Tim Jenkins

But here's what I'll say, and this is kind of how I wrapped up my breakdown this week was –

If you were to ask me what you just said, hey, how much more I'm so I can't even measure how much more optimistic I am that they are in a substantially better spot.

Right.

I feel like you kind of you know, I feel like unless you're a part of the national media and you don't watch the Bears that much, I think, you know, for sure.

Hey, Caleb, obviously trending in the right direction there.

From what he started at, just operating this offense week one to the divisional round.

Just like tons of growth.

You can see he's on the right path.

Obviously, it feels like we've got the guy when you watch Ben.

What I did say, though, was I said I just don't want to take it for granted.

I don't want to just assume.

OK, hey, we're going to be back in the playoffs again, right?

This is a huge, you know, you got to climb the mountain every single year.

And I do think we want a ton of close games.

So to me, it's like, you know, I'm cautiously optimistic.

It's hard for me to sit here and say, man, I for sure see that it's going to be the same next year because, you know, we saw it with a bunch of good teams in the NFL this year where you come in, you feel good about all their pieces and you go, oh, shoot, hey, they didn't make the playoffs last

But compared to where I was last season, it's night and day.

I think we have all the pieces to do it.

You also think to yourself, man, can we spend a little bit more on defense here?

Is there a chance that the defense comes back substantially better?