Well assuming horrible Barth doesn't miss the theoretical XP, the blown TD overturn is now the difference in the game (or the offsides on the FG attempt). Thanks refs
Instead we're losing by 11. Conservative game plan = closer losses but ones that have a higher probability of occurring. If you're gonna lose any way, should give Mitch more chances to learn something. I definitely don't think he should be slinging it all over the field but they made some very conservative playcalls in saints territory that led them to 3rd and longs and stalled drives.
The shitty thing is that I think the Bears have outplayed the Saints today but are down 2 scores. If that Miller catch is a TD, the offense has gained about 20 yards less than the Saints, the defense could have 3 turnovers today with a little luck.
Look I get it..they want to be super conservative with Trubisky. It's hard to read defenses and do all that horsefeathers and you don't want him to make some bad mistakes that will hurt his confidence. But at some point you are a football coach and need to horsefeathering try to win the horsefeathering game
The official explanation is that he dropped the ball while he was hobbling around on the ground with a torn ACL like 3 seconds after the play should have been called dead right? Didn't complete the process...horsefeathering [expletive]
Wow that was payback for Calvin Johnson. The dude horsefeathering tore an ACL and you call that back? Unreal Bears ST gave the Saints 4 points to start the game and the refs ripped off 4 points from the Bears there. Difference in the game is 8 right now. No to mention overturning a fun that you could argue had inconclusive replay as well as another fumble that I think was a legit fumble and not reviewed. Horrible luck
Can someone explain why the Bears don't ever try things like slants and WR screens to get the ball moving? It seems like every play is run up the middle or a long developing intermediate pass play. Considering defenses are stacking the box and putting pressure on every dropback it seems like short quick passes would be ideal. Do they not believe Mitch can read man vs zone well enough to let him make passes like that? Obviously the Bears don't have personnel like the Saints where you'd expect a wideout to make a bunch of moves to get a ton of YAC but adding that to the playcalling at least gives the defense more things to account for.