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In fun Bears news: - Allen Robinson has deleted all his Bears related photos on Instagram and taken "Bears" out of his Twitter bio. This was last done by Jordan Howard right before being traded. - There are whispers (ok, 1 small whisper from some dude) that is saying there is a more than 0% chance that Robert Quinn doesn't play this year. Not sure if it's about the ankle injury or if it's COVID related (apparently, he survived a brain tumor in high school where they told him he had a week to live and would never play football again).

Bears coming off a miracle comeback. Giants coming off a bad loss where they could neither run or pass block against an elite defense and traveling on short rest. Before the season, I thought that even if the Bears were a good team this year, they'd probably only still be 3-1 after the first four weeks which are winnable games on paper. That being said, if the Bears fancy themselves as contenders they had better win this game. The Bears won't hold Barkley to 6 yards on 15 carries. Their run D isn't as good as the Steelers without Goldman. The Giants do have some guys that can give the Bears trouble in coverage (Engram, Slayton, and they always have trouble with Golden Tate). But Daniel Jones is likely to give the Bears the ball at least a couple times. And their defense wasn't able to stop the Steelers run game (with a backup RB and 2 backup linemen), pass game, and weren't able to get off the field on 3rd down. If Mitch plays like he did last time, sure they can probably make another 4th quarter comeback and win, but they probably shouldn't. Same game plan as week 1. Stick to the run. Easy reads for Mitch early and hope he can hit some throws before the 2-minute drill. The Giants shouldn't be capable of getting a 23-6 lead like the Lions did, so they shouldn't have to count on Mitch needing to make big throws for 10+ minutes straight.

Some thoughts: - Robinson, Miller, Mooney looks like a really good WR group going forward. Better re-sign Robinson, and Miller only has 1 more year under contract but this could be a strong 3 for a young QB in the future. - OL looked better today than at any point last year. From what I saw, Ifedi looks like an upgrade over Coward and the corpse of Kyle Long from last year. Daniels and Leno were better. Massie still the weak link. - I thought Graham really blew a couple decent throws by mistiming his jumps. The Bears likely score 2 first half TDs if he catches those. - Danny Trevathan looks old and slow. - Khalil Mack looks injured. Dealing with a knee issue this week, couldn't afford to not have him and Quinn. Gotta get both healthy, had nothing else off the edge. I'd probably touch base with the free agents. Cameron Wake, Ziggy Ansah, Jabaal Sheard and Clay Matthews could help this team (if any of them want to play) - I would call Snacks Harrison tonight. Missed that run plugger in the middle at times, especially against Peterson. DL also got little pressure all day. - Jaylon Johnson looks like the real deal. Marvin jones got one against him running in the open field, but his coverage was on point all day. Fuller is also pretty good. - I liked the playcalling for the most part. 3rd and short is still a mystery. But Nagy called a good game, i thought. I liked the way the personnel was used overall. RB touches were nicely distributed, WR targets/reps were nice. Used all the TEs.

I hate this win. Trubisky probably shouldn't play anymore, but he most likely will because of a couple great throws.

13th time in last 18 games (playoff game included) where the Bears don't score a 1st half TD on offense. 5-0 when they do. 3-9 otherwise Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

I don't think Mitch is doing poorly out there. The problem is he's not really doing well either. Jimmy Graham keeps mistiming jumps. Some of these throws though are wild. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Both teams right sides are holding pretty consistently Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Jimmy Graham blew that drive. Jumping early for a pass he didn't even need to jump for Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Ouch for Ridley and Shelley healthy inactives while rookies Vildor and Mooney are active.

Boston almost lost the series despite the fact that they should have actually lost none of those games.

The Giants in desperate need to protect an aging Eli Manning skipped over Tunsil and picked Eli Apple instead. Bonkers. I'm convinced the Giants were going to take Leonard Floyd (was a popular pick in mocks) and the Bears screwed them by trading in front of them for him, and they panic picked Apple. Nevermind the fact that the Bears should have actually picked Tunsil as well.

the Detroit Eagles? I dont know what you're talking about

The injury report for this game is getting kind of interesting. I don't know if there's a bunch of gamesmanship going on but some major players missing or limited in practice the today and yesterday. Quinn and Montgomery's status appear to be up in the air, with Cohen essentially saying Montgomery will start; while Monty himself says he doesn't know yet. Quinn mysteriously missed time for personal reasons early in camp and was basically eased back the rest of camp, to now having an ankle injury. Mack was also on the injury report yesterday, but seems to be OK. For the Lions, their top WR, Golladay is dealing with a hamstring issue and was limited today. While their starting RT, Vaitai, did not practice. Vaitai isn't a great pass blocking tackle anyway, but if he can't go their looking at a rookie RG next to Tyrell Crosby, a guy that started the last 4 games at RT who they very actively replaced in free agency with Vaitai. Crosby did start against the Bears in the first game last year, and didn't allow any sacks, FWIW.

I love the 100 year throwbacks. But I also love the 40s throwbacks, so I agree with this completely. I understand why they wear throwbacks at home, but I wish they didn't wear white at home ever. I think I said this last year but I'd go: Blue at home. Regular or 40s throwback White on the road. 100 year throwbacks 1-2 road games per year (if possible) White on white (jerseys and pants) in road indoor games

Billy Donovan anyone? He and OKC agreed to part ways. I think he's an interesting coach and rumors are the Bulls may be interested.

Detroit, always too dumb to play zone. No Darius Slay to take out Robinson this year. Granted, Slay has been largely unsuccessful at that, but I do wonder if they'll get away from that strategy without him.....and doesn't look like Okudah is going to be starting for them.

The Bears start out with a "something's gotta give" type game. Despite their fanbase constantly clowning him, Trubisky has had most of his career success against the Lions. Three of his 7 career 300-yard passing games have come against the Lions. 23% of Mitch's TD passes have come against Detroit, including three straight 3 TD performances. However, the Bears have not won a season opener since 2013....the first year of the Marc Trestman era. This is one of the most important season openers in recent Bears history. An 0-1 start in what is supposed to be the "easy" part of the schedule, that comes as a result of struggling QB play would be a disaster and probably the start of a long season.

That was an actual trade of a player under contract with another team. This was a free agent, that a team would sign with no intention of keeping him. That being said, I would have love to seen this move go through just to see the ripple effect. But I'm good with him being on the Titans.

Amukamara was cut the other day, was he picked up yet? Prince is still a FA. But the Bears did sign DL Mario Edwards who was cut yesterday by NO. Former 2nd round pick, former teammate of Mack's in Oakland.

Kevin Toliver is the surprise cut so far. Gotta think they'll be adding another CB in the next couple days Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

A lot of normally even-keeled Bears bloggers flipping out over the QB decision. It kinda cracks me up. All we've had to go on are beat writers who only saw half the practices and sparse highlights on who was "winning" the competition. The fact that it was reported that nobody had separated themselves and maybe Foles was slightly ahead by people who likely were rooting for Foles means very little. A bunch of people butthurt because the Bears chose the younger below average QB over the older below average QB. The trade for Foles isn't any more of an indictment against Pace than it was when he traded for him. Sure he's getting paid 8M sit on the bench, but the alternative was to sit 9.6Mil on the bench. And they paid half of that for Daniel to not even be a realistic option in the midst of a failing season. Today's results don't make the trade better or worse that it was in April. I also don't like the "short leash" stuff. If Mitch is benched after a half or 1 or 2 games, then it's an indictment on the entire coaching staff who very clearly made a terrible evaluation of its personnel which is a fireable offense. You made your bed, now lie in it. If whoever won the starting job needs to be benched at any point this season because of performance related issues, the season is probably already lost. The Titans are the exception, not the rule. And they still needed Tannehill to play at MVP level just to need help in Week 17 to get in. A performance related benching likely means multiple poor games, which means multiple losses. At that point, you're already behind the 8-ball because of those 2 losses. And Foles isn't likely to play at an MVP level long-term to overcome multiple losses either early or in the middle of the season.

Interested to know why, I don’t have a huge opinion either way Hes more built for the power scheme, would be my guess. Before last year I would have just said the same, that he's a North South bruiser and nothing more... but then he went and caught 76 passes after combining for 58 his first 2 years. He didn't turn out huge yardage with them or set a career high in catch rate, but thats still an added dimension to his game, proving there might be more untapped potential. His ypc also had a nice uptick. Im interested. I think he's overrated but we can surely use him. Yeah, he's not a fit for what the Bears want to do IMO. He's Jordan Howard, but 2-3 steps faster, which is good, but the Bears want to move to a more outside zone base scheme which requires quick lateral movement to hit the hole. In addition, he's supposedly a bad locker room guy and I really don't want to take too much away from Montgomery, who will likely be ready by week 2 or 3 at the latest (week 1 still possible, as the Bears don't seem concerned enough to go get anyone). When you consider Cohen's going to get his touches and Patterson will get some gimmick stuff, i don't think there's enough carries there for someone used to getting 250+. Not that Montgomery is great or anything, but I don't think the Bears run enough to make Fournette worth the signing. If DM has to miss some time, can get away with 7-10 carries each from Cohen/Patterson for a game or two.

Hate the Fournette idea.

They won game 1. Yes, hence why this is Game 5 and not 4 mathematically speaking.

This is probably the wrong angle to take of such a significant and unprecedented move by the Bucks......but interesting decisions to be made by OKC and the Lakers. If they boycott tonight, could risk Westbrook coming back for Houston and Lillard coming back for the Blazers, respectively. Probably won't matter much for the Lakers ultimately, but 2-2 for OKC/Houston a boycott tonight could really flip that series. FWIW, I think both teams would have to agree to a boycott because I think the Magic just got a game 5 win as the Bucks were given a forfeit.