🏈 Week 12 Official Game Thread 🏈 PIT @ CHI, Nov 23rd, 12PM CST, CBS, CHI -2.5

[adam]

7 minutes ago, Pixote said:

Damn, we had more 1st stringers starting games in the preseason than we have starting today. It seems that over half of our lineup, especially on defense, is made up of backups.

Yeah, and injuries can easily derail a season. The offense is going to have to go off and force PIT into being one-dimensional.

[adam]

Of course, a terrible 3 and out. 2 bad runs into 9 defenders, then a throw into triple coverage on 3rd down. WTH

[adam]

Then PIT gets a 9 yard gain on a hand off from shotgun, which was basically a 14 yard run.

[Alaskan Grizzly]

I may have been wrong about Nashon Wright!  

[AZ54]

5 minutes ago, adam said:

No Theo either. So it is Ozzy vs Watt or Herbig, not ideal.

I want to see Ozzy.  Theo looks like career backup.  

[Pixote]

Nice interception by Wright. We needed that after such a sucky start.

[adam]

Wow Wright, maybe the pick of the year, insane.

[Pixote]

Come on Caleb, you could have had the 1st down on the run.

 

 

[adam]

Boom, TD to Moore. Thank God! We needed a TD.

[ASHKUM BEAR]

9 minutes ago, adam said:

Wow Wright, maybe the pick of the year, insane.

He was a nice addition and made the most out of his opportunity.  Id keep him around with all the injuries we seem to see with this team.

[Pixote]

So what now? Are we going to let them run for 200 yards?

[Pixote]

Missed tackles. Got to do better.

 

[adam]

9 minutes ago, Pixote said:

So what now? Are we going to let them run for 200 yards?

Yes, our defense was not good already, now borderline terrible. The only hope is to go back and forth and possess the ball last, score and win.

[Bears4Ever_34]

Hippolyte now down. Give me a break. 

[adam]

PIT doing nothing fancy, just throwing the ball to the outside with extra blockers. Bears playing vanilla and staying back. Gonna be a long day unless they attack the LOS.

[Bears4Ever_34]

Steelers are just going to throw screens all day and challenge our shitty LB'ers to cover ground and tackle, which they can't. Smart strategy.

[Alaskan Grizzly]

Screen plays are killing the D.  

[Alaskan Grizzly]

And penalties are beginning to mount .  Can’t afford these.  

[adam]

3 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

And penalties are beginning to mount .  Can’t afford these.  

Yeah, right on queue, one on ST, on back to back plays. What I hate about the ST one, you can call holding on every kickoff if you want to. 

4 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

Screen plays are killing the D.  

Yep, the Bears are one of those teams that can't run a screen on offense to save their life, but get gashed on defense by them on every play.  The minute an extra offensive player goes to that side, you have to balance it. 

5 minutes ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:

Steelers are just going to throw screens all day and challenge our shitty LB'ers to cover ground and tackle, which they can't. Smart strategy.

Yeah, it is going to be a long day for the defense. I doubt they force a punt, at most maybe force some FGs.

[adam]

What the hell, come on Caleb. Inexcusable, what are you doing?

[Bears4Ever_34]

Moronic play by Caleb. Probably game over now.

[Alaskan Grizzly]

“Generational QB” fumbles the ball in the EZ for a Defense TD.  

[adam]

3 minutes ago, Bears4Ever_34 said:

Moronic play by Caleb. Probably game over now.

Yeah, this is going to turn into a bad loss. Getting WAS game vibes where the rest of the season goes south after this game if they lose.

2 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

“Generational QB” fumbles the ball in the EZ for a Defense TD.  

What is he thinking there, just take the safety. 

[Alaskan Grizzly]

3 minutes ago, adam said:

What the hell, come on Caleb. Unexcusable, what are you doing?

I hope to heck this is not how we respond to strong teams.  Now’s the time for Johnson to find that Dan Campbell moxie.  

[Stinger226]

You cant play hero ball in your own endzone.