Alaskan Grizzly

Another positive spin: Bears have the same record as last years SB winner at 2-3.

How best to summarize this game? Short term loss, long term win. Bears came out the second half and played a helluva lot better than in the first half. Fields ended up being 15/21 for 208 and 1 TD 0 INT. Defense showed up with an INT and a fair amount of pressure.

Starting the second half a whole lot better than the first. Nice work Justin. Id be curious to see if the stats support the Bears being a better second half team. Seems they improve as the game continues.

And Pettis drops his third pass in a row. If you count the one he dropped last week.

The play calling (aka coaching) is also failing him. Both offensive starts we’re shit. The first one missing a player in the formation and the second was Mustipher hiking to Fields who wasn’t ready. There’s A LOT more going on than just Justin having a hard time learning to be a pro. And the D has been absolutely pitiful. There’s plenty of blame to go around.

In other news, the Giants BEAT the Packers 27-22.

Looks like the adjustment for Jenkins is working.

I agree with this absolutely.

I'm of the opinion that at some point they may need to see what Simien can do. I'm not suggesting he start in the place of Fields immediately just that before they go out and make a mistake in drafting another QB, they see what he can offer. I still think the focus should be on higher caliber players surrounding the QB, whoever that may be. I feel they owe it to Fields and to Simien. As has been brought up already, this regime did not draft Fields but they did sign Simien. I suspect if we see him later in the year, that could be an indication of what they're thinking for next year. For what its worth I'll reiterate not only my belief in Fields but that they should give him the majority (if not all) of his rookie deal before they consider giving up totally.

This is intriguing. If you don’t have Twitter. It’s a screen shot of the Bears starting oline for this weekend. Has Patrick at Center and rookie Ja’Tyre Carter at LG. Others are saying that ESPN is a bit premature to “predict the starting oline”. However it makes some sense. Guess we’ll see. And I read that Montgomery was at practice today.

I think for the offense to click (better), they need to get a better oline out there. Does it involve moving Patrick to Center? Maybe. If he does then who at guard? Why do we have players like Schofield and Reiff if they’re not going to be used? I get we need the younger players to develop but at the expense of the QB getting clobbered on every other play? Will V Jones play (other than muffing punts)? Will we see Harry play? I’m hoping either of these two (or both) are able to help the offense in some way. And I’m afraid now is the time to get what you can for Quinn. He’s been a non-factor since week one. Love the guy but without a player like Mack opposite him I think this is the best we’re gonna get.

Some good, some not so good news.

After he provided all the scoring for our team last weekend with very little prep (yes I know he’s a kicker) he deserves this.

If this becomes true, we will officially become the new Cleveland Browns. For the record I don’t think it will.

Just sayin. Most would have written Goff off regardless of his past stats. Just yesterday I (sorta) compared Fields to Stafford and highlighted he has a Super Bowl win to his accomplishments. It’s possible it was a one time deal but it also proves If in the right system, any QB can succeed. Just ask Trent Dilfer, Joe Flacco, Nick Foles or even Rex Grossman. Who didn’t win a super bowl but certainly got there while playing “in the right system (balance)”. I think Justin can too if given the chance and a better overall supporting cast.

Here’s something to ponder (saw this on a YouTube short today - will try to link it). Detroit leads the NFL (so far) in total points (140) and has the most total yards (1,747). All with Jared Goff who is third in the NFL with 1,126 passing yards and tied for the lead with 11 TDs thrown.

More “ugly” news with Whitehair “out for some time” with apparent knee injury.

Fields compared to Stafford when they play SF this year. Stafford: 254 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT, 71 RTG Fields: 121 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT, 85.7 RTG Fields played against this defense during a monsoon and hasn’t won a Super Bowl.

Saw a highlight film of Justin during the last game of all his passes and runs (unable to link it here). I don’t get the impression he’s unable to scan the field, if given time. The Tweet I shared above added that when he was rushed he had something like 2.2 seconds to react. It’s clear the interior lineman are doing him no favors. It seemed as though he was doing relatively well for the first and third quarters then he got more rushed as each half progressed and started to scramble and miss ‘easy’ throws.

They need to play call for this better.

I was thinking this exact thing after seeing Whitehair go out . Surely Schofield would be a good plug and play option at least in the Guard spot? Patrick is clearly struggling at Guard. And Reiff, a former 1st round pick, must just be a depth player at the point.

Also this ☝️?

And do what with it? Draft another 1st Round QB? How many times do we need to do that before we ‘find our guy’? Justin is one of the most talented QBs we’ve had on this team in a long time. If he doesn't immediately pick apart an opposing defense (like a 4th round QB does with a 6x Super Bowl future HOF coach mind you) we’re ready to shit the season and “tank”. If anything this team needs to continue to play the best they can and find their weaknesses (both on offense and defense) and make those positions better. Justin has a defensive minded HC with a former QB coach calling plays for him. I’m still hesitant in placing it all at Fields’ feet.

I think we need to remember we weren’t expecting anything from this team and somehow, someway we’re still holding at 2-2. I get there’s a lot to critique but I also think we need to put it all in perspective. Personally I think a lot of what ills the team is what you said about Getsy and his unimaginative play calling. Early on the team was finally calling play-action and making minimal progress. A few pass catches were what appeared to allowing Justin that comfort level we’ve been looking for. Then for whatever reason when they call the run into what appears to be a constant knot of guys at the line. What happened to the outside zone blocking we kept hearing about and what seemed to be working before? I mean shit, we’re only a week removed from Khalil Herbert running for 157 yards. NY doesn’t have a top 10 defense (before today they were ranked 27th - USA Today) so I’m not sure why we didn’t see what worked last week repeated today. Add in that the defense (especially the front seven) shat the bed then all things being what they are, we came simply say Justin is the lynchpin for all that ills the team. Meanwhile, Bailey Zappe (who? #3 QB for NE) just threw for a TD against the vaunted GB defense in GB making the score 17-14 NE. This after the Aaron “a-hole” Rodgers threw a pick-six earlier in the game. ‘Any given Sunday’.

Think it’s safe to say Jackson is back. Just had his 4th INT of the year and hasn’t been playing the run all that bad.