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Wasting timeouts just to kick FGs when you should kick FG in the first place is bad coaching.

These are some bad play calls. Combined with bad QB play........defense is going to have to score for the Bears to have a chance.

I came here just to see this pic. Would have been extremely disappointed if Nomar wasn't used today.

Hopefully, just temporarily, but yeah.

I think that's on the coach. Clearly a decoy, play was designed fade. I don't think Mitch has the OK to do anything else on that play. NFC North [expletive] the bed today against inferior teams.

That's not an INT

Never because that's not true.

Defense looking not thrilled they only got 3.

Good Take the horsefeathering points.

Gotta give Robinson a chance, Mitch. C'mon!

Trevathan not gonna win back-to-back DPOTW awards.

Far as I'm concerned, re-sign Whitehair and then see what happens with Amos/Callahan and Howard. Obviously all the bottom of the roster guys are all replaceable by similar late round picks, UDFAs, or sub $1M free agents. Figure you can spend the little cap space in 2019 on replacing/resigning 1 of Massie, Callahan, or Amos. Probably use the 2nd round pick on 1 of the other positions, and a 3rd day pick on the other. Coward, Toliver and Bush should at least be able to compete to fill the voids, respectively. Not too worried about 2020. The cap increases should give them plenty of space to re-sign whoever they reasonably want. And they have the 2 2's,one of which should be pretty high as I don't imagine the Raiders will be any good next year either. That's conceivably 2 starters they should be able to add. But even if they lose every FA listed above (they won't), going into year 3, they'd still have: QB- starter RB- very involved #2 WR- top 3 + Wims TE- top 2 (healthy Shaheen) OL- LT, Kyle Long's corpse, Daniels, Coward DL- Hicks, Goldman, Nichols OLB- Mack, Floyd (5th year option), Irving, Fitts ILB- Smith, Iyejibuniwe CB- both starters, Toliver S- starting FS And while they don't have any premium picks, they will have 4 top 90 picks in the next 2 years (potential starters/key contributors) to add starters at RB, 1/2 OL spot, and a SS. Everything else needed is a projected backup if everything else works out. The only fear I have is when disaster inevitably strikes with injury or current draft picks busting.

Road team has won every game in this series this century (6 games). Bears have only lost once in Arizona (5 games) ever. The only game in the last 5 to be within 3 scores since 2001 between these two teams was the signature game by the 2006 Bears defense where they were exactly who Dennis Green thought they were before the Cardinals let them off the hook.

It is though. It's been 2 games. Granted, these are going to be the guys that are going to have to get it done in the next 3 years, but they don't have to get it done today. Even still, they have led all but 2 minutes of time so far this year. Elite defenses don't last three years. You're *lucky* if an elite defense lasts one. Agreed. But my point was. This is game 2 of a 3-year window for this exact core. It is correct that they won't be able to add anything to it, but it all depends on the QB. If Mitch is bad, doesn't matter what talent they could've added. If he's good, then it doesn't matter because this group will have 3 years to fine tune things, just in time for the defense to probably not be elite.

Just imagine how bad this team would be without Mack. The issue is this isn't a "they'll grow into it" situation. They don't have any future first round picks. They have to win with what they have. That was a good show by the defense, although they still get gashed a bit too much for an elite defense, and the weapons are obviously all there on offense. Taylor Gabriel would have been the #1 receiver on past Bears teams. It was all set up on a platter for Mitch to shine, and he didn't. I'm not upset with the 24-17 win. They covered. But I'm disappointed in Mitch's misses. It is though. It's been 2 games. Granted, these are going to be the guys that are going to have to get it done in the next 3 years, but they don't have to get it done today. Even still, they have led all but 2 minutes of time so far this year.

Apparently there are people that aren't too happy about this win. I understand being concerned about Trubisky. But to be disappointed that a team that won 13 games over the previous 3 years didn't have a 3-score win in the 2nd game of a new regime seems a bit much. Don't know what was expected. This team isn't good enough right now to expect blowout wins, even against a decimated team. But they won a game they were supposed to win. They've only had like 4-5 games in the Fox era that they were supposed to win. Having "supposed to wins" in itself is a step in the right direction. Actually winning them is a good thing.

I don't have an issue with the INTs. Interceptions on deep balls never bother me. Essentially a punt (sucks that it was on 1st down). Underthrown, but it happens. Tipped balls also happen. My concerns are with the lack of footwork and pocket prescence. That has to get better. But it looked like he read the field well for the most part. The almost picks were worse, and there's that should have never been made. The short throws we're pretty easy, but it's essentially what Alex Smith did all day in this offense successfully. The ability to hit the downfield stuff though will be necessary. The overthrow to Gabriel was terrible and can't happen.

No. Once the kicking team touches it, it's dead. Receiving team can only turn the play into a positive. Anything negative goes back to the spot it was touched.

Trevathan's best game as a Bear.

Fresh Prince!

Somebody shut Witten's ass up.

One more what? Trubisky's probably done throwing tonight.

Feels a little more imaginative than that to me. A little bit. But may be just better talent executing it now.

First career 2 passing TD game for Mitch.

This isn't a creativity issue. Mitch sucks. I expected more creativity. The creative plays aren't really fooling anyone as much as they are well blocked. But I think it's not as creative because yeah, Mitch has sucked. Probably unrealistic to have expected this offensive juggernaut 2 weeks into the season with a 1st time HC, inexperienced QB, and entirely new skill players.