Jeff Schwartz

Now, you can argue that they might not play as many close games because they're better.

Certainly fair.

But the NFL is a seven-point league in the fourth quarter.

It's what the NFL is.

So I think the Bears could be better defensively.

Caleb Williams is better this year, completes more passes.

Like, they're better per se, but so are the Vikings.

So are the Lions.

So are the Packers.

And the 50-50 games...

go not in their direction they're nine eight right but they're sort of better dvoa better efficiency better epa williams is better so the bears to me is standing as a team that could even finish last in division but really not be like that much worse than last season or even be better damn it jeff schwartz and your logic and stats football experience

This is exciting.

This is a really exciting draft pick for Ryan Poles, for the Chicago Bears.

I can only imagine what that war room at Hallis Hall looked like, how it exploded as more and more picks came off the board leading to this particular player being available to them because I do think he suits exactly what the Chicago Bears are going to be looking at at the safety position opposite Kobe Bryant.

And as much as I've covered literally every game

of Dylan Thienemann's career.

The two years he spent at Purdue, the one year he spent at Oregon.

He is a Big Ten safety, so I've seen what he's done at a really high level.

You go back to him being the Big Ten freshman of the year back in that season at Purdue.

Ryan Walters was his head coach.