Week 1 - 49ers at Bears, Noon CT, FOX

[gflore34]

Ha, ha, horsefeathers you NFL experts and National Media with your over the top negativity of the Bears.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Well, huh.

 

I saw a lot I didn't like, but Fields made two TDs happen and Lance didn't. Better QB wins, as it should be

[UMFan83]

Ha, ha, horsefeathers you NFL experts and National Media with your over the top negativity of the Bears.

 

And everyone in this thread especially me during the game lol

[CubinNY]

Ha, ha, horsefeathers you NFL experts and National Media with your over the top negativity of the Bears.

 

And everyone in this thread especially me during the game lol

Lol

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I still hate the "slog the game down with defense and rushing" approach even when it works. But it I get to see Fields throw 2 TD passes every game I'll live with it

[17 Seconds]

[jersey cubs fan]

Glad I got that bears and under bet in on time. Fun stuff today. Fields looking solid. Glad Lance refused the slide.

[jersey cubs fan]

[bjam12]

The defense reminded me of the Lovie defensive days. Fun second half. Liked the adjustments by the coaching staff. Hard to evaluate the offense with the conditions today. Feels good to be 1-0.

[UK]

I'm thrilled with the halftime adjustments although I'm still confused with the initial one.

 

It was nice to see some execution on defense again.

[Cubfanintheknow]

I'm thrilled with the halftime adjustments although I'm still confused with the initial one.

 

It was nice to see some execution on defense again.

 

I'm thrilled there were halftime adjustments.

[Wilson A2000]

Big win. You can already see what better coaching looks like. Love the halftime adjustments too.

[Brian707]

I will take it. Looking forward to the undefeated Bears vs the winless Packers next Sunday night.

[jersey cubs fan]

I will take it. Looking forward to the undefeated Bears vs the winless Packers next Sunday night.

Vegas ain’t expecting the betting public to buy into anything that happened today

 

[raw]

This was a fun thread to go back and read after the fact. LOL

 

But yeah, the Niners only have themselves to blame for this one. Two 15-yard late hits on a sliding Fields, bail out a 3rd & 4 dive call with a facemask, and a couple defensive holding calls trying to stop linemen from getting to the 2nd level. The disciplined team that showed in the preseason again only committed 3 penalties, 1 of which was for wiping the field with a towel. When you are the lesser talented team (and the Bears may be every game), you have to play clean football. The Bears avenue to any kind of success this season will be strong defense, penalty free football, and redzone execution. 10 points, 3 penalties, and 2 for 2 scoring TDs when inside the 20.

 

Obviously, not a good enough showing offensively. I think Getsy was psyched out by the weather. Was ultra conservative, but wasn't creative about it at all. The 49ers were just as conservative, but ran some endarounds, quick WR screens, designed QB runs that were non naked to get their young QB in a rhythm. I thought the OL held up OK. Jenkins graded as the best player on offense, despite splitting snaps with Patrick. He was damn near dominant on the only actual TD drive of the game.

 

Defensive line was pretty good. Justin Jones was creating havoc even with nothing to show really on the stat sheet. Quinn collapsed the pocket and actually held the edge really well so Lance couldn't escape. Robinson was the big revelation. The Bears had plenty of pressure (12) on Lance despite LITERALLY ZERO (0) blitzes in 34 passing snaps. Lance was 1-7 for -2 yards passing when under pressure, with 2 sacks and 3 times he was able to escape for positive yards. The quietly huge break was Elijah Mitchell going down. He was averaging 6.8 per carry and Jeff Wilson was a noticeable downgrade there. They also only gave the ball to Deebo in the backfield 1 time after the Bears 1st score, even though he had 7 rushes for 51 yards up to that point. Only threw 1 screen to him as well.

[UMFan83]

[Brian707]

I will take it. Looking forward to the undefeated Bears vs the winless Packers next Sunday night.

Vegas ain’t expecting the betting public to buy into anything that happened today

 

 

Yup. . The look ahead line was GB -10.5

[BigbadB]

I will take it. Looking forward to the undefeated Bears vs the winless Packers next Sunday night.

Vegas ain’t expecting the betting public to buy into anything that happened today

 

 

Yup. . The look ahead line was GB -10.5

 

GB will likely be without Bahktairi in this one, also. Rodgers will still make some adjustments with his young receiving corps, but I think they have a chance to be in this game. GB's defense didn't look very good against Cousins.

[BigbadB]

 

I actually didn't think Lance would get up after that tackle. Roquan landed his entire body on him while he was going down in an awkward angle. I'll bet Lance is still feeling that one this morning.

[BigbadB]

This was a fun thread to go back and read after the fact. LOL

 

I always do that. I like to read everything being said prior to and during the game after the fact. I would have been there with everyone else with the comments on how horrible they looked in the first half. I'm digging this new coaching staff quite a bit. I hate tacky unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, but I certainly give the punter a pass for his. Glad to see clean football being taught in the locker room.

[WrigleyField 22]

This was a fun thread to go back and read after the fact. LOL

 

I always do that. I like to read everything being said prior to and during the game after the fact. I would have been there with everyone else with the comments on how horrible they looked in the first half. I'm digging this new coaching staff quite a bit. I hate tacky unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, but I certainly give the punter a pass for his. Glad to see clean football being taught in the locker room.

Trying to explain that unsportsmanlike penalty to my wife was fun.

[Old Style]

This was a fun thread to go back and read after the fact. LOL

 

I always do that. I like to read everything being said prior to and during the game after the fact. I would have been there with everyone else with the comments on how horrible they looked in the first half. I'm digging this new coaching staff quite a bit. I hate tacky unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, but I certainly give the punter a pass for his. Glad to see clean football being taught in the locker room.

Trying to explain that unsportsmanlike penalty to my wife was fun.

I'd love for the NFL to explain it to me.

[bukie]

This was a fun thread to go back and read after the fact. LOL

 

I always do that. I like to read everything being said prior to and during the game after the fact. I would have been there with everyone else with the comments on how horrible they looked in the first half. I'm digging this new coaching staff quite a bit. I hate tacky unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, but I certainly give the punter a pass for his. Glad to see clean football being taught in the locker room.

Trying to explain that unsportsmanlike penalty to my wife was fun.

"No, no, it's only okay if the Patriots do it."

 

https://fanbuzz.com/nfl/snow-plow-game/

[BigSlick]

What a nice fun win to open the season. The first half was misery, of course. It felt again like "oh god....here we go again, it's the Bears and they're gonna just play like the Bears again" and what a nice surprise in the second half.

 

Of course you the weather was a huge factor, as were the numerous penalties. We got a few to really break our way, although the one bizarre, never-before-in-my-watching-of-the-NFL penalty hit the Bears and cost us 3 points. But still, previous Bears teams have had things break their way in a similar fashion against good teams and still collapsed. This one didn't.

 

It's a shame that our next game is against the fuckin Packers at Lambeau, but well, they looked terrible yesterday. So there's that. I'm just happy to see some real gumption from this team, so continue to play hard and protect Fields and don't be an embarrassment.

[Rex Buckingham]

We got a few to really break our way, although the one bizarre, never-before-in-my-watching-of-the-NFL penalty hit the Bears and cost us 3 points.

 

I'm not sure it did... did you see Santos' two XP attempts?