Drake Maye vs Caleb Williams Headlines NFL Week 7 as Rams Implode & Chargers Hit Rock Bottom

Drake Maye vs Caleb Williams Headlines NFL Week 7 as Rams Implode & Chargers Hit Rock Bottom The 2026 NFL season has officially reached the point where preseason expectations are getting dragged behind the stadium and beaten with a shovel. This week on Missing the Point, Dave, Matt, Mike and Zach go division by division through the latest NFL Week 7 Power Rankings, break down the biggest stories in football, and then spend a huge chunk of the show on the game that actually matters around here: Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football. At the top, the San Francisco 49ers remain No. 1 at 6-0, the Kansas City Chiefs continue doing the deeply annoying Chiefs thing where winning barely qualifies as news anymore, and Matt has finally acknowledged that the undefeated Minnesota Vikings might, in fact, exist. Then there are the Los Angeles Rams. A roster that looks like somebody disabled the salary cap in Madden is sitting at 2-4 after losing at home to an Arizona Cardinals team we had already killed, buried and emotionally moved on from. Matthew Stafford, Puka Nacua, Davante Adams, Aaron Donald, Myles Garrett — apparently none of that matters if Sean McVay looks like he’s seeing ghosts on the sideline. We debate whether the Rams can still recover, whether McVay is losing his grip, and whether No. 19 in the power rankings is somehow still too generous. The other Los Angeles team is even more entertaining. The Chargers are 0-6, Jim Harbaugh looks increasingly haunted, and Justin Herbert has officially reached the stage of his career where every Sunday feels like another piece of evidence for the prosecution. We revisit just how badly we overestimated the Chargers, why Herbert has regressed, and why crossing them off weeks ago might have been the easiest decision we’ve made all season. We also dig into the Seattle Seahawks, who are somehow still hanging around the top 10 at 3-3 despite Sam Darnold looking increasingly lost. Is Matt giving the defending champions too much respect? Are the Jaguars, Packers, Panthers, Lions or Steelers already more deserving? And how much should last season matter in a weekly NFL power ranking? Then Philadelphia enters the chat. The Jalen Hurts blood-clot situation sparks a serious conversation about player safety, the Eagles organization, the NFL’s handling of medical issues and just how insane the entire London sequence looks in hindsight. Nobody is making light of Hurts’ health — but the idea of a franchise quarterback dealing with a clot issue, playing overseas and flying internationally becomes one of the wildest discussions of the episode. From there, we take a flamethrower to the NFC East. The Cowboys remain one of football’s greatest annual experiments in wasting talent. The Eagles are falling apart. Washington is already crossed off. Somehow the New York Giants might actually win this division, which feels less like a prediction and more like evidence that the NFC East has become a controlled substance. The NFC South isn’t much more normal. Carolina continues to become legitimately interesting, Bryce Young is earning some respect, Atlanta looks better than its record, New Orleans remains difficult to understand, and Tampa Bay finally gets the treatment it has been asking for. The Buccaneers are officially added to the Missing the Point cross-off list. Over in the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs remain inevitable, but Kenneth Walker has changed the shape of their offense enough that even Mike is willing to give a running back credit — a genuinely historic moment for this podcast. We also revisit the Pittsburgh Steelers, because Matt continues refusing to rank them like a 4-2 football team. Aaron Rodgers is playing annoyingly well, Mike McCarthy has built a system he knows, and Dave keeps asking how long Matt can keep Pittsburgh sitting at No. 16 before it officially becomes a personal vendetta. And then we get to the main event: Patriots vs. Bears. Drake Maye vs. Caleb Williams. Mike Vrabel vs. Ben Johnson. New England vs. Chicago. Both teams are 4-2. Matt has New England ranked No. 3. Chicago is No. 7. Vegas has the Bears favored at home. So naturally, things get personal. We go deep on Drake Maye’s turnaround, Caleb Williams’ return from injury, New England’s offensive-line problems, Chicago’s league-leading rushing attack, the Bears’ third-down defense, the Patriots’ ability to pressure without overcommitting, Christian Gonzalez, Luther Burden, Kyler Gordon, Josh McDaniels, Dennis Allen and how both coaching staffs will try to attack the other team’s biggest weakness. Can New England protect Maye long enough to exploit Chicago’s vulnerability to explosive passing plays? Can the Bears establish the run and force the Patriots into a game Ben Johnson wants to call? Can Caleb Williams stay patient against a defense that won’t give him the clean pockets Atlanta did? And, most importantly, which fanbase gets to become completely unbearable for the next seven days? The guys make their Bears vs. Patriots predictions, revisit the Caleb Williams vs. Drake Maye draft debate, and agree on one thing: this game has two possible outcomes. Either it’s one of the best Thursday Night Football games of the season… or it ends 9-6 and ruins everyone’s evening. 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