Week 2 Official Game Thread - CHI @ DET, 9/14, 12PM CDT, CHI +6 O/U 47.5, FOX

[DABEARSDABOMB]

35 minutes ago, adam said:

This is on Poles, you can't contiunally lose team value on trades and under draft in the first 4 rounds. That was on display today. 

Loveland had 1 target, Burden had 2, and one was at the knees and he couldn't bring it in, yet the DET 3rd string TE is making that catch on the next drive. Pitiful.

Like it was mentioned, 2nd rounders inactive in Week 2. 4th round on a punter. Stevenson is not an NFL starter. Pickens already off the team. It goes on and on and on.

 

 

This is 100 percent true. Poles has sucked in the draft. I hope that statement is proven wrong. 

[OmahaBear]

2 hours ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

Our “generational” QB continues ro struggle after the scripted plays.  I’ll admit he’s not sailing as many throws as he was last week but a big part of that is because Johnson is keeping the game conservative (as the commentator pointed out).  Then there was that 20 yard INT but who’s counting?  Thought Johnson was supposed to be some sort of offense genius?  Who's holding who back?  The player or the coach? 

Let’s face it.  Bears picked the wrong QB again.  The cycle will never end.  

[Bears4Ever_34]

29 minutes ago, OmahaBear said:

Let’s face it.  Bears picked the wrong QB again.  The cycle will never end.  

I get the general cynicism, but the timing of this statement is strange considering the QB was the least of their problems today. He's honestly been fine through 2 games.  I am seeing incremental progress.

First game looked rough until I saw Kurt Warner's breakdown. This week, I think he improved until the game got away from them.

[DABEARSDABOMB]

I thought Caleb has made progress this season so far. Penalties are still too much and Caleb still has plenty of development but this game was more on the penalties, the defense fading (and not having Kyler and JJ is a big deal - plus Smith out for the year - that is 3 of their 4 best cbs all gone). 
 

Plus pass rush - Sweat another empty game. Way too much money for no production. Sweat and Edmund’s just don’t make plays to go with their paychecks. JJ has - you could see his defense and it faded once he went out hurt…sucks cause I’m sure he’s out a while given same injury he missed most of preseason with. 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

1 minute ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

I thought Caleb has made progress this season so far. Penalties are still too much and Caleb still has plenty of development but this game was more on the penalties, the defense fading (and not having Kyler and JJ is a big deal - plus Smith out for the year - that is 3 of their 4 best cbs all gone). 
 

Plus pass rush - Sweat another empty game. Way too much money for no production. Sweat and Edmund’s just don’t make plays to go with their paychecks. JJ has - you could see his defense and it faded once he went out hurt…sucks cause I’m sure he’s out a while given same injury he missed most of preseason with. 

By the way - all that said - I’m not selling on the offense or BJ. I am really down on Poles though (have been a skeptic a while) and I expect this team will get better. Hopefully this was rock bottom for the year but rock bottom might be an 0-4 start if they lose to the Raiders - really hoping this was rock bottom and we see a bounce back here and than real improvement on a consistent basis post bye week. 

[50england50]

We are not seeing the performance from Caleb that would be expected of an elite QB. He has missed passes when under no pressure, either them being too low, or not well timed on timed routes in short to intermediate routes, or under or overthrown on deep routes. Goff was played well yesterday and Caleb didn’t. 
 

I agree he was let down by the team in the 3 phases, but at least I want to see him make the passes that most QBs are expected to make. 
 

I am also pissed at players who are unavailable for games due to muscle injuries. Those players and the fitness department have been poor leading into the season. I expect players to go down in the middle or towards the end of the season, but not now, unless it is an injury suffered like a joint sprain etc. I’m especially annoyed at Jaylon Johnson missing games. I think we can all agree, the strength of our roster doesn’t allow us to not have a best players on the pitch. 
 

I think it’s going to be a hard season again, and I thought we would at least be competitive this year, which doesn’t look likely. 

[Stinger226]

I think we need to dwell on the positive after a butt whipping like this . Rome Odunze and Swift was effective. That's all I got.

I stayed away from here yesterday and social media because I felt sick enough w/o the extra chatter. 

[adam]

The Bears really got screwed by the schedule makers (again). Back to back division opponents, then playing on the road against a division opponent on a short week. 

[AZ54]

9 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

I think we need to dwell on the positive after a butt whipping like this . Rome Odunze and Swift was effective. That's all I got.

I stayed away from here yesterday and social media because I felt sick enough w/o the extra chatter. 

Caleb continues to progress.  That’s job 1.   As things slow down for him the playbook starts to expand.