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Agreed that most teams look sluggish for the first 3-4 regular season games, but all the teams will be hitting that stride about the same time. We can’t afford to have the team go 1-3 or 0-4 while they figure things out. I saw Wims our there quite a bit as the Y receiver and expected him to be more involved. Not sure but my rough estimate is Trubisky looked at him maybe 1-2 times. The rest of the majority of the time he was locked into Robinson. D came out strong and to me looked like they gassed out late in the game. Mack was a factor early on but not much after that. Amazing if you compare his game one this year versus last year. I agree that Smith is something special. He fell prey to the lack of playing time too when he disappeared for most of the third quarter then came roaring back in the 4th. RRH is a solid player. He was last year and appears to be again this year. I’m not overly concerned about the D going forward. If this is Trubisky looking prepared and making an improvement after one year under Nagys offense; we’re in for a long year.

What happened to Montgomery? He was the only productive piece (besides Robinson) on the O ... until he wasn’t.

Pulled pork and Cuban sandwiches are awesome! Like it! Ive never been a fan of Nagy not playing his starters more in the preseason. Especially when you have a QB like Trubisky who struggles playing his position in game time situations. He needs more reps to become proficient ... plain and simple.

Think it’s operator error, not the script writer. Maybe I’m wrong...but I suspect not.

Trubiksy still looking flat. Sorry but there is no comparison to he and Mahomes.

Man Bill, I’m coming to your house! That sounds amazing!!!!!

Trubiksy with a near INt...ugh

As an aside, I saw on the Bears website that the ‘experts’ have spoken and predominately picked the Packers. The national sports writers and commentators, minus Mike Golic, have sided with the Pack. Golic joined all the local Chicago sportswriters in picking the Bears. Ill be frank; I’m not as confident about the Bears as I should be going into this game but I’ll agree with many of you that this tendency of the national media not liking the Bears is getting old. Guess there’s only one way to change that and simply ‘play the game’. https://www.chicagobears.com/news/the-pick-is-in-bears-vs-packers

Looking ahead unto next year, I learned through a trivia game that Khalil Mack has a younger brother, LeDarius, who is a senior LB at the University of Buffalo. How valuable a draft target do you think he’ll be?

One more day gents. This commercial is hilarious, even if Favre is in it.

Is the Facebook page up? I broke down and finally joined FB myself.

I’ve been a huge fan of Wims since he joined the Bears. It’s ironic that rumors were Pace was eyeballing Riley’s brother Calvin last year but Atlanta nabbed him first so ‘settled’ on Wims (and now has Riley too). But was surprised based on his performance in last year’s preseason play he didn’t make it on the 53 man spot (personally still think he’s better than miller). And I have a good feeling about Tolliver. In spot play last year he did well when needed. The fact they haven’t really drafted or targeted too many CBs makes me think they’re comfortable with their CB depth. To me Tolliver figures into the equation because Amukamura is near the end of his shelf life.

I’m guessing ‘your son’ was named after Walter not Manning?

I was afraid of that. ‘Next Man Up’, Time to bring up Horstead or bring back Bunting.

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Too many unknowns; especially on O. I suspect the D will carry the team. Not sure how Trubisky will do; haven’t really seen him do much since last season. Yes there are a lot of new shiny pieces on O but we haven’t seen them in a game time situation since January. To me it doesn’t matter too much that the Packers are in a new scheme. The offense goes the way of Rodgers...and he’s still there. Their D isn’t shabby; have a new guy goes by the last name of Amos. And the two Smith guys are going to be a concern. Think the odds are right on this one. Predict a closer contest like 3 point separation with the Bears winning. 27-24, 24-21...something like that.

Well so much for the Horsted project and the two Ivy League TEs. And surprised that Bray was cut; considering how poorly Daniel was playing in the pre-season.

Is it me or does it seem weird that currently (as of this posting) two of the Bears TEs are Ivy League schoolers? Braunecker from Harvard and Horstead from Princeton. A whole lot different than our HOF Coach/TE from U of Pittsburg.

One year and one day ago...

Yes JESPER...oops. Thanks.

Tyler Bray seems to be a solid QB...at least during the preseason. And what to make of Tyler Horstead? Hub Arkush dubbed him a “Burton clone”. https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20190829/hub-arkush-two-bears-stand-out-in-preseason-finale-loss-to-titans

Don’t get me wrong, when Jay was traded for I (like many others) was to the moon with anticipation that our team finally had its franchise QB. Then I got to see him for who he really is on and off the field. You're right that Trubisky is a genuine human being and fits in with the culture that Nagy is building, he himself a genuine ‘family’ themed guy. Still waiting for the Franchise QB results...

Me neither, just thought we could use some non-sensical news as to what some of the former players were up to. That Fry story is actually sorta sad...

As a fan.... https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-bears-jay-cutler-packers-andrew-luck-20190828-wo3cnnbnszby3etu44arhx5x5m-story.html and in other news, Elliot Fry was signed by the Ravens...to spell their punter and kicker for their final preseason game. https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/ravens/ravens-sign-kicker-elliott-fry-give-justin-tucker-rest-preseason-finale

So you think a converted OLman is not as good at blocking as a Shaheen? We haven't seen much from either Sowell and probably less from Shaheen this preseason to really determine who is better at catching and/or blocking. Nagy has a propensity to not use his starters all that much during this time of year (one of my only beefs with him when it comes to Trubisky learning the offense...but I digress).