Caleb Williams and Chicago Bears Face Levis and the Tennessee Titans

welcome to believe in Bears what up it's the blitz Marshall Harris Kay Harbor Gabe Ramirez man just make sure you guys follow us everywhere uh we want to make sure we're staying in touch with you as we talk about these Bears heading into week one it's going to be an exciting show we're going to talk about uh things to expect week one versus the Titans and then take a look at who could potentially be making the playoffs in the NFL but before we do that we're going to kick things off the way we always do truth be told this is where you know we have things that have been bubbling in our brains over the week and I'm sure clay and Marshall have some I'm gonna go first though guys truth be told the Bears are gonna win this game by 10 points 27 to 17 let me tell you I I Envision it man it's going to be this defense that's going to be creating more opportunities right I often like to look at the NFL and say hey if either team can get 10 possessions who's going to score more that's how I handle my gambling that's how I handle my heart when I'm watching games and I think this one's no different I think the Bears though right with that defense are going to get a couple more opportunities and then I think statistically I think they are GNA put points on the board this season I think Caleb Williams is gonna do a great job managing this offense I think DeAndre Swift is gonna be a great back for this team I think Ryan P we've seen that Hard Knocks guys right he is a guy that can spot Talent bring them in good people I think Theon is gonna be that guy and then will L is gonna struggle will will L gonna struggle and and and Caleb Williams Gonna shine week one I didn't say anything about week two but I think Bears win this one by 10 truth be told truth be told uh why are they giving up 17 points what is what is good about the Titans offense you think that many points I I Tony per might break one Tony per might break one you might get Calvin reallyy over the top you know something crazy Tony PA ain't what he used to be yeah I said it I said it first year I don't think he's as good as everybody thinks he is uh I I think that you're you're right they're going to win by 10 points I I don't I don't know that it's going to be that high scoring know I think it's going to be a ground and pound game if I had to if I had to guess um I I think there's a lot of interesting factors that go into this but ultimately uh I'll go with your truth be told although I just don't think it's going to be that high scoring I think if it's that high scoring the Bears have done very well for themselves truth be told the Titans are better than people think and this is going to be a closed game this game's going to go down to the last possession truth to be told I know there's been a lot said about the mayonnaise man will Levis but with a year you forget this is his first year as a starter full-time starter with a year under his belt he's going to improve a lot people think he is what you saw last year he wasn't the starter he didn't go through OTAs he didn't go through training camp he didn't go through preseason he's got a full season of working with the ones in the game he didn't look good he didn't even look good when he was in the game he had a couple of good moments but in terms of what do you look it's like you're talking about you're talking as if you're like you're looking at a guy that did well at the back half of the season seon he's going to come in and handle business start the whole season I'm saying he's got a full off seon he's a young guy Tony PD's old Tony PO is 26 27 years old Tony Pard isn't Ezekiel Elliott Tony Pard still got some juice Taj spear got some juice jandre Hopkins I watched Calvin Ridley all last year he's got some juice Jeffrey Simmons he is a beast he's a guy that's tough to block Arden key tough pass rusher they got Jeffrey Simmons another tough pass rusher this game isn't a give me truth be told like everybody thinks oh the Bears just going to run away the Titans can play and this will go down to the last possession absolutely not they can't put points in but Marshall tell them listen I I don't think it's GNA go down to the last possession if it does I think uh there's some concern but also it doesn't matter as long as they win it's fine if they lose the game that's a problem that is a problem knowing what lies in front of them as far as schedule wise they need to start one and0 going back to last year they did not start well things spent the whole first half of the season trying to turn things around can't be in that situation here's my truth be told truth be told Caleb Williams will throw less than 25 passes in his NFL regular season debut true that's not that's not a that's not a that's not a hot take I mean if you think about Justin Fields right over the last couple of Seasons he barely threw the ball over don't compare don't compare I'm just saying I'm talking quarterbacks talk about quarterbacks talking about quarterbacks talking about just the talk about capable passers versus guys who have to use their legs to get by all right all right so so then are you arguing against the fact that he's gonna throw over 25 because it sounds like that's what you're doing I'm saying I don't think he's going to throw 25 passes in the game do you think he's going to throw 25 or more passes right I think he's gonna be right in the 24 to 26 range I think G side that's why I said 25 truth be told I think that's a hard push that's what I said it's not a that's not a h take tell me 20 23 then I'd be like Caleb Williams is gonna throw pick a side Gabe yeah I know I'm trying to Caleb was gonna throw yeah over 25 okay so then yeah truth be told it was apparently was enough for you to say no you're wrong but Austin you're wrong yeah Caleb Williams is going to throw over 25 passes you gota here's here's the thing you gota realize you gotta realize who your offensive coordinator is right your offensive coordinator Shane Waldren he called he was top seven in the NFL the last two years when he was at Seattle in calling passes he was bottom seven in the NFL in call runs this guy loves to throw the football he came in with goo Smith goo Smith was supposed to be washed goo Smith was supposed to not have a chance and goino Smith led the NFL in completion percentage under Shane Waldren he was fifth in attempts he's going to throw the ball he's going to try to push the ball down the field and use these weapons Caleb Williams will throw the ball over 25 times truth be told truth be told why you why why do you hate the offense so much why do you want why do you want Caleb Williams to just William is a rookie Caleb blams is not a vet like Gino Smith was you could say he's a retread and they brought him back to life you can say whatever you want but I think to put him in a position to win you lean on the ground game DeAndre Swift some of these other guys I'm not I'm not saying he's not gonna throw the ball at all but I'm saying if you can establish a running game with that eight-headed running monster about the Herbert Roshan Johnson who we still haven't seen and obviously DeAndre Swift they they're paying DeAndre Swift real money for a reason to use and and maybe they him out of the passing game so he eeks over the 24 pass Mark but I'm just saying if you want to protect your rookie quarterback have him feeling good about himself you're going to put him in in safe situations let's just say that so you can run the ball and establish the Run you're GNA run the ball especially if you get the lead which they should be able to get the lead despite what clay said about a a last second field goal oh my gosh Kyro Santos coming in to save things I actually yeah I think I said I'll say this Marshall if he throws for less than 25 I hope it's because the Bears are blowing him out and then they are leaning on the eight-headed monster all right we are believing Bears make sure you guys follow us on all social media platforms stream us wherever you get your podcast of course Blitz Marshall Harris nine-year NFL vet Klay Harbor I am Gabe Ramirez all right guys bears are taking on this Titans team and let's take a little deeper dive into this offense all right uh I mean obviously you know Caleb Williams at the helm let's start with the center position though the guy that's going to be getting them the ball I mean obviously they there was no right because it wasn't definitive that Bates was going to be the starter from the very beginning they brought him in they didn't know who they were going to bring in after him but then he hasn't been there right Shelton comes in he's been handling business as of late I mean like it for me as a like obviously I'm a fan too right so I look at it like all right man you know what you're a professional snap the ball I don't care if you're bats I don't care if you're Shelton you know and I understand there's more to it than that but it talk Kay talk to me about how important that position is and why we should be paying maybe more attention to who's the starter for the Chicago Bears it's important especially when you're playing against a team like the Tennessee Titans the the Kansas City Chiefs a team that has a really good defensive tackle nose tackle or even three technique because uh Jeffrey Simmons is a player I mean this guy's a game Destroyer he's a guy that can stop runs before it gets started he basically shuts down from guard to guard any type of run so your inside Run game is going to be tough and if you have a good Center if you have a Jason Kelce if you have a Joe Toney if you have a guy that can um that can really do some some damage there in the middle then you'll you'll be pretty good you can you can handle that inside run still and the inside pressure but if you got a guy that's just average it's tough because now you got to use a lot of double teams you're putting Four Hands On A Defender at a time you're not getting to the second level so you're not going to break as many long runs so it is tough you can still get the job done but it's like when we we had the JJ Watt rule the guy would move around the offensive front all day right and we always said you got to have four hands in JJ Watt that's Jeffrey Simmons if you have all pro offensive lineman you don't have to worry about that but we're not so much as worried about getting to the second level it's about just making sure he's not ruining the play and having those four hands on this guy so when you have a guy like Shelton or baits solid Pros they've done it before but they're not a guy when you're going up against a Pro Bowl you can count on to handle a top tier Defender by themselves Marshall do you have faith in Caleb Williams that in the event some of those guys arguing to that he can get rid of the ball fast enough uh being a rookie and still being his very first game one of thing the things that his his backup quarterback Tyson bent talks about is when he says what does he like the most about Caleb Williams is the fact that he recognizes the rushing lanes and he's able to see the attack as it's coming and therefore navigate Dodge buy a little extra time and that's what he thinks is his best trait as as a rookie quarterback just this is coming from a guy who plays behind him and studies him on the field obviously because he's playing right behind him I think that he'll be okay I wish there was a more sound uh option up the middle like somebody I wish they had been playing together all you know training camp long through the preseason but that hasn't been the case so you just have to make do with what you have which is really the case in the NFL over the course of a 17 Game season anyway at some point you're going to just have to make do what yeah so whether it's Bates uh or not I I think it's encouraging that you know no one was Miss practice completely you know in the first practice of the week I want to see what happens between now and Sunday in terms of getting those guys ready but I I like Caleb Williams in a perfect world if we're in a lab you want him to have a perfect situation with a perfect offensive line but that's not real life and I almost like this because it's a little adversity out of the gate for the rookie quarterback the guy you say is your franchise to be able to navigate and say how will you deal with the shortcomings of your offensive line I like this I want to see what happens I think it's the perfect opponent in the Titans even though playay thinks they're World beaters yeah this is who you can get set against and figure out what where we are and what we need it's a good measuring stick out of the game all right let's assume he does have above average Quarterback play before we get to the defense guys how many yards do you think Caleb Williams will throw for I'm I'm going to say Caleb H he's gonna I feel like he's gonna get one over the top right there going to be one but I feel like he just wants it it's part of his Arsenal so I think he's gonna I'm gonna say and then somebody's I'm gonna say two 47 247 okay 400 400 yards yeah yeah first off Marshall nobody said the nobody said the Titans were World beaters I said it's going to be a close game this is a first game of the season for the Bears obviously you know the last couple years they haven't started the season well the Titans are better than people think will Lis get a whole offseason of work they brought in a bunch of receivers Tyler Boyd uh Calvin Ridley you got Hopkin butale Williams will throw for around 250 I think oh you said 247 he says 250 I'm you know what forget the one over the top I think he's gonna get two over the top I like I like him throwing for 272 okay nobody got him going for three 00 interesting interesting hope it's because hopefully it's because the Bears got that Victory or the lead big lead R the football he goes for 272 and they run for 150 I think they yeah yeah I hope I hope DeAndre does because I got him on a lot of my fantasy leagues all right um if they are gonna win guys right uh they're gonna have to lean on that defense that we know for sure right like like Klay was saying a lot of weapons there I don't think will Lis is one of them but uh they have a lot of weapons there and the defense has to show up in order to get that ball back um when it comes to pressure for this team you saw a lot of blitzing in the preseason but that's not going to be the guy that's calling the plays right it's going to be eflu um so do you guys expect the pressure to come in the form of blitzing or are you expecting it to be from that line and you know that continuity working together playing together and and drum some up that way I I like the mix I like the idea that they're a threat to Blitz at any time but also let's see what the front four can do I mean we've been waiting for this let's see what the rotations look like let's see who gets an opportunity obviously montz sweat is that dude right and we saw a start difference in how they played the back half of the season after they acquired Montes sweat despite the fact that they went up against minimal quarterbacks we we'll call them in the back half they didn't go up against top tier offense that's kind of lost a little bit when we talk about how good they played on the back half of last season so again this is a nominal quarterback in will Lis I'm sorry I'm not going to give him all pro status just yet but I I just want beer status Marsh World beater status yeah like look look look you can only play against the guys that are on the field against you right no matter how good or how poor they play well L might be much improved because klay's right he did have a whole rookie season but I think you have to attack attack attack as long as you have the guys flying around like you did in the preseason I know it's preseason versus regular season so things will change on both sides of the ball I like their ability because I really do think they have one of the top five back sevens in the league and it's going to be how much pressure can we get with with four how much pressure can we get with four this has been the question for the last always the question right yeah I was gonna say that's always the question the internal question and until they consistently get the pressure with the front four it's G it's it's going to continue to be the question yeah I like the I like the matchups with Montes sweat I think I think he he'll he'll do a good job of getting pressure and you just need to Blitz enough to get him one-on-one you know you need to make sure that you're you're sending one guy so they can't just completely slide and Chip him all game long because I know in that room what they're saying now right now in Tennessee is we got one pass pressure to worry about on this defensive line and that's montz sweat you are chipping you are hitting we are sliding to him we are going to be bootlegging we're going to have a down block with the tight end so they're going to throw a bunch of sweat they got the same tape that we watched last year they saw how this guy was a game wrecker so we'll have to send a couple blitzes make sure they can't double team my man make sure you can't get the chip on them make sure you can't Slide the line to him get the running back to to to hit him on the way out so I think that he will get some pressure but there's no one else there I mean I know you brought in a couple of guys but these are just guys and they're not when I'm watching film I always put my goggles on like I'm playing against this team when I'm watching film I okay we can we can block these guys we can handle these guys Montes sweat if I get a call and they're saying clay you gotta block him oneon-one I'm saying hold up hey coach hey coach let me holl at you let me holl at you coach I can't talk to you after the meeting coach all right can we get a chck can we do a play action I can sell run you just have me drive back against this man no so there you know Montes is is the dude but you're going to have to send some blitzes get him oneon-one all right let's talk about let's talk about takeaways right You' seen EA flu preach it right throughout I mean that's just part of his his Mo right H are we expecting it and if we are from who who's getting that turnover out I I expect it from anybody in the Lineback no no no no no no no just like you said with truth be told that's not how this works Marshall that's not how this works okay yes I expect takeaways right and the easy thing to say is well takeaways interceptions are more likely than fumbles right but I like if they can get the pressure up front for the linebackers to make plays and I know you want me to name someone specific so I I like Edmond I I really think that the way those guys played second year uh in the team second year in this uh Matty bfusa system I really like termaine edmans like the the idea that he can cause problems um and I I like him to get a pick uh the fumbles if that happens Force fumbles that's gonna be more on the defensive line in my opinion but I think they everyone knows how good the bear secondary is right I think the linebackers are sneaky yeah like they're sneaky they they get a hand in there ball gets tipped up somebody's coming down with the ball you're right I I don't know that the respect is there with the linebackers that is there with the defensive backs and they have the respect I mean come on Terell everybody's talking about the Bears line linebacking C what you're forgetting about is there's a player on this Bears team that almost has 30 career interceptions guy that hasn't been talked about much this offseason honestly had a quiet really good preseason quiet good training camp Kevin by this guy's got hands he made he has 28 career interceptions guess who he used to play play with like come on this is Kevin byer's getting the pick let's go easy I like that one uh I do I mean I do agree my answer is Tyreek Stevenson I just because I feel like they're gonna have pressure and I don't know they're G Jaylen Johnson's gonna have a and then they're gonna try to throw it to B but Marshall I think what you said is right I think that's the right answer I I know what I think what I want but I think you're right Kevin Byer played eight years with the Tennessee Titans 28 interceptions he is going to get a pick if there are football guys guys two picks we're getting two bears are getting two picks so we got enough to go around is what you're saying yeah exactly enough to go around that would be great like Bears be plus what in the in the takeaway plus what one one Caleb's gonna fumble Caleb's gonna fumble or throw pick or all right fine Even's gonna throw a pick and's why you putting that bad juju on us I'm asking objective questions sorry I'm notan boying like one one one one either a fumble or an interception got plus I got the Bears on the plus side yeah plus side plus side all right all right um guys I love the fact that you're listening and chiming in and hopefully uh you guys feel like this is engaging and we want you guys to engage with us on social media you can follow us on all social media platforms uh we have Clay harbs what's the number at the end2 there oh that's disrespect right there that's clay hars 82 we got M Harris on air yes and then I am Chicago or Gabe and you can hit us up and shoot us questions this one uh from this is called add us then right this is our seg where you guys can add us hit the match that we just mentioned and that way we can answer your questions this one from Matt L 2 Matt l two says who if anyone could be offensive player of the year for the Bears it's Swift baby it's Swift that's why I got two let's go picked him up fantasy I expect him to be not only a thousand yard rusher but I think he's going to get I think total yards he could he can end up with, 1500 total yards yeah easily what say you CL offensive player of the year I got DJ Moore man I know it's kind of uh kind of boring but uh I know you got I know you got Keenan Allen Keenan obviously missed five games last year Rome's still a rookie this off now now DJ Moore has Caleb Williams I argue that this is the best quarterback DJ Moore has ever played with as far as throwing the football and keeping your eyes down the field he's never had a guy like this okay so now you're giving DJ Moore this type of QB that loves to throw the ball downfield that can create extend plays DJ Moore is about to eat okay DJ Moore is gonna have a year DJ Moore is the offensive player of the year I got a chance to hang out with DJ Moore on Saturday at the Chicago fire match he ended up sounding the alarm had his family there just a super nice guy but clay if you think my height starts with a five DJ Moore DJ Moore's height is right around that same thing I'll tell you that all right time he's effective to be fair way more effective than I'll ever be in my entire life if I had five of them all right time for our final five this is the last few minutes of the show where uh we tell you uh we usually do predictions for our game which I've already kind of gave you m Bears 277 we'll get the other two fellas in just a second but during this final five minutes we kind of want to take a look into the future and see what this uh playoff picture could potentially look like and throw out some teams guys some teams that that you think are going to make the playoffs we're going to roll through these no need to to to harp or or stay too long on too many teams clay I'm talking to you start with NFC start with NFC you guys go first let's go oh give me your seven teams give me your okay here's my seven teams we got the 49ers we got the Falcons we got the Eagles we got the Packers all division winners in the wild card I got the Lions I got the Cowboys and I got du bears wow that's my same W okay we got we got we got a couple different ones we got a couple that clay said Eagles Bears Lions Packers Falcons 49ers but instead of the Cowboys I've got the Los Angeles Rams Aaron Donald's gone you forget about that he's not there no more Puka Puka and a healthy Cooper cup is nasty what Cooper C got hands he can get wa minute you said Eagles Bears Lions Packers Falcons 49ers Cowboys right yep yeah okay I I I really yeah I I like the I like the Rams over the cow I don't think the Cowboys are good you forget how effective the Cowboys were last year and yeah they drama get everybody back during the regular season I get it I love it all right the inner hater in me saying I don't I don't do the whole America no I get it like I get it right the running back situation you know like Zeke and and do like that's tough right I mean but you still got you still got Dak you know you still got CD lamb they're trying to put up numbers game I think it's a great argument because I do think that the Los Angeles Rams what I think I what I've said about the Rams is that last year I feel like they got into the playoffs with and they felt like they were playing with house money they didn't necessarily feel as though they were going to make the playoffs That season and I think this year sha McVey is like oh I'm able to add on what I just had and a healthy Matthew Stafford from the very beginning and so I think that is what's going to determine who gets in is which quarterback is stay healthier the longest all right let's switch over to the AFC gentlemen um wait wait who were your teams mines were the same I actually had I had Dallas oh and then everything but but you would play with Dallas got but then but then you said the ra then you said the Rams and then I was like H and then I tried to scoot over to the defense or to the AFC but you didn't you didn't let me so I guess if H I don't know I know actually write you wrote down the Cal you're I didn't write done anything to be very honest I felt like I was just gonna look at this since a pick 17 all right AFC okay we got the Ravens the bills the Chiefs and the Texans as your respective division winners and then we got Joe burrow Bengal the New York Jets Aaron Rogers and do the Jacksonville Jaguars making the playoffs for the AFC wait say that one more time go over one more time Ravens bills Texans Chiefs Bengals Jaguars J Bengals Jaguars I have that same thing but I have the only difference Clay is that I have Jacksonville winning the AFC South and Houston number two mine's different mine's different I like okay I've got the bills the Jets the Bengals the Texans the Chiefs the Chargers and the Steelers the Chargers and the Steelers yeah I love this I love it I love it you want know why clay I'll tell you why no I'll tell you why it's because fools like you and I go gamble and put these bets on seven teams that we think they're going to be there because we just assume they're going to be there and it never ever ever happens like that ever happens like that it's always some weird weird stuff that you see there and you're like what just like last year with the Steelers getting in or you know year after year with those guys so you know what I don't I don't want to poo poo on thing and that look like a fool Broncos Country left ride yeah no one say anything about Denver and the Broncos listen I'm just telling you it's funny because you can't really sleep on the Steelers because they're the Steelers how are you sleeping on the Steelers right I know they make it every year I just think so I didn't have who I didn't have in let's talk about that I didn't have the Ravens in okay what yeah I didn't have the r in the playoffs I have the Steelers and the Bengals at the top of that division you you forget the Ravens were the each and every year they're gonna win the first game of the season they're gonna beat the Chiefs I would do a side bet with you Marshall we'll talk about this off here but whatever you want to put down on it bro I'm I'm throw in we'll do a little side we'll talk about this I think that's the best division in football the AFC North and I think it's just it's a crabp shoot every year so I'm just I'm not I refuse to just say oh they're definitely going to be there well the good thing is this that we all agree that the Bears will be there and that's what's most important and you're doing itom I'm doing it because because you're smart and you know that bears are gonna be there all right and I know that you listening want the Bears to be there as well that's why we want you guys to hang out with us all season long man make sure you guys are rocking with us we're gonna give you the best Insight the funniest takes uh and we're gonna have a good time each and every time so make sure you guys check us out uh we are believeing bears make sure you stream us everywhere that you get your podcast and we specifically are the blitz it's Marshall Harris it's Kay haror it's Gabe Ramirez until next time guys