Chicago vs. Carolina: Analyzing Team Health & Game Strategy

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00:00is starting with Chicago and Carolina. Uh, you know, certainly

00:04for me, I see the field views here. I see the team grades.

00:08There's a big disparity from Chicago's 1992.7 and Carolina's

00:1474.7. What are you seeing in this game? Well, look, yeah, by

00:19health, Chicago is very healthy and their defense is very

00:24healthy. Whereas Carolina's defense is not healthy. They

00:28haven't been able to stop the ball up front on the D-line.

00:31They've got Shi Tuttle now out, Derrick Brown already out, and

00:34they're losing three out of four linebackers. LeShak Thompson

00:38now out for the seasons. And you see the field view there where

00:41it is. Look at the box there on the front seven, not to mention

00:45on the back end, some DB issues for Carolina. So really, Bears

00:50are healthy and Carolina Panthers are not. And so there's

00:54a couple of different plays there, including totals as well

00:57as sides there based on the mismatch. And I'm curious for

01:03you, Doc, when you're trying to get a read here on this

01:06Carolina team with the amount of injuries, is it a situation

01:11where you expect to grade their defense unfavorably for the

01:15remainder of this season? Well, yes and no, there's no question

01:20and you're bringing up a great point of what we call Delta one

01:24week to the next change. For example, the Rams have been one

01:27of the more injured teams this whole season, but they've kind

01:30of stabilized their offensive line a little bit and their

01:34grade will kind of creep up. It's creeping up and of course

01:37their wide receivers are not back yet. So it's not static the

01:40whole season.