NFC North breakdown: Da Rookies

[@davuhn2]

Another banger! I love it! Can’t wait for camp to start😊

[@rustyjawn]

Took Christian Watson round 9 in my startup but couldn’t resist double-dipping on Wicks later. Figured there’s a chance they’re both useful and maybe one of them is so good that the wasted value won’t matter🤞

[@Cedar-box]

A good teacher can’t be afraid of showing a video

[@davegladstone4151]

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[@UsefulPreconceivedNotions]

Okay, _what_ are you basing the assessment that Caleb will save the Bears? All we have of him are college highlights. If those meant success at the NFL level then shouldn't we vote for the Bears to get the QB with the best college highlights? Seen together kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3uyYoOpqtV5lbc Justin Fields' college highlights show a *_clearly_* superior QB. It's not even close. While Caleb is drastically under-throwing receivers with Pretty Spirals, Fields is launching low-flying missiles that leave No Time for defenders to adjust & make plays on that land in the hands of his moving receivers. So right there, we have a conundrum. Either the college highlight reels lie, or the suggestion that they determine NFL success is wrong, or something happened or was done to Fields outside of this. Oh hey, you're using clips of what Matt Eberflus _says._ Do me a favor? Play the clips of Matt responding to Fields calling out his Own Coaches after week 7 of '22? Whuzzat? What do you _mean_ you can't? Don't those exist? Oh right, they don't Fields called out his own coaches for confusing him. Can anyone imagine Justin _Herbert_ saying this & no one in media or the fan base reacting? & that's just it, you _ALL_ dropped the ball on this one. Here is _some_ of what you missed. 1) After Fields did this the Bears changed their offensive play-sets. & what resulted? The pre-D.J. Moore _Bears_ led the NFL in offense for 3 straight weeks 2) proving Fields was Never The Problem. Play-calling was. Yet for ""reasons" you the fans dismissed this as a fluke. Because Zach Wilson & Sam Darnold strung together 3-week streaks of leading the NFL in offense so why should we make a Big Deal About Fields doing so, right? Except no, not even Allen/Diggs did this. Nor did Tua/Tyreek. Nor did _Mahomes/Tyreek._ So he out-does Every Other QB in the entire NFL with a receiving corps that consisted of Chase Claypool & a WR who couldn't catch passes kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ3TkqyXZd2tY5Y that hit him in the hands. Mooney's last play for the Bears was failing to hold onto a Hail Mary Pass that landed on him in the end zone. For "reasons" you all _consistently blamed _*_Fields_* for things that weren't his fault & dismissed everything good he did. & now you're including him in a list of busts? He's only a bust in your own minds. Tell me something: do you think Justin Herbert_ is a bust? Why not? Everyone thinks Keenan Allen is a Great Receiver. Herbert couldn't win with him & Mike Williams. How come Herbert is a top-5 QB for losing with talent & Fields is a bust for winning without it? Oh: you all made up "reasons" why it was All Fields' Fault. When Eberflus ordered him not to throw to Certain Receivers on Certain Plays the fans said "they *had to do this because* Fields can't read defenses." That empty meme was the *Entire Basis For* excusing this failed play. Since one can't _unlearn how_ to read them, kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6bLhpV_iNOlbtU Brett Kollmann & I are calling BS on this. _Now_ what leg do you have left to stand on? That was *The Only Possible Reason* anyone could _possibly_ excuse calling those plays, & it didn't exist. Eberflus kept calling them for a Full Year. You know how I know this? Because he returned to calling them _AND_ all the other plays that halved the offensive production after the 3-game offensive streak. If those were Getsy's plays, how tf did this Genius Coach everyone was defending for calling those plays when they thought it was Fields' fault for needing to call them not notice Getsy calling them again? Why is everyone continually defending the obviously failed HC who hadn't even been there half a year when it was obvious he was totally effing up? There's way, _WAY_ more to be said here, but the above is already enough to prove they never had Any Intention of _trying|_ to work with Fields. They called plays designed to fail & *you the fans **_KNEW_** he was doing this, invented 'reason' they 'Had To' do this* & now due to nothing more than Your Invented Excuses somehow _Fields_ is the reason for the lack of success despite making this a Better Offense than that of Mahomes, Allen/Diggs, or anyone else with those receivers & this kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJrMfGVni998ldE o-line who on commands from their play-callers actively ran away from their blocks setting Fields up to have No Possibility of completing any passes. You all saw this play out on the field & in media. & I haven't seen a damned thing yet that was Fields' fault. "He can't read defenses" was a Complete Invention. "He holds onto the ball too long" is because his o-line abandons him to have to scramble & his own HC won't allow him to pass to open receivers. This excuse only applies to QBs who *have* open receivers they _can_ pass to while standing in the maintained pocket. Fields had neither of those things. That's not his fault. It's that of the play-callers. But you all call _Fields_ the bust. Okay. Tell how Tom Brady would have passed to receivers not open while being tackled since he couldn't possibly scramble like Fields had to? Go on, tell us. It's All There On Film. It Was the Play-calling. They _had plays_ that worked & they deliberately abandoned them _twice_ since there was a 2nd streak of using them in '23. Fields is élite.