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Crazy to think that we could easily be right in the mix this year. Even going beyond the Broncos and Lions games, we could have easily (and probably should have) beat the Vikings the first time and the Saints. If fields didn’t get hurt, we could be in a very different spot right now. We could be going into the bye week 8-4 and be fighting for a playoff spot.

This doesn’t mean much because it’s all just a big “what if” but it definitely gets me excited for the future. Don’t get me wrong, we still suck and it’s been ugly, but I’ve seen a lot of improvement throughout the year and to see some light in the middle of the time we are still rebuilding is kinda nice. We may be closer to fielding a competitive team than I once thought

Of course everyone wants to talk about Fields and the offense, but I think we owe the defense a lot of credit.

They have made exponential improvement since the beginning of the season. I remember watching the first few games this year and thinking to myself that I had never seen a Bears defense as terrible in my life. They really turned it around though. The pass rush is a night and day difference (the addition of sweat helps a lot) and they’ve made tremendous improvement on 3rd and 4th downs which they really struggled with earlier in the season.

They shined this game in particular, but they have honestly been playing very well the last few weeks. There’s still some things that need to be worked out, namely our pass coverage in the secondary, but they are really coming together as a unit. Most importantly, they do the #1 thing a defense needs to do: they put us in positions to win games. Very excited about the future of this unit, still wish we could have extended JJ though.

This was the one game I was more ok with the screens than usual because the Vikings were blitzing on damn near every play and that’s how you beat the blitz.

Miserable.

The difference is the Eagles win games. It’s easy to overlook mediocre numbers when you’re still getting results.

I think people are over critical of Fields, this sub especially, but it’s a lot easier to put a QB under a microscope when their team sucks. Fans are frustrated and looking for answers and it’s easy to blame the guy running the show

This argument may be valid for Drake Maye, but Caleb Williams has been on the radar for years. It was a huge deal when he decided to transfer to USC because everyone was trying to get him. He’s been made a way bigger deal than even TLaw.

I agree that every draft will end up having stud QBs, but in terms of rating the prospects before anyone actually knows how good they will be, you’re almost never gonna see a guy as highly talked about as Caleb Williams.

Up until this season, which he has suffered some tough losses, demonstrated some obvious flaws, and has had concerns with his character brought up, he was the most hyped prospect I have ever heard of (again, not that this translates into the NFL, I’m just saying you are probably not going to see a qb met with his level of glazing by scouts for awhile)

I personally don’t like Caleb as a future nfl qb, but a lot of people who know a lot more about football than I do seem to think he’s that guy

How tf y’all blaming fields? Bro did well

While it’s certainly true that concerns about Caleb Williams and even Drake Maye have presented themselves this season, they are both still probably the highest rated qb prospects we will see in the next few drafts

It’s a revenge game… we are fucked my boy

This isn’t really saying much.. both are mediocre

Russ gets a lot of hate but people forget he was very good in Seattle. Multiple seasons over 4000 yards and 30+ TDs and an average qbr over 100 during his career there. At the time it seemed like a smart move for a team that looked complete minus a QB. It’s easy to look at a move that didn’t exactly pan out a few years down the line and criticize it, but at the time I really wanted Russ and if I recall correctly so did everyone else in this sub.

That being said, boy did we dodge a bullet

They all got paid lmao