Week 7: Bears at Rams 7:15 MNF on ESPN

[jersey cubs fan]

There are times when I can sense the frustration from Foles on what Nagy is doing. Especially seen it with Foles in a rhythm, running quick plays, then Nagy pulls things back and wants to huddle up. Last night the Bears were moving the ball down the field and Nagy calls a timeout. The next play Foles is sacked. I don't think that happens if they just keep running plays relatively quickly.

 

Yeah I get it Foles isn't good. Trubisky isn't either. We have no good QB. But Nagy is crap too. I'd rather a QB be left to run things from the field if it's working. I didn't see the Rams suddenly shutting down their no huddle offense in the middle of their drives.

That timeout was taken with 12 seconds on play clock and everybody seemingly disoriented. Foles did't look comfortable with whatever was about to happen. It was a big momentum bummer, but that sack was worse and I think it was avoidable.

 

I'm not a big PLAYCALLING! guy, but that game left me quite confused about their intentions.

 

However, it still comes down to ability and the Bears don't have much of it on offense. There's maybe 1.75 receivers and 2 lineman. They've got nothing in the backfield.

[UMFan83]

One thing I think is interesting is how frequently the Bears score in desperation or garbage time in games after doing virtually nothing on offense the rest of the game. Both losses this year they scored 3 points on offense until late in the game. In the Colts game they got a TD and 2PT to make it a 1 possession game with seconds left. Today while they didnt score any points, the offense really started to move after they went down 17-3, they just either turned it over by interception or on downs.

 

Definitely goes along with the old observation that Mitch seems to vastly improve when the Bears get down or its late in the game and he needs to play on instinct instead of whatever BS gameplan Nagy puts together and miraculously the Bears start moving the ball down the field.

[raw]

There are times when I can sense the frustration from Foles on what Nagy is doing. Especially seen it with Foles in a rhythm, running quick plays, then Nagy pulls things back and wants to huddle up. Last night the Bears were moving the ball down the field and Nagy calls a timeout. The next play Foles is sacked. I don't think that happens if they just keep running plays relatively quickly.

 

Yeah I get it Foles isn't good. Trubisky isn't either. We have no good QB. But Nagy is crap too. I'd rather a QB be left to run things from the field if it's working. I didn't see the Rams suddenly shutting down their no huddle offense in the middle of their drives.

That timeout was taken with 12 seconds on play clock and everybody seemingly disoriented. Foles did't look comfortable with whatever was about to happen. It was a big momentum bummer, but that sack was worse and I think it was avoidable.

 

I'm not a big PLAYCALLING! guy, but that game left me quite confused about their intentions.

 

However, it still comes down to ability and the Bears don't have much of it on offense. There's maybe 1.75 receivers and 2 lineman. They've got nothing in the backfield.

 

2 linemen seems like a stretch.

[UMFan83]

So nagy confirms he will stick with playcalling and Foles still at QB. His stubbornness will be his downfall.

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So nagy confirms he will stick with playcalling and Foles still at QB. His stubbornness will be his downfall.

 

Eh. Mitch got 40 games, Foles can get more than 4, especially since he's the one of the two that has a contract for next year. As for playcalling, it's not like someone else calling the plays will turn this into a 25 ppg scoring unit. Maybe you get to a point where 4th down conversions are made and you don't cut off half the field on the goalline, but this is still a talent issue.

[jersey cubs fan]

There are times when I can sense the frustration from Foles on what Nagy is doing. Especially seen it with Foles in a rhythm, running quick plays, then Nagy pulls things back and wants to huddle up. Last night the Bears were moving the ball down the field and Nagy calls a timeout. The next play Foles is sacked. I don't think that happens if they just keep running plays relatively quickly.

 

Yeah I get it Foles isn't good. Trubisky isn't either. We have no good QB. But Nagy is crap too. I'd rather a QB be left to run things from the field if it's working. I didn't see the Rams suddenly shutting down their no huddle offense in the middle of their drives.

That timeout was taken with 12 seconds on play clock and everybody seemingly disoriented. Foles did't look comfortable with whatever was about to happen. It was a big momentum bummer, but that sack was worse and I think it was avoidable.

 

I'm not a big PLAYCALLING! guy, but that game left me quite confused about their intentions.

 

However, it still comes down to ability and the Bears don't have much of it on offense. There's maybe 1.75 receivers and 2 lineman. They've got nothing in the backfield.

 

2 linemen seems like a stretch.

I felt like there's 1 whole one, a half and 2 quarters, but I admit I'm an optimist.

[David]

That timeout was taken with 12 seconds on play clock and everybody seemingly disoriented. Foles did't look comfortable with whatever was about to happen. It was a big momentum bummer, but that sack was worse and I think it was avoidable.

 

I'm not a big PLAYCALLING! guy, but that game left me quite confused about their intentions.

 

However, it still comes down to ability and the Bears don't have much of it on offense. There's maybe 1.75 receivers and 2 lineman. They've got nothing in the backfield.

 

2 linemen seems like a stretch.

I felt like there's 1 whole one, a half and 2 quarters, but I admit I'm an optimist.

 

yeah i figured you were probably counting fractionally

[UMFan83]

So nagy confirms he will stick with playcalling and Foles still at QB. His stubbornness will be his downfall.

 

Eh. Mitch got 40 games, Foles can get more than 4, especially since he's the one of the two that has a contract for next year. As for playcalling, it's not like someone else calling the plays will turn this into a 25 ppg scoring unit. Maybe you get to a point where 4th down conversions are made and you don't cut off half the field on the goalline, but this is still a talent issue.

 

Yeah my comment was more about playcalling. No we probably wont all the sudden have a good offense with a different playcaller, there are massive issues on the offensive line that prevent any hope of that IMO. But we could get an incremental improvement, enough that the offense may be able to score a few more points and at least stay on the fielder longer to prevent the defense from tiring out late in games. It's not much but its an easy cost-free move to make if Nagy puts his ego aside

[minnesotacubsfan]

So nagy confirms he will stick with playcalling and Foles still at QB. His stubbornness will be his downfall.

 

Eh. Mitch got 40 games, Foles can get more than 4, especially since he's the one of the two that has a contract for next year. As for playcalling, it's not like someone else calling the plays will turn this into a 25 ppg scoring unit. Maybe you get to a point where 4th down conversions are made and you don't cut off half the field on the goalline, but this is still a talent issue.

 

Having Foles under contract next year isn't a reason to keep playing him; it's a terrifying reality that Pace has completely mismanaged this roster.

[WrigleyField 22]

 

2 linemen seems like a stretch.

I felt like there's 1 whole one, a half and 2 quarters, but I admit I'm an optimist.

 

yeah i figured you were probably counting fractionally

I mean, as long as we're counting fractionally with that small of units I'd say we have over 2 WR then too. We even have near a full TE!

[Tim]

We even have near a full TE!

Is that before or after Harris negative value is added?

[WrigleyField 22]

We even have near a full TE!

Is that before or after Harris negative value is added?

Well if we're doing negatives we're back below 2 OL too

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I'll put this here.

 

[raw]

So nagy confirms he will stick with playcalling and Foles still at QB. His stubbornness will be his downfall.

 

Eh. Mitch got 40 games, Foles can get more than 4, especially since he's the one of the two that has a contract for next year. As for playcalling, it's not like someone else calling the plays will turn this into a 25 ppg scoring unit. Maybe you get to a point where 4th down conversions are made and you don't cut off half the field on the goalline, but this is still a talent issue.

 

Having Foles under contract next year isn't a reason to keep playing him; it's a terrifying reality that Pace has completely mismanaged this roster.

No, but it's one of the deciding factors with 2 bad options.

[minnesotacubsfan]

 

Eh. Mitch got 40 games, Foles can get more than 4, especially since he's the one of the two that has a contract for next year. As for playcalling, it's not like someone else calling the plays will turn this into a 25 ppg scoring unit. Maybe you get to a point where 4th down conversions are made and you don't cut off half the field on the goalline, but this is still a talent issue.

 

Having Foles under contract next year isn't a reason to keep playing him; it's a terrifying reality that Pace has completely mismanaged this roster.

No, but it's one of the deciding factors with 2 bad options.

Name another, because it isn't convincing on its own.