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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!

Yeah Dan 'run out of the back of my own endzone' Orlovsky was one of them. LOL. As was a few of the fellow GB players. But you know the more I think about it, the throw he did eventually make was to Gabriel (for a loss) on the left of the field. To me that was probably the riskiest of them all. Not only was he passing across the field and essentially across his body, but to a blob of GB players (those that were being blocked by the line and not in on coverage to the right of the field) where Gabriel was behind. To me that was the riskiest of all the possibilities. Like Mad pointed out, this whole GB experience was hopefully a huge learning curve for both Trub and Nagy. Granted the team lost a huge lead and could do very little after starting out well on offense BUT considering who they were playing (Rodgers), where they were playing (GB) and how new everyone and everything on the Bears are, they didn't do that horribly bad. At least they minimized stupid mistakes like penalties and turnovers.

Yeah I found it. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/examining-if-the-bears-mitchell-trubisky-really-did-miss-a-wide-open-td-against-the-packers/ Interesting take and given the context I do remember this play and the one before that they talk about where Trubisky overthrew Robinson. In this play it seems that if the primary was Cohen sneaking out to the right flat then his next progression would have been one of the recievers on that side (also covered) or Burton coming across the field from left to right. But yeah, I could see where he hesitated due to not knowing if he could get the ball to Burton in a timely manner. And the author is right, it's a heck of a lot easier to pick apart in the screenshot and slo-mo. By the way, wasn't Orlovsky (one QB in the article giving advise) the same one that ran out of the back of his own endzone once? Hmmm... My understanding from the game was that the longer the game went on, Trub seemed to resort more to check downs. Again, why many wished he had played more in the pre-season AND (more importantly) why Nagy should have stuck with Howard as the game wore on.

I don't know why but something with 'Philly Special' in it comes to mind. Please don't tell me this was in the second half.

I didn't finish watching the game in replay as I know how it ended and couldn't bring myself to watch the team collapse in the second half. Anyhow, I seem to recall Smith coming in towards the end of the 1st half in place of Trevathan and doing well. Did Smith not stay out for the remainder of the second half? What is the status of Trevathan? His neck whip looked like it could have been a lot worse. I did see some highlights of, I assume, the second half where Rogers was throwing those short to mid-range passes in the middle zone that was eating the Chicago D alive. And in those highlights I saw Kwit chasing the recievers across the field as you describe. I assume that Trevathan returned and Smith only continued to see spot play after the start of the 2nd half? Agreed that Smith could probably (hopefully) be a lot better at covering those mid-range receivers; especially laterally.

True, but if he had more time simply working with the offense in 'game time' mode, he'd be that more in tune and better prepared to deal with changes like that. Just to be clear, I don't blame him (Trubisky) solely for the loss, Nagy had a lot to do with it. And yes, I feel the Bears must win next week against Seattle to not only redeem themselves but not make Mack think he made a mistake in signing with this team. lol.

All the more reason Nagy needed to expose Trubisky to this offense more than less during the preseason. To me, this was a calculated risk that he (Nagy) messed up. As it was, Trubisky had minimal starting experience in college and only 12 games last year (with a 'meh' performance) prior to Nagy coming to Chicago. Another question that raised and with valid concern was why didn't Nagy use more of the proven commodity in Howard? Especially as the game was winding down? Was he trying to get too gimmicky? That being said, I seem to recall with the advent of this most recent CBA most teams don't really appear to have it together until about week 3-4. These first few games are almost an extension of the preseason as many teams are still trying out new parts and players are still getting their legs beneath them. ESPN did say that the new coaches were 0-7 this first week of action; a first in NFL history. So we shouldn't feel too bad about it...as long as it doesn't continue.

So I'm wondering now if Nagy is re-thinking his strategy of not playing the starters for the last few preseason games? Yes, I get the injury concerns BUT you shouldn't have to worry as much about them if you game plan accordingly. It looked to me, like others have commented, both the offense AND defense petered out in the second half. How else can you explain having a quarterback come out, after getting knocked out of the game and noticeably limping when he returned, and put three TD's on a team? I mean yes he is Aaron Rodgers but ... Similar to Stinger, I've only so far been able to see most of the first half of the game and for all intents and purposes I liked what I saw. A few minor things I picked up. Trubisky has a tendency to throw off his back foot, similar to what Cutler would do. In fact one time he threw the ball and not only did he throw as he was falling back but immediately as he was throwing the ball turned his back on the receiver (ala Grossman). I think the intended receiver was Sims along the sideline. The defender missed the potential interception and the ball ended up bouncing off of Sims chest (don't think he expected it was going to make it to him). Nevertheless, this type play from Trubisky needs to go away. He had a lot more confident and sure passes that I don't think this will be a problem. Loved to see Robinson make the catches in the first half. He looked great and reminded me a lot of BM who was great not only at getting contested throws but also reaching up and grabbing them out of the air. Like everyone else has pointed out, Mack looked like he is worth all the money and draft picks they gave up. And to think, this was after he sat out nearly all of preseason. His very presence on the field made everyone else (at least the front seven) a heck of a lot better. Our defense is going to be special sooner than later...especially once we get all the pieces figured out and they all get more conditioning. (Side note: A concern going into the end of this year is if the D once again ends up being in the top 5, how many more times will Vic not get chosen to be an HC somewhere?). I get a lot of the folks being upset with the result from last night. And I'm usually one of the first to nay say some of the choices made by players and coaches, especially if they are what I see as contrarian. But I still believe in Nagy's ability. And I definitely believe in VIc's ability. I don't see a downward trend at all, in fact if it had not been for the lucky star that Rogers appears to have been born under, last night's game probably would've turned out a lot different.

Hey you guys are supposed to say ‘spoiler alert’ when stuff like this happens (LOL). Can’t watch the game live while I officiated a wedding today. But seriously, thank God there was a bar near the reception so I could keep up around the edges. Looking forward to seeing the replay on Hulu later!!! Go Bears!!!

Agreed. Considering he’s being evaluated by Vic Fangio maybe he saw something the stats aren’t showing. If all he (Goldman) does is occupy 1,2 or 3 people in the middle of the online (aka clog the middle) then that’s great news for Trevathan, Smith, Floyd, Hicks and Mack.

I like your vigor!!! DA BEARZZZZ!!!

Not part of the deal (or is it?) but Nall is gone...for now. https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2018/09/01/despite-productive-preseason-bears-waive-rb-ryan-nall/

THIS. And this: Aaron Rodgers looking at the Bears new front seven.....

He ‘only’ got 10.5 sacks last year which was down from 15 the two years prior. And he averages in the mid to high 70s in total tackles each year. And *knock on wood* he has yet to miss a game since he was drafted. I think he’ll do fine. A lot of money and picks yes but I suspect with Vic as his mentor we should be pretty happy in the long run.

As much a nay sayer I’ve been of Pace I think this team is only one, maybe two players away. Mack makes a Fangio run defense that much better. Easily top 10 If not better. im still waiting to see how Nagy does as an HC but there are certainly a lot of potentially good pieces on the offensive side of the ball. If he manages them like Reid or Peterson has, we’ll be looking pretty sweet. Trubisky is the unknown. Is he truly worthy of a 1st round pick? Time will tell. Alex Smith has always been at least a good game manager (especially with Reid) and he was chosen before Aaron Rodgers. So we should hope for at least that much.

Derp... not sure why I thought he was from Alabama. Maybe McClain was who I was thinking of. Either way... good to know. Thanks. One concern I have is he like Smith has been sitting idle for a few weeks and could be delayed in getting on the field. Or has he been working out on his own?

Ok...I’m about as stunned as I was when we first got Cutler. HAWT DAMN! Nicely done Mr. Pace!!! And Mack is an Alabama alum too!!!