Mongo3451

I'm going to get straight to it. This team lacks discipline. It is a direct sign that the head coach needs to simplify things 1) The Chicago Bears lead the league in penalties and yards of penalties. Smart teams that know they need every break they can get buckle down on these mental lapses. It shows that it's not being drilled in. 2) Can not run the football. The easiest thing to do in all of sports is running the football. You line up against the other team and impose your will as a unit. Our OL continues to blow assignments, lack effort and generally suck. Running the football is about effort and desire. Sometimes yes, mostly no. All about discipline. 3) Defensive line losing gap control. If it was all about our nose tackle opting out, the season was over before it started. I don't believe so. Every game, I replay our DL out of gap and with shoulders turned. That's effort and execution. That takes discipline to do the same thing over and over. These guys want to make a play. That's not their role in the run game! Stay in your gap and make the RB move. 4) Quarterback gets too greedy, too often. If they blitz, there is a hot read. Foles is always wanting to make a play. He needs to be patient and get the first down. This helps everyone, especially the defense. 5) Javon Wims. How in the hell did he think he could plot to get revenge for quarter, do what he did and think he could keep his job? Lack of discipline! Nagy needs to man up and take control of his team. He's earned their admiration and trust, now he has to command their respect. He has half a season to save his job. He may have much less to save this team.

100% Let me add to the offensive woes. Due to having the worst OL in the league again, Nagy cannot implement an offense, period. (Hiestand and Castillo are regarded as the best and they can't make it work) There is no "OL sucks" offense. It simply shrinks the field in way that nothing regularly works, especially the run game. It cuts your ability to go deep, your ability to run complex routes and less is open underneath. Now we go to chicken and egg. Did Nagy tell Pace "get me weapons or get me OL"? Or did Pace neglect? End of day, shit rolls downhill. Pace must go. If Nagy was complicit, he must go as well. Someone in the org knows the truth.

I'm not on the "fire Nagy" bandwagon. I'm definitely in for an intervention. Ryan Pace. Put your foot down and limit your HC. He his clearly out of his depth with double duty. The team plays hard for Nagy and the D had not given up. Matt Nagy. Put your foot down and demand better effort from your offense. Too many times I sit and watch Montgomery continue to fight while his OL just stand there. That is not OL mentality. Too many times again, I see your receivers slacking on routes that might not include them. Being a decoy is important. Also, talk your DC into making Drew Brees throw it over the top our your defense. Show some balls. Nagy and Pace - suspend Javon Wims for his actions. I love a good fight, but that was beyond ugly and had no place in sport. I think there are times when Foles needs to sit for a series or two to clear his head. I'm not against Trubisky coming in for a few minutes. Lastly, Alex Bars must be injured. Now way Coward is better than anyone with a pulse. Worst offensive lineman I has ever witnessed.

Coward can have a season ending injury anytime soon

I don't the Larussa story. Why is he a dick?

He gets paid regardless. Unless you are talking incentives.

Forgot Mack

I would do a heavy dose of Kmet and Graham

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This may be an unpopular thing to state, here goes. I am perfectly willing to waste this defense for the next two years to use our draft capital on 4 offensive lineman drafted within the first 3 rounds and two defensive lineman within that same period. The last time we had a homegrown dominant OL and DL we won a Superbowl. I'm tired of piecemeal and patchwork. I want it to all start up front again. Once that happens, your QB will emerge.

My problem with Pace is that he's an emotional drafter. Nobody can tell me that Trubisky was rated so my much higher than Watson and machines that he needed to give up what he did. The thing is, he loved Mitch and had to have him at all cost. He loved Shaheen, Monty, Cohen, Floyd and Miller the same way. Too many draft picks lost because he was invested in these guys. As a GM, you have to treat it like inventory. No more trading picks, as we are going to suffer the next few years.

Do we get something for Floyd and Kwit?

That's an easy one. Established offensive genius HC Better play calling Better OL Virtually every skill player faster than ours at respective positions.

That's 9 first downs and drives extended. (Just on PI alone.) TOP is a huge key when you have a dominant defense. Some of the calls on Hicks have been complete BS, but he didn't have to push the limit either. Time to clean it up.

Thank you. Let's put this in perspective. John Shoop ran a more productive offense. I think it starts with Nagy becoming more disciplined, even if it gets him out of play calling. Kmet must start. Coward can not ever play again. Play action more. Rollout more. Quick pitch the ball to get Monty outside 4 times a game. Two TE sets all game. If you are going to average 3 YPC, make the defense pay the price by beating the shit out of them. Rant over...

If Foles has another stinker, I'm pulling him. They can be more effective designing runs and rollouts for Trubisky that will at least give the defense something else to think about. Foles needs an OL more than Mitch does. In all actuality, I though Foles was moderately mobile, so why not roll him out a little? Nagy needs to do something, even if it is giving up play calling.

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While Foles can read a defense, Trubisky can run and the defense has to account for that. ?. The big story is that Foles threw Nagy and the OL under the bus according to the story Brian Griese told.

I had nothing better to do today, so I took the time to do a breakdown of every offensive snap. While we tend to look at things like time to throw, running lanes and play calling, I tried to focus on why. What I found was 44 mistakes that could stand to be cleaned up. There are always going to be mistakes that lead to failed execution, but 44 is way too many when you run 61 offensive plays. Here's the tally for miscues. QB=14, HC=2, TE=6, RB=4 and OL=18 Going try to copy my play by play sheet, but it may be ugly. Play # Actual Play Comments Play 1 Run off LT Adequate block on edge Play 2 Run middle No push, no run lane Play 3 Pass left 1st down Play 4 Pass right 8 yds Play 5 Run middle 2R 1st down negated by Ifedi Play 5x2 Pass middle Incomplete Play 6 Pass middle 7 yards - 4th down Play 7 Run off LT 3 yards, simply too many people in box Play 8 Pass middle Harris can't catch a cold. Needs cut at seasons end Play 9 Pass short left 2 yds, 4th down Play 10 Pass deep left Kmet great catch on underthrown ball Play 11 Pass left 7 yds to Kmet on bootleg Play 12 Run middle 2R Whitehair and Coward fail to move NT. Ifedi falsely gets blame from announcers. Leno slacks on his block to let the DE assist. Play 13 Run middle 2L Great blocks by Leno and Coward to collapse, good seal from Kmet. 1st down Play 14 Jet sweep rt Kmet gets blown up and Montgomery fails to assist. 2yds Play 15 Run off RT Idiot Harris runs a route from the H instead of blocking Floyd. 3 yds. Should have been 10 End of 1st Massie and Ifedi look good. Mistakes by Kmet, Harris 2, Whitehair, Coward, Leno and Montgomery Play 16 Pass middle Rams send 5. Coward and Massie whiff, Whitehair doubles instead of picking up LB. Short gain 4th down. Foles fails to see Miller wide open deep middle. Play 17 FG Good Play 18 Run middle zone 1 yd. Leno and Massie both let DE's get inside. Negates fantastic individual blocks by Coward and Whitehair. Should gone for 8 Play 19 Pass deep middle Moonie beats his man. Foles throws to wrong shoulder to miss a huge gain. Potential TD if he leads him left. Max protect Play 20 Pass right 9yds, refs give us spot. Challenge. Lose Play 21 QB sneak Foles gets it, imo. Coward false start. Punt Play 22 Pass rt good catch. 11 yds Play 23 Pass short left 6 yds Graham Play 24 Pass short right 18yds. Great play action Play 25 Sack Foles moves up, fails to see streaking reciever on left. Coward can't pass block Play 26 Run middle 2R Ifedi run blocks well. 4yds. OL needs to play to the whistle. Play 27 Sack Leonard Floyd makes Massie whiff. Punt End of half Nagy doesn't try for a punt block? Mistakes by Massie 3, Coward 3, Foles 2, Leno Play 28 Run inside 4R Harris holds. Massie falls down. Holtz lead blocks and slows before contact. 1yd Play 29 Run inside 4R Holtz lead blocks and makes it through. Montgomery should be on his ass but shuffles and gets tripped 3 yards Play 30 Pass deep left Rams overload Leno and Coward. Foles fails to hit hot read Robinson for a wide open first down. Chucks it to Mooney instead and misses. Play 31 Pass left Nice quick hit to Harris 9 yards Play 32 Run middle L2 Nice interior push 4yds Play 33 Pass middle Hot read Graham for 15 yds Play 34 Run middle L4 Nothing there. Monty jump cuts out for 12 yards. Play 35 Pass deep right Massie gets beat, Foles chucks and gets a big PI call Play 36 Pass right Harris for 7. Nice play action Play 37 Pass left Foles throws jump ball to Mooney in endzone. INT Nagy took Graham out for that. Terrible call and throw Play 38 Toss sweep RT Graham gets blown two yards back by Floyd and disrupts Massies pull. Massie fails to recognize a chip oppportunity and Floyd forces runner out. 3 yard gain, should had over 10. Play 39 Screen RT runs in front of the play while not hitting anyone. If coward hits one of the two he watched, this would have been a good play. No gain Play 40 Pass middle Rams send 6. Foles innnaccurate to the hot read Miller. Miller makes great catch for 7. Good blocking Play 41 Run left Leno does good job, but Coward fails to help Wims with a 265# DE, runs past him and blocks nobody. Same DE blows up play. See pic Play 42 Pass deep Hits Robinson with a dime. 42 yards Play 43 Pass short left Montgomery stupidly stays inbounds for a 3 yard gain Play 44 Run middle L4 6 yard gain Play 45 Run middle Nice counter play for the first and goal Play 46 Pass short rt 3yds to Graham. Kmet probably would have gotten 5 with younger legs Play 47 Run left Leno is lazy and doesn't finish his down block. Monty is jump cutting before the ball is secure, then spins to the LOS. Should have been a gain. Play 48 Pass right Foles rolls rt and throws to pylon and misses his spot by 2 feet. Incomplete. Also Robinson was more open at back pylon. Play 49 Sack Foles fails to hit Jimmy at the goalline. You have to trust the big guy. Floyd abused Massie again. Where is KMET Play 50 Throw away Foles fails to see Robinson at 8 yards, then rolls and throws away. Robinson has a few yards left after the catch Play 51 Pass deep middle Massie gets owned by Floyd again. Foles fails to step into his throw. After watching several times, that big miss to Miller is on Foles. He wasn't pressured that badly yet. He arced it 3 feet over Floyd. Play 52 Pass short left Foles hit Monty on hot read. Throws to wrong shoulder for short gain. Foles had a man in his face. Play 53 Pass short middle Quick pass for first down to Robinson Play 54 Pass short right Montgomery stupidly stays inbounds for a 5 yard gain Play 55 Pass deep right Foles pressured fails to see wide open Robinson for first down and stop clock. Instead flings one to Jimmy in double coverage Play 56 Pass short rt 8 yards to Jimmy Play 57 Pass deep middle Hits Mooney for 18 Play 58 Throw away Floyd abuses Leno Play 59 Pass short middle Monty for 10 yd Play 60 Pass deep middle Foles need to throw more towards the sideline to avoid the FS Play 61 Pass short left Graham for nothing Play 62 Sack Floyd abuses Leno Play 63 Pass deep left Wims wide open, Foles misses badly Throughout the game Whitehair and Ifedi held their own with only 1 mistake apiece. Coward was horrendous with 6 really bad ones that cost a few first downs and time of possession. Leno and Massie were next with 5 apiece. Neither had an answer for the great Leonard Floyd. Leno is just lazy and Massie is clumsy. Then there was Foles with 14 mistakes, whether it was innacuracy, missing hot reads or rushing his throws, he was simply terrible. I'm going to cut him some slack for this one, but not the next. Montgomery had 4 mistakes 2 of them cost yards and two cost valuable time. Our TE's were led by Harris who simply needs to be benched in favor of Kmet. Nagy, not using Kmet or Graham with goal to go was inexcusable and why he didn't call a timeout before the half was a major headscratcher. Try to block the damn punt! Fight for your team to make a play. Ted Ginn should have been cut during the game yesterday. I swear he must be banging Pace's wife or something. He doesn't even try to field punts. On one punt there was 15 yards from himself and the nearest defender. He could have made a decent return with that, only to leave pinned inside the ten yard line again. In summary, no more Ginn, Harris and Coward. They simply offer no help to what we are trying to accomplish. The young center looked good!

I would literally cut Ginn before the game ends.

Speaking of OL; the right tackle from Minnesota is the largest football player I've ever seen. And he moves well. 6'9 400# He's a junior. Great! He didn't play. Looks like a covid19 opt out.

I tried to pick up Carson Wentz yesterday morning. How long is the waiting period? Or where can I find waiver rules on the site?

Take note that Leno just played his worst game of the season starting next to??? When you break down Leno on coaches film, do the same with Coward. He must be a heck of a guy , because he is a terrible offensive lineman. I know he's converted from D, but how often does that work? He doesn't have the natural traits of an OL. He plays too upright and stiff. He may look good at practice speed, but game speed is fugly. Leno and Coward won't start next year anywhere.

I misread the article and thought he only made 1.5 mil. Now that I see the contract, I get it. Yes, give him a look.

He has big question marks. Also, we need to run. Why would they release someone with such a low contract that has starting experience? Buyer beware. I would definitely do my homework on this one.