Week 6: Bears at Panthers, Sunday at noon on Fox

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It's funny because the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that the Bears whole strategy for choosing the starting QB was "hey we play some bad defenses early, let's see if Mitch can do something". Would explain the short leash and getting Foles ready for the Indy, TB portion of the schedule. Because if you played Trubisky vs. the Colts, you would have to keep him in there vs TB because you couldn't get Foles ready in 3 days.

 

Makes sense, at times, as many have mentioned, the offense appears capable, then goes back to not capable, how much of a factor is Nagy' play calling and how much the QB? I'd say maybe 80 - 20, at times he takes his foot off the gas, why? Go for the kill, if you can score 40 on a team do it because, they, sure as horsefeathers, will dump 40 on your ass.

 

I go back and forth on this. Right now, I honestly think it's just personnel and Nagy is getting as much blood out of the stone as he can. Who are the *good* players on the offense? Allen Robinson and ...? I guess Jimmy Graham?

 

David Montgomery is pretty average although I'm starting to doubt that tbh (he runs hard but isn't great at making reads and doesn't have the ability to break open plays), Mooney and Miller can be pretty average. The offensive line sucks, the RBs as a unit suck, and at the end of the day the only thing that really matters in this league: the QBs suck.

[WrigleyField 22]

It's funny because the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that the Bears whole strategy for choosing the starting QB was "hey we play some bad defenses early, let's see if Mitch can do something". Would explain the short leash and getting Foles ready for the Indy, TB portion of the schedule. Because if you played Trubisky vs. the Colts, you would have to keep him in there vs TB because you couldn't get Foles ready in 3 days.

 

Makes sense, at times, as many have mentioned, the offense appears capable, then goes back to not capable, how much of a factor is Nagy' play calling and how much the QB? I'd say maybe 80 - 20, at times he takes his foot off the gas, why? Go for the kill, if you can score 40 on a team do it because, they, sure as horsefeathers, will dump 40 on your ass.

 

I go back and forth on this. Right now, I honestly think it's just personnel and Nagy is getting as much blood out of the stone as he can. Who are the *good* players on the offense? Allen Robinson and ...? I guess Jimmy Graham?

 

David Montgomery is pretty average although I'm starting to doubt that tbh (he runs hard but isn't great at making reads and doesn't have the ability to break open plays), Mooney and Miller can be pretty average. The offensive line sucks, the RBs as a unit suck, and at the end of the day the only thing that really matters in this league: the QBs suck.

For whatever my amateur take is, I'm pretty high on Mooney right now. He's definitely at least average and I think he has #1 WR potential.

[bukie]

Telling though that the divisional round is where any team on that list tops out at as far as end of season results go.

That's got to be wrong, because that 1998 Falcons team ended up making the Super Bowl (they also improved their efficiency over the season).

[WrigleyField 22]

Telling though that the divisional round is where any team on that list tops out at as far as end of season results go.

That's got to be wrong, because that 1998 Falcons team ended up making the Super Bowl (they also improved their efficiency over the season).

Ah, I was reading as where they finished. That must be where they seeded to start the Playoffs.

[Tim]

Regarding Montgomery, it may not be his fault. I picked this up from the Athletic tonight:

 

Per SportRadar, Montgomery is fourth in the NFL in broken tackles (17) and fourth in the percentage of yards gained after contact among backs with 40+ carries (59.7 percent).

[Sosa21MVP]

Regarding Montgomery, it may not be his fault. I picked this up from the Athletic tonight:

 

Per SportRadar, Montgomery is fourth in the NFL in broken tackles (17) and fourth in the percentage of yards gained after contact among backs with 40+ carries (59.7 percent).

 

Yeah I mean on most plays it looks like he is running straight into a brick wall before he even crosses the LOS.

[WrigleyField 22]

Or he's just kinda slow.

[bukie]

He also always, and I mean always, does a jump stop just before reaching the line of scrimmage, no matter what the play is.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Telling though that the divisional round is where any team on that list tops out at as far as end of season results go.

That's got to be wrong, because that 1998 Falcons team ended up making the Super Bowl (they also improved their efficiency over the season).

Ah, I was reading as where they finished. That must be where they seeded to start the Playoffs.

 

I think Atlanta was on the 4-1 list, but must’ve improved enough to be off the 5-1 list.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

all of the following are true

 

1) Montgomery is behind a terrible run-blocking line and a mediocre at best passing attack so he doesn’t get much help

 

2) he’s very good at running hard into and through contact

 

3) he’s unimpressive or bad at pretty much everything else: choosing holes, making hard first cuts, inducing misses, breakaway acceleration

 

Edit:

 

Oh and 4) as always, running the ball doesn’t matter so who cares

[bukie]

That's got to be wrong, because that 1998 Falcons team ended up making the Super Bowl (they also improved their efficiency over the season).

Ah, I was reading as where they finished. That must be where they seeded to start the Playoffs.

 

I think Atlanta was on the 4-1 list, but must’ve improved enough to be off the 5-1 list.

They are 3rd from the top on that 5-1 list.

[mias_tisg]

Thought Foles played well despite the numbers, especially in the first half. The whole problem with Trubisky was the amount of 3 and outs the offense had under him last year. The defense was on the field for entire games and seemed to break down late in games. Foles was able to sustain drives and mostly keep the defense off the field. After the Rams game, the schedule starts to open up for the offense who have been on a tough stretch of great defenses faced.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Ah, I was reading as where they finished. That must be where they seeded to start the Playoffs.

 

I think Atlanta was on the 4-1 list, but must’ve improved enough to be off the 5-1 list.

They are 3rd from the top on that 5-1 list.

 

My bad, I could’ve sworn the last one said SB(I was obviated wrong) for them. So I didn’t even focus on them on the 5-1 list.