You gotta feel for the Lions. They should have had their first win of the season a couple of weeks ago only to have their hearts ripped out by an NFL record long field goal as the clock expires. Now this week they score late in the game and say screw overtime, let’s go for a win right now with a successful 2 point conversion to take the lead with less than a minute to go. But the stupid Vikings had to rain on their parade and drive down the field for a game winning field goal. I can understand why Dan Campbell would be crying after this game, winning has got to start to feel pretty impossible in Detroit this year. Even when you do the right things you still somehow end up with a loss.
Now on a different note from this game, Kirk Cousins and Mike Zimmer really hate each other huh? This “celebration” below looks like it almost ends in a fight. I still think the Vikings stink this year and Zimmer will probably be gone at the end of the season because I don’t think these two can stay together for another year and they’re stuck with Cousins.
Could the Chicago Bears possibly be… good? Maybe I’m overreacting and getting a bit ahead of myself but I don’t think so. Obviously the offense didn’t put up crazy numbers or anything but they were moving the ball pretty well and looked at very least competent. Just seeing them take some shots downfield is soooooo nice, there’s finally some reason to believe that they might make some big plays again. Why did Nagy even take back play calling at all this year? They looked better last season when Lazor called the plays and they look way better with him calling the plays this year. And of course I love this defense, they are still an awesome unit and I’m sure having a decent offense has got to revitalize them.
Boy oh boy were there some scares early on in that game though with Fields getting hit left and right. If the Raiders committed one more roughing the passer I swear I was going to call the police. Then his knee hyperextending on that scramble looked BAD. I was praying it’d be something that only kept him out a couple weeks and not a season ending injury. So when he came back in just a few plays later I was elated. Thank goodness he was fine.
Packers at Soldier Field next week. Packers have looked pretty beatable this year and Bears seem like they may be starting to figure things out. I absolutely LOVE the Bears at +4.5 and will likely even end up taking them moneyline. Bear Down!
I don’t think much has to be said about Justin Fields. Sure, Matt Nagy has said Andy Dalton will start the season but any NFL fan knows that once Fields gets thrown in he’ll be a top-tier quarterback right off the bat. The only question is how long will it be until he gets the reins because Dalton is looking awesome at training camp. The tweets below show the beautiful passes he’s been throwing, making me think he’s taken the next step and is about to have a breakout year competing with the best QBs in the league. I know you may be thinking “that’s just the Bears twitter account tweeting out highlights,it’s not indicative of any kind of big leap by Dalton” but I disagree. Why would the Bears tweet these if every throw hasn’t been this good? That would just be getting fans’ hopes up for nothing. Now let’s look at the other NFC North quarterbacks.
Packers: Aaron Rodgers is coming off of an MVP season and has consistently been among the top 3 QBs throughout his career, but this off season showed it will be a down year for Rodgers.He hates the Packers organization and simply does not want to be in Green Bay. He made them trade for Randall Cobb so that he can have a friend to just kick back and relax with while he goes through the motions for his last year in Green Bay. I have no doubt he’ll be back to MVP level play when he finds a team he actually wants to play for. Until then, he’ll just be in a holding pattern.
Vikings: Kirk Cousins has just entered the NFL’s Covid protocol and will have to miss at least 5 days of training camp before returning to practice. I’d put Dalton and Cousins pretty close to each other in terms of skill level so these missed reps are really going to cost the Minnesota QB. While he’s sitting in quarantine, Dalton and Fields will be continuing to get better and really separating themselves from Cousins.
Lions: Jared Goff is a decent QB but he’s no Matt Stafford. If the Lions still had Stafford they’d most likely have the best quarterback in the division this season but unfortunately for them he’s gone. Goff will do fine but I haven’t seen any clips of him making overly impressive throws in the first week of camp (I also haven’t looked for any).
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