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Viking drove him into the ground on a questionable late hit. No need for the extra contact after throw as released. I hate Rodgers, but it sucks for the league when stars get hurt.

Goldman and Hicks are dominating. Goldman a huge TFL, then Hicks with a sack. Force another 3 and out. btw, Floyd is held on every play. I can't believe they are not calling it.

I agree on the game plan. Ultra conservative at this point. Trubisky with 8 passes and 2 were throw-aways. I don't like the routes Loggains has receivers running. Kendall Wright has one target.

Conservative game plan to start the game, then a trick play (pitch to Cohen, then pass to Miller for the TD). Defense has looked sharp so far, Trevathan and Fuller have been all over the place. Callahan with a great interception and return that lead to the TD. Completely garbage call against Jones in our red zone that gave Baltimore a automatic 1st Down, complete BS.

Here we go!

Hopefully your joking about Sims. If not, I don't know what 4 receptions for 56 yards in 5 games does for you. He has less receptions than Cunningham and Thompson (who is not even on the team anymore). There is no way you can pay him that much for that production (or lack thereof). Why would Miller be gone, he is literally the only true receiving threat on this team and he is projected for career highs in receptions and yards. I would rather keep him than Sims.

Why not, we are decimated at LB and he knows Fangio's system better than anyone on our team? If anything, he could help some of the other guys with some of the nuances of the system.

Pace is going the boom or bust route on his FA signings. In this case, a complete bust. I still would've rather have seen Pryor signed over Wheaton or Sims.

What a joke, just cut the losses. What is the point of keeping him on the roster at this point? He will have as much impact on IR than he would on the field, none.

I really hope he sticks this time with Trubisky as the starter. Miller and Wright seemed to be getting more comfortable with Trubisky during the game and hopefully Gentry can add to that.

I just thought the team as a whole looked unprepared. Between a delay of game AFTER a timeout and a timeout on defense after MIN called one on offense, there just seemed to be a lot of confusion between missed assignments, missed blocks, bad routes, and penalties. All of those are normally tied to preparation.

With a night a sleep, looking back at the game on Game Pass, here were my observations: 1. The team should've been more prepared with 11 DAYS to prep for Minnesota. This is on Fox. Game plan for the most part was crap, this is on Loggains. Very predictable. Outside of the trick play for 2pt conversion and fake punt, not much to like. Don't get me started on the penalties. How about those timeouts? Would've been nice to have some at the end of the game. Instead, we used one AFTER MIN used one? How does that happen? 2. Trubisky is the real deal, and Glennon was only part of the problem in the previous losses. Trubisky's ability to move in the pocket, and extend plays outside of it are going to help this offense significantly going forward. He made a rookie mistake on the INT, but if he throws it 2 feet deeper or higher, Miller has a big gain. Maybe more game experience would help? 3. I am baffled as to why we signed Sims and Wheaton, and resigned Leno. Leno is to blame for strip sack which resulted in pts for MIN, and Wheaton's hold got a Howard TD run called back. Both would've been the difference in the game. Wheaton has hands of stone and it looks like he just runs routes to run them, not expecting the ball. Horrible FA signings. 4. Why did we draft Shaheen in the 2nd round? After drafting Trubisky, we needed to surround him with weapons. I hope Shaheen works out, but his lack of snaps and targets is alarming for a 2nd rounder. JuJu Smith-Schuster went 12 picks later and would look really good right now catches passes from Trubisky. If we had Miller/Brown, and signed Sims, what was the point of drafting Shaheen again? 5. The injuries are clearly impacting this team. Very few teams will have success when they are on their 5th stringer at a position like we are at ILB. Based on that performance, I feel like we are again looking at a 3-4 win season. Right now, we draft 5th: CLE 0-5 SF 0-5 NYG 0-5 LAC 1-4 CHI 1-4

Massie and Leno make this impossible. I can't believe we extended Leno.

Jason, I think you nailed the issues. It is not one issue, it is multiple. That is why there are so many and some are similar in nature to others.

Bears defense needs to force a turnover here.

Nice creativity on the 2pt conversion.

A busy day for Chicago sports, Cubs, Hawks, then Bears. Looks like Bradford will play.

The article is wrong, the decision to start is 7 weeks too late. Trubisky should've started Preseason Week 3. I am not in the camp of letting players sit 1-2-3 years. I think that is outdated thinking or should be on a case by case basis, and definitely not used on a first round pick. You also don't sit a player behind a dud. So I think the Rodgers comparison is funny. Maybe Rodgers wasn't ready back then. Guess who appeared in more games in college? Trubisky Look at their Junior (final college) years, who was more pro ready: Trubisky: 304-447, 68.0%, 3748 yds, 8.4Y/A, 30 TD, 6 INT, Rushing: 93-308 yds, 5 TD Rodgers: 209-316, 66.1%, 2566 yds, 8.1Y/A, 24 TD, 8 INT, Rushing: 74-126 yds, 3 TD Trubisky had more completions, attempts, yards, TDs, rushes, rushing yds, rushing TDs, a better completion %, Y/A, and less INTs. So maybe Rodgers wasn't ready. Also, Rodgers turned a 13-3 team into a 6-10 team the first year he started, so maybe he needed another year, or maybe he should've started as a rookie when they went 4-12 with Favre. To me, Rodgers was going to be good whenever he played. Trubisky's success or failure will not be in any way tied to if or if he didn't sit.

Please name Watson's WR's and TE's, show me all the "playmakers" outside of Hopkins. Watson has 1 WR and 0 TE's. The Bears have 6 players (3x WRs, 2 RBs, and a TE) with over 10 receptions. The Texans have 2, Hopkins and Miller, 1 WR and 1 RB. Trubisky is not going to save this team on his own, and it will take time, but it is also an instant upgrade of the most important position in sports. To me it is a massive upgrade. He is going to make the O-Line's job easier, and based on his accuracy, there will be less drops from receivers. He will make the entire offense better. That should equate to a better defense, and a better team. How much better is the question. To me it seems like Watson is more susceptible to a huge letdown. Take away Hopkins, then what?

We should've beat ATL, even with Glennon, the team outplayed them. If Trubisky is in at QB with 1st and goal, we score. GB had 21 pts off Glennon turnovers. Gave defense no chance, with Trubisky, that is less likely. The game was over after 2 drives. Without the gift pts, the game is 14-14. In TB, the same thing, they had 20 pts off turnovers, and the game was over before halftime. Now Cohen had one of the fumbles, but Glennon still had 3 turnovers with a Pick-6. Not that you can take those plays away, but TB is up 9-7 without those free points. All things considered, we should be 2-2 with Glennon right now. That means the other 21 guys have been carrying him as a liability. The defense has been in constant recovery mode, playing on short rest and short fields. Even in the PIT game. I think our defense is under-rated and our offense will be better with Trubisky. Minnesota scored 7 pts against DET and now they don't have Cook. Look at Baltimore's last two games. I just think those two games are winnable and we can split CAR/NO to go 3-1 in next 4. Then we get the bye to get healthy and have a lighter schedule going forward. Obviously, this is extremely optimistic, but if HOU can look that good with Watson, then we should be able to look comparable with Trubisky.

Bears 2017 Remaining Schedule Week 5- Oct. 9 Vikings (2-2) (MNF) W (No Cook, No Bradford, not enough offense, Trubisky gets 1st win). Week 6- Oct. 15 at Ravens (2-2) W (BAL has lost last 2 games by a combined score of 70-16, now 3-3) Week 7- Oct. 22 Panthers (3-1) L (CAR coming off a long rest since Thu Night game) Week 8- Oct. 29 at Saints (2-2) W (Early bye dooms NO, AP drama, No Cooks, 4-4 into the bye) Week 9- Nov. 5 bye Week 10- Nov. 12 Packers (3-1) W (Fresh off bye, Bears dominate Packers at home) Week 11- Nov. 19 Lions (3-1) W (We split with DET home and home, 6-4) Week 12- Nov. 26 at Eagles (3-1) L (a tough road loss over Thanksgiving) Week 13- Dec. 3 49ers (0-4) W (49ers are bad) Week 14- Dec. 10 at Bengals (1-3) W (Bengals are bad, 8-5) Week 15- Dec. 16 at Lions (3-1) L (We split with DET home and home) Week 16- Dec. 24 Browns (0-4) W (Browns are bad) Week 17- Dec. 31 at Vikings (2-2) W (With playoff berth on line, Bears win, go 10-6, get WC#2) What do you think? Remember we almost beat ATL and beat PIT. Glennon turnovers doomed us vs TB and GB.

Cohen projected to have 120-724 Rushing yds, 96-600 Receiving yds, 4 Rec TDs

INT #2 Another over throw. Several receivers open. Glennon had his mind made up pre snap. Never looked anywhere else, and still threw a bad pass. Thompson was actually slightly open, but again, he was not going thru progressions, and not taking what the defense gives him. A forced throw. INT on blue X.

Interception Pass intended for Wheaton, zone coverage, so Glennon needs to throw between coverages. Zone 101. Wheaton is open, but he needed to throw it right after Wheaton cleared the DB who released him around the 50. The sweet spot was near the 45. He also has Howard uncovered right in front of him and another receiver open at the top of the screen. Glennon overthrows this ball right to the Safety for an easy pick. INT on red X.

This play was a completion to Sims, but it shows what Glennon misses. Thompson in motion at bottom, no one follows, so he knows it is a zone coverage and there will be a gap between CB/LB and Cover 2 Safeties. He needs to throw a pass in the soft zone between the 38 and 44. As you can see in this picture, 4 guys out in routes with Howard wide open with no one near him. The miss for me was Thompson at the bottom who is at a full sprint past the stationary defender. If he hits Thompson around the 40, he probably scores. Instead he goes to Sims who gets lit up by the defender breaking in from the 40.