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They don’t have to cover the deep game because Trub has little or no accuracy there. Just about every one of the long range throws have been about 5-10 feet above the receiver. Instead they’re bringing nearly 8 in the box or tight zone on just about every down.

Daniel-juice, daniel-juice, daniel-juice. sorry... ??

Yay!!!! Trubisky lobs an INT. ? Are you sure this isn’t Cutler incognito?

Finally!!! The D comes alive!

So...our offense was able to come away with three points thanks to 30 yards of penalties from Arizona. Yay...

Beetle juice...beetle juice....beetle juice.lol ha. Yeah, i know. It’s painful to watch him ‘learn’ while all these other lesser round picks do good for their teams.

Kush = doosh

I’m absolutely tired of seeing this power run up the middle crap. Go back to zone blocking where Jordan excels! Shite!

Wait... I thought this was a first round pick? He’s our ‘future’?!?! **edit** never mind about Daniel...for now.

Ouch!!! I’d personally like to see Wyms step up now! It would be even better if former 1st rounder White contributed.

Dang you Mad and your eternal optimistic ways!!!! What does a Bear fan have to gripe about if not for its teams’ failure? But I hate to say it...you’re right. There is an awful lot of good going on in Halas Hall these days. When I saw Nagy break the team on ‘family’ before saying “that’s the only thing that matters to me”, I knew we had us a keeper. And now he’s adding the disco ball to the locker room when they win? Just like the Cubs?! Great stuff. Ill try and do my best to minimize my gripes but will be ready to dish my disappointment if I truly am. Until then...a tip of the hat, good day and cheers!

Didn’t quite say he was “shitty”. In fact didn’t even use the word. Just questioned whether his best year was behind him. Not looking back at a ball you’re intending to defense seems would be a basic fundamental as a DB. We all know he has the potential to be a great DB. My concern is he’s only good if there’s a contract to be renewed.

Perhaps your self-affirmed clairvoyance is failing you, or at least clouding your normal perception that the rest of us have. But more on that in a minute. I did watch the game and clearly saw Fuller looking directly into the chest of both Allison (GB) and Lockett (SEA) during their respective TD's. Yes it was tight coverage but he was in no way a position to effectively defense the ball. He was hoping he'd be able to get in the way. Where he was at in both of those plays put him in a better position to get a DPI than anything. And just because I suspect you think my 'Debby Downer' way of thinking is singular, here's this from the Chicago Sun-Times: "The touchdown that Kyle Fuller allowed in the fourth quarter — a 19-yard pass from Russell Wilson to Tyler Lockett — looked a lot like the 39-yarder he gave up to Geronimo Allison the week before. Both throws were in the back right corner of the end zone. Both times, Fuller had his back to the ball when it landed in the receiver’s arms." And this.... "For the second consecutive week, cornerback Kyle Fuller was the victim of a perfect pass. But Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett’s 19-yard touchdown catch against him still will be a focus for Fuller’s coaches. It was a play-action play in which Wilson clearly thought he had the advantage with Lockett against Fuller, who didn’t turn to the ball, play through Lockett’s hands or run him out of bounds. Fuller also was caught flat-footed in zone coverage on Lockett’s 20-yard catch on third-and-five in the fourth quarter. Seven plays later, Lockett beat Fuller for his touchdown." As far as Prince, I love the guy. But it's pretty apparent he's slowing with age. I know his specialty is press coverage but that double juke Adams put on him to score the week prior in GB was something even Hicks could've probably covered. Sports announcers across the league are taking notice of Chicago's D. Mostly because of Mack's arrival but many will say they didn't realize how solid the REST of the defense was now that they are doing what they are. When they speak at length about it they realize the Bear's D has been gradually getting better each of the years Vic has been there. If you think for a minute an owner won't take notice of something like that when it comes to hiring a new HC...well

I saw some article recently speculating that the Chicago D may end up unintentionally committing a homicide at this game. Had to laugh.... We saw what our D can do against mobile QB's. Virginia is more mobile than Sam. I recall either last season or the season prior when Bradford was playing for Minnesota and our D was eating him alive. So they put back in Keenum who ate us up in the passing game. I suspect we'll see Rosen in the game before it's over. Or *gulp* Glennon......LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Last week Sims was critiqued for being behind the first down line in two of his receptions. One of those was his fault, where he took on a defender head on, rather than go around him, and was stopped. The second was more on Trubisky since Trubisky threw to a place that was easily behind where Sims was located. The throw, more than Sim's route, precipitated our team's inability to make the first down. Yes I saw some resolve from Trubisky especially after those errant throws that resulted in INT's. The problem is there were easily one, two maybe three other throws that could have just as easily turned into turnovers...we just got lucky. He needs more time...plain and simple. This one bothers me the most. Why is it that Nagy isn't using our sole consistent offensive piece more often? The guy only ran 14 times for 35 yards last night. He's proven all of his short NFL career that he can run the ball a bunch of times and get nearly 1000 yards per season doing it. Last week when the Bears had a 20 point lead, Nagy was still playing around with gimmicky plays and not giving Jordan the opportunity to do what Jordan does best . Even last night when the Bears were protecting small leads of 7 and 14 points we see our team going to play action, screens and deep throws more often than having Jordan run it. And is it me or have they completely gone away from zone blocking? It seems that most times Jordan gets the ball he is running straight up the gut and into a defender. What happened to letting him wait for the block to develop before running to the hole? Love Robinson. Thought the same exact thing about that awkward tackle. And after that long INT by Trubisky where Robinson was blown up by the second defender? Seems a bit extreme to me. But yeah...really like Robinson. Amukamura looks old and slow...a majority of the time. The reason he looked good against Marshall was because Brandon is getting old and slow too. I love Prince (especially since he's a Nebraska alum) but we need to start looking for his replacement sooner than later. And Fuller? I'm beginning to think his contract year was going to be the best we'll ever see. Twice in two weeks now he's gotten beat on long scoring plays mostly because he's has his back turned to the throw. This is elementary stuff. If he's not intercepting the ball he should at least do what he can to avoid getting an DPI call. As far as the rest; still like Nagy. His coaching style seems to really work effectively with this relatively young team. Mack is the real deal...no two ways around it. Smith needs more time too and I trust he'll be right up there. And Vic...well at the rate we're going the Bears will need to find whoever can effectively take over for him as he finally gets the chance at HC that he deserves.

Same here Pix. I was going to respond to AZ about this matter but saw your response and felt compelled to add my two cents because my thinking is similar. Comparing Trubisky to Watson and Mahomes right now is not fair to Trubisky. Going back to their college years both Mahomes and Watson had 2.5 (nearly 3) years as starters where Trubisky didn't get that distinction until his Junior (and final) year. In all the games played Mahomes was 857 of 1349 attempts for 11,151 yards with 93 TDs and 29 INTs. Where Watson was 814 of 1207 attempts for 10,168 yards with 90 TD's and 32 INTs (its also noted that he ran for an additional 1934 yards and scored 26 TDs - and played in two NCAA championships; winning one). Lastly although he too had a three year career, Trubisky's total accumulation was 386 of 572 attempts for 4,762 yards with 41 TDs and 10 INTs. Good, bad or indifferent; Trubisky simply hasn't had the same level of experience that these other guys have had. You pair that with his lack of participation in this year's preseason and it's pretty obvious (at least to me) why he seems to be struggling. He simply doesn't have the 'stick time'. I'm still flabbergasted why Pace did what he did to get Trubisky but as many here have pointed out, he's our man. Similar to the rest I'm hoping (wouldn't say optimistic) Trubisky works out. So far I find myself feeling like all we did was get ourselves another Cutler...and that pains me to think that way.

Almost identical play that Rogers pulled the week before when he started that comeback . I’ll have to say I’m not all that impressed with Fuller this year . Was starting to think Amukamura was looking old and slow until...the pick six. I’d say for now they’re manageable .

Would be cool to see how Nichols does. Wouldn't mind seeing how Fitts does but apparently not today. With no Burton does that mean more of Cunningham or one of the TE's in as an H-back or whatever they call it now?

Looks like the Patriots are going to give him a try. If he can’t prescribe to the ‘Patriot Way’ he’ll be done. FWIW, as much as I appreciate his talent (reminds me of a smaller Calvin Johnson) the other issues are too much for where our team is right now.

So... you’re convinced that had Trub played more snaps in the preseason he would still be off on many of his timing routes, throwing over the heads of his receivers and have less tendency to want to run instead of trusting his receivers? Whom by the way he would have had more time to get familiar with. Ok.

Oh but we do. Might I introduce to you Brandon Marshall; formerly of Denver, Miami, both NY teams and yes our very own Bears. Playing in the #1 position I believe while Seattle contends with injuries. Fuller should have the upper hand ...right?

Found this on YouTube. All of Trubisky’s runs and passes from week 1. My first brush of it was he looked good starting out but as the game wore on he got happy feet (as others pointed out) and became less accurate, even on the short throws. One big positive is that Howard seems to have cleaned up his receiving skills pretty nicely.

I’d agree with most of what you say, with only this caveat. Where were Brees, Brady and Rodgers drafted? Not round one, pick 2. For me, at this point, that’s the only real heartache I have with it. I’m not a full fledged fan of Pace. But this discussion is not about him, only that he brought us Trub. Sure Trub could prove to be a legitimate franchise QB and he could prove to have a better work ethic than did McNown or Grossman (also former 1st rounders). But at this point we need results and measured success. I don’t necessarily want for him to turn the franchise around in one day, week or even year...just sooner than later. It took five (?) years for Rodgers to go from draftee to super bowl champ. And three of those were while Favre was still playing. Trubskys audition is starting earlier and to be measured fairly he’ll have to produce faster.

Sounds good to me and not “stupid” at all! ??

So here we go, game two of the early season and our team is 2-0 for prime time (not wins, just appearances). The first game at home in front of a friendly crowd with all our new toys. Seattle is a mess in so many ways . It makes me personally happy to see Pete Carroll wince in agony when his team isn’t doing well. I suspect (and hope) we’ll see a lot more of that next Monday. How will Trubisky do with a weeks worth of game time and more practice/preparation under his belt? Will Nagy manage the game a little differently (smarter) than last week? Will Smith get more playing time this game (as he should)? Will Mack solidify his hold of 2018 Defensive Player of the Year award while we prepare a bust of him next to the likes of Butkus, Singletary and Urlacher...or DENT? C’mon Monday night!