A look at positional battles as Caleb Williams leads the Bears in an attempt for their third straight win against Trevor Lawrence and Jacksonville, with a prediction on the final score.
On Sunday, they've gone 3,950 miles to another country. Losing would be another disappointment, and there are reasons to think they could fail to win three straight games for the first time under coach Matt Eberflus.They left on Monday night. They've had plenty of time to prepare in another country but with familiar practice situations for Jacksonville, which didn't arrive in London until 4 a.m. on Friday.
These are two opposing ways to do it and Eberflus said the number of days has less to do with succeeding than other factors."It doesn't seem like there's any numbers that tell you that one way or the other," Eberflus said of a success formula. "To me it's about focusing on us. That's really all we can do.""To me it's about that field's the same size," Eberflus said. "It's about preparation.
And the Bears feel they were able to maintain their preparation by going early, holding meetings and practices at the same time of day locally that they would have had they been in Chicago.If the Jaguars are going to upset a 1 1/2-point favorite, then it's going to be through effort and efficiency on the field and not because they're more used to playing in England. Half the team hasn't been over there before.
Doug Pederson is a Super Bowl winner but 2017 was a long time ago in Philadelphia. The head hunters are out looking for him after the first sacrifice came down last week with the firing by the Jets of Robert Saleh. Pressure is off Matt Eberflus and staff for the moment with two straight wins but the revelation this week that offensive coordinator Shane Waldron was not scripting plays earlier this year might just rekindle old flames.
The key is how bad Jacksonville's pass defense has been. The Bears didn't have three DBs last year in Washington against a bad pass defense and won 40-20. It can be done.5-0 straight up, 4-1 against the spread, 4-1 over/under."I've seen growth and that to me is the biggest thing...From Caleb from week 1 where I thought he looked completely out of sorts and uncomfotable and stiff and robotic in the pocket to getting more fluid and comfortable."BearDigest.
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