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Does it? They beat the Giants and an injured 49ers team. The Houson win is their only good win. Not expected to be 3-0, but I don't see it as shocking.

In other useless news, Fields has won 3 games in a row for the first time in his career. Funny, it only took him 3 games to do this with a different team.
STOP! Personally, I like Fields. Always have. But the Steelers are not winning because of Fields. They are winning because they have given up only 26 points in three games. In case you haven't figured it out, that means they are giving up an average of 8 points a game. Insane. They are averaging 17 points a game which is about right for Fields. Any QB in the league would be 3-0 with the Steelers needing to get only 11 points to win any of their first 3 games.

While Fields did have a good game on Sunday his other two games were, Meh. The big thing is the fact he isn't turning the ball over as he did in the past. It's one thing to tell a QB to go out and win a game. It's another to tell a QB to NOT lose the game. We'll see what happens when other teams start scoring more points on Pittsburgh. That is when Russell Wilson will get his job back.

3-0 is 3-0. But don't even act like it's because of Fields.

New: Week 5 Between The Lines podcast with Mike Clark

I was not suggesting one of the three has a realistic chance of winning the championship. With Mt. Carmel, Batavia and possibly Downers Grove North in 7A, that would be a tall order. Still, all three (Hononegah, Normal, Quincy) made it to the quarterfinals last year and seem to have good teams again this year. [Normal made it to the semifinals last year.] I thought you might be able to share some insights as to which of the three you thought was best this year. Your Chicago-area listeners probably know very little about these teams and might find it interesting to learn something about teams that their favorite Chicago-area teams may face in the playoffs.

Perhaps your comment above merely indicates you think all three teams are nearly the same in ability?

Naturally, you and Mike Clark have full discretion over what you discuss in the podcast; so if you think the topic is boring, I will understand that the question will not be discussed and will therefore not be answered. Thanks anyway for considering the request.
Dude chill. It's a totally fine question which I'm sure I'll forget about between now and Sunday PM lol

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Then why be so upset if you knew he wasn't going to say anything of substance? Who constantly said they would be better? I think this is still a playoff team, but going to the extremes week in and week out based on the outcome is ridiculous. I think that would be exhausting, but you do you.

Through 3 games last year the Bears averaged 15.5 points per game and in Fields first 3 games as a rookie in 2021 they averaged just under 13 points per game and in 2022 they averaged 13.3 through the first 3 games. So needless to say they don't light up the scoreboard out of the gate.
First of all, if you read my posts in the past I am not one who goes from one extreme to the other each week. It's one thing to lose a game. Every team does it. But to go out there and play such a rotten game is something every fan should be pissed about. Then to have the head coach go into an interview where he doesn't put any of this terrible effort on any of the players is ridiculous.

I am not saying he needs to get crazy calling these guys out to the media. There is a way to hold the players (and coaches) accountable for such a terrible game if he chooses his words correctly. Get it out of the system on Sunday and Monday morning and then move on to the next game. Players and coaches make mistakes. But to see the same things happening over and over is something to be alarmed about.

Finally, if you think this Bears team is a playoff team, it says more about the league than the Bears. I did not see a playoff team in that game on Sunday. Either team.
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