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Bills Survive Epic ‘MNF’ Clash

Oct 13, 2026 · 1h 26m · take 19 of 25

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KapadiaChuck it downfield. We will create explosive plays against any defense in the NFL. That's who they've been since Jordan Love became quarterback. It doesn't always have to be, we're going to get 31st downs. You know, we're just going to be moving the football efficiently all game. They hunt explosives. That's been the trademark of the LeFleur Love offense.

Kapadiaand man, did they do that at a high level in this game, which is like every time my eyes flashed to that game, Jordan Love was chucking the ball 35, 40 yards downfield.

KapadiaChristian Watson, other guys were coming down with it, Tucker Craft, and it was, you know, 428 yards of offense against a Bears defense that I thought had really overachieved the first month of the season. I didn't think they were going to be good coming into the year, but I was kind of reevaluating it going, did I miss some stuff here?

KapadiaIs this Bears defense actually pretty good? they made them look bad. And so now they're right in the thick of this three and two, you get Micah Parsons back at some point. You hope, I think the big thing is your offensive line can get settled. But even that I'll give credit to LaFleur because they're calling those play action passes on first and second down, which really helps your offensive line.

KapadiaDefense doesn't know if it's going to be a run or a pass. You have different personnel on the field. So I thought LaFleur did a brilliant job of that as well. Yeah. That is a big time win. If I was doing a bunch of good Billy, you know, the Packers certainly would have been on the short list there because that was a big time win.

GilYeah, I think it's the Packers team that we'd all been expecting and kind of waiting around for, right? Like two wins that they had this season, they snuck by the Jets, they barely held on to the Bucs, they got blown out by Michael Penix in his return, and then they had that collapse to the Vikings in week one and the Bears defense, to your point, they gave up 37 points week one to the Panthers, right?

GilBut after that, nine points to the Vikings, seven points to the Eagles, 12 points to the Jets, so they haven't been giving up a ton of points. So to see the Packers kind of just have their way with the defense was positive and, and, you know, a good step in the right direction, I guess, if you're a Packers fan and you see Christian Watson and Matthew Golden, what they can be together, right?

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