jason

Don't shoot the messenger. http://bearswire.usatoday.com/2017/09/20/s...hrough-2-weeks/ Interesting that Whitehair, Sitton, and Massie are well below average. Having said all that, it is PFF, so The team needs Long on the field. And the offense desperately needs two tackles. I'd be willing to be Leno isn't much above the others.

This staff is baffling. Gentry has as much or more skill than Bellamy, and definitely has more upside.

I'm interested in hearing why he's overwhelmed as well. Watson was the #1 guy on my list if the Bears wanted a QB, because he was a proven winner with loads of talent. And from the first game, it appears that talent translated well to the NFL.

That's what I was hoping for in the '17 draft. It made a ton of sense since there were fewer QB options, making supply and demand in the Bears' favor. It also made sense since there were so many needs, and the '17 draft was considered one of the best defensive drafts in a long time. On top of that, the #3 pick is super high...we might not be that high again. I hope Trubisky turns into Montana or Brady, but I feel like the front office flip-flopped the years of their moves. 2017 should have been the trade down, and 2018 should have been the QB.

I was never sold on Trubisky to be the stud of the class. I could have been sold on watson or Kizer too, which is why the trade up hurting so much. This team still needs several pieces, and the alternate draft would have provided more starting pieces. Having said that, I feel like you're right. On the Bears, he probably fails. On another team, he lights it up. Tis being a Bears fan.

For the love of everything draft related, I agree with this. Rebuilding teams do NOT need to get rid of picks. They didn't need to do it for Trubisky, and they don't need to do it now.

What if the Bears had just gone with the Everyone Agrees Mock, or players similar when we missed on slotting? 2017 EVERYONE AGREES MOCK - VER 3.2 (Post-FA) 1. Jamal Adams, FS, LSU - He'd definitely be starting. 2. DeShone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame - He'd be sitting behind Glennon, and it wouldn't feel as bad. 3. Cooper Kupp, WR, E. Wash - Several wanted a big WR. Here he is. 4. Tarik Cohen, RB, NCA&T - I think we're all happy with this one. 4. Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson - Offensive weapon in deep draft. 5. Will Holden or Roderick Johnson, OT - Bring someone, anyone in to compete 7. Zane Gonzalez, K, AZ State - No need to bring Aguayo in. Zane is currently 100% on FGs, XPs, and 6/7 on kickoffs for touchback. That's a better team, folks. And it's essentially what several of us wanted all along.

So much for superstition. Dude is jinxed.

Short and simple, the Cubs sucked but made moves that secured a future. Should the Bears just accept sucking for another year, maybe even tank? There are countless articles about how Epstein built the Cubs. I like this one a good bit: http://www.bleachernation.com/2014/02/19/b...sting-the-plan/ Having said that, maybe that's the plan all along? The Glennon 1-year deal fits. The build up to next year's mega-QB class fits. If the Bears get a top 2-3 pick, that's going to bring a windfall of action. They'll likely get way more back than they gave up this year to get Trubisky. Use a sharpie to pencil in Trubisky as the starter in '18, stack the team with free agents, pick up a tackle (McGlinchey in ND or Adams in Wash), and make a push for the playoffs. By 2019 the team should be primed to actually contend for the SB.

BeLOLamy

I honestly can't remember a time when I thought, "The Bears' coaches really killed it this game. They totally outcoached the opposing coaches. They developed a scheme that exploited the opponents' weaknesses while magnifying our strengths." Has it happened in 20 years?

Completely disagree. If you wait until next week the OL can be blamed for everything. It can be used as a Glennon crutch. The only way to know if Trubisky will succeed is to put him in games. Maybe the Bucs' D won't be as quick to react if the QB has mobility? Or if the Bears run more misdirection and play-action?

I was thinking the same thing. If you put Trubisky in and he : -fails, so what? Same thing Glennon is doing. -does average, perfect. He gets experience. -succeeds? Excellent, we know he have a player. The worst possible scenario for Fox and the front office is putting Trubisky in and watching him light it up. It makes their Glennon signing dumb (it was) and their decision not to start Trubisky poor (it is).

If they insist on keeping Glennon in this game, they need to go DEEP. At least once early in the second half. Right now the Bucs don't respect the Bears passing game at all, and are daring them to go deep. I swear this is the same as it was under Shoop.

Precisely. Might as well get Mitch some experience against a starting defense.

Trubisky time. That's enough.

That last defensive holding call was weak as hell. I almost never bash the officials since I am one, but that was bad. There were no elements of holding. It was just an inside chuck, no extended arms or grabbing. I'm guessing this was part of the crew's pre-game, and the Bears must have held more than they liked in last week's game. Having said that, the TD was happening anyway.

Glennon. SMH. Honestly, I'm done with Glennon already. The one thing the Bears need from Glennon is composure. If anything, it was Cutler's major flaw. That's the reason why he was hated by many. Composure leads to stupid turnovers. If Glennon is the same, and he appears to be, then it's Trubisky time. Furthermore, this is not going to be an offensive juggernaut. Glennon needs to be smart with his decisions. We need a game manager to succeed. If there is nobody open, there are three options: 1) run, 2) take the sack, 3) throw it away. Get flustered and leave the ball unprotected in traffic is not an option.

Honestly, I didn't realize last year that Howard had such atrocious hand. Did he? Were my glasses so rose-colored that I didn't see his flaws?

LOL. A giraffe should be able to see over trees.

Agreed. That's an atrocious throw by Glennon. How he doesn't see a fourth of the Tampa defense gang-banging Sims on that is anyone's guess.

Cohen is apparently a great talent and is just not very smart at all. How stupid. That's pee-wee football stuff.

Glennon has looked accurate most of the first drive, but dinking and dunking all over the field will eventually lead to defensive congestion since they don't respect anything deep.

Conte had a pick-6 against us the last time we played? “I hate to make it personal, but for me it is personal,” Conte, who received death threats on social media over his mistakes with the Bears, told the Chicago Tribune. “It feels great. I don’t want to say, ‘[Expletive] you, Chicago.’ But I want to say, ‘[Expletive] you, Chicago.’ ” Conte can kiss my ass dead center. That guy sucked for Chicago and constantly F'd up. He seemingly had no clue about his role, or pass coverage in general. And he's upset the Chicago fans were mad with him? Gimme a break. Not to mention the fact that it was a horribly floated pass by Cutler, and while covering Zach Miller. That's likely the only possible scenario Conte could ever get a pick-6, because, as we all know, hard passes and fast receivers torch his ass.

:cheers