Who impressed you in this Bears win against the Texans?

Wasn't Tyler Scott having a solid camp so far? Does he suffer from stage fright?

Wow, I didn't see that at all.  Not saying he has a great arm by any means but I thought he had pretty good zip for a backup.  I also really liked the early look at Waldron's offense.  We actually attacked the middle of the field!  Very preliminary but encouraging.

Speaking of new things, did you guys notice a couple of plays where Rypien had some pressure but stepped up fluidly in the pocket, kept his eyes downfield, and ripped a good throw 20 yards over the middle on target?

In the 7 seasons we all watched Mitch Trubisky and Justin Fields, how often did we see either of them do that?  I can only recall a couple times even including preseason games.  I'm sure they both did it, but it sure as hell wasn't as often as it should have been.  Both of them struggled with pocket awareness and keeping their eyes downfield.  

It's a minor point here cuz Rypien isn't important but it kinda illustrates how bad our QBs have been.  I was watching CHGO last week and one of the superchat questions they answered was what looked different QB-wise in this camp compared to Trub & Fields camps.  And they said essentially that "Caleb is simply way better".  They also talked about how in prior camps they had to delicately report on the QB cuz the fans were so optimistic and hopeful that they didn't want to hear anything negative.  Basically, CHGO said that both of them struggled and sucked in camp but no one wanted to hear it so they had to be subtle.  

My initial reaction to Rypien last night was just that... and probably overly critical.  Rypien played a really solid game.  He looks like a football-smart guy who knows how to play within his physical limitations.  He probably has plenty of arm to be a good NFL backup.  My comment was nitpicking and maybe not even accurate.  It will be interesting to see if Bagent can look as good or better as the preseason progresses.  And maybe Rypien will be the better of the two... who knows at this stage, right?  I think the good thing in this is that we should have a backup this season who can win some games (even as a rookie from D2 ball, Bagent was .500 as a starter here).  I'm convinced the backup QB can make or break a season in some cases if you're a playoff team who needs the guy to come in for a handful of games until your QB1 can come back.  If Caleb goes down for a few games and the QB2 can get a couple of wins (very possible with THIS particular loaded offense) then CW comes back and we keep on track for the playoffs.  LOL, one can hope, anyway :-)

I'm not trying to say Rypien is anything but a preseason backup hero.  He will be the #3 QB and probably on the PS.  

But he did look really good and very decisive.  Kind of how Bagent looked last year in PS.  It was against backups true but it was also WITH backups.  Bears actually have some depth at QB though we all hope neither of them are needed this year. 

Anyway, it was just good to see the Bears pass offense actually look competent for once, especially over the middle.  I wanna see that continue in the next two PS games with CW out there.  

What I DON'T want to see is a repeat of last year where Justin Fields threw 3 screen passes for a total of 1 air yard combined the whole PS.  That was ridiculous and it showed in week 1 when the offense looked completely unprepared and outclassed.