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Huge 3 and out for the defense after the Bears TD. Now the offense needs a sustained drive for a score. At some point that preseason conditioning should kick in. Which team has better conditioning. The Rams rested their starters all preseason and looked gassed by the 4th.

I am surprised we have not seen Mooney or Kmet yet.

FINALLY, broken play, Fields to Pettis for 51 yards for a TD!

Mitchell with knee injury and is out the rest of the game.

Bears need some jet sweeps. I haven't seen much play action either.

Seems to be because of the field position. 3 drives started inside the 15: 2 yard line, 7 yard line, 12 yard line They can't do anything risky there.

SF breaks thru on the ground, Deebo scores, running over Jackson. Jackson -2 7-0 SF SF average starting LOS has been their 40. Bears have been their own 10. That has to change.

QB's so far: Fields 2-5, 14 yds, 1 INT Lance 2-4, 37 yds

Patrick in for Jenkins at RG, Braxton Jones allows a sack against Bosa, Bears punt.

Dominque Robinson with a huge one arm sack!

Fields with INT, turnovers +0

Huge takeaway by the defense! Jaylon Johnson with the Peanut Punch, Brisker's hit completes the fumble and recovery! Turnovers +1

Bears first drive, 3 and out, conditions are crappy. O-Line got burnt on 3rd Down allowing a sack. SF starts out with 2 Jet Sweeps and a QB sneak.

Kittle out, Ward on IR, 3 inexperienced interior linemen blocking for basically a rookie QB that has played 2 games of football in the last 2 years in Lance. Bears by 11, 27-16 Bears get 5 scoring drives, 2 off turnovers and short fields, 3 TDs and 2 FGs 49ers get 4 scoring drives, 3 FGs, 1 TD

GAME DAY, LET'S GO! Looks like now Kittle is out. Ward (S) on IR, 3 new interior linemen, Lance starting at QB. This is not the same 49ers team from last year.

Update: Questionable.

Curious to see the corresponding move.

BTW:

In that game, Muhammad had 1 sack, 2 QB Hits, and a forced fumble. Adams played too. The Bears defense looks very comparable to the Colts defense from last year. We may need to start comparing this defense with that defense instead of the Bears 22 vs Bears 21. Probably Bears 22 vs Colts 21, at least on the defensive side may be a better comparison. The Colts were 1st in TO Margin, 7th in Defensive Scoring, and 18th in yards last year. The Bears were 29th in TO Margin, 24th in pts and 20th in yards on defense. The Colts were +14, the Bears were -13. Even if the team just got to +0, that would be a 12 spot jump and probably equate to one or two wins right there.

Deebo killed the Bears last year on 2 plays. Kittle didn't even play.

Did anyone watch the TNF game last night? Allen Robinson, the WR Savior for the Rams looked exactly like he did last year for the Bears. Running half speed on most of his routes, not blocking, and generally looking like he doesn't care. I saw a lot of people blaming Stafford for not targeting him. However, Robinson was getting zero separation. There was one play where Stafford scrambled instead of throwing it to ARob, but that's it. Playing like that ARob would've been cut with Dazz Newsome if he was on the Bears, he was that bad. Ironically, his new number is 1, the total receptions he had last night. Hilarious.

I am so excited for this season, even more than 2019 after coming off the 12-4 season. I didn't know what the problem was, but felt like Trubisky was never the answer (who knew it was Nagy too at that point). This season is so different. Fields really feels like the guy and we are about to have our first franchise QB (drafted) since Sid Luckman. To think, Fields really didn't have an offseason last year as QB3 and QB play requires a ton of preparation and he got none of that last year. Now he comes in with an entire offseason with Getsy, an actual NFL scheme, and with enough quality around him to succeed. As long as the O-Line is not a jailbreak on every play, he will be fine. There are so many new faces, I am excited to see them all. Can Brisker and Gordon live up to the hype? Can Braxton Jones really be a starting LT? Was Velus the right pick? What will Morrow look like next to Roquan? Can Jones be that guy inside? With the returning guys, can Fields take the next step? Can Kmet become an elite TE? Is Mooney a true WR1? How will Monty look in this scheme? Can Quinn get double-digit sacks again? Can Gipson get better with more reps? Is Jaylon a Pro Bowl Corner? Can Jackson return to his pre-injury days? What does a mad Roquan play like? Can Jenkins and Borom anchor the line? How will Santos kick on Bermuda? I don't even care about the record. I don't expect them to make the playoffs and would be happy with 7 wins. Anything else is just icing on the cake. I just want Fields to cement himself as a top 15 starter with top 10 upside, reduce his turnovers and sacks, and have a very solid Year 2.

A huge blow for SF if Kittle doesn't play. Tyler Kroft is the backup, talk about a drop-off. Clay Harbor (@clayharbs82) a former TE, who has been following the Bears, Eagles, and Jags has been a great follow.

Interceptions/takeaways is key. Just like in 2018, no one expected the Bears to win 12 games. The top 7 teams in INTs had a winning record and 14 out of the top 17 did as well. Of the 3 teams that didn't, one was Minnesota at 8-9, Houston who couldn't stop the run and had a bad offense, and the Giants (Daniel Jones). The Bears were 29th last year. This scheme is much more opportunistic and I think will keep the team in more games with huge takeaways that we haven't seen since 2018.

Just going through our roster, we have Reiff and Gipson as backups who would be starters on other teams as well. I think the Bears have a lower ceiling, but a much higher floor. So the team is going to be a lot more consistent week in and week out. That won't be enough to beat the top tier teams like Buffalo or the Rams, but they probably are going to win a few games the were underdogs in and rarely will lose a game they are favored in.