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Season 3 - Episode 12 - We are Climbing? (Part 2)
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The trio is back together! With that comes the normal discussion and thought on the current status of the Chicago Bears. Are we in a good spot or are we in trouble?
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Transcript
Podcast Team Dynamics and Platform Issues
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Trio of Positivity
And we're back. Miller was spreading so much fake news that Riverside decided that we needed to stop.
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Mike
Good thing we're not using Riverside.
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Trio of Positivity
um Oh, not Riverside. God damn it.
00:00:10
Mike
Loser.
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Bhupen
They're gonna kick us out, whoever it is.
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Trio of Positivity
Riverside, please come back to us. All
00:00:17
Mike
Not they are.
Offensive Performance and Coaching Strategy
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Trio of Positivity
um right, Miller. Go ahead. What would you say the offense did?
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Mike
don't even know what we were talking about. Offense.
00:00:25
Trio of Positivity
We're talking about offense. Should there be concerns because of how the offense performed?
00:00:32
Mike
Let's start off and look at the overview of the entire offense, because that's what the focus should be. The offense as a whole put up 386 yards. Are you really going to be concerned for an offense that puts up 386 yards?
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Mike
Yes, majority of that was via the running attack. But then again, the Saints were playing too high zone, limiting the passing game.
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Mike
So what did we do? We took advantage with our running game. So if anything, we should be excited for the fact that we actually have a competent offensive coach that can see the weaknesses in the defense and take advantage of them.
00:01:13
Mike
They did that via Swift and they did that via Monungay, who had both had great games. But, I mean, at the end of the day, Caleb even came out after the game. He didn't have the greatest game. He missed throws.
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Mike
And the biggest thing right
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Trio of Positivity
Hold on. You already started talking about Caleb. we have to you're You're taking time out of your minute.
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Mike
No, no, I'm not.
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Trio of Positivity
yeah
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Mike
I'm not.
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Trio of Positivity
You mentioned him.
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Mike
Oh my God.
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Trio of Positivity
nope you mentioned them so Ladies and gentlemen, it is my it is my genuine, genuine happiness to bring you our latest segment of the Trio Positivity podcast.
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Mike
This is so fucking annoying. Okay.
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Trio of Positivity
My voice is not enough for it. We're going to let this lovely AI introduce. His minute starts when he says the first word.
Trio Positivity Podcast Introduction
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Trio of Positivity
Take us there, girl.
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Bhupen
you
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Trio of Positivity
Trio of Positivity Podcast. What a fucking banger. Oh, we're not playing it again. all right. Go ahead, Miller.
Quarterback Draft Decisions and Comparisons
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Mike
Let's go back to 2024 NFL draft. The fan base was torn. Do we draft Caleb? Do we keep fields? Well, we ended up trading fields to the Steelers. And what happened?
00:02:32
Mike
He got benched for Russell Wilson, who lost in the playoffs. He then signs with the Jets. goes 0-7 and proceeds to get benched again.
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Mike
Justin Fields, that quarterback that was the Chicago Bear, in his last six quarters of football, he has put up 99 yards passing and allowed 12 sacks for 76 yards.
00:02:57
Mike
For those counting, that is a net 23 yards of passing in six quarters of football. I do not need to talk about touchdowns as he is zero.
00:03:08
Mike
I wish nothing against Fields, but the Fields truthers need to go away. If someone in our chat dared to text that they would rather have Fields than Caleb, come on, bro, get off your knees. 57 seconds.
00:03:22
Trio of Positivity
And then just to show proof, that's the timer. Ladies and gentlemen, that is the first glazing minute that Miller did not go over. So this like this psychological project that I decided to have on Miller is working exactly how I needed it to work.
00:03:31
Mike
That's not true. The last...
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Mike
That is not true. The last one was like 30 seconds.
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Trio of Positivity
Well, that's because you chose not to you chose to go on a different route.
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Bhupen
Oh, ah would you like to call out? Would you like to call out whoever was on the knee for Justin Fields? Okay.
00:03:49
Mike
No, I don't think I need to do that. I think it's pretty apparent.
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Trio of Positivity
I mean, i love how.
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Mike
But getting back to the offensive point, because you just completely stopped me.
00:03:56
Trio of Positivity
Well, hold on. Hold on. i There's one thing that I want to say. I love that you just said that Fields allowed 12 sacks. That is a fucking statement because if that's the case, so Caleb allowed how much last season?
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Trio of Positivity
boy.
00:04:11
Mike
Yeah, yeah, he allowed like 60-something sacks, and I heard about it all fucking year.
00:04:12
Trio of Positivity
All right. Yeah. Oh, he's awful. He's awful. All right.
00:04:18
Mike
He also threw for 3,500 yards. Has Fields even come close to that?
00:04:22
Trio of Positivity
Awful. Awful.
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Mike
How about a four-game winning streak? Has Fields done that either?
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Trio of Positivity
So, yes, actually, he has. um you You kind of you forgot.
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Mike
Okay.
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Trio of Positivity
He actually forgot. Okay.
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Mike
No, he has not.
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Trio of Positivity
um
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Mike
Go look it up. The last four-game winning streak was actually your boy, Mitch Trubisky, in 2018.
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Bhupen
with travisky 2018 i
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Trio of Positivity
Wait, Fields only got three? i thought he got four.
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Mike
Fields never had four. Don't even know if he had three.
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Trio of Positivity
Wow. um I thought it was three.
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Bhupen
i think it was three remember when he was running like crazy like one year
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Trio of Positivity
Yeah, when he was... He was breaking record after record and Miller got all happy and thought he was a QB of the future.
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Bhupen
yeah
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Mike
Can we get back to the offense since you just ignore me?
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Trio of Positivity
um Yes. Yes. We can go back to the offense.
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Mike
Jesus Christ. Yes. So the um the passing ah offense for the Bears was not very good. Caleb came out
First-Round Quarterback Expectations
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Mike
after the game and talked about it, how he made a lot of mistakes.
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Mike
I honestly feel like I'm very impressed with Ben Johnson as our coach. I'm very happy that he's our coach. Obviously, Caleb is still a work in progress. Showing improvement this last game was obviously a step back.
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Mike
Most important takeaway is at the end of the day, still scored 26 points, still had almost 400 yards total offense. Those are signs of a complete team and a complete offense. You don't have to rely on one player to win all the time.
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Mike
And I think this thought process of Caleb's the one the first overall pick in the draft, yes, he is, whatever. Realistically, if you think about draft picks at this point, they're just a number.
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Mike
I mean, you have Brock Purdy, was that was the last fucking pick of the draft, and he's now making $55 million.
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Trio of Positivity
Aww.
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Mike
dollars What does it really matter? It matters what you do going forward. You can't put these guys on a high pedestal. You look at Sam Darnold, who has sucked, and now he's been playing at a high level after about five years.
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Mike
And you also look at Baker Mayfield. Both of them were basically written off high round picks. They took a few years and now they're they're probably both considered top seven quarterbacks in the NFL currently playing.
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Mike
So get get over the fact that he was the first overall pick. he He has to continue to improve. That's the bottom line. But he's he's winning games and that's the most important thing.
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Mike
And hopefully improve.
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Trio of Positivity
that is such that That is such a cop-out.
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Mike
That was actually like um another Miller Glaze event.
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Trio of Positivity
Yeah, that's such a cop-out answer, too, though. Because you're saying like we're going to ignore that he's a first-round pick. The Bears basically did everything possible to make that happen.
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Bhupen
I mean,
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Trio of Positivity
like That was what the game plan was going to be.
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Mike
No, it wasn't.
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Trio of Positivity
Yes, it was. What do you mean? When you're trading and then you suck, you You're going to get a first round pick in the first part.
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Mike
we weren't the reason that we sucked.
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Trio of Positivity
We had, hold on. We had the discussion though, that if you're a first round pick in any organization, you are supposed to start producing like this. So how is it that we're not having that same standard?
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Mike
That is not true for quarterbacks. We never had that standard for quarterbacks.
00:07:21
Trio of Positivity
What's the standard for quarterbacks?
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Mike
And first of all, so growth.
00:07:23
Bhupen
I think like Borrow, Stroud, and Daniels, Jane Daniels, really like spiked the expectations for quarterbacks.
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Mike
I mean,
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Bhupen
and i And I see where you we got where Chris, you're coming from. But to be fair, that was not the standard. And they're still the exception, right? We probably have, I don't know, like,
00:07:41
Trio of Positivity
But those are still, but are they being, are are we holding them to a different standard than we're holding CW?
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Bhupen
No, everyone's being judged judged on the same spectrum.
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Mike
I'm wrong.
00:07:51
Bhupen
they would they The success they had in the first year was un unprecedented, is what I'm trying to say. And that's not that doesn't happen with everybody.
00:07:57
Mike
i
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Bhupen
Still doesn't happen.
00:08:00
Mike
i'm wrong
00:08:02
Mike
I've made, I misstated it's you, you can hold them to that level, but it's just like the expectation that he's going to be a fricking superstar all-star right off the bat needs to temper down.
00:08:14
Bhupen
No, that's what I was saying.
00:08:15
Mike
Like you look at what he did last year.
00:08:15
Bhupen
so
00:08:17
Mike
He still put up respectable numbers through for 3,500 yards, nine interceptions. Like, tds deny intercepttion
00:08:24
Bhupen
While running for his life.
00:08:24
Mike
like Like, you got he's she's producing.
00:08:28
Trio of Positivity
Do I need to give you another glaze?
00:08:28
Mike
Is he the best?
00:08:29
Trio of Positivity
Calm down.
00:08:30
Mike
No, he's not the best in that draft class now. Right now, you probably consider him three or fourth, possibly, in that draft class. But does that mean that it's that he's an awful quarterback? No. Does that mean that he's not going to have mistakes? No.
00:08:43
Mike
But I don't know. I'm just sick of hearing, like, but he was the number one overall pick. Who the fuck gives a shit at this point? He's your quarterback.
00:08:51
Bhupen
Right. Like.
00:08:51
Mike
He's going to be your quarterback for the next four years, probably.
00:08:54
Bhupen
um but um
00:08:55
Mike
Hopefully a hell of a lot more.
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Bhupen
um' i'm I'm with you, Miller. like The press conference after was great, right? He like took accountability and said, hey, ah like the passing game did look great. Running game did great.
00:09:06
Bhupen
He did that, so that gives me hope.
00:09:08
Trio of Positivity
Here's the thing, though.
00:09:09
Bhupen
Coaching gives me hope.
00:09:10
Trio of Positivity
Here's the thing. we Every quarterback we've had has always been great at the podium. So that's irrelevant at this point. We can't keep using that as a as a way of ah of how quarterbacks need... every Every quarterback at a podium says what they have to say.
00:09:21
Trio of Positivity
like
00:09:21
Bhupen
No, not to...
00:09:22
Trio of Positivity
Except Tua. Except Tua.
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Bhupen
not
00:09:24
Trio of Positivity
I overstated with Tua.
00:09:24
Bhupen
no
00:09:25
Mike
But
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Bhupen
none Not Cam Ward.
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Trio of Positivity
but
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Bhupen
He
Press Conferences and Quarterback Evaluations
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Bhupen
said they're
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Trio of Positivity
but here's But here's my thing.
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Mike
but
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Trio of Positivity
Hold on, hold on. Let me make this point. If he says something different... Are we going to hold him to that same standard? Meaning if he was to say, you know what? My receiver should have gotten that pass. Or I'm saying if he was to take it the other way around, are we then going to say, yeah, that's the right thing he did? Or no, he shouldn't have said that. Like when it comes to what people say in press conferences, take it with a grain of salt. That's just PR bullshit coming out of people's mouth.
00:09:58
Trio of Positivity
He did say the right things. Good for him. I get it. But we can't keep using that as a standard because we said the same thing with fields. We said the exact same thing with fields.
00:10:05
Mike
You're right. You're right. I was going to say, I was going to say, you're right. We, all the quarterbacks we've had have been able to talk in press conference, you know, who but that's not necessarily true that everybody can because you saw Eberflus last year got extremely flustered in the green press conference conferences, especially when they were, he was getting attacked.
00:10:16
Trio of Positivity
i agree. Yeah.
00:10:25
Mike
And when you see that,
00:10:25
Bhupen
Yeah, so much so that we would we would talk about it every podcast, saying the answers you would give on the podium.
00:10:28
Trio of Positivity
No, but see, the thing with that, though, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I was the first one to bring that up, that that was weird. And I think Miller agreed after listening to it again, if I remember right.
00:10:40
Trio of Positivity
Because there was the one press conference where, like, what the fuck is he talking about?
00:10:44
Bhupen
There were like 13 of them.
00:10:44
Trio of Positivity
There was one in particular. And then I think at that time we started saying, no, he might be out. if If I, it got bad.
00:10:49
Mike
Yeah, because, I mean, it got bad because he started off like when he got his new haircut and he was all buddy-buddy with the media, but then it it it turned really quick.
00:10:54
Trio of Positivity
Haircut look great. The beard look great.
00:10:57
Mike
So, I mean, you're not always good at press conferences, but you are right.
00:11:01
Bhupen
I mean,
00:11:02
Mike
Our quarterbacks have all been pretty good and they've all taken accountability for everything that they've done.
00:11:05
Trio of Positivity
Even Badgen. Badgen's great on the... He had a great reaction to his contract.
00:11:09
Mike
so
00:11:10
Trio of Positivity
Like, come on. Here's here's here's my thing. and And we'll go into the next topic. my My thing with that, with Caleb, Is he a great quarterback? Yes, of course he's a great quarterback.
00:11:22
Trio of Positivity
will he Will he make mistakes? Yes, he will make mistakes. But the thing that people were shitting on on this team is that when we didn't have a run game, we were like, oh my God, the world is lost. How are we going to do this? with And we have a run game and now the passing is getting into questions.
00:11:39
Mike
It's one game.
00:11:39
Trio of Positivity
It's like if you're, it's still, I understand it's one game. Yeah, he didn't throw for 200. He threw for 200 every game except this one. It's against the Saints though. Should he have thrown 200 and more?
00:11:50
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, I think so.
00:11:51
Mike
At home.
00:11:52
Trio of Positivity
At home. Should he have performed better than what he did? Yeah, you're supposed to beat the teams you're supposed to beat. Like that's, there's no other way around it.
00:11:59
Mike
They did 12 points.
00:12:01
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, but it was not in the way that I wanted it. I wanted it to be more dominant. I wanted the offense to just explode.
00:12:06
Mike
You literally almost predicted the score.
00:12:08
Bhupen
a Hey, Chris, keep chris keep your creep your bedroom fantasies out out of this podcast, okay?
00:12:09
Trio of Positivity
But still, still.
00:12:10
Mike
You literally almost predicted the score.
00:12:16
Bhupen
You want to be dominated, i keep it out of the podcast, all
00:12:18
Trio of Positivity
Listen, say Ford's apples, we can get over that point. But my thing is, is that what I don't want to happen, and this happens with the bears so fucking often, is that when one thing goes great, it then flusters and then it just stops.
00:12:35
Bhupen
Buddy, I don't know what Bears you're watching. You know why? i was i was i didn't take Bears in Survivor this week because usually if this is the game, the Bears would let you down. A team we are supposed to beat at home after winning two away games, these are the games we would lose.
00:12:51
Bhupen
and That's why I didn't take them in Survivor. But the fact that they won...
00:12:53
Trio of Positivity
But my thing is when you have this offensive-minded coach who is – we're seeing the improvement with Caleb. but That's what I'm saying. And then to have this drop against the Saints, that's – it's going to be concerning.
00:13:06
Mike
400 yards of offense.
00:13:08
Trio of Positivity
I'm talking about Caleb.
00:13:08
Bhupen
Well, also, also, also.
00:13:09
Trio of Positivity
I'm not talking about the – I'm talking just strictly Caleb.
00:13:11
Mike
but but
00:13:12
Bhupen
Guys, guys, let's also talk about the Saints, right? Their head coach, who they fired, is our defensive coordinator. do Do you think they were also angry and playing this game?
00:13:22
Bhupen
Like Mila was saying, they did everything to, like, frustrate, like, Caleb with the two high and everything. They had a game plan, too. They were also playing inspired. Yes, we didn't look great, but because they were also probably being inspired and hot,
00:13:36
Trio of Positivity
open in the nfl In the NFL, everyone's playing inspired. like That's not a thing.
00:13:41
Mike
Hey, this is what I'm really struggling.
00:13:42
Trio of Positivity
i hate to say
00:13:42
Bhupen
Eh, don't know.
00:13:44
Mike
Yes, we had a lot of turnovers. Yes, I will agree with that. We had two punts on the day, 400 yards of offense, 26 points, and you're still sitting here complaining about one facet of the offense.
00:13:58
Trio of Positivity
Yes.
00:13:58
Bhupen
Well, like, like we kick too many field goals, I guess is the only thing they can complain about.
00:14:02
Mike
That's a huge, yeah, and the snapping issues that's happening for some reason.
00:14:03
Bhupen
Yeah.
00:14:05
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:14:07
Mike
But like, I mean, at the end of the day, we did what we needed to do to beat a shitty team.
00:14:07
Trio of Positivity
um
00:14:12
Mike
Could we beat a good team with the way we played?
00:14:12
Bhupen
yeah
00:14:14
Mike
Absolutely not. But guess what? We weren't playing a good team. Can Caleb improve? Absolutely. He played like trash. But take a step fucking back.
00:14:25
Trio of Positivity
See, you say that, and then later on, if he throws for like 100 yards, like, well, you know, they played inspired. The other team knew what they had to do to beat them.
00:14:36
Trio of Positivity
like it's i just I just
Playoff Team Dynamics: Defense vs. Offense
00:14:38
Trio of Positivity
don't like that.
00:14:38
Mike
if we have 250 yards of offense, then we can come chat.
00:14:38
Bhupen
Well, you...
00:14:38
Trio of Positivity
I hate...
00:14:42
Trio of Positivity
Sure. All right. um
00:14:43
Mike
But moving on to my question of the day, because that's what I have.
00:14:46
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, go for it.
00:14:48
Bhupen
Does everyone have a question of the day? What is my question of the day? Twitter?
00:14:52
Mike
You could have put it on there.
00:14:52
Trio of Positivity
You can. You can put it on there. We have fun with it.
00:14:55
Mike
So, realistic question to the both of you I heard um on on my favorite sources. You know them and you love them. But realistically...
00:15:02
Bhupen
twitter
00:15:03
Trio of Positivity
Twitter.
00:15:04
Mike
um Would you rather have 10 and seven playoff team led by the defense and running game or have a seven and 10 non-playoff team where Caleb throws for 4,000 yards and you know that he is the quarterback for the Bears for the next 10 years?
00:15:25
Bhupen
Are you saying which you would want to see happen this year?
00:15:27
Mike
Which would you rather have this year?
00:15:31
Bhupen
The first one.
00:15:35
Trio of Positivity
You'd rather go 10 and 7?
00:15:38
Bhupen
Yeah.
00:15:39
Trio of Positivity
I think I'd go 10 and 7. I think this is the easiest question I'll have all day.
00:15:42
Mike
Oh, I think you're both completely wrong.
00:15:43
Bhupen
You know. You know why?
00:15:45
Mike
I think I've said it. I've preached it for the last two years. The most important thing about this team is knowing that you have a quarterback. So I want to know that.
00:15:52
Trio of Positivity
That doesn't make the playoffs?
00:15:54
Mike
What does it matter?
00:15:57
Bhupen
I mean, we didn't we didn't have them.
00:15:58
Trio of Positivity
What do you mean...
00:15:59
Mike
Do you really think we're going to win the Super Bowl this year?
00:15:59
Bhupen
will we weve
00:16:01
Mike
So what does it fucking matter?
00:16:04
Trio of Positivity
Are you...
00:16:05
Bhupen
None of us had it going to the playoffs, for the record.
00:16:08
Trio of Positivity
None of us have... So wait.
00:16:09
Mike
it's ah it's To me, it's not about the playoffs.
00:16:09
Trio of Positivity
So wait a minute. So you're saying we only need to... Hold on. Hold on.
00:16:12
Mike
It's about...
00:16:12
Trio of Positivity
Stop. Stop. Stop. You're only saying we need to go to the playoffs if we're winning the Super Bowl. That's all you're saying.
00:16:19
Bhupen
I don't agree with that, but okay.
00:16:19
Mike
i'm saying that i don't like I'm saying that I don't want to be the 2020 Bears that limped into the playoffs with Mitch Shabriskie, went to the Saints, and got completely destroyed.
00:16:32
Mike
That's what I don't want.
00:16:32
Trio of Positivity
I'm sorry. limb Didn't we have a buy?
00:16:35
Mike
No, we were the wild. That was 2018. This was the second year when we got in.
00:16:38
Trio of Positivity
Okay.
00:16:40
Mike
they think they created the third wild card and we limped in and and we got destroyed.
00:16:43
Trio of Positivity
Oh, and they got... Okay, that's how we got the home game. Okay, my bad.
00:16:45
Mike
We didn't.
00:16:45
Trio of Positivity
Okay.
00:16:46
Mike
Yeah, we didn't get a home game. We were in Saints. But to me, I've been.
00:16:50
Trio of Positivity
Oh, no. You're talking the COVID Nickelodeon game.
00:16:54
Mike
ah To me, I've been preaching since I've since we since we got Caleb that we need to know that he's the guy.
00:16:56
Trio of Positivity
I forgot about that.
00:16:56
Bhupen
MVP. MVP.
00:17:02
Mike
Going to the playoffs seven at ten and seven what it led by the defense, who cares?
00:17:07
Trio of Positivity
It will give your boy experience. What do you mean?
00:17:10
Mike
Who cares of experience?
00:17:12
Bhupen
Miller, it's year two. Year two.
00:17:13
Trio of Positivity
You're so backward-minded. How?
00:17:15
Bhupen
Hang on, hang on, hang Hang on, hang on.
00:17:15
Mike
I need to know that he's going to be the guy. I don't want to see another 3,200-yard passing quarterback and bullshit.
00:17:18
Bhupen
hey
00:17:24
Mike
I want to know that he can take this team to the next level in the future.
00:17:27
Bhupen
He already had 3,500 yards under the flu system. Like, will 4,000 yards make that much difference for you?
00:17:33
Trio of Positivity
That's a valid point.
00:17:34
Mike
Yeah, it literally breaks the record for the Bears. We've never done it.
00:17:37
Bhupen
I mean, I get it, but like...
00:17:38
Mike
yeah Are you kidding me? It would literally be the front page story on ESPN.
00:17:39
Trio of Positivity
So, great, we broke a record, but we're still going to Cancun. What what does it fucking matter?
00:17:45
Mike
Because it's called growth, Chris. That's the goal of the sport is growth.
00:17:47
Trio of Positivity
so is going So is taking a team to the playoffs going 10-7. Year
00:17:51
Bhupen
Also, it's year two, right? Like, like I don't know.
00:17:55
Trio of Positivity
year're two and year one under Johnson, and you don't want to go... Oh, this question triggered me more than it should have.
00:17:58
Mike
But if you so if you you're OK with him taking a step back.
00:17:59
Bhupen
i
00:18:03
Trio of Positivity
Miller, you're literally saying you don't provide any feedback on what his passing numbers would be. You're telling me I would want the Bears to go 10 and 7 with a high...
00:18:09
Bhupen
Like 3200 that's what said 32 We're going to playoffs yep
00:18:11
Mike
Okay, okay, say if he went 3,200 yards, 20 touchdowns, 15 interceptions, were led by the defense in the running game.
00:18:18
Trio of Positivity
We're going to the playoffs. Take me to the playoffs.
00:18:19
Bhupen
we go to the playoffs yep
00:18:20
Trio of Positivity
We're going to the playoffs.
00:18:21
Mike
You're crazy.
00:18:23
Trio of Positivity
i This is...
00:18:23
Bhupen
Okay, okay, okay, Miller, Miller, think about this, okay?
00:18:23
Mike
You're crazy.
00:18:27
Bhupen
mit Caleb throws for 4,000 yards. What does that give, like, yes, we...
00:18:31
Bhupen
we
00:18:31
Mike
It's called, it's again it's growth.
00:18:34
Bhupen
that That growth is large, yes, yes.
00:18:34
Trio of Positivity
So not going to the playoffs is not growing.
00:18:38
Bhupen
Going to a playoff is probably...
00:18:38
Mike
It is growing, I'm not, it's growing, but it's not growing the most important position on the team.
00:18:43
Bhupen
500 yards does that much for you. I don't believe that. i that if If he had not thrown for 3,500 yards...
00:18:48
Trio of Positivity
You had to have created this question specifically to trigger me. There's no other way you create this question. This,
00:18:54
Mike
I didn't create the question. I just thought it was a good question because I've always preached that the most important thing that we need to find out is if Caleb's the guy.
00:18:57
Bhupen
Also, also.
00:19:02
Bhupen
oh
00:19:02
Mike
but god if we go If we go to the playoffs without him being the guy, It doesn't help our situation.
00:19:09
Bhupen
Dude, if we win if we were a playoff game, I don't even
00:19:09
Trio of Positivity
So ah wait a minute.
Quarterback Performance and Records
00:19:13
Bhupen
care.
00:19:13
Bhupen
I don't even care playoff game. If we beat Green Bay twice a year, i don't care if we throw us for 400 yards a year, I think. Like, fuck playoffs.
00:19:20
Trio of Positivity
Wait.
00:19:21
Bhupen
Like, 4,000 yards does nothing for me.
00:19:21
Trio of Positivity
Wait. I want to make this point. Boobin. but Wait.
00:19:24
Bhupen
I'm sorry.
00:19:25
Trio of Positivity
Answer this question for me, Boobin.
00:19:25
Mike
It's not as much as the 4,000.
00:19:26
Trio of Positivity
Hold on.
00:19:26
Mike
worthhouse
00:19:27
Trio of Positivity
Answer this question for me, Boobin. I just... So what you're saying is that if the Chicago Bears, for some miracle, win the Super Bowl, but Caleb threw for 3,200 yards.
00:19:40
Trio of Positivity
You'd be disappointed that Caleb was not the guy to lead us to the Super Bowl.
00:19:42
Bhupen
Yeah, he's not going to celebrate. He's not going to celebrate.
00:19:45
Trio of Positivity
Hold on.
00:19:45
Mike
that's That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying there would be...
00:19:47
Trio of Positivity
No, no, no, but please answer the question. No, no. I know that's not what you're saying. I'm just asking, s um ah answer I'm saying answer the question. If the Bears go...
00:19:53
Mike
Of course I would be excited, but I would be questioning if Caleb's the guy.
00:19:57
Trio of Positivity
Oh, my God. No.
00:19:59
Mike
If it's led by our defense and our running back, you all would be too.
00:20:03
Bhupen
That's...
00:20:04
Mike
Did you guys sit back and say Rex Grossman was our quarterback for the next 20 years?
00:20:05
Trio of Positivity
No.
00:20:09
Trio of Positivity
Wait, who was our running back? You just described the 2006 Bears.
00:20:12
Mike
When? What?
00:20:15
Mike
Yeah, it was Thomas Jones.
00:20:16
Bhupen
Forte?
00:20:17
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, and and Benson.
00:20:17
Bhupen
Forte? No? Oh.
00:20:19
Trio of Positivity
No, yeah, it was Benson and Forte.
00:20:20
Mike
It wasn't Forte.
00:20:22
Trio of Positivity
yeah No, it wasn't that.
00:20:22
Mike
No, it wasn't Forte. It was, it was it was yeah.
00:20:23
Trio of Positivity
Forte was after. ah Thomas and Benson. But that was all defense and special teams because Hester was a guy.
00:20:29
Mike
Okay. Yes.
00:20:32
Trio of Positivity
Sexy Rexy did his job and gave the ball off.
00:20:35
Mike
And he was, we we then went into a cycle of getting new quarterbacks the next few years. So you want to continue doing that?
00:20:40
Trio of Positivity
No, he still played that following year. And then we had... um Fuck, I forgot his name.
00:20:43
Bhupen
Okay.
00:20:44
Mike
He was gone. that's That's like my point. I mean, yes, it would be great if he got to the Super Bowl.
00:20:48
Bhupen
Okay. Okay. Okay. mit Miller.
00:20:50
Mike
The point is, the most important position has been solidified. It's not about 4,000 yards.
00:20:55
Bhupen
Boys. Boys.
00:20:55
Mike
It's knowing that Caleb is the guy.
00:20:57
Bhupen
Chris, I got it. I got him. I got him.
00:20:58
Trio of Positivity
all right
00:20:59
Bhupen
Okay.
00:20:59
Trio of Positivity
All right, go for it.
00:20:59
Mike
You can just move on.
00:21:00
Trio of Positivity
Because we got to speed this up.
00:21:01
Mike
Yeah, we got it.
00:21:01
Trio of Positivity
We're already at 41 minutes.
00:21:01
Bhupen
No. we' we're We are going back in time. Somehow, by the luck of the draw, we land Joe Burrow. Okay. He takes us to the Super Bowl first year. Okay?
00:21:11
Bhupen
Crazy 4,000 yards. He had a crazy year, I think. Probably more than that. But look at since then, right? Hurt hasn't made it through. Would you be happy with that?
00:21:23
Bhupen
Miller, would you...
00:21:23
Trio of Positivity
That's a great question.
00:21:24
Bhupen
Would you...
00:21:24
Mike
Are you asking me if I would trade Caleb Williams for Joe Burrow?
00:21:24
Trio of Positivity
That's a great question. No, no, no, no.
00:21:28
Bhupen
Yes.
00:21:28
Trio of Positivity
He gave you a scenario, though.
00:21:28
Bhupen
Like...
00:21:29
Mike
Yeah, I would do that in a second.
00:21:29
Trio of Positivity
He gave a scenario.
00:21:31
Mike
I don't know what you're asking me.
00:21:31
Bhupen
With... Like, so, like...
00:21:34
Trio of Positivity
You'd never go back to the Super Bowl.
00:21:35
Bhupen
Yes.
00:21:36
Mike
That's not true.
00:21:36
Bhupen
Like...
00:21:37
Mike
As of now, you never go back to the true.
00:21:37
Trio of Positivity
Burrow hasn't gotten back yet.
00:21:39
Mike
No.
00:21:40
Bhupen
Like, he went the first year and he has not been back since.
00:21:43
Trio of Positivity
He threw for 4,000 yards.
00:21:43
Bhupen
it Like...
00:21:44
Trio of Positivity
He's the guy.
00:21:45
Bhupen
Yeah, he threw for 5,000.
00:21:45
Trio of Positivity
But we don't vote...
00:21:45
Mike
i would trade I would trade Caleb for Joe Burrow in a second.
00:21:46
Bhupen
He's... Okay. That's
00:21:50
Trio of Positivity
You are ridiculous boys. I'm changing the conversation.
00:21:52
Bhupen
Okay.
00:21:53
Trio of Positivity
There's a couple of things I want to talk about this game real quick.
00:21:54
Bhupen
that's not
00:21:57
Trio of Positivity
Want to bring it up to the floor at this time.
Chicago Kicker Battle
00:22:00
Trio of Positivity
Does Chicago have a fight when it comes to the kickers? Is there a kicker battle Miller? What do you think?
00:22:10
Mike
I'm so torn on this question. I really don't think there is, but I'm also very concerned that Moody's just needed a chain of change of scenery and he's going to be really good. And he's going to go to like the Packers or something because there's no way we can keep them.
00:22:24
Mike
But, um, I don't, I honestly don't think there is the only way this becomes a thing is if we put Santos on the IR and then Moody is our kicker for the next few weeks. But I don't know that's going happen.
00:22:34
Bhupen
I think Santos is gone next year. i don't know about this year, but I think Santos is gone next year, and I think we'll keep Moody.
00:22:39
Mike
But, But, okay, I would love to agree with you, but the bottom line is we can only bring him back up from the practice squad one more time without signing him to a contract.
00:22:51
Mike
So that means that we're going to be having two kickers on our 53-man roster.
00:22:56
Bhupen
Okay.
00:22:56
Mike
You really want that?
00:22:58
Bhupen
No, I don't want that. We barely, yeah, no, we need all the help we can get, but...
00:23:02
Trio of Positivity
Honestly, um I'm fine with keeping Moody.
00:23:02
Mike
So, like,
00:23:03
Bhupen
So but we need we need we need Santos on the IR, season i ending IR, basically, or IR of some sort.
00:23:05
Mike
I don't think you can.
00:23:10
Mike
Or just IR for like four more weeks and then Moody will be our kicker to see if he's actually good. I mean, I think he's done really well for us. Like he's, he's eight for nine. The only miss was a block, but the problem is he's done everything inside the 40.
00:23:25
Mike
He hasn't done anything. 50 Santos has been good. It's concerning because he's coming back from an injury and you don't know how he's going to play.
00:23:30
Bhupen
I mean, i know I know Santos cannot do 50, so, like, at least this guy, let's see if he can do 50.
00:23:35
Mike
Santos has been decent this year from 50.
00:23:37
Bhupen
Is he okay?
00:23:38
Mike
yeah
00:23:38
Bhupen
I have not kept up this.
00:23:39
Mike
But the one thing I really like about Moody that you watch is his kickoffs, too. It's just like every fucking time. Maybe I just wasn't watching close enough with Santos.
00:23:48
Bhupen
No, he...
00:23:48
Mike
Every time it's in like the corner on the five yard line and our special team coverage is shit.
00:23:51
Bhupen
about ah No, no, no, no. Remember the first game we lost, Minnesota? Wasn't there a kickoff issue with Santos? Like, He kicked it inside
00:24:00
Trio of Positivity
Miller did bring up a point where our kickoffs just seemed to be a little bit better, and I i would agree.
00:24:00
Bhupen
artist
00:24:04
Mike
it was It was something along the lines of we didn't want them to bring the ball out to waste the clock or something like that.
00:24:05
Bhupen
Like.
00:24:09
Bhupen
Right, right, like. Anyway.
00:24:11
Mike
or we And we wanted to kick him out of the end zone so they could just... Yeah, I don't remember what it was, but...
00:24:16
Bhupen
ah
00:24:17
Trio of Positivity
um
00:24:18
Bhupen
ah anyway
00:24:18
Mike
I don't know. What do you...
00:24:19
Bhupen
Like, ah like all all ah all all for field goal battles.
00:24:19
Trio of Positivity
I think you keep Moody.
00:24:22
Bhupen
Like, battle every position. Let's have the best player on the team. Like, it's complicated here.
00:24:26
Mike
You can't do that in the middle of the season,
Bears' Running Backs and Positivity Recap
00:24:28
Mike
though.
00:24:28
Bhupen
I know. I know. But they if you can kick over 50, sign him.
00:24:30
Trio of Positivity
Boys, we're going to go right into the end of this game. We had a lot to talk about, but if you had to give out your performer of the game or who was a standout of the game, who do you have? Boopin, would you start us off?
00:24:43
Bhupen
Yeah, like running backs. Like, maybe the whole line, the scheme, whatever gets it to, but running game has not looked this good in a while. 200 yards, two touchdowns.
00:24:54
Bhupen
Like, the Munan guy scored his first touchdown. Hands off. They are the heroes of the game for me.
00:25:00
Trio of Positivity
I just realized you failed the assignment because I said performer, not performers. Miller, what do you got?
00:25:04
Mike
I failed as well, but I'll use it in a different way. I'm going to go with linebackers. So I'll meet your criteria.
00:25:10
Trio of Positivity
That's still more than one.
00:25:11
Mike
but
00:25:11
Trio of Positivity
i really don't know why you guys can't read.
00:25:14
Mike
Edmonds and Edwards were my, just the standout linebackers.
00:25:16
Bhupen
Yeah.
00:25:17
Mike
They played off the charts. Edmonds had an interception. Edwards is just coming back. He's changed the run defense and really we held them to, think, 44 yards. So the linebackers played really well this game.
00:25:29
Trio of Positivity
So here's what I'll do. I'll split the difference. I'll keep Swift as my performer of the game. ah Boopin, you can have a manun guy and that's how we solve that. All right, we're gonna go into the positivity score recap.
00:25:40
Trio of Positivity
ah We're just gonna go ahead and dive right into it. I was at a 6.5. Bumped me up again. i am at a seven for positivity, which I think is one of the highest that I've been in the middle of the season.
00:25:53
Trio of Positivity
I'm very happy for Swift.
00:25:54
Bhupen
ever I think hey hey remember some guy said he's gonna be a fantasy standout
00:25:56
Trio of Positivity
Very happy because he got so much shit. The first couple of games, people were like, why did we sign him?
00:26:08
Trio of Positivity
Sure. um
00:26:10
Mike
Sure.
00:26:11
Trio of Positivity
Sure. um i just love the way that he's been playing.
00:26:12
Bhupen
let's go back to this
00:26:14
Trio of Positivity
I finally feel like he's getting the love hit he deserves. Boopin, you haven't been here for a while. What would you say has been your recap since you've been gone and has it gone up since then?
00:26:24
Bhupen
Yeah, like, when I left, we were, like, 0-2, I think, and people were, like, calling for heads and whatever. So, like, it's been, i maybe maybe it was 1-2 when I left. But, anyway, they've won a lot since.
00:26:38
Bhupen
they're They're looking better, like, running game. Like, post-bye, especially, defense running game, really stepped up. Some opportunities there for sure. I'm going to keep it at 6, you know, like, you know, get to learn a little bit what the team is doing and stuff like that. But for now, 6.
00:26:55
Trio of Positivity
All right. And Miller round us out, please.
00:26:58
Mike
I'm going to keep it at seven.
00:26:59
Trio of Positivity
Wow.
00:27:00
Bhupen
Oh, this is the most positive. Six and a half average. don't think this the most positive we've ever been on the Bears.
00:27:06
Trio of Positivity
I never would have thought that Miller and I would be the highest rated and Boopin would be the lowest rated. I don't think I've seen that in quite some time.
00:27:13
Bhupen
I try to keep it steady. You know, I don't get too high when it's high, too low when it's low. You know, that's my that's my game.
Upcoming Game Analysis: Bears vs. Ravens
00:27:20
Trio of Positivity
All right, boys, we're going to look into next week. The Chicago Bears will play the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Stadium at 12. ah The odds, interestingly enough, the Bears are underdogs at six and a half.
00:27:35
Trio of Positivity
Um...
00:27:35
Bhupen
ah A team is underdog against a 1-5 team. It's only happened two other times in the history of NFL from what I could find.
00:27:44
Trio of Positivity
So with that being said, I want to start us off. What do the Bears need to do to win this game? And I'm gonna say the comment that Miller has been waiting um for me to say. i want Lamar Jackson.
00:27:55
Trio of Positivity
I want him on this game. And I want the Bears to beat the crap out of him. I want to see him get sacked. I want to see him throw interceptions. I want to see everything possible against this man so that the defense can get the love it deserves.
00:28:10
Trio of Positivity
And also... Baltimore's looked bad with him on the field anyway. So
00:28:16
Mike
What are you smoking?
00:28:18
Bhupen
Yeah, like,
00:28:18
Trio of Positivity
the good stuff, brother. I don't know what you're missing.
00:28:20
Bhupen
and um i I was going to say, what do the Bears need to do to win? Pray. Pray that Lamar doesn't play. that That's my answer. um Their defense was hurt, but they're coming back. Like, I think Roquan is coming back.
00:28:20
Mike
yeah
00:28:35
Mike
Roquan's back here.
00:28:35
Bhupen
k yeah Kyle Hamilton came back last week, and their quarterback, Oizier, is coming back this week too. So they're probably as healthy. They have one quarterback who's probably going miss, but as healthy as can be, um pray that Lamar doesn't pay.
00:28:50
Mike
Well, their defensive tackle is out for the year, too. They have a few injuries to the defensive front.
00:28:54
Bhupen
they And they traded a couple away, which is interesting. But um I think their physical style style of play, which is known what they're known for, they haven't played it this year.
00:29:06
Bhupen
yeah Probably injuries are part of it. But yeah, like fucking pray that Lamar doesn't come back is my answer.
00:29:13
Mike
The only argument that I even make even kind of support Chris's dumbass argument is maybe yeah his lack of mobility to the injury keeps him in the pocket. So he's not as a dynamic of a quarterback. If he would have said that, I would have maybe given him some props other than his garbage argument, because having Lamar on the team is not a good thing.
00:29:35
Mike
But realistically, what can we do to win this game? I think the biggest downfall that we're having right now is we're running into just complete debauchery when we get into field goal range and close to the goal line.
00:29:47
Mike
I think ah in order to be a good team in this league, you need to start turning field goals into touchdowns. And until we do that, we can beat the shitty teams as we've proven, but we may not be able to play with the big boys.
00:30:00
Trio of Positivity
I don't know. I just feel like for this defense, would you would you say, has the defense gotten a signature win yet?
00:30:09
Mike
No, I don't even know if you can say the Bears. Well, I guess the Commanders was a pretty good win.
00:30:13
Trio of Positivity
That's the only thing I could think of, but we really haven't had a game where it's like the defense has been, i don't want to say, I guess I have to say dominant from start to finish.
00:30:22
Mike
They've pretty much dominated these last few games, but I mean, signature win.
00:30:26
Bhupen
no
00:30:28
Mike
I mean, you can say that the Commanders was, but at the end of the day, Jaden's kind of injured and they didn't have their entirety of their receiving core. But...
00:30:37
Bhupen
Plus, like, we haven't gotten sex.
00:30:38
Mike
It's still a good team.
00:30:39
Bhupen
Like, we haven't gotten sex. So, like, what's dominant, right? Even if we get takeaways, which we're leading the league in, by the way, but we don't get sex. doesn't look as dominant. So, don't if you'll get one.
00:30:50
Mike
I would completely disagree with that.
00:30:53
Bhupen
Right? Like, if you don't get sex,
00:30:54
Mike
turnover is there's more domination than sacks.
00:30:58
Bhupen
I don't It's just like somehow like they that's what I'm saying. We have some parts where but know the picture is not full. Like there's some parts missing, which is sacks in my opinion. Because if you get sacks, you get takeaways, you you probably like have a good chance.
00:31:08
Trio of Positivity
I mean,
00:31:12
Bhupen
You're like blanking out the other team, right? Or at least like getting them to score minimal points.
00:31:16
Mike
Yeah, I saw something because of our our um takeaways. We've basically taken 35% of the opponent's drives away from them because of all of our takeaways.
00:31:27
Mike
And that's a huge number. So, I mean, just because you get a sack doesn't mean that you're going to stop their drive. Having a takeaway stops them, gives us the advantage immediately.
00:31:39
Trio of Positivity
Um, yeah, I think I just, this is just the, I guess you could say it's the Homer in me. I just want to see this team get a win against a top tier quarterback and solidify that this defense is what Chicago has always wanted, which is a hard nose defense. It gives zero shits and we're getting getting into the colder part of the year. And, and, and, you know, defense always seems to be the the thing that lifts everyone up.
00:32:04
Trio of Positivity
damn sure ain't the offense and damn sure ain't the quarterback. So we got to rely on someone. um
00:32:08
Mike
400 yards, 400 yards.
00:32:10
Bhupen
I hear you, but i don't this may not be the defense to do that.
00:32:10
Mike
four hundred yards
00:32:13
Bhupen
I think we need to be a couple pieces away.
00:32:16
Trio of Positivity
Fair enough. And well, let's talk about that. Let's talk about how the Ravens are. They're currently one in five. ah ah Jackson has been out a couple games now. ah They don't seem to be scoring as much. I'm looking at the previous games and they scored a lot, but that's when he was injured and Even the loss that they took against the Lions, the fucking barn burner of the game.
00:32:38
Trio of Positivity
ah Miller, what can the Ravens do to win this game?
00:32:40
Mike
They need to get out to a lead. think that's the only way that the Ravens can really operate their fully blown offense with Derrick Henry. They need to get out to a lead so they can establish the run early and often.
00:32:55
Mike
If they don't do that and they start getting into this, they don't get Derrick Henry rolling.
00:32:55
Bhupen
Yeah.
00:33:00
Mike
They're going to have a tough time winning.
00:33:02
Bhupen
Yeah, um did the physical style of play, like I said earlier, they need to get back to that. um They still are like the 10th best team rushing the ball. You know, they're still Lamar, there's still Derek Henry there. They need to get back to that.
00:33:17
Bhupen
Like Miller said, establish that, put some score up on the board, and defensive pieces are back. um You know, let them do their thing and like just play their normal game of football.
00:33:28
Bhupen
i ah the The spread is fair. probably Honestly, if Lamar was healthier, this is probably 8-9 point game spread, I'm thinking. um you know but Even with all the hype with the Bears. so i I think it's fair. They need to get back to their brand of football.
Fantasy Football Updates and Player Injuries
00:33:43
Bhupen
um This will be a good reality check for the Bears for sure.
00:33:47
Trio of Positivity
I don't know if this is a good reality check. Just I get it. I just don't necessarily think it's the main one. um My my main concern is, is Derek Henry going to blow up for a game?
00:34:00
Trio of Positivity
I think he's due. i think fantasy people want him to break open his three touchdown game and whatever yard he would hit but with those scores and those breakaway runs.
00:34:12
Trio of Positivity
Haven't seen it yet. I don't know. I think if the Ravens rely on the rushing game and kind of our defense that seems to struggle with it a bit, we'll be in trouble. i hope Sweat has another game where he controls the outside and maybe put some pressure on Jackson if he's in. But if not, I think...
00:34:30
Trio of Positivity
If Jackson doesn't play, what do you think the spread is at that point?
00:34:34
Bhupen
ah Looking at the over-under and the spread, Jackson's absolutely playing. If he was not playing.
00:34:39
Trio of Positivity
No, but if he wasn't, what would what would it change to, in your opinion?
00:34:42
Bhupen
Like two and a half? They're favored by two and a half?
00:34:46
Trio of Positivity
Bears favorite or Ravens?
00:34:47
Bhupen
No. Ravens.
00:34:48
Trio of Positivity
So you're giving the Ravens home benefit?
00:34:48
Bhupen
said
00:34:49
Trio of Positivity
Okay.
00:34:50
Bhupen
Their defense is getting healthier. I think that will be respected. What do you think, Miller?
00:34:57
Mike
He's still out. He was still out yesterday. He's yet to practice.
00:35:01
Bhupen
Dude, over-under of 50.
00:35:01
Trio of Positivity
I think we find out by Friday, right? Friday's when they have to decide.
00:35:06
Bhupen
um
00:35:06
Trio of Positivity
If he's listed as doubtful on Friday, I don't think he's playing.
00:35:08
Mike
He needs it he needs to practice. He needs to have some limited practices.
00:35:10
Bhupen
Yeah. i'm I'm guessing because yeah tomorrow is it
00:35:11
Mike
I think tomorrow's practice is probably the biggest biggest one because that'll be the start of the practice report.
00:35:14
Trio of Positivity
that's small.
00:35:15
Bhupen
if it
00:35:20
Bhupen
I mean, think think about it this way, right? Their season's on the line. They're 1-5. If they want this season, if, like, they came into the year with Super Bowl aspirations, right?
00:35:32
Bhupen
if if If he's, like, even, like, 50%, 60%, like, will they push him to go because their season's on the line? Or, like, will Cooper Rush get the job done against the Bears is the question, I think, because how long do you keep him out after the bye?
00:35:48
Mike
Well, you're not going to play him at 50, 60% at this point.
00:35:48
Bhupen
When do
00:35:51
Trio of Positivity
and You can't.
00:35:51
Bhupen
yeah Even if they're one in five
00:35:52
Mike
Like 50%? Yes, you don't play him at 50%.
00:35:55
Bhupen
yeah Dude, their season's on the line. Like, if they go one in six I think that they're done.
00:36:00
Mike
Come on, dude.
00:36:01
Bhupen
Like, the playoff odds are like...
00:36:02
Mike
You don't play somebody without a right foot, okay? That's like 50%. Like if you're talking and like if he's like 90%, that's maybe a question of are they going to play him or not.
00:36:13
Bhupen
Maybe 70%. seventy percent
00:36:14
Trio of Positivity
Boobin, I think it's dependent on the division. i think I think they're done. One and four, the Browns are higher than them right now. Or one and five, I'm sorry. Pittsburgh is leading that division. Cincinnati without Burrow, they're three and four.
00:36:29
Trio of Positivity
mean, if you really think you can save the season after this game, ah it's going to be very difficult because it just takes the Browns to beat them once or something like that, and it's essentially...
00:36:39
Bhupen
I mean, wildcard is what probably like there's 11 games left in the season. They probably have to go undefeated or very close to it to even have a shot. So, like, again, that's what I'm saying. They are very close to, like, shutting the curtains on this season.
00:36:51
Bhupen
So that's why their inspiration, they'll be desperate.
00:36:52
Mike
i I agree with you.
00:36:54
Bhupen
They'll be ready to go.
00:36:55
Mike
If he's almost 100%, he's probably going to play because they need to win this game. Because if they go one and six, then yeah, you're right. They're pretty much out of the playoffs. but
00:37:04
Trio of Positivity
All right, boys, it is prediction time. We are going to go ahead and talk and give props to me five and one this year on my predictions.
00:37:17
Trio of Positivity
And I got the score almost spot on, like Miller had mentioned before.
00:37:19
Mike
But it wasn't as you expected, right?
00:37:21
Trio of Positivity
It was not, I will admit it was not how it
00:37:23
Mike
Yeah, it was now as you expected.
00:37:24
Trio of Positivity
It was not how I expected, but I will take it. Miller and Boopin are both sharing a record of four and two at the ah earlier part of the podcast. In previous episodes, we had given our schedule predictions. We all predicted this game to be a loss.
00:37:38
Trio of Positivity
Has that changed? We're going to ask the man that returned from a long trip because we haven't heard from him. Boopin, is your prediction staying the same? And if so, what's the score?
00:37:50
Bhupen
ah If Lamar plays, it's a loss, so stays the same. I say 31-17 Ravens if Lamar plays.
00:37:58
Trio of Positivity
I don't know if I want to accept if Lamar plays Miller. What do you think? Are we accepting that?
00:38:02
Mike
I mean, it is what it is. you're No, we're not we're not accepting it.
00:38:04
Trio of Positivity
It is what it is.
00:38:06
Bhupen
Okay.
00:38:06
Mike
But I'm assuming that he's playing too.
00:38:08
Bhupen
Like, he looking at the over-under and the spread, he's playing, I think.
00:38:13
Mike
I don't think so.
00:38:14
Trio of Positivity
ah Do i do we want to give um ah one off here?
00:38:18
Bhupen
No.
00:38:19
Trio of Positivity
Do we want to give a one off that if he doesn't play what's the score and see how we go?
00:38:19
Bhupen
No.
00:38:22
Mike
No. No.
00:38:24
Trio of Positivity
no
00:38:25
Mike
I don't think so.
00:38:25
Trio of Positivity
Okay.
00:38:25
Bhupen
If he doesn't play, I say Bears win.
00:38:25
Trio of Positivity
I don't want to hear. i don't want to hear next week. I don't want to hear next week that, oh, well.
00:38:29
Bhupen
If he doesn't play, Bears win. Bears win. If he doesn't play, you hear it first.
00:38:32
Trio of Positivity
No, but see, no, you can't. and see you can't you're Obviously, that's what i'm saying. So, like, are we going to agree this one time or are we going to bite the bullet?
00:38:37
Bhupen
We will take it offline. We will take it offline.
00:38:41
Trio of Positivity
No, we're not taking it offline. We keep it on record. Miller, make a decision. Are we.
00:38:46
Mike
Okay, then just veto the score and just do win-loss if he is playing and if he's not playing.
00:38:53
Trio of Positivity
Okay, so Boopin is on the win-loss. So he's saying win without loss with Miller.
00:38:59
Mike
Yeah. ah I'm going to say loss. Yes, I'm going to say the same thing. This is so dumb.
00:39:05
Trio of Positivity
This is so dumb. You guys are pathetic. This is a win-win for the Bears. Win if Lamar is in. Win if Lamar is out. You guys are ridiculous.
00:39:13
Bhupen
All right, give a score then.
00:39:14
Trio of Positivity
Where's the homer?
00:39:15
Bhupen
Give a score then.
00:39:16
Trio of Positivity
Huh?
00:39:16
Bhupen
If you're saying win for the win.
00:39:17
Trio of Positivity
What?
00:39:17
Mike
No, don't want to fucking talk about six scores.
00:39:17
Trio of Positivity
What?
00:39:21
Trio of Positivity
I think it's a field goal win, if I'm being very honest. I think it's going to be like 34, 31, something like that.
00:39:28
Bhupen
Okay. All right.
00:39:30
Trio of Positivity
i think the difference i think the defense I think the defense gets two turnovers and maybe a ah touchdown.
00:39:30
Bhupen
Moody.
00:39:36
Trio of Positivity
i would I would probably say the defense helps us in getting the to 30 for sure. But now I feel dumb because now if he...
00:39:42
Bhupen
You're...
00:39:44
Trio of Positivity
No, you know what? Pick one. I am vetoing the idea. So, Boopin is saying... um Loss?
00:39:51
Bhupen
Yeah. Lamar plays. We lose You'll go.
00:39:54
Trio of Positivity
Okay. He's saying... look So, Miller?
00:39:58
Mike
ah We lose 27-20. Thanks.
00:40:02
Trio of Positivity
Actually, I like that score. That's a good score, too.
00:40:05
Mike
thanks
00:40:07
Trio of Positivity
I'm gonna go want it... Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:10
Trio of Positivity
thirty twenty seven i want to keep it um
00:40:13
Bhupen
yeah vote
00:40:14
Trio of Positivity
yeah
00:40:19
Trio of Positivity
Wow. All right. Well, that is going to end the recap section and the prediction section, but there's one more we have to do, which is the fantasy recap. We're going to talk about injuries. We're going talk about players to be looking out for and waiver pickups, but I have a story.
00:40:35
Trio of Positivity
I'm officially done with fantasy. I don't care at this point.
00:40:39
Mike
Don't do that.
00:40:41
Trio of Positivity
I genuinely...
00:40:41
Bhupen
Hey, give me your team.
00:40:41
Mike
at least looking
00:40:42
Bhupen
Hey, give me your team. Add me as a co-manager. I'll run it for you.
00:40:46
Trio of Positivity
If you want to do that, that's great. I've just been hit with injuries. And also, can I just say my sleeper pick Patriots hit 20 points on defense.
00:40:56
Bhupen
Yes.
00:40:58
Trio of Positivity
This defense is nuts, but I digress. So boys, get me started. What are we looking for on the injury front?
00:41:07
Bhupen
oo They keep piling up. Mike Evans is out majority of the season probably for us fantasy wise. Jaden Daniels, i don't know if anything came out after, but he has a hamstring injury.
00:41:21
Bhupen
At least doubtful for this week. Looking at the spread too. They were like a 10 point underdog I think. um Debo Samuel. I've heard anything but ah apart from last week's injury again. Miller feel free to chime in.
00:41:36
Bhupen
um Bryce Young is out this week. um His red rifles starting in Panthers land. Darren Waller is out week to week I believe. Right Miller?
00:41:47
Mike
Yeah.
00:41:48
Bhupen
um Michael Penix is hurt.
00:41:51
Mike
Yeah. He has a heel issue. They, I mean, it doesn't sound to be serious. You finish the game, but it's something to keep an eye on to see if he's playing this week. He's got Miami at home and Atlanta seems to play a hell a lot better at home than they do in
00:42:04
Trio of Positivity
It does seem that Bowers is coming back as well.
00:42:08
Bhupen
But he's on a bite, so it doesn't matter.
00:42:09
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. But that was an injury where they weren't sure what his status was going to be. And I think I saw a report that they expect them to come back after the bye.
00:42:19
Bhupen
Yeah. Lamar possibly coming back this week from the injury. Purdy was very close. Like, you know, the last couple of weeks they've been saying, so I'm pretty sure they they've been winning too.
00:42:32
Bhupen
That's the... Right, right. They've been winning, so... ah But, like, the whole division is, like, five and two right? Like, except Arizona, everyone's 5-2, so they may have to keep winning, just to be relevant there.
00:42:32
Mike
I mean, I don't think they're going rush him back, though.
00:42:45
Bhupen
um ah Moving on, ah hopefully you got these... I guess tonight is a Weber pickup, so tomorrow when you guys hear this episode, hopefully this would have run through, but... um People on top of the list are Kyle Manangai from our beloved Bears.
00:43:00
Bhupen
um There's Brashad Smith from the Kansas City. Slightly deeper. with Someone if you are ah yeah need of running back, he may do the trick there as well. Quarterback, Jackson Dart, Joe Flacco. What year is it?
00:43:13
Bhupen
Aaron Rodgers might be a decent pickup in a revenge game in Green Bay. um Probably the biggest pickup. I think it is a lot of people who spend a lot of their money Picking up a guy whose name I had not heard till last week. I'm not going to lie.
00:43:29
Bhupen
Orande Gatson. Like tight end from Charleston.
00:43:32
Mike
ads
00:43:34
Bhupen
Yeah. um He had a great, he had a decent week, week prior blew up this week. Just be careful. Like I think Herbert threw the ball 55 times this this game.
00:43:46
Mike
They were behind against the Colts the entire time.
00:43:46
Bhupen
Blank. Yeah. Yeah. um But yeah, this guy had like 160 yards and a touchdown. So I think everyone's going to run and grab him. I think he has some appeal. But in that game, like Keenan has given me solid weeks and he's this week. So he's done nothing for me.
00:44:03
Bhupen
So I think that that that offense is going to be faster feast or fee and famine depending on the week.
00:44:08
Mike
There's a lot of pass catchers on that team. And this week, they didn't get to run the ball like at all.
00:44:16
Bhupen
Yeah.
00:44:16
Mike
So there's definitely going to see. Most of the guys saw huge production notch up.
00:44:22
Trio of Positivity
Any update on, I know we're we're talking about waiver pickups, but I'm sorry, I just had to ask. Was there an update on Samuel from Washington?
00:44:30
Mike
I it i mean, he almost played last week.
00:44:32
Trio of Positivity
I know he was questionable.
00:44:33
Mike
He almost played last week. So he'll probably come down to the wire again.
00:44:36
Trio of Positivity
Okay. Sorry, just wanted to bring that up. Go ahead.
00:44:42
Bhupen
um The last pickup is Keyshawn Booty from um the Patriots. Has really good chemistry with Drake May. Seems to be his like go-to weapon. I know Diggs has been getting consistent targets there too.
00:44:55
Bhupen
um Again, and like an ah offense where there's many mouths to feed, so you don't know if Hunter Henry is going to go off. a dig is going to go off but booty seems to be even though there's not a lot of targets his targets are usually like nice touchdown targets so um definitely someone worth picking especially well what do they call it by apocalypse or whatever there's six teams on by this week so there's a lot of teams that are needy so if you eight teams are fuck on by this week so um like definitely worth worthy pickup even if you get a couple points on the on the flex spot with bootay bootay
00:45:36
Trio of Positivity
That's a solid name.
00:45:38
Bhupen
um any solid defensive pickups chris since you got the magic touch there
00:45:44
Trio of Positivity
ah No, but also I guess I may have misspoken earlier. I'm just looking at the schedule.
00:45:50
Mike
Falcons.
00:45:50
Trio of Positivity
It looks like.
00:45:54
Trio of Positivity
When is the Germany game? I thought that was coming up.
00:45:57
Bhupen
10 and 11. Week 10 and 11.
00:45:59
Trio of Positivity
Week 10 and 11.
00:45:59
Mike
thought they already played the Germany.
00:45:59
Bhupen
I...
00:46:00
Trio of Positivity
There, Q. That's what I was trying to figure out.
00:46:02
Bhupen
i
00:46:03
Trio of Positivity
um Usually, I was going to say people teams that travel out, there's usually like one team that seems to be a good performer, but that's irrelevant at this point.
00:46:11
Mike
but We don't have a fucking early game this week?
00:46:13
Trio of Positivity
We do not.
00:46:13
Bhupen
Nope. No, not until week 10.
00:46:16
Mike
Fuck yeah.
00:46:16
Trio of Positivity
Not until week 10. So, wanted to get that cleared up. um Listen, um' I'm riding with the Patriots the rest of the year. um
00:46:24
Bhupen
Rest of the year. Wow.
00:46:26
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, Pittsburgh has been...
00:46:29
Bhupen
I
00:46:30
Trio of Positivity
It's been hit or miss.
00:46:31
Mike
now here where You're not riding with your jets? J-E-T-S?
00:46:35
Trio of Positivity
What do you mean? for For fantasy?
00:46:37
Bhupen
i mean Steelers are his second team Miller.
00:46:41
Trio of Positivity
I mean, there's they're winners.
00:46:42
Mike
yeah
00:46:43
Trio of Positivity
Rogers is outperforming Caleb, so yeah.
00:46:46
Bhupen
Now when when Fields was there.
00:46:48
Mike
Yeah. You became a Steelers fan because Fields. Because of Steelers fan projects.
00:46:51
Trio of Positivity
Oh. I mean, I became well and became a Bills.
00:46:52
Bhupen
We don't forget buddy.
00:46:54
Trio of Positivity
Hold on.
00:46:54
Bhupen
We we don't forget.
00:46:54
Trio of Positivity
Time out. I became a Bills fan. I became a Bills fan when Mitch left.
00:46:59
Mike
That's true.
00:46:59
Bhupen
Twitch!
00:47:00
Mike
And then you became a Steelers fan when Mitch went to the Steelers.
00:47:00
Trio of Positivity
I said Twitch.
00:47:01
Bhupen
Wait, wait, wait! He called Mitch Twitch! He called Mitch Twitch!
00:47:04
Trio of Positivity
Well, I was, no, it's because I had an ad for a Twitch.
00:47:05
Bhupen
I'm gonna call him Twitch!
00:47:07
Trio of Positivity
No, I had an ad for Twitch that showed up on my computer.
00:47:08
Bhupen
um I'm gonna call him Twitch Trubisky now!
00:47:11
Mike
Well, you can't you can't call him that because he's the, subsset what is he, the backup drive-through guy now at the commercial.
00:47:11
Trio of Positivity
TT.
00:47:18
Trio of Positivity
His order was bomb, though.
00:47:19
Mike
Yeah.
00:47:20
Trio of Positivity
he did' He knows his job. What do you want me to tell you?
00:47:23
Bhupen
Oh, wow. It's coming full circle. Remember that ah tweet from Mitch when he was drafted? I love titties.
00:47:28
Trio of Positivity
No, hold on. You want to talk about full circle? Do you remember do you remember when Miller do you remember when milleler threw a fit that Baker was doing all these commercials for the Browns and he's like, he's not even a great quarterback, blah, blah, blah.
00:47:32
Mike
We end this episode.
00:47:44
Trio of Positivity
And now look at Baker. He's on the MVP conversation.
00:47:47
Bhupen
i mean, he took Cleveland to the playoffs. Come on. Give that man some flowers even back in the day.
00:47:52
Trio of Positivity
That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. All right, boys. Good return episode, Boobin. Welcome back. I'm glad everything went well. um And for those that are still watching, even with our technical difficulties, thank you so much for supporting.
00:48:04
Trio of Positivity
Make sure you hit the like and subscribe button. ah we're and I'm not reading that part anymore. We're not young. I just had ah my birthday, so I turned 38 the other day.
00:48:13
Bhupen
Happy birthday!
00:48:13
Mike
Happy birthday.
00:48:13
Trio of Positivity
But
00:48:14
Mike
Bye.
00:48:16
Trio of Positivity
normal spiel. Bye-bye.
00:48:19
Mike
Bye.