sco wrote:fleet wrote:Hold That wrote:Going against a top 5 defense season opener on Monday night football, and it’s a divisional rival…
What could possibly go wrong? At least we’re at home and JJ is a bigger question mark than Caleb as of right now.
It’s going to be real interesting to see if BJ can develop a young QB and not just a play caller.
Those are two different expertise. Let’s see if Ben can do both.
I was gonna say it’s already gone wrong because it’s Monday Night Football and the Beers always lose. But that’s an overstatement. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games on MNF. It seemed worse than it is.
I just don't see the Bears offensive and defensive lines being good enough (IMO both 1 guy away) to win a single divisional game this season. That's not to say we're a terrible team, but more that we're in the one of the best, if not the best, division in football.
I'm a big Michigan fan, but JJ never seemed like more than a game manager at this level. I think his Michigan stature was more a product of how many mediocre quarterbacks Michigan has gone through in the past decade.
I agree with your second point. I was surprised he was a first round pick. I think it's because they won a national championship with as QB, but it's puzzling why he's viewed as a starting NFL QB. Maybe he'll prove us wrong.
On the first point, we beat GB once, took the Vikings to OT, and should have at least taken the Lions to OT once, if not beat them. So even with the mess we had last year, we weren't that far away from these teams. Now GB seems to be better, but the Lions most likely are worse, and MIN lost their starting QB. I think we can go 3-3.
