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Didn't get to watch the game today, but followed online. At any given moment, the Bears are either the best team in the league or the worst team in the league. They can't even consistently be a first or second half team. I don't know what to make of the QB change. If you're going to pull the plug on Mitch that quickly, why did he win the job? Maybe it was back-to-back unproductive halves. Maybe they weren't happy with his performance in the first 2 weeks outside of the 4th quarter of Week 1. Maybe they were tired of hearing about how they should have signed Cam. I don't know. Matt Nagy is now 9-2 in September and 8-0 in Weeks 2-4 in his coaching career.

The longer this week goes, the more confident I feel about a win this week. The Falcons are beat up. This game has vibes of 2018 Tampa. The Bears coming in with a shaky offense that's showing potential but not able to put it together. Nagy has shown the ability to take advantage of bad defenses. The Falcons have actually stopped the run pretty well, but you can do whatever you want against them thru the air. It's not the team's strong suit, but they don't rush the passer much, can't cover, and will be missing at least 1 of their DEs and their starting safety at least. While throwing the ball around the field hasn't been the Bears' strong suit, I think if Mitch gets a clean pocket most of the day, there's no reason he shouldn't pick apart this defense. And the defensive matchups favor the Bears, I think. The Falcons have a great passing game, but they aren't a team that's going to get the ball out quickly. I believe they have the highest depth yards per attempt and are constantly trying to get intermediate to big plays. And the Bears defense simply doesn't allow that very much. The CBs and safeties have played tight coverage and allow next to nothing after the catch. And while the Bears pass rush hasn't been phenomenal, Ryan isn't going to be able to consistently hold onto the ball to hit those 15-20 yard windows he wants.

So, we have some interesting injury reports for these 2 teams this week. The Bears have a bunch of people on the injury report: Mack, Quinn, Robinson, Miller, Mooney and Kmet.....but all have practiced in full this week, except for Mack who has been limited, as he was last week. Additionally, a few guys had vet days off. So while the Bears injury report has a bunch of names, the only guy that's not gonna play this week is John Jenkins who is probably going on IR with torn ligaments in his thumb. The Bears signed 6-7, 350lb Daniel McCullers who will likely take his roster spot. On the other side, the Falcons injury report has just as many names (if not more) but tons of important guys have not practiced yet this week with only tomorrow left on the practice schedule. The biggest name is Julio Jones who is nursing a hamstring injury. But also their RT, McGary is likely out this week. Neither of their starting DEs have practiced, and both backups have been limited though the backups (including 2nd round pick Marlon Davidson) are likely to play from what I hear. One of their starting safeties has also not practiced this week. Their nickel, LT and one of their starters at LB were all limited today after being out yesterday. Another backup tackle against Mack/Quinn is happening. Julio, the safety and the 2 DEs are ones to watch if they practice tomorrow. A lot of fans are prematurely expecting 30+ points from the Bears offense against a terrible Atlanta defense, which doesn't seem like a wise bet with this offense. But if these guys are all missing, there's really no excuse for the team not to put up around the 27 points they did against the Lions.

Tyrod Taylor story is f'd up.

Man, i'm kinda excited about this team. I think you have to keep LaVine and Lauri now (Bulls better version of SGA and Galinari). I'd go all out for a difference making PG though. If there's any way to get LaMelo, please get him.

Playcalling has been near excellent so far, IMO. There's some weird short yardage stuff, but that's been about it. The rest of the plays have been designed perfectly to give Mitch easy reads, isolate good matchups, and they have moved the ball pretty well for the most part. Patterson has been getting the ball like a normal RB (especially in Week 1). Cohen up the middle is actually preferred. He himself believes he's more effective up the middle. Become very predictable if you only run Cohen outside or throw him the ball when he's on the field. Agree with the TEs. They were very involved week 1. Graham had a lot of targets. Kmet had at least 1 that I remember. Should've had a TD from Harris, but a bad Mitch throw. They were targeted again Week 2, but only 2 total catches. Pace is almost the same as the TE group's production last season after 2 games.

Two weeks into the season, and our Chicago Bears are one of 11 remaining 2-0 teams. Couldn't ask for a better start! Unfortunately though, the Bears are who we thought they were. An inconsistent offense, led by an inconsistent QB, and dependent on a defense to hold teams in order to close out games. As usual, Bears fans can't agree on simple things about this team. I've seen social media arguments on whether the defense is good, whether the team is good or bad, and even saw a fan called a radio show and said he'd rather the team be 0-2 but putting up numbers like the Atlanta offense. To be fair though, the Bears are a couple plays either way from having a completely different narrative around this team. Dropped passes from Graham and Miller would mean a couple extra TDs and a pair of 2 score wins where nobody would could complain much about the offense. Conversely, a dropped pass the other way would have led to a Week 1 loss. A bad DPI call on Jackson's pick 6, a missed DPI call against Robinson in the end zone, a snatched away INT, a couple of tipped passes here, a missed holding call there and the Bears season could be completely different. I know a lot of teams have looked like well oiled machines, but the Bears have looked about how we expected. I think Trubisky has been much improved over last year. He's doing some things he hasn't been able to do in the past. He's looking off safeties. He's not relying on the checkdown. He's reading the defense. He still has accuracy issues, but overall he hasn't been an issue. This week will be a "something's gotta give" game. The Falcons have given up 38 and 40 points in the first 2 weeks. They are also averaging 32 points per game, so it's imperative that the offense doesn't leave any points on the field this week against what will be the worst of the 3 bad defenses they face to open the season. The matchup of the week is strength vs strength so far this year. The Falcons had 3 WRs over 100 yards in Week 1. The Bears defensive backfield has played really well so far. Desperate team at home, only 1 game out in their loaded division, coming off a tough loss. The motivation will be there for Atlanta. Again, I imagined before the season that even a good Bears team would be 3-1 after week 4. This is winnable but would not be surprised with a loss.

Yeah the defense seems to be taking a lot of heat for almost losing. By all measurements that was a good defensive game, that would look even better if not for the bogus call on the Jackson called back pick 6. And they do have some age on D but also have young talent at every position. Added a ton of youth at CB the last 2 offseasons. Fuller is the "old" guy but he's playing the best he ever has thru 2 games. Jackson is young, Smith is young. The DL guys getting most of the snaps outside of Hicks are young. The OLB starters are old (if you consider Mack old at 29), but with young depth. I think Pace is at least aware that he can't count on an elite defense forever. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

The first was Mitch throwing it as Robinson came out of his break. Great play by the CB. If anything, Robinson should shield the CB from getting in there, but I chalk it up to more of a good defensive play. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk Wasn't that play into triple coverage? Nah. It was zone. Trubisky threw it between the underneath LBs and thought he was throwing in front of the CB, but he read Robinson's break and beat him to the ball. Don't know that Trubisky looked at anyone else though. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

I feel like the jump ball int was Robinsons fault. He is our #1, he should be hanging onto it all the way down (It was Robinson on that play, wasn't it?) The first was bad mitch The first was Mitch throwing it as Robinson came out of his break. Great play by the CB. If anything, Robinson should shield the CB from getting in there, but I chalk it up to more of a good defensive play. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

It's not even big money, so I don't think but could be a big waste. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

In very bear like fashion, the Bears are 2-0 and I'm still unsure if the team or quarterback are any good. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Lol. Why the hell didn't he throw to Montgomery Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

This reminds me of the Seattle game in 2018. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Somebody tell Miller the season didn't end last week Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

It's not a good priority, but his 3-5 Mil cap hit won't make or break the team, especially for his production. The issues are going to come from the much bigger contracts to players that may or may not be justified.

Don't hate the deal for Cohen. He is pretty important to the offense and will continue to be going forward if Nagy ever gets things consistently the way he wants. 5-6Mil is not a big deal, even with a lot of commitments next year. And I'm very happy about only 3 years. That deal takes Cohen thru his age 28 season, which is the perfect time to get rid of a RB. He's also a punt returner, and sometimes is good at it.

How long does it take for a team to get burned thinking they got the next Burrow? Mediocre college player early in his career, has a great final year surrounded by NFL talent everywhere, goes early, then flames out horribly.

Hating Baker Mayfield doesn't make you a terrible person. Should be the norm.

FWIW, Trevathan was out there on the Swift drop that lost the game for the Lions. He was chasing Swift across the field and may actually still be trying to catch him. Subbing in Bush may have won them the game, but putting Trevathan back in for that play almost lost it. Also, funny story. I remember my sophomore year in HS we were scrimmaging in the goalline drill and the losing side of the ball had to do pushups or laps or something. I was at TE and got a dump pass that went just like the Swift play. Hit me in the numbers, put my arms around it, turned and I dropped the ball. But because every player was bunched up in the box, it wasn't in the open. So everyone else on the field thought I caught it, turned my back, and spiked the ball between my legs after I scored and won it for my team. And the defense had to do the lap.

Bears can't even afford to tank. Nobody wants the contracts for Mack, Quinn, and Trevathan and the Bears can't get out of those deals in the offseason. Not to mention Goldman comes back next year in the same boat. Jackson and Whitehair are good young pieces, but make a lot. Fuller could save 11Mil if cut this offseason, but still would have 9Mil dead, which means probably a restructure candidate. Hell, even Foles isn't a good financial cut/trade candidate. Guys like Hicks, Massie, and Graham could be cut pretty easily but you'd still need draft picks to replace them.

OR tank the season, give him to the Lions and draft Lawrence The Bears have proven they can't out-tank the Lions. Lawrence dream is dead (unless we can flip Mack for a first still and use that with our mid-round first and 2022 first for a RGIII like Trade-up). Maybe Justin Fields is the realistic dream. Feels like there's been a lot of investment in high end QBs the past few years, so hopefully that dampens the market as teams like the Jets or whatever are still deciding on their investments. Justin Fields is awesome. But looking around the league.... Have Franchise QB: BAL, HOU, TEN, KC, PHI, DAL?, MIN, GB, DET?, ATL, SF?, SEA, ARZ, LAR Recently drafted promising QB: MIA, BUF, CIN, DEN, LAC, WAS, NYG, GB, Probably needs a long-term QB: NYJ, CLE, PIT, JAX, LVR, NO, TB, CAR, Definitely need long-term QB: NE, IND, CHI Not a lot of sure fire QB needy teams. Dallas could join the QB needy, but that would likely take off one of the others. Jets, Browns, Jags have QBs on 15-game auditions and they will all either go down to absolutely need a QB or up to promising QB depending on results. Maybe throw Washington, NYG and Denver here, but I doubt they go QB very early. Detroit SHOULD probably see what they can get for Stafford and start over, but remains to be seen if they will. Teams like NO and TB have HOF QBs on short deals, could draft an heir. Carolina has big money in Bridgewater, but could conceivably move on.

think they can get a 4th? Honestly, that's probably the most for an impending FA that will require close, if not over, 20Mil/year to re-sign.

jordan howard also did it before not being traded too, just saying. Julio Jones did it a couple years ago. I believe Giannis just did it last week.

Snacks Harrison is the biggest name out there, but there are others. Big DTs though are the most likely to opt out. Still unsure if Harrison even wants to play. Jenkins did play and didn't offer much on Sunday. Unfortunately, I think the Bears have too much loyalty to Trevathan to make him a part time player. He'll have to get hurt to get removed from the field. Iggy definitely projects as a pass coverage LB, but undersized against the run. I'd love to see him get some 3rd down reps. Mingo isn't much of a pass rusher, but I did like the way he moved Sunday. Definitely an option inside if Trevathan isn't there.