00:00And the offseason had everyone talking because of the comments that were made by head coach Ben
00:05Johnson of the Chicago Bears. And you talk about talking and delivering. That's exactly what the
00:10Chicago Bears did last week. I don't care who this is against in the NFL. That's a scary number.
00:1659 points in the opening weekend of the National Football League as the Bears absolutely mauled the
00:22Carolina Panthers, who, by the way, are like not the Dolphins, you know, or not the Cardinals or
00:27not the Browns. Like they just crushed them. Minnesota with a nice comeback win last week
00:32without Kyler Murray and had Carson Wentz lead them to victory. And they're suffering some injuries as
00:38well. Jordan Mason going to miss this week's game. Joe, I find myself being a prisoner of the moment
00:43with the Chicago Bears. I got to tell you, I think Ben Johnson is legit. I don't know that the
00:48Bears
00:48are going to win a lot because their defense probably won't stop anybody. But that I mean,
00:53that's not 39 points or 49 points, you know, a 59 spot on the opening week. The Bears to me
00:59have
00:59the potential to be one of the most fun offenses in the NFL this season. They were just incredible
01:05last week. They were. And I want to give them all the credit in the world. But I also want
01:09to put
01:09some context to this. Derek Brown had one of his worst games. The Carolina Panthers give a way too
01:14many explosive plays going back to last year, too. So it's not shocking to see them perform so well out
01:19of the gate. But this is going to be different. Now you go back home and you're facing a much
01:23better
01:23defense. It's going to be well prepared that Minnesota Vikings defense. We know what Brian
01:27Flores is for real. I'm on the side here of the plus four and a half that you're getting with
01:31the
01:31Minnesota Vikings, because I do think they're going to keep this one closer. I think all the
01:35missing pieces from that secondary are going to show up in a much different way. And look,
01:39they kind of showed up last week. Jalen Coker went off last week, right? And I think the injuries
01:43and the personnel that's left this Bears defense year over year is going to get exposed a little bit
01:48by Justin Jefferson. I like Justin Jefferson in this game quite a bit. It's hard not to like him,
01:53but plus 165 for him to score a touchdown. I know they're not gonna have Jordan Mason for a couple
01:57weeks. So look for Aaron Jones to get fed the rock too. They're not going to trust a rookie into
02:01Mont Claiborne, I think, in such an important game with too many carries. So I think a lot of Aaron
02:05Jones, that volume should push him over his total as well. You're finding it around 63 and a half rushing
02:12yards. But to me, this is one also where Carson Wentz is going to have to prove a little bit
02:18with the
02:18impending return potentially in week three of Kyla Murray, give them something to talk about,
02:23put up some good numbers, put up even maybe even steal a victory on the road. And then all of
02:27a
02:27sudden you might have a little bit of a quarterback controversy developing. So I think Carson Wentz has
02:31a lot to play for here. The Bears looked like gangbusters last week. We'd like to see more
02:36Luther Burton and a whole lot more Colson Loveland. The anomaly of the amount of time that Colson Loveland
02:43was on the field and running routes and did not have a single solitary yard is such a statistical
02:49anomaly. It'll make your head spin. That certainly, I think, regresses back to the mean this week
02:54too. So more Colson Loveland. He's safe to get in your lineups again. Don't go off Colson Loveland
02:59quite yet. But I think this is going to be a very different game for the Bears this week than
03:03what they got last week from the Carolina Panthers in terms of opponent.
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