TJ in LA

Caleb Williams receiving backhanded criticism about his “personality” (by way of praising Drake Maye’s) is the latest asshattery contrived to put the focus anywhere but his transcendent play. Some folks seem terrified of him becoming the face of the #NFL. #Bears bleacherreport.com/articles/255...

Unpopular opinion: I didn’t love the #Bears’ trade for Khalil Mack in 2018 (great player, poor return) and I’m just as dubious about the idea now. Although the stakes are lower, the impact is likely to be minimal; while Chicago has quietly unearthed problems bigger than its front four pass rush.

Instead of tumbling hands, the #NFL should make this the official signal for a false start.

Thanks to the #Lions taking care of business vs. the #Packers, #Bears remain in sole possession of 2nd place in the NFC North, despite an inconvenient 0-2 record in the division. Worth noting, I suppose, that both losses came during games that Caleb Williams did not play in or did not finish.

Didn’t like the decision by Dan Campbell to go for it on 4th there instead of taking the points. I get the desire to make it a 2 score game, but with an entire quarter left to play, that strategy becomes less defensible. You could have notched that deficit on the next possession w/a FG. #Lions

I’m over the “Green Bay Sucks” chant. Getting acknowledged on #TNF was funny but it’s been off and on for 15 minutes. Now, Caleb’s trying to give an interview, getting his flowers on national prime time, and fans r shouting over him. At least we started chanting MVP…let’s put that one at lead off.

Ben Johnson right now. 👟🏈 #Bears #Patriots #TNF

Soldier Field has to have the most resonant uprights in the NFL.

I get that Maye has above average mobility, but the number of times in this game where a #Bears rusher has gotten close enough to sniff his jock and yet still not finish is almost enough to make me jump on the Khalil Mack trade bandwagon. #TNF

#Bears D needs a stop on this drive or Pats are going to keep hanging around.

Chicago can absolutely not afford to lose Malik Muhammad. #Bears

Unacceptable play by Odunze. Another drop in the end zone of what should be a gimme catch. IDC so much about the push off, as that can go either way; but he’s gotta catch that. I love Rome and really don’t want to see his career in Chicago cut short, but this is becoming a problem. #Bears #TNF

I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many loose balls as I have in this game. But Kyler Gordon…what a comeback. #CHIvsATL

Man if #Bears would have recovered that fumble, ooooh boy. Quietly aggressive move by BJ to save the 10 second runoff to preserve time and go for one more score before the half. I think the almost fumble recovery got to him.

Really shocked BJ isn’t going for it here. Completely defensible, but…holy shit that was an INCREDIBLE special teams play by Josh Blackwell. #Bears #CHIvsATL

The f***ing holding calls today are negating some amazing efforts by our skill players, most recently an absolute beast mode run by Odunze. Shame, though Ozzy gets a pass since dude just did a beast mode recovery and bro hasn’t played football since Jan. But gotta clean that up across board. #Bears

🚨 Kyler Gordon Sighting 🚨 👀 #Bears #CHIvsATL

Caleb Williams being activated ahead of the Atlanta game has to be news Bears to fans’ ears. It’s been a tough few weeks in Chicago. 🐻⬇️

Lengthy moratorium ahead tonight at Halas Hall. What have fans learned from the belt-to-ass beatdown the #Packers dished out? Caleb Williams is unquestionably the #Bears best & most important player. Feel good stories about backups & coaching black magic will take them only so far without No 18.

Personally, I’ve seen enough of Bagent today. His mobility has not been an asset and the decision making doesn’t seem to be there. If I’m Ben Johnson, I’ve got little reason to think I’m going to engineer a comeback without something changing. #Bears

Very little is going right for Chicago today. From injuries, to poor QB play, to special teams errors, and Jaylon Johnson getting burned on double deep shots, all vs a GB team with problems of their own. Bottom line: #Packers’ game plan has been working. Bears’ has not. #GBvsCHI #NFL

Case Keenum warming up with 10 left minutes to go in the second, sans injury, is the worst case scenario for the #Bears’ start to this game. Kudos to Ben Johnson b/c, up to this pt, the game has looked too big for Bagent and BJ was in the process of being out-coached in GB. #GBvsCHI

Chanced upon an old #SNL episode, c. 2008, featuring a surprise introduction by Barack Obama. He came out to raucous applause, then graciously departed, presumably to talk about hope and change and not all of humanity perishing in an AI apocalypse. Those halcyon days…

Wonder if the #Bears will recognize Ditka in any way. They did patches for Payton and Butkus but idk if the McCaskeys held 89 in quite the same esteem. Not sure “da coach” had any love lost for MM, either.

Wasn’t exactly an offensive explosion, but the #Bears are getting a nice sendoff from the Soldier Field crowd for taking care of business. It feels like Chicago could glide though a significant injury to their QB1 still looking like a contender & the coaching staff really deserves some 💐 for that.

Brees: “You’ve started three QBs and the result has been the same.” Drew, I’m fairly sure that Ben Johnson has been DVRing this game, just waiting for someone to say this. #Bears

All the defensive stops in the world aren’t going to do it if the #Bears can’t take care of the football. We’ve had an INT from Tyson, a near fumble by Rome, another near INT, now a fumble by Swifty and I might even be forgetting something. Are we using leftover wet balls from the Vikings game?

Rome could use a big game. Aside from the near-fumble, he’s been showing up on cue. Hope he stays involved as he seems to have good chemistry with Bagent. #Bears need to tighten a few things up on offense in the 2nd half — and Tyson needs to take care of the ball. #NFL

Here’s the thing about Bagent: the ball comes out quickly, he’s nimble, accurate and the memory and processing are top notch. You can see what Ben Johnson likes. But he’s also aggressive and will throw it to you, which is why he came in with a 3:6 TD/INT ratio. #Bears #BearsvsJets #NFL

I don’t know if Ben Johnson actually believes in hot hands. But he must know that a lot of sports ppl do and that they make up an audible chunk of his audience. So he quiets them in agreement while calling up his preferred QB, who will now face min resistance. We do know Johnson is savvy. #Bears

Caleb Williams was hyped for Case

So Keenum is the NFC offensive player of the week, right? #NFL #MNF #Bears #Eagles

We’ll all remember when we watched The Case Keenum Game. #MNF

Case Keenum is having a NIGHT. 😅 #MNF

Lolololololol. Hurts with the INT after melting down over Dalton’s pick. 😂 #MNF

ST: TNG, the Monday Night Football version: Keenum and Jalen on Monday. Chicago, when the Eagles fell. Davonta, his arms wide. #Darmok #StarTrek #NFL #MNF

This is Ben Johnson’s first game as a play caller without a no. 1 overall pick at QB. That stat is crazy.

“Case Keenum makes them pay!” was probably not on a lot of #MNF bingo cards.

Canadian Eagle sighting. 🇨🇦 🦅

Really great play by the #Bears D with back-to-back three-and-outs.

Ok, I haven’t watched ESPN in awhile but Chris Berman is still alive? #MNF