Al I am jealous of you as I did not get much time to watch football this weekend. Needed to get things done around the house.

Williams might be a good QB in the future and I agree that one season does not define a career. I still stick with my prediction that Daniels is the better QB and the Bears would have been better off drafting him. Only time will tell. Oh well all the better for the Packers. I am not terribly concerned about the OC change this week due to that the new OC has little experience but I will admit that anything could happen. The Bears are backed into the corner and you know what happens when you corner a Bear. Right now they got nothing to lose.

There is no perfect team out there and seasons have a way of exposing that given time. The Lions and Goff were due a coming back to earth after a pretty stellar stretch at a historically unsustainable level of efficiency.

There is enough talent on the Packers to match up with any team. The problem is that we have been at best inconsistent in harnessing it. For the most part we are not playing close to our potential for full games. At some point that has to change because in the end results matter and in our division this year, perhaps particularly so.

Seeing what the coaches learned over the bye and if they can tweak personnel and approaches to unlock things will be quite revealing I think. I am not sure if the Bears O is much of a yardstick at this point, particularly their OL, but I am very interested to see what we can do against their vaunted D. That will be a good test of our Head Coach/OC, QB and the O as a whole I think.

I no longer watch Rodgers. It’s just not pretty. I felt the same way about Favre right at the end. Better to remember what he was than what he is now (or be a Jets fan).

"I have so many mixed feelings watching Rodgers play quarterback for the Jets. On one hand, I selfishly want him to fail playing for any team other than the Packers. On the other hand, I feel sad for him watching how things are going with the Jets."

Your a nice man Al, or maybe I've just gotten just gotten a bit meaner in my old age. I absolutely LOVE watching Rodgers flopping in NY. I also got a HUGE kick out of Mike Williams catching the winning TD pass.

Rodgers is an asshole and Karma is a bitch. Couldn't happen to a more douchey guy!

I actually got to watch a lot of football this weekend too. Normally, when you get a nice November weekend in Minnesota you work like hell to get ready for the winter. However, my wife returned from visiting family in California with a case of Covid, which she promptly gave to me. (I stupidly didn’t get around to getting vaccinated yet this fall.) I’m getting a T-shirt printed that says,”My wife went to California and all I got was this lousy Covid!”.

Anyway, the patio and deck furniture will be covered with snow and the leaves will remain unraked but I got to watch football.

Williams and Rodgers have more in common than Rodgers owning or being a previous owner of both teams. Both teams, probably partly because of Rodgers, forgot to build offensive lines and line depth. How do teams think they can skip the most important unit and think they can operate?

You had me at “beautiful mystery!”

I don't feel sad for Rodgers. For a couple games, I watched him hoping he would fail yet appreciating those trademark Rodgers throws that he can still make. I no longer want to watch him though. He does not bring out the best in me as a football fan.

The Vikings were lucky to play the Jaguars without Trevor Lawrence, but I guess we can't complain because the Packers played the Rams without Cooper Cupp and Puka Nacua.

If Tua is not lying still in a dark, quiet room by the 28th, I'm going to have to pass on watching him seek his next brain injury against the Packers. If only Dave Duerson or Junior Seau could have a talk with him.

The Texan team that was beating up on the Lions was a much different team than the one we beat, until they weren't. This just might be the Lions year, until it isn't.

I have no empathy or sympathy for Aaron Rodgers. May he remain healthy for the remainder of his career. You plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.

Don't care about Rodgers. Yes, it's always sad when a guy stays too long.

If you want to pass, you have to protect your QB. If you can't protect the QB, you can't pass, which means you're not going to score very much, which means you aren't going to win very much. I do not understand how this simple truth just seems to baffle the entire Chicago organization.

In retrospect, the Bears would have been ahead to use the draft to put better players around Justin Fields. They were 7-10 last year and it doesn't look like they're going to improve on that very much.

As far as Caleb Williams, never, ever underestimate the Bears ability to ruin a good QB. If the Bears had drafted Mahones instead of Trubisky, Mahones would be seen as a draft bust, and be on his third team as a backup. The ruining of Trevor Lawrence by the Jaguars, multiple coaches and a porous OL, seems to be where Williams is headed.
After nine games last year, the Packers were 3-6. This year, they're 6-3. If (a small word with a lot of impact) the Packers can do what they did last year, they could end up with around 11 to 13 wins.
Always remember the media are bandwagon cheerleaders. The first few weeks, Sam Darnold was going to be MVP. Then Goff. Now? Who knows? And for me, who cares? Rodgers had four MVP's, but only made it to one SB. Being SB MVP should be the goal. And speaking of the football landscape, which team has been dominating the scene? KC is undefeated, but barely squeaks by opponents. Kind of like the Packers in most of their victories this year. As of now, it all seems wide open, and whichever team gets on a roll would have to be considered leaders in the SB sweepstakes.
Finally, as for Rodgers, I'm also torn on his ending. As you wrote, he got what he wanted, and doesn't have the same skill set or durability he did after years of tackles and various injuries. But in the end, I believe Packers fans would welcome back the prodigal son, as they did with Favre. Who, at the end of his career, forced his way onto the Vikings so he could "stick it to the Packers" twice a year.

"The young quarterback wreckers known as the Chicago Bears are once again doing what they do best. I personally feel Caleb Williams has the arm talent to eventually be a top 15 quarterback in the NFL.The question is, will the Bears actually work on developing him properly, put together an offensive game plan that helps him, and construct an offensive line capable of not getting him killed? He's looking kind of shell-shocked, and a lot of people are already out on Williams, but I think it's way too early. The offensive coordinator just got fired and there will surely be a new coaching regime in Chicago next season if not sooner. Maybe they screw something up and hire a competent coaching staff. Nah, probably not."

I figured since its Bears week this is the good one to respond to.

It is truly how a team can take a talented QB and just wreck them. I have no clue what Williams future will hold, but the Bears made the mistake early handing the keys to him without him even stepping a foot into Illinois. Its not just about Williams. They worried about having the Weaponry around him, but didn't worry about the most important part. The OL. When a young QB starts seeing ghosts on the field its hard to not see them.

I am curious to see what the new OC does for Chicago. At the same time I'm curious to see what Haffley has in store for them. I think we could see a few changes after the bye. Obviously not Preston Smith anymore. So we will see more of Mosby and possibly Cox. Hopefully Williams and Alexander are back as well. I'm looking forward to more games again.

I don't see anything wrong with Rodgers.
In Fact: I still would take him over Love THIS YEAR.
The difference; is Rodgers has a bad OL.
And the running attack stinks with a ranking of 30.
No running attack. No OL. = Frustration. Loses.

And that defense is just another Laugh.
With No money to fix the problem.

But I do get the hate here.
Somebody had to take the blame.
Which most took it to the extreme.

Rodgers stirs up contradictory feelings in me. Sometimes I think he is the most arrogant, insensitive jerk and at other times, I see him as a tragic entity who does not seem to possess self-awareness
nor self-insight. He speaks fairly eloquently and professorially so I am fooled into thinking he has greater than average personal insight but he continues to do head-scratching things both off and on the field so I swing between thinking is arrogant or 'neurodivergent'. I think there is evidence that Aaron has Asperger's. For example, why go on Pat McAfee when you're 3 and 7? Most people would say hey, 'until we do better, I'm not coming on'--I don't think it's arrogance, it looks like tone-deafness to me.

I remember the initial meeting between Randall Cobb and Woody Johnson. Randall laughed and told Woody that one of his major roles was one of 'interpreter' and Woody seemed to breathe a sigh of relief & (I don't care for Woody).
I think Woody was looking for Randall to translate on a fairly regular basis.

I soured on Rodgers after the Debacle in Seattle. He played poorly and his cowardly quarterbacking was one of the many reasons they lost that game. He was happy to let others take the blame. What a turd.

He and his worshippers always have a scapegoat or an excuse to get Rodgers off the hook . I’d like to see him get blamed for something and have it stick just once. That said, he and the Jets are way too boring to watch.

Detroit would have lost if the Texans had a decent Offensive Coordinator who repeatedly called for a run into the teeth of the Lion's defense. I don't know how many times he called for the run up the gut, but it failed again and again and put the Texans in poor position on 3rd down. He must of been thinking, "It's gotta work this time" like a 10-time losing gambler. I am still astounded how he called the same/similar play on first down so many times. What a waste.

Al I,'m old enough to see most of the great ones take on father time and lose except a few who saw writing on wall and quit.
Marciasno, Grettzke etc.
Rodgers made the decision to keep playing blame him.
1. Lions are not super bowl bound. No pass rush, weak pass defense, lack of receivers.
2. Jets bears cowboys pats panthers rams put a fork in em. Season over.
3. KC is the best team because Andy put speed players every where. They ware you down by 4th quarter trying to keep up, that's there secret, Andy knows speed kills.
Vikes came down to earth, there qb is back to his not being that good.
Ravens are strange. Steelers are real. Cards interesting. 49ers, chargers, broncos Bengals so so.

You feel sad for Rodgers? What the hell is wrong with you? "I feel sad for him watching how things are going with the Jets. His demands are all being met by the desperate Jets organization and yet it doesn't matter. He looks every bit his age and he's only getting crankier and less 'tolerant' of his receivers not doing exactly what he expects." Cry us a river. Rodgers deserves to eat his baloney (and I don't mean baloney) for all the turmoil and frustration he puts on everybody. He's a pathetic dweeb and his Favre-like narcissism has brought on his own karma. I look forward to the day the Packers retire LYNN DICKEY's number.

Caleb Williams is an unmarried cat lady. He literally cried about his cats on camera while wearing black fingernail polish at USC. Go back and look at the tape!