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Maybe the time on the pine will help Amos up his game a bit. He's a very capable 'in the box' safety. Just needs to work on coverage skills.

I had seen something earlier this year where Floyd was asked about his thoughts on how more effective he'd be this year and he said something to the effect of 'they've' been working on his technique to make him better and to avoid injury. It would appear whoever 'they' were should've left it alone. I saw one play yesterday where Floyd had a bead on Rapelisburger and for some reason Floyd jumped in the air right before hitting him. Ben simply stepped to his left (I think it was) and Floyd went right by. It was like seeing someone in bball being juked by Charles Barkley. It shouldn't happen.

In the context of getting a rookie QB some experience; D. Watson went toe to toe (in Foxborough) with Tom Brady and nearly won. Threw 301 yds with 2 TDs and 2 INTs (he's a rookie). Can't get that experience watching from the sideline.

Jordan Howard is a god. No quit in this kid!!!

That was probably one of the worst series of events I've ever witnessed as a Bears fan. I should be ecstatic they are ahead 17-7 but I'm not. It's almost they don't want to win.

Wondered about that injury. Was thinking it looked like a dislocated finger. Thought either way he could be out for awhile then he goes and scores. Hm

He also second guessed his throw to Miller coming over the middle (and eventually was open behind the coverage). Miller had his coverage beat on the initial read. *sigh* Can someone explain to me how Sanchez is still on the team? He's taking up space by continuously being on 'injured' status. Didn't think he could possibly be less productive a player but I was wrong.

I won't even say what I'm doing!!! Lol This is spectacular!!!

THATS THE WAY YOU DO IT!!!

Anddddddd...the penalties keep on coming!!! More penalty yards made for Pittsburg than their offense. Way to help them out guys.

Still early but still want Trubisky to come in sooner than later.

Shoulda, coulda, didn't. Lol!!! They also coulda not botched the punt...but they did. That's why they play the game! Lol

I'm always glad when I see they keep McManis. He's a stupendous ST player.

Waiting for the game string but... noticed in the inactives today, Sitton is listed. That mean Whitehair will start at G with Grasu at C?

Generally speaking, I'm one of those (of course you knew that). However, I'd qualify it by saying when it comes to drafting you should focus on skill players earlier in the draft. To me, players like good and established linemen can be found in FA. That being said; with our current team and it's makeup (Trubisky), we need a great LT and RT. Right now the best option probably would be through the early rounds of the draft. Where I think getting one or two WRs through FA would be better.

Not sure if this was worthy of its own string so I put it here. After seeing parts of last nights game between the Rams and 9ers I think the Bears need to follow the model the Rams are using. That being get Trubisky in as soon as possible and get him reps like they eventually did with Goff last year. Although he looked a little "overwhelmed" last year Goff looks pretty confident whether it be roll outs or standing in the pocket looking at his options. Continuing with the model they set, the Bears would need to then go out and pay for at least two solid FA WRs (like Robert Woods and Sammy Watkins) and draft a high caliber WR like Cooper Kupp (could Gentry be him?) then I think things will fall into place. Again the key is how well Trubisky plays and won't know that until he actually does. By the way, if Garçon becomes a FA in the near future, the Bears need him.

Not really knowing what all goes into QBR, I'm going to assume what's helped him are the lack of turnovers and how many overall TDs he's been directly responsible for. Like AZ pointed out Watson's average yards per throw are minimal. In other words not a lot of 20+ yd throws. I don't think he's actually thrown for a total of more than 200 yards in a game yet where 300 per game seems the norm. At any rate, he's still doing 'as advertised' so far. Hope that Trubisky does as well if not better when it's his turn.

Yep. You are absolutely right. The only other one i see promise out of the current active WRs is Deonte Thompson...when he plays with Trubisky.

Yeah, I saw a lot of the same things you did. I especially don't (didn't) like how he carries the ball so far away from his body. And there were a few close calls but again, majority of his reads were good. Wasn't seeing the 'overwhelming' factor. One thing I did notice is that he's been sacked a total of four(?) times already? So the fact he's adjusting with regular pressure helps too. But like AZ said; once Trubisky starts his scheme will appear pretty similar. That is until he gets more comfortable and confident. And in that context he described Trubisky will be overwhelmed. If that's what meant in regards to Watson then I understand. So far though he (Watson) seems to be handling the pressure. In time I hope (and expect) Trubisky will too.

I'm still not seeing where you're getting this 'overwhelmed' idea from. To me that would indicate someone with happy feet and running more than passing. In looking at highlights of specifically Watson in last week's game I don't see either. Granted his early throws were a bit off but he was clearly looking for targets and moving around as necessary. To me he doesn't seem all that different from Russell Wilson who is successful in being mobile and passing as necessary. This 'one read and run' concept with Watson simply isn't accurate. I would agree to some level about this. The fact is both Kizer and Watson are 'playing in the NFL' currently, "ready" or not. But really how does one measure a QB "ready" to play? Was Manning "ready" when he started in Indy? Or Luck? Or how about Brady when he was drafted in the 6th round? He didn't start until Bledsoe went down a few weeks into the season. Hell even the great (ugh) Favre wasn't ready when Atlanta drafted him. Nothing but experience actually playing the game will make you ready to play. Coming in from college and being instantly ready is nearly impossible as a QB.

Not surprised at all about Massie. My untrained eye can see him getting beat or near beat in most downs, especially on passing downs. He's usually the first one there to pick up the QB after being sacked. It is confounding why Whitehair is doing so bad. But as you and the article pointed out it must have to do Longs absence and now Sitton after his injury last week. >>Side note: after Sitton went down they shifted Whitehair over and put Grasu in at Center. I wasn't paying that close attention but did they show any improvement there? Aside from Glennons play this is predominately (supposed to be) a zone style offense which requires mobile linemen, especially in the interior. Jordan looks lackluster and if not for Cohen's shortness, he'd probably be less known. So far most of the offense looks stuck in idle.

Their stats are relatively similar through the pre-season. Trubisky had the overall edge in passing with 3 TDs but Watson as the overall in rushing with 2 TDs. Neither had any turnovers (and Watson still doesn't have any in the regular season). Whether or not those are 'equalized' based on pre-season stats is tough because neither really started against a complete defense during that time. The true test will be once both are playing deep into their respective seasons. Right now Watson has the edge there.

When I asked the question about Trubisky it was more in relation to he and Watson not so much Glennon. You'll get almost no argument from me that right now (at least after last week) my gut tells me Trubisky could be the better option between he and Glennon. Personally, if Glennon continues to look like garbage; I'd say we need to see Trub sooner than later. There are plenty of reasons but one of them could be that we need to see what we got in Trubisky. At this point it looks like the Bears will be drafting high again and they'll need to know whether they should start considering having to draft another QB or not.

"Overwhlemed" you say? Uhm... please elaborate. And you're convinced Trubisky is still the right choice despite his not having an official start yet?

Exactly why I'll always believe the Bears should draft Alabama defense players every year (that is while Saban is there).