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Yeah, that was a weak call, but Quinn has to know better. They are calling lesser ones. That cost the defense 3 pts, hopefully that doesn't come back to haunt them later. The pass rush is finally going. They need to keep up with the pressure, blitzes and fake pressure. The Bengals O-Line is about as bad as the Bears O-Line.

Nichols with the sack to finish the half with a shutout. Fields didn't have much time, the O-Line is playing like crap.

Quinn looks healthy. This is the type of production we were expecting last year.

Dalton looks gimpy, not moving at all. Then of course, on 3rd and long, they throw for 5 yards.

Wow, Jackson with a huge run blitz and tackle for loss on 3rd down. Then Vildor with the pass break up on 4th down to force the turnover on downs.

I think he just tweaked it a little on those two scrambles. Gipson with another missed tackle, man he sucks. So a penalty, terrible coverage, and a missed tackle.

Dalton tweaks his ankle and Fields is in. Then on 4th Down, they do a QB sneak but the line goes the wrong way. Why not go RPO and give Fields an option for 1 yard? Terrible call by Nagy, go figure.

These refs are ridiculous. Mack is held on every play, but they call a hold on an inside run on Daniels which is really hard to do.

Yeah, which is scary considering how bad Gipson is playing.

Fields play count after 1 quarter - 2

Refs calling too many ticky tack things. Then don't call DPI on Apple who went over the back of Goodwin on the Fields pass. Monty with a beautiful juke on the big play called back.

Gipson had that stupid penalty and left 15 yards of cushion for an easy 10 yard reception. He is the worst player on the starting defense.

Wow, Robert Quinn on a stunt for the sack on 3rd down to force a punt. That's half his sack total from last year.

The Bears stop the Bengals on 3rd Down and Gipson gets a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for taunting to give them a first down, WTF!

Great first drive. A huge Defensive PI call (easy call) which would've been a catch if Goodwin wasn't pushed before the ball got there. Dalton looked good, not much of a running game, but you can't complain much with an opening TD drive to start the game.

Some interesting things about Dalton stats-wise. He is progressively worse in splits from his own goal line to the opponents. I don't think I have ever seen splits so clean like that. His completion percentage goes from 69.86% when inside his own 10 down to 50% when inside the opponent's 10. The same for yards to go. He is actually better when there are more yards to go than less. He is actually a terrible short passer. When it is 3 or less yards to go, he completes only 56.98% of his passes and only has 68 first downs out of 257 completions and 451 attempts. So he only converts a pass with 3 or less yards to go into a first down 6.6% of the time, once every 15 tries. That is brutal! Dalton also gets worse as the game goes on. His highest completion % and rating is in the 1st quarter and lowest in the 4th quarter. The more I think about his usage, the more I think it is Pace telling Nagy to start Dalton so they don't lose face with other potential free agents about promises. How about stop promising players starting gigs until they earn it.

Now that is funny.

These teams are fairly even going into this game. Mixon vs Monty. Red Rider Revenge Game. To me it comes down to execution. If the Bears players play up to expectations, the Bears win by 10. If they play how they did last week, they lose by at least 7. I am hoping for more Fields, just put the kid in already. I have really soured on Nagy and it feels like he is over his head and needs to give up playcalling. Bears 24-20.

Monty was also one of the top 5 fastest ball carries (Herbert was another) last week. That is impressive because Monty has really increased his top speed which was a weakness of his. On his rushing TD, he literally scored when the O-Line missed 4 blocks in front of him. They really need to lock him and Smith up as core guys going forward. As for Jackson, I will keep saying this. He has not been the same since his injury. I don't know if it is physical or mental, but whatever it is he is a different player. Christian was terrible in the slot. They need to fix the secondary or this is going to be a long season.

I figured it Dalton played most of the game, they would lose by double digits. The Rams are not as good as the score indicates, they just played a bad Bears team.

To me one of the most alarming things about the game was the Bears dominated the TOP, which meant the defense got a ton of rest and still got torched for 34 pts. Jackson is the most overrated player in football. I would trade him for anything at this point. He has never been the same since his injury. It is clear Nagy is over his head with play calling and quite possibly head coaching. Dalton did nothing that Fields can't do, so you might as well start him to get him experience. I have a feeling this is going to be a long, bad year.

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It is different if you are letting your rookies walk and paying for others. That is not the case. We have a young drafted core of Fields, Monty, Cohen, Herbert, Kmet, Horsted, Mustipher, Whitehair, Daniels, Mooney, Goldman, Nichols, Smith, Johnson, and Jackson. If Gipson steps on the Edge, that covers across from Mack, then you have Vildor/Shelley in one of the DB spots. You then fill in the rest with rookies, some key free agents and some league minimum guys like James and Ogletree.

Very cool and great idea. Get them now before it sky rockets.