Bears defense allowed 22.3ppg last season. We ranked #20 in the NFL PPG. LINK Packers D allowed 20.6 and the Lions 23.2.
Bears offense scored 21.2ppg that ranked #18 in the NFL PPG LINK Packers O scored 22.5 and the Lions 27.1.
The Super Bowl teams: KC Chiefs O: 21.8 (not much better than the Bears last year scoring O). KC Chiefs D: 17.3 (2nd in the entire NFL on D).
San Fran 49ers O: 28.9 (2nd in NFL). San Fran 49ers D: 17.5 (3rd in NFL).
Okay, in light of all that, what's your early gut-feeling as far as what we can realistically expect in 2024 from our team? I get it, that it's crazy early to predict anything. LOL, but I'll pick your brain on this, anyway
Look over those two LINKS to see where the top teams ended up on D and O ppg last year. I used the PPG metric because other than wins/losses, I figure it's all about points scored and allowed. What do you think about the 2024 Bears team regarding PPG.
Bears defense allowed 22.3ppg last season. We ranked #20 in the NFL PPG. LINK Packers D allowed 20.6 and the Lions 23.2.
Bears offense scored 21.2ppg that ranked #18 in the NFL PPG LINK Packers O scored 22.5 and the Lions 27.1.
The Super Bowl teams: KC Chiefs O: 21.8 (not much better than the Bears last year scoring O). KC Chiefs D: 17.3 (2nd in the entire NFL on D).
San Fran 49ers O: 28.9 (2nd in NFL). San Fran 49ers D: 17.5 (3rd in NFL).
Okay, in light of all that, what's your early gut-feeling as far as what we can realistically expect in 2024 from our team? I get it, that it's crazy early to predict anything. LOL, but I'll pick your brain on this, anyway
Look over those two LINKS to see where the top teams ended up on D and O ppg last year. I used the PPG metric because other than wins/losses, I figure it's all about points scored and allowed. What do you think about the 2024 Bears team regarding PPG.
I think the OL is going to be problematic. This is going to stunt the growth of Williams but it will also keep him from being as effective as he could be. See Fields on advice for that. But he can process faster and might be able to toss the ball before getting opposing teams helmet logos all over his body. On the other had, he is not quite as athletic as Fields so maybe he gets tagged more. It's a toss-up.
I think the end result is that with his talent, we win the easy to medium games (but not so much at the beginning of the season), we lost to most of the tough teams, Williams does not progress as much as he could and he also gets hit more than anyone would like.
Just guessing. but seems like the probable outcome.
Our D does seem like it can be pretty good though, so that could take us a ways. If we can keep Williams upright and his helmet pointed in the right direction