Bears Week 1 vs Titans: Sunday 9/8 noon on Fox

[Derwood]

 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

8 minutes ago, minnesotacubsfan said:

nah, I think that dispite him saying he never gets nervous, he most certainly got nervous over the course of the game when an actual NFL defense threw him looks he like has never seen before.

I'll agree with that. He looked rattled. He was struggling to do things he's shown on tape and even in the preseason that he can definitely do.

[UMFan83]

Doug and OB ranting about having the wrong QB after a win is so much better than them ranking about having the wrong QB after a loss. 

[WrigleyField 22]

Pretty much a burn the tape game for Caleb.  He definitely needs to learn how to stay in pocket and the backwards scrambling isn't going to work as often as in college.

 

Some of the decision making was maybe okay but kind of hard to know given how God awful the accuracy was.

 

So yea just burn the tape.

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, WrigleyField 22 said:

Pretty much a burn the tape game for Caleb.  He definitely needs to learn how to stay in pocket and the backwards scrambling isn't going to work as often as in college.

 

Some of the decision making was maybe okay but kind of hard to know given how God awful the accuracy was.

 

So yea just burn the tape.

That’s the concern though, that’s his whole thing isn’t it? Getting out of the pocket and making plays. It’s not going to work in the NFL as often. I feel like there’s way more development than we were hoping. 
 

feels like we’re back on the failed QB carousel that we’ve been stuck on our whole lives. But I acknowledge that I’m prone to massive overreactions 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Getting out of the pocket and making plays can work in the NFL.  He even had a few chances to do it today, he just either made terrible throws or didn't see wide open receivers.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

feels like we’re back on the failed QB carousel that we’ve been stuck on our whole lives. But I acknowledge that I’m prone to massive overreactions 

If he still looks like this at the halfway point this season, it'll be justified.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

It’s really depressing that we seem to have an OLine problem for the 18th year in a row. But Caleb was bad. Full stop. Inaccurate throws, not seeing open receivers, and as Kyle mentioned, not showing off that special ability to escape pressure and get the ball downfield in spite of the bad line. This game has next to no bearing on my level of optimism for Caleb long term, but I was expecting much more.

Edited September 8, 2024 by Bobson Dugnutt

[Bobson Dugnutt]

It seemed like DeMarcus Walker stepped up big in the second half. Every time the pocket collapsed on Levis, felt like #95 was right there.

[bukie]

So the Bears won and covered the spread, as expected.

[CubinNY]

Jeez o’ Pete give the kid some runway. You guys are nuts about this. He got punched in the mouth today. Let’s see how he reacts. 
 

 

[minnesotacubsfan]

6 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Jeez o’ Pete give the kid some runway. You guys are nuts about this. He got punched in the mouth today. Let’s see how he reacts. 
 

 

hes dead to me

 

 

 

 

(i keed)

[Bobson Dugnutt]

14 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Jeez o’ Pete give the kid some runway. You guys are nuts about this. He got punched in the mouth today. Let’s see how he reacts. 
 

 

I haven’t seen anyone drawing any conclusions about him based on today’s performance. 

[Wilson A2000]

Nate Burleson on The NFL on CBS called this a "great overall team win" and "that the offense was good today for the Bears." They must not have had the game on there. 

[WrigleyField 22]

44 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Jeez o’ Pete give the kid some runway. You guys are nuts about this. He got punched in the mouth today. Let’s see how he reacts. 
 

 

Who's not giving him runway?

[Wilson A2000]

If it's any consolation, not many QBs are having great days today

[WrigleyField 22]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

That’s the concern though, that’s his whole thing isn’t it? Getting out of the pocket and making plays. It’s not going to work in the NFL as often. I feel like there’s way more development than we were hoping. 
 

feels like we’re back on the failed QB carousel that we’ve been stuck on our whole lives. But I acknowledge that I’m prone to massive overreactions 

He was something of an extreme in college, especially at USC. He hit a really good number of his plays quickly and in rhythm  but when he extended plays he REALLY extended play length.

 

Yes, improvisation is and can be part of the package, but he also will need to get better at recognizing when he can.  To some extent it's a risk/reward calc and you could get chaos ball like Josh Allen, but that first sack he took was an absolute killer and one he probably beat 9/10 at USC and is only gonna get 4/10 in the NFL. So he should taken the smaller loss and instead he risked the drive killer early.

 

All that said it was really the accuracy issues that hurt him today.

[WrigleyField 22]

2 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

If it's any consolation, not many QBs are having great days today

Unofficial final preseason game lol

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, WrigleyField 22 said:

Unofficial final preseason game lol

When your starting QB gets like 40 reps the entire preseason, is it any surprise he's not super great week 1?

[WrigleyField 22]

5 minutes ago, Derwood said:

When your starting QB gets like 40 reps the entire preseason, is it any surprise he's not super great week 1?

Super great v wondering if the QB power ranking will start with a 3?

[Wilson A2000]

45 minutes ago, Derwood said:

When your starting QB gets like 40 reps the entire preseason, is it any surprise he's not super great week 1?

Rookie starting QB. I get that you don’t want to risk injury in the preseason, just be ok with these kind of games for at least a few weeks.

But considering that 1st overall pick QBs were 1-14-1 their last 16 first ever games, today was not terrible. 

Edited September 8, 2024 by Wilson A2000

[Bobson Dugnutt]

4 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Win or lose the league(/s now?) can always count on fans not finding it efficient enough, eh? 

Holy horsefeathers, you are insufferable. 

[Soul]

2 hours ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

I don't think expectations forced him to throw for 93 yards.

I was talking about the reaction to his performance,  not the performance itself.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

2 hours ago, Derwood said:

When your starting QB gets like 40 reps the entire preseason, is it any surprise he's not super great week 1?

Yes. Or rather, the *degree* of not super great was surprising.

I don't think anyone would be too surprised if he threw for 210 yards and a couple of bad INTs because he misread a coverage or something.

The near-complete failure of his ability to throw footballs was a level of not great that I don't think any of us expected.

[NorthsideAvenger]

People want to focus on how bad Williams look, alrighty then, but the whole offense sucked. That is on Waldron.

If the Bears can win with defense and special teams, imagine what this team can do when (yes when) the offense gets going. 

I suspect Caleb and the offense will look better next week against a tougher team.