If you’re looking for quarterback stability in Chicago, you’re not going to find it. Tyson Bagent is expected to start for the Bears today, and get this: he will be their third starting quarterback in just four games this season. Think about that for a second. Three different guys under center in less than a month of football. Wild.
The QB Merry-Go-Round Hits Ludicrous Speed
This isn’t just some rough patch. This is historic. According to NBC Sports research, if Bagent starts, the Bears will be the first team since the 1997 Jacksonville Jaguars to have three different quarterbacks start the first four games of a season. Remember those Jaguars? That was Mark Brunell, Steve Matthews, and Rob Johnson running the show back then. The Bears have been playing coy all week, resisting announcing their Week 4 starter against the Jets. Honestly, the NFL should maybe look into requiring teams to name their starting quarterbacks at some point before the game, because this kind of secrecy just adds to the confusion. It’s a mess, plain and simple.
Geno Smith and the Jets: A Whole Different Story
While the Bears are in full-blown QB chaos, their opponents, the Jets, bring their own peculiar situation to the field. Bagent, who’s from West Virginia, is going to be facing off against another West Virginia product in Geno Smith. And Smith is playing lights out, at least in one key area. After leading the entire league in interceptions last year with a whopping 17, Smith hasn’t thrown a single one through three games this season. Not one! He’s also leading all qualifying quarterbacks with a 75.5 percent completion rate. Talk about a turnaround. The Jets, though, are struggling as a team, losing their last two games. They also have a rough 1-14 record against teams with a winning record since 2024, including a brutal 11 straight losses. Plus, they’re trying to break an NFL-record 20 straight games without an interception. It’s a lot to unpack for one game.
So, get ready to see if Bagent can provide any kind of spark for Chicago, or if the Jets can finally snap that interception streak. It’s a bizarre matchup with a whole lot of weird trends on the line.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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