1. The Chicago Bears and New England Patriots finished the 2024 season with a combined eight wins. Just seven weeks into this year, they have seven wins combined and only two losses each. They went about it in different ways, with the Bears leaning heavily into offensive culture and scheming under Ben Johnson and the Patriots opting for the grizzled, defensive-minded Mike Vrabel. But the results have been about the same. That’s exactly the kind of growth you want to see from two young squads with two aspiring franchise QBs looking to make big leaps in Year 2. Speaking of which…
2. I have a challenge for you in the comments below: find me five NFL QBs playing better than Drake Maye right now. Because I don’t think you can. He’s somehow making a massive sophomore leap—even being compared to