Caleb Williams Returns: Bears-Falcons Shootout Preview

We'll start in Atlanta here on this Sunday as the Chicago Bears will take on the Atlanta Falcons and they'll have their starting quarterback, Caleb Williams, back. Although he gave some mixed messages at a press conference this week, sort of alluding to not being interested in telling exactly what his injury is, it does appear he will play. This line has kind of moved around a little bit. The Bears are still slight favorites, but naturally this is the time, Joe. If the Bears are going to get going, they now have their quarterback to do it. Tyson Badgett was flat-out awful. I'm sure the Bears are now looking back on that deal and saying, what in the world were we thinking there? And meanwhile, you know, Michael Penix Jr. has done a really nice job since he's come back in. Although he couldn't finish the game the other day, he will play this week as well. Both defenses are certainly challenged. But, I mean, look, this is one of the highest totals on the board this week. You would expect certainly a lot of points. Over 50 is the total here. I believe I'm seeing 51 or 52.5. What do you make of this game today? is it uh the jump off point for the Chicago Bears as some expect well it better be i think now that Caleb Williams is back you want to see this offense run because i think not even from a fantasy perspective but just from a Bear's perspective right now the inconsistencies of Luther Burden of Colston Loveland of everything that you were banking on even Rome Odunze and to a certain extent you know some of the injuries they've had now in the running back situation where you know man an guy has been out after that massive game that he had and DeAndre Swift's been dealing with injuries so Caleb Williams will he fix all the ills for the Bears will he show some rust in this game it's a lot of questions but i'm going to come back to a point that you made which is the defenses in this game and the defense's inability to stop people and i think when you're in this controlled environment in Atlanta this number was 50 and a half when it started earlier this week well the early line i jumped on the over it's at 52 and a half now so people clearly have been betting it up i still feel pretty comfortable with that over i think Caleb Williams will continue to find ways to make plays with his legs that's what he does he extends plays sometimes for good sometimes for worse but the thing that i'm looking for here in this one too is the is the reigniting of the spark of Colson Loveland because last year down the stretch Colson Loveland was a huge part of what the Bears did it was a huge part going into the playoffs and what they did and to write him off after week one where week one again we always know means nothing and then week two was an underwater game where it was nine three okay so let's not pretend like anybody was useful in that game i think that Colson Loveland can't put a latter part of this season we still got two-thirds of a season left this is hopefully where Colson Loveland gets back on track so you can make all the noises you want at the end of the day i don't want to write off everything that i saw for the last eight weeks of the season last year into the playoffs where Colson Loveland was a rock star for this Bears team and look for this Bears team to get back on track i think he has to be a big part of it to be honest i played him every week in fantasy and i said to myself after last week this is it this is it i will not i i am i i i can be shame on one shame on twice shame on five times but this is it for me like this i i don't care i'll find somebody else you know he's gonna be great everybody i'm not gonna do it on the bench i'm not gonna do it no i'm gonna play him this week this is it though this is the end all right I don't care what happens. If three catches, 30 yards, fine. I can at least build on that. But this zero catch stuff is just insane.