Moving on... Bears @ Colts Week-3 Thread

I didn't expect to win either.  Said so in the pregame thread.

But there's a difference between losing and losing ugly.  We lost ugly.  The only reason that wasn't a 31-10 blowout was that the D is superb and held a high-powered O to 1 TD on their home turf.

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And I'd add that a lot of Bears fans are so tired of the same issues hurting the team.  It is really really hard to watch Bears quarterbacks being put behind offensive lines that fail to pass protect.  And as if that were not enough, THIS season the team can't run the ball either.  Even is bad seasons we'd a least see average running the ball, and some seasons we'd see excellent running.  This season though, the RBs are getting under 3 yards per carry.  It's hard to accept that.  

Next three opponents:

Twitter Discussion I found interesting:

Let Ryan Poles Eat
@polesplseat

Greg, I trust your analysis because you were the one who had concerns about not many deep shots in 2023 camp. Since we haven't seen many through 2 games so far, is this something you noticed in 2024 camp as well?

Greg Braggs Jr.
@gbraggsjr23

Not at all. They attacked all 3 levels at camp. The deep ball was literally non-existent last year. Literally. Everything was side to side and underneath. Which is what we thought Fields needed to work on. Turns out, that's all they could run.

This year, I didn't see the amount of side to side stuff at camp that we've seen so far in these first 2 weeks. It's shocking, honestly. At b saw many post/skinny posts up the seams, over the tops down the sidelines, deep crossers thrown with anticipation, slants, out routes with anticipation, clever screen games. All 3 levels, and it got better as camp went on.

The biggest issues at camp for the offense were false starts, and I guess if I'm being fair to it now, Caleb's accuracy wasn't always exact on every throw. I can remember charting days and saying there overthrows and underthrows but chalking that up to the amount of reps he was getting. There were just as many dots to my eyes, so I wasn't anticipating the amount of inaccurate passes we've seen so far, which is essentially all of his throws to this point in the regular season. I assumed we would see some bad throws but also some dots. So far, barely any dots. Especially the type of dots I saw at camp.

Ultimately, the biggest issue is that they need time to gel. It's the simplest answer, but it's the right one. No one should be getting a pass necessarily but at the same time I don't think we can fairly evaluate anyone on the offense until they figure out what plays they want to call, how they want to execute them, recognizing what they are seeing at the LOS and getting a feel for each other. I'm now keeping an open mind to literally everyone. Caleb, Waldron, Swift, the OLine. Even Nate Davis.

They simply need time to hash this shit out. The question is, how long will it take? The next 3 weeks? Before Green Bay? December? Next year? If the coaches do their job it should be sooner than later that they can be a competent offense and not the embarrassment we've seen so far. But if anyone's asking when they'll be this high octane dream we've all been thinking about? I don't have that answer. It all essentially comes down to when things will slow down for Caleb and he can start to get comfortable with the looks he's getting.