Flus and Getsy need to be done at the end of the year at minimum. That was literally a historically bad loss. I am so sick of those two coaching scared. If you are the 3-7 Bears against the 7-2 Lions, you don’t run the ball on third and long when in field goal range. You don’t play for field goals when you have the opportunity to step on their throat. You don’t run the ball up the gut twice when you’re trying to chew clock and then leave it all up to a 3rd and long to keep the drive going.
Defense:
I think it was more bad Goff play rather than good defensive play yesterday. All of his interceptions just went straight to our guys and they were all wtf moments (maybe barring the Stevenson interception where they bumped LaPorta off of his route).
Not surprised that the offense actually did well when the defense wasn’t handing them the ball with sucky field position every time.
Fields:
Everyone needs to take a deep breath. This was game 1 of a 7 game prove-it stretch. Everyone wants to make a decision with Fields now, even though we all agreed it was going to take all 7 games to prove it. This game was a step in the right direction. He passed the test yesterday imo. It wasn’t an A+ by any means, but he passed.
Everyone wants to critique his accuracy now. His (deep) accuracy was never really a concern for us, but yesterday everyone was moaning and groaning about his deep ball overthrows. It was always his decision making that we didn’t like. I liked what I saw yesterday with regards to his decisions. No interceptions but still wasn’t afraid to take shots. I truly believe those throws will start to connect down the stretch once he gains some rhythm after the injury.
It’s growing more apparent that pass yards are not the correct stat by which to critique Fields. With the state of the Bears’ run game, the offense isn’t going to be a gun-slinging-first type of offense. I think we need to pay attention to yards per completion, completion percentage, and turnovers.
Tyler Scott screwed Fields yesterday. Anyone with working eyes can see that Fields put that ball where it needed to be, and Scott stutter stepped. The narrative of Fields would probably be completely different today if he caught that.
Not sure wtf happened with Wright on that last play (I think he was playing hurt?), but it was a terrible time for Fields to not feel the pressure after doing pretty well with that all game. Regardless, Fields was put into a bad situation in the end once again.
One of the only enticing arguments for drafting a new qb right now for me is resetting the contract clock.
My amateur takes:
Coaching:
Flus and Getsy need to be done at the end of the year at minimum. That was literally a historically bad loss. I am so sick of those two coaching scared. If you are the 3-7 Bears against the 7-2 Lions, you don’t run the ball on third and long when in field goal range. You don’t play for field goals when you have the opportunity to step on their throat. You don’t run the ball up the gut twice when you’re trying to chew clock and then leave it all up to a 3rd and long to keep the drive going.
Defense:
I think it was more bad Goff play rather than good defensive play yesterday. All of his interceptions just went straight to our guys and they were all wtf moments (maybe barring the Stevenson interception where they bumped LaPorta off of his route).
Not surprised that the offense actually did well when the defense wasn’t handing them the ball with sucky field position every time.
Fields:
Everyone needs to take a deep breath. This was game 1 of a 7 game prove-it stretch. Everyone wants to make a decision with Fields now, even though we all agreed it was going to take all 7 games to prove it. This game was a step in the right direction. He passed the test yesterday imo. It wasn’t an A+ by any means, but he passed.
Everyone wants to critique his accuracy now. His (deep) accuracy was never really a concern for us, but yesterday everyone was moaning and groaning about his deep ball overthrows. It was always his decision making that we didn’t like. I liked what I saw yesterday with regards to his decisions. No interceptions but still wasn’t afraid to take shots. I truly believe those throws will start to connect down the stretch once he gains some rhythm after the injury.
It’s growing more apparent that pass yards are not the correct stat by which to critique Fields. With the state of the Bears’ run game, the offense isn’t going to be a gun-slinging-first type of offense. I think we need to pay attention to yards per completion, completion percentage, and turnovers.
Tyler Scott screwed Fields yesterday. Anyone with working eyes can see that Fields put that ball where it needed to be, and Scott stutter stepped. The narrative of Fields would probably be completely different today if he caught that.
Not sure wtf happened with Wright on that last play (I think he was playing hurt?), but it was a terrible time for Fields to not feel the pressure after doing pretty well with that all game. Regardless, Fields was put into a bad situation in the end once again.
One of the only enticing arguments for drafting a new qb right now for me is resetting the contract clock.