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I don't mind the ground and pound, but event that becomes predictable. Even the commentators were able to determine what the Bears were going to do before the play just based solely on the personnel package and formation. This needs to change. We need to spread them out with more WR's and run from that. Also, more play action from the 2-TE sets. I would also like to see a couple of read option plays and definitely more bootlegs.

With Meredith and White both coming off injury, there is no way you can even count on them for anything (especially White). So I wouldn't even count them. If they make the team and play, great, but I think OT and WR are top priorities. I wouldn't be opposed to signing both a top tier OT and WR in free agency and bring in another set early in the draft.

Howard with a huge carry in OT and then Trubsiky with a crazy pass to Wright (who made another huge catch) which ultimately lead to a GW FG.

Fox needs to be fired after this game. No way he should be coaching in the NFL. We have had zero long drives in the game with a shitty kicker and we win the toss and ask to receive first? Then we go 3 and out and O'Donnell shanks the punt. Game over.

Awesome play by Fuller and Amos. This is Fuller's best game in a long time. This is who we thought he was. Ravens go for it on 4th instead of kicking FG, Pick-6 makes it a 10 point swing. Should be ballgame. Trubisky has attempted 12 passes.

Cohen with a fumble, brutal since the TD. KO Return, and now a turnover. Cohen up the middle scares me every time.

Trubisky with a great play action pass on the move to Sims! 17-3 Bears! Ugly play on special teams. Rainey running kick back trips over his own player, goes to the ground, all the Bears stop, he gets up and runs for a 96 yard KO return. Unbelievable. Play to the whistle! WTF! 17-10 Bears.

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.