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Amen and all this!

Like Josh Allen and Joe Burrow?

Fields came out after the last game and apologized to the fans for how they played. Moore made a comment of how surprised he was to be booed as early as the second quarter. I remember two years ago when Justin was a rookie and it was announced he would be making his first start the following weekend. His parents wanted to take him out and celebrate. He told them he needed to prepare and wouldn’t be able to go out. Justin knows how to win and wants to. His collegiate career and work ethic both prove that. Has he been slow on the uptick to being ‘game prepared’? Yes. Is that because he can’t do it? I don’t think so. I’d agree that having the starters sit out more during the preseason wasn’t a great idea, especially with hindsight being 20/20. I know we’ve discussed in the past that it sometimes takes 3-4 weeks before teams start to gel. I don’t think our team has that luxury and I think Justin knows it. Week 2 will indeed be telling how things will go from here forward. I have faith Justin will show us why he’s our starter.

From what we saw in camp, it looked like Gordon was ready to make that jump (to be fair, our offense also looked like it was clicking and rarin to go). But of the CBs I still think Gordon would have at least been as good or even better than Johnson. Stevenson I think has potential but he’s still too raw and needs more playing time. Blackwell lacks a lot of height but he has tenacity and that may help him. How that all translates to game day performance remains to be seen.

Biggs also said the same thing on his own X-witter but this one confirms Blackwell will be getting some more playing time. Official injury report tomorrow will confirm or deny this report.

What are your thoughts on Feeney? I’m a fan personally and would like to see him in game action sooner than later.

The play where Wright and Johnson try to tackle Walker on the pick six was another great illustration of the hustle from the two rookies. And that was the second time Johnson had hands into him (the first being the very start of the turnover).

A little more Roschon exhibition. Dudes a keeper. And someone else noted how Wright stayed with his guy throughout this play. Another good performance by a rookie. https://x.com/imbearingdown/status/1701240464202989763?s=46&t=KrpJmhSTc4DI1sACtjisOQ

Exactly the same thing I was about to say.

This was a good find. Wonder if they had something like this for Moore? I'd imagine his would be more of seeing him throw up his hands in frustration because he wasn't getting thrown to. And i know this offense relies on the WRs to be able to block, I'm curious how invested he is in doing that. I know Mooney is as was evidenced in these clips and the fact he got injured one time while blocking a guy twice his size.

Anybody remember how we all felt after the season opener last year? I do. The Beloved had put up a pretty sweet come-from-behind win to ice the ‘9ers who had the year prior made it deep into the playoffs (almost to the Super Bowl). Little did we know at the time the Bears would only win 2 more games that season. But for one week we were feeling pretty confident and in a bit of nirvana. Fast forward to 2023 and we’re in a totally different place. Personally I don’t see this continuing. Much like last year how the winning didn’t come to us I think this year will play out a little better. We need our team to feel like this (below) each week and just have fun.

Although Jones did well in the “pressure” dept he committed 3 penalties on his own (according to the chart Adam shared elsewhere). And then there’s this…

Initial reports are that it could be a serious injury (mostly conjecture because Eberflus hasn’t said much about it). But either way, we’ll know more Wednesday.

Found this Xweet from yesterday too. Narrowed it down to an ‘offensive player’. Probably Claypool.

That's a tough one. I saw plenty of players that appeared to not 'want to be there'. Claypool was non-existent, unless you count the time Fields was hit on the sideline and he came into to help and nearly got penalized. Then later he literally (and pathetically) flopped when a lineman pushed by him later in the game. He dropped a relatively easy pass a little after that. All the wonderment of him during preseason wasn't on display yesterday. Jaylon Johnson held back on tackling a few times. Once as Aaron Jones was coming towards him he definitely wasn't interested in tackling him and was saved by Jones running out of bounds after another player deflected him that way. Moore looked really disinterested in playing after that small rally during the 2nd quarter. Probably, as Brandt pointed out, he asked the same question. 'You traded the 1st overall pick to get me and this is how you utilize me?' I suspect if he was talking about anyone it was probably Jackson. He was out of position pretty much all game. It wasn't until late in the game when he actually met Aaron Jones at the LOS that I thought maybe he has decided to play after all. Otherwise, he was just an apparition out there not doing a whole heck of a lot. Plenty of candidates to pick from. Not alot of leadership on display from senior members of the team.

To me this was the most frustrating. There was time where the commentators were talking about the general malaise on the Bears' sideline. Think it was shortly after the start of the 2nd half and just before Mooney's score. They looked lost and like they didn't care. Showed a shot of Moore slouching on the sideline with his newly acquired 'C' on his jersey. Couldn't help but think, where's the leadership your teammates are expecting from you? Why are you sulking on the sideline? Greg Olsen even commented late in the game of the lack of urgency. He conceded that they may not have been able to come back for the win but they sure weren't trying to do all they could. They certainly didn't leave it all on the field.

Despite all the ugliness of yesterday, I’m confident we found out we have a stud RB in Johnson. This by far was the highlight of the day. https://x.com/chris_estes1/status/1701044126953742345?s=46&t=KrpJmhSTc4DI1sACtjisOQ

I’m with DBDB on this one. I have a hard time believing the Bears will string together another performance like they did today. The Vikings beat themselves today and the Bucs did just enough to eke out a win. They didn’t really have any eye popping stats

Kirk Cousins had 344 yards passing (250 of it in the first half) and still managed to lose to Baker Mayfield and the Bucs. Mayfield only had 173 yards passing.

Curious: wonder if Getsy is hoping for Bagent to become the next Brock Purdy and since he obviously convinced Poles to bring Bagent to the Bears he’s thinking he’s the guy they need? ??‍♂️ Its obvious the garbage game he called they don’t have as much faith in Justin as they let on.

Defense is doing their part so far.

4 for 31 yards (so far) is a bad trend.

Red zone issues…again. Another great first impression by Moore and Foreman.

THAT was a beautiful series. Great first impressions by the new guys Ngokue and earlier by Edmunds.