The offensive line looks bad. Our rookie QB1 has struggled and looked bad in his first two NFL games. The team is 1-1 after two games. The loss was a 6 point loss to a team that could challenge for the Super Bowl this year.
I'm not happy about it, but I do believe fans are overreacting. A lot. Let's watch and see what adjustments are made, and just see if the team improves. I do believe the team needs 2025 to be the year that the Bears invest their top resources into the OL. They do have the resources to do that. In the meantime I do think the OL that we have right now can be improved over what we have seen so far. Not saying it will be anything special. But it should be better than this 2-game opening of the season.
Caleb is being a typical rookie. Everyone wanted to think he would be Stroud-II here. That was a zillion-to-1 shot at best. I do believe he will be a great QB in the league eventually. In the meantime we will see some good and some bad games out of him this year. I'm frustrated too, but trying to not jump off the ledge just yet. Yes, the offensive line looks bad. Yes, our rookie QB1 has struggled and looked bad in his first two NFL games. The team is 1-1 after two games (LOL, oh, the humanity of it all...). The loss was a 6 point loss to a team that could challenge for the Super Bowl this year. I suspect that life, as we know it, on planet earth will go on.
The offensive line looks bad. Our rookie QB1 has struggled and looked bad in his first two NFL games. The team is 1-1 after two games. The loss was a 6 point loss to a team that could challenge for the Super Bowl this year.
I'm not happy about it, but I do believe fans are overreacting. A lot. Let's watch and see what adjustments are made, and just see if the team improves. I do believe the team needs 2025 to be the year that the Bears invest their top resources into the OL. They do have the resources to do that. In the meantime I do think the OL that we have right now can be improved over what we have seen so far. Not saying it will be anything special. But it should be better than this 2-game opening of the season.
Caleb is being a typical rookie. Everyone wanted to think he would be Stroud-II here. That was a zillion-to-1 shot at best. I do believe he will be a great QB in the league eventually. In the meantime we will see some good and some bad games out of him this year. I'm frustrated too, but trying to not jump off the ledge just yet. Yes, the offensive line looks bad. Yes, our rookie QB1 has struggled and looked bad in his first two NFL games. The team is 1-1 after two games (LOL, oh, the humanity of it all...). The loss was a 6 point loss to a team that could challenge for the Super Bowl this year. I suspect that life, as we know it, on planet earth will go on.
The next few games SHOULD be a big help to CWs confidence. Famous last words.
When it was Justin Fields it was that he held the ball too long.
Now the OL is bad.
Fields did hold the ball too long. ALL THE TIME. That's an indisputable fact on tape.
If only Caleb Williams had:
2 Star WRs 1 Highly Drafted Rookie WR A Top 10 TE Good RBs A Top 10 D
AND
A great offensive line, then we can see what an awesome QB he really is!
In the salary cap era there is going to be a weakness on a team. Ours is the OL. The coaching staff needs to figure out how to work around it. Stop it with the 3 WR sets and empty backfield. Run the ball. Go 2 TE. PA. Adapt.
Make sure you add in his 30-40 million dollar contract for 3-5 years when doing that list.
I still take a rookie QB even if they're at the same level of Fields which is very bottom for a quarter of the price.
The trade down first rounder still would've let us take Nix or Penix.
Granted some of Williams struggles is personal choices our OC makes. For example why is Gerald Everett in on the last drive instead of Kmet? His dropped passed really hurt us. Why isn't Herbert being used more? Swift came from a top 5 Oline and was struggling badly. We could of used Herbert speed.
Why are we running a scheme that doesn't fit our players?
Another issue is Rome. I don't know what's going on with him but for a top 10 pick in the NFL. He sure has butter fingers and forgets his routes at times.
Keenan Allen not being in week 2. As much as I like Allen, he's not a long term guy. Dude can't stay healthy. Really hoping Rome can improve his game. He's looking very bad when Harrison Jr and Nabers are looking great.
Everyone wants to say its the Oline and you fix that everything is fixed. No its not. There is more going on then just bad oline play.
The trade down first rounder still would've let us take Nix or Penix.
Granted some of Williams struggles is personal choices our OC makes. For example why is Gerald Everett in on the last drive instead of Kmet? His dropped passed really hurt us. Why isn't Herbert being used more? Swift came from a top 5 Oline and was struggling badly. We could have used Herbert speed.
Why are we running a scheme that doesn't fit our players?
Another issue is Rome. I don't know what's going on with him but for a top 10 pick in the NFL. He sure has butter fingers and forgets his routes at times.
Keenan Allen not being in week 2. As much as I like Allen, he's not a long term guy. Dude can't stay healthy. Really hoping Rome can improve his game. He's looking very bad when Harrison Jr and Nabers are looking great.
Everyone wants to say its the Oline and you fix that everything is fixed. No its not. There is more going on then just bad oline play.
The offense is way too complicated for a rookie QB and a poor OL.
There’s no shame in doing something simpler until Caleb can take the training wheels and they figure out a OL combo that works.
Granted some of Williams struggles is personal choices our OC makes. For example why is Gerald Everett in on the last drive instead of Kmet? His dropped passed really hurt us. Why isn't Herbert being used more? Swift came from a top 5 Oline and was struggling badly. We could have used Herbert speed.
Why are we running a scheme that doesn't fit our players?
Another issue is Rome. I don't know what's going on with him but for a top 10 pick in the NFL. He sure has butter fingers and forgets his routes at times.
Keenan Allen not being in week 2. As much as I like Allen, he's not a long term guy. Dude can't stay healthy. Really hoping Rome can improve his game. He's looking very bad when Harrison Jr and Nabers are looking great.
Everyone wants to say its the Oline and you fix that everything is fixed. No its not. There is more going on then just bad oline play.
The offense is way too complicated for a rookie QB and a poor OL.
There’s no shame in doing something simpler until Caleb can take the training wheels and they figure out a OL combo that works.
Forget who, but someone was breaking down his passes. And it mentioned having a rookie WR running an option/choose route and chose wrong. Well ya, rookie WR's traditionally have a hard time learning the position anyways, and you are asking them to add a level of complexity to it? Then on top of that you have a rookie QB throwing to that rookie WR. You are expecting 2 rookies in their 2nd game to be on the same page and not screw up a complex route. I haven't been to hard on the OC so far, but that feels like a really low chance of success especially considering the game at that time.
Feel free to simplify it a bit. Positive note was the QB did chose the right route, so maybe keep those routes to DJ and Allen. Also, feel free to learn from the 2nd half that Kmet is your best TE option. Everett hasn't done shit, and Lewis isn't what he once was, by a long shot. Kmet is the best blocker and best receiver, start using him.
Just not sure how to deal w/an OL that gives up 37 pressures out of 38 pass attempts, or 44 drop backs(pass+runs). And it's not like he was holding the ball to long he was getting it out fairly quickly.
Granted some of Williams struggles is personal choices our OC makes. For example why is Gerald Everett in on the last drive instead of Kmet? His dropped passed really hurt us. Why isn't Herbert being used more? Swift came from a top 5 Oline and was struggling badly. We could have used Herbert speed.
Why are we running a scheme that doesn't fit our players?
Another issue is Rome. I don't know what's going on with him but for a top 10 pick in the NFL. He sure has butter fingers and forgets his routes at times.
Keenan Allen not being in week 2. As much as I like Allen, he's not a long term guy. Dude can't stay healthy. Really hoping Rome can improve his game. He's looking very bad when Harrison Jr and Nabers are looking great.
Everyone wants to say its the Oline and you fix that everything is fixed. No its not. There is more going on then just bad oline play.
The offense is way too complicated for a rookie QB and a poor OL.
There’s no shame in doing something simpler until Caleb can take the training wheels and they figure out a OL combo that works.
Are you sure its complicated or a failure of our OC? Read into Shane Waldron with the seahawks and look into their fanbase talking about him.
I know a few Seahawk fans and I ignored their complaints about Waldron and read the BS that he fixed Geno. Every single problem they had with him, we're having. WR's just disappear in game. Doesn't play for players strengths rather his scheme only. He refuses to adjust to defenses. Why no 2 TE set or RB chipping defenders to help a rookie out? Every complaint they have, we're having now. We just like to think Oline fixes everything. It really doesn't.
Again why is Everett out there instead of Kmet? Why isn't Herbert getting more than 2 carries? Swift was behind a top 5 Oline last year? Where is the OC adjusting their gameplan? Are we pretending we're blind? Why do we have short WR's blocking for screen passes?
We just like to think Oline fixes everything. It really doesn't.
If your offensive line can't run-block (and this unit can't to save their souls), and they can't pass-protect (and this unit couldn't if their life depended on it). That is a problem. If you think otherwise, I just don't know what to tell 'ya.
We have good skill players. Without an NFL quality OL the ceiling on those guys is lowered. I was at the Houston game. Watching it "live" you got a better reality check of what Caleb is facing - a much better perspective than what we see on a TV set in our family room. If Caleb didn't have the scrambling skills he has, I guarantee you there would have been a dozen or so sacks.
Ryan Poles whiffed on this OL for 2024. Shane Waldron has made mistakes. No question. But he has been dealt a bad hand of cards to play this season, not having an OL.
We just like to think Oline fixes everything. It really doesn't.
If your offensive line can't run-block (and this unit can't to save their souls), and they can't pass-protect (and this unit couldn't if their life depended on it). That is a problem. If you think otherwise, I just don't know what to tell 'ya.
We have good skill players. Without an NFL quality OL the ceiling on those guys is lowered. I was at the Houston game. Watching it "live" you got a better reality check of what Caleb is facing - a much better perspective than what we see on a TV set in our family room. If Caleb didn't have the scrambling skills he has, I guarantee you there would have been a dozen or so sacks.
Ryan Poles whiffed on this OL for 2024. Shane Waldron has made mistakes. No question. But he has been dealt a bad hand of cards to play this season, not having an OL.
Most of our Oline is the same members? So I fail to see how they regressed this badly. Especially with a QB who is the 6th fastest in release time? Justin Fields caused half of his problems. Williams isn't. There is more going on. You need to look more than just fix Oline and we're a top 5 offense.
Even Gesty had our Oline looking good for run plays... Can we start calling out our new OC?