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Chicago Bears are streaking! | Ep 15 Season 03 | Trio of Positivity Podcast
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🏈 Trio of Positivity Podcast – Episode 59: Chicago Bears are streaking! The trio of Positivity are back on the positive end! Hear the trio talk about the Bears win over the Giants and more!
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to the Trio Positivity Podcast
02:53 Week 10 NFL Recap and Fantasy Football Insights
06:01 MVP Discussion: Who's Leading the Race?
09:00 Bears vs. Giants Game Recap
12:10 Miller's Glazing Minute: Caleb Williams Performance
14:57 The Franchise: Caleb Williams' Impact
17:49 Standout Performers and Future Predictions
21:50 Standout Performers and Game Analysis
26:20 Run Game Performance and Consistency
30:52 Penalties and Drops: A Double-Edged Sword
36:56 Offensive Mindset and Game Sustainability
39:04 Defensive Struggles and Adjustments
45:14 Coaching Changes and Future Implications
48:47 Coaching Changes and Their Impact
49:46 Positivity Score Recap
51:00 Analyzing the Bears vs. Vikings Matchup
58:56 Predictions for the Upcoming Game
01:01:57 Fantasy Football Insights and Injuries
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Transcript
Introduction to Trio Positivity Podcast
00:00:19
Speaker
welcome to the Trio Positivity Podcast. Oh, it feels good to be back in this setting. I'm here with Miller and Boopin co-hosts. I am your host, Christian.
00:00:31
Speaker
ah Trio Positivity Podcast is a Chicago Bears podcast where we hope to bring some positivity into your lives, even though that is a little bit difficult to find sometimes.
00:00:41
Speaker
Boys, how's your weekend? And as I asked that question, he gets up. It's great, man. My weekend was good. Chilled. Had a great time.
00:00:52
Speaker
Watched some football. Beautiful thing, man. Beautiful thing. Did you wake up because we forgot to mention there was a international game last week. Did you actually wake up to watch the Berlin game?
00:01:07
Speaker
Yeah. You did? By the time I woke You act like can't sleep in, bro. What the fuck is wrong with you? i guess that's true. I'm up at like 6.30 every day.
00:01:19
Speaker
you know what? can't sleep in. By the time I woke up, JT had 50 points for me. Yeah, I know we'll get into fantasy here in a bit.
Episode Topics Overview
00:01:28
Speaker
So to kind of go over what we're going talk about, we're going to talk about week 10 in this Bears victory Tuesday and the NFL. We're going to go over Bears Giants recap, which there's actually a lot to talk about.
00:01:39
Speaker
We'll go over a positivity score recap. We're also going to talk about the next game of the Bears where they face the Vikings noon kickoff at U.S. Bank Stadium. We'll go over some predictions and then probably my favorite to talk about with you guys is the fantasy recap.
00:01:55
Speaker
There's a lot of questions that I have. Because I am not leading my fantasy anymore. Someone else is taking over the fantasy and there's some questions because I got an interesting email letting me know my performance.
00:02:10
Speaker
Oh, no. So that's it goes rough, but OK, we'll
Social Media and TikTok Issues
00:02:14
Speaker
talk about it. Let's Let's get the social plugs out of the way. You can find us under Facebook trio positivity podcast on X trio positivity.
00:02:20
Speaker
YouTube is trio positivity podcast. And for fuck's sake, thank God we are live on TikTok. We will be posting this week. We are now at trio of positivity. We are not trio positivity pod.
00:02:32
Speaker
Why we got banned? No idea.
00:02:37
Speaker
i just worked. ah it let me log in. I've been trying it at least once every two months.
00:02:46
Speaker
Wait, which TikTok? The Chinese or the US version? Not going to answer that because I don't want to risk getting banned again. yeah but And we have a website that's not active, triopodstivity.com. We'll eventually get that up and running. But boys, let's get started.
00:03:00
Speaker
Week 10 of the NFL. ah Boopin,
Fantasy Football Frustrations
00:03:05
Speaker
start us off. I'm going to bring us down a tiny bit. I gotta lament a little bit.
00:03:12
Speaker
I told you JT scored 50 points for me. I still lost this week in fantasy. How can I have Jonathan TT Taylor, don't know what his middle name is, but score 50 fucking points and still lose?
00:03:29
Speaker
That's because Kicker got me one point. um Mr. Prater, thank you very much for that. Bill, so you can go somewhere. downstairs uh who else was there oh mr uh what was the green bay wide receiver that left i needed 20 points yeah i needed 20 points from dobs and hertz to win i got like 12. so i lost by eight points after 50 points from jonathan taylor fantasy football sucks
00:04:01
Speaker
ah I'm still third place, so I can't complain that much. But that sucked. I think I'm one of the few teams probably that lost with Jonathan Taylor on it. That's all I have.
00:04:12
Speaker
That's sad. That's interesting. um Miller, what do you have to say about Week 10? And for the love of God, is it going to be NFL-related? Well, you know, there was a pretty fancy goal this weekend. If anybody was paying attention to the Ottawa game.
00:04:29
Speaker
Ooh, Connor B, baby. But in all seriousness, the only thing that I have to say is the three o'clock games sucked. They were awful. They were all blowouts.
00:04:40
Speaker
Thankfully, I had some positive fantasy experiences in those blowouts. They were all blowouts. They're garbage.
00:04:48
Speaker
um I am actually going to echo Miller, but for different reasons. I felt the Monday night game, even though it was very defensive, I did not have a good time watching it.
00:05:02
Speaker
And the Thursday night game. Same score. Yeah, i I feel like the primetime games don't have the um the same effect. It could just be mad matchups, but it's Packers against Eagles. I thought that was a great game at Lambeau.
00:05:20
Speaker
What do you guys feel about the kicker at the end, being able to get the kickoff, and that's not even supposed to happen anymore? The referee was supposed to jump in front. i was going to say, I think it was the ref's fault.
00:05:30
Speaker
Because he waited too long, and they allowed them. to do it. And basically what they said on the broadcast is well, but suck, suck.
00:05:41
Speaker
But that was the ref's fault for not intervening. i think he was He was much closer before that. The real try sucked. I feel bad for him.
00:05:52
Speaker
Here's the thing, though. It's a 60-plus yarder that was off by a little bit. like Three more yards, I think he makes it. In the fake one. The fake one. In the fake one. The real one landed in the town over.
00:06:08
Speaker
But it was, was it tapped? Or he just shanked it? bad Yeah, I think he just like put extra effort to like get it over. it I mean, his long was like a 57 and he had a freaking torn quad. So I'm surprised he even kicked it. I think that was the conversation after.
00:06:25
Speaker
Why would you even kick it? Hey, love couldn't get two yards. That's my favorite part.
MVP Debate: Allen vs Stafford?
00:06:32
Speaker
Yeah, that's gonna be another thing to talk about but let's go ahead and transition I had probably one of my favorite questions come up because we talked about it a couple weeks ago talking about who is currently the MVP but with it being week 10 I felt like this is a great number to talk about again and not only that there's a lot more names that are being brought up and other names are kind of going down so I want to start off If the season was to end now, who is the MVP?
00:07:02
Speaker
And I don't think I can say who I have been wanting to be MVP with Mayfield. I don't think he gets. Oh, I see a timeout.
00:07:13
Speaker
What's the timeout? I was trying to make a J somehow. J. That's... and Okay, that's awful. um i know He's in love.
00:07:23
Speaker
Yeah, I don't think it's Mayfield anymore. um i i still think the MVP is going to go to a quarterback, and I saw that Stafford was leading, but I would not be surprised if Josh Allen just has a hell of a back end and takes over.
00:07:39
Speaker
I don't know. I feel like Josh Allen might have it. Did you see the last game? Josh Allen going to it. It's one game. i mean, we've talked about performances. The only reason I'm saying Josh Allen isn't going to have it is because that team seems to be running through James Cook.
00:07:54
Speaker
They're going to eat into each other's touchdowns and yards, so he's not going to have it. I think it's actually going to probably go to Stafford. What he's doing this year is pretty off the charts. I think he's got like 20 TDs and zero interceptions.
00:08:07
Speaker
And did he have like a massive back injury too? At the beginning of the preseason, they were talking about a back issue. Yeah. They said it was a fake out. Now, that's probably a joke, but they're like, hey, he faked out the whole league. But no, the odds dropped quite a bit.
00:08:21
Speaker
I think Stafford was like probably like fourth, fifth, seventh on the list. May was leading for most of the year and Somehow after this week, um Stafford is all the way up top.
00:08:32
Speaker
Jonathan Taylor jumped a little bit too. Mahomes, someone slid in there. I think they were on a bye. I don't know how that happened. But, no, like, May and Stafford are tied at top. My votes, Jonathan Taylor, and today, every day. I mean, I think, I mean, if you watch that Atlanta game, bro, Daniel Jones looks fucking awful.
00:08:55
Speaker
He had two fumbles. Jonathan Taylor was that entire team. i And he definitely deserves it up to this point. But the only way of running back is going to... The only way that he's going to do it is if he breaks some record.
00:09:08
Speaker
And I think right now he's on pace for the touchdown and yards record. The problem is they're going into a brutal stretch of their schedule. They're going be playing Houston. They're going to playing, I think, Kansas City.
00:09:20
Speaker
Some stout defensive fronts. So, I mean, he's going to need to pull a fucking rabbit out of his hat if he wants to do it. mean, this one was a tough matchup on paper, too. Atlanta is not, um like, a pushover.
00:09:34
Speaker
But it's a it's an international game, too. Home and away. i was going to say, it's an international game, too. I always feel like in those situations, there's never one, like, a home field advantage kind of thing.
00:09:47
Speaker
So it's very surprising to kind of see how some of the people score it. Like, I know sometimes for a home game, you get, what what is it, point and a half advantage sometimes? Three. Is it three? I always thought it was one and a half. Yeah.
00:09:58
Speaker
Um, but also the c Colts are actually one of the teams that I think it was them and the saints that are the last ones to have their buys coming up right now.
00:10:09
Speaker
So they've played every game without a buy and they still managed to have this great record and stuff. So I think this came out
Bears' Standings in NFC North
00:10:16
Speaker
perfect for them. I, do you guys think it's going to be a quarterback that gets the and MVP? Yeah.
00:10:23
Speaker
And with the names we mentioned, I'm assuming yes, but and know it's who we want to be MVP, but... what's what what's the other What's the other award that they usually give to the offensive player of the year?
00:10:35
Speaker
Yeah, that's usually like how they do it. That'll probably go to Taylor. Yeah. My hero. Speaking of heroes, let's get into the recap of Bears-Giants.
00:10:49
Speaker
ah Bears win the game 24-20. There's also some news that happened after the game that we're going to touch on just a little bit. But with this win and the loss of the Packers last night, the Chicago Bears are tied for first in the NFC North.
00:11:06
Speaker
Is that true? Yeah, baby. i did not think I would say that. So with that excitement, we are going to... are we tied? We're not tied. Are we? Yeah, we're technically tied.
00:11:18
Speaker
Technically, I think the Lions are in the league because they have the tiebreaker. They have a tiebreaker. But if you're... I mean, we have the same record as the Lions. Let's just pretend for a couple weeks.
00:11:30
Speaker
um But also the draw... oh wow But let's also remember that the draw helps us in a way because we get the higher win percentage against the Packers. So that's where that's another reason we're also on
Caleb Williams' Performance Highlights
00:11:45
Speaker
the up.
00:11:45
Speaker
But we're going to go into probably one of my favorite segments because I actually worked hard on getting this fake jingle from my buddy. ah Let's get into Miller's Glazing Minute. Let's get into the song. It's Miller's Glazing Minute.
00:12:10
Speaker
Let's go back to 2024. When our boy Caleb Williams was on the ground 68 times, 10.79% of dropbacks, Caleb was on his ass.
00:12:21
Speaker
People were freaking out about this. Well, what happened? Fast forward to 2025, motherfucker.
00:12:28
Speaker
We are 10, 9, 9 games in. He has 14 sacks this year. That is a 4.56% of his dropbacks he's getting sacked. He cut that number in half.
00:12:41
Speaker
It is crazy what he's doing this year. He owns one of the league's lowest sack rates. Motherfucker! And he's near the top at avoiding sacks.
00:12:52
Speaker
And if you watched Game Sunday... Woo, son! There were nine pressures within 2.5 seconds. He avoided six of them. Hell, motherfucking yeah. That guy can move, and his senses in the pocket are amazing.
00:13:08
Speaker
Let's go, CW. Yeah, against that O-line. Miller's killing it. He's been under a minute for like three or four weeks. I've had to mute. You were one second off.
00:13:20
Speaker
Wow. You were one second off from being muted. ah We have the timer at a different spot that I know to look at now. So you started at 12-12, and you ended at 13-11. So you know what?
00:13:33
Speaker
That's a golf clap for you, bud. And sacks this week. What are your thoughts? No, no sacks this week against that O-line, that D-line. That's like got a lot of superstars. You know, I probably haven't lived up to their billing, but like, God, like it's got the superstars in there.
00:13:49
Speaker
This was an excellent game by the offensive line. I know, like so offensively, it was like, and apart from that, we didn't look as ah fluid as we should, but the O-line freaking and Caleb balled out props to them.
00:14:06
Speaker
I can't really say anything bad about that stat. That was one of the stats that I think us collectively, we looked at and we're like, something's got to change.
00:14:19
Speaker
And it's it's been changing. like that i I actually have nothing bad to say. That was probably Miller's best glazing minute that we're not even going to argue. which I mean, that there's a punting one that's coming next week. So what's wait?
00:14:31
Speaker
Might be. um Yeah, I mean, you just look at our last year, that was the huge topic of how many sacks are blamed on Caleb, how many sacks are blamed on the offensive line. And it's just like, but we can agree there was a little hint of both.
00:14:45
Speaker
You could blame both on certain things, but ah you cannot blame all of it on Caleb even this year, which is fantastic to say. Yeah, well, you probably can blame probably most of it.
00:14:57
Speaker
Well, I was trying to give you an out, but we're going to go ahead and continue. Let's talk about the franchise on this game. Led the team to a comeback win. Wait, are we calling him the franchise now? I was wondering the same thing.
00:15:09
Speaker
So listen, I've noticed that CW is a, it seems to be the thing that works. I think we should label him the franchise. Allen Iverson was the last one to have it.
00:15:23
Speaker
If he is getting as clutch as people are saying that he is, especially with with with the run game or or getting the touchdowns in the fourth quarter whatnot, label him the franchise. i Don't you think you need to win something?
00:15:36
Speaker
Not a championship because AI never won a championship. AI never won, but he was. He got in the playoffs. I mean, this kid's won. He doesn't even have a positive win-loss record yet, and you're calling him the franchise. No, no, no. But here hear hear me out.
00:15:48
Speaker
Just hear me out on the thought process. It's not about the record. It's not about the record, but when you think of the Bears, you think of CW. You think of CW now. You don't think of anyone else.
00:15:59
Speaker
You might make a small argument about Odunzeh giving his dad's tweets recently, but that's beside the point. Can we stop talking about that? No, I want to keep talking about that because it's funny.
00:16:10
Speaker
It's fucking hilarious. But I think you can actually start saying if he wins and continues to win, I don't see anything wrong with the franchise. What other nicknames would you give him?
00:16:22
Speaker
I mean, I got one. go ahead. Ice invades. don't know. Something about that. That's horrible. No, we already have Matty Ice. You can't.
00:16:32
Speaker
No, you can't. Why can't just call him it you word It's so easy. It's just. You can't call someone the franchise when they haven't even done anything. All right. let's Listen, we'll we'll talk about that.
00:16:44
Speaker
We'll talk about that in another day. talk about that mill after east february after we bring home the Lombardi. Hey, he is giving him props. I'm just happy to see that. But let's talk about his clutchness, the ice in veins that I failed to give him a nickname in the fourth quarter, guys.
00:17:01
Speaker
It's probably one of the best ones of the year already. I think he's one of the top fourth quarter comeback players are already. I don't know what stat track's at, but... i I just love that we have him on our team.
00:17:16
Speaker
Just like, honestly, like Jordan Love, Knicks, right? Like over them, I would take them because they look lost at times. And then when it counts, he just puts his hand up and he just goes and God, he wants to win. And he wants so he just wheels the team to win.
00:17:33
Speaker
Even when ah we don't look the most the most fluid offense out there, man, he gets it done. I am so proud that he's on our team. man, like just so something needs to be like his clutchness. is It's just, don't know. i'm I'm in love. I think we I'm so glad he's on our team.
00:17:50
Speaker
It's such a reaction business and Everything that changes is just so funny to just think about where the quarterbacks from the 2024 draft are. And it's just like the beginning of the year you had, what did you have? You had Jaden first, you had Bo Nix second, you probably had Caleb third, maybe in close behind him.
00:18:10
Speaker
Drake may, and then you look nine weeks later and you're probably looking at Drake may number one. I mean, maybe Caleb, even number two and then Jaden and then Bo nicks on the bottom. It's just like it flipped on its head. It's just like it's, it's every week it changes, man.
00:18:27
Speaker
I will say, though, we have to put respect with Jaden Daniels. He was able to lead the team to a NFC conference championship game. So I think and winning a rookie of the year, I think that still solidifies him a little bit higher. If he's not injured, maybe things would be different.
00:18:43
Speaker
I would do you need to back that up. He backed it up his first year. What do you mean? You need to back it up. You need to do it the second year. Look at CJ Scraud. He won rookie the year too. And he's freaking.
00:18:54
Speaker
Would you say that's mostly his fault that he's not, that his team is not performing though? No. I mean, he still has a wide receiver. still has one of the best wide receivers in the league.
00:19:05
Speaker
The funny thing is, I don't think they've made any sizable changes to the team. It's basically the same team. They added Debo, right? They added some pieces. like It's funny that... like um like He's been injured most the year, but still, even when he was healthy, it wasn't good. I mean, McLaren wasn't there.
00:19:24
Speaker
But even when McLaren was there, it still didn't look good at the beginning of the year. So you when you're a quarterback, man, you can't take that rookie year. Come on. I'll quote Brian on this, man. You need to see that second year because the NFL always adapts.
00:19:38
Speaker
See, I'm more of the second, third year. But the fact that he was able to do something with that team the first year that no one expected and still win rookie of the year, like winning rookie of the year is one thing. But, bro, I don't want to say this. Chris, I don't want to say this, but RG3 did it to.
00:19:57
Speaker
And you're saying he wasn't good? I don't understand the reference. He wasn't good. He would have widow like was prone. Okay, this guy's got two injuries this year. basic Are we really going to discuss injury prone again?
00:20:10
Speaker
On his rookie? Yes. When you're just comparing tert first two years, yes, you you have to. What do you mean? No, we had this conversation via chat, and you hated it. So I was like, are we really going to discuss injury prone again? Listen, listen.
00:20:25
Speaker
We're going to talk about the game, but we're talking about CW. There were some plays that he made that made me go, oh my God, I can't believe he did that. I still think of the play where he's running to his left, throws cross body, little bit high, some may say, and still make the play.
00:20:42
Speaker
He played great. Shout out to Komet. ah He made an amazing block at the end to give Caleb space because there If you look at his route running, he was on the right side, started going left. And as soon as he saw Caleb run, he turned and he grabbed the guy and just pushed his ass out for like 10 yards. So shout out to Komet there.
00:21:00
Speaker
um You love when tight ends grab somebody. I do. Listen, there's something about a tight end that just, if they're not catching the ball, at least they're doing something on the field, like they can block. Like it's pretty fucking noticeable in my opinion.
00:21:13
Speaker
I think it's funny that this motherfucker sits here and said, I can't believe Caleb was rolling to his left. He was throwing the ball. No, no, no. But it wasn't perfect. Calm down. It was a little high.
00:21:26
Speaker
the throw is Some say the throw was a little high. That's all I said. Well, throwing crossbody always like a faux pas. They should not support. I mean, Matthew Stafford threw a no-look pass right at the chest of the player, too, but yeah, whatever.
00:21:39
Speaker
Was he rolling left? Probably not. He doesn't roll. but I'm just rolling on the ground. In NFL history, imagine he rolls left. He's looking this way and just fucks that shit to the left.
00:21:50
Speaker
it's Um... So we're going to talk more about the games. um We do want to talk about standout performers. There's some answers in the agenda that I see that I actually want to talk about. But Miller, go ahead and start us off.
00:22:02
Speaker
Who was your standout player? Caleb Williams. I get another glazing minute. I'm not going to give you that, but I do agree he would be in the standout. But kate this is probably one of the first games.
00:22:14
Speaker
Yes, he didn't play great in the first three quarters. You can say that all you want, but this is probably the one of the few games where he didn't have a lot of mistakes. He had a few misses, but there weren't egregious misses.
00:22:26
Speaker
There was a lot of drops that we'll get into later, but he single-handedly at the end of this game put this team on his back and willed it to victory with his legs. So he made some clutch throws down the line, but he, more importantly, made some clutch runs. And his ability, like I talked about, to feel the pressure around him, get out.
00:22:47
Speaker
mean, you talked about one play. There was another play where he was literally face-to-face, like five feet from Thibodeau, and he got away from him and turned it into a positive play. It's just like what he's doing right now, specifically in the fourth corner, and what he did in this game.
00:23:04
Speaker
This was the first game where you can kind of put the... franchise stamp on him to really say that he he willed the team to victory.
00:23:16
Speaker
Boobin, what'd you got? Um, I want to, I threw this in our chat too. Like CJ, DJ, Chris, whatever his name is. What's his full name? Uh, Gardner Johnson. Gardner Johnson. Yeah. It's CJ Gardner Johnson.
00:23:30
Speaker
Like we signed the man off the streets two weeks ago. Like, you know, like um um other teams could have picked him. He is known to be a very annoying player. Like even when we played him.
00:23:41
Speaker
Our wide receiver punched him and got thrown of the game, if guys remember. But, man, in a game where I think defense didn't show up, he had two sacks and and the fumble. Like, Jesus. like And he led the team in sa tackle tackles. yeah Yeah, this is like, he like ah he's he seemed inspired. Obviously, like, you know we gave him opportunity when other teams probably didn't.
00:24:03
Speaker
I get why, but we were decimated. we needed help. He shows up. ready to play, and, like, shows up clutch, man. Like, that fumble, guys, I think was a momentum swift switch. Like, that's what won us the game. don't guys agree.
00:24:16
Speaker
Like, the they were they were, like, I mean, Dart got hurt. That didn't help, and I'm sorry. I don't want to celebrate injuries, but, like, that was the momentum. They were running, running, fucking, and, that's right and like, about to score again.
00:24:30
Speaker
ah want to agree with you. i do. But, like... Russell Wilson then led a 79-yard field goal drive. So you can say that's a that's a momentum shift, but they still ran down the field. I would almost call the momentum shift the fact that they kicked a field goal instead of... I know. like we should We should talk to Jeff about surrender index.
00:24:52
Speaker
That's got to be like 100 percentile, right? Kicking a field goal from the one-yard line?
Giants' Field Goal Decision
00:24:58
Speaker
like That's got to be like in the surrender index. That's got to be 100 percentile play. like and you and You mean of like a percentage of that you should go for it? You should go for it.
00:25:07
Speaker
Yeah, like that was, he he does a coward index or something, right? Like how cowardly was that field goal kick versus um going for it? And they even had a penalty, right? Do they get half a yard?
00:25:19
Speaker
They could have gone half yard. believe on the one yard line. Yeah, yeah. They got a penalty. And then he could have gone to the half. but he like to And they just kicked a field goal. Like a podcast I listened to said like they knew Debo was going to get fired when they saw him kick the field goal.
00:25:34
Speaker
That's what they were talking about. So that was the dumb cowardest play ever. there's there's some We'll talk about the the news from New York there too a little bit. We're not going to spend too much time on it. But I heard some comments like that and I'm like,
00:25:47
Speaker
you If you really want to, there's a, there's so, there were so many other things you can pinpoint for the giant season that you could have made a respectable reason that he was not going to come back that even he probably knew. So I am very hesitant when I hear those kinds of comments where it's like a one play on the one, like, no, there's, there's four concussion protocols that I could bring up with dart that you guys just ah did not handle. Right. So that's, that's just one example.
00:26:10
Speaker
um Listen, I said it last week. I feel like the bears listened to me. The run game. We got to give props to the run game. The run game was great. Hey, are we good consistent?
00:26:21
Speaker
Are we good? Hey, when you do it two games in a row, brother, you start reaching that consistency spot. um The one thing that I will say about the run game, though, is that Swift ran one for 25 and then Caleb ran one for 29.
00:26:36
Speaker
So we got some good um averages just because of those two. ah Caleb got the touchdown, got 63 yards. Swift got 80 on 13 carries. So the run game was there.
00:26:48
Speaker
Also, the run game was there for the Giants dart just Man, he picked us apart with the run game. like there's I keep watching replays of that. and there was the another There was another run where...
00:27:00
Speaker
the parting of the Red Sea showed up and he just ran down the middle and it like no one was there for the Bears. But if a standout performance to me has to be um Swift and Caleb on the run game specifically.
00:27:11
Speaker
oh so he can choose two standouts, but we can't. Awesome. Did not put an S? Standout performers. I did week one because you yelled at me for putting two.
00:27:23
Speaker
All right. um I wanted to bring this up because we've been bitching about it for quite some time, but we got to show the team some love in one certain stat. The Bears only had three penalties the whole game for a total of 25 yards.
00:27:39
Speaker
and Maybe they'll listen to us. Maybe they'll listen to But, Buben, what did you see different? Did you see a more calm team? What was it that maybe we had different refs? Conspiracy theory? I don't know. What do you think?
00:27:51
Speaker
um I don't know. but We knew was going to turned around, right? Like, we knew they were, like, just like we see the stats, they see the stats, and especially in the loss, it, like, stings very bad.
00:28:03
Speaker
i feel like it was ah it was a focus for them. Like, honestly, like, looks like the unit is kind of gelling together, too. Offense, defense, even though there's injuries, looks like they're coming together. and like, winning is a really good formula to, like, get the team together.
00:28:17
Speaker
i will say we had a very unfortunate... ah penalty that might have cost us because it was the field goal that they successfully made. ah There was a penalty there that if they had wanted to take the ball, it would have been on a half yard line.
Bears' Penalty Improvements
00:28:32
Speaker
Half yard. They would have you just... I don't know. But like that that could have cost us to looking at looking back at the game. But no, very happy that they that's something they corrected. And corrected in a major way.
00:28:42
Speaker
Props to them.
00:28:45
Speaker
Yeah, who knows? you could It could be just like the gelling on the offensive line. We were at home, so it's easier to play at home. But it was good all around. Very few penalties, and it was nice to see.
00:28:57
Speaker
I think there were a few that were really bad calls that we didn't get when Caleb got kneed in the head. Yeah, should we talk about that? I mean, we want to get into that?
00:29:09
Speaker
Because I saw a couple of people where they're like, technically it's not a penalty, but they're aiming for the head. and it's like oh I would love to know why it wouldn't be penalty. That's what I was hoping maybe would one of you guys could be like,
00:29:21
Speaker
Like, I know we're Bears fans, and if we saw another quarterback go through that, we could probably make another argument of, like, hey, that's just a defensive player making a ah defensive play, and it just this was, like, after the play.
00:29:33
Speaker
This the play was way over, and not only did he hit him late, but it was also a hit to the head. was just, like, it was a double whammer. um Seems like a weird week in officiating, too. ah There's definitely calls, like, Josh Allen that he didn't get, that he normally gets. There's, like, definitely hits that he took that usually gets calls for Because usually if you sneeze up towards the quarterback, it's a flag, you know? but That's Mahomes.
00:29:56
Speaker
No, but like, no, like the the so quarterbacks get some protection. Let's be honest. We hate it But like, i think it's also that, guys. We are Bears fans and anything. Like, we thought Fields never got calls because he would get fucking hammered every time and he would never get those calls. So I think part of it is just like we care about that position. It's so important to us. But partially it looks like it was a but pretty bad weekend officiating, in my opinion, too.
00:30:22
Speaker
um For me, the one thing that I was very happy to see, and Miller and I had the discussion when we were watching the game together, it's when you have... Oh, we didn't watch it this week.
00:30:33
Speaker
I'm just saying in the general in the past. um The one thing that penalties, especially when you get back-to-back, which at one point the Bears got back-to-back in a drive that just killed the drive.
00:30:44
Speaker
We didn't see any of that this game. um So that's one thing I'm particularly proud of. i think the day that we celebrate... And like if we want to fucking Super Bowl is the day that we get zero penalties because I think that'll be impressive for this Bears team.
00:30:58
Speaker
But I think in general, it was a great game for the Bears penalty wise. um But with every positive, we have to come back to the negative.
00:31:11
Speaker
Before we started recording, I was told that maybe I didn't understand the baby in the dirty water reference. I'm not going to make another joke about that. But you know are you um with with the high of penalties and being low, we did have a high in drops depending on who you talk to and where you look at the bears either had six or eight drops.
00:31:38
Speaker
Um, I tried to find someone to tell me which ones were the eight, but there's some articles out there that are reaching six, which it seems to be consistent. But what do think?
00:31:50
Speaker
Is drops going to be an issue? It's going to continue to be an issue throughout the year?
Issues with Bears' Dropped Passes
00:31:55
Speaker
This is open to anyone who wants to. I think this is going to be an issue, unfortunately, um because Rome has kept it an issue.
00:32:05
Speaker
I don't think he really had. He might have had one egregious drop this game, but. This season, he's had quite a few drops. This one seemed to be a collective. and Normally, Shore handing Zacchaeus, he's usually the one that you can rely on to make catches. He had three drops in this game on four targets.
00:32:24
Speaker
yeah So it's just like, what the fuck are we doing? It was drop after drop. And and instead of the penalties being the drive killers, it was the drops that were the drive killers.
00:32:35
Speaker
yeah um And it just seemed like towards the end of the game, man, Caleb wasn't trusting anybody to catch the ball, and he was just going to run it himself. Did you guys get that vibe in that game? I saw a couple people say on Twitter that he did the ah the Nelson from the Simpsons where he he just tried to, like, throw it to himself and and catch it at the end zone, which is a great Simpsons meme if anyone has seen it.
00:33:01
Speaker
But do you guys feel that –
00:33:04
Speaker
Yeah, see, I would want you call me out for it. I don't think so. But um i before someone else goes, I did want to get the shout out to the two rookies, Colson Loveland and Burton.
00:33:15
Speaker
Both of them caught every ball thrown to them. So props to the rookie wide receivers because they can actually fucking catch the ball. Tight end. But yes, you're correct.
00:33:26
Speaker
Pass catchers. Pass catchers. Like, again, I don't want to make excuses, but it was probably not ideal condition for catching the ball either. It was cold, windy, whatever. um But again, talk about the penalty, right? Like, we knew it was a concern. It was highlighted. They corrected it. I'm sure it'll get fixed. like Like Miller said, like,
00:33:47
Speaker
It's not the usual suspects, right? Zaccheaus is but he a third down, fourth down back. I'm sorry, pass catcher. That's his job. It's very shorthanded. The fact that he dropped it, like I think this is an anomaly that they'll correct it. And they need to. Like you guys said, it's a momentum killer. It kills drives, drills the game plan, right? We can't have that, especially against good teams.
00:34:08
Speaker
um I am certain they'll get it corrected, too. just like at what time are we no longer going to see Zaccheaus on the field and we're going to see more Burton on the field.
00:34:20
Speaker
It is happening, i think. If this kid can stay healthy, it looks like he's got some explosiveness in him and you saw the fight on that one catch and he dragged him down 10, 5, 10 more yards and it's just like he's got that explosiveness, he's got the sure hands, let's give him a shot to play the role.
00:34:41
Speaker
Have we heard anything on DJ's injury? tomorrow that i Not that I could. for For what I was doing research on, I did not see anything with his name pop up.
00:34:53
Speaker
Also, what website do you guys rely on to find official drop numbers? Because yeah ESPN does not have a drop counter, which I thought they would, especially with how many drops have been happening in the league in general.
00:35:06
Speaker
I can't reveal my sources. You probably count to myself. Okay. um No, I think it's one of those stats. Like, I think the teams, like, that's why it's six or eight.
00:35:16
Speaker
It's like some of them are on the quarterback. Like, you know, some of them are the one, the wide receivers. I feel like there's, it has to be catchable. but That's why there's a variance in there. And I'm seeing it's like a sack or a tackle.
00:35:28
Speaker
And the teams probably tells you what the status at the end of the day. I'm not going to reveal my sources because my source is pretty fucking false. God, I don't want to talk it. Did you guys see, like, they were showing the Chargers and their O-line rankings, and they were, like, dead last, and they still came out and won the game. that's Well, they're on the sixth and seventh tackle, I think, for the season. But, hey, talking about pretty fucky balls, um Mr. Caleb Williams has is the number one ranked quarterback in the last two weeks.
00:36:04
Speaker
Just throwing it out there. No one cares. um that i could have been That could have been my story for today, Boopin. Come on, man. I'm going to throw in the chat. I showed it to Chris before the podcast. I'm going to throw it in the chat right now so so people can see.
00:36:20
Speaker
um Maybe next week. Maybe you'll still stay up there for next week. There's glazing in it. Boys, how do you guys feel, though, about the offense, um kind of the mindset of this is not attainable or this ah these wins are not going to continue if the Bears offense performs like this and has to wait for the fourth quarter to beat a team that they should beat?
Can Bears Sustain Fourth-Quarter Performances?
00:36:44
Speaker
ah There's already been a couple games where they shouldn't have gotten... to that level it shouldn't have gotten that close at the end uh we did make a 14 point swing to win the game but do you guys feel like this is sustainable for the year
00:37:02
Speaker
I'm not going to lie. I thought we didn't have a shot in the game, the way Dart was playing. um thank Like I said, the crucial turnover, and sadly, he got hurt. And, you know, Russell's playing the fourth quarter.
00:37:14
Speaker
Like, to be very fair, defense stepped up in the fourth quarter, mostly against Russell Woodson, but also with the turnover. but If this is the case, the offense needs to be even more efficient, like not turn the ball over on downs and stuff like that for us to even stay competitive against good teams. There's no way we can win with the way defense is playing right now, in my opinion.
00:37:36
Speaker
I don't think it's sustainable to play games like this. um I think we all know that this hasn't been like a clean product so far this year. But the one thing that I'll say, and I think is attainable,
00:37:51
Speaker
is the fact that if we can keep these games close, one score games ending in the fourth quarter, I think we have a shot to win every single one of them because I think Caleb has shown that he has ice in his veins and he can lead a touchdown drive.
00:38:11
Speaker
His fourth quarter numbers have been good. I'm just concerned that if the game gets too far ahead, um I don't know. Have we had a situation where Ben Johnson is kind of like, eh, let's just throw, not let anyone get injured. I don't think we've had a game where we've... Detroit.
00:38:28
Speaker
Detroit. did we do it in the did we do it in the fourth? Did we give up on the fourth? Do you recall? I think the starters played all game, but we got they put a 50-burger on us. I don't think the starters played all game, did they?
00:38:40
Speaker
and I don't remember Bayton being the game. Maybe most of the fourth. Okay, um I digress. So we talked a lot about the offense.
Critique of Bears' Defense
00:38:51
Speaker
We got to talk about the defense now. What would you guys say was, how would you rate the performance of the defense? Buben, let's start with you there. um What do you think stood out?
00:39:04
Speaker
Nothing. They were horrible. I know they're injured and whatever. They showed up in the fourth quarter, but for the first three quarters, they were nowhere to be found. if they were Newark was doing whatever they wanted to. Dart was doing whatever he wanted to.
00:39:17
Speaker
um like Again, I know they're injured and they're playing their best, but ah I think one of our linebackers was out. I don't know if that made such a difference, but he's been out for a couple weeks, so maybe not, but we they could run the ball like right up the throat every time if they say wanted to.
00:39:34
Speaker
That was very, very concerning to me. Miller, what about you? My concerns were more so in the secondary and the fact that there were several times where the throw went to a wide open wide receiver.
00:39:46
Speaker
just seems like Mr. Tyreek Stevenson is more inconsistent than Caleb Williams when it comes to his play. And... I mean, other than that, it was nice to see that we got some pressure on Dart, but it seemed like every time we got pressure, we either got a sack and we had a few this game.
00:40:05
Speaker
think CJ had two, Sweat had one and a half, so i think we had four sacks. But like we did get some pressure on him, but every time if we didn't get him down, he was scampering for a 10, 15-yard run.
00:40:18
Speaker
So, I mean, the defense was pretty much like butter this game, and we didn't...
00:40:24
Speaker
We're lucky that they collapsed at the end, probably because Dart and fact that Russell Wilson was on the field. Yeah. The good kind of butter, you know? I will say, I think, and I don't know how you guys will feel with this statement, but I think if Dart stayed in the game, this the outcome would be different.
00:40:42
Speaker
Dart just looked really good. um It sucks to see a good player like that kind of get knocked out with with a concussion. And like I had mentioned before, for him to be evaluated for four concussions and to not have it be a thing, like that kind of sucks.
00:40:57
Speaker
um I had mentioned earlier, there was a play, and don't remember the down, but it was the parting of the Red Seas. But there was even a couple plays where he was just, people were just open. ah There wasn't anyone in like a three-yard radius, especially on the sidelines on a couple of the throws that he did.
00:41:13
Speaker
um I do believe that maybe they felt a little bit more comfortable when they saw Wilson come in. And they're like, okay, you know, we we we can adjust. Very different skill set, yeah.
00:41:24
Speaker
I think so. And I think the defense played down. Instead of punching up, they punched down. um And they play to the level that Wilson has. So I think for the for the quarters that Dart was there, the defense...
00:41:36
Speaker
just wasn't there either decided to take a break and I think when Wilson came in they were like hey we have a chance and ah they kind of came up clutch at the at the fourth so i as much as I want to be a Debbie Downer which I don't think I have been this game I could definitely nitpick on ah on a few things but I think the defense did enough to win the game and think maybe they were LeBroning guys the first three quarters are like whatever fourth quarter I was like oh I play off time let's go maybe they were LeBroning it Speaking of LeBroning it, when someone wants to talk and they use Twitter to get their ah get their thoughts out, the retweet button seems to be very helpful with Adunze's dad.
00:42:16
Speaker
um Post-game, ah ah Rome was asked, how did he feel about getting the first target? He thanked his dad. Which... Mind you, as much as I love the troll, fucking hilarious. That was probably the best. That was mwah.
00:42:32
Speaker
It was right there for him. He did it. Are we done with this? Can we move on? No, we're not done with it. No? we had We dealt with this last year. We dealt with it this year. We're going to deal with it later this year or next year if he doesn't get a fucking target.
00:42:48
Speaker
It's so stupid that somebody's dad would freak out just because of one game. Like, if you're talking to, like, four or five games and he's throwing shit numbers up, we can have a conversation.
00:43:01
Speaker
To be fair. The motherfucker had, like, eight catches for 115 yards the game before, and then the next game he doesn't have aar he doesn't have a catch because he dropped multiple passes, and we're going to have this conversation.
00:43:14
Speaker
i i I don't want to sound like an old person, but I kind of miss when, like, these dads would just shout at the TV in the living room and no one had to hear it, you know? There was no Twitter. Like, newspaper wouldn't cover it. There was nothing. Like, it would just be shouting in the void.
00:43:28
Speaker
I miss that. i i think it's taking away from the, like, you know, people are talking about that and they're talking about Odunji's good game and stuff like that. I hate that. I'm happy it worked out, but like Milo said, like, he's getting attention. That's what he wants and we're giving it to him. So why would he stop?
00:43:44
Speaker
remind me to send Remind me to send you guys a video of what I thought Odunze was doing. It's a soccer meme that's very famous.
00:43:55
Speaker
Remind me when the show is over ah to send it over to you. Honestly, i think when you have Rome give that kind of response, I think he said it with the intent of, all right, we're done with it.
00:44:08
Speaker
If it gets brought up again, think you have to, like, I hate to say it, but you you either have to make a statement or do something because that... You already did.
00:44:20
Speaker
No, but everyone thought Caleb was going to be, or Caleb's dad was also going to be this thing, and even he's been kind of cool with it. um I don't know. but Rome already came out and made a statement last night No, I know. I know. I was talking about the Bears. I was i wasn't talking about Rome. was talking about the Oregon. Bears are going to fucking give a shit. I know. But like, here's my thing.
00:44:41
Speaker
If Rome's dad happens to watch this... Tweet whatever you want. Just leave the comments open, brother. That's all I want to say. Just leave the comment section open so we can reply to you.
00:44:53
Speaker
I love that. we tweeteing start I love that. We're not even saying his name. We're saying Rob's dad. Like, well, I don't know his name because I don't really care enough to know it. That's I'm on the same boat. All right.
00:45:06
Speaker
um ah So Bears win 2420 yesterday on Monday. um Coach killers. Well, calm down. ah Giants fired their coach Monday after the game.
00:45:19
Speaker
i was going to make this into a giant section because I wanted to throw some flowers to Dart because I felt like he's been performing very well. But then we have this situation.
Giants' Head Coach Firing Discussion
00:45:28
Speaker
Boys, do you think this should have been done earlier? What are your thoughts on the Giants firing their head coach?
00:45:35
Speaker
I mean, it should have been done at the end of last year, right? i I'm on that boat. um Bottom line is it should have been done at the end of last year when they should have done it. They should not have done it this year because all the reporting is is that Dable was the one that wanted Dart to begin with.
00:45:51
Speaker
So he's the one that brought him in finally started him, and he actually looked good, and now you're going to take that offensive guy away from him and start over fresh. I mean, it's a shitty organization. It's been shitty organization i i I agree with Miller. Firing him midseason does nothing. It's just a show off.
00:46:10
Speaker
I don't know. like I get it, right? They've lost two games when they're leading by 10 points in the last four minutes. it's a It's a lot. you know Game management issues. Dayball has not been great, to Miller's point.
00:46:23
Speaker
He's like, they've been 2-8 for the last two conservative years. His record was 11-33, but If you're letting draft this guy, like what is Dayball's claim to fame?
00:46:34
Speaker
He got Josh Allen to be Josh Allen that we know today. That's his claim to fame. So we know he works well with quarterbacks. And you could like, man, not that Dart's going to be any different player, I think. But I feel like he got Dart.
00:46:49
Speaker
He got, he got, she showcased Dart, I think. So finally got a young quarterback. He had Daniel Jones. And obviously that didn't work. That wasn't his guy. ah when i What I will say like, I don't know if you guys remember, beginning of last year?
00:47:06
Speaker
um he fired his defensive coordinator over some like petty stuff, whatever, Martingale, wink Martingale. And like that was like not didn didn't go over very well, but you know like they had studs in the defensive room and kind of like went away. But like I know there was like some some tension ah like in the room already, but I'm with Miller. like You don't let a good coach draft a quarterback and let him go eight games into the season. That's just... we did that last year bro I was going to say, you're saying no, and we so you're saying we should have kept... Floos?
00:47:41
Speaker
Floos, thank you. was I mean, I don't know. did Was our year any different like after firing him? Did anything significant? We only got one win after firing him, so I don't know if we're on pace for that.
00:47:55
Speaker
It's a little different. I will say it's a little different in the sense that dayball is an offensive mind. Iberflus is not an offensive mind. So we were kind of grasping at straws to try to figure out how can we help Caleb offensively because we knew Iberflus wasn't going to do that.
00:48:12
Speaker
So that's why we kind of went through that process where this time, what are they going to do? Well, they're firing an offensive mind that finally has this guy. And what are they going to do? Are they going to go the defensive route?
00:48:25
Speaker
Good luck with that, son. Or they're going to get another hot offensive coordinator. But if you remember, Brian Dable was that hot offensive coordinator. So it's a little different in that aspect. but yeah So let me give my thoughts real quick. I think the team changed when Barkley didn't get re-signed.
00:48:44
Speaker
I think that's going to also be a thing that's going to... like I mean, they kept the GM, so does it matter? But here's the thing. Usually when they fire the coach midseason and then you can link a transaction. Like, look what happened with Dallas, with the Mavericks.
00:48:59
Speaker
They traded Luka Doncic and the GM just got fired today. So it takes time for that to happen. I wouldn't be surprised if the GM got fired at the end of the season either. so like You're not going to do that.
00:49:10
Speaker
You're not going fire the coach midseason and then fire the GM. and But it's been done. But it's been done. like Like, what we need to understand, and we talked about it last year, is just because you get rid of the coach, you still you're not going to install new plays right now.
00:49:27
Speaker
You're still doing the same system. Yes, a sequence of play calling it might get different, but guys, and like you don't do anything significant. honest I don't know if they have a bike coming up or something. Maybe they can install some plays.
00:49:38
Speaker
It's the same frigging system that this new coach is running. They can't do anything significant. That's why I'm saying it's more symbolic than anything. All right. Speaking of symbolic, we're going to go into our positivity score.
Positivity Scores Update
00:49:50
Speaker
ah ever they Every game and after every recap, we give a score from one to ten of what we think the Bears are from a positivity scale. They find it a little bit different than I do since I use a grading system. they I don't fucking know what they come up with.
00:50:07
Speaker
So I'm actually going to start us off. um But before I do, let's recap last week's score. Miller was a 6.5. Boopin was a 6.5. I am a 6.
00:50:17
Speaker
I'm keeping it at a 6. i think this is the I think this is the right amount of excitement. I feel like we were close to losing. We got a great comeback win.
00:50:31
Speaker
It's not sustainable for me. So I'm sticking it to a 6. ah Who wants to go next? i' go I'm going to seven. Just up a little bit. Whenever you perform like that, like Caleb did, carrying the team on his back, we still have yet to show a complete game.
00:50:50
Speaker
Obviously, there's issues. We really haven't beaten anybody. But a win is a win in this league. So if they're going to get the W, I'm going to give them credit. ah up but Miller, you brought up a great point. Let me ask you, when was the Bears' last complete win?
00:51:04
Speaker
What'd you say? Dallas, maybe. Upen?
00:51:11
Speaker
yeah our defense hasn't been healthy in a minute okay we're all in agreement dallas was the last complete game win uh that i thought someone would give me a different answer but no right uh boobin what do you got i'm going up two um i've probably gone up more like defense was slightly healthier and playing competitive but seven baby think this is like the highest i have ever been No, you've definitely been higher since we've been doing recaps.
00:51:38
Speaker
but Not on the positivity scale. I recall an eight somewhere out there. think we were pretty high at the beginning of last year. I think I recall an eight somewhere up there. We started four and two.
00:51:49
Speaker
hi All right, and boys, it is Bears versus Vikings at US Bank Stadium at noon, according to yeah ESPN bets. ah The Vikings are the favorite at minus three and a half. The over under is 45 and a half.
00:52:05
Speaker
I always ask the same questions because they're the basic ones and that's all we really need to talk about. So, Bupin, what do the Bears need to do to win this game? yeah I think we'll have a tough time.
00:52:16
Speaker
um Just looking at a common... ah rival, right? Ravens, we played them. They beat us 30 to 13 or something. Um, um Minnesota played them more competitively. They lost twenty nine to seventeen against them. So I feel like we'll have ah harder time here. So I think the defense needs to step up all the Vikings offense to minimal score.
00:52:39
Speaker
Their defense is very well ranked, and I think it'll give our offense enough to contend with. So I feel like if our defense doesn't show up, it'll be a long day for them but the Bears fans.
00:52:51
Speaker
I want to go next because I want to get my point across before I get shit on, but then I want to shit on Miller. It's the run game, baby. We got to remain consistent and with the run game. So how do you do that? You run the ball again. You try to get more than whatever fucking yards we got last time.
00:53:07
Speaker
I think if we play a good run game, get more carries ah with Swift, we open up play action. We can do a lot more. I think we've said that multiple times. So I think if we get that going also,
00:53:20
Speaker
I'm completely okay with Caleb getting some run play designs for him. Like I, before I was kind of against it because I, I didn't want to, you know, get him, see him get hurt or anything but of that, but I feel like we kind of need it.
00:53:33
Speaker
So I would like to see him get some, some run play. So run, run, run, baby. Did you see him hit 25 miles an hour twice? No one cares. We don't. We don't. He's not a horse.
00:53:44
Speaker
We don't care about how fast they go. All right. That's literally a thing. That's literally a thing. It caught by. that You know what also helped? It's that it's that commit block, baby. He could have ran for five miles an hour. yeah He would have been in there clean.
00:53:58
Speaker
Miller, go ahead. ah I honestly, I'm going to view this very similar to how I viewed the Washington game. i think this motherfucker...
00:54:10
Speaker
Damn, put him on. I'm going to put him on the knees. I think this guy just has like these chips on his shoulder. And I think when he wants to get it done, he's going to get it done. Just like the Washington game. You knew what happened last year. And he had that.
00:54:25
Speaker
we're gonna We're going to set the record straight. I think it's very similar to what happened in week one where we blew that game. And I think he's going to come in and he's going to fucking ball out.
00:54:35
Speaker
that Probably not ball out. He hasn't. balled out yet really but I think they're gonna put on a good show and I think I think we might it don't want to get too out of myself but I mean and let's be honest we're going against the worst quarterback in the league statistically there's multiple reports that say JJ McCarthy is ranked pretty much dead last in a lot of different passing categories.
00:55:01
Speaker
Now he's going to play, he's going to play a defense that is shit in the secondary. So it'll be interesting to see what he can get done. And if he plays well, I don't know.
00:55:11
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I mean, the guy can't even hit JJ McCarthy for something. JJ. Justin Jefferson. You can't even hit Justin Jefferson. I mean, to save his soul. And I don't know how you don't do that. But um two other things to keep in mind here. One is ah Addison is going to be back for this game. He did not play in week one. And historically, he has been a destroyer of the Bears. So take me over on his yards.
00:55:36
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Don't gamble responsibly. that's Gamble responsibly, remember. And then number two, they just lost, I believe, they're their defensive tackle in what's his name?
00:55:48
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Jeff. Jeff. Nope. ah do could know so Green, green, Renson. While you look that up, I want to have a question for you guys. ah There's a play where Justin Jefferson gives up an interception, gets thrown, and I think the funniest comment that I saw under there is like when you're doing a job and you your your manager is, you're in the finance department, but your manager is asking you to unload a truck and he's like, that ain't my job. but um mean
00:56:20
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I thought he was returning kick. Was that not him? No, it was an interception, I believe, and he just did not want to go and tackle someone. Anything about that interesting? No. I thought it was just funny from ah social media aspect.
00:56:36
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i'm I'm worried. Like, usually when a diva wide receiver, he's not a diva, but when a wide receiver gets mouthed off in the media, usually he gets force fed. our best DB is probably CJ DJ.
00:56:51
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So I feel like, I don't know. Tell me that he's going to be on them. CJ DJ is not even on him. He's nickel. I don't know that's our best. So like, I think they're going to eat like,
00:57:03
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If I look at the two, like, you know, if I compare Giants versus them, I feel like quarterbacks are comparable, maybe dark slightly better. But the wide receivers they have with Addison, um Hawkinson, and Jefferson, they are much better.
00:57:17
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i think secretly the key to all this is Aaron Jones. He fucking kills us every time. he was banged up again. Hopefully he doesn't play. That'll give us a shot to win.
00:57:28
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It's Jonathan Greenard. all right Thank you for looking. Is he out of the out for the year? Is he out? No, apparently he has a minor soldier shoulder injury. Okay.
00:57:40
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All right, so what can the Vikings do to win the game, boys?
Vikings vs Bears Strategy
00:57:43
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um I feel like this is a little bit tricky um because they they came to Soldier Field and kind of took a win out of our hands.
00:57:52
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So i I think if they were... Copy-based. Yep, I hate to say ah hate to say it as like an easy copying someone's answer kind of thing, but...
00:58:06
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especially with our defense being what it is, they could probably replicate it and make it worse. So I think just look at the film and try your best to replicate. ah Even the run game, the run game was kind of, if I remember from that far back, was kind of consistent until the third I think we saw more passing. You and consistency. No one knows your definition of consistency.
00:58:28
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Listen, consistency is what you want it to be. Okay. Consistency is how he feels about running backs. that There you go Miller, your thoughts?
00:58:40
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um I think like we've talked about, I think JJ's got to throw out the ball. And if he can throw the ball, I think we are going to be in trouble. If he can throw the ball, we'll be in trouble. one are the vol What a statement.
00:58:55
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PFF needs to hire you for this analysis that you just gave us. Some of his stats show that he can't throw the ball. and i'm I'm having a flashback. This is like Michigan all over again. If he can throw the ball, maybe they'll win.
00:59:08
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Boop, in your thoughts on what the Vikings need to do to win the game? I think they need to do ball control, like, you know. take advantage of our injury, Ravage D, um you know, the offense, keep them on the sidelines. If they can do that, I think that, again, I think their defense, our offense a decent matchup with the O-line.
00:59:25
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I think, like, the way we are way behind is our defense. I feel like if they need to take advantage of that, if they do, they'll win. All right. With that, we're going to get into our predictions. We've actually been pretty hot on our predictions this year.
00:59:40
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ah Miller and I are tied at six and three but Boopin is leading seven and two When we did our earlier schedule predictions, we saw this in the week, and the weekend we all equally agreed that this would be an L. Has that changed? We'll find out. Boopin, start us off. What is your prediction for this game?
01:00:00
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I hope I'm wrong. I hope you guys say Bears win and we're all tied after this. But I say Vikings win 24-17. Interesting scoreline.
01:00:10
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So the Bears do not cover in your prediction. Miller, before you give an answer, I just want you to know, I think you and I are going to say the same thing. Bears are going to win 27-20. Say that one more time.
01:00:26
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Bears are going to win 27-20.
01:00:33
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Brother, give me a pair of knee pads. I'm going with you. I got Bears 24-21. I like Amazon that bitch.
01:00:43
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I don't know. I feel like indoors 27-21.
01:00:47
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Huh? No, you said 27. No, 24. 24. I don't know. we We seem to travel well in Minnesota. It's an indoor game, so we don't have to worry about the weather conditions causing drops.
01:01:02
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So I... This is basically a sealer for Boopin, almost. I think so. If he's right we're wrong, he's going to win that job. I think so. i again I'm rooting for you guys. i like this Listen, not to toot my own horn, but you guys gave me so much shit about how I predicted the bear schedule.
01:01:19
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I'm so far in line with You're not. What is in line? What is in line? We started... nine You had them like 1-8 later.
01:01:32
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Or at the beginning, kind of, yeah. At the beginning. What are we right now? What are we right now? We're That's right. mean You had them like literally at like 2-9, and then win like 5 in the last Let me rephrase.
01:01:47
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I am in line still with my prediction of the Bears going 8-9. How about that? that better? That's fair. This is your prediction. This is a lie. You are over here. Alright, let's get into our fantasy
Fantasy Football Challenges and Advice
01:02:00
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recap. We really should come up with a name for this section, like the Trio Fantasy, but I feel like that's kind of dirty and i don't know if I like it.
01:02:07
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I feel like whenever I say Trio Fantasy, one of us is delivering a pizza of some kind. um But before we get into injuries and what you should do with the waivers, Boopin.
01:02:19
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Let's talk about it. What the hell happened to my team? Bi-weeks hit you pretty hard, buddy. I'm sorry. like i couldn't prepare your team better for it, and it showed. The results were pretty bad.
01:02:31
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I'm sorry. Results were ah pretty bad. You're you're kind of giving... fucking awful. It was 140-71. That's pretty fucking awful. it was one forty to seventy one that's pretty fucking awful It is.
01:02:47
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um I'm going to pull up your starting roster and show you what I'm talking about. While you do that, boys, how is your fantasy going so far? where you We are in week 10. I believe we're three weeks away from playoffs.
01:02:59
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more More than that, I think. Are we tied, Miller? think so. Wow. Miller's coming out nowhere. am 11-0 in my last three weeks in my money leagues.
01:03:14
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Wow. Well, no, I should say 9-0 in my money league. I'm and my one loss is in my non-money league over the last three weeks. That's pretty awesome.
01:03:26
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All right. Good. Boys, get us started. Let's talk about injuries. What you got? um we We talked about some already. um Mr. Jackson Dart is out.
01:03:38
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um You know, concussion likely. So Mr. Russell Wilson will start ah start your Giants at your own peril. They're playing greenback. J.K. Dobbins running back for the...
01:03:51
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um Denver Broncos um is getting a second opinion on his foot. There's even talk about i r He's at least going to miss a couple weeks. If you have been stashing Harvey, like some smart people. It's actually going to work out for you.
01:04:05
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It's going to work out for you. ah Garrett Wilson, like, you know, yeah I think, God, Jets throwing game is awful. So he probably took a couple weeks off. i don't know if he's really injured.
01:04:16
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but he's supposed to be out three to four weeks as well. um Those are the big ones, the longer term ones. Some short ones that you may not matter this week, but keep an eye on it. Devante Adams hurt his up oblique. Mr. Moore, DJ Moore, zero catches this week.
01:04:31
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and Oh yeah, that's one of your wide receivers. I think Chris. ah Zero points, he's hurt his shoulder. um Keep an eye out for that. um Romeo Dobbs killed me.
01:04:41
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ah He has his chest injury. Music Bye.
01:04:57
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Sorry, I didn't mean that. oh No. oh No. I am bleeping that as soon as this goes. We are not doing that. Jesus fucking Christ. hate for Romeo Dobbs.
01:05:12
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Mr. Kincaid, who's a tight end for the Bills, has had a hamstring injury. That actually looks like he might miss a couple weeks. um Mr. Gatson, who's also a tight end on the Chargers. um Had a really bad like injury.
01:05:26
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like it looked on but But it looks like just a bruise on his quad. So hopefully he'll be back soon. ah' Talking about pickups, moving on from the injuries. Mr. Joe Burrow.
01:05:38
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um I hope he's still in your IR, Chris. um He's supposed to be returning from IR week 13. um He might be a decent stash. That's what he says.
01:05:49
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Yeah. ah If they are still in the running. But that division, I think if Baltimore Ravens win this week, they may be number one, I think. What is their record right now? Aren't they like three and seven? Seven? Three and six?
01:06:04
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But I think five and four is leading the division. Steelers are doing leading the division. So I think it's still gettable. ah Boopin, I have a question for you, bud. Did I drop him?
01:06:16
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Where is Joe Burrow in my lineup? He was in the IR. I might have dropped him. We'll talk about it offline. oh um There no news about him coming back. I'm sorry. This just happened. oh But, hey, Kiel's balling out for you. You're welcome.
01:06:32
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Aaron Rodgers and Joe Flacco are other people you can play. They're playing each other ah last time they played. Ben Gable. I see how old, too, baby. Ben Gable this time. We're worth looking at.
01:06:44
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the The Steelers defense has picked up a little bit, so just be careful there. But... He just got destroyed by the Chargers. I don't know about destroyed. 22 points, including our last... Seven points.
01:06:56
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No, they gave up 22 points. thought it was twenty seven ten and tweet Listen, Boobin, I know we're talking fantasy, but from game-watching experience, the Steelers did not look great.
01:07:08
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No, 25-10. Yeah, like it was like a last minute run, I remember. It was like most of the game was 15 to 3 or whatever it was. and The score kind of blew up at the end. But um before that, they beat out who they beat out they beat on a really good team. So i think I think it's on the bounce back at least.
01:07:25
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It's not the same team. If you need wide receivers this week, look at Troy Franklin, who's had like 37 targets in the last four games. um Mr. so Courtland Sutton hasn't done shit for Denver.
01:07:36
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um Parker Washington for the Jaguars. um Again, the rest of the names are not the primary in their offense. Like Parker Washington probably has competition for targets soon.
01:07:47
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Ted Johnson with the Buccaneers. Again, Evans might come back. um You know, Imika Ubuka is the number one there. Pierce, there's Josh Towns is fitting in this competition there. But all those people can give you decent starts if you need help at wide receiver.
01:08:03
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At running back, again, similar. This this is probably the worst way of our week out there. There's no clear-cut names. In running back, look at Demarcado with Arizona. Algier from Atlanta, you can pick it up.
01:08:15
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Bree John hasn't done much recently. Chris Rodriguez from Washington. Again, there's people in those rooms. They're not the primary, but they may have some standalone value. And obviously, if there's an injury, their value shoots up.
01:08:28
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um Tight end, Kay Don, like had like 12 targets this game. Look at him. Theo Johnson, probably better with Dart. But can probably keep an eye out. Tight end landscape is, you know, hit or miss.
01:08:40
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And Mr. Loveland from our homegrown talent is also a good tight end if you need help there. um Patriots are a good defense if you need help defensively. Ravens against Cleveland.
01:08:52
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um You know, Patriots, people are dot dropped them if they were playing Buccaneers this week. um Ravens is playing Cleveland. I picked up Ravens in a couple other leagues. They have a couple of good matchups next couple of weeks.
01:09:03
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ah Green Bay, since they playing Eagles, might have been dropped. They're playing the Giants this week. So Russell Wilson likely starting there. So all of those are decent starters on defense if you need help there.
Podcast Recap and Sign Off
01:09:16
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I will say I do i do love a full-blown recap like that, but i I'm not going to lie. I do miss Miller being the one that runs it when he knows he's on a time crunch because he would have blazed through this thing.
01:09:30
Speaker
and can they you no No one cares about defense. No one cares about tight ends. Moving on. Let's go. I will say the tight end market in fantasy, just it seems to be hit or miss more than like quarterbacks in my opinion. So I feel like that is – That was another issue on your team.
01:09:46
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ah Your tight end got you two points after getting you 50 points a week prior. 50 points, yeah. yeah so All right, boys. There she goes. That's going to do it. Before we close out, there's a couple things we want to mention. We apologize for all the extra notifications that you guys got of previous episodes.
01:10:02
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um If you watch them again, thank you. It helped the analytics out, but there was a glitch in the system that caused a lot of those episodes to get re-updated. We apologize. We hope to fix that in the future. We also want to announce that we are back on Riverside.
01:10:16
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So we are going to be doing a little bit more on the social spots. So keep an eye out for that. And with that, thank you so much for listening. I am Christian, followed by Boopin and Miller. We are the trio of Positivity Podcasts.
01:10:32
Speaker
Where's our jingle? Bye. Bye. Peace.
01:10:55
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but it