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THE DIESEL REPORT🏈
DIESEL’S BOLD CALLS: #DaBears vs BUCS
Got a few predictions for tomorrow night.
-Caleb goes for 285, 2 TDs, no picks.
-Burden 90 yards and a TD.
-Loveland goes over 70 yards again.
-Simmons wrecks that interior. 1 sack, 2 TFLs.
-Bears hold Tampa under 120 on the ground.
-Defense gets off the damn field. Bucs go 3/12 on third down.
I think Chicago gives belt to ass at home.
#DaBears 27, Bucs 17.
🐻⬇️
Buddy “Big Diesel” Barksdale retweeted
This is the Jeffery Simmons effect. His impact goes well beyond his own production. Great numbers by PFF.
Before Simmons, Montez Sweat had just 13 pressures (59th among EDGE) with a 57.4 PFF pass-rush grade (64th of 80).
Against Seattle:
◾️Sweat: 5 pressures (5th in Week 8)
◾️71.5 PFF pass-rush grade (18th)
◾️Double-team rate dropped from 19% (Weeks 1–5) to just 6.5% 👀👀
◾️EVERY Bears DL with 10+ pass-rush snaps had a season-low double-team rate.
◾️Every Bears DL earned pass-rush grades above 65.0.
That’s what happens when you add a game-wrecking interior defender. Offenses have to pick their poison. #DaBears #Bears #ChicagoBears
Buddy “Big Diesel” Barksdale retweeted
Yall have made this season so fun for me
I wanna give back to you all
Retweet this and I will pick a few people to send some signed Bears gear
I will post/DM those lucky individuals tomorrow night (11/8) @ 7PM CST just before kick off
Yall fucking rock
Buddy “Big Diesel” Barksdale retweeted
NFL History for Caleb Williams
He has surpassed Aaron Rodgers for the most consecutive games with 20+ completions and less than 1 INT
With Braxton Jones officially done for the season, #DaBears need to give Taylor Decker a call. Dude allowed just 2 sacks on 551 pass blocking snaps last year with a 6% pressure rate. He’s 32, but we’re not asking him to be the future. Bring in a proven vet, keep #18 clean, and give Ben Johnson a guy he already knows. 🐻⬇️
Buddy “Big Diesel” Barksdale retweeted
Since Caleb Williams has returned from injury, the Chicago Bears have led for 158:33 of 180 minutes.
They have only been tied at 0-0.
They have never trailed.
Buddy “Big Diesel” Barksdale retweeted
🚨 #Bears Caleb Williams since returning from hamstring injury:
3-0 record
860 passing yards
4 TD, 0 INT
111.3 passer rating
Really good work here from Jeff Berckes tracking Caleb Williams’ progress against some of #DaBears all-time passing marks.
One thing that stands out to me is the TD:INT ratio. Caleb’s ability to protect the football while still pushing it downfield doesn’t get talked about enough.
Still a ways to go, but he’s on a great path
Worth bookmarking for the rest of the season. 🐻⬇️
infogram.com/bears-stats-tra…
Buddy “Big Diesel” Barksdale retweeted
Caleb Williams showing Jeffrey Simmons the respect he deserves. 👏
📺 Buccaneers at Bears: Sunday 7 p.m. ET on NBC & Peacock
Ben Johnson after beating Seattle:
“We didn’t come here to make a statement. We’re still building.”
Probably my favorite thing he’s said all year.
You go into Seattle, beat the defending champs by 17, and the message is still that there’s work to do.
Love the mentality he’s bringing to Chicago.
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Buddy “Big Diesel” Barksdale retweeted
This shot of Jeffery Simmons in his first game as a Chicago Bear is awesome. 🔥
📸: @BaileyBlack01
Ben Johnson deserves more credit for last night.
Caleb used play action on 47.2% of his dropbacks, his highest rate of the season.
That’s not random playcalling. That’s manipulating second-level defenders and creating throwing windows against an elite secondary. We’re witnessing a coaching masterclass.
The scheme is starting to dictate terms instead of react to them.
#DaBears
Chicago’s defense is allowing a 23.8% third-down conversion rate through 8 games.
19 conversions allowed on 80 attempts. Second fewest through 8 games since at least 1991. 🐻⬇️
THE DIESEL REPORT: UNDER THE HOOD 🔧🐻
Bears 34, Seahawks 17
Couple things I noticed Monday night that go deeper than the scoreboard.
1. Simmons is making everybody else’s job easier.
Interior pressure is worth its weight in gold. When a QB can’t step up, the edge rushers don’t have to win clean every snap. Simmons is forcing protection decisions before the ball’s even snapped. That’s how one big bastard changes an entire front seven.
2. Caleb’s best plays weren’t necessarily his biggest.
24/34, 247 yards. What I liked was the willingness to take the boring completion. There’s a time to play backyard ball, but against good defenses, you gotta learn to make your money on schedule.
3. Ben Johnson is making defenses defend every blade of grass.
Burden, Odunze, Loveland. Different skill sets, different ways to stress coverage. You can’t double everybody. Somebody’s getting a favorable matchup, and Caleb’s getting better at finding it.
4. The run game needs a wrench taken to it.
Swift’s three touchdowns look beautiful on paper. But 27 carries for 69 yards is 2.6 a pop. That’s not sustainable efficiency. Gotta find out whether the issue is blocking, defensive numbers in the box, or play design before January rolls around.
5. Third downs are where the defense earned its paycheck.
Seattle went 1/11. That’s not just good tackling. That’s winning early downs, putting the offense in predictable situations, and getting off the damn field.
DIESEL’S VERDICT:
The encouraging part isn’t that Chicago won by 17. It’s that there’s still plenty to fix and they handled business anyway.
That’s what good teams do.
KEEP THE TURBO SPOOLING. BEAR DOWN. 🐻⬇️
Big Diesel
