Via @stathead.com, there have been only 18 plays of 45+ yards with 3 seconds or less left in the 1st half since 1977. Only 7 went for scores. That was the first one since Baker Mayfield threw a 57-yard TD to Donovan Peoples-Jones in 2021. Bears 20, Patriots 14
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244 of the story’s 965 posts, best first: each person’s best post, then their other posts. We leave out exact copies and posts from people whose settings keep them off pages like this one, and in the biggest stories everything after the best 300. Page 1 of 5. The title is the name people mention most, or the opening line of the best post.
Tonight during the game after the absolute piss missile to Rome on 3rd and forever, I yelled out CALEB WILLIAMS IS A FUCKING GOD and my partner started cracking up. My response was "did you see what I just saw? Explain how a human being does that!?" Anyways, Caleb Williams is a god.
Bears 20, Patriots 14 (half): Patriots' resolve showing up after it looked like things were slipping away from them. Bears expected a Hail Mary, and that obviously helped. Drake Maye's end-zone INT one of his few blemishes. D needs an answer for Luther Burden. Bears get ball.
After coming back from down double digits and holding strong in OT, App State hands James Madison its first Sun Belt loss since 2024 and its first loss of 2026. The Mountaineers were double-digit underdogs. The parties in Boone will be wild tonight.
Kyler Gordon has 4 sacks in 1 game and 1 drive of playing time. The only Bears DBs to have more than 4 sacks in an entire season: Dave Duerson 7 in 1986 Todd Bell 4.5 in 1984
Most career 300-yard passing games in Chicago #Bears history, with games played in parentheses. Jay Cutler - 16 (102) Billy Wade - 9 (59) Caleb Williams - 7 (38) Mitch Trubisky - 7 (51) Erik Kamer - 7 (49)
Also want to say that neutrals may look at those Australia cards & think it was harshly refereed. It wasn’t. Australia could well have lost multiple players to twenty minute reds during the first half alone. Officials were VERY lenient with what was a highly troubling Australia approach to that game
Vrabel deserves credit for trying any type of offense at the end of the half! 9 seconds left, two timeouts at -34. A lottttttt of head coaches are kneeling it out there. Rams essentially gave up at that same spot on the field this week with 46 (!) seconds left, 0 timeouts.
D’Andre Swift steps through linebacker Robert Spillane’s tackle attempt for a 4-yard touchdown as the Bears take a 10-0 lead over the Patriots with 1:38 left in the 1st quarter. The score was set up by Luther Burden’s 58-yard reception. 5 plays, 74 yards, 2:00
Ben Johnson originally called for a punt before the 58-yard field goal. The injury timeout gave them time to talk about it. Johnson asked if Cairo wanted it on the headset and Cairo said he could hear the conversation. Cairo said: “I want it.”
DB Kyler Gordon is now tied for the team-lead with 4 sacks. He has played 21 total snaps. NBA jam rules are in effect.
Cairo Santos with a career-long 58-YARD field goal (!!!), and the Bears take a 30-21 lead. Weeeeeeww. What a ballsy call by Ben Johnson. That was a career long by 3 yards.
FIELD GOAL: Cairo Santos knocks in a 31-yard field goal to extend the #Bears lead to 13-7 with 7:04 left in the 2Q. Interesting couple plays at the end. Chicago called for illegal handoff to Joe Thuney and then Rome Odunze is called for a pass interference in the end zone.
Turnovers piled up, then the game unraveled on UND in 3 minutes, 23 seconds. A group of players who had never played Minnesota in Mariucci learned Thursday how quickly these rivalry games can change. Story: www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-h...
Caleb Williams mentions in the pregame interview that he doesn’t normally face a lot of man coverage, but the Patriots lean on it a lot and send pressure. Always neat when we get a real football answer.
The hope for the Bears this season was that the offense would go supernova while the defense just does enough. So far, that’s what we’ve been getting when everyone is healthy. All the Bears defense has to do is force 1 negative play (Maye INT 1H) and that gives the offense the ball again
Week 7 vs the New England Patriots: 30 Points 308 Caleb Williams Passing Yards Total: 180 Points 25.7 PPG 1020 Passing Yards On Pace for: 437 Points 26 PPG 2477 (3570) Passing Yards* First number YPG*17, while the second one takes his YPG actually played and projetcs them onto the remaining games
Caleb Williams' EPA per run splits in 2026: On scrambles: 0.786 (4th) On designed runs: -1.262 (32nd) I think what you're seeing is that Caleb has failed to convert a few QB sneaks. He's as efficient on scrambles as you'd expect. Source: @ftnfantasy.com
Sam Dickinson (20 years, 137 days) youngest #SJSharks d-man with a SH point since Vlasic (19-240) on Nov. 25, 2006 vs NJD Dickinson youngest Sharks d-man to do so on road since Brad Stuart (11/18/99, also at Ottawa, age 20-12)
That was actually an awesome design from the Pats. Bears sending house and everyone behind playing for the hail mary to the trips side. Then leaking out Stevenson to the opposite side on what was essentially a delayed screen
Bears win. But the Pats win the night with their first half Hail Mary screen pass, according to Al Michaels.
Billy Napier has lost eight Sun Belt games in his coaching career. Five of those are to App State.
#Patriots defense opens its next series with a snap of 3-safety nickel instead of base. No. 3 safety Jaylen Reed makes a stop in coverage.
The 11th play of what had been a great drive is disastrous. Caleb Williams takes a sack that takes the team out of FG range. #Bears still lead 27-21 with 1:39 left in the 4th quarter.
That throw by Caleb just now might prove tobe the play of the game. Third-and-long, heels touching Chicago's end zone, pressure closing in, and he frozen-ropes one to Odunze for 21 yards.
In hindsight, the Roschon Johnson usage in Week 6 was perhaps more about keeping D’Andre Swift fresh for Week 7 on a short week Swift had 26 of 28 CHI RB opportunities tonight including a season-high 22 carries
Mike Vrabel rips his defense after a tough loss: "The tackling wasn't good enough. Not against this team...We need to turn the ball over and we need to tackle better, those are fundamental skills."
That was a really well-orchestrated drive for Maye and the Patriots. Great throws into small windows, smart decisions, confident delivery. Has done well to rebound from the end-zone pick. Feels like we might be trending toward a fourth-quarter shootout.
I've already heard the best football announcer sentence of the night, if not the season: "The prophets of doom have been silenced."
Since the start of last season, #Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen has allowed three or more goals 43 times. That is second during that span. The only goaltender who has allowed three or more goals is Juuse Saros at 45 games
Injuries have robbed Kyler Gordon of being one of the most known dynamic DBs in football. Dude is lightning in a bottle when he’s on the field and that goes back to college
I don’t get the obsession with going for it on 4th down…. Instead of pinning the Bears deep, you give em the ball at midfield. First drive of the game too.
Ben Johnson not knowing a play was illegal before calling it and giving up the dumbest end of the half TD ever, yet they’re still up by 6. These aren’t your normal Bears, but the shadow still lingers.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer addresses questions about WR George Pickens's effort when he's not getting the ball.
Arsenal's Premier League win rate drops from 64 per cent to 53 per cent when Bukayo Saka doesn't start. A look here at how they might cope without him. Noni Madueke's 'volume' or wildcard Max Dowman? #afc www.skysports.com/football/new...
I'm watching TNF and my partners 10 year old daughter asked if she could guess who's playing. Her guesses were: The Grizzly Bears against the American Warriors They will forever be the New England American Warriors in this household moving forward 😂
Ben Johnson you crazy sob. Went for it and hit a 58 yard FG after Santos missed a 53 yarder earlier. Career long. This team man. 🏈 #DaBears
JMU's playoff hopes take a big hit, but it's far from over. There are no undefeated G6 teams. Lot of season left. Reminder that the G6 playoff spot goes to the highest-ranked G6 team, not necessarily conference champion.
Bears vs Patriots was a great close game where I honestly think both QBs showed some elite play, I think Caleb and Drake are those guys to look out for. I have complete confidence in both of them, they both diced up defenses that were in the top 10 in yards allowed going in.
In a night where Cairos Santos would go on to make a 58-yard field goal to seal the win for the Bears, he also recorded his 12th official doink offtheupright.com/kicker/cairo...
holy moly, Ben dials up a handoff to Joe Thuney. it was flagged for an illegal handoff. if not, that would have been the first Bears OL rush attempt on a designed run in the two-way era! @bn-bears.bsky.social @wiltfongjr.bsky.social
Honestly, that penalty is so obscure I wouldn't have been surprised if they had let it go and we learned tomorrow it was supposed to be illegal.
I have never fully appreciated the cannon arm that Caleb WIlliams has before this game. These passes are going 25 yards in a straight fucking line.
i dunno how i can prove it but eric bieniemy changed d'andre swift's running style in his one year as bears RBs coach. he runs with a lean and at a pad level that he didn't run with before.
Memphis tight end tries to throw a jump pass out of the Wildcat on 3rd & 1 except nobody goes out for a route so he gets an intentional grounding and an elderly Memphis fan is befuddled by what he's watching.
Bears being 5-2 (should be 6-1) with the Caleb injury is so impressive. I know they got their ass beat by the Packers but I think with Caleb only the 49ers are better.
Caleb Williams outdueled Drake Maye and the Bears hung on to beat the Patriots in a fun one at Soldier Field. Takeaways from @kfishbain.bsky.social @danwiederer.bsky.social and @chadgraff.bsky.social. Free to read. www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...
Adam Nemec was the first star on Thursday, with a goal and two assists in a 4-3 win Nemec has 15 points (3G, 12A) in just 7 games 👀
Are the Bears headed back to the playoffs? The Athletic’s Playoff Simulator now gives them a 79% chance to make the playoffs and a 28% chance to win the NFC North.
Luther Burden III is the best WR to wear a Bears uniform and I’m so excited to see what he does for the next ten years
