1. That\u2019s five times, now. Five times, the Chicago Bears have come back to steal a win from an opponent in the final minute this year. Is it Ben Johnson\u2019s manic energy? Is it Caleb Williams becoming The Guy? Is it pure luck? All of the above? I don\u2019t care. Because right now, the Bears are in line to win more games than they have since 2018. Ride the wave, baby.<\/p>\n
2. What\u2019s the bigger story: that the 9-2 Denver Broncos are tied with the New England Patriots for the best record in the NFL, or the fact that they just beat a Kansas City Chiefs team that is somehow on the outside looking in at the playoff picture? I\u2019m picking the latter. I won\u2019t believe the Chiefs not making the postseason until I see it, but I think we can officially say the Chiefs simply aren\u2019t what they used to be. Even Patrick Mahomes himself hasn\u2019t been as good, especially when it comes to hitting the deep ball. What\u2019s the world coming to?<\/p>\n
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3. I caught some flak for saying Tetairoa McMillan would have gone before Rome Odunze if the two had been in the same draft. Not to knock Rome, who\u2019s clearly the best receiver on the Bears and developing into a WR1, but McMillan is proving himself a different breed. Think about it: aside from two games\u2014one of which was a franchise-record 448-yard performance\u2014Bryce Young hasn\u2019t topped 200 passing yards a game. And McMillan is still sixth in the league with 748 receiving yards. He\u2019s that dude.<\/p>\n
4. I realize I\u2019m adding to this because it\u2019s a big story. But\u2026we\u2019re reading way too much into Shedeur Sanders\u2019 debut. I get that he\u2019s a big, intriguing name because of who his dad is and because, like Bronny James in the NBA, we\u2019ve been following his every move since high school. But the reality is that he\u2019s a fifth-round, third-string rookie quarterback who struggled in his first NFL action. Because of course he did. Because he\u2019s probably not a starting QB in the NFL long-term. Which is fine, because a lot of good QBs aren\u2019t (more on that later). Most of the obsession with everything Shedeur isn\u2019t about football, and we need to be honest with ourselves about that. Let\u2019s just say, I\u2019m not looking forward to the discourse when he struggles in his first start. In the words of Ian Malcolm<\/a> in The Lost World: Jurassic Park: \u201cHang on, this is gonna be bad.\u201d<\/p>\n 5. As much as I love Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, I am hoping against hope doesn\u2019t go in the top-10 of next year\u2019s draft. Why? So he can avoid Ashton Jeanty\u2019s fate of playing behind a putrid offensive line as a rookie and taking a year\u2019s worth of hits for no reason. That dude is too fun to waste on a team like that.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n