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The [expletive] on Mitch to start every game thread can’t be good mojo. Big game here. Can we get a Butters thread?

no kidding [tweet] [/tweet]Doesn't he always heap praise upon his opponents? I feel like that's his schtick. I remember him having glowing things to say about Sexy Rexy but after searching, I can't find evidence. The key difference is that Sexy Rexy sucked and Mitch is good. He missed a couple open receivers but he made some really on point deep passes. This article highlights the two to Gabriel, which were each right on the money 45 yards downfield. https://theathletic.com/594687/2018/10/17/film-study-mitch-trubiskys-increased-confidence-is-showing-with-the-deep-ball/ Mitch was throwing with rhythm, hitting passes with defenders in his face, hitting guys in stride where they’re in position for YAC. And after starting out the year looking timid he is number 1 in pass attempts over 20 yards. That’s going to result in some misses, like the early one to Miller. But boy howdy did he make it look easy on that fourth quarter TD pass to Miller. 13 completions over 20 yards the last two weeks. 9 TDs and one interception, on a play that should have been called his 4th TD of the day and a game sealer. Dude is looking worthy of praise. Sign up for the Athletic if you want to read some of that praise because those guys are over the moon on him right now. And the imbedded gifs make football articles a zillion times more interesting. After predicting the win in Miami I’m going to sit out the prediction game, but this should be a fun one. Fingers crossed on Mack’s health.

Huh? He had a couple of bad throws/decisions but ended with a 122 passer rating. Hes hardly the reason the Bears lost. I don’t think he was bad but Nagy still didn’t trust him to make plays with the game on the line Yeah it was a bummer that the drive that ended with nullified TD followed by pick in the end zone really ended up being his last shot. Cohen fumbled right away on the next drive and then Nagy passed on taking a shot to drive with one timeout and a minute left. Then he only got to throw one pass in OT. Hopefully that sticks in Trubisky’s craw sufficiently that he doesn’t take those kinds of unnecessary risks in the future. He was playing great the second half until that point. 28 points plus a nullified TD in a half on the road against a defense that was playing pretty well. Lots of good deep throws. Some that were right on the money to covered guys but also some throws that led guys into yards after catch. I don’t know how Nagy got from his normal aggressiveness of going for it on fourth and throwing deep consistently to not passing on 3rd and 4 when not making it means a Cody Parkey 50+ yarder. Or if you don’t trust Mitch to drop back at least running some tricky jet sweep or option or something. Howard up the middle worked for a few plays but this was coming out of a timeout and the box was stacked. Hopefully in Nagy trusts Mitch with those situations in the near future and hopefully he delivers. Edit: I watched the highlights again and I had it all wrong here. He threw the pick in the end zone at 21-13. Then got another chance at 21-21 and drove down for the Miller TD. Then came the Cohen fumble and the rest. So he threw the costly pick at the beginning of the fourth and then drove for a TD and didn’t really get another chance to throw again. Slightly better than the way I remembered it, but the pick and the jump ball to Cohen were both bad decisions late.

It was a bad decision and I absolutely wish he hadn’t thrown it. Could have been the choke moment that defined the game. But just for the record it did hit Cohen in the chest.

I’m the biggest Mitch apologist there could ever be but yeah for sure. On first down up 8 throwing to a triple covered receiver, you can’t do that. Terrible throw.

Bright side is now we get to see what new Mitch has in a 4th quarter tied situation.

Mitch stayed strong in the pocket on that one Edit: talking about the throw to Cohen up the middle, for anyone catching up later

Yessir I think this Mitch Trubinsky is going to be good

Well that was easy I’m enjoying Greg Jennings broadcasting here btw. Good insight, no trace of [expletive] on the Bears as an ex-Packer. The whole booth really today has been pretty good.

What a grab

Yeah he’s got to get more comfortable stepping up in the pocket. He’s been turning his back on the LOS too often, usually 7+ yards behind the line. Then he turns around and predictably there are rushers there. Or floating back into the path of guys who would otherwise be getting pushed around the pocket but since Mitch isn’t stepping up they’re getting funneled right to him. Not sure if I see him figuring how to step up in the picking this game but I’m confident he will. And the Bears can still win this by 10 without him figuring it out IMO.

I think this is the “it wasn’t a mirage” week for Mitch. 2 air TDs one ground, something like that. Some might be cheapos because Osweiller + Mack = Turnovers, but I’ll take em.

Nah this is going to be a stomping

I didn’t see the first half of that game but Cousins looked pretty bad in the second half. 24 points at home against a SF team that turned it over four times. He didn’t turn it over but also really didn’t keep the offense moving. Lots of short drives and missed third downs. Also, feeling good about Pace’s QB selection vs Lynch’s. Vikes D is good but Garoppolo looked statuesque and bad.* Edit: To clarify bad, he looked inaccurate and way to sloppy with the football. Could’ve been because of the oressure in his face but that was the first time I saw him play and it wasn’t impressive. He’s still a developing guy though so maybe he’s better than I think. I prefer the Bears guy though.

Schefter supposedly said on the radio yesterday that he drafted Trubisky in both his leagues. Never heard of him being a noted Bears homer.