A Highly Anticipated Debut: Bears vs. Titans Game Analysis

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00:00Let's get into the games today that feature these superstar

00:05rookie quarterbacks that went first and second off the board.

00:09This past April will begin in Chicago with the Bears as now

00:12a three and a half point favorite against the Tennessee

00:15Titans. Some of those fours have popped back up here and you

00:19have a Tennessee team that is hoping Will Levis can be the

00:22guy. A lot of change with Mike Vrabel out the door. Brian

00:25Callahan steps in the offensive coordinator for Cincinnati.

00:29This is going to be an interesting spot here, Joe, to get

00:32the Kayla Williams Chicago Bears tenure underway.

00:35What do you like in this game?

00:36I sort of lean to Will Levis, the second year quarterback

00:39in Tennessee on the road.

00:40And the reason why I say that is the the optimism and the

00:43pressure on Kayla Williams in Chicago to start fast in regards

00:46to this matchup.

00:47Now, I do believe we get over this total today, 42 and a half,

00:5043, but Will Levis showed me something towards the end of

00:53last year, right?

00:54Did lead to come from behind win in Miami as a double-digit

00:58underdog, eight touchdowns, four in interceptions.

01:01He struggled a little bit with consistency, completing 58%

01:05of his passes.

01:05But now you have Tajay Spears.

01:07You have Tony Pollard in regards to a dynamic pass-catching

01:11running back tandem.

01:12I think they can put pressure on Chicago on the road today.

01:15I'm calling for the upset.

01:16Tennessee, Donnie, outright over Chicago.

01:18I gotta tell you, I'm with you.

01:19I don't know, like again, the points out there, the four,

01:22I'll probably lean that way.

01:23But why are we giving Chicago so much hype right out of the

01:25gate? And granted, I understand that you're getting a Heisman

01:27Trophy winning quarterback, a franchise guy that should be

01:29able to operate with three talented wide receivers.

01:31But also, let's take a look at, you might not get to the

01:33starting gate with Keenan Allen today, having that banged

01:35up heel.

01:36You take a look at Montez Sweat, who's your only pass rusher

01:38for me, and what's wrong with him? Banged up coming into

01:41this game.

01:41That defense stinks out loud.

01:43And if we're looking at Tennessee, I always try to weigh

01:45this. Free agency can really help a football team.

01:48They paid a lot of money.

01:49That is going to equate in wins, not playoffs.

01:51So I don't know how well the money was spent.

01:53But for me, I go talent for talent, man for man.

01:55Why can't Tennessee hang around?

01:57Is it just we're looking at this game?

01:58Well, Will Leavis is bad, so I can't take him here.

02:00I disagree.

02:01Look, Calvin Ridley's a wide receiver.

02:03And also, Hopkins was supposed to be out a couple weeks.

02:05He's back today.

02:06Why can't we?

02:07Look, I'm into winning the game.

02:08This feels like most people are saying, there's no way you

02:11can take Tennessee.

02:12And I think Joe and I are saying like, yes, there is.

02:14I think there's, I guess it all depends where you're looking.

02:17I've seen people take Tennessee.

02:18I'm on the other side.

02:19I would be on the Chicago Bears here.

02:21If this got down to a flat three, the Bears are easily on

02:23my card.

02:24I've considered it at four, three and a half year.

02:26He's buying in.

02:27I am buying.

02:28Well, here's the thing.

02:29I definitely have an advantage of quarterback.

02:31I mean, that's a hundred percent.

02:33I mean, that's great.

02:34Come on.

02:34All right.

02:34Come on.

02:34Let's go.

02:35Let's go.

02:36He's got no games under his belt.

02:37Okay, and you have Will Leavis.

02:39But at least Will Leavis.

02:40Will Leavis has played games and not been good in them.

02:43And Caleb stepped up and won a meaningful game in college.

02:46And talk to Will Leavis one, because I remember you trying

02:48to blame me for Kentucky totals.

02:50We're ten and three.

02:51We're ten and three.

02:51I remember the Kentucky totals.

02:53Good point.

02:54Good point.

02:54I'm leaning this way right now.

02:55I mean, I mean, just saying.

02:56Okay, so I definitely have a quarterback advantage, unless

02:59your last name is Levis or Leacy.

03:01The pass catching rooms, the skill position rooms.

03:06Yeah, Calvin Ridley's great.

03:07I think Hopkins is going to be on a pitch count here.

03:09DJ Moore of that group, I would still say, is the best guy.

03:12Roma Dunsday was the top ten pick for a reason.

03:14We don't talk about him in that Rookie of the Year race.

03:16It's going to be really hard for him to win it, you know

03:18what I mean, while Caleb Williams is still there.

03:21The running back rooms, you bring in Tony Pollard paired

03:23with Tajay Spears, Swift, Herbert, but also this comes

03:27down to home field advantage at times.

03:29And this is where, you know, it's a good point to kind of

03:31do this again in the season.

03:32It varies for everybody.

03:33What is home field advantage worth to anybody?

03:35If it's worth nothing, well, then I understand betting

03:37the Tennessee Titans.

03:39If it's worth two points, two and a half, three, I think

03:43the Bears are a better football team than the Tennessee

03:46Titans. Pair them being at home.

03:48I don't think there's anything wrong with this number.

03:49Well, let me ask you this.

03:50If Justin Fields was the quarterback, what would this

03:53number be? Lower because he's been terrible.

03:55But he's had, all right, you believe that.

03:58I disagree, but he's an experienced guy and we're talking

04:02about a rookie making his first career start.

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