2021 Bears season

[17 Seconds]

 

lol

 

[David]

https://twitter.com/BearsFootball21/status/1428027655656558593?s=20

 

this barely looked like it took effort

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Is it just me or, unless Fields has some kind of unbelievable rookie magic, is this season gonna suck?

[We Got The Whole 9]

Is it just me or, unless Fields has some kind of unbelievable rookie magic, is this season gonna suck?

Stringing along 2 of our very few stars in search of new contracts, injuries already, tough ass schedule, Nagy seemingly still lacking in coordinating the offense with playcalls taking more than half of the play clock up, and probably a few weeks starting Andy Dalton.

 

Probably a 6-7 win season.

 

Pace really hamstrings the team's depth with his continual proclivity for putting all his eggs in one basket. This Jenkins situation is infuriating.

[Old Style]

The offensive line issues really make me mad. When are they going to figure that out?

[Derwood]

The offensive line issues really make me mad. When are they going to figure that out?

 

History says “never”, as OL has been a concern every year I’ve watched this team (under multiple coaches and GM’s)

[David]

[jersey cubs fan]

The offensive line issues really make me mad. When are they going to figure that out?

 

History says “never”, as OL has been a concern every year I’ve watched this team (under multiple coaches and GM’s)

It was league best throughout the 80s and quite good during much of Lovie's run. Angelo and Pace both went on extended runs of failing to address it, but it takes one or two signings to significantly upgrade things in a hurry.

[jersey cubs fan]

The Bears get to play against Mitch this weekend.

[BigSlick]

The offensive line issues really make me mad. When are they going to figure that out?

 

History says “never”, as OL has been a concern every year I’ve watched this team (under multiple coaches and GM’s)

 

I'm straining to think of a period where the OL was good for a long stretch, but I'm pretty sure the 2005-2006 teams had good line play, or at least, they stayed healthy enough that it worked out well enough.

 

The last 10 years have been just consistently awful though.

[We Got The Whole 9]

The offensive line issues really make me mad. When are they going to figure that out?

 

History says “never”, as OL has been a concern every year I’ve watched this team (under multiple coaches and GM’s)

It was league best throughout the 80s and quite good during much of Lovie's run. Angelo and Pace both went on extended runs of failing to address it, but it takes one or two signings to significantly upgrade things in a hurry.

Yep 2005 they signed Tait and Brown and boom they had one of the best in the league

[UMFan83]

No idea how credible this guy is or who his sources are but…

 

[WrigleyField 22]

No idea how credible this guy is or who his sources are but…

 

My default assumption is NFL coaches are among the most needlessly conservative professionals around and they're actually being nonsensical delaying him.

[jersey cubs fan]

I think it’s the right decision

[mias_tisg]

Fields played well against 3rd stringers but I haven't heard much about him dominating training camp at all from the Bears beat guys. Most say he's been even if not slightly worse than Dalton. And Dalton is the definition of a mediocre NFL QB.

[UMFan83]

Fields played well against 3rd stringers but I haven't heard much about him dominating training camp at all from the Bears beat guys. Most say he's been even if not slightly worse than Dalton. And Dalton is the definition of a mediocre NFL QB.

 

Really? I’ve heard people saying he’s looked great for big chunks of camp. This last week was not great though.

[raw]

I think the OL talk is overblown. If you think the OL has issues and isn't figured out because Jenkins had surgery, then it had issues with Jenkins as none of us have ever seen him play an NFL practice, not to mention a game. One thing is for sure though, Pace definitely tried. I know everyone hates the trade up for Jenkins, especially now that he's probably going to miss his rookie season, but it was a legit attempt to improve this OL. Pace added a 1st round talent after making a move for the only more important position on the OL. Then he doubled up with Borom in the 5th. The OL stuff isn't for a lack of effort this time, at least. This group, with or without Jenkins, was never going to be great. The hope was the increase of talent (2nd round pick) + a healthy Daniels (another high 2nd round pick) + Whitehair in his best position was enough to make this unit serviceable while guys like Jenkins, Borom, Mustipher and even Daniels improved during the year.

[David]

[David]

I think the OL talk is overblown. If you think the OL has issues and isn't figured out because Jenkins had surgery, then it had issues with Jenkins as none of us have ever seen him play an NFL practice, not to mention a game. One thing is for sure though, Pace definitely tried. I know everyone hates the trade up for Jenkins, especially now that he's probably going to miss his rookie season, but it was a legit attempt to improve this OL. Pace added a 1st round talent after making a move for the only more important position on the OL. Then he doubled up with Borom in the 5th. The OL stuff isn't for a lack of effort this time, at least. This group, with or without Jenkins, was never going to be great. The hope was the increase of talent (2nd round pick) + a healthy Daniels (another high 2nd round pick) + Whitehair in his best position was enough to make this unit serviceable while guys like Jenkins, Borom, Mustipher and even Daniels improved during the year.

 

i've been seeing a lot of people whose opinions on OL play i would respect say pretty positive things about borom in camp. it would be cool if he could win the job now and turn out to be a solid LT...then just throw jenkins into the shallow end to start at RT if/when he's ready. then switch them next year if you want to get crazy.

 

but yeah i realize it's crazy to expect anything out of a 5th round rookie LT.

[WrigleyField 22]

I think the OL talk is overblown. If you think the OL has issues and isn't figured out because Jenkins had surgery, then it had issues with Jenkins as none of us have ever seen him play an NFL practice, not to mention a game. One thing is for sure though, Pace definitely tried. I know everyone hates the trade up for Jenkins, especially now that he's probably going to miss his rookie season, but it was a legit attempt to improve this OL. Pace added a 1st round talent after making a move for the only more important position on the OL. Then he doubled up with Borom in the 5th. The OL stuff isn't for a lack of effort this time, at least. This group, with or without Jenkins, was never going to be great. The hope was the increase of talent (2nd round pick) + a healthy Daniels (another high 2nd round pick) + Whitehair in his best position was enough to make this unit serviceable while guys like Jenkins, Borom, Mustipher and even Daniels improved during the year.

 

i've been seeing a lot of people whose opinions on OL play i would respect say pretty positive things about borom in camp. it would be cool if he could win the job now and turn out to be a solid LT...then just throw jenkins into the shallow end to start at RT if/when he's ready. then switch them next year if you want to get crazy.

 

but yeah i realize it's crazy to expect anything out of a 5th round rookie LT.

In the crazy event that Borom is a solid LT, there's no way I'm switching them around next year. That would be crazy.

 

Would be great to see a Peters-Borom competition at this point though.

[David]

 

watch this as a pre-game appetizer, even if you have to click out of here. good film breakdown of fields last week.

[raw]

I think the OL talk is overblown. If you think the OL has issues and isn't figured out because Jenkins had surgery, then it had issues with Jenkins as none of us have ever seen him play an NFL practice, not to mention a game. One thing is for sure though, Pace definitely tried. I know everyone hates the trade up for Jenkins, especially now that he's probably going to miss his rookie season, but it was a legit attempt to improve this OL. Pace added a 1st round talent after making a move for the only more important position on the OL. Then he doubled up with Borom in the 5th. The OL stuff isn't for a lack of effort this time, at least. This group, with or without Jenkins, was never going to be great. The hope was the increase of talent (2nd round pick) + a healthy Daniels (another high 2nd round pick) + Whitehair in his best position was enough to make this unit serviceable while guys like Jenkins, Borom, Mustipher and even Daniels improved during the year.

 

i've been seeing a lot of people whose opinions on OL play i would respect say pretty positive things about borom in camp. it would be cool if he could win the job now and turn out to be a solid LT...then just throw jenkins into the shallow end to start at RT if/when he's ready. then switch them next year if you want to get crazy.

 

but yeah i realize it's crazy to expect anything out of a 5th round rookie LT.

In the crazy event that Borom is a solid LT, there's no way I'm switching them around next year. That would be crazy.

 

Would be great to see a Peters-Borom competition at this point though.

 

I'm not a huge fan of the Peters move. But either way, it's going to be a competition. I'd love it if Borom can flat out win the LT job in the next 2-3 weeks and the Bears can cut Peters (he should be available to bring back on waivers). But even if Peters is the guy, Borom is going to be out there at some point based on Peters' recent history.

[UMFan83]

[Tryptamine]

Bears D getting eviscerated by Trubisky. Not a good look.

[UMFan83]

Bears D getting eviscerated by Trubisky. Not a good look.

 

Meh. Correct me if others see different but mitch is making the throws he made in Chicago. When he’s had to go beyond his first 2 options he’s made bad throws.

 

The defense is a little concern I guess particularly the secondary but im still trying to keep it in perspective

 

I guess it is a concern that the bears have gone down a combined 33-0 during the time when 1st and top 2nd teamers are in there