5 On It: How do you feel about the Bears falling out of the top 10 in NFL's power rankings?
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Why did the Bears fall out of the top 10 in NFL's power rankings?
In his post-draft power rankings, NFL.com's Eric Edholm dropped the Bears down two spots.
from his March power rankings, and now has placed them at number 11. At home's top 10 are as follows.
What are the current top 10 teams in the NFL according to Eric Edholm?
Number 10, the Eagles. Number 9, the Patriots. Number 8, the Chiefs. Number 7, the Texans. Number 6, the 49ers. Number 5, the Ravens. Number 4, the Bills.
Do the Bears deserve their placement outside the top 10?
Number 3, the Broncos. Number 2, the Rams. And at number 1, the Seahawks. Do you agree with the Bears' placement outside of the top 10 in these NFL.com post-draft power rankings? Okay, so Eric Edholm, who's a nice fellow, comes on the score a lot, and I think is fair, has had the Bears in a very odd precipitous fall for his postings. Because after free agency, the Bears dropped. And it was like after the season, then it was after free agency, and now it's after the draft. And the Bears kept dropping. So when you look at the top 10 teams, I think there is some variance here. Like the 49ers at number six.
What factors contributed to the Bears' drop in rankings after the draft?
Well, we know they're going to be more healthy than they were last season. Just a matter of timing. Chiefs at eight. I think that's because of Patrick Mahomes' health, obviously. Seven, the Texans, hard to argue against. Nine, Patriots. How much could the current story affect their team? I'm not real sure. Ten is Eagles. So it's hard to argue against who's in the top ten.
How do injuries affect team rankings and performance?
But then you see, for example, the Ravens at number five. And I understand that they did the best to add to their defense, but they've got a new head coach. And I'm not quite sure if number five is okay for the Ravens. That's the one where I'm probably thinking there's a variable there. If the Bears are number 11, I'm okay with it. But any lower than that, you start to think that they're a fair to middle end team in the league. And I don't think that's the case. So it's just a matter of how they break through based on this, you know, that's it's, it's, it's also really difficult when you have to measure so many teams in the AFC against the NFC.
I have no problem with where he put the bears. And I have a theory as to why they keep dropping free agency went by.
What is the impact of free agency on team power rankings?
They didn't add to the pass rush draft goes by. They don't add to the pass rush. I see these top 10 teams can all get to the quarterback better than the bears.
Yeah.
And so I think he's looking at it from a, okay, I feel like I know what you are on offense. That gets you to the top half of the NFL. What's lacking is I still don't know. It's just like me. I still don't know how you're getting to the quarterback. And I feel like that's why 11 makes sense.
How do the Bears compare to other teams in the top 10?
If you go with, that's probably the vision. He doesn't see the vision of Ben Johnson and what he's doing with the offense to the point where if you leave the NFL in total offense and scoring offense and Maybe you don't need to get to the brush as much on the pass.
I don't love the Big 12 plan. Outscore teams 50 to 48. It doesn't make me feel confident.
You thought Pac-12 after dark was out of style just because the Pac-12 teams all left.
Oh, no, no, no. The Bears and 49ers 100% played a Pac-12 after dark game.
They certainly did.
What are the implications of the Bears' ranking for the upcoming season?
100%. That's absolutely what that was. Maybe 10, 10 being the Eagles. I think that's where you could put the Bears into play. The Patriots go into the Super Bowl and they're number nine.
One of the reasons is the Texans, they get to the quarterback. Do they have a quarterback? You tell me. Based on the postseason performance, their quarterback position is lacking. You could make the same argument about the Eagles, although you could just say it's a dysfunctional offense coming out of last year. But, yeah, those other teams, the defenses are pretty stout.
Absolutely. Five on it.
Number two.
Chiefs.
Cubs manager Craig Council joined Spiegel and Holmes yesterday and said this regarding Moises Ballesteros playing catcher this season. I think it's not something you're going to see a lot, um, in our current roster construction, but if something happens to one of our catchers, then you're, you're going to absolutely see it a lot more. Um, And, you know, Moises is going to still play a lot.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did the Bears fall out of the top 10 in NFL's power rankings?
0:00–0:29
2
What are the current top 10 teams in the NFL according to Eric Edholm?
0:29–0:37
3
Do the Bears deserve their placement outside the top 10?
0:37–1:16
4
What factors contributed to the Bears' drop in rankings after the draft?
1:16–1:40
5
How do injuries affect team rankings and performance?
1:40–2:26
6
What is the impact of free agency on team power rankings?
2:26–2:55
7
How do the Bears compare to other teams in the top 10?
2:55–3:27
8
What are the implications of the Bears' ranking for the upcoming season?
3:27–17:10
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