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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

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 offensive touchdown until the very last play of Week 1 came out firing, scoring early and often in a 52–21 gut punch during Ben Johnson’s return to Detroit. To make matters worse, it looks like we may have lost our best defensive player for the season, losing Jaylon Johnson to a groin injury. Now that we got the heavy stuff out of the way… wha

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 Bears fans. All jokes aside, while the offense came out swinging against the Minnesota Vikings in the Chicago Bears’ 24–27 Week 1 loss, the game quickly turned into a showcase of inconsistency and missed opportunities, by both the quarterback and the team as a whole. There is, however, a few slight silver linings. Despite a downright ugly showin

There's no denying it. His deep ball was very lacking, he took bad sacks (despite leading the league in throwaways) and held on to the...

After leading the nation in deep ball completion % at LSU in 2019, Joe Burrow finished last in the NFL in 2020 in deep ball completion %....