Mark Potash

I think when the offense is better, the offense should really be better.

In Detroit...

They didn't make a real big jump in year two in Johnson's offense, but that's because they already had the quarterback.

They made the big jump in year one.

They went from like 25th to 5th in offense because they had a veteran quarterback.

So they were better offensively, but Goff was pretty much the same quarterback in year two.

In fact, his pass rating might have been down a little bit.

He was the same.

But the Bears, their big jump was at running back where they dumped Swift and they brought in Montgomery and Gibbs.

and got better there.

But in general, their big jump was in first year.

They have a quarterback who should allow them to make the big jump in year two.

That's what I'm really expecting.

I'm expecting their offense to be much better if everybody's healthy because the quarterback has so much more room for growth than they had with Goff in Detroit.

Yeah.

Right, and then once that jump occurs, even if there isn't a monumental jump, my gut is that this quarterback will eventually be paid, and that eventually opens up a whole bunch of other headaches or creativity that will have to open up.

But right now, we don't have to deal with that.

Mark, this has been You Are Always...

Spectacular, my friend.

Is there anything else you want to get out there that you've been itching to discuss here pertaining to the Bears or anything else in life, maybe even the books behind you, anything that's going on that you'd like to talk about on the Take the North podcast?