Week 1 Official Game Thread - MIN @ CHI, MNF, 9/8, 7:15PM CDT, CHI -1.5 O/U 43.5, ABC

[ASHKUM BEAR]

11 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

So far Johnson’s hardball approach is giving us undisciplined play:  10 penalties for 108 yards. That’s 1 more yard than they have in total rushing yards (107).  

These refs are sucking too with some of these calls.

[adam]

Refs have decided to take over this game. Unbelievable calls all against the Bears.

[Alaskan Grizzly]

14 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

These refs are sucking too with some of these calls.

Maybe but really the offense hasn’t done much to offset it. 

Edit:  and don’t forget Johnson pissed away a TO on that earlier challenge. 

[ASHKUM BEAR]

4 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

Maybe but really the offense hasn’t done much to offset it. 

Nope.  The greatest show since Stl Rams didnt show 

[ASHKUM BEAR]

Where was Montez Sweat, Grady Jarrett, Tremaine Edmunds, Jaquan Brisker to name a few. Embarrassing 

Great catch by Kmet. Best play so far. 

[OmahaBear]

Same old bears.  I knew I shouldn’t have expecting something different. 

[Alaskan Grizzly]

FWIW I like McCarthy. Seems like a solid kid.  And to remind us of a quote from Harbaugh:  McCarthy is “…an elite competitor and the best quarterback in the draft.”  Harbaugh believed McCarthy plays the position better than any other QB in the 2024 draft class.

Guess we’ll see.  He showed some serious grit tonight and adapted to what was given him. 
 

 

[adam]

Obviously the offense needs a lot of work but Jackson and Wright accounted for 50+ yards in penalties that were drive killers. 

Defense was missing 3 starters so I thought they held up but were out there a lot in the 4th. The refs did them no favors extending multiple MIN drives. Impossible to stop when the refs kept doing it. 

Santos sucks. Should be cut. Can't believe you watch the opponents Kicker hit a 59 yarder then you miss a 50 yarder and can't kick one out of the end zone.

How about our 4th round punter? Wtf he sucks. How do you get worse when all you have to do is kick the ball? 

[jason]

37 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

Maybe but really the offense hasn’t done much to offset it. 

Edit:  and don’t forget Johnson pissed away a TO on that earlier challenge. 

I honestly still don’t understand that one. Knee on the ground requires contact. This is the NFL not NCAA. And the first contact was to the ball, making it loose.

I don’t understand how it wasn’t a fumble.

[jason]

26 minutes ago, OmahaBear said:

Same old bears.  I knew I shouldn’t have expecting something different. 

Same. Hyped up for 30 minutes, but I knew better.

[jason]

1 hour ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

I’m lovin me some Sewell!  

That aged like milk in the July Alabama sun.

[Mongo3451]

I hate Edmunds and our fans.  The two biggest bitches in all of sports.  Our team fought and Chicago fans boo.  I've said it for years and hate it.  Chicago fans suck...

[jason]

58 minutes ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:

Caleb WIlliams kind of sucks, doesn't he? It's getting harder to ignore how bad he is.

I feel the same. Never wanted him. He was amazing in college because he was a superior talent with amazing talent around him, and his opponents were PAC12 garbage.

He missed 2-3 simple passes up the middle. Almost overthrew Kmet on another if not for an amazing catch. Looks frazzled like a squirrel in the woods. And the overthrow to a wide open DJ for the win…that’s just unforgivable. Gotta give your #1 guy a chance.

He better shake it off quickly, or he’s going to lose the city by mid season.

[DABEARSDABOMB]

2 hours ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:

Absolutely brutal OL performance. Dumbest line in football? High school teams are more disciplined than this.

This, special teams, bad challenge (loss of timeout was killer) and Caleb missing on some key opportunities was the difference…but the first three items were by far the difference…those don’t happen and we are probably giving talking about a solid first game for Caleb….Ben is going to be pissed, including at himself. Why they didn’t kick it out of bounds was idiotic too. No reason this should have went the way it did at the end either. 

[jason]

4 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

I hate Edmunds and our fans.  The two biggest bitches in all of sports.  Our team fought and Chicago fans boo.  I've said it for years and hate it.  Chicago fans suck...

To be fair, the offense was pretty terrible, the play calling was like a little girl in a haunted house, the second half run defense was nearly non-existent, the OL had way too many penalties, and Caleb looked far from generational.

[AZ54]

Well that felt…. The same minus a few hundred million.  

[Bears4Ever_34]

Lost in all this bad is the fact that the Bears drafted 3 second round players, and only 1 played tonight and had 1 catch for negative yards. Shemar Turner was a healthy scratch. Unacceptable. 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

35 minutes ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:

Lost in all this bad is the fact that the Bears drafted 3 second round players, and only 1 played tonight and had 1 catch for negative yards. Shemar Turner was a healthy scratch. Unacceptable. 

This - I still think Poles has been very weak as a talent evaluator. Drafts are still pretty meh and his real hits are Ben Johnson (hopefully this ages well) and the Panthers trade. 
 

They look like they drafted a potential starting RT in Trapillo (but they invested a top 10 pick in Wright (who doesn’t look like a top 10 pick - and they opted for him over Jalen Carter). Turner was hurt in camp so I’m hoping this is more they think he needs a bit more time - I sure hope he is flashing though cause they need to hit on a few. 
 

Burden looked explosive in preseason so at least for now I’m going to say that pick, while not the position I wanted, at first glance looks like a potential starter.