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The last thing we needed was a 3 and out there... Defense back on the field up 7.

Two of the worst calls I have seen in a long time. Floyd gets a penalty for tackling a player and Goldman gets a roughing the passer call for trying to sack Flacco. Bears defense finally gets pissed off and holds the Broncos to a FG. Refs just gifted DEN 3 pts there, complete BS. I don't like the Prevent defense and playing so soft. Now our offense needs a long scoring drive to end this with a win.

Huge drive by the Bears. Patterson with an epic run, then Gabriel with another. Then pound it in with Montgomery! A Bears TD! It's Christmas in September!

3rd and 29? Seriously, this offense is fugly.

and he should have at least 6. He seems to hold on every play, and it's blatant. After every call, he looks dumbfounded.

Broncos getting pressure with 3 vs our 5 O-Linemen. Still issues. This needs to be addressed.

That Gabriel play was close, it looked like he still would've been blown up if he caught it. Gabriel seems to always leave his feet instead of just running into it.

Pineiro from 52, and it's good! Bears up 6-3. I like the game plan, but let's stop giving the ball to Davis on 3rd and short (which seems to always result in a 4th down). Either Montgomery or Cohen there, or something quick and easy for Trubisky.

Mack with a huge sack and some nice pressure on 3rd down to force a punt.

Pineiro hit a 40-yarder, so that's a plus. Now 5 quarters without a TD....

Offensive line still looks like crap, no running lanes, RBs hit behind the LOS.

Shaheen with huge 3rd down catch. Actually makes the catch, a move, then powers past the line to gain. Nice to see him actually make a play. Also to note, Shaheen was not the first option, Trubisky went thru his progressions and hit him near the sidelines.

Montgomery with a couple of nice runs, shocker. Davis with a run, still some bad blocking, loss of 2.

Floyd makes a great play and blows up a screen and gets called for a ridiculous personal foul call. One of the worst calls I have seen in a long time. Jackson with great tackle to force a punt.

3 and out...... Montgomery no where to run on 1st, Cohen same on 2nd, Trubisky avoids pressure and makes a nice deep throw to Cohen, but the pass is broken up. The theme, O-Line still looks like garbage. Two runs where RB's hit in the backfield and Trubisky couldn't even get to his drop back before having to scramble on 3rd. So much for a great start with scripted plays. Ugh.

That's awesome, hopefully you get to see a win.

First drive, Flacco nickel and dimes his way down the field and the Broncos get a FG. Mack has Flacco dead to rights and somehow missed him. Bears down 3-0 after first drive.

Already some quick passes to Sanders out of the slot, ugh, this is not that hard to defend, wtf.

Whoa, nice find, I liked Vaughters. They must like what they have at OLB.

Goldman questionable with an oblique strain (suffered during practice on Wednesday) and Burton still up in the air (seems like a game day decision again).

Interesting move. I thought this was tied more to Dax Raymond being waived with injury settlement than anything else. So to make room for that transaction (bring to active roster), then next transaction, you have to have a subsequent move. So the Bears moved their 53rd guy (Abdullah), he cleared waivers, and then once Raymond was waived, they signed Holtz. I could be wrong, but I thought Raymond's transaction was involved.

Joe Flacco is the Broncos QB, they played on MNF, and lost to the Raiders. Derek Carr was not sacked, and Flacco was sacked 3 times by the Raiders defense. Carr also completed 84.6% of his passes. The defense should shred the Broncos O-Line. The guy I am most worried about is Sanders, as he is like Albert Wilson and Randall Cobb, very slippery working out of the slot. I am less worried about Vic Fangio knowing the offense and don't think this will be a very big factor. The Bears need a win here because the odds of making the playoffs after a 1-1 start vs an 0-2 start is huge. I don't even need to see a huge game from Trubisky, just play better, make better decisions, and connect on some of those plays that were left on the field last week. Let's get the running game going and feature Montgomery and get Miller more involved. Kicking range should not be a problem, so Pineiro should get more chances. I think the Bears right the wrongs from last week and look much better than they did against GB on offense, and the defense doesn't allow a TD. Bears 27-9

Only Miami gave up more pressures: Then add 107 yards of penalties (2nd most) and we should be shocked that we weren't blown out.

Oh he missed some open throws, but I was looking more for RB's in the flat or slipping out of the backfield after blocking. I didn't see that very often but I would have to go back and rewatch that abortion.

Yeah wow, I never really looked at Brady's stats. I know for the first few years, he was definitely more of a game manager, but I forgot how much. Check this out: I looked back at Brady's numbers from 2001-2006 (Year 2 - Year 7) and his numbers are very pedestrian: 2001-2006 (93 games - started w/ more than 10 attempts): Games with less than 200 yards passing: 29 (31.2% of games) Games with less than 228 yards or less: 46 (49.5% of games) Games without a TD: 20 (21.5%) Games with rating under 70: 20 (21.5%) Games with more INTs than TDs: 16 (17.2%) 300-yard passing games: 15 (16.1%) Games with more TD's than INTs: 48 (51.6%) Games with rating over 100: 34 (36.6%) So in Brady's first 7 seasons in the NFL, he had more games without a TD than he had 300-yard games. Basically half his games, he passed for 228 or less. That is pretty crazy. Now we are in a different era, Brady was a 6th round pick (not the #2 pick) on a ridiculously talented team with arguably the best HC in all of pro sports. So Brady's numbers do give you some hope for Mitch. I am starting to think that he really needs some preseason reps. I am hoping for a rebound game. Vic is going to know how to pressure Mitch, so Nagy is going to have to do his best to get the ball out of his hands fast, or have an outlet. I didn't see that last week.