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Did someone say déjà vu? After a thrilling 25–24 victory in Las Vegas over the Raiders, capped off by a walk-off field goal block. The Chicago Bears hit the road once again, this time to face the Washington Commanders in Landover. In a rainy, sloppy, back-and-forth affair, the Bears exorcised their 2024 Hail Mary demons (we’ll ignore how weird that sounds) with a walk-off 38-yard field goal to secure another 25–24 road win. Caleb Williams, for lack of a better term, was up an

Full disclosure: I thought this game would look a lot more like the Cowboys matchup, soft defense against a young offense ready to flex. But I didn’t account for three things: 1) the natural ebb and flow of the NFL season and its “any given week” chaos, 2) Maxx Crosby’s sheer ability to erase an offense from existence, and, 3) Growth is very often nonlinear. For about three quarters, Crosby was operating on a completely different level. He turned the field into his personal p

I’ll start by saying this: writing these reviews is a LOT easier after a win. Last week, I had to bang out the Week 2 recap with America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys  playing in the background, perhaps as a weird little psyche-up session before Week 3. Being a Dallas native, I also happened to swing by AT&T Stadium the Saturday before kickoff for the DFW Card Show. I got a chance to walk on the same field the Cowboys play on.   (Don’t worry, I didn’t sneak out there; t

Well, the Chicago Bears got absolutely punched in the mouth by the Detroit Lions on Sunday. A Lions offense that didn’t score a single...

Ahhh, Week 1 of the NFL season. Hope springs eternal… right up until the 4th quarter hits and we’re reminded, painfully, that we are...