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2 Comments
Dan Bergeron
Where does the Bears offensive line rank at this point in the NFL season among the 31 other teams?
Bob A
I don’t want to have this come off as a rant against Caleb but I disagree about him having a great day. To me it’s one of those times where stats don’t match up with the actual performance. We all know he plays better when things are on the line and he did it again but let’s face it, if the Bengals DB’s tackled Loveland at the spot of the catch, this would be whole different conversation because it’s very likely the Bears would not have scored at the end and we’d be talking about how many plays were missed in the first 3 quarters.
Jahns, I know you weren’t there at the game so I assume you watched a recording already knowing they won, which gives a different perspective but have you asked your colleagues who did attend what they thought of Caleb’s performance before the 4th quarter? I thought it was one of his worst games of the season at that point. His accuracy was terrible and it seemed like Ben was pulling out the trick plays because if they weren’t running the ball, Caleb could not handle the “normal” pass plays at all. I don’t begrudge him the TD to OZ because that’s the way the rules are and all QB’s get that break but, come on, to call that a “TD pass” is really a stretch that helps a quarterback’s stats since it’s almost a handoff and Loveland’s TD, as I said, was only because the Bengals can’t tackle.
I have faith in Ben Johnson and I think he’s just trying to put a positive spin on things because his immediate postgame comments were not as upbeat. I’d bet the film room for the QB’s was not as flowery as we think.