Monday, October 27th, 2025, and I know today feels like a wake-up call for Chicago Bears fans. You were riding the euphoria. You were riding the wave. Excitement had reached fever pitch. Playoffs. Big season. All the dreams felt like they were coming to fruition. And then you go to Baltimore and you lay an egg. And folks, that's what happens to teams at this place in the development process. What happens is sometimes you just lay an egg. And all the focus is going to be on the quarterback and the coach this week, rightfully so. Too many mistakes from number 18. Too many penalties from the roster. All of that is fair. But I want to take you to one throw. And the one throw that, to me, summarized where this team and quarterback are right now. And it's third and five. And you're in field goal range. And Caleb drops back to pass. And Duvernay is open in the end zone for a touchdown. And Caleb misses him five yards through the end zone. That's the throw, folks. If this guy is going to become a top quarterback in this league, that throw has to be one of two places. In Duvernay's hands, he's open. Or someplace catchable to draw the pass interference that would have inevitably come if Duvernay turns back to the ball. That throw has to be catchable. And right now, we're seeing it with Caleb. Too many throws are forcing receivers to be acrobats to make the play. The interception, bad throw. Bad decision. The outlet is there. Take the outlet. He's still not taking the easy throws, but we're not going to harp on that every week. What I'm going to harp on yesterday is that game changes. If Caleb Williams makes the throw to Duvernay in the end zone when Duvernay is open, I saw a lot of social media people complaining about that throw being taken. That's crazy. That call worked. That throw is there. And if you're going to start calling plays and not asking your quarterback to make that throw, then you're basically acknowledging your quarterback is a backup. That throw by a top quarterback in this league is not even particularly difficult. He's got the end zone to work with, and he had Duvernay and that speed open. Where this franchise sits now at 4-3 is not a bad place. They have a winning record. They're favored this week in Cincinnati. They'll have a very good chance to win that game. They're all banged up on defense, and that doesn't seem like it's going to get better anytime soon. And the focus now, but the focus has to be to have something of a verdict, something of an answer to the Caleb question by the end of this season. There are 10 games left, right? If Ben were to go to Tyson Bejan during this regular season, that would tell me he has no hope, and I don't see any chance he does that. I think Ben has to coach this kid very hard for the next 10 weeks and then get to January and say, what do we have here? We've seen him for a year. We know what he's capable of, what he's not capable of. Let's see. The trend lines are not good, but the ability and the skill is obvious. This kid, more than even May, more than Daniels, more than Knicks, really needs to be coached. And so the task before Ben Johnson is get him there. And if you can't get him there, that's when you start thinking about making changes. But none of that comes up till next year. This season is not about championships. It never was. And with this pass rush and this depleted secondary, they're going to give up huge chunks of yardage moving forward. The entire narrative for the remainder of this season is Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams. You can turn your TV off when they're on defense. It really doesn't matter to the long-term stability of the franchise. It's Ben and it's Caleb. And that storyline truly begins in Cincinnati.