Top 7 Chicago Cubs units of all time
- Randall Simon
- Glenallen Hill
- Carlos Zambrano
- Kyle Farnsworth (post-playing career)
- Matt Stairs
- Miguel Montero’s ass
- Kerry Wood (unit energy)
Honorable mention - Boog Schiambi
Halftime adjustments:
- the o-line needs to stop with the penalties. Held up okay against the blitz but no more penalties.
- defense looks great no changes there.
- receivers need to get some separation for Caleb.
We have this game just NO MORE PENALTIES!
Carson Wentz is 4–0 against the Bears in his career.
5 TDs. 0 INTs.
All of that was in Philadelphia and Washington.
As a Viking: 0–0.
Sunday is the first one in purple.
Bears are going to change that record to 4-1.
How many sacks Bears fans?
Flores’ defense is a timing defense.
Rain is a tackling game.
Minnesota’s front is still the best unit they have.
Chicago just rushed for 291 in Carolina.
If this is a 30-carry day, the blitz is noise.
If Wentz has to drop back 40 times on a wet field, Flores is still the problem.
Protect the football.
Make them tackle.
See which version of this defense shows up when the grass is slick.
Bears by 20. 🐻⬇️
The Vikings have won 6 straight at Soldier Field.
None of those games have been in the rain.
Only the Bears know how to muck it up on a soiled Soldier Field.
Bears by 40.
🐻⬇️
I like Jaylon Johnson but this is not good. Need our cornerbacks to be irrationally confident not providing this type of honest honor, ha. Bears fans who is starting on JJ tomorrow? Jaylon? Tyrique? Or are we mixing in a lot of zone?
#Bears CB Jaylon Johnson on if he enjoys the #Vikings rivalry, specifically facing their WR core:
“Nah, I don’t enjoy going against the best guys in the league.”
(Via @mvsonwilliams)
Bears DBs vs Vikings pass catchers.
Jefferson is the problem. He is the best player on the field and he does not care who is lined up across from him.
Addison is next. Jennings is out, which helps. It does not fix 18.
Hockenson will live in the middle when Wentz does not want to push it. Oliver is the extra body.
Jaylon Johnson has to live on Jefferson as much as they will let him. That is not a shutdown assignment. That is damage control. If he is trailing by three yards, the game is already sideways.
Stevenson is the one who makes me nervous. Been bad so far this year. Carolina had moments. Clean early and Chicago can play man. Grabbing cloth in the first quarter and they bail to zone, which is when Jefferson sits in the hole and ends the drive.
Muhammad looked like a real nickel last week. That matters more with Jennings out. If he keeps finding the ball, this secondary suddenly has a third grown-up.
Safeties are Chicago’s better group. Thieneman made plays. Lewis is the veteran. Smith is still Smith on the other side. Do not get greedy over the top.
Minnesota has the better receivers. Chicago has enough to live if they tackle and do not let Jefferson beat them on 3rd-and-7.
Wentz is 4–0 against this franchise because somebody used to be open.
Jefferson will get his. If Addison and Hockenson get theirs too, the 59 points last week will not matter.
Put Johnson on 18.
Make everybody else tackle.
Do not let a tight end walk into the hash.
For the first time since Week 7 of the 2022 season, we do not have a single player with an out, doubtful or questionable designation on our injury report