Not really. The O wasn't as embarrassing as it usually is. It was the secondary that was playing like the Washington Generals. Specifically one guy with a big contract and a mouth to match.
Amen. That is also thrown around too much as an excuse for this DEF.
Question for the masses: How did Johnson play last night. Didn't hear his name too much, but that could be because there were so many other holes in the DEF.
Also, points to Smith for being the only defender willing to go in front of the microphones and take questions after the game.
JJ and Roq are the only 2 players on this defense who are A) good and B) young. Everyone else is either a JAG, aging, underperforming, on an expensive contract with no immediate "out", or some combination thereof.
This D isn't gonna "win games". Heck, it isn't gonna be able to even "contain" good offenses. And the Bears O isn't nearly explosive or talented enough to win many high scoring games. Not being pessimistic or a Debbie Downer here, just realistic. Look at the upcoming schedule--I see a record of ~ 2-7, maybe 3-6, going into the week 10 bye. This is gonna get ugly.
To make matters even worse, we have no first round picks this year because we had to compete for a playoff spot last year that 90% of real fans knew we never deserved. Now we're truly playing for nothing this year.
Not really. The O wasn't as embarrassing as it usually is. It was the secondary that was playing like the Washington Generals. Specifically one guy with a big contract and a mouth to match.
LOL, it is pick your poison. You could hand out multiple "deflated balls" and all be correct. I suspect we are gonna be saying that a lot this season. The Bears simply aren't a very talented team on either side of the ball I'm afraid.
The secondary was the obvious choice with those 2 terrible blown coverage TDs. They're gonna suck all year. The pass rush didn't get home at all despite 3 highly paid starters. Ogletree had a couple missed tackles and a dumb penalty. The offense only scored 14 points. That's gonna lose 95% of the time. Dalton threw a costly RZ pick. And don't tell me it "was tipped". Would have been picked either way as no target was in area. Watch it again. No Bears receiver even reached 50 yards. Dalton didn't complete a single pass over 10 yards.
Pick your poison. Only Montgomery and Special Teams gets a pass.
Not really. The O wasn't as embarrassing as it usually is. It was the secondary that was playing like the Washington Generals. Specifically one guy with a big contract and a mouth to match.
LOL, it is pick your poison. You could hand out multiple "deflated balls" and all be correct. I suspect we are gonna be saying that a lot this season. The Bears simply aren't a very talented team on either side of the ball I'm afraid.
The secondary was the obvious choice with those 2 terrible blown coverage TDs. They're gonna suck all year. The pass rush didn't get home at all despite 3 highly paid starters. Ogletree had a couple missed tackles and a dumb penalty. The offense only scored 14 points. That's gonna lose 95% of the time. No Bears receiver even reached 50 yards. Dalton didn't complete a single pass over 10 yards.
Pick your poison. Only Montgomery and Special Teams gets a pass.
I'm re-watching the game tonight... I'd add the Kmet penalty when it was 3rd and 1 on the 3 yard line. Then I'd add Dalton throwing the int at that point in the end zone. That and those big plays given up by the secondary cost us 21 points. This was a 6-point game late in the 3rd quarter (14-20). Those 21 points were the game. It's crazy but this game was winable. The Bears really blew it.
LOL, it is pick your poison. You could hand out multiple "deflated balls" and all be correct. I suspect we are gonna be saying that a lot this season. The Bears simply aren't a very talented team on either side of the ball I'm afraid.
The secondary was the obvious choice with those 2 terrible blown coverage TDs. They're gonna suck all year. The pass rush didn't get home at all despite 3 highly paid starters. Ogletree had a couple missed tackles and a dumb penalty. The offense only scored 14 points. That's gonna lose 95% of the time. No Bears receiver even reached 50 yards. Dalton didn't complete a single pass over 10 yards.
Pick your poison. Only Montgomery and Special Teams gets a pass.
I'm re-watching the game tonight... I'd add the Kmet penalty when it was 3rd and 1 on the 3 yard line. Then I'd add Dalton throwing the int at that point in the end zone. That and those big plays given up by the secondary cost us 21 points. This was a 6-point game late in the 3rd quarter (14-20). Those 21 points were the game. It's crazy but this game was winable. The Bears really blew it.
Funny you mention that because the announcers were stunned by the same thing. No one expected Bears to win and when they were still in the game in the 3rd, everyone was surprised.
I expected Bears D was gonna give up points. Stafford can light up even good defenses and our secondary blows. To have a chance, the Bears O needed to score 24 pts minimum. Obviously the D forcing a turnover or two would have helped as well. If we had scored a TD on that opening drive like they should have and maybe added one more FG, there was a chance. A slight chance but a chance.
You're not gonna win many games in the NFL scoring only 14 points. You're also not gonna win many games giving up layup TD passes either and losing the turnover battle.
Post by germansbombedph on Sept 14, 2021 1:32:52 GMT -6
OL looked pretty good. Dalton like expected, not bad but not good enough. It's the middle and this is a bad spot for us. Defense... I don't know it it's the Rams weapons with a good QB like Stafford (we all see how good he was and how bad those Lions were) but they have to get more creative. They have to look at the CBs available. Secondary needs upgrades and I don't think it has to be Eddie Jackson.
I'm re-watching the game tonight... I'd add the Kmet penalty when it was 3rd and 1 on the 3 yard line. Then I'd add Dalton throwing the int at that point in the end zone. That and those big plays given up by the secondary cost us 21 points. This was a 6-point game late in the 3rd quarter (14-20). Those 21 points were the game. It's crazy but this game was winable. The Bears really blew it.
Funny you mention that because the announcers were stunned by the same thing. No one expected Bears to win and when they were still in the game in the 3rd, everyone was surprised.
I expected Bears D was gonna give up points. Stafford can light up even good defenses and our secondary blows. To have a chance, the Bears O needed to score 24 pts minimum. Obviously the D forcing a turnover or two would have helped as well. If we had scored a TD on that opening drive like they should have and maybe added one more FG, there was a chance. A slight chance but a chance.
You're not gonna win many games in the NFL scoring only 14 points. You're also not gonna win many games giving up layup TD passes either and losing the turnover battle.
+1
And when going up against a much superior team, the margin of error is close to zero. You just can't make the stupid errors that the Bears did. So much of what they did was 100% preventable. They just shot themselves in the foot. LOL, in fact they just blew that sucker off their leg :-)