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We’re going against Todd Bowles. Expect lots of blitzes and varied rush attacks. We need effort but also smart play.

In theory we have the right LBs to make him pay for doing that.

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2023/09/bears-place-cb-kyler-gordon-on-ir

Sitting Davis and Claypool this week would be perfect. Send the message now.

The more I've reflected on this game and watched the film study the more I believe this is true.

I just finished watching it and we are horrible. Hard to believe we spent an entire offseason to put that together. The bright spot again: Roschon Johnson. I can only hope his leadership in the locker room is not a rumor because this offense badly needs someone to speak up and demand better of his teammates. Johnson put enough tape out there to prove he won't quit. I know now it won't be Justin Fields leading this offense.

Yep, last years FA starting LB for us made the Eagles practice squad this year. Now he gets moved up to the active roster. https://www.profootballrumors.com/2023/09/eagles-lb-nakobe-dean-facing-multi-week-absence-team-to-sign-rashaan-evans-to-practice-squad

Given that Jenkins will be back and we have Carter and Feeney waiting on the bench I'd be surprised if they signed another IOL.

Yes he is. Gotta right that ship now...or never.

For sure on that play he's lost. Not good at all.

I watched the Manning cast with John McEnroe as guest for a bit. He's apparently a Jets fan and so for the youngsters...

Davis is a huge miss. You pay a guy that kind of money and expect him to help lead your young rebuilding Oline. At least I expect that. If he played as he did last year that would have been light years better than what we saw.

Never want to see players get injured but I have to admit I really like that loss of the 1st Rd pick.

Roschon will be filling it up this weekend.

Most of us had the Bears pegged at 7 to 9 wins and almost nobody has us making the playoffs. We have 7 of 11 new starters on D, maybe 6 if you want to count Sanborn as a vet at SLB but he saw few snaps there last season. Behind them are more rookies and new players. Even good players like Edwards may have fallen into old habits (possibly) when he lined up with heavy outside leverage against Jones and gave up the TD. These guys didn't play together at all in the preseason and it showed big time. Other than pass rush issues I think the talent is there to correct the other stuff.

I'm pretty sure he's out this week for sure after listening to Jaylon Johnson's press conference. Jaylon said he was confident in Blackwell starting although reporters had to back him into saying that.

Swift showed that same play and a few others. He'll have a full review of all-22 out in the next day or two. The block Tonyan made (avoided) looks like what you get when someone is paid off to throw a game. So many other simple mistakes that could have changed the game, at least to make it more competitive. IMO we lost this game at the LOS with poor blocking and poor pass rush. Hopefully Swift gives us some insight on who did what in the trenches.

Late first weekend Bears karma with Leonard Floyd sacking Rodgers on the 3rd play and he twists his ankle and out for the rest of the game.

Agreed. Can we just call him baby Nate?

Correct because you cannot block until the ball is caught.

I need to see some film reviews of a lot of the young players before deciding where to go. As far as Fields, he didn't impress but the worst thing for me is that it felt like I was watching Trubisky again where the brighter the lights got the worse he played. I just didn't see the leadership I expected from him at all. That included late in the game when we should have been running plays with urgency. It doesn't matter if this is one out of hand or not, the offense must learn how to execute in that scenario. A good leader knows he might need that in the next game and preps them for it in this game.

I know how shitty my team played I just didn't expect you to be the one kicking sand in my face when I'm down. Does Jesus play on the Dline? If so, we need him. I also know it's week 1 and that is always a wild ride in the NFL. Despite my disappointment I know I saw far more talent on the field than this time last year. Can these coaches pull it together?

I expect the idiots in Green Bay to do this crap but coming from a Bears fan to put it here is despicable.

Yep, gotta know the difference between good offense and bad defense. Eddie Jackson looked like a rookie today. There were a few positives: Darnell Wright had quite a few bad plays but I think he improved as the game went along. He had a really nice blitz pickup on the Mooney TD play. Still bullish on his future. Roschon will be RB1. His power in the lower body is impressive. Really overall we have 3 good RBs which is a good place to be. Tyrique Stevenson. I went into this game expecting the rookie to make a few big mistakes or penalties and he just played well overall. If the safeties Brisker and Jackson understood their jobs we'd be better. Gordon also looked good. Tremaine Edmunds is going to be very good for us. Some of the ugly: Whitehair isn't that good at LG anymore. His best days are clearly in the rear view mirror. I hope he goes to center and Patrick to the bench when Jenkins returns because that's still an upgrade. Or Feeney wins the center job outright. Justin Jones isn't a starting DT in the NFL. He might be the best starter for us right now but the young DTs will take his place over the course of the season. Other than the 1 play they highlighted from Pickens both rookie DTs are working on their learning curve. I do need to see some of the film though because we had quite a few plays where we blew up their Oline. Dline will be a focus again this offseason. Safeties were not good, especially Eddie Jackson. Coaches were out-coached and it started by giving GB a short field. LeFleur getting Jones 1:1 in man coverage against Edwards is how you do it. With all the 3rd and long plays we forced them into then just gave up the middle of the field on easy passes. If there is one coach who needs to be on the hottest seat it is Alan Williams. Anyone still concerned Luke Getsy will be hired away from us after this season? You can easily break this game down into 1 comparison: Best pass rush won it.

My first half summary: Too many bad coaching decisions are why we are losing. No need to get cute on the 3rd and 1, 4th and short especially with an Oline that hasn't had much time playing together. Does anyone really think Lucas Patrick is the power blocker you want to sneak behind? Too many penalties lack of discipline. OTOH I love the way everyone rallied around Fields so I'll gladly take that one. This young team and new offense needs that. Too many blown coverages. With so many DBs, LBs missing time the last few weeks it really shows. We're in the game just need to settle down and get back to basics.