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Holy crap, that opening drive. Maybe it really was the playcalling?!
Was the 2nd drive. First was 3 & out as scheduled

 

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Mitch is looking good with better playcalling but does anyone believe he can read a defense, make pre-snap calls, make something out of broken plays? I don’t. He can look good when things break in his direction but he’s still not able to read the field in the pocket or find guys when plays break down.

 

Look at Rodgers when plays break down, or Mahomes with his side arm passes. That is in my mind what separates average QBs from elite ones. If Mitch was signed for 2 more years or something I’d say ok let’s ride out the lifecycle of the defense, draft a second or third round QB and see where it takes us. But if we want a true elite QB that can help the bears sustain success for a decade, we need to make plans to move on. Give him a 2 year prove it deal, 1 year fully guaranteed, 1 year without dead money. If another team offers him more be prepared to let him go.

 

Just my opinion, I’d love to hear a logical counter. Too many bears fans on Twitter who have never rooted for an elite QB are blinded by a minimal amount of success IMO.

 

Edit: I will also that this somewhat revitalization has been sustained long enough now that I have no choice but to revise my long term plan for him whereas initially I was unmoved and ready to move on regardless

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Mitch is looking good with better playcalling but does anyone believe he can read a defense, make pre-snap calls, make something out of broken plays? I don’t. He can look good when things break in his direction but he’s still not able to read the field in the pocket or find guys when plays break down.

 

Look at Rodgers when plays break down, or Mahomes with his side arm passes. That is in my mind what separates average QBs from elite ones. If Mitch was signed for 2 more years or something I’d say ok let’s ride out the lifecycle of the defense, draft a second or third round QB and see where it takes us. But if we want a true elite QB that can help the bears sustain success for a decade, we need to make plans to move on. Give him a 2 year prove it deal, 1 year fully guaranteed, 1 year without dead money. If another team offers him more be prepared to let him go.

 

Just my opinion, I’d love to hear a logical counter. Too many bears fans on Twitter who have never rooted for an elite QB are blinded by a minimal amount of success IMO.

 

Edit: I will also that this somewhat revitalization has been sustained long enough now that I have no choice but to revise my long term plan for him whereas initially I was unmoved and ready to move on regardless

 

my thoughts are this: unless you know you can get someone better, you should resign Mitch. You should also draft one, and keep a pipeline until you have a Rodgers/Mahomes, if you can

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Mitch is looking good with better playcalling but does anyone believe he can read a defense, make pre-snap calls, make something out of broken plays? I don’t. He can look good when things break in his direction but he’s still not able to read the field in the pocket or find guys when plays break down.

 

Look at Rodgers when plays break down, or Mahomes with his side arm passes. That is in my mind what separates average QBs from elite ones. If Mitch was signed for 2 more years or something I’d say ok let’s ride out the lifecycle of the defense, draft a second or third round QB and see where it takes us. But if we want a true elite QB that can help the bears sustain success for a decade, we need to make plans to move on. Give him a 2 year prove it deal, 1 year fully guaranteed, 1 year without dead money. If another team offers him more be prepared to let him go.

 

Just my opinion, I’d love to hear a logical counter. Too many bears fans on Twitter who have never rooted for an elite QB are blinded by a minimal amount of success IMO.

 

Edit: I will also that this somewhat revitalization has been sustained long enough now that I have no choice but to revise my long term plan for him whereas initially I was unmoved and ready to move on regardless

I’d love to have an elite guy too but I find it more likely we would just draft the next Mitch if it’s Pace making the call. I think the better outcome is taking a shot at an elite guy with the next regime.

 

I don’t disagree with your Mitch analysis. I see some teams like Buffalo get into a pretty good position with a Mitch type guy though. I don’t think Goff or Mayfield do the Rodgers thing either but those teams got themselves to a good place without it.

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Mitch is looking good with better playcalling but does anyone believe he can read a defense, make pre-snap calls, make something out of broken plays? I don’t. He can look good when things break in his direction but he’s still not able to read the field in the pocket or find guys when plays break down.

 

Look at Rodgers when plays break down, or Mahomes with his side arm passes. That is in my mind what separates average QBs from elite ones. If Mitch was signed for 2 more years or something I’d say ok let’s ride out the lifecycle of the defense, draft a second or third round QB and see where it takes us. But if we want a true elite QB that can help the bears sustain success for a decade, we need to make plans to move on. Give him a 2 year prove it deal, 1 year fully guaranteed, 1 year without dead money. If another team offers him more be prepared to let him go.

 

Just my opinion, I’d love to hear a logical counter. Too many bears fans on Twitter who have never rooted for an elite QB are blinded by a minimal amount of success IMO.

 

Edit: I will also that this somewhat revitalization has been sustained long enough now that I have no choice but to revise my long term plan for him whereas initially I was unmoved and ready to move on regardless

 

my thoughts are this: unless you know you can get someone better, you should resign Mitch. You should also draft one, and keep a pipeline until you have a Rodgers/Mahomes, if you can

 

Yeah pipeline is important either way. It annoys me that Pace said he believes in drafting a QB every year until he gets

it right and he’s only drafted 1 QB in 6 years

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[expletive] flag. I wouldn’t expect that to be called in my favor either.

 

Refs just shouldn’t inject themselves into good tough play like that.

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Honest question - when is the last time the bears scored 30+ points in 3 straight games before today?

 

Answered my own question - weeks 2-4 of the 2013 season

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