Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2016 14:00:23 GMT -6
Game one has created some pretty diverse observations and opinions about what we saw and what should be done about it. A few players escaped largely untouched by criticism, but too few, and the coaching staff has taken it's share of licks as well. This is a fairly young team still in a rebuilding or restocking phase laced with some very good vet talent at a few key positions. What should our expectations be of them in each 4 game phase of the current season.
Games; 1-4
Games; 5-8
Games; 9-12
Games; 13-16
I'll start with the more generic expectation of seeing this team start to develop a "style" of play again that's more identifiable with many of the successful Bears team of the past. It seems to me we lack that yet. Fox may have described it loosely but I would like to see it quantified in their play game after game after game. I'm not insisting they be the mid '80s Bears but rather that they have an identifiable personality and style of play as a team that earmarks them in this era as the '80s Bears did in their era.
IMHO one reason the Bears tend to rank so low in many preseason forecasts seems to be that few can predict just who this team is and how they'll actually play. They haven't even established themselves as competent across the board in all three phases of the game let alone even close to dominant in any one of them. Even during the Lovie era we were a very strong defensive team who created offensive opportunities through turnovers and we were clearly dominant for many years on STeams due to guys like Hester and Gould. We lack any of that right now.
So chime in with some thoughts and what you feel our expectations should be for these guys as they progress through this season. On Tuesday when I write my forward looking column I'll try to pick up on some these thoughts and compare them to where we are after two games and what these two games may be telling us about what to expect down the road from now in October and November.
Games; 1-4
Games; 5-8
Games; 9-12
Games; 13-16
I'll start with the more generic expectation of seeing this team start to develop a "style" of play again that's more identifiable with many of the successful Bears team of the past. It seems to me we lack that yet. Fox may have described it loosely but I would like to see it quantified in their play game after game after game. I'm not insisting they be the mid '80s Bears but rather that they have an identifiable personality and style of play as a team that earmarks them in this era as the '80s Bears did in their era.
IMHO one reason the Bears tend to rank so low in many preseason forecasts seems to be that few can predict just who this team is and how they'll actually play. They haven't even established themselves as competent across the board in all three phases of the game let alone even close to dominant in any one of them. Even during the Lovie era we were a very strong defensive team who created offensive opportunities through turnovers and we were clearly dominant for many years on STeams due to guys like Hester and Gould. We lack any of that right now.
So chime in with some thoughts and what you feel our expectations should be for these guys as they progress through this season. On Tuesday when I write my forward looking column I'll try to pick up on some these thoughts and compare them to where we are after two games and what these two games may be telling us about what to expect down the road from now in October and November.
