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The more I think of it, this could be part of it. I also wonder if they’re trying to get him to run less and expand his play options. Seems they were heavy running early on with Montgomery and Ebner and less designed run plays for Justin. As the game wore on they seemed to want him to throw more (that and he was clearly getting tuckered out). I wonder with their record as it is they feel like looking more at the games as practice sessions for evaluating next year? The offense is scoring plenty of points. Defense just can’t seem to stop anyone right now.

Yep. Justin seemed to revert to holding the ball too long. Not sure that was him not seeing open men or result of play-calling.

Schofield is having a bad day all around.

Sucks that he did it against us. But happy for Patterson setting the record. Congrats Corradelle.

FWIW I think this is a mistake. Prove me wrong Pringle.

Don’t forget N’Keal Harry and Riley Reiff! I think it’s kinda cool they’re finding these former 1st rounders at relatively low cost / low risk. At one time or another they were all predicted by the “experts” to be great NFL players.

Apparently Eberflus is tinkering with the idea of having newly acquired TE Sammie Reyes as a pass rusher. Curious to see how that works out.

A co-worker of mine, a huge Atlanta fan, guarantees a Bears win. 31-17. Says Mariota “isn’t it”. All they do it run, and not very well .

I saw somewhere else someone questioning the idea of sitting Harry over Pringle for this last game. Pringle has the edge in total yards (by one) but Harry has a TD and not any dropped passes that I recall(?). And Pringle just got back from IR. Hindsight being what it is, seems Harry should’ve gotten the nod. Then there’s this:

And almost an INT.

Yes. Poles has cast away some serious debt in three of the highest (or potentially in the case of Smith) paid players on the team with Smith, Quinn and Mack. All players that Pace got us and for what? Poles has also stockpiled some draft picks of which could help us build a pretty strong team for years to come. Our team isn’t losing because of our offense isn’t able to score points but because our defense can’t stop the other team from doing it. Go figure when you have an UDFA starting in the place of an all star player in Smith and a couple of rookies. And having nearly 100 yards in penalties doesn’t help either. Give it time.

I still stand by my critique of Johnson. Got burned on a 44 yard gain while covering man-to-man.

Seems appropriate that Okudah was the one trying to catch Fields. FullSizeRender.MOV

Generally when a team gets 100 yards in penalties that’s a horrible omen. Not sure what to make of the fact this isn’t the Bears’ fault…completely.

I stand corrected on the second ‘hands to the face’. It wasn’t.

Remind me AGAIN how great Jaylon Johnson is. Two IDENTICAL penalties on the same drive! This is like watching Jemarcus Webb getting repeat holding calls.

I give it a chance because of how well the team has adapted after their last mini-bye. Add in a real bye, Fields and the offense are improving (possible four top notch receivers available then; Mooney, Claypool, Harry and Pringle), and both games are back to back at home. Of the two I could actually see the Eagles losing to the Bears. Although Allen is recovering from an undisclosed injury to his throwing arm. Maybe they’re more susceptible? Heck, maybe the Bears beat them both?

Injuries of note. Jenkins is on it again. This time with a hip issue. And Johnson is back on the list as well.

So thought I’d put this here. What say you? I find it an intriguing take.

This could be a key re-addition to the defense once he’s deemed ready. He’s familiar with Eberflus’ defense (from Indy), has some speed (4.63 - 40yd vs Roquan’s 4.51) and likes to hit.

Congratulations Justin.

Just because (courtesy Facebook):

Another cool angle of that play.

Literally spine tingling stuff. Some of the observations made (like hiding the ball when doing the fake) were the same ones I noticed earlier in the season. I recall both Rodgers and Daniel Jones doing that earlier this year and was like 'man I wish Fields would do stuff like that' and...whattyaknow? I remember seeing him during that 60 yard run thinking the (what looked like a fake throw) pump was to get certain players to freeze. I didn't realize his receiver (Mooney in this case) had changed direction just as he was getting ready to throw...amazing! Yes, his evolution is really quite incredible and the more he does it the less likely its a fluke. Gents, we got us a keeper. Just think 'what could have been' this year if ISM hadn't of had a few mental breakdowns, V. Jones hadn't muffed that punt, a few other receivers hadn't dropped sure passes (looking at you ESB) and the refs hadn't frigged up the calls yesterday...where would we be right now? If only....