How do they attack Green Bay's defense? Who do you expect to have a big game for the Bears on offense?

Yeah, I mean, the easy answer, particularly in the red zone, would be Colston Loveland.

But, you know, we're on game five here, and Loveland hasn't produced to the level that I think the Bears were hoping and that Colston himself was hoping to do.

I think they missed Caleb Williams' legs when they get down in the red zone.

His mobility really added a difference.

a sort of flare being without common.

I'm not going to hurt because he is maybe the tough yards runner that the Andre Swift is.

How about Dennis Allen's group and what they've done the last couple weeks on defense and if they can slow down Green Bay's offensive attack?

How much talk back there is we can't get the ball to Loveland, and what a surprise that has been.

That's most of it, especially if you have friends who play fantasy football.

That's right.

I hear from them every week.

Some of this, you know, I'm not ready to declare this a full-blown epidemic yet.

But, you know, in week one, Caleb Williams' two worst passes were in first balls that he threw toward Colton Loveland, one of which would have been a touchdown if it was accurate.

You know, if he catches a ball... then maybe we're not having this conversation quite as much.

to

How much talk back there is we can't get the ball to Loveland, and what a surprise that has been.

That's most of it, especially if you have friends who play fantasy football.

That's right.

I hear from them every week.

Some of this, you know, I'm not ready to declare this a full-blown epidemic yet.

But, you know, in week one, Caleb Williams' two worst passes were in first balls that he threw toward Colton Loveland, one of which would have been a touchdown if it was accurate.

You know, if he catches a ball... then maybe we're not having this conversation quite as much.

Who do you think is going to be the focal point of the Eagles offense tonight? Is it going to be Smith in the air? Will it be Barkley on the ground coming off that injury from a week ago?

How much talk back there is we can't get the ball to Loveland, and what a surprise that has been.

That's most of it, especially if you have friends who play fantasy football.

That's right.

I hear from them every week.

Some of this, you know, I'm not ready to declare this a full-blown epidemic yet, but, you know, in week one, Caleb Williams' two worst passes were in first balls that he threw toward Colton Loveland, one of which would have been a touchdown if it was accurate.

You know, if he catches a ball... then maybe we're not having this conversation quite as much.

Ben Johnson's offense is democratic, and I think that's something that people who don't follow the Bears need to understand.

Who do you think is going to be the focal point of the Eagles offense tonight? Is it going to be Smith in the air? Will it be Barkley on the ground coming off that injury from a week ago?

And eventually we're going to see that he has a lot to

learn.

What's exciting is that he's played well in a position where they really needed help.

Like, big time.

With two weeks left to go in training camp, you're sitting there going, do they even have a slot receiver or a slot corner? It was...

It was a big black hole, and the fact that he has shown some really, really fun skills on game day, I think is a testament to him.

The big question, I guess, right now, and we did ask Dennis Allen about it, and again, predictably, he didn't want to get into it, is if Tyreek can't go, do you really want to move him back to outside corner? When he's been so good as the slot corner, I think you probably have to because there's nobody else there that I would trust.

I don't think there's any changes being made right here, but there might be some film work, some discussion, and making it very clear that the veterans got to tighten some things up.

Wow, I mean, listen, it sets up nicely for them this year, doesn't it, Patrick?

It does, and wow, I thought that that would be a little bit more of a bold take than it was.

Yeah, it sets up nicely.

I think the Vikings might stink, and if so, everybody else in the North will benefit, but the Lions still have weapons that the Packers don't, and yeah, I think that they're going to be very, very good.

How many yards for Caleb Williams? 4,250? That's what I put down.

Yeah, I'll give you this.

I think it's in 16 games.

What is your bold prediction?

A bad day for the secondary or a sign of things to come for the Bears secondary?

No, it wasn't just from Cam Ward.

It was to one player, Grody.

I mean, it was remarkable.

Carnell Tate, the wide receiver from Ohio State, he was picked fourth overall.

That's what he did alone himself.

And it was, yeah, it was remarkable.

It really

A bad day for the secondary or a sign of things to come for the Bears secondary?

No, it wasn't just from Cam Ward.

It was to one player, Grody.

I mean, it was remarkable.

Carnell Tate, the wide receiver from Ohio State, he was picked fourth overall.

That's what he did alone himself.

And it was, yeah, it was remarkable.

It really

A bad day for the secondary or a sign of things to come for the Bears secondary?

No, it wasn't just from Cam Ward.

It was to one player, Grody.

I mean, it was remarkable.

Carnell Tate, the wide receiver from Ohio State, he was picked fourth overall.

That's what he did alone himself.

Oh, Jesus, yeah.

It really

So when you look back on year two, what were the major questions that Williams answered with his performance last season?

Only two quarterbacks in the history of football had ever been sacked more in a season than Caleb Williams was as a rookie.

Uh, they...

Caleb finding a way to keep himself safe and, uh, quite frankly, having an offensive coordinator who was skilled enough to find ways to help, uh, especially on pass down, uh, was really, really important to Caleb's maturation.

I...

You know, at this time last year, I think we were all worried that maybe he'd be seeing ghosts because of all the hits he had taken the previous season, and, and that was not the case.

Uh, the other thing that Caleb did to help make that jump is he was tremendous in the fourth quarter.

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And I think that that's, that that's different.

I think that that's appropriate.

You know, the other thing too is Ben Johnson's not new here anymore.

He doesn't need to, uh, shout, "Hey, this is what our culture is." By the way, he practices in August.

He's gonna practice intense all the time, but I think the- the meaning isn't what it was last year when you're trying to round, or when you're trying to, you know, build a team in your image.

They're kind of already there, and because of that, I think the stakes of having a physical practice aren't what they were last year.

What have you seen? Did you see anything today from that rotation of interior defensive linemen who I thought collectively had a pretty good outing on Saturday?

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And I think that that's, that's different.

I think that that's appropriate.

You know, the other thing too is Ben Johnson's not new here anymore.

He doesn't need to, uh, shout, "Hey, this is what our culture is." By the way, he practices in August.

He's gonna practice intense all the time, but I think the, the meaning isn't what it was last year when you're trying to round, or when you're trying to, you know, build a team in your image.

They're kind of already there, and because of that, I think the stakes of having a physical practice aren't what they were last year.

What have you seen? Did you see anything today from that rotation of interior defensive linemen who I thought collectively had a pretty good outing on Saturday?