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I just hope we see them invest in the line this offseason. Sick and tired of ignoring the oline. By the way good to see you back around Jason! Hope all is well!

I think they said he only got 15 snaps and Nagy said that isn't enough. No matter what, especially with no preseason, I think it made for a bit slower of an integration into the full season. I expect over the next few weeks we are going to start seeing a lot more of Kmet. Additionally - TE's tend to have a bit longer of a development in NFL offenses.

Colts still marched down the field a lot more than we would have liked. I give Defense credit for bending and not breaking - but it still gave up plenty of yards and against one of the most turnover prone QB's in the league the past few years (Rivers).

This is the big thing - elite defenses make plays - this defense has been a good defense, but not elite. Period. It isn't the biggest problem - but with as much money that is being invested in that side of the ball (Mack/Quinn/Ejax/Fuller/etc) - it is still an issue. Doesn't help that the offense is just putrid and I actually quietly wouldn't be surprised if Pace just doesn't value Robinson as much as Robinson does & I don't know that it would be the wrong answer (and this is not a knock on Robinson - he's a professional wideout - he just isn't special in any sense of the imagination). And of the names I listed - Fuller is about the only guy living up to that contract (although I would recognize that he had a lousy game yesterday against the Colts).

Johnson is a total stud - for a 2nd round pick. Exceeded all expectations. But largely agree with what you are saying.

I'm not going to lie - I would trade Mack if I could and take the draft picks. Not denying that Mack isn't a really good player - but his entire career he has failed to really ever be a true difference maker (sans that 1st season with the Bears and even in that season, when push came to shove, he faded down the stretch).

Yeah - they are going back to QB well and if there is one thing that we've learned - the best QB doesn't always go first, so you never know - picking (hopefully) later in the 1st shouldn't necessarily prevent the team from finding an awesome QB. I say - Bears might have been lucky in the sense that they got a clear answer on Mitch vs. the Texans who just paid Watson a massive amount of money.

That td pass to Miller for the win was money. Mitch doenst make that play. Foles took the hit and delivered. Foles had some lousy throws and a bit of luck but he also is just so calm out there.

Yeah - they were really bad - in the end though - crazy fun win. Huge game by Foles and defense awoke in 2nd half. Pass rush was actually good too - which was nice. Too many penalties though. Foles is not a great QB but he is a better QB than Mitch and can read the defense and actually made some downfield plays, which was huge and should open things up a lot for the rushing game etc. Robinson and Miller both need to come down with those TDs.

Below is a screenshot of the lowest separation of skill position players through 1st 2 weeks of the season (no qualifiers applied). Bears have 3 of the top 5. I don't know whether the QB decisions play into the separation or if this is a pure stat - but not even the best QB's can consistently deal with this many people NOT getting open. All of these parties need to step it up - the really scary one is Miller - he is supposed to be more electric at getting open; Robinson has always had less separation than the league but made up for it with fundamental awesomeness.

Not sure I would buy into the whole article - but certainly would say it is a positive first two weeks. Mitch has definitely looked better from the eye test, that said, the total score, etc still leaves a lot to be desired. Lets see if he can keep building on this - would be a huge step forward for the franchise if he can turn into a good QB (I'm not even saying great, but good). https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-mitchell-trubiskys-improvement-makes-the-chicago-bears-a-playoff-team

If that is the case - I would actually say that is kind of good news vs. a bigger more fundamental issue. But this was yet another week where the Bears wideouts failed to create much separation.

Anthony Miller wasn't on the field a lot and he graded out as an F from PFF. No matter what the dude flashes - it is pretty evident from his useage that the coaching staff has not faith that he will show up play after play after play. There has to be a lot in the tape that he isn't doing right.

Rumor was they were working to reach a deal with Cohen and Arob before the game - were able to get 1 done but don't know that it means they aren't working pretty quickly on Arob. I have a feeling we see Arob get paid this week.

Very spot on commentary. The one thing I will say is - Mitch made more plays today on 2nd/3rd reads than he did most of last year. He's better - problem is better isn't likely to be good enough. I just don't think that high of Foles that I'd rather see what and how much better Mitch is.

Just want to point out the bolded - a 1 yard sack is better than an incompletion in that situation. Kept the clock rolling. The offense chewed a ton of TOP - but the bottom line is - it didn't score enough. They have to get better, but fact that they've ran the ball better than they have since Nagy took over - that is a HUGE positive.

The Eddie Jackson play was PI. He was there early. We don't like it but it was.

I don't know what throws you were watching, but all I saw were 2 picks thrown by Mitch that shouldn't have been picks. I didn't see him make many bad throws but he played way too conservative in the 2nd half and didn't make enough plays. Period. He had a really strong 1st half though.

Yeah - Consistency of the offense an issue. The good thing is, they have consistently ran the ball well. If they can keep that up and make it an identity of the unit, I expect we'll see the team start to capitalize on that more. There were some real costly drops by Miller (the TD and a separate 3rd down conversion). Not easy catches - but ones he knows he'd like to make. Robinson had a pretty soft game. Will be interesting to see how Mooney responds now that the league is probably getting some footage on him a bit. He's the only explosive wideout this squad has (not counting Ginn) - where he can literally take the top off of the defense.

I keep waiting for them to sign a veteran CB. Our depth at CB seems so thin and unproven. I hope Fuller holds up - this team can not afford an injury to him.

Agree - this is the right move. If the two were even close in training camp - you had to go with Mitch - if somehow he has broken through, it would be huge for the LT implications of the franchise. If he hasn't, you have a guy in Foles who has shown he can come in off the bench and we see if he can right the ship. Either way - if Foles plays most of the season, Bears are looking for a new QB next year. If Trubisky plays the whole year - than it is likely we are having an interesting conversation over the off-season (and a better one than the one we had this off-season). Lets hope Mitch takes a big step forward this year.

Hasn't yet sunk in yet that football is literally days away. Can't wait!

He is eligible to return in week 4 (I think) - Presume Santos will be kicking for us the 1st few weeks, unless they plan to sign someone else. Was interesting how they made all of these moves (cut Cairo but knowing Piniero was going to go on IR). Must have been a cap / flexibility reason for doing it the way they did.

This would be a very nice fit. Certainly a worthwhile depth piece with Goldman out.

I think it will be Trubisky - if for no other reason that you kind of know how Foles will respond as a backup. Further - it still is in the Bears long term interest for Mitch to work. If they were even close in competition, you got to go with the younger guy and that is even more important when you know the other has been a backup before (meaning you know he is better / more apt to accept it). Let Mitch role for a couple games - if it doesn't work, they'll make the move to Nick quick.