as a game-winning drive for Caleb Williams.
Game-Winning Drive Debate
00:26:11
Speaker
i believe it should be for the kick returner. um and we just Can we just skip this question? I think he should get... No, we are not skipping this question. because I'll shut him down. I'll shut him down. I want to get shut, but um if it wasn't for that return... How can you say that? How can you seriously say that?
00:26:35
Speaker
He's literally like... What do you mean? After we won like five games in a row like this. How can you fucking say that? Hold on. You're telling me though. 50 seconds and three timeouts. You said that. You said that. Hold on though. Chris, you said that. We're talking about giving credit for the game winning drive. That's what I'm saying. It's it's not a game winning drive.
00:26:54
Speaker
That's all I'm saying. Okay. My question to you Are we denying the 61-yard return? Or what is it No, 56-yard return. Sorry. How can you deny? It's a fact. You can't deny a fact. We're not Republicans.
00:27:06
Speaker
um it's ah It's a flawed... What is the definition of a drive? Sorry. Uh...
00:27:13
Speaker
No, it's not even that. minute It's a flawed stat. Okay, hang on. Had we lost the game, Chris, would you have said Caleb lost us the game? he there was he must see But see, it's a caveat. It's a caveat, though. because where wound where would he have But where would he have started if it wasn't for the return? That's what I'm saying.
00:27:31
Speaker
How the fuck can you say that? How the fuck can you answer that? 35 yards. I don't know. What was the average for the game? He had to drive, what, 40 yards for a kick?
00:27:41
Speaker
A little less than that, yeah. No, you know what? we'll We'll make it like this. He he drove the amount that was return. He would have needed to drive that amount back in 50 seconds. Yeah.
00:27:52
Speaker
Yeah, if he lost it, then yeah, that's ah that's a loss. No, no, like, forget it. Let's say the return happened. We missed the kick, we lose the game. Does that count on his record?
00:28:05
Speaker
Like, are you just saying that if if he just lost flat? Like, we missed a kick. If he just lost flat, then it's not a game-winning drive. I don't know what to tell you. I know, but like, will it be on his record that he did not convert out a game-winning...
00:28:24
Speaker
If he led us to a drive that would have resulted into a game-winning kick, then that's a game-winning drive. that's I don't know. that that That's not how and NF... If he missed a kick, then no, he did not lead us to a game-winning drive.
00:28:35
Speaker
Okay. Both. Both.
00:28:40
Speaker
No, but, okay, ah this stat is the way it works. It's a flawed stat. I'll agree with you there. But if, ah no matter what happens, Caleb can drive to 20-yard line, Cairo misses the kick, Santos misses the kick, it's on him.
00:28:54
Speaker
if we' if you If they make a kick from a 60-yard line, he just counts on said he was blaming both Caleb and Cairo for missing the kick. So now you have to give credit to Caleb and Cairo for Caleb moving the ball forward. No,
00:29:09
Speaker
if if i'm What I'm saying is if Caleb moved the ball forward, the 56 yards that the kick return was, and then he he missed the kick, then yes, you blame both of them.
00:29:23
Speaker
in this in the in the In the sense of like, because the stat is flawed, like Boopin is saying. you would He would you not get credit. he would It would not count as a game-winning drive because he lost. yeah i'm I'm just sick of Bears fans just being fucking, I don't know what, short memory, dementia, patience.
00:29:40
Speaker
We are winning games and we are fucking finding ways to find ways to like break apart shit like this. Please explain to me how this status is flawed. When when an awful man over here said has the ball last and they drive the field, whether that field is five yards or 50 yards, you still drive the field to get in the field goal range and you score the points at last second.
00:30:09
Speaker
That is called a game winning drive.
00:30:14
Speaker
No, I called it flawed because it goes on the quarterback, regardless of what happens. The punt returner can have a good kick. They can run the ball and kick the field goal. The quarterback gets credit for it. He can drive to a 20-yard line. The kick is missed. It gets counted against him that he lost the game-winning drive. It gets counted on his stat when it's not 100% his stat. That's why I'm saying the clock's stat. No, actually, now that I'm thinking about it, they don't say he's 5 of 9 on game-winning drives. They say that he has amount of game-winning drives in the fourth overtime. They do not have a... He's 5 of 6.
00:30:50
Speaker
Yeah, they don't count drives against, now that I'm thinking about it. But, but. I'll look it up. I'm i'm pretty sure I've heard them being like, he's five of nine. But, you know he would be the first one to point that out? No, don't think that's true. He'd be the first one to point it out, that he didn't drive him far enough.
00:31:07
Speaker
But like in in that sense, though, if it was the same scenario, if it was the same scenario the and the ball gets kicked and he misses, I don't blame Caleb. Yes, you would. No. We didn't drive it close enough. didn't drive it close enough is your argument. I would 100% care. But that wouldn't be on Caleb. That would be more on the coach. I promise That would be more on the coach.
00:31:30
Speaker
No. See, you guys just think... See, here's the thing. You guys enjoy when people hate on Caleb because... no, no. no Listen, listen. Here's the thing. You guys enjoy for people to hate on Caleb because then you guys can go and be ah a knight in shining armor and be like, Caleb, look at me. I'm defending your honor. When in reality, it's just a question. Like, he did not do anything in addition to that drive have to help them win. As I stated previously in text chains that we were together, he took the snap and made a solid handoff.
00:32:00
Speaker
He did not do that all game. He did not do that all game yet on Sunday. So, that you have to give him credit. He took the snap and handed it off.
00:32:14
Speaker
You're laughing because you know how stupid of a statement that is. Jesus Christ. And I hate saying stupid, but fuck. oh like right you really These Bears fans deserve Dylan, Gabriel, or whatever. These Bears fans. Jesus. These Bears fans. Who's sounding Republican now? Good Lord. all right.
00:32:33
Speaker
Let's get to the next question, which is probably going to be my favorite to hear what you guys have. Who would you say is your standout performer of the game for the offense?
Offensive Standouts Debate
00:32:41
Speaker
Mind you, Look how I posed the question this week, and yet someone still answered it wrong.
00:32:48
Speaker
But let's see what we got. Miller, you can start us off. Technically, when we get the ball, ah it could be considered off offensive.
00:32:59
Speaker
play so my standout performer is Devin Duvernay for that 56-yard kick return that put us in position for the game-winning field goal after Caleb's drive.
00:33:14
Speaker
But I thought you said Caleb's 26th position. Game-winning drive by Caleb Williams. That's what you just said. My answer... um my answer You said standout performer for offense?
00:33:26
Speaker
Yes. that's all the on The Minnesota offense was limited because of Chicago D, our defense. We held them to 27.3% and third down. And we had two turnovers. Look three bullet points down.
00:33:42
Speaker
What is the question three bullet points down? on the defense. defense Yes. it's the I have a different answer for that one. Okay. I'll i'll switch my answers. No, I can't. I can't.
00:33:52
Speaker
I'm only praising the defense today. I'm sorry. I gave him a lot of shit. gave him a lot of shit. No, we're not talking about the defense yet. You already fucked up the question. where We're just going to move. Ask better questions. What do you mean? It's literally labeled. just copies and pastes.
00:34:09
Speaker
It's literally labeled. Literally labeled and I made sure to remove any S's so that you guys would have to choose one. Sometimes adds S's. Sometimes does it. Okay, what ah what's your answer, Chris?
00:34:25
Speaker
What's your answer, Chris? Say it. Fucking say it. Fucking say it, please. What? For me, it's Swift. Not Cairo? Yeah.
00:34:39
Speaker
Wait, the inconsistent run game? The thing is, is that yeah I'm looking at the carries and then there's just like a lot of stuff that happened. And even when I got the touchdown, I don't know. I just feel like the rushing game is kind of, even though the numbers are not there or what we want them to be. I think we said as a team, we wanted what? Plus one 20 as a team one a forty run game.
00:35:02
Speaker
We're at 140, so that's why I'm sticking with Swift. He got 90 on 21 carries. We are inconsistent, but that would say that we're like 6 out of 7 over 100 yards.
00:35:13
Speaker
We're inconsistent.
00:35:17
Speaker
Chris, I have a question for you. Genuine question. I'm not even fucking hating. um What would Caleb Williams have to do for you to like bring his name up in this sex section? and Like what? 500 yards, seven touchdowns? What are we talking about here? What was his completion percentage this game?
00:35:33
Speaker
I don't know. same just shit It was not good. So why would you say that? No, no, no. I'm genuinely asking. But listen to, but this is what I'm trying to ask. If you want me to pick Caleb, this game was not Caleb.
00:35:46
Speaker
i I said that earlier, but my question is genuinely, what what stats does he have to have maybe for you to even consider him? Like 500 yards, seven touchdowns, whatever you I don't know. Maybe one touchdown would be great. We had a touchdown. What does it matter if he has a touchdown? We're back to that. Yeah, we're... Maybe... You're asking me what would I Caleb. And I just gave you answers and you're not happy with Chris is blazing with it.
00:36:13
Speaker
What would be the opposite of glaze? De-seasoning? De-glaze. De-glaze. No. But in being very honest with you, though, with a stat line of 16 and 32 and 193, you would say that was a standout performance on offense? Bro, the game was 16 to 19. Like, what do you expect in that game? Okay, but answer the question. Was he a standout performer of the game? I said this was the worst game he's played. Okay, so for you to say that...
00:36:38
Speaker
Well, what would it take for him to be considered a standout performer of the game? I literally just answered and I said, well, he's got to be higher on the completion percentage. Throw a touchdown or two. I don't think it's that difficult.
00:36:50
Speaker
Okay. Okay. Okay. good And he's done it before. We've agreed that I said, oh, yeah, he played great. like and And one thing to point out during Miller's glazing minute, he's not producing turnovers, which is great.
00:37:03
Speaker
If he's producing turnovers, then this would be a whole different conversation. Still not standout, but great. Good. Good to know. What is the question? i i I was genuinely asking you a question. The question is literally, who would you say was a standout performer of the game? Baby, I don't want to fight.
00:37:21
Speaker
Guys, we don't put baby in the corner. right.
00:37:25
Speaker
We don't put baby in the bathtub either, but we still fucking do it too. All right. ah Let's talk about Santos for a bit. I know we touched on it. um When I put this question up, I didn't realize what happened in Washington, but Moody signed off the practice squad with Washington. How would you say that Santos played, though he did go four to five, but he did get the game winner? There was an interesting video out there that if you saw like the holders on the ball one last twitch before he kicked it ah that might have caused it to to go left.
00:37:58
Speaker
um I don't know how true that is, but his his kick did go left on an indoor field. But how would you guys feel? Did he redeem himself or is he redeeming himself? Redeeming himself from what?
00:38:09
Speaker
He's been hit or a miss. Yeah. From the previous conversations that we had where we were saying there was a kicker battle. We've had it, though. There was genuine there was genuine talks of of a kicker controversy early on. We can't say no. He's fine.
00:38:23
Speaker
I mean, he kicked a 54-yard field goal, so props to him. Yeah. But I mean, at the end of the day, his team needs to learn how to close, and we haven't really figured out how to do that. I mean, we had a 45-yard field goal.
00:38:35
Speaker
it would have put us up, what was that? 19 to 10, basically sealed the game. And he missed it. And that's why Caleb needed to lead another game hooding drive for us.
00:38:48
Speaker
Yeah, of course. um to be To be very honest, he's been hit or miss. bottom But we think we'll upgrade our kicker next year. I don't think we will. I think we will. I think we will.
00:39:04
Speaker
I'm pretty sure we will. I'll put Chuck on the line. I don't know. I don't know if we really feel like have So do you think we should upgrade our kicker? Or why do why do you think we should go through a kicker competition? Because we did that a few years ago and it was a fucking shit show. So please explain why you want to do this again.
00:39:25
Speaker
I think when we play better teams and, but you know, like we we care, four or five is not good enough to win games. Even almost wasn't good enough to win this game, right? We need someone who we can rely on to reliably kick under a certain distance, like under 50. I know Santos is like 90% under 50, but those misses I think will start to count when we when we are in our conversations about playoffs and higher.
00:39:51
Speaker
i think those things will come in clutch, and I don't think we can have a kicker that's like inconsistent. Miller, I think you and i are going to be on the same pace that or same thought process of this, but I feel like at this point it kind of shows that they don't plan on him wanting to kick 50 yards or more. i think they feel like the offense should get them close enough for 40 pluses or for 40 unders and stuff. I mean, yeah, he missed one, but when's the last time we had a kicker go 4-5 or 5-5 in a game where like the scoreline was what it was?
00:40:24
Speaker
I don't know. four How many of did Moody make that week? went five with a block. um I don't know, man. I think this is Cairo. It's one of his worst years in a while.
00:40:35
Speaker
He's shooting about 80% clip right now, but he's 100% extra points, and
00:40:43
Speaker
There's a lot of kicker issues throughout the league right now. And yes, Cairo has his limitations, but I don't know that we necessarily want to cut bait, especially when we're going to have to take a cap hit because I think we just extended him a few years, like a year or so ago.
00:40:58
Speaker
So um there's something to be said for a kicker that knows how to kick at Soldier Field. We saw that with Robbie. We know things can go south fast.
00:41:10
Speaker
So I don't know that you want to cut bait on a guy. Because I don't want to go through the but the the competition that we had two years ago. You can't just go out and get a Brandon Aubrey. like The game in question was against the Saints where Moody went 4-4. His long was 39.
00:41:31
Speaker
Just to bring it back. He was definitely not 4-4. agree with Miller.
00:41:38
Speaker
No, that's the last one that he went 4-4 because the previous game was with, I just looked it up. It was with the Giants. He didn't play. um and So that was the only one where I could see where he kicked four.
00:41:50
Speaker
um music I mean, I could go further back, but I think it's beside the point. Yeah, he got the extra he got he was two of two on the extra points too. But all right, ah let us know what you think. that We just went over the offense as a whole.
00:42:03
Speaker
Give us a comment. I want to hear everyone's thoughts on this, which counts as a game-winning drive. I think that's probably one of the best conversations that's out there because Miller is still milking it as much as possible.
00:42:14
Speaker
But we have to see the other side of the coin.
Did the Bears' Defense Blow the Lead?
00:42:17
Speaker
We're going to switch over to the defense. Boys, i have a question for you. Did the defense blow a 13-point lead, or was Minnesota in the process of making a comeback?
00:42:29
Speaker
Okay, I guess I'm talking. um I don't... It's tough. Um... I think they got some momentum at the fourth quarter half off of that punt return um that led to a quick touchdown.
00:42:43
Speaker
um I'm not going to put that on the defense. That was mostly on special teams. And then they played a little prevent. I'm not going to blame this on the defense, but I'm not going to sit here in la-la land and say the defense played well.
00:42:56
Speaker
They got two turnovers. But at the end of the day, if you actually watch this fucking game, you know that it had nothing to do with the defense. and It had all ah everything to do with their quarterback because he couldn't hit the backside of a fucking barn.
00:43:10
Speaker
And that's why that we won this game because he was missing wide receiver after wide receiver, underthrowing wide receiver after wide receiver. It was pretty fucking shitty.
00:43:22
Speaker
I don't think the Bears blew it. I think Minnesota was getting a little bit of momentum. And when you have a team and you're not able to put them away, that's typically what happens. And unfortunately, the Bears were not able to put them away.
00:43:37
Speaker
So I'd agree with Mila there too. In the final quarter, Caleb was 2-for-6 with 38 yards and he was sacked twice. That was his stat line. um So they had some momentum. Our offense didn't show up. I honestly am not going to lie to you.
00:43:52
Speaker
um weirdly was remember remembering the game in the week one game where they freaking came back and won. Like, I was like, oh, my God, like the city will freaking those start burning down the city if this happens again.
00:44:07
Speaker
But I think that's growth, right? We've seen this team before. We we see their tendency. How do we overcome what they do to win the game? And that that was the impressive part to me. Yes. Yes.
00:44:18
Speaker
The defense, for the most part, like I said, buto like i don't i don't think I'm going to jump over like walls to get them... accolades here, but they were respectable with all the injuries and everything they had got going on.
00:44:31
Speaker
They held them to like 27 some percent on the third down, got to turnovers. Like, I'm not saying they're the best defense out there, but they did their job. And in the fourth fourth quarter, I think they just wanted it more. They had a little bit of momentum and they scored some points, which we knew they would. Yeah, like they have some playmakers out there, too. So, you know, it was expected.
00:44:52
Speaker
Like, I think defense played solid. I remembered about week one, two, and I saw how they they came back. So yeah, during the game, i i was kind of thinking that it's the little stuff that Minnesota was doing to kind of get to where they were getting. So I will give maybe 51-49 advantage to Minnesota making it a comeback, but I agree with Miller too. I think...
00:45:18
Speaker
Turnovers are great and whatnot, but I think if we blew that game, that that would have shown, just just how
00:45:28
Speaker
Those last couple of quarter drives, you know, the missed field goal or the offense not producing, it it's it's to help avoid situations like this of what happened. The only difference is is we came out on the winning end when the clock struck zero. So i I actually agree with kind of both of your statements there.
00:45:47
Speaker
um Moving on to... The final question, because we don't want to get too much into the horribleness that is
Defensive Highlights
00:45:55
Speaker
the defense. What would you say is a standout performer of the defense?
00:46:01
Speaker
It's whoever wants it. Well, go ahead, Boopin. ah It's our safety, Kevin Byard. i'm Sorry, the league leader in ah um interceptions, Kevin Byard.
00:46:13
Speaker
I would have said J.J. McCarthy, but i would have gotten yelled at. So I'll go Neshawn Wright, who got that huge interception end of half. If he doesn't pick that ball off, who knows where we're at right now because they were driving down the field. They were almost in field goal range. So, hell yeah.
00:46:33
Speaker
I actually agree with Miller. I think that interception was bigger than, uh, than the other one. Um, that could also have been a swinging point of the game too, if, if they got points on that drive. So I'm i'm glad we were able to stop it there. So that is our recap of bears Vikings where bears win 1917. Uh, leave a comment, let us know what you think, but we're going to get to our favorite segment.
Positivity Scores for Bears
00:47:03
Speaker
I say our because we've been doing this for a while now. We're going to bring up the positivity score recap. If you're new here, we give a positivity score of zero to 10 of where we see this Bears team going.
00:47:15
Speaker
People will give you different answers on what their numbers mean. Others will give you the smart answer, like me, where they use a grading scale. So on the previous week, Miller gave this
00:47:31
Speaker
Miller gave this gave them a 7. Boopin gave them 7. I was at a 6. Has it changed? Let's find out. Let's start with... Hey, we were I hate you so much with passion. Just because of that, going to start with Miller. Miller, you were at a 7 last week. Where are the score? We're to up a little bit. We get the wins. I'm going up 7.5.
00:47:57
Speaker
who 7.5. Is this the highest you've been? I mean,
00:48:06
Speaker
i mean it's the best record we've had in a while. Boopin! It of really is. but We're on three-game winning streak for the second time this season, guys. After winning, losing, what, nine games in a row, whatever it was at the end of last season, two seasons ago? Jesus Christ.
00:48:24
Speaker
um Let's see. I was at a 7. I'm going to stay at a 7. It was a win. I'm happy about that. um But, you know, um some opportunities for the team to, like, um you know, be maybe a little bit more fluid on the offense. Some opportunities. I'm going to stay at a 7.
00:48:42
Speaker
So, I'm only doing this because there was a stat out there that impressed me enough that I have to give it 6.5.
00:48:53
Speaker
I thought you were going go down. No, there's a stat out there that when I heard it, I'm like, that deserves some credit.
00:49:05
Speaker
now Ben Johnson has more road wins than Floose did the whole career he was here. Floose only had three career road wins. Johnson has four.
00:49:17
Speaker
Damn That stat alone gives it half a point up. I have them at six and a half for the year. I swear to God, I thought you were going to say five and a half. I'm happy though. Six and a half. got to be a little excited. i mean, you look around, our division is shit. I mean, you don't know who any of these teams are.
00:49:33
Speaker
now Well, hold on. I don't think our division is shit, per se. There's still a chance we get three the postseason. No chance in hell. would put so much money on that.
00:49:45
Speaker
You're getting a two at the top. I said there's still a chance. You think we're getting three? no do You think Lions are out? You think Lions and Packers, who who would be out?
00:49:56
Speaker
I'm not going to answer that. and Yeah. see uss Yeah. There you go. See, uh, if you guys want on the comment section, give us your positivity score again, keep it zero to 10. I don't want to see no fifties, no sixties or none of this other, or yeah seven, none of that. If I see a six, seven, I'm banning you.
00:50:16
Speaker
I'm putting it out. oh Just so you know, zero means like, you know, we are Titans level bad and 10 minutes. We are winning the super four. Zero is an F. Which some people here have said 10.
00:50:28
Speaker
and Zero to five is an F. Six. Six. Zero to five all is the thing. Someone got it.
00:50:37
Speaker
All right,
Bears vs. Steelers Preview
00:50:38
Speaker
boys. We're going look into next week. The Bears take on the Steelers at Soldier Field. It is a noon kickoff. According to yeah ESPN bets, that responsibly, the Bears are favorite at minus three. I believe that is going to change if some news comes out.
00:50:53
Speaker
um which i wait Wait, hang on. Off topic, but I thought ESPN bet was no longer a thing. hu After the NBA controversy, they are disbanding. Oh, brother, yes. ESPN is getting the information, the data. There's outsourcing.
00:51:12
Speaker
Yeah. somewhere else. Their outsourcing is what I heard, but I couldn't. Oh, well, I just went on their website for the matchup and that's what I saw. So, but there's still a sport book. So where why are they getting, are they getting their sport book numbers from? I i think because they want to be ah like a journalist organization. I think like betting being in-house. That's waste money how they did that. Whatever. Because they were literally talking about the NBA controversy while the and NBA ticker was showing them the odds of the game. Yeah, but that's not really, i mean that's just a bad look. That's not a reason to change their whole outfit of what is the gambling space. Like that, we can we can probably discuss that at a different time. um and we'll We'll do a short.
00:51:52
Speaker
Sure. ah Bears are minus three. the Over, under is 45 and a half. um I haven't seen the weather, but typical questions to ask for the group. What do the Bears need to do to win this game?
00:52:04
Speaker
Boopin, what do you got? Pray. Pray that Jalen Johnson and Edwards return somehow. And we do the impossible task of fucking beating Rogers in Rush Soldier Field. We haven't done that since 2013.
00:52:21
Speaker
We need to contain TJ Watt somehow so that he can't put some pressure on the quarterback. We remember what happened against the Raiders with, what's his name, dominating our offensive line.
00:52:33
Speaker
So, TJ Watt is good enough to do that. Yeah, I... may I think TJ Watt, it I don't know why, but I feel like TJ Watt has the potential to have a huge game it's ah if everything kind of goes.
00:52:48
Speaker
um if they hold If they hold in that run, if that run game can just go off a little bit and that play action is there, i mean, we we might have something. I feel like I've said that a couple weeks in a row now, but I i do feel like the the team plays better when the play action is in in full effect. I feel like CW's numbers go up that way.
00:53:07
Speaker
um But i that offensive line does scare me a bit where they might not blitz and TJ Watt just fucking does whatever he wants and and gets to the end.
00:53:18
Speaker
So I guess in turn, Miller, is that what the Steelers need to do to win the game? Yeah. They need to give it to their big boy. feel like that's the easiest head. That's like 300 pounds.
00:53:33
Speaker
Darnell wash darnail Washington. Washington. No, I mean...
00:53:39
Speaker
I don't know. This Seeler team isn't that intimidating to me, to be honest. Their defense is beatable. Their offense is very limited. look at what they just I mean, they just demolished Cincinnati, but look at what they look look at how they looked out in L.A.
00:53:52
Speaker
You don't know what team you're going to get. i mean, every team seems like it has a flaw this year. And Seelers have their flaws. We'll see what happens on Sunday, but if if they put pressure on Caleb and they start getting some sacks or they get a turnover, they have a chance at winning, but As we talked about, he doesn't turn the ball over. This could be a very close game or a blowout.
00:54:14
Speaker
Yeah, this could be a very close game or it could be a blowout. Um...
00:54:19
Speaker
I think it's really... I'm more scared than Miller. Sorry, go ahead, Chris. I was just going to say, I think it's going to depend on who the quarterback is for the Steelers to win the game. um Reports are that Rodgers has broken his wrist.
00:54:33
Speaker
But it's a non-throwing hand, think. It's the non-throwing hand, and he wants to play, which is... Oh, he he loves playing here. He will play. Yeah, I was going to say, if he's trying to collect rent, you know he's going to want to be at Soldier Field. um Just...
00:54:46
Speaker
Answer this question and go to the next one, please. Thank you. i think
00:54:52
Speaker
Good lord. i I think their defense, like even though it hasn't been a game-wrecker, feel like has been showing up in the last three games. um they They have they scored like two touchdowns. They have 11 sacks in the last three games. like I know like they don't they don't look traditional. They don't play traditionally. I think they have been a lot of veterans that have a lot of bandwidth on how they can play. They know their assignments, but they can do a lot more with their assignments. That's how I think TJ...
00:55:20
Speaker
like sometimes Rex the games is he gets to go and go after the quarterback sometimes, like, you know, with ah with his assignment done. But I'm i'm scared. I think, like, Rodgers will be, you know, will probably play better umm even with injured. um i think this defense is playing better than people think. So they have people to stop our offense, I think.
00:55:41
Speaker
So with that being said, I don't know who added this question, but do we want to see Rodgers play against the Bears?
00:55:51
Speaker
Honestly, no. I'd rather play Mason Rudolph. Listen, for me, um it was 2021 week six when Roger says he still owns us. From then, the Bears have only won 13 games.
00:56:07
Speaker
They've lost 45. So, yes, I want to see him play. And yes, I want to see the dog shit out of him. This is like the Ravens game all over again. Guys, you we won Lamar. We live in the fucking city of Chicago, okay?
00:56:22
Speaker
You know what we have? Back in the 90s, we had a team up in Michigan. We needed to get past it. Fast forward to 2015, we had a team down in Missouri that we needed to get past on the north side.
00:56:40
Speaker
Our teams have kryptonite. And in order to get to the next level, you need to beat kryptonite. You want him to play with a broken hand.
00:56:51
Speaker
That basically means he's not going to be under center. Because if he's got a broken wrist and they snap the ball, he's not going to be able to hold it with a broken wrist. So if he's limited, you want him to play.
00:57:04
Speaker
Because one, he's going to be limited. And two, you need to beat him. You need to show that this is a new team and beat Eric. You want him play.
00:57:15
Speaker
Yeah. Don't be a bitch. If daddy's coming home, we got to make sure he doesn't come back. So I agree 100%. All right. With that, we're going to go into our predictions. ah We did an episode where we had our preseason predictions, and now we go through it during the season.
00:57:32
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So far, we are all tied at seven and three with our our previous numbers. Just like the Bears. Just like the Bears. I don't know if that's karma or not, but we'll find out.
00:57:45
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ah Boopin took the loss. Miller and I got the W's on the last game for this game in particular. Miller predicted a loss in preseason while Boopin and I predicted a win.
00:57:58
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Boopin, where are we going? What is your prediction for this Bears versus Steelers game? um I said loss against the Vikes, and we pulled one through. Kudos to you guys for calling that correctly. I'm going to go with the same technique. I'm scared.
00:58:13
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I think this game will be closer. Probably decided by a field goal, but I think we end up on the wrong side. We lose at home. I just want you to know, just because you're saying we're losing, you're not getting credit if we win. Because that's not how this goes. No, that's 100% what I'm doing. i don't care about my record. I care about the Bears' record. So I'd rather get dinged and they get a win.
00:58:37
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um I will go next. I actually am sticking with my prediction from the preseason. I have the Bears winning this game. And I have them winning Ooh, blowout.
00:58:56
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I wouldn't necessarily say it's a blowout, but think... How's that blowout? And points, that's a blowout in the NFL. Well, some two-score games are not. How do you know I... Wait, wella whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't be putting my... What I want to choose before I say it.
00:59:10
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That was not me. That was not me. But yes, I'm going to have a big W, baby, because it's called Buckeye Bears. I don't think it's going to be. I think it's going to be 20 to 17.
00:59:22
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Burrs.
00:59:26
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That's such a good scoreline, too. right. Let us know your re your um recaps. Let us know your predictions in the comments section. I'm intrigued to see what people are saying.
00:59:37
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um If this goes out, Miller and I will take a grandstand lead at this point. And Boopin will be on the last streak. Yeah. I mean, it is what it is. All right.
00:59:49
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Let's get into the final segment of
Fantasy Football Insights
00:59:51
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the show. It is our fantasy recap. Our two fantasy experts here give some thoughts on what you should do with some injuries as well as who you should be looking for or pickups.
01:00:01
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I will leave the floor to them boys. What do we got on the injury end for fantasy? Ooh, injuries are piling up, especially on the quarterback side. um couple of big ones to talk through. Aaron Rodgers, like we talked about, has his non-throwing hand injured.
01:00:18
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Dylan Gabriel is in a concussion protocol, so you may see Sadur Sanders start again. Michael Penix is done for the year in Atlanta. Kirk Cousin time there. um Dart and...
01:00:30
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Jackson Dart for the Giants and CJ Stroud for the Texans are still in protocol. So keep an eye out for that. But like, again, the but injuries are definitely piling up there. Running back even more concerning ah from the Packers. Josh Jacobs is hurt. His knee, like he plays through a lot, but like they were like really questioning if he can play through this. Jalen Warren, the Pittsburgh running back, was also hurt. He was replaced by Cainwell in the last game. It'll be interesting to see if he plays against us.
01:01:02
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ah Definitely would prefer him not to play for Bears' sake. um Imari DeMarcado, who was starting for the ah Cardinals last week, was also hurt. I'll say some of his replacements in the waivers in a minute.
01:01:15
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A big one in Atlanta for wide receiver, Drake London hurt his knee. um he was He's out at least this week. ah More to come. um I didn't even know he was still in the league. Calvin Ridley down in Tennessee have fractured his leg, and he's probably out for the year. um Tight end, Higby hurt his knee and is probably doubtful for this week. One thing to add, it's not an injury, but ah the appeal for Chase came back and they denied it. So Chase or yeah chase is out for one game.
01:01:46
Speaker
Start the Higgins everywhere. Oh, wait, you don't have him. I have him. ah Pickups. um like The guy that set the NFL record for the most completions in the game, Mr. Jacoby Brissett with the Cardinals. He's a decent pickup, I think. He's like he's basically been one of the few quarterbacks that's been like top five in his last five starts. So it looks like he's a good start.
01:02:10
Speaker
Lawrence had a good game. Trevor Lawrence against Chargers. If you are needy, there's a couple teams on by this week. He may be one. If you're feeling ah spicy, Kirk Cousins, who hasn't done nothing in Atlanta, like there's nothing. and like You can pick up Mason reed Rudolph if you want, if you think Rodgers will play. There's not much in the quarterback land otherwise to pick up, especially with the bye weeks going on.
01:02:34
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So running backs, a bunch of backups here again, but they had some role in the last game. So maybe someone there can be the hero for your team this week. In Jacksonville, Tootin, Bashul Tootin. He played a lot. He scored, I think, but then he left the game for a while.
01:02:51
Speaker
Good news is he came back, finished up the game, but that could be a pickup. He was legit playing over the starter. What's his name? ETN there. So like might be worth a stash.
01:03:03
Speaker
Emmanuel Wilson, like we talked about, Josh Jacobs is hurt. He might be the pickup up in Green Bay, especially if Jacobs doesn't go. ah Another injury, Jalen Warren, like we talked about, may not play. Kenneth Gainwell would be here to the replacement. DeMar Couto would be replaced by Bam Knight. In Arizona, and he's on bye this week, but a cheap stash might be Chris Rodriguez Jr. from the Washington. like That running backroom has been a mess, but he's got some play last couple weeks. Wide receiver coming back from bye. Alec Pierce, if he's in the waivers, pick him up.
01:03:39
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Watson, Kristen Watson from Green Bay, scored a couple touchdowns last game. Like, you know, if he's out there, good time to scoop him up. ah Michael Wilson with Arizona, again, had 170 yards against me.
01:03:50
Speaker
Fucking that's the reason I lost last week. But if he's out there, scoop him up might be a good play, especially with Brissette playing the way he is. Darnell Mooney, the last one, is London being out, he could be a decent pickup. But again, he hasn't done much this season.
01:04:05
Speaker
Kirk Cousins, all that good stuff. You know, it's a risky pickup, but it's still a pickup there. our Tight ends, I think, coming back from the bye. Juwan Johnson is still available. If he's available, he's been solid even with the quarterback change there.
01:04:18
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Dalton Solz with Davis Mills playing has been like, I think, nine targets are over the last couple of games. So he's definitely worth looking at as well. Those are the big pickups. Did I miss any Miller? You got them all and more, baby.
01:04:34
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Miller is hanging in for dear life. So we want to shout him out for sticking around for this episode. Speaking of shout outs, shout out to the twins. They had a birthday couple days ago. Shout out to them.
01:04:49
Speaker
The big four, but they're twins. So they're really one big eight year old. ah So fucking dumb. ah But with that, we are done for today. Thank you guys so
Podcast Conclusion
01:05:00
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much. We are on the road to 100 subscribers. We're at 23 on YouTube. Hey, if you're number 25, maybe we'll shout you out during the episode. We'll see. don't know. We're trying to get some trying to get some gimme's here. ah We are looking forward to next week. Thank you guys so much for your time. Let's get get another win, baby.
01:05:22
Speaker
King of the North here. King of the North. Let's enjoy while we can. Thank guys so much. Make sure you hit the like and subscribe button. We appreciate any and all feedback. Maybe someday in near future, we can see some positivity coming out of Chicago sports.
01:05:35
Speaker
We are actually seeing positivity. Let it rest. Keep it there. Bye.