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BEST OF NFL Preseason Week 2 Part 2: Bears are LEGIT?!+ Tyrone Tracy Jr. Joins the show
20 Aug 2025
Chapter 1: What are the key takeaways from Cam Ward's preseason performance?
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Chapter 2: Are the Chicago Bears legitimate contenders this season?
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Should have had one more completion. He should have been 3-7 at the bare minimum, Ocho. But from what you saw, what did you like about what you saw from Cam Ward? I mean, listen, a continuation of what he did the first piece in the game.
Chapter 3: What happened in the Bengals vs Commanders preseason game?
Obviously, he was only two for seven, but there was a drop of Van Jefferson on that over route that he should have had. That was a beautiful throw. I've seen a lot of people in the comments when I mention the throw, being that it was overthrown. I'm like, what are you talking about? That's a catchable ball.
Chapter 4: What insights does Tyrone Tracy Jr. share about his training camp experience?
For a professional receiver? Yeah, that's a very catchable ball, and it was a dime. Outside of that, a few drops. He had a few drops. Other than that, it was good. It was good. People will look at the stat line and say, ah, it doesn't look the same as opposed to how he did in the first game. But still, he was the same calm, poised and control everything. And he made good decisions with the ball.
I agree with you, Ocho. My thing when I'm watching is his poise and patience in the pocket, him not getting rattled, and he making the right reads, Ocho. I think that's the biggest key. I sit back and watch these young guys come into this league, this grown man league, just to see how they adapt and how they are in the pocket with this Cam Waters should do. I enjoy watching those guys play, man.
Chapter 5: How does Caleb Williams' performance impact the Bears' offense?
They look like they're in for a pretty good season. Yeah, but I will say too, Ang and Joe, what we have to be cautious about is it is preseason. These defenses are very, very vanilla, and the quarterbacks haven't got hit yet. I know they look polished based on what we've seen so far, but when you get hit upside the head a few times...
And you get the jitters a little bit, will they still be able to have that same calmness, that same relax, that same poise under pressure when you've been hit a sack a couple of times?
Chapter 6: What are the expectations for Tyrone Tracy Jr. this upcoming season?
You can play fast, but not in a hurry. I think the thing is, is that you have more time than you think. And a lot of times when rookies come in, they speed themselves up. And it's normally their second year, Joe. And Ocho, you heard people say this all the time. All of a sudden, the game slowed down for me. Yeah. And that's what you want to have happen. You want the game to slow down.
You don't want the game to speed you up. Absolutely. Play fast, but don't play in a hurry. I like Cam Ward's poise. I agree with you, Joe. I like his poise.
Chapter 7: How do injuries affect team dynamics during preseason?
I thought it was very deliberate. Yeah, he had some very unfortunate situation where the guy dropped the ball. A professional wide receiver. Got to make that catch. Now, if you're in high school, you don't make that catch. Okay, fine. But as a professional, a guy that's getting paid to catch the football, those are the type of – that's what you're paid for. Yeah. That's what you're paid for.
You're paid, you know, to make the difficult ones. I mean, hey, you're going to make the routine. You've got to make enough of the routine ones. But every once in a while, you've got to come down with a – you know, you've got to help your quarterback out. He's not going to always be able to hit you between the numbers. And so now this is your opportunity to help him out.
Chapter 8: What are the predictions for the Bears' offensive strategies this year?
But I like what I saw from Cam Ward. I really did. Atlanta fell behind, but then, you know, Austin's Eastern stick. He came in and threw the ball because, you know, Penix Jr. didn't play at all. That's the only thing, Ocho. I was like, damn, they don't let these guys play at all. Yeah. Ocho, I couldn't even imagine.
Could you imagine standing on the sideline the first, second preseason game, Ocho, and not even dressed out? Hey, you know how I am. You've heard enough stories about how I was. I'm practicing. I'm not, excuse me, not practicing. I'm playing in the preseason. I don't care. I do not care, Joe. I had my coach every preseason game. I forced Coach Lewis to call timeouts in the preseason, Joe.
Just to get me out the game, man, I need these reps. I need to get acclimated to game speed, game speed. I don't care if we could practice a hundred times, Joe, we could practice a hundred times. It's different. And I wanted my body, I wanted my body to get accustomed to that as fast as possible before week one came along. Go ahead, Joe, go ahead.
I think a lot of the guys, especially the top guys who don't really play a lot in the preseason, Okay, Ocho, is it because they take all the rips and snaps in practice and they don't want to overload them into the game? We don't. We normally break it down, Joe. We normally have 50 to 60 plays practiced and scripted.
And of those 10 plays, so we go, I don't know how y'all did, Ocho, but we did 10 plays. The starters would probably take six to seven of those snaps. Now, maybe there's maybe a repeat, something didn't go well, and Mike would say, okay, I want to see that again with the starters. But you're going to take at least seven.
The starters are going to take at least, at bare minimum, seven of those reps. And then the other three will get divided up and okay, fine. But so you're going to get the lion's share of the rep. The reason why it's different, Ocho, is because you got to realize come game time, your pads are taped down. Now they feel tighter. A lot of guys got all their pads in their pants.
They're going to feel tighter. So I needed to get accustomed to that because in practice, ain't nobody taping no jerseys. Right. No. We taping our jerseys now. I mean, come game time, we tap. Hey, them things tight. Yeah. Tight, tight. And go ahead. Y'all know the fans. They ready to see it. I wanted to see Penis get out there a little bit and spin it.
you know, at least for a quarter, Uncle Ocho. But, you know, I know he got some high-power weapons. He's talked a lot, you know, in this past week about how high-powered they are offensively and what he expects out of that Falcons core with that wide receiver core that he has.
And I think a lot is going to determine on how quick he can pick up on things and how soon can he adapt to being, like, one of the top quarterbacks in his league. All I know is this. If I'm going big game hunting, the first time I fire my weapon, ain't going to want to see that big game. I'm going to get some shots offered.
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