Bears vs Packers

[SOJA]

I support Mitch because he's a heel but I knew from day one that was a risky pick at best and Watson was a much more solid QB. Imagine Watson on that team right now, man they would be really good.

[ickmule]

12 hours ago, WarHeel said:

Appreciate it! We are one of the last 20% or so in the county left without power.

Hope you have power back this AM. We were lucky in NMB. Had a max wind gust of about 60 mph, but had a few tornados touch down between 4 & 7 am Thursday. Thankfully no one was hurt, but a few homes were damaged.  This video was taken about an hour before the highest gusts kicked in.  

[Happy Panther]

9 hours ago, outlaw4 said:

I used to live in Vegas so heard a lot from oddsmakers on local radio. They basically say the best time to make money is the first week or two in the regular season since they can only guess what teams will be like based on prior trends. Of course, they win it all back and then some once they have enough data.

They move the lines constantly to get money on both sides of a bet so I doubt sports books lose money consistently during a certain part of the year.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, joemac said:

You can tell that Nagy does not 100% trust Trubisky.  Nagy treats him like Gase treated Tannehill in Miami.  With kid gloves.

So why did he dial of 45 pass plays vs. only 15 running plays? Trubisky poo'd the bed on the final drive, but Nagy poo'd the bed with his play calling all night long.

[LinvilleGorge]

52 minutes ago, SOJA said:

I support Mitch because he's a heel but I knew from day one that was a risky pick at best and Watson was a much more solid QB. Imagine Watson on that team right now, man they would be really good.

Literally no one in Chicago is wishing they'd drafted Watson. Not with Mahomes having just won the MVP and being picked 8 spots after they drafted Trubisky.

[Mr. Scot]

I've said before I'd never touch a quarterback from Andy Reid's system in free agency. Those who have were met with dismal results.

(theoretically, Mahomes could change that but I see zero chance of him hitting free agency)

As far as coaching tree, sometimes it's wise to steer clear of assistants who served under great coaches (Lord knows Belichick's people never succeed anywhere else) but Reid does have a few pupils that have gone on to success; Doug Pederson being the most obvious example.

Ron Rivera is part of Reid's coaching tree too (make of that what you will).

[Castavar]

2 hours ago, SOJA said:

I support Mitch because he's a heel but I knew from day one that was a risky pick at best and Watson was a much more solid QB. Imagine Watson on that team right now, man they would be really good.

Watson on the Bears right now with that defense is superbowl bound tbh Watson + Cohen + Allen Robinson + David Montgomery + that defense is legit a superbowl team. Bears about to waste another elite defense lol

[LinvilleGorge]

8 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Well, he isn't a good QB, so that isn't very surprising.

Neither was Aaron Rodgers last night 

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Neither was Aaron Rodgers last night 

Yeah but we all know A-Aron is a great QB, Trubuscuit is not a good QB. He's an average NFL QB at best.

Could he prove me wrong over time? Sure, but I have pretty serious doubts. 

[Peppers90 NC]

I’m still scratching my head it felt like Chicago intentionally kept the ball out of their best players hands (Montgomery) and forced to jags like Davis

[Peppers90 NC]

10 minutes ago, stbugs said:

It felt the same to me. Way too little balance and  somehow Nagy thinks he found a gem in Mike Davis? Lol, some coaches think they’re smarter than everyone. The defense kept them in the game. I just read an article where Nagy said he didn’t help Trubisky and he had to get the running game going. How about using the dynamic guy and not using the 5th year journeyman? It’d be like (to a lesser degree) if we kept CMC on the bench in favor of CAP. Well, except that CAP has a career 0.5 ypr better than Davis and 2.1 ypr better. Davis in 4 years is worse than CAP and Montgomery couldn’t get on the field. SMH. 

Yea and some decisions by Trubisky not to throw to him coming out of the backfield like they didn’t want their rookie stud getting too much credit so early in his career. But he’d throw to Davis in the flats for minimal gains. I’m sure they’ll learn from this one, they will be facing the wrath of disappointed bears fans for a very long week. And Cohen had zero rush attempts after their first play on offense. Way too close of a game to throw away the run.

[trueblade]

2 hours ago, Peppers90 NC said:

I’m still scratching my head it felt like Chicago intentionally kept the ball out of their best players hands (Montgomery) and forced to jags like Davis

Montgomery also looked better than Davis on his snaps. Looks like RR isn't the only coach with a preference for vets over more talented rookies, especially early in the year. 

[trueblade]

16 hours ago, jumpman910 said:

Why anyone thought they'd regress is beyond me. Lmao 

Most people who were talking about regression for the Bears D were speaking in context of the number of turnovers they generated last year. A regression there has plenty of historical precedent and should be expected. Also note the Bears D generated 0 turnovers last night. 

[Davidson Deac II]

The issue was not that Davis had more carries than Montgomery.  He actually had fewer carries than Montgomery.  The issue was that neither running back got enough carries, and they threw to much.  Of course, their running game was bad when they did use it, so whose to say they would have been any better had they run it more.  If I counted right, they had a grand total of three runs in the entire second half.  An 8 yard and a 1 yard carry for Davis, and a no gain carry for Montgomery.  And that is it.  If you aren't going to run it, then it doesn't matter much which running back is in the game.  Unless you are throwing it to them, which they didn't.  

 

The penalties, bad throws, to much reliance on the passing game, the int, and dropped passes where what really killed them.