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Montgomery with his first NFL TD (and the first for the Bears this year). Love the ‘3 downs and a cloud of dust’ type play.

That last play by Trub was PERFECT. No panic throw to the covered receiver on the right then try to chuck it to Burton. Got a first down on penalty because his coverage was facing the wrong way . Nicely done Mitchell!!!

Hey what the??? Did Bolles swap teams?

Can’t say as I blame him. Having to draw Mack and Floyd. Keep it up Bolles!! Then Leno gets an ‘illegal hands to the face’. Ugh.

I’m loving the Broncs LT Bolles; he’s gotten 3-4 holding calls already. My sister who lives in Denver is losing her mind. Lol

We saw it and Trubisky overthrew Gabriel for a large gain (and had Montgomery(?)) underneath. But yes...better progress.

PINERO for MVP!!!

Shaheen catches and fights for a first down. Well I’ll be? Anyone else think he’s out for the rest of the game?

‘Rex’ ... I saw what you did there...lol

Watching the GB / Minn game. The Vikings came out slow but are making up for some of their own self-inflicted mistakes and playing more solid as the game wears on. I have no question the Bears D is better than Minnesota’s but they’re getting better at blunting Rodgers later in the game. And watching Cousins is like watching what you expect from an NFL QB in a situation like they’re in. Not many mistakes or panic driven decisions. It’s almost like he’s a better QB than what Chicago has. I know that can’t be, especially given he’s not a “Franchise QB picked in the first round”.

I’m sorry guys but this is starting to sound a lot like the Cutler-excusim of past. I have a hard time biting off on the idea that Nagy is the largest piece of the non-fitting puzzle. Yes he should have had his starters play more in the preseason (this year and last) and perhaps his play calling should have been more run centric but the operator in this is the key piece to execution. What about the talk of all the audibles Trubiksy was allowed and chose throughout the game? Was he deciding to pass when he should have been calling a running play? Maybe Nagy got overconfident in his QBs abilities and allowed him too much latitude to make those calls? It’s pretty apparent not just in last weeks game but in games from before that Trubisky struggles in reading the field and even making the right call (the majority of the time) during RPO plays. That right there should be the easiest for him to adapt to AND play to his skillset, yet he struggles with that. I think today will go along way towards what we'll see going forward. I suspect there will be a reset with Trubiksy not being able do as many line adjustments and a more run-balanced game. His passes will need to be short and mid range to be effective and I’ll bet the gadget plays will be minimal. I’m fairly confident Nagy will adjust his game to the better; will Trubisky?

Hard to read sarcasm through words but for a minute I thought you lost your ever lovin mind. Thank goodness you’re still among the sane.

GAWD NO...

Another video to view. If you so choose.

From the ChicagoBears.com piece “The Pick is In”. Same as last week, Golic siding with the Chicago beat writers (except for the traitor Rick Morrisey) ugh- Here’s to hoping they are all .500 after this weekend. (and Morrisey goes 0-2). https://www.chicagobears.com/news/the-pick-is-in-bears-at-broncos

Bears need to have a more balanced offense, plain and simple. More running, less passing. Keep Mitch’s passing options simple. Defensively I’m not too awful worried. It seems everyone is stepping up and now Mack isn’t as obvious on the team because of it. I’m still concerned about Fangio’s knowledge of the Bears and his ability to put together a formidable defense. He’s still got some pretty stout pieces in Denver (Wolfe, Chubb and Miller along the line and Harris and Callahan in the backfield among them). I said it before but I still think how goes Flacco, so goes Denver. Bears eek out a win: 10-7 or 14-10.

I’m more of the mindset that if Trubisky continues to flounder then maybe we should look to see what one of these two guys can do before we totally do as you suggest and throw a bunch of other ‘things’ at a hopeful Franchise QB. I’m not suggesting either of them would be that guy just that if we could get any measurable and respectable production out of them we may not be as in an emergent situation. And I’d really hate to squander where the team is now with the defensive side of the ball. However if (as Adam hinted) Andrew Luck were interested in coming out of retirement, I’m totally good with that. Even if Mitchell gets better, he’d still be a hell of a backup.

He looks to me as a poor man's version of Shaheen. I say 'poor mans' because Shaheen cost the team a second round pick and Holtz cost next to nothing. His college highlight film is pretty nice; appears to be a decent pass receiver from what they show. He played at Pitt and we know not all TE's from Pitt are bad right? Just ask Ditka.

Message received. I'm just saying Bray looked better playing the offense in the pre-season. I know it was a vanilla offense but we were led to believe the Mitch had a handle on the more complex version and here we are discussing his future with the team. I also know that Daniels didn't look all that hot in spot duty (this preseason) but he knows the offense and looked better last year in relief than Mitch did Thursday...

Hmmm..intriguing thought. I mean when/if Gronkowski comes out of retirement what's to say Luck couldn't or wouldn't? He would be a pretty sweet backup if for nothing else.

Perhaps I'm biased but the video I presented does a pretty good job in identifying the successes and the 'not-so' in the last game. I don't see it as slant to downplay Trubisky's performance anymore than your video was parlaying more the positives. In fact I think one infamous play showed the one where he was very nearly picked off while throwing across the body to Patterson when Robinson was crossing underneath with single TRAILING coverage. He (Robinson) would've quite literally passed under Trubisky's line of sight while he looked to chuck the ball from right to left across the field. Which makes me go back to the lack of preparation. He isn't the only one that suffered from this. Its clear the offensive line struggled with some of their assignments and the offense in general struggled due to lack of reps. Something that bothered me last year and again this year. I'm hoping for a marked improvement this week although my expectations are tempered due to them playing against Fangio.

They were there. Just not used.

Link broke?

Saw this analysis put up after the game (below). Pretty fair I would say, all things considered. Talks about 'Trubisky trying to do too much' but also shows how he locks on one player and misses players on drag, crossing or flat routes; aka routes set up to help him.

I hadn't realized that Fangio had been a Defensive Coordinator for five teams; Panthers (1995-98), Colts (99-2001), Texans (2002-2005), 49ers (2011-2014) and the Bears (2015-18). Knowing he probably had some say in some of the players acquired, he definitely was able to get the best out of them, especially when with the 49ers and Bears. While with the 49ers the lowest his defenses was ever ranked was No 5 overall (first two years) and while with the Bears (14th - year one, and 15th year two). His previous stops showed more regression so maybe something clicked once he got to San Francisco? At any rate, I don't think he's overrated at all as a DC...especially these days. Like Adam pointed out, being an HC is a totally different ball of wax and we'll have to wait and see how that goes. After seeing their game last night, I'm a little less concerned with how their offense (most notably Flacco) will perform. But I'm not the least bit convinced our Bears (especially Nagy and Trubisky) can look past their D.