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I was done talking about this game, but damn was the OL bad last week. Trubisky was hit 11 times on Thursday, more than any other QB in Week 1 (does not include times he ran). Trubisky had the 7th fastest time from snap to throw of 2.51 seconds. Granted he passed 53 times, but this is atrocious OL play. Maybe this is the group that needed preseason.
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It wasn't about just running it more. Many of the pass plays that were called were of basically the same concept. Look 10 yards down the field. If that pass isn't available, force it anyway or dump it. There was no attempt to spread the field in the entire first half. The safeties were leaning forward on every play call because every play that was called was in front of them. You brag about having all of this amazing speed (Cohen, Gabriel, Patterson) and you do absolutely nothing with it. Maybe the coach knows more about Trubisky than we do, and that spreading the field is just not an option with this QB. If that's the case, it's going to be a long season. If that's the case.......you need to run more.
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Nagy definitely was the worst, considering it was his idea NOT to play the starters at all. And he had 8 months and 2 games of film vs. the GB defense (albeit different players) against his offense to look at for the last 8 months and comes out and leads a team that puts up 3 points. The OL didn't look cohesive or prepared enough. The QB obviously didn't. I re-tweeted someone's tweet last night that said Nagy called 30 straight drop backs last night to end the game. Three handoffs after halftime. Montgomery for no gain, first play of the half. Next drive, Davis had an 8 yard run on the first play, 1 yard on the 2nd. Then tried to throw on 3rd and less than a full yard, and never called another run play the rest of the game, down by no more than 1 score and never threatened with time until the final drive with under a minute left.
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Plus a 96 passer rating in the favorable sample side split is pretty average in today's NFL. Half of those games are in John Fox's offense as a rookie though. Not really trying to make an excuse for Mitch, but I would take those non-primetime numbers over a full season in a heartbeat. "Pretty average" is better than bottom 1/4 QB.
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Yeah, it's a pretty interesting decision if Mitch is bad, but the rest of the team is good....as it's basically all Pace's doing. I honestly think both Pace and Nagy stay and they work together to pick another QB. Because remember, this was just a Pace move under John Fox, who was rumored to not even know they were picking him. That being said, it's going to be pretty hard to be 9-7 a few times with bad QB play. Defense will regress a little and will suffer injuries and cap casualties. And I think we're all in on Mitch for at least the next 3 years. Obviously this year, but still on rookie deal next year. They are going to pick up the 5th year option, unless they luck into another QB (like a vet being traded/cut) and trade Mitch....5th year options of QBs who aren't complete disasters always get picked up. I mean, Bortles had his option picked up. Winston and Mariota did. Guys like Dalton and Tannehill got extensions in lieu of the 5th year. I was hoping Mitch was more Goff than Bortles, but Bortles did have 1 pretty good year and in another led his team to a 4th quarter lead in the conference championship. Mitch has the talent around him to have both of these things happen. But as of right now, I no longer feel that he can be a guy they give a 2nd contract to.
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I was watching Miller a bit, after I realized he didn't have a touch or target midway thru the game. He wasn't healthy at all. He wasn't running at normal speed. He didn't have his typical agility. Probably shouldn't have been out there.
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Been hearing all offseason how Trubisky wasn't good enough. Been waiting 8 months for this......and Trubisky isn't good enough tonight.
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Yeah, thats about right.
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Gabriel has to tap that right foot. No excuse. Mitch has actually thrown deep outside very well today.
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But you didn't see the hold right at the QB?
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Well, Trubisky's playing better. The other 10.....meh.
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Oh Mitchell. Some good stuff on that drive, but the bad stuff cost them points.
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Montgomery could have stayed on his feet. Ugly catch.
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Cohen 3 touches, Miller 0, Gabriel 0.
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F are you doing Nagy. Run the damn ball.
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Floyd has like 60% of his sacks against Rodgers/Bakhtiari. It's really strange.
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That's grounding.
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Throwing the ball would have been nice too.
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Bulaga has the most tackles in this game
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Asking for trouble if you run against this defense. RRH is unblockable so far.
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You got a RB that's broken at least 1 tackle on every play and you run up the middle with a WR.
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They throw it up and get a TD. SMH
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Yeah, this is annoying. He can't make that throw, decision, anything.
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Playcalling is boring. Started a too cute, now too conservative.