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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/ex-nfl-star-gets-completely-honest-on-bears-caleb-williams');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ex-NFL star gets completely honest on Bears’ Caleb Williams');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/full_fa285a.jpg"><figcaption>Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Ex-NFL star gets completely honest on Bears’ Caleb Williams</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T14:53:20-07:00">October 28th, 2:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T16:22:01-07:00">October 28th, 4:22pm</time><address><a href="https://matthew516sports.substack.com/">Douglas Fritz</a>Douglas Fritz has been writing about sports for almost four decades and publishes a Christian sports newsletter and podcast on Substack at Matthew516Sports. He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-disagrees-caleb-williams-killer-interception-ravens">Chicago Bears suffered a tough loss</a> with a key interception, and they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/why-bears-loss-to-ravens-proves-they-are-playoff-pretenders">may be playoff pretenders</a>. But an ex-NFL star <a href="https://x.com/FirstTake/status/1983194752422957539" rel="noopener">got completely honest</a> about quarterback Caleb Williams, according to a post on X, formerly Twitter, by First Take.</p><p>“‘Caleb Williams just needs time under a coordinator like Ben Johnson,’ Jeff Saturday on if he is a believer in Bears QB Caleb Williams.”</p><p>Saturday said that Johnson is sculpting Williams.</p><p>“Allowing guys to play within the system is what Ben Johnson is trying to create,” Saturday said. “The problem is: Caleb Williams hasn’t had a ton of coaching like that yet.”</p><h2><b>Bears QB Caleb Williams still trying to absorb</b></h2><p>Saturday pointed to other young quarterbacks, who have already gotten Ben Johnson-like training.</p><p>“Drake Maye has Josh McDaniels, who is going to tell him, this is where the ball … but he still gives you the chance to take the shots,” Saturday said. “But he’s gonna say, no, no, this is house money. We’re taking this every time. In the flat open, take the first one.</p><p>“Kliff Kingsbury with Jayden Daniels last year was very similar. They did some great things together, but it was conservative. Until Jayden Daniels started [throwing] this deep ball. People are like, ‘Golly, he can put the ball down the field.’ That’s a learning curve for Caleb Williams.”</p><p>Williams <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46739409/nfl-week-8-drake-maye-caleb-williams-sam-darnold-trade-deadline-offers" rel="noopener">also got support</a> from ESPN’s Ben Solak.</p><p>“I understand why Bears fans are frustrated,” Solak wrote. “When Williams was selected with the first pick in the 2024 NFL draft, he came with glorious fanfare. Yet to this point in his career, he has been dramatically outproduced by the second (Jayden Daniels) and third (Drake Maye) picks. On film, they’ve outplayed him, too. We get consistent Sunday reminders of what could have been.</p><p>“In that frustration, the ability to calibrate to Williams’ play has been lost. Because he has been relatively disappointing, that must mean he is outright disappointing. I strongly disagree. He has been good this season. We haven’t seen the things that were promised — stupendous, life-changing, franchise-resurrecting play — but he hasn’t been bad. Not just decent — better than decent. He has been good!”</p><p>Still, Solak said Williams isn’t a finished product.</p><p>“Williams has plenty to improve,” Solak wrote. “He must be more accurate on layup throws, which he is obviously rushing and overthinking.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ex-NFL star gets completely honest on Bears’ Caleb Williams

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/2-last-minute-trades-bears-make-2025-nfl-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', '2 last-minute trades Bears must make before 2025 NFL Trade Deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/full-1_c8ee67.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Ng-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>2 last-minute trades Bears must make before 2025 NFL Trade Deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T13:24:13-07:00">October 28th, 1:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T13:24:13-07:00">October 28th, 1:24pm</time><address><a href="https://matthew516sports.substack.com/">Douglas Fritz</a>Douglas Fritz has been writing about sports for almost four decades and publishes a Christian sports newsletter and podcast on Substack at Matthew516Sports. He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-calls-ownership-locker-room-address-penalty-issues">Chicago Bears are trying to clean up</a> penalty problems, and they’ve already made <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicago-makes-move-12-5-sack-de-ahead-week-9">a move to bolster the defense</a>. But here are two last-minute trades the Bears must make before the 2025 NFL Trade Deadline.</p><p>Sitting at 4-3 in a tough division, the Bears still have a chance to make noise. But they have some flaws that a couple of well-timed trades could cover.</p><p>However, they may have to be bold. Let’s take a look at what directions head coach Ben Johnson’s team should go.</p><h2><b>Bears should trade for CB Riq Woolen</b></h2><p>Like many NFL teams, the Bears could use help in the secondary. And there’s a cornerback in Seattle who could be had if the <a href="https://www.pff.com/news/20-trade-candidates-ahead-of-the-2025-nfl-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">price is right</a>, according to Pro Football Focus.</p><p>“After displaying tremendous promise over his first three seasons, Woolen has not reached that excellence in 2025,” Bradley Locker wrote. “Through five weeks, Woolen has compiled a 41.1 PFF coverage grade — the seventh-lowest among qualified cornerbacks — along with 14.1 yards per catch. What’s only made matters worse is Woolen’s 23.8% missed tackle rate.</p><p>“The Seahawks look poised to make the playoffs, but the team could still deal a player like Woolen — especially with depth at the position in Shaquill Griffin, Josh Jobe, and Derion Kendrick. Woolen’s background and fundamental athleticism would attract numerous teams, even though he’s a 2026 free agent.”</p><p>Woolen is obviously not a lock-solid defender. But he has shown that ability in the past. And nobody is giving away cornerbacks who are playing well. And the fact that the Seahawks are shopping him means he could come at a discount. He’s widely considered a <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46653213/2025-nfl-trade-deadline-ranking-top-25-candidates-players-available" rel="noopener">strong trade candidate</a>, according to ESPN.</p><p>“Multiple league execs have Woolen earmarked as a strong trade candidate leading into the deadline,” Jeremy Fowler wrote. “They’ve been wanting to move him for a while,” one executive said. “He doesn’t fit what [head coach Mike Macdonald] wants to do.” Woolen would be best served going to a team that can use his man-coverage traits. One potential hurdle to a deal: Seattle’s other starting corner, Devon Witherspoon, has had a difficult time staying healthy this season.”</p><p>Still, the physical attributes are there.</p><p>“A fourth-year pro with a 6-foot-4 frame and elite speed, Woolen has 11 interceptions and 30 pass breakups in his career,” Matt Bowen wrote. “Inconsistent tackling and lapses in eye discipline have prevented him from reaching his ceiling, but Woolen has the physical traits to help a defense majoring in man coverage.”</p><p>The Bears need to do something to get better on the back end. The offense isn’t consistent enough to win games by scoring a bunch of points. The defense has to get better if the team wants to reach the playoffs.</p><p>And that’s a reason they should consider …</p><h2><b>Bears need to trade for Jets edge Jermaine Johnson</b></h2><p>It’s not a given that the Jets will deal Johnson, but the Bears need to sniff around and see what they can find.</p><p>“The Jets are not desperate to trade Johnson; good edge rushers are hard to find, and his $13.4 million salary for 2026 (a fifth-year option) is reasonable,” Fowler wrote. “But my sense after asking around is that New York would be more willing to part with Johnson than Will McDonald IV if it made any move at the position. Macdonald is in the third year of his rookie deal, whereas Johnson is in his fourth. And Johnson has garnered a bit of interest thus far.”</p><p>Bowen wrote that Johnson has the tools to win in the pass-rush game.</p><p>“When healthy, he has the strength and the lower-body quickness to attack the pocket,” Bowen wrote. “Johnson had his best numbers in 2023 (pre-Achilles injury), when he totaled 7.5 sacks and 16 pressures.”</p><p>The edge rusher position is such a key component for aspiring playoff teams. Those who have a strength there can not only reach the postseason, but also succeed when they get there. That’s why the Bears need to make a move like this.</p><p>There are a lot of things to like about the Bears in Johnson’s first season as head coach. They should strive to go as far as possible. And that will require help from the outside.</p><p>They must set a winning tone for young quarterback Caleb Williams. He struggled in his rookie season and has been up and down this year. But if the wins fall into place, and they reach the playoffs in year two, all will be well in Chicagoland.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2 last-minute trades Bears must make before 2025 NFL Trade Deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicago-makes-move-12-5-sack-de-ahead-week-9');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears make move on 12.5-sack DE ahead of Week 9 vs. Bengals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Green-Bay-Packers-linebacker-Jonathan-Garvin-arrives-to-practice-with-a-big-smile.jpg"><figcaption>Samantha Madar/USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><h1>Bears make move on 12.5-sack DE ahead of Week 9 vs. Bengals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T08:21:21-07:00">October 28th, 8:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T08:21:21-07:00">October 28th, 8:21am</time><address><a>Yago Antunes</a>Yago Antunes is a Brazilian journalist and writer with experience covering esports, the NFL, NBA, and soccer. He has contributed to online outlets and reported on major international tournaments, building a strong background in sports journalism and digital media while displaying his passion about storytelling and sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Packers once famously wished <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/packers-news-jonathan-garvin-release-birthday">Jonathan Garvin a happy birthday before moving on</a> from the 2020 seventh-rounder, an awkward turn for a young edge defender who’d been bouncing between outside linebacker and occasional interior work in Green Bay.</p><p>He logged rotational snaps over three seasons and flashed in spurts, but depth eventually squeezed him out. That’s the backdrop as Chicago takes a low-risk swing on a still-young pass rusher with tools.</p><p>The Bears are signing former Miami Hurricanes defensive end Jonathan Garvin to the practice squad, per Tom Pelissero. The 6-foot-4, 257-pound lineman was drafted No. 242 overall by the Packers in 2020 and has 12.5 sacks as a pro, giving Chicago <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1983183137963422064" rel="noopener">another developmental option on the edge</a> as it preps for Week 9 at Cincinnati.</p><p>For a team that has leaned on roster churn to find situational help, Garvin’s length and get-off fit the profile of a gameday elevation candidate if he settles quickly on special teams and sub packages.</p><p>Chicago’s timing makes sense. With the Bengals ahead and Trey Hendrickson wrecking games on the other sideline, any fresh body who can set an edge, squeeze wide zone, and win a third-and-long rep has value.</p><p>Garvin’s Miami pedigree and frame give the staff angles to explore: standing him up as an overhang in odd looks, kicking him inside on obvious pass downs, or pairing him with a speed rusher to stress protections.</p><p>Discipline is the parallel emphasis. After a penalty-marred stumble in Baltimore, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-calls-ownership-locker-room-address-penalty-issues">head coach Ben Johnson called for more accountability</a> in the locker room, noting that while coaches will support, players need to “take the bull by the horns” to clean it up.</p><p>With a winnable road date in Cincinnati, Chicago’s path is clear: fewer flags, better field position, and a steadier four-man rush. If Garvin helps tilt a drive or two, the practice-squad flier will look prescient.</p><p>Garvin’s arc: Miami standout to late pick in Green Bay, now a Chicago project, reflects the Bears’ current roster strategy: keep swinging at traits and see who sticks. If the 6-4, 257-pounder converts flashes into finish, he’ll give the rotation exactly what it needs in November.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears make move on 12.5-sack DE ahead of Week 9 vs. Bengals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/fantasy-sports/nfl-week-8-injury-round-up-fantasy-football-managers-need-know');   ga('set', 'title', 'NFL Week 8 injury round-up fantasy football managers need to know');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/NFL-Week-8-injury-roundup-Saquon-Barkley-Cam-Skattebo-and-more.jpg"></figure><h1>NFL Week 8 injury round-up fantasy football managers need to know</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T13:49:11-07:00">October 27th, 1:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T13:49:11-07:00">October 27th, 1:49pm</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a>Kendall Capps is a multi-media journalist and editor who is overly passionate about all sports (to his wife's dismay). He's a Senior Editor at ClutchPoints who previously managed SB Nation's golf vertical. He has also done work for FantasyPros and co-hosted the Lay The Points podcast as part of a decade-long career in sports entertainment.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There is a reason that professional football teams only play once a week. It is a brutally physical sport that often leads to players being hurt. Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season was no exception. Savvy fantasy football managers understand the importance of following injury reports to make the most well-informed roster decisions each week.</p><p>So, I am tailoring this column through the lens of fantasy football. I will explore and detail injuries across the league and provide insight into the fantasy ramifications.</p><p>So, let’s get to it.</p><h2><b>Giants RB Cam Skattebo</b></h2><p>We will begin with what is the worst injury of the week: New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo’s ankle.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/new-york-giants/giants-news-cam-skattebo-nasty-injury-teammates-distraught">Skattebo suffered a devastating ankle dislocation</a> during Sunday’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. It is one of those most people don’t want to see. If you are a basketball fan, think of Gordon Hayward’s debut with the Boston Celtics a few years ago.</p><p>Yeah, it was that ugly.</p><p>The rookie out of Arizona State is obviously done for the year. It is a massive blow to the Giants’ offense, and fantasy managers whose teams were propelled by Skattebo.</p><p>Week 1 starter Tyrone Tracy Jr. immediately becomes a must-add when waivers run this week. He very likely had been dropped in your league already. Going forward, you can project Tracy Jr. as a weekly flex play. But don’t get it twisted, he will not produce like Skattebo had been.</p><h2><b>Eagles RB Saquon Barkley</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Eagles-RB-Saquon-Barkley-vs-Giants.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In that same game, Eagles’ All-Pro tailback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/eagles-news-saquon-barkley-limps-off-blue-tent-apparent-injury-giants">Saquon Barkley also left early with an injury</a>.</p><p>The reigning Offensive Players of the Year suffered a groin injury vs. the Giants and did not return to the game. However, Eagles’ head coach Nick Sirianni said on Monday that it was nothing serious. He alluded to the fact that if the game had been closer, Barkley could have returned.</p><p>With Philly’s bye week coming up, he should be a full-go in Week 10. Fire him up as usual, although his season has not gone as planned.</p><h2><b>Browns tailback Quinshon Judkins</b></h2><p>It was a week of running back injuries, because we have another one on the list.</p><p>In the Cleveland Browns’ 32-13 loss to the New England Patriots, starting running back Quinshon Judkins got nicked up. He left early with a shoulder injury, which was a cause for concern for fantasy football managers.</p><p>After all, since his NFL debut in Week 2, he has been a rock-solid RB2 with three RB1 weekly finishes.</p><p>Thankfully for Browns fans and fantasy managers, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski said on Monday that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/browns-news-quinshon-judkins-day-to-day-shoulder-injury-patriots-game">Judkins is day-to-day</a>. Similar to Barkley, Judkins will have an extra week to rest up and heal. The Browns are off in Week 9 and will face the lowly New York Jets coming out of the bye.</p><h2><b>Broncos WR Marvin Mims Jr.</b></h2><p>The first wide receiver on our list is Denver Broncos wideout Marvin Mims Jr.</p><p>The speedy receiver got knocked into next Sunday along the sidelines late in Denver’s win over the Dallas Cowboys. <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/broncos/onsi/news/broncos-marvin-mims-concussion-protocol-huge-cowboys-win" rel="noopener">He is in the concussion protocol</a>. Despite facing a juicy matchup in Week 8, Mims disappointed with zero catches on one target. He ran the ball three times for 18 yards and was valuable in the return game. But that isn’t helping almost anyone in the fantasy football world.</p><p>He can safely be dropped, especially with a daunting matchup against the Houston Texans on tap (assuming he clears the concussion protocol).</p><h2><b>Bears WR Luther Burden III</b></h2><p>The Chicago Bears took a tough loss on Sunday, losing 30-16 at Baltimore against the Ravens. That wasn’t the only L sustained, though.</p><p>Wide receiver Luther Burden III suffered a concussion and was ruled out. Granted, only those in 16-team leagues are likely playing the rookie wideout. But if he does not clear the protocols for Week 9, both DJ Moore and Rome Adunze get a little bump in a plus matchup.</p><p>The Bears will face the Cincinnati Bengals, who just allowed Justin Fields to look like a Pro Bowler. Adunze can be counted on as a solid WR,2 with Moore offering flex value with upside.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NFL Week 8 injury round-up fantasy football managers need to know

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-calls-ownership-locker-room-address-penalty-issues');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears’ Ben Johnson calls for ‘ownership’ in locker room to address penalty issues');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Johnson-coaches.jpg"><figcaption>Mike Dinovo-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bears’ Ben Johnson calls for ‘ownership’ in locker room to address penalty issues</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T12:49:57-07:00">October 27th, 12:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T12:49:57-07:00">October 27th, 12:49pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Sunday afternoon, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-disagrees-caleb-williams-killer-interception-ravens">Chicago Bears came crashing back down</a> to Earth with a largely uncompetitive road loss against the lowly Baltimore Ravens, once again playing <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-still-playoff-contenders-lamar-jackson-coming-back-beating-bears">without quarterback Lamar Jackson.</a> The loss brought the Bears’ impressive four-game winning streak to an end and lowered their record on the 2025 season to 4-3.</p><p>One big factor for the Bears in this loss was the amount of penalties they racked up, which helped out the Ravens significantly on both sides of the ball.</p><p>After the game, Bears head coach Ben Johnson got 100% real on how the team must <a href="https://x.com/BrendanSugrue/status/1982868102015750391" rel="noopener">address that issue moving forward.</a></p><p>“We’re here as coaches, we’re gonna help support these guys &amp; be along with them…but it would go a long way if we just had a little bit more ownership in that locker room to take the bull by the horns so we do get this cleaned up,” said Johnson, per ESPN Chicago, via Brendan Sugrue of Bears Wire on X, formerly Twitter.</p><h2><b>A frustrating loss for the Bears</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Caleb-Williams-still-has-to-demonstrate-consistency-under-center.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>A win on Sunday in Baltimore would have pushed the Bears’ winning streak to five games and allowed them to stay right in the race in the competitive NFC North.</p><p>While the loss is by no means a death sentence for this season, it does feel like a missed opportunity for the Bears, especially considering that the Ravens were still operating without their best player in Lamar Jackson.</p><p>Bears quarterback Caleb Williams had a mixed bag of a day, completing 25 of his 38 passing attempts for 285, no touchdowns, and one interception. Overall, the Bears’ offense as a whole wasn’t able to get much of anything going against a Ravens defense that has been ravaged by injuries this year but is starting to get healthy.</p><p>In any case, the Bears will look to get back in the win column next week when they hit the road to face the Cincinnati Bengals, who just allowed the New York Jets to pick up their first win of the season. That game is set to get underway at 1:00 PM ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears’ Ben Johnson calls for ‘ownership’ in locker room to address penalty issues

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When he's not writing for CP, Gerard can often be seen playing VALORANT or playing pick-up basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/why-bears-loss-to-ravens-proves-they-are-playoff-pretenders">Chicago Bears’ winning ways came to an end on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens</a>. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-still-playoff-contenders-lamar-jackson-coming-back-beating-bears">Facing a Lamar Jackson-less team, Chicago had a solid chance of winning</a> and extending their win streak to five games. However, they suffered a tough 30-16 loss that is closer than what the final score suggests.</p><p>Unfortunately, much of the blame for this game goes to quarterback Caleb Williams. Williams threw for 285 yards on the day, but he failed to find the endzone as a passer and as a runner. Perhaps his biggest mistake, though, was delivering the killing blow that eventually finished off the Bears in the fourth quarter.</p><p>Facing a 2nd-and-9 from their own four-yard line, coach Ben Johnson drew up a play-action scheme for Williams. It was a risky call inside his own endzone, but the Bears’ offensive line did a great job blocking up the play. Unfortunately, their efforts were in vain, as Williams threw a costly pick to Nate Wiggins that set the Ravens up inside the red zone.</p><p>Two plays later, the Ravens scored on a Jonathan Kolar Catch to put them up 23-13. That pick ended up being the decisive blow, as the Bears failed to find the endzone after that play. What’s interesting, though, is the disconnect between Williams and Johnson on the play. Williams <a href="https://allchgo.com/bears-lose-ugly-tyler-huntley-outplays-caleb-williams" rel="noopener">believes that he made the right read</a> and that he just threw an inaccurate ball that Wiggins made a great play on.</p><p>“It was a good read: Rome man-to-man with the guy that caught the pick,” Williams said, per Adam Jahns. “I just didn’t give a good ball to Rome.”</p><p>Johnson doesn’t see it the same way. “Just in my mind, there might have been another option that we could have gotten to,” the Bears coach said.</p><p>When watching the play, it does seem like both sides have a point. Williams definitely could have located the ball better for Rome Odunze, not allowing Wiggins to undercut the route. However, even with a perfect ball from the Bears QB, Marlon Humphrey was also in the vicinity to potentially break up the pass. Running back Kyle Monongai was also coming open after the play-action, which is probably the option Johnson was referring to.</p><p>In any case, this dispute will be settled when the Bears get to their film study session this week. The Bears still have a decent 4-3 record, but it was the perfect opportunity for Chicago to continue hanging around the NFC North title picture.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears’ Ben Johnson disagrees with Caleb Williams on killer interception vs. Ravens

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-still-playoff-contenders-lamar-jackson-coming-back-beating-bears');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ravens are still playoff contenders with Lamar Jackson coming back after beating Bears');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Ravens-are-still-playoff-contenders-with-Lamar-Jackson-coming-back-after-beating-Bears.jpg"></figure><h1>Ravens are still playoff contenders with Lamar Jackson coming back after beating Bears</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T06:28:26-07:00">October 27th, 6:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T06:28:26-07:00">October 27th, 6:28am</time><address><a href="http://hoopnut.blogspot.com/">Enzo Flojo</a>Enzo Flojo is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints and a columnist for Asian basketball at FIBA. He brings a dynamic spirit and background, having expertise that spans writing, analytics, coaching, and broadcasting. He is also currently an Assistant Coach on Scouting &amp; Analytics for the Philippine national youth basketball team.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Baltimore Ravens</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For the first time in over a month, the Baltimore Ravens had something to celebrate on Sunday. A victory over the Chicago Bears in Week 8 reignited faint playoff hopes for a team that’s been searching for identity and consistency all season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-john-harbaugh-achieves-first-win-without-lamar-jackson-2022">Even without Lamar Jackson</a>, the Ravens looked more like the gritty, opportunistic squad that once terrified the AFC.</p><h2><b>Recap</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Tyler-Huntley-makes-handoff-against-Rams.jpg"><figcaption>© Peter Casey-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Backup quarterback Tyler Huntley played his role perfectly. He mixed efficiency with composure. Huntley completed 17 of 22 passes for 186 yards and a touchdown while adding 53 rushing yards. He gave Baltimore’s offense a rhythm it sorely lacked in recent weeks. Defensively, the Ravens came alive again. They forced turnovers, got pressure, and closed the game with a clutch interception by Nate Wiggins that set up the final touchdown.</p><p><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401772759">The 30-16 win</a> improved Baltimore’s record to 2-5. It’s not ideal but manageable given the circumstances. With Jackson’s return on the horizon and a softening schedule ahead, the Ravens might be the sleeping contender nobody wants to face down the stretch.</p><p>Here we’ll try to look at why the Baltimore Ravens are still playoff contenders with Lamar Jackson coming back after beating Bears.</p><h2><b>Tyler Huntley keeps the offense steady</b></h2><p>Huntley deserves every bit of credit for how he handled this opportunity. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-tyler-huntley-cooper-rush-depth-chart-update">Called upon late in the week to start</a> in place of Jackson, Huntley delivered smart, controlled football.</p><p>Huntley’s dual-threat ability kept Chicago’s defense guessing. That’s especially true in key moments when he escaped collapsing pockets or extended drives with his legs. Beyond the numbers, it was his calm demeanor that stood out. Huntley never looked rattled, even when the Bears tightened coverage or brought pressure.</p><p>This win reinforces their confidence in Huntley as a reliable insurance policy for Jackson. He’s not flashy, but he’s efficient. His ability to command the offense under pressure could prove invaluable as the season grinds on.</p><h2><b>Roquan Smith anchors the defense against his old team</b></h2><p>Sunday also marked the return of linebacker Roquan Smith. His impact was immediate. Facing his former team for the first time since being traded to Baltimore, Smith was all over the field. He posted a game-high 12 tackles and restored order to a defense that had looked disjointed without him.</p><p>Smith’s communication and leadership in the middle of the field gave the Ravens defensive structure. They looked cohesive again, shutting down Chicago’s rushing attack. They also forced quarterback Caleb Williams into uncomfortable throws. The Bears, who came in on a four-game winning streak, were held to just 16 points and a paltry 4.3 yards per play.</p><p>Baltimore’s defense hasn’t been perfect this season. However, when Smith is healthy, the difference is night and day. His ability to read offenses, call adjustments, and plug running lanes is exactly what the Ravens need to reestablish themselves as a top-tier unit.</p><h2><b>Zay Flowers bounces back in a big way</b></h2><p>One of the most encouraging signs from Week 8 was the resurgence of wide receiver Zay Flowers. After a rough outing against the Rams in Week 6, Flowers responded with a strong performance versus Chicago.</p><p>He led the team with seven catches for 63 yards on nine targets. Flowers consistently found soft spots in the Bears’ zone coverage and creating yards after the catch. His timing with Huntley was sharp. It was particularly evident on quick slants and short outs that helped move the chains on third down.</p><p>Flowers’ maturity in bouncing back from mistakes is exactly what this offense needs. His chemistry with Flowers could be a key factor in turning the Ravens’ offense from inconsistent to explosive again.</p><h2><b>Lamar Jackson’s return could change everything</b></h2><p>For all the positives from Sunday, the biggest headline for Baltimore is about who’s coming back. Lamar Jackson has been sidelined for three games with a hamstring injury. Now, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-lamar-jackson-wont-play-vs-bears-expects-to-return-in-week-9">he is expected to return in Week 9</a>.</p><p>His presence alone changes the Ravens’ ceiling. Jackson makes Baltimore dynamic, unpredictable, and dangerous. Without him, they’ve looked like a team simply trying to stay afloat. This season’s record without Jackson underscores how vital he is. Jackson is not just as a playmaker, but as the emotional and strategic centerpiece of the team.</p><p>If Jackson returns at full strength, the Ravens have a legitimate shot at clawing their way back into the playoff race. With upcoming games against the Dolphins, Vikings, and Browns, which are all winnable contests, there’s a real path for Baltimore to get back above .500.</p><h2><b>A favorable schedule ahead</b></h2><p>After enduring one of the league’s toughest opening stretches, Baltimore finally catches a break. Their remaining schedule ranks fifth-easiest in the NFL. This gives them a golden opportunity to build momentum.</p><p>The next six games feature just one opponent currently above .500. If the Ravens can string together wins now, they could be in the thick of the AFC playoff picture by December.</p><p>This softer slate gives the Ravens an ideal window to reestablish their identity and prove that their early-season woes were an aberration.</p><h2><b>The AFC North is still up for grabs</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Lamar-Jackson-with-Ravens-1.jpg"><figcaption>Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Even at 2-5, the Ravens’ playoff hopes remain alive because the rest of the AFC North has stumbled. The Steelers, though leading the division, have shown major inconsistencies. They also face one of the toughest schedules in football over the next month. The Bengals are floundering at 3-5 with Joe Burrow out. Of course, the Browns, at 2-6, can’t seem to find offensive rhythm.</p><p>Baltimore’s situation is far from hopeless. The Ravens could easily surge into contention by midseason.</p><p>Sunday’s victory over the Bears was a lifeline. The Ravens proved they can compete even without their MVP quarterback. With Lamar Jackson set to return, they suddenly look like a team that’s ready to fight again. They’re not out of the woods yet. Still, if Week 8 was any indication, Baltimore still has the heart, leadership, and schedule to mount a serious comeback. Don’t count them out just yet.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ravens are still playoff contenders with Lamar Jackson coming back after beating Bears

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/why-bears-loss-to-ravens-proves-they-are-playoff-pretenders');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Bears’ loss to Ravens proves they are playoff pretenders');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Caleb-Williams-still-has-to-demonstrate-consistency-under-center.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Bears’ loss to Ravens proves they are playoff pretenders</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-26T21:16:32-07:00">October 26th, 9:16pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-26T21:16:32-07:00">October 26th, 9:16pm</time><address><a>Steve Silverman</a>Steve Silverman has been covering the NFL for more than 35 years, and his writing has appeared in ESPN Magazine, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, Pro Football Weekly, and Forbes.com. He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bears were starting to breathe. After years dysfunctional football, the Bears had won four games in a row while playing in the toughest division in the NFL. They were in third place in the NFC North, and first-year head coach Ben Johnson had his team heading in the right direction.</p><p>Were <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-lamar-jackson-wont-play-vs-bears-expects-to-return-in-week-9">the Bears</a> on their way to a playoff spot? While optimistic fans and media might have said that the team was headed that way, Johnson knew that more work had to be done. His worst fears came true in Week 8 when the Bears traveled to Baltimore to take on the reeling Ravens.</p><p>Baltimore may be a perennial AFC power, but the Ravens came into the game with a 1-5 record and they were in last place in the AFC North. Quarterback Lamar Jackson was nursing a hamstring injury and missed his third straight game. But instead of asserting themselves against an opponent that had to start its third quarterback of the year and was struggling defensively, the Bears looked like an immature team and they let a winnable game slip through their grasp.</p><p>In the end, it wasn’t even close as Baltimore earned a 30-16 victory.</p><h2><b>Williams and Bears offense could not take advantage of vulnerable Ravens defense</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Ben-Johnson-has-seen-his-team-show-some-improvement-but-the-Bears-are-not-a-legitimate-contender-at-this-point.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Bears needed second-year quarterback Caleb Williams to continue to grow and drive the team forward. He did not do that. His numbers were not awful as he completed 25 of 38 passes for 285 yards, but he only led one touchdown drive and he missed several open receivers and the Chicago offense was just 6 of 14 on third- and fourth-down plays.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-derrick-henry-moves-past-walter-payton-nfl-history-bears">The Bears</a> did not support Williams with any kind of a running game. D’Andre Swift could only muster 45 yards and rookie Kyle Monangai had 24 yards. The Chicago offensive line was unable to open holes against a defense that ranked 29th in yards allowed. The offensive line was simply unable to assert itself against a defense that had been largely ineffective for the first seven weeks of the season.</p><p>Johnson was unhappy with the overall sloppiness of the team that included 11 penalties.</p><p>“You see flashes of explosive plays and some really good things happening,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6752191/2025/10/26/bears-caleb-williams-offense-sloppy-ravens/">Johnson said</a> after the game. “But the penalties are what stand out first and foremost. We’re still having some of the pre-snap issues. There’s occasional not getting lined up quite right. There’s occasional not getting the motion quite right. That stuff adds up, and it hurts us. We get away with it occasionally. But that’s just not the way you win in this league.”</p><h2><b>Bears defense was ineffective</b></h2><p>The Ravens got back on the winning track behind quarterback Tyler Huntley. The Chicago defense was unable to control him as he completed 17 of 22 passes for 186 yards and one touchdown. He spread the ball around to Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman and tight end Mark Andrews.</p><p>The Bears had prepared to play against Jackson in this game, and they seemingly got a break when they were playing against Huntley. But the Chicago defense did its part to turn the backup quarterback into a star.</p><p>The Bears had been able to take the ball away from opponents throughout their winning streak. They could not take the ball away from Baltimore and the defense simply could not stop the Ravens in the fourth quarter when the game was on the line.</p><p>Linebacker T.J. Edwards explained that the Bears have to figure out a way to win even when they are not getting takeaways. “They had guys out, we had guys out,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6752224/2025/10/26/bears-defense-ravens-tyler-huntley/">Edwards said</a>. “We’ve just got to figure out a way to come away with the win.”</p><h2><b>Johnson faces big test</b></h2><p>The Bears had momentum going into the Ravens game, but they failed to execute on both sides of the ball. It appeared that hey had a great chance to win, but they did not bring their best effort.</p><p>They have another road game coming up against another vulnerable opponent in the Cincinnati Bengals. But the Bears could not contain Huntley, so how will they contain Joe Flacco and an angry Bengals teams that suffered an embarrassing 39-38 loss to the New York Jets?</p><p>Johnson has to find a way for the Bears to play much more efficient football in this game or they will be fully exposed as a fraudulent pretender.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Bears’ loss to Ravens proves they are playoff pretenders

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-derrick-henry-moves-past-walter-payton-nfl-history-bears');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ravens’ Derrick Henry moves past Walter Payton in NFL history vs. Bears');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Derrick-Henry-of-the-Baltimore-Ravens-1.jpg"><figcaption>Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Ravens’ Derrick Henry moves past Walter Payton in NFL history vs. Bears</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-26T11:10:15-07:00">October 26th, 11:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-26T11:27:57-07:00">October 26th, 11:27am</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Baltimore Ravens</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-bold-predictions-for-must-win-week-8-game-against-bears">Baltimore Ravens took a 7-6 lead over</a> the Chicago Bears right before halftime thanks to a touchdown run by running back Derrick Henry. It’s a score that officially marks Henry in the history books, as he has now surpassed all-time legend Walter Payton in one category.</p><p>Henry’s touchdown rush is the 111th of his career, which put him past Payton on the <a href="https://x.com/brianwacker1/status/1982503429663830357" rel="noopener">all-time rushing touchdowns list</a>, according to Brian Wacker of the Baltimore Sun. The two-time First-Team All-Pro now has the fifth most rushing touchdowns in NFL history.</p><p>“Ravens offense finally gets rumbling: 12 plays, 62 yards, 6:48. Henry with the 2-yard TD, the 111th of his career, breaking the tie with Walter Payton for 5th all time.”</p><p>The only running backs in league history <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1982504563380031544" rel="noopener">who are above</a> Derrick Henry in the all-time rushing touchdowns list are Emmitt Smith (164), LaDainian Tomlinson (145), Marcus Allen (123), and Adrian Peterson (120). Before the late second-quarter touchdown for the Ravens on Sunday, Henry was tied with Walter Payton.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Derrick Henry is now in solo 5th on the NFL career rush touchdown list 💪 <a href="https://t.co/zVTLCTuZDJ">pic.twitter.com/zVTLCTuZDJ</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1982504563380031544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Derrick Henry, who is 31 years old, has now found the endzone five times this season. Despite the Ravens’ having a dreadful year so far, Henry has remained a bright spot. He entered the Week 8 contest against the Bears with 439 rushing yards and four touchdowns. His 52.3 yards per game average is right just below what he was averaging last season (58.8) when he rushed for 1,921 yards.</p><p>The five-time Pro Bowl running back is in his second season with the Ravens. Before signing with Baltimore, Henry spent eight years with the Tennessee Titans. During his time in Tennessee, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/every-2000-yard-rushing-season-in-nfl-history">Derrick Henry became the eighth running back</a> in NFL history to surpass the 2,000 rushing yards mark in a single season (2020-21 season he ran for 2,027 yards).</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ravens’ Derrick Henry moves past Walter Payton in NFL history vs. Bears

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-dandre-swift-expected-play-week-8-vs-ravens');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears RB D’Andre Swift expected to play in Week 8 vs. Ravens');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DAndre-Swift.jpg"><figcaption> David Banks-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bears RB D’Andre Swift expected to play in Week 8 vs. Ravens</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-26T05:56:17-07:00">October 26th, 5:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-26T05:56:17-07:00">October 26th, 5:56am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bears are rounding into form under head coach Ben Johnson. Chicago is on a four-game winning streak headed into a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-bold-predictions-week-8-road-test-ravens">Week 8 matchup against Baltimore</a>. Thankfully, the Bears should have their starting running back available for Sunday’s big game.</p><p>Bears RB D’Andre Swift <a href="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1982289582365593734" rel="noopener">is expected to play</a> on Sunday against the Ravens, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.</p><p>Swift is listed as questionable on the injury report with a groin injury. He picked up that injury against the Commanders in Week 6.</p><p>The veteran running back was also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-hopeful-dandre-swift-injury-update">questionable before Week 7 with the same injury</a>. But that did not stop him from putting up 19 carries for 124 rushing yards and a touchdown against the Saints.</p><p>Swift has thrived in 2025 in Johnson’s run-focused offense. He has 89 carries for 419 yards and three touchdowns through just seven games. That has Swift on pace to surpass last season’s production.</p><p>Bears fans should expect Swift to have a big role on Sunday with multiple offensive players out due to injury.</p><h2><b>Bears without multiple key players against Ravens in Week 8</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cole-Kmet.jpg"><figcaption>Mike Dinovo-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It is good to see the Bears thriving despite suffering so many injuries. But they’ll have to keep it up against the Ravens.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-caleb-williams-without-three-key-offensive-players-vs-ravens">Bears will be missing multiple offensive starters</a> on Sunday.</p><p>Chicago will be without left tackle Braxton Jones, tight end Cole Kmet, and running back Roschon Johnson on Sunday. All three players were ruled out on the injury report.</p><p>Now the Bears will put their rookie class to the test. First-round pick Colston Loveland should start in Kmet’s place, and UDFA Theo Benedet will fill in for Jones at left tackle.</p><p>Meanwhile, Swift and rookie running back Kyle Monangai will hold down the backfield in Johnson’s absence.</p><p>Bears fans should keep a close eye on how Benedet plays at left tackle. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicago-players-ir-ravens">Chicago placed Braxton Jones on injured reserve</a> on Saturday, guaranteeing he’ll miss at least the next four weeks. That puts pressure on Benedet to succeed right away during a crucial part of Chicago’s schedule.</p><p>Chicago will put themselves in good position if they can beat a reeling Baltimore squad in Week 8.</p><p>Bears at Ravens kicks off at 1PM ET on Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears RB D’Andre Swift expected to play in Week 8 vs. Ravens

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicago-players-ir-ravens');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears place 2 players on IR before Ravens matchup');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kyler-Gordon.jpg"><figcaption>Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bears place 2 players on IR before Ravens matchup</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-25T12:33:00-07:00">October 25th, 12:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-25T12:33:00-07:00">October 25th, 12:33pm</time><address><a>Sterling Bennett</a>Sterling Bennett is a seasoned sports journalist and writer, specializing in in-depth coverage of the NFL and NCAA Football. With over half a decade of experience in sports media, Sterling combines insider knowledge, sharp analysis, and a passionate voice to deliver engaging content that resonates with fans. His work is known for its clarity, credibility, and ability to break down complex football narratives into compelling stories.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bears are riding high after four consecutive wins that have seen them climb back into the NFC playoff picture. It has not been exactly pretty, but the Bears are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-caleb-williams-notice-beating-saints" rel="noopener">on a roll after a Week 7 26-14 victory</a> over the New Orleans Saints. However, a Week 8 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-caleb-williams-without-three-key-offensive-players-vs-ravens" rel="noopener">matchup against the Baltimore Ravens</a> offers a new challenge to Chicago as its roster’s <a href="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1982137985916162383" rel="noopener">health continues to dwindle.</a></p><p>According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Bears are placing cornerback Kyler Gordon and offensive tackle Braxton Jones on injured reserve, effectively ruling them out for at least the next four weeks. </p><p>The news comes at a brutal time for the Bears. Despite playing a Ravens team that will be without Lamar Jackson, Chicago already ruled out tight end Cole Kmet, running back Roschon Johnson, and cornerback Tyrique Stevenson for Sunday’s game. Now with Gordon and Jones joining them, the hill the victory becomes hard to climb. </p><p>Gordon, who had already missed the first four games of the season, popped up on the injury report this week with a calf and groin ailment. It has not been revealed when Gordon suffered the injuries. Still, his absence leaves a crater in Chicago’s secondary that will be without their top three cornerbacks — including Pro Bowler Jaylon Johnson. </p><p>Gordon signed a three-year extension during the offseason, totaling just six tackles and a <a href="https://premium.pff.com/nfl/positions/2025/REGPO/defense-coverage?position=CB&amp;team=6" rel="noopener">143.8 passer rating when targeted</a>, according to Pro Football Focus. The Bears have elevated cornerback Dallis Flowers to the active roster to aid their depleted secondary in the wake of Gordon’s injury. </p><p>Although the Bears benched left tackle Braxton Jones during Week 4 vs. the Las Vegas Raiders, his previous starting experience leaves a void on their offensive line. In four games this season, Jones averaged a mediocre 62.7 pass-blocking grade but <a href="https://premium.pff.com/nfl/positions/2025/REGPO/offense-blocking?position=T,C&amp;team=6" rel="noopener">struggled to generate any momentum</a> on the ground with a 47.2 run blocking grade, according to Pro Football Focus. Now, a knee injury suffered in practice will sideline the former fifth-round pick and give rookie second-round pick Ozzy Trapilo primary backup duties. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears place 2 players on IR before Ravens matchup

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He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bears have won four games in a row and are eliciting <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/are-bears-for-real-ben-johnson-turning-ship-around">good vibes in Year 1 of the Ben Johnson era</a>, but most fans know better than to get overly cheerful. The team has beaten squads with serious limitations and will face some of the best teams the NFC has to offer in the form of the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, and Detroit Lions in the final stretch of the campaign. Chicago’s path forward gets even murkier following the <a href="https://x.com/BearsPR/status/1981792989803331787" rel="noopener">latest injury report</a>.</p><p>Besides rolling out a feeble secondary that will be without Tyrique Stevenson and Kyler Gordon – two-time Pro Bowler <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-jaylon-johnson-undergo-core-surgery-returnseason">Jaylon Johnson may not even suit up</a> this season – the Bears are also going to be shorthanded on offense. Left tackle Braxton Jones, tight end Cole Kmet, and running back Roschon Johnson have all been ruled out ahead of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-bold-predictions-week-8-road-test-ravens">Sunday’s clash with the Baltimore Ravens</a>.</p><p>Two-time MVP Lamar Jackson appears to be in line to play based on his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-another-encouraging-lamar-jackson-practice-update-will-give-fans-hope">recent practice participation</a>, so Chicago will need all the help it can get on both sides of the ball. Jones has missed the last two games with a knee injury, and Kmet and Johnson are both battling back issues. Veteran RB D’Andre Swift, who rushed for 232 yards in his last two games, is listed as questionable with a groin injury. This team is enduring a tornado of misfortune at an eerily bad time.</p><p>The Bears owned a 4-2 record last year before losing 10 straight games and becoming the biggest punchline in the NFL. They cannot suffer the same fate in 2025. Caleb Williams’ job should be far more challenging following this miserable injury report, but the young quarterback cannot panic. He has multiple weapons to lean on, like Rome Odunze and DJ Moore – plus hopefully Swift. Composure and an effective offensive game plan could get Chicago through its stay in Charm City.</p><p>A hard-fought road victory in sub-optimal conditions could just be the experience this group requires in order to truly take the next step in its development.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOUCHDOWNS	POSITION RANK
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2024 SEASON STATS
RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOUCHDOWNS	POSITION RANK
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