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Getsy has some bad play calls, the O-Line is not great, but this is more on Fields than any other factor. He is holding the offense back now.

This offense is cooked, they can't do anything. Designed run with Fields to the perimeter with 10 in the box. AUDIBLE OUT OF THE PLAY IDIOT!

This team is shit. They can't stop Baker Mayfield, can stop the rush, allows every 3rd down conversion, unbelievable.

Justin is just not it. Has no internal clock, not throwing to wide open receivers, taking sacks, not throwing the ball away. He is a mess. How many more games are needed? He looked better as a rookie. He has regressed so much. This is Year 3.

Braxton Jones sucks, wtf, he can't block anyone. Bears offense now can't move the ball at all, quick 3 and out, defense right back on the field after allowing several hundred yards in the first 20 minutes.

Holy shit, 60 yard pass play after a blatant push off, wtf refs!!!!!!

I am ulcer'd out lol.

God our perimeter blocking is terrible. Both TEs couldn't block. Then Fields holds the ball forever, doesn't throw it with Moore wide open (clapping for the ball). Fields takes a sack. Come on Fields. Terrible. What is he looking for, waiting for? Moore is wide open, just throw it!

Bears defense bending but not breaking, then block a FG!!! Green with the block!

Brisker and Jackson out now....

2 catches, 65 yards for Moore on first drive. Where was this? If they blitz it's always 1 on 1 for every receiver. Fields with easy bootleg TD run, thank god.... Bears 7-3!

Yeah, on both receptions, they pushed off, if Stevenson initiates contact like that it is DPI.

Moore with 32 yard reception to start the game, amazing how that works....

2nd down, Brisker jumps a route and the ball hits him in the facemask and he drops an easy INT. Ugh. Then they let up an easy 16 yard out to Godwin. Godwin pushed off, no call. End around, Johnson blocked in the back, no call. 2 plays where WR pushes off Stevenson then catches a comebacker. Ugh. It is gonna be one of those days. Refs not calling it even so far. Bears defense holds and TB settles for a FG. TB 3-0.

Here are 5 major QB evaluation scores from different sites, ranked from high to low: nfelo - 18th PFF - 20th QB Rating - 21st DVOA - 23rd QBR - 24th Composite - 21.2 The funny part is the oldest and most basic rating, QB Rating was the most accurate and closest to the average score. Surprising to see PFF rate Fields higher than the average. I figured he needed to end up between 10-15 this year to see real progress. However, thru one week, his ranking for most of these is better than he ended last season.

Developing a QB with Defensive HC rarely works unless you have a super OC. I really think Poles is getting too cute with things. If he just auto-drafted the last two years, the Bears would be in better shape than they are now.

Davis will miss the game for personal reasons, you can't make this stuff up. He has a lot going on, I would put him on IR now, and sign Risner (even if you have to overpay). Then figure it out in 4 weeks.

Poles has a lot more to do. Missed on the Velus Jones pick, has not seen any return on investment out of Gordon (now on IR), thought Davis was the answer at RG, the Claypool trade, and passing on Jalen Carter. A lot of questionable decisions. If Claypool and Davis were not character risks, why was Carter? I would rather take a home run swing and miss vs taking a strike bunting. The O-Line is inexcusable after two offseasons, a ton of draft picks, and a ton of cap space. All Poles did was draft Wright in the 1st and Jones in the 5th, and sign Patrick and Davis. He had 9 draft picks in the first 4 rounds the last two drafts and used 1 on the OL. He had over $100M in cap space and only signed Davis who had a ton of red flags.

He was a huge loss because that moved Whitehair to LG and Patrick to C. So there are 2 downgrades with one injury. C got worse and LG got worse because Jenkins was playing at a Pro Bowl level.

With the injury to Davis, the passing game has to get going. I am updating my prediction to Bears 27-20.

This is still Year 2 of the rebuild. If everything went right and they stayed healthy, there was a chance to slide into the back of the playoffs. Jenkins and Gordon already on IR. Week 1 they were favored, and lost. So now they have to win an extra game from Week 2-18 to make up the Week 1 loss. Nothing trending in the right direction so far, but time to turn it around.

With the Bears having two 1st rounders in 2024, it will be interesting to follow the progress of those picks throughout the season. After Week 1, both CHI and CAR are 0-1, tied with 12 other teams (MIN is already 0-2). With only one week in the books, SOS is tied as every team that lost has faced a team that won. So both picks are between #2-#15. CHI @ TB (-2.5) CAR vs NO (-3)

No Carlton Davis, and no Kancey for the Bucs: Jamel Dean, Dee Delaney, and Zyon McCollum are the top 3 remaining CBs for the Bucs. Moore is a mismatch for all of them, and Mooney and Claypool are mismatches for at least CB2 and CB3. No reason the passing game shouldn't get going.

Looks like surgery for Gordon, so he will be out longer than 4 weeks, now looking at Week 6.

Yeah timing was interesting as the defense has been the worst in the league all last year and no one cared. Now with so many new starters, everyone was expecting a little better performance from them, but it was the same ole thing. I don't know how much Flus will help if it is the same defense.