One huge disadvantage for GB on the schedule is our three home division games are all gold package games. Gold are the Milwaukee season ticket holders and they are notorious for selling their tickets
One huge disadvantage for GB on the schedule is our three home division games are all gold package games. Gold are the Milwaukee season ticket holders and they are notorious for selling their tickets
One thing in the Bears favor is that they don't play a division game until week-11, on November 17th. With a rookie QB and a number of new players on the roster, that may be a help. I expect ups-and-downs, good games and bad games the first half of the season, but hopefully the team is settled-in a bit for the last half of this rookie Caleb season.
One huge disadvantage for GB on the schedule is our three home division games are all gold package games. Gold are the Milwaukee season ticket holders and they are notorious for selling their tickets
One huge disadvantage for GB on the schedule is our three home division games are all gold package games. Gold are the Milwaukee season ticket holders and they are notorious for selling their tickets
One thing in the Bears favor is that they don't play a division game until week-11, on November 17th. With a rookie QB and a number of new players on the roster, that may be a help. I expect ups-and-downs, good games and bad games the first half of the season, but hopefully the team is settled-in a bit for the last half of this rookie Caleb season.
This schedule is set up for the Bears to win the division. At the very least, Bears should have best record in the division for the first 9-10 games.
One thing in the Bears favor is that they don't play a division game until week-11, on November 17th. With a rookie QB and a number of new players on the roster, that may be a help. I expect ups-and-downs, good games and bad games the first half of the season, but hopefully the team is settled-in a bit for the last half of this rookie Caleb season.
This schedule is set up for the Bears to win the division. At the very least, Bears should have best record in the division for the first 9-10 games.
The schedule is nicely set up, but the team may have uneven play at first. I will be pleasantly surprised if we don't see some rough games this year from the rookies. We often gauge (or grade) the teams every 4 games. I have no clue, but my gut feeling is that this is a year where we will know a lot more after the first quarter of the season is in the books, than now. I could see a best-case scenario where Caleb is like C.J. Stroud. Or he could be like Peyton Manning, Aikman, Young, Favre... a lengthy list of great - even Hall of Fame QBs who struggled (putting it mildly) their rookie season. No matter how much talent a rookie has, they are still rookies - and that is often wild ride. I think fans often struggle to understand that human beings are not machines where you flip a switch and greatness happens. I hope (really hope) that if Caleb has up-and-down performances his rookie year that they don't go full-blown meatball. They'll point to the talent around him and say he shouldn't go through the usual rookie struggles. But it may very well take a bit of time for Caleb to settle in at the NFL level. We should know a lot more after those first 4 games are in the books. I notice the over/under for the Bears by the gambling odds people, still, as of today, have the Bears at an 8.5 win O/U. Packers are 9.5 and Lions are 10.5. The Vikings are at 6.5.
This schedule is set up for the Bears to win the division. At the very least, Bears should have best record in the division for the first 9-10 games.
The schedule is nicely set up, but the team may have uneven play at first. I will be pleasantly surprised if we don't see some rough games this year from the rookies. We often gauge (or grade) the teams every 4 games. I have no clue, but my gut feeling is that this is a year where we will know a lot more after the first quarter of the season is in the books, than now. I could see a best-case scenario where Caleb is like C.J. Stroud. Or he could be like Peyton Manning, Aikman, Young, Favre... a lengthy list of great - even Hall of Fame QBs who struggled (putting it mildly) their rookie season. No matter how much talent a rookie has, they are still rookies - and that is often wild ride. I think fans often struggle to understand that human beings are not machines where you flip a switch and greatness happens. I hope (really hope) that if Caleb has up-and-down performances his rookie year that they don't go full-blown meatball. They'll point to the talent around him and say he shouldn't go through the usual rookie struggles. But it may very well take a bit of time for Caleb to settle in at the NFL level. We should know a lot more after those first 4 games are in the books. I notice the over/under for the Bears by the gambling odds people, still, as of today, have the Bears at an 8.5 win O/U. Packers are 9.5 and Lions are 10.5. The Vikings are at 6.5.
Okay, but we want the easier part of the schedule early, while the rookies are adapting but still winning and gaining confidence before playing Lions and Packers for all the marbles.
Seahawks are game #17 on Dec. 26. That could be for a playoff spot.
The schedule is nicely set up, but the team may have uneven play at first. I will be pleasantly surprised if we don't see some rough games this year from the rookies. We often gauge (or grade) the teams every 4 games. I have no clue, but my gut feeling is that this is a year where we will know a lot more after the first quarter of the season is in the books, than now. I could see a best-case scenario where Caleb is like C.J. Stroud. Or he could be like Peyton Manning, Aikman, Young, Favre... a lengthy list of great - even Hall of Fame QBs who struggled (putting it mildly) their rookie season. No matter how much talent a rookie has, they are still rookies - and that is often wild ride. I think fans often struggle to understand that human beings are not machines where you flip a switch and greatness happens. I hope (really hope) that if Caleb has up-and-down performances his rookie year that they don't go full-blown meatball. They'll point to the talent around him and say he shouldn't go through the usual rookie struggles. But it may very well take a bit of time for Caleb to settle in at the NFL level. We should know a lot more after those first 4 games are in the books. I notice the over/under for the Bears by the gambling odds people, still, as of today, have the Bears at an 8.5 win O/U. Packers are 9.5 and Lions are 10.5. The Vikings are at 6.5.
Okay, but we want the easier part of the schedule early, while the rookies are adapting but still winning and gaining confidence before playing Lions and Packers for all the marbles.
Seahawks are game #17 on Dec. 26. That could be for a playoff spot.
+1 And hey, maybe the Bears do have a Stroud-like season. I just don't want to get my hopes up too high too soon.
Okay, but we want the easier part of the schedule early, while the rookies are adapting but still winning and gaining confidence before playing Lions and Packers for all the marbles.
Seahawks are game #17 on Dec. 26. That could be for a playoff spot.
+1 And hey, maybe the Bears do have a Stroud-like season. I just don't want to get my hopes up too high too soon.
+1 I am trying to keep the koolaid on the shelf, but I am very tempted to go to our local Indian casino sports bar and bet $100 on over 8.5. Should I do it?
+1 And hey, maybe the Bears do have a Stroud-like season. I just don't want to get my hopes up too high too soon.
+1 I am trying to keep the koolaid on the shelf, but I am very tempted to go to our local Indian casino sports bar and bet $100 on over 8.5. Should I do it?
Lol, I don’t gamble but I sure would think the Bears hit the over. But yesterday I listened to a few of the national sports coverage people predicting 6 and 7 wins for the Bears.
EDIT: I came across this in the Brad Biggs' Tribune article this morning from an ESPN analyst, Joe Fortenbaugh, who predicts 9 wins. Here is his thinking about that:
LINK "Everyone will look at Caleb Williams, that they won seven games last year and they closed strong. The defense was really good at the end of the season. Everyone has those statistics. Everyone sees the same thing. “One thing no one dives into is the schedule. They’ve got a bunch of great games on there. The Patriots, the Titans, the rest of the AFC South, which I know a few will be good. Seattle is on there, Washington, Carolina. So you’ve got a bunch of teams that look like they will struggle and four or five toss-up games, and that’s before we even talk about the division. They should be able to grab one from Minnesota. They should be able to grab one — minimum — from the Packers and Lions. I’m looking at that and I’m saying, ‘I just need them to get to nine.’ I see them as a nine-win team."
+1 I am trying to keep the koolaid on the shelf, but I am very tempted to go to our local Indian casino sports bar and bet $100 on over 8.5. Should I do it?
Lol, I don’t gamble but I sure would think the Bears hit the over. But yesterday I listened to a few of the national sports coverage people predicting 6 and 7 wins for the Bears.
