There’s nobody more popular in Chicago, Illinois than the Chicago Bears’ backup QB, and he’s about to play the biggest game of his life.
This weekend, the Chicago Bears take on a Las Vegas Raiders team that’s best described as an NFL benchmark:
- They have exactly one (and only one!) superstar on each side of the ball in WR Davante Adams and EDGE rusher Maxx Crosby
- They have a good-but-not-great OL
- They have a journeyman veteran starting QB that, due to injury, is likely being replaced by a journeyman veteran backup QB
- They have a solid core of DBs that can run multiple coverages (even if they can’t always run them well)
- They have a DL that, aside from Crosby, leaves quite a lot to be desired
- And they have a Head Coach in Josh McDaniels whose in-game management leads to bizarre decisions that consistently keep scores closer than they should be
This Raiders team isn’t BAD, but they certainly aren’t good either — you can’t help feel like their offense should be higher-powered given a dynamic skill core of WRs Davante Adams, Jakobi Meyers, and Hunter Renfrow as well as RB Josh Jacobs, but you can’t argue with successfully squeaking out games against the Broncos, Packers, and Patriots.