There’s a man who’s not afraid of danger

To Getsy’s awful system he’s no stranger

With every snap he takes

Another record breaks

Odds are he’ll be starting by tomorrow

SECRET BAAAGENT MAN!!!

If you remove the 5(!) turnovers I think we actually played better than the Saints. Just inventing new ways to lose at this point.

Make that 2 great TD catches!

What would some late round flier give you that Bagent hasn’t already? Making the roster and beating out Walker and Peterman is already a great success story for an UDFA. If you want to pin your hopes on an unlikely underdog story Bagent is a better bet than most.

Bonus question - what would it take for Fields to remain the Plan A starter for the Bears next year?

My take: good QBs have bad games and bad QBs have good games. In order to be considered a long term option, the bare minimum you want to see is twice as much good as bad. This year Fields has been the other way, with 2 good games and 4 awful ones. By this admittedly simple logic, he would need 6 consecutive good games with zero stinkers before I would consider him to have turned the quarter and re-entered the franchise QB discussion. (By this same logic, two more awful games would mathematically eliminate him from achieving the magic 2:1 ratio this year.) So yes, I think it is still possible that Fields turns it around and becomes the guy. As a Bears fan that’s what we should all be rooting for. But the odds of that happening look very slim indeed right now.

More relevant than ever.

After that press conference I’m excited to see how Justin comes out slinging. Might as well have some fun and who knows, maybe wet a lucky break and steal one.

Two failed sneaks in a row the opening drive gave me a sinking feeling… coaches had no confidence in the team to execute from the first drive and it showed. One of the worst games I’ve had the displeasure of watching.

Meanwhile Watson is out and Doubs is questionable for the Packers.

Bagent outplayed Walker handily in everything I saw in the preseason and heard from training camp. I’m glad this regime is willing to pivot instead of getting caught in sunk-cost fallacy, definitely feels like the Pace/Nagy era would try far too long to hold onto their plan with “their guys”.

Seriously, what a ridiculous tagline to mask actually useful information.

No surprise there - the main questions I have are “how long” and how many guys are held out for injury reasons. I think I counted 21 players on the injured list a couple of days ago.

If you don’t regularly listen to the Hoge and Jahns show, I can’t recommend it enough. Routinely some of the highest quality Chicago Bears content from guys who have been present in the press room for a long time.

Some key insights from Josh Lucas from the Ryan Pace regime:

• The Bears shouldn’t let Bagent walk because a QB is with potential is worth so much more than your 5th safety or 7th wide reciever. That said,
• Most teams probably have not seen enough from Bagent to put in a waiver claim. Still, all it takes is one.
• Praised Eberflus for being willing to change his system, said not all coaches are willing to do that (shots fired at Nagy)
• Praised Fields for having mental toughness to handle Chicago media circus, says he’s seen it break some people (shots fired at Trubisky)
• If he were still running the show, Mooney would already be extended but he is concerned about Jaylon Johnson’s durability (not a take I’ve heard before but maybe there’s a reason we haven’t heard extension rumors yet?)

Hey now the Dane Sanzenbacher Preseason Hero award usually goes to a white WR or an undersized RB. I don’t remember the last time a QB actually looked good in camp!

He’s not going to beat out P.J. Walker to be Fields’ primary backup, but he could push for Nathan Peterman’s role as the QB3.

The hilarious thing about a hype article written on what was at the time QB4 is that it actually wasn’t hype enough - based on that last preseason game Bagent is absolutely pushing for QB2.

I don’t know why these guys keep trying to give Lucas Patrick a shot. He’s been constantly injured and has looked flat out bad the few heathly reps he’s gotten. I would rather have Ja’Tyre Carter fill in for Jenkins for a couple of weeks and keep Whitehair and Davis where they have been.

Tied for 8th highest TE, which is a little rich now but should look like a bargain in the future if his play continues and salary cap keeps increasing rapidly. Plus the cap hit comes early so we save room later on when we need it. Seems like a win/win to me.

Bonus alternate angle.

The throw in question. Total beauty.

Vote for 3.

Honorable mention for 11 but all of these are fantastic. Great job by the artists.