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Word.

And Kwitkowski playing like he should be starting!! I love defensive football!!! Good stuff today.

Nick ‘next man up’ Williams making having Hicks out less painful!

He’s getting the job done and no Trubisky doesn’t need to rush back. I suspect they’ll call up Bray (he’s still on PS right?) and off to London they go. They're starting to put more pressure on Daniel but he’s showing some serious brass ones playing the role of true pocket passer.

Thank GOD the D didn’t do like they have so many times before, just let the ball roll around on the ground after a questionable call. Too bad the refs didn’t let it play out and see if Clinton ‘pick-six’ Dix could’ve run it back .

Are you seriously shocked by this? Amazing what happens if you’re able to pass downfield and the defense has to back up and not stack the box. Daniel shows what it’s like to be able to read the D and go through your progressions. Oh and the oline is giving him time to throw. Incredible!!!

Edit: looks as though ‘Iggy’ will get some playing time. I’m intrigued to see how he does. Seems to be a flashy player. In other concerning news; the Lions are playing KC tough with 23-20 lead going into the 4th quarter.

With Gabriel out that means a player like Wims will move up in the rotation. Some analyst this last week pointed out a significant third down play converted by Wims late in the game against the ‘Skins. If Trubiksy is able to be more accurate on his passes I think Wims will be more involved this time round. I think for the running game to be successful, the Bears need to be able to stretch the field. ‘IF’ all this happens, I see Wims being a large piece to this game. https://www.chicagobears.com/video/player-profile-javon-wims

Speaking of mirages; interested to see how this Daniel Jones kid works out. Bears will face off with them in late November, a week after traveling to SoCal to play the Rams.

Was just going to come back and apologize for hijacking the thread. So I’ll stick to the theme... After seeing last night’s game I’m having a hard time measuring how the Bears will do against Minny. Bears lost to GB at home 3-10 and Minny lost to GB (in GB) the week after us 16-21. Then GB lost to Philly last night in GB. The game last week against Washington would indicate the Bears did great; but those of us who watched it went away unsatisfied. The score was more a result of one half of good play and another half of crossed fingers. Minnesota is capable especially at RB. Cousins is an unpredictable player but has Thielen and Diggs at WR and Rudolph at TE. The current OC Stefanski (sp?) is the most recent OC ‘up-to-bat’ after DeFillipio was let go last season. He’s been with the Vikings since ‘06 and credited for helping Keenum to his best career year while the QB coach (remember Keenum’s 2-0 record against the Bears?). HC Zimmer is a defensive minded coach and a good one to boot. Hunter is an ‘up-and-comer’ at DE and they still have Griffin on the other side who (to me) is hot/cold. There’s Anthony “slam Rodgers to the turf” Barr at LB and Smith and Rhodes in the backfield to be concerned about. Hard for me to predict the weakness on D. To have a chance, I think the Bears will have to do more of the same from last week; short/intermediate passes with a fair amount of running mixed in. The D will do it’s thing but I’m concerned about how the corners will hold up, especially Amukamura and a little bit Skrine. This could be a close one and I see Bears either losing by 3 or winning by 7-10.

All trolling aside; I should’ve said their offense was more balanced with a good control of the passing game. A fair amount of the overall rushing yards came later in the game (at least according to the radio broadcast). A look at Howard’s stats are interesting; he ended up the lead rusher with 87 yards (5.7 avg) and 2 TDs. And... added 3 rec for 28 yds and another TD. The “rookie starting ahead of him” had no receptions and 15 less yards rushing...and 0 TDs. Jordan was targeted 4 times where the #1 WR (Jefferey) was targeted 9 times but both had the equal number of receptions at 3.

Beg to differ....mostly passing game that seems to be doing the job. As a matter of fact, one passing 20 yard TD reception by former Bear Jordan Howard. Yes that’s right ... passing reception...Jordan Howard. Oh and one running TD to boot. Why did the Bears get rid of him again? Running stats so far (into the 3rd quarter) show all three RBs for Philly with less than 100 yards...combined.

Its more apparent this year than last that taking the whole preseason off wasn't a good idea. I get the concerns of injuries but the opposite issue is what we're seeing now and as NY points out our team was 'this close' to going 1-2. Had the Redskins been a better team; like Minnesota, like Dallas or maybe even Philly we could have very well been looking at that record. 'So far' everyone in our division has a winning record so its even more imperative our team get their collective sh#t together. I honestly haven't seen the breakdown in the OL as much as the rest of you have claimed, or at least for the same reason. The troubles I see reflect more of the lack of Trubisky to stretch the field so the opposing defense is able to stack the box, putting as many as 8 defenders within 5 yards of the LOS. When they are playing man-to-man on coverage knowing Trubisky can't hit the tight window or long range throws they can afford to send more people on the rush or to stuff the run. Montgomery's success at running isn't coming from his first effort, its when he bounces outside or even catches in the flat. With regards to the OLine struggles, it comes down to simple math. Five blocking linemen (or even 7 if you add two tight ends) will lose every time to a rush of 6-8 people.

Agree with needing Whitehair back at Center. But... need to put Trubiskys performance in perspective. Remember this is the 30th ranked defense he’s playing against . They came out early with him doing a heavy dose of game management plays and what appeared to be college level sideline play calling. That meaning I got the impression the offense would line up and once they saw what the D was doing, Nagy would call in a play adjustment. Early on I don’t think Nagy was comfortable with Trubiksy having the autonomy he needs to run the offense. However as the game has wore on, Trubisky has been allowed to do more (ergo that nice throw to Gabriel). Nevertheless, he’s looking more confident as the game wears on. Which is really important as they start get ready to play better caliber teams.

X2!!!!!

Bears are their own worst enemy. Penalties are killing any momentum they gain, especially on defense. Redskins should already be out of this game with no ability to produce and offense.

Said it was a pinched nerve. (?) hmmm... looks ok on the XP earlier. Not doing kickoffs which makes sense.

HHCD with a pick six!!!! Welcome back to Washington HaHa!!

Looks like Pinero will be playing. As will Jackson(?). Didn’t know he was injured. Also of note; Maddie out, Coward in. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2019/09/23/bears-week-3-inactives-eddy-pineiro-good-to-go-bobby-massie-out-vs-redskins/

Dang...the FG gods are not happy with Chicago for some reason. Curious to see if O’Donnell had to step in temporarily. Really hoping our team’s success this week isn’t dependent on a FG to win it .

Right on Bill!

To be fair, Trubisky has open receivers. He just doesn’t see them.

...and he does stuff like this...

In other news; how about that cat Gardner Minshew? Looked pretty sweet in last nights convincing win over Tennessee? Was 20 of 30 for 204 yards and 2 TDs. He’s looked solid over the last 2 1/2 games he’s started in. And the round he was picked in? 6th.... hmmm

The fact that Keenum is 2-0 against the Bears is concerning, but this isn’t Minnesota. I suspect we’ll see more of the balanced attack like last week on offense. And, for Trubiksy I have a strange suspicion this will be the Bucs ‘18 game of this year. Probably not 6 TDs but more like 2 or 3. Oddly enough the Redskins D is suspect in the secondary and that’s with a player like Josh Norman back there. On the D side we’ll see more of what we have so far. Difference from last week and this week is that they won’t be getting gassed as quick as they were in Denver. Maybe even a Def TD? Predict a score of something like 20-3 or 21-7 *EDIT: ack!! I didn’t know Landon Collins was on the Redskins...yikes. We’ll probably see him a bunch working on the run.