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Hour 2: Rodgers' Revenge

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3.81K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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0:48.8

It feels so good to have this group back together. The pancakes have been served. J. Mack joins the party.

0:54.7

And last night it was all about the sophomore quarterbacks at Soldier Field.

0:59.3

You got Caleb Williams beginning his second season and J.J. McCarthy, for all

1:03.5

intents and purposes, beginning his first.

1:06.3

And it opened Dominique very well for the Bears and McCarthy.

1:09.9

And Caleb, excuse me, first drive. Look at this play. Yeah, this was an incredible. The ball just jumped out of his hand, that athleticism and a dune day to be able to get open out of double coverage and make this tough catch, get his feet down. Promising for the Bears early. Absolutely, you saw so many flashes, Jeff, from Caleb, like this one. I love this. Look, kept his eyes down field, escapes the pocket, and then goes and scores. First rushing touchdown of his career, but, I mean, what a way to start this season. He started great, and J.J. McCarthy started just completely the opposite. For example, J. Mack, what happens here? He throws this out loud inside and Nishon right. When you're living right and you make the right play, you are Nasson right and you're scoring a touchdown on a pink six. 74 yards on the return. It was an aggressive play. Zero blitz and your responsibility and coverage is zero blitz. The takeaway to inside. So outrout is hard to cover. McCarthy's going to drop it right there.

2:01.5

The NFL, they're going to take it. So with that, the Bears have a 17-6 lead going to the fourth quarter. But Kevin O'Connell, coaching up his young quarterback, and J.J. McCarthy would respond. What a fourth quarter he played finding Justin Jefferson. Oh, yeah, he played a lot of man coverage. You know what you can't do against Justin Jefferson?

2:18.1

Man coverage.

2:19.1

J.J. McCarthy, hard throw outside makes it happen. And that leads to this. Double coverage because man won't work. So what? Throw it to him anyway. He's open in the middle of the field. Vikings go for the two. They don't get it. So it's 1712 Chicago after this gorgeous touchdown throw. So now you need your defense to step up. J. Mack and that is exactly what Brian Flores defense did. He got aggressive in the second half. We saw the seven guys at the line of scrimmage. We saw him bring in five guys and then the big guys just start to eat late in the game. So off of three and out, the Vikings get it back and then Jeff, how about this throw to Aaron Jones? Oh, what a dime. Two are running back, letting him catch it and then fall back in the end zone. What a play. Big moment for the kid. Again, you see the team trusting him and him stepping up and make him play. They go for the two and get it. So just like that, they're in the lead 20 to 17. 10 minutes to go now and the Bears starts a struggle. Caleb Williams at a very tough second half. Look, I'm trying to make something happen, steps out of bounds. We'll take another closer look, and you'll see he does, and that puts them right where you don't want to be on third and 14, and only bad things happen there. Yeah, he starts reverting back to some of his old habits. He's pressing, trying to make things happen, and it's making him overthrow people because it's really inaccurate all games. And so the Vikings get it back, looking to extend their lead just under three minutes to play. J.J. McCarthy, why not just keep it? Hey, I could just do it myself. What did you say, Greenie earlier? J.J. McCarthyarthy, he was dying. Oh, my. Yes, sir.

3:41.6

Indeed.

3:42.6

Kevin O'Connell loves it.

3:44.6

Bears would score a late touchdown, but it was too little, too late.

3:48.6

McCarthy and the Vikings with a huge comeback win.

3:51.6

So it's a tale of two halves or two nights for J.J. McCarthy through the first three quarters really struggling.

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