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Week 9: Bears Game Preparation - Inactives Announced with Wyatt Teller In; Mack and Robinson Out for CHI


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As we all talk about this team getting better and learning or maturing together to be a much better team, more specifically - a significantly improved Offense, I hope Beane and McD are learning there is nothing more important than good QB depth. The 2017 Eagles are only the most recent example, but we've seen it in Buffalo, the Giants saw it in their first Super Bowl against the Bills, and we've seen it year after year, when the starting QB goes down, the season can either sink or swim....based on the QB. 

 

McBean need to now over value the QB position as a whole and invest good money into the 2nd QB. Everyone gets a mistake to learn from....but you need to learn from it. This was their year to learn this valuable lesson....now, don't let it happen again. 

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Wednesday Weigh-In: Bears Prepping for Bills

 

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The Bears (4-3) will look to win their second straight game and match their win total from last season Sunday when they visit the Bills in Buffalo. The Bears enter Week 9 in first place in the NFC North, ahead of the Vikings (4-3-1), Packers (3-3-1) and Lions (3-4). It's the NFL's only division that's separated by one game from top to bottom.

 

The Bills (2-6) have lost three straight to the Texans (20-13), Colts (37-5) and Patriots (25-6) and four of their last five and are in last place in the AFC East. Buffalo enters Week 9 ranked last in the NFL in points per game (10.9) and point-differential (minus-113) and has scored just two touchdowns in its last five games.

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Total Defense Grade: 90.5
 
Chicago has basically come and gone with the healthiness of Khalil Mack. When healthy, they were dominant, allowing all of 16.3 points per game over the first four weeks. Over the last three, that’s jumped up to 26.3. It’s no coincidence that Mack has only three pressures the past three weeks (two games for him) after generating 24 through the first four weeks.
 
Putting all the success of this defense on him though would be doing a disservice to some of the other outstanding performances on this team. Akiem Hick was recently honorable-mention for midseason All-Pro. Their secondary has also been outstanding, but it might not be the names that first pop into mind. Slot corner Bryce Callahan has the second most coverage stops of any corner in the league while Eddie Jackson is the seventh highest graded safety in the league.
 
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11. Buffalo Bills 77.9

 

 

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Whitehair: We have the right guys here to step in (4:05)

Offensive lineman Cody Whitehair addresses the media before Wednesday's practice at Halas Hall.

 

Daniels on preparation and next man up mentality (2:48)

Offensive lineman James Daniels addresses the media before Wednesday's practice at Halas Hall.

 

Long week-to-week with right foot injury

 

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Bears right guard Kyle Long is week-to-week with a right foot injury he sustained late in last Sunday's win over the Jets. Coach Matt Nagy said Wednesday that the injury involves a tendon and is not related to the broken right ankle Long suffered in 2016.
 
"He's in a boot, so we're still in that week-to-week thing for him," Nagy said. "We don't know the complete extent to it yet. We just know that for him right now we're trying to just get through the point of figuring out throughout this week and the following weeks how long it's going to be."
 
NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday night that Long is expected to be sidelined 6-8 weeks. But Nagy insisted that "there's no timeline figured out with him."
 
The Bears are considering whether to place Long on injured reserve. If they do, the veteran offensive lineman could return to the 53-man roster after eight weeks.
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Matt Barkley: "Preparing Like I'd be Playing" (2:50)

QB Matt Barkley talks about signing with the Bills, how he approaches his preparation and more.

 

Terrelle Pryor: "I Can Ball" (6:52)

WR Terrelle Pryor talks about signing with the Bills, his first day of practice and his confidence in his ability to perform when given the chance.

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