BEARS POSTGAME: Caleb Williams takes a BEATING as Texans defeat Bears on Sunday Night Football

[@adrianf7732]

The failure to upgrade the o line and trying to do it on the cheap is going to be Ryan Poles biggest mistake.

[@georgemitchell1705]

new regime after next year if Poles does not fix this crap O-line ASAP. It was a problem under Fields but they wanted the new "Mahomes" so bad they did not want to acknowledge how bad the line was so that they could move on from Fields.

[@leemontree1]

Been that way for years watch M. Trubisky running for his life. In the fourth quarter they should have put in Bagent, Caleb didn't need to take that abuse,

[@MarkG9292]

This is so inaccurate though. They paid Nate Davis a lot, they used a 1st Rd pick and like 5 picks total the last few years on the offensive line, they traded for Bates, they signed a Superbowl Champion center. They've invested, there's just been a lot of misses.

[@FliiwoodV-HesREALLYLIKETHAT]

@@MarkG9292 The nice choir boys usually are great in college and ASS in the NFL

[@DevastatorKnight]

Justin Fields legs masked how bad the offensive line really was. Caleb is gonna have more issues then Fields, he's smaller and not as fast, same bad play calls and no offensive line. Fields wasn't the problem. Powers-Johnson was available for the bears at center to draft and they passed.

[@MgBlazer77]

Fields had 117 passing yards today vs the Broncos who are one of the worst teams in the league. He was 50% of the problem.

[@Downtownboys]

SEVERAL O LINE STUDS should have been grabbed!

[@georgemitchell1705]

@@MgBlazer77 Like Caleb, Fields is having to learn a new system and redevelop chemistry with his receivers. Both will get better with time. The line and coaching are easily 70% and maybe the rest is on the quarterbacks.

[@Spice_Titan]

Clint Frazier looks good too... should have packaged that 9... picked up a 2nd rd to address center

[@taijackson]

@@MgBlazer77 He actually should have had over 200 yards and two TD's, stuff kept getting called back.

[@kingnothing_music]

Ryan Poles never played in an NFL Game. Calling him an offensive-line guru is fucking hilarious

[@collin18806]

Right!!! I’m so tired of these poles glazers!

[@MadduxG]

Never listened to a pod in my life but I was so disappointed in our o line and play last night that I tuned into this while at work. Very pleased with yall hitting every critical point in the game. Dub next week. Bear down!

[@BraggsInTheStands]

Stick around with us for the good times! Hopefully they come soon. Thanks for tuning in!

[@amyswenson1706]

But Justin made the offensive line look worse than it was right?

[@holdwhatdoor7629]

Haha, yep... Fields made the OLine look like they were middle of the pack, when in reality they are bottom 5 of the league

[@jeromemccowan1962]

This is what Justin fields had to deal with. Y'all keep acting like this line issue is new or something. But y'all blamed fields. Smh

[@Makavelifourlife]

STOP WITH THAT BS Fields was not good is not good so just Stop and if ya believe that he is... YOUR A FOOL

[@Ireggilar]

​@Makavelifourlife Damn buddy you're crashing out😂

[@Ghost.0311]

@@MakavelifourlifeThe folks in Pittsburgh saying different 👀 Go look at the tape! Y’all sorry ass organization thought it would be better to surround the finger painting, all world Superman with talent instead of helping the 1 of 3 most yards rushed quarterbacks who his whole career except Chicago has been one of the best QB’s in the Nation and college! Ask DJ Moore if he rather have Fields! Y’all can’t run it cause Justin ain’t there. Mamas boy ain’t no threat at nothing but painting his nails neon green 😆😆

[@MuddyCoyote.]

Until proven otherwise Tory Taylor is your best weapon. Your punter is the mvp of your offense

[@wisefool3619]

Right! Two games bro... Your hate is a lil too extreme 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Give it some games then talk that sht! It's too early...

[@KevKEsco]

And Caleb told him what again? Lol the colts game will get the offense rolling

[@wisefool3619]

@@MuddyCoyote. Sounds like a Packers fan to me.... Lol

[@RickyAceRozay]

We went from a tough running team with Getty and justin to this finesse Shane and Caleb team yeah, of course the offensive line is gonna look worse. They actually have to block now.

[@Downtownboys]

This was Fields’ Browns’ game for Williams….

[@Duffyartwork]

I thought the exact same damn thing. Williams getting killed

[@IOSARBX]

CHGO Sports , You're the best! I just had to subscribe!

[@sampardowski5799]

I hope this changes for the bears i really do, but as a Packers fan, it warms my heart to see bears do bears things. GPG

[@richardmusa1442]

Give up the Swift experience. Run Roschon Johnson I am sure he is hungry to prove himself.

[@calergio9904]

The Swift experiment? He was the first RB picked in his draft class and was an All Pro last year with elite speed. Go watch badminton or something 😂

[@Diggittey]

@@calergio9904that’s fine but there’s a reason he’s been on 3 teams in 3 years. He doesn’t go up the middle. Everything gets pushed outside and even starting 2nd and 7 or 8 is better than no gain or a loss.

[@mdh6718]

It is crazy people expects him to do what he did behind one of the best offensive lines. Going from top 5 to bottom of the barrel we will be lucky if he rushes for 100+.

[@calergio9904]

@@mdh6718 All we heard when Fields was here was "Great players find a way". Now all I hear are excuses for why Caleb looks so out of his league.

[@mdh6718]

@@calergio9904 everyone wants him to be that generational talent but if he isn’t it would be a historical fail for a franchise.

[@mccanngreg62]

Carm nailed it on Flus interview. Great show fellas.

[@jackieumphrey1712]

👏👏👏👏 @Hoge opening dialog…100%

[@obilonkenobi1]

Three years - Ryan Poles ignores pass protection and starts - rookie QB's. What could go wrong? The Chicago Bears have had 84 quarterbacks start at least one game throughout their history. Clearly Williams is not prepared to run for his life for 3 hours and 12 mins.

[@Excellery]

Need more Brown, Briggs, and Woot

[@busyrand]

Today hurt because the Defense played well enough for us to win today. They actually played even better the during the second half for the second week... I haven't seen evidence of Caleb not being able to play, however, today was the first time I saw some thing from him that I dislike...

[@aliali-ce3yf]

Everyone LOVED that Poles took Rome...........nope, i kept hoping they would take Fuaga from Oregon State at OT. It would've been the boring pick but it would've kept Caleb protected

[@tric5122]

Or trade back for picks to get a OC and OG

[@Spice_Titan]

They should have traded that 9 picked up a 2nd rd pick and got Clint Frazier... they should have Clint kubiak at oc..

[@tric5122]

People screamed for all these weapons all offseason, including this entire crew. Not one person thought a second about how the OL was ignored and how the resources put into a #2 and/or #3 wr could have gone into an OL, and you still have DJ and Kmet, just needed to find a solid 3rd option. Allen OR Odunze both was a luxury

[@lmacthephoenix]

Remember this in week 15 as well. We'll see what happens by then..

[@juali]

Bust!!!

[@Downtownboys]

What about Blasingame to block from the back field?

[@DianaRussia531]

Defense kept you in a winnable one score game. If the coaches made a harder commitment to run the ball perhaps Williams gets hit less and perhaps doesn't throw rushed INT's...perhaps that wins this game. Long term you guys are still in good shape all things considered at the moment.

[@Downtownboys]

Maybe everybody now realizes what we’ve been bitching about since Fields was dismissed!! The Bears CHOSE to go for another QB vs dealing with the horrible holes in the O line! Could had MHJ AND A STUD O LINE with 3 new studs on the line!! Poles BLEW THE DRAFT, 2024!!

[@holdwhatdoor7629]

Not to mention some more future draft picks to build depth into the future

[@MgBlazer77]

The draft was great. Picking Rome was still a steal. Free Agency was a massive disaster. That RB money should have gone to IOL like the fans wanted.

[@georgemitchell1705]

well we gave up likely playoff contention for a lottery ticket and it was media guys like these chumps that said we had to do it. Dealing with Favre and Rodgers made us desperate for a gunslinger at QB instead of becoming a winning team. Caleb may get there but it will be years before we find out because we still do not know how to build a team that will protect him. O-line should have been the priority no matter if it was going to be Caleb or Justin starting for us.

[@sNNNNNable]

14 carries for 18 yards is wild. Our oline is so bad and we still have a bunch of weird personnel decisions being made

[@kevinwild34]

Can we get some neat reports asking what the go with RoJo is why is he getting nothing?

[@MgBlazer77]

AB, Woot, and Briggs: So fucking good y'all. No notes, that was so great. Get these boys inside of Halas immediately.

[@Tyler-B91-i8e]

I’m not gonna lie . Bears look good . Online Is trash but damn we could’ve beat Houston

[@wesleyyoung4070]

Tell Hoge we should bring Sam Mustapher back. Olin would be choked up to hear that😅

[@darcelmccoy]

All summer I was told it was all Justin Fields’ fault

[@pistolgrip4742]

Y'all having karma for fields like we having karma for Willis

[@calergio9904]

You guys were too busy swinging on this guy's nuts to notice he got outplayed by all 3 QBs in training camp. Is there a mandate to crown this guy because Collinsworth brought his kneepads to the game last night too. If everyone is being truthful about what they saw, he looked out of his league last night.

[@calergio9904]

@@GrayCrosby Yes I watched the game. They tried fixing the problem of our horrible oline by drafting a soft QB that's never taken a snap under center. He's been in the shotgun his whole life. Now he's learning the NFL under a horrible center and right guard. It's not complicated. Did you watch the game tough guy?

[@Downtownboys]

Here’s the reality… as of now, there’s nothing you can do about the O line - the time was all off season! It would take RADICAL decisions and actions to impact ANYTHING on the O line!

[@retired65]

all these playmakers..but it all comes down to the o line..

[@lakeman59]

Caleb will eventually get gun shy taking beatings like that, the Bears will send him to quarterback hell like every other quarterback they’ve had.

[@leeyessir]

If Jim harbaugh was this teams coach Rome wouldn’t have been the pick cuz he understands winning football starts in the trenches you have build an oline it’s the foundation to success get your head out of your ass poles

[@Makavelifourlife]

LETS TALK ABOUT HOW COLE KEEPS WIFFING ON BLOCKS!!!! HE IS NOT BEYOND CRITICISM BECAUSE HE WORKS WITH YOU GUYS !!!

[@TATNThisAintThatNetwork]

@@Makavelifourlife and his alligator arms, his refusal to make FB plays, and not coming to the ball. I’m convinced he’s the company 🪴

[@ADIMusic-md1ij]

At least you didn’t draft Bryce..coulda drafted cj though 😂

[@calergio9904]

@@ADIMusic-md1ij Instead they drafted Bryce's more sensitive brother.

[@RNett0506]

Eberflus has no conscience when it comes to protecting his quarterbacks

[@theVenerableN]

I question spending money on Swift at this point. I question the lack of true investment on the Oline, knowing the issues that have existed and been masked the last few seasons by the mobility and athleticism of Fields, making the run game easier for the running backs. Remove that, and the run game combined with the porous Oline looks bottom third (albeit 2 games into the season) I have an even bigger fear which is the lame duck HC being jettisoned again if the new OC they brought in can't figure out with his run game co-ord./Oline coach how to protect and improve from this point. If this ends up with yet another case of history repeating itself, the Bears will be back to square one yet again. They need to figure out how to do the basics on the Oline/with the run game this week and over this next 3 game stretch before they travel to London.

[@therobotocracy]

It’s bad enough to not get the job done, but wearing glitter on your cheeks is not gonna cut it in Chicago.

[@leemontree1]

Maybe it's time to give Matt Nagy a call.

[@ronaldsmith6871]

Look they should've played old Calab more in pre-season because he hadn't played in a whole year! Look he needed work like they did Justin his last year pre-season also started 0/4 P.S the Hiesman Trophy winner from last year in Washington is 2/0 and Is still thankin God the 🐻 didn't draft him

[@usamaansari8732]

Waldron sucks at play calling and I feel like even the Oline doesn’t trust each other to play well so they’re slacking 😂

[@larryg6228]

Prediction: In 2027, after the Bears ruin another quarterback, bears trade Williams for a 10th round draft pick.

[@jackieumphrey1712]

lol- Woot 😂😂😂😂 - supercahtter’s son could build stronger O line with his stuffies.

[@jackbrunk3907]

Can we please stop acting like Gerald Everett is Travis Kelce?Especially when we have Cole Kmet????

[@TATNThisAintThatNetwork]

@@jackbrunk3907 Cole sucks

[@jackbrunk3907]

@@TATNThisAintThatNetwork you think so?

[@TATNThisAintThatNetwork]

@@jackbrunk3907 he can’t block. He doesn’t have a natural feel for getting open. He’s adverse to contact. 0 veteran leadership skills. Overpriced and overrated 🐻⬇️

[@Guccifinesse]

Thank god the defense is good or bears a better 0-2 with a 40 point scoring deficit 😂

[@TheRoyalKeeper]

I know from a fantasy standpoint that Stroud wasn't good after 2 weeks too I cut him and that was the worst move I've ever done. Last years winner took him off and beat me. So I relax and take it easy like everyone should. But we should look at really bad teams and maybe make a move to get one of their right guards and center.

[@Spice_Titan]

And his real failure is not being able to draft a wr, so he has to trade for moore, trade for Allen. After failure with velus and Scott. Those assets could have been used to upgrade the oline. So when u fail to draft it takes from other positions.

[@djd1121]

Chis Morgan can;'t make chicken salad of of this chicken-s__t. But then again, he is also probably a big part of the problem......

[@stevetan2331]

crown Caleb too early. He wasn’t good in this game. He’s playing against players that have kids to feed vs a red shirt freshman that is 18 years old.

[@lunchbox_inc]

lol, y’all gassed up Caleb like he was the second coming but we’re just in for another Justin season

[@MrSoles]

New Chicago Bears quarterback, same 'RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!!' bearsh*t!!!!! 😬😬😬😬😬

[@jmory460]

How is it possible that the oline is more worse this season than last 2 seasons? How does that happen?

[@holdwhatdoor7629]

Because, unlike the popular opinion in Chicago media last year, Justin Fields made this OLine look better than they were. Now the truth is being revealed... they are bottom of the league and have been past 4 years

[@L.V.951]

Even if bears had 8 O.L on the line still would fail

[@electric8668]

Replace Davis with Pryor at right guard.

[@IIExhibitAII]

Funny how all these emotional homers were blaming it all on Justin fields when a blind man could have told you that we have a shitty oline and coaching for years.. JF is 2-0 btw and could have had Harrison jr and fixed up our oline but nope let’s trade JF cause it was all on him 🤦‍♂️..

[@BearsNCigars]

💯

[@BearDown2024]

I love Rome pick but why wouldn’t we trade back get more picks and get Caleb protection 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ it’s horrible!! Sheldon the worst

[@tric5122]

That's what I was saying all off-season. CJ has no first Rd wr talent to throw to. Mahomes had 2 talented targets, a wr and a Te and then a solid but not spec 3rd. You don't need all these weapons. You need OL

[@TATNThisAintThatNetwork]

It’s Justin Fields fault guys, remember?🐻⬇️

[@stebypeters8188]

He got traded for a 6th rd draft pick, remember

[@wade2xx552]

@@stebypeters8188& he’s 2-0 with less talent on the offense remember

[@busyrand]

@@stebypeters8188 Hahaha... I love Justin a well wish him as much as anyone can... These Justin "Truthers" are insane though...

[@stebypeters8188]

@@wade2xx552 haha the Pittsburgh Steelers would rather have Caleb than Justin if they had a choice. Every team in the league would take Caleb over Justin

[@TATNThisAintThatNetwork]

@@stebypeters8188 He has a 94 passer rating. Caleb’s is 53, remember?

[@minidar8908]

Caleb under center, hand off to swift. So predictable. Stroud, mahomes can throw from pocket and on run. Caleb only on the run.

[@timothyjohnson5899]

To all the Justin Fields comments…it was never about his talent, they didn’t want to give him the big money. It was a financial dump just like Mack ,Roquan and the rest of the.

[@mikeh4818]

Fields is not a top 20 QB. He's a QB manager with the Steelers. Better to move on regardless. You shouldn't pay those guys

[@holdwhatdoor7629]

Caleb Williams is making more than Justin Fields this year. They would have gotten more early round picks as well which takes a lot of heat of the salary cap as you get more blue chip prospect players for cheap for 4 year rookie deals

[@holdwhatdoor7629]

In 2 games with his 4th new OC in 4 years and he is just learning a completely new offense on a new team. He also had over 100 yards negated by penalties that weren't on him as well as a TD. Don't just look at the stat sheet, watch the game

[@BearsNCigars]

@@holdwhatdoor7629exactly they don’t want to hear the facts though

[@mikebearup4379]

If bears cant near 100 yards rushing against indy they wont run all year. Bears need to move a 3rd rd pick for a mediocre guard or center

[@BraggsInTheStands]

@@mikebearup4379 speaking of coming in hot and being wrong! 😉

[@mikebearup4379]

@@BraggsInTheStands lol this is great. Yep i was wrong predicting not running on worst rush defense spelling doom, i didnt say they had a great rush game after running for 69 yards against indy, that would be like saying the musical chair bears o line finally had continuity or that washington was a better suited for rookie after all offseason saying caleb had best rookie situation ever

[@BraggsInTheStands]

@mikebearup4379 you could've just left it at those first 8 words in that paragraph, ya know

[@jerryleeelvisberryrichard6247]

☹️

[@retired65]

when is Poles gonna wake up and fix this crap we have on this o-line.!!!!

[@holdwhatdoor7629]

He won't. He will be outta here in a couple years

[@jeredanderson1289]

85 needs to spend more time blocking and less time podcasting🙄🥴

[@mikefive1098]

Shit.. use the fullback for pass block for Caleb. I just want the bears to be good. I'm sick of the same old shit. The main weak link is the oline and you don't want that.

[@hoppy303]

The team were bad but Braggs is insufferable.

[@retired65]

who is our o line coach ?....bye..!!

[@UR_Right24]

I'm still not begrudging Poles' decision to draft Rome over a center or a guard at that spot. 4 or 5 years from now we'll all be laughing at ourselves for ever entertaining the notion that they should have passed on Rome for an interior O lineman.

[@vstar7196]

The Bears should have kept Fields and drafted some competent linemen.

[@Downtownboys]

Maybe everybody now realizes what we’ve been bitching about since Fields was dismissed!! The Bears CHOSE to go for another QB vs dealing with the horrible holes in the O line! Could had MHJ AND A STUD O LINE with 3 new studs on the line!! Poles BLEW THE DRAFT, 2024!!

[@Carta87Blanca]

Justin wasnt worth contract but yeah they didnt need swift or keenan they needed a vet center dor sure nate davis needs to just GO