Damon Matt

Banter about all things sports. especially #Chicago sports.

[SleeperBears @SleeperBears]

Bears win TNF
Lions beat Packers
Caleb Williams is the best QB in the league

Successful Sunday

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

Not even close

[BearsEmpire @BearsEmpire_]

You watch Goff and Love… it’s clear Caleb’s in a whole different league than these guys…

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

After today, tomorrows media will be would you trade Caleb for JJ. Sorry Drake and Jayden, you’re old news.

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

👀

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Sources to ESPN: Raiders and Bears have an agreement in place to trade Khalil Mack to Chicago. Still working through it, but Raiders now planning to send Mack to Chicago.

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

Whoa. What say you @KirkHerbstreit ☘️?

[Jay Town @JayTownAlabama]

Interesting @NDFootball 2026 Schedule Update!!

As of the current @AP poll, ND has 4 teams on its schedule ranked in the Top 25:

Miami (1), BYU (8), SMU (19), and Wisconsin (25).

Just in the top 10, that is the same number of ranked teams as:

@GeorgiaFootball
@AlabamaFTBL

Just in the top 10, that is MORE than:

@CanesFootball (1)
@OhioStateFB (3)
@IUHoosiers (2)
@Utah_Football (3)
@UCLAFootball (1)
@BYUfootball (2)

Only @UKFootball has more than the Irish (5).

Perhaps the talking heads at @ESPN or on @CollegeGameDay can stop with their season-long narrative that ND doesn’t play anyone. Zero facts to support that contention, just 100% bias designed to relegate the Irish to a “2 game season”…when it clearly is not!

@ChildersRadio @GregMcElroy @NDFootballPR @bruce_straughan

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

Can we stop talking about the #NotreDame schedule and just focus on we have to win the tough games on our schedule? If we would have beat A&M or Miami last year or BYU this year, all this SoS stuff is just noise.

[Notre Dame Recruiting @NDrecruiting01]

For as much talk about Notre Dame having a “weak” schedule, there are 4 Irish opponents in this week’s AP top 25.

🤷‍♂️

[illwill @79illwill]

They play the Colts tomorrow and tweeting about Caleb Williams 😂

[Nate @scottsummers89]

We didn’t put him there. He put himself there with his play. Sorry not sorry.

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

@CALEBcsw 👀 - more receipts

[NFL Network @nflnetwork]

Who will come out on top in the NFC North? 🤔

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

Hubert is a system guy. When you have a player like Caleb, you adapt. Good for the #Bulls though. If Hubert used him properly, he’d have likely gone #1

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

Caleb Wilson had 30 points & 14 rebounds with many athletic plays in the open floor. Amazes me how rarely we saw this in college. Can’t help but wonder how much better North Carolina would have been if Hubert Davis put the ball in Wilson’s hands like Tiago Splitter is in Chicago.

[CathVSConf☘️ @CathVSConf]

Remember when BYU's DL Justin Kirkland joined (@CougConnect) and admitted he yelled "Hut" that caused CJ Carr to fumble the spike?

BYU lost to now 4-3 UCF.

This is what Karma was made for.
𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐞.

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

🤔

https://t.co/FA6orBDiwo

[Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report]

I’ve been watching football a long time. I have never seen anyone make the play LaNorris Sellers made here.

Ever. 🤯🤯

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

Oh damn, the next Caitlyn Clark!

[SSN Jay-O @Jay_3shifty]

Kate Harpring Might Be Best Freshman In The Country!! Gave Maryland Buckets In UNC First Exhibition!!

[Ryan @RyanHeckmanNFL]

Silly.

[Bryan Perez @BryanPerezNFL]

Unfortunately, we see OLD, bad Skip all the time on here.

[Kyle @KyleM_FF]

I wanted to see if there was any merit to the notion that Rome Odunze is not being targeted as often as he should be

1. Odunze's 0.129 ASS ranks in the 90th percentile and his 14.7% Route Win Rate ranks in the 71st percentile

- Yet, he has a TPRR of 0.17 (33rd percentile)

2. Odunze has an aDOT of 13.6 yards that ranks in the 71st percentile

- So, he is getting open at a high rate on a deeper route tree, but not getting targeted very often

3. Is Caleb Williams not targeting Odunze as much because of that deeper route tree?

- Caleb's Deep Pass Rate has gone down from 13.0% in 2024 to 11.4% in 2025 to just 6.5% in 2026

4. Caleb is close to the most underneath passer in the league right now

- Only 22.6% of his attempts travel 10+ air yards (6th percentile

- 6.5% of his attempts go 20+ yards (6th percentile)

- 52.3% of his attempts go 5 or fewer yards (88th percentile)

I think this is enough to suggest that Odunze's lack of production has far less to do with his level of play than it does with how the offense has changed in 2026

- It is far more focused on shorter passes to it's lower aDOT WRs who specialize in YAC (Luther Burden, Kalif Raymond, and Colston Loveland)

Metrics per @FantasyPtsData

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

Ok. The #Blackhawks #WhiteSox and #Cubs officially need a “Caleb”.

Here we go:

1. Cubs Prospect Kaleb Wing - https://t.co/XdOgnuWeeU

2. White Sox Prospect Caleb Bonemer - https://t.co/FzaKbmsp3S

3. Blackhawks - start recruiting one!

[Shabazz 💫 @ShowCaseShabazz]

Caleb Wilson tonight 🔥

30 PTS
14 REB
3 AST
2 STL
1 BLK
10/24 FG

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

Banger

[𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙆 @Feed_DK]

Cornerbacks after the QB overthrows their Receiver

[Caleb Matas Pete @CalebBears1]

"A Burden to defend" is underselling it.

Most catches of 20+ yards in the NFL this season:
1. Luther Burden III – 11
1. Rome Odunze – 11
3. Christian Watson / Jaxon Smith-Njigba – 10

The Bears have the top two deep-play receivers in football. They've also played one more game than most teams, so call it a co-lead with an asterisk. It's still two of them.

Defenses can bracket one. Good luck with both.

Data: nflverse

[Damon Matt @DamonMatt85]

Brain cancer worries

[Will McKelvey @Will_McKelvey]

80% of headphone-users on the L train to Brooklyn are corded rather than AirPods. Why is this? AirPods are a superior product, no?