1 minute ago, Stinger226 said:

With all the presnap penalties in practice, I dont think we have had one yet.

right, another good coaching point.

Ozzy looks really good playing RT, havent seen a mistake yet.

Welp, I’m jacked!   

12 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said:

and Hightower is supposed to be all that. Hed better get them focused.

It happened again, this time the 32. How is that even possible when they are lining up at the 40? The returner ran 30 yds to their 8?

Crap, Terrell Smith is hurt.

Shit, hate to see Smith go down. Is that his knee? Crap!

No Swift and Monangai, lets you know who's going to be getting the snaps.

1 minute ago, Stinger226 said:

No Swift and Monangai, lets you know who's going to be getting the snaps.

Monanagi got injured on Friday - hopefully nothing big.

2 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said:

Monanagi got injured on Friday - hopefully nothing big.

Didnt know that, they are going to score again.

A lot of positives from this half.  Caleb looked the part and Bagent can start in this league...

6 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

A lot of positives from this half.  Caleb looked the part and Bagent can start in this league...

and I know it was the 2nd team Bills defense, but Braxton looked greatly improved too.

55 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said:

and I know it was the 2nd team Bills defense, but Braxton looked greatly improved too.

Cool.  I'm drinking tonight, so I'll watch the tape tomorrow.  OL looked good through rum goggles...

4 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

Cool.  I'm drinking tonight, so I'll watch the tape tomorrow.  OL looked good through rum goggles...

it looked like we have an actual running scheme too, instead of the usual pile of bodies and a HB trying to push through it - there were holes, assignments - it was like... professional football?

Amagadje looking good on the run block for Wheelers second TD with about 9:40 minutes left in the 4th. great zone concept - double team and theh he got to the second level.

All in all the entire game screamed good coaching.

3 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:

GREAT first drive, and while I wasnt only looking at him, Jones seemed to be very strong that set. Nice.

Caleb was so decisive and accurate that drive. 2nd drive was good too - just a bummer that Rome dropped that pass. Nice game with exception of Smith looking like he suffered a season ending injury. Hoping somehow it isn’t as serious as it looked. 

Burden looks like a dude - loved seeing how physical he blocked too! 

That first big pass to Kmet, awesome! He doesnt get credit but can carry the team if needed.  Commander game 3 years ago was all him and the swing for the fences is my favorite Bear TD celebration

8 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

That first big pass to Kmet, awesome! He doesnt get credit but can carry the team if needed.  Commander game 3 years ago was all him and the swing for the fences is my favorite Bear TD celebration

I think both TEs will be schemed open a great deal this year. Easiest quick passes you can get are in the center of the field.

Jahns mentioned that Doyle called plays for the offense and Harris called them for the defense in the 2nd half. That is impressive because there wasnt a drop off or any string of pre snap or penalties.

 

Also, OZ basically gives the Bears 4x starting WRs. If you add Loveland to a 5 wide package, 3 of those guys are a straight up mismatch on every play.

I will have to look at snap counts but not all Bears starters played (Thuney, Swift, Johnson, Gordon), plus the Bears started their 4th string RB, so it want completely mismatched compared to the Bills. Also, it was weird to see Mitch come in for clean up duty as the 3rd string QB. I kind of felt sorry for him tbh. 

With the way rotations work on the DLine, non starters get a lot of snaps anyway. 

The next game will be the biggest disparity in play as most teams won't risk injury that close to the regular season. 

They talked about the starters playing one series in the Friday game, according to Brad Biggs. We will see if that happens.

 Booker with another big sack. He  might be our much needed pass rusher

At least no one can complain about a lack of offense anymore.

-530 total yards -357 total passing yards -173 total rushing yards -6.5 yards per play -31 1st downs -8/15 3rd down -82 total plays -38 points Yeah....Ben Johnson is legit.

2 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

At least no one can complain about a lack of offense anymore.

-530 total yards -357 total passing yards -173 total rushing yards -6.5 yards per play -31 1st downs -8/15 3rd down -82 total plays -38 points Yeah....Ben Johnson is legit.

TOP was crazy too...

11 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

TOP was crazy too...

If this offensive is going to be high level, there will be more than enough reps to go around for everyone. 

19 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

If this offensive is going to be high level, there will be more than enough reps to go around for everyone. 

I hope so.  The thing I'm looking at cautiously, is that we played their second string and they didn't throw anything exotic at Caleb.  Caleb still has to clean up his footwork and that ball tap he does before throwing.  KC is playing their starters this weekend, so we may see more.  I'm also interested in seeing the plays after the scripted ones are used.  Unfortunately, we won't see that until regular season.