Matt Spiegel

Rome, even with all his injuries, he was No.

1 with 90 targets, ahead of Loveland, ahead of all the other wide receivers.

There is a belief and trust from Caleb to Rome in terms of targeting him.

But to your point, Rome's got to finish, man.

He's got to make catches.

He's got to be healthy.

And he definitely did have some route problems that we heard.

Alex, did you hear at JT when you would watch the breakdowns and other people's breakdowns, worrying about Rome?

I remember JT saying he was worried that DJ was going to have an effect on him.

It was more like play strength with Rome and catching the ball at the point of contact that he has to get better at.

And, of course, health as well.

But I do agree with you, Spiggs, that early in the season, it didn't seem like Caleb was ever shy about going to him and expecting him throwing the ball where he was expected to go.

And the thing is, is that if you look at the most important games that the Bears played last year and then look at targets for Roma-Dunze, it's not the same story.

In the first playoff game, Colston Loveland had 15 targets, DJ had 7, Luther had 7, Rome had 6.

In the second playoff game, DJ had 8, Loveland had 10.

Wow, I forgot he caught 4 passes in that game.

And Rome had six.

So in the games where the money, nut cutting time, when nut cutting time came along, Rome was a little bit farther down the trough when it came to Caleb targeting him.

That's what I'm saying.

And that counts.