How Bout Dem Bears?

Oat23

We just need Megatron and Aaron Rodgers to drive drunk/punch a baby and we'll be back on track.

Have faith!

padraig_f

@AdamSchefter: "Major questions about Bears WRs, Marshall and Jeffery. One source said "75 percent" sure neither plays tonight. Bears signed two PS WRs Sat."

Damn, was kind of assuming Marshall would play, as it's an ankle. Would be totally ****ed without both.....think you could get buy with one, using Holmes & Forte as a pass-catcher.

Oat23

Clean game from Cutty. 4TDs, 0 INTs and took a brutal hit but got right back up to lead the team to victory.

BEAR THE F*CK DOWN!

crunchie44

Nice to see your 1st draft pick step up when defence was depleted with 2 massive plays. Hope peanut isnt out for long

kennyb3

Well I think between last week and this we can all see why Jay is so devisive - he's either genius or idiot.

How you go from hitting a 300lb lineman square in the stomach last week, with 2 Int's and should have been 3 really to last night I don't know. The man is fun and frustrating in equal measures.

Delighted anyway.

I had zero faith in that happening.

kennyb3

crunchie44 wrote: »

Hope peanut isnt out for long

I'd say that could be the end of him as a Bear - once you re-injure something like that at his age it's trouble. Didn't he tear it off the bone last year? (rupture)

crunchie44

kennyb3 wrote: »

I'd say that could be the end of him as a Bear - once you re-injure something like that at his age it's trouble. Didn't he tear it off the bone last year? (rupture)

It was obv a bad 1 last year when it kept him out so long. He was very distressed last night when it happened. Pity. Great player and also does a lot off the field for charities. Not nice to see the good guys go down

Luckily for us we have ready made replacement already there. Kyle Fuller has done very well. Not just his INT but he's all round play has impressed. Can only get better.

Special mention to Young last night too. Made the most of playing against backup guard. He was constantly in the backfield disrupting the pocket

kennyb3

crunchie44 wrote: »

It was obv a bad 1 last year when it kept him out so long. He was very distressed last night when it happened. Pity. Great player and also does a lot off the field for charities. Not nice to see the good guys go down

Tillman is a legend - sent over jersey to young Irish girl with neuroblastoma as her dad is a Bears fan.

crunchie44 wrote: »

Luckily for us we have ready made replacement already there. Kyle Fuller has done very well. Not just his INT but he's all round play has impressed. Can only get better.

Special mention to Young last night too. Made the most of playing against backup guard. He was constantly in the backfield disrupting the pocket

Fuller looks the business, nice to have a 1st round pick to come in and we seem better out of nickel anyway.

Young has been Beastly - really wasn't sure if it was the Lions Dline that made him look that way but he has surpassed all expectations I had already. His size and length are great attributes.

Can't wait to get home and re-watch the game, play by play in more depth.

SameOleJay

We're all going to heaven lads.

SameOleJay

Disappointed with Willie's effort laying the hook here. Improvement for next week hopefully.

padraig_f

SameOleJay wrote: »

Disappointed with Willie's effort laying the hook here. Improvement for next week hopefully.

I heard him on the Bears All Access podcast recently, he's mad into his fishing.

Another quality performance last night, looks like the Lions may have messed up letting him go.

Oat23

Peanut is heading to IR with a torn tricep

Career ending most likely.

SameOleJay

I love Peanut more than my own mother and he deserved to go out on his own terms.

But he was done. He was just so loose in coverage. I don't wanna see him go out like this but I certainly didn't want him getting tossed around the place by Megatron, Nelson, Dez et al either.

He'll be a stellar influence on the line, I've no doubt about that.

SameOleJay

On the game itself, here are my thoughts.

The D-Line stepped up big time. Even when Ratliff went down the two rookies showed up big. I'm not sold on Allen but Young looks a beast. The great thing with Houston is that even when he struggles to get a rush on the edge he's still very useful when he kicks inside. Very decent depth on the line now, worlds away from last year.

Linebackers were much improved. I don't think Bostic is up to it but he showed flashes. Shea wasn't awful, which is pleasant and Lance stepped up with some huge plays.

Conte mixed the great with the bad again. Fuller was amazing. Jennings still frustrates me. The bonus was Vereen, who looked very decent in the nickel. Also adds a nice blitz option.

Patched up o-line was great in pass pro (Jay helped here), awful in run blocking. Slauson is a huge loss in that regard. Look, if we lost 2 linemen in the Lovie days it wouldn't bare thinking about. Hard to complain.

Alshon and B-Marsh were phenomenal. It was such a hustle. Hopefully they're in decent nick for the Jets. Marty rock solid again and Holmes also was useful.

Forte wasn't helped by the line but he was poor regardless. Seems Carey just isn't trusted yet.

Jay managed things well. We started so badly on offence and the 9ers pens kept us in it. But he did just what was needed after the half. Hopefully we'll see similar next week.

Special teams is horrid. What is the point of Perry? I mean how can Chris Williams possibly be worse?

Anyway, happy out after a pretty rubbish first half. 4 turnovers and 4 sacks. I might nearly have to praise Mel. Nearly.

kennyb3

My own thoughts from a rewatch of Q1 & half of Q2 (only focusing on them will post more later):

Defence

- Great to see Mel Tucker going nuts on the sideline, the defence needs an injection of aggression and attitude and that will help.
- Great to see some blitzes, though we were running past Kap
- Conte good in coverage, not so good in run game.
- Really like everything Mundy does.
- Tillman was very fired up and playing super aggressive
- Fuller is very physical
- Ratliff is pure beastly
- We actually contained pretty well
- Shea is a BFG (big friendly giant) - has no aggression or desire. You're an oversized LBer - hit someone for god sake. Just misses any nastiness. Got washed out in the run game twice. Made one good tackle on Kap using his side to side speed but that's it. Maybe he grows into the game but not seeing what others saw so far.
- Bostic & Williams haven't been sighted yet.

Special Teams

- Sherrick McManis to blame for blocked punt, O'Donnell didn't do anything wrong in my eyes.
- We've no return game

Offence

- Pass blocking, very good in general. Ola got murdered by J Smith for a sack but otherwise good.
- Run blocking - there was none. But I'd like to see Forte run between the guards at some stage - stop cutting outside all the time. Long gave him a huge lane on one play and it was ignored.
- Jeffrey playing at 50-60%.


That's my thoughts so far. Overall happier to see the defence showing some fire - not just accepting getting run over like last season. That resignation vibe has gone.

Glad we aren't playing till Monday as Jeffrey clearly needs time.

Will watch more later.

SameOleJay

I loved Lance’s reaction to the 2nd Fuller pick (I think). Great to see he still has the fire.

Long’s cameo on the sideline was just hilarious.

Oat23

SameOleJay wrote: »

I loved Lance’s reaction to the 2nd Fuller pick (I think). Great to see he still has the fire.

Long’s cameo on the sideline was just hilarious.

ChicagoJoe

I see that Charles Tillman has been placed on season-ending injured reserve with a ruptured triceps muscle. Big loss.He suffered the injury during the third quarter of the Bears' 28-20 win against the 49ers on Sunday night.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/11532628/charles-tillman-chicago-bears-placed-season-ending-ir-reinjuring-triceps

aaronm13

Nearly turned off the game just before Marshall's first TD. I emailed my brother in law in Chicago saying that this was going to be a bloodbath, he told me to keep watching, really glad I did. What a second half performance. Really thought Cutler was done for after that hit but fair play to him. Only downer is the obvious loss of Tillman, gutted for him. Was really looking forward to seeing him in the flesh next month against the Dolphins. Can't wait for my first Bears game. Will be great if they can build on this performance next week against the Jets.

kennyb3

Fales gamble paid off

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4694329/bears-bring-back-fiammetta-fales

kennyb3

http://thegamechicago.com/2014/09/16/week-2-rewind-time-to-give-mel-tucker-some-credit/

If you haven't seen this already, great read. Love the technical side of things myself in terms of looks, techniques etc.

Houston, young and Bostic brilliant on that video clip

SameOleJay

Brandon Marshall "A Football Life" coming up. Should be decent.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/chicago-bears/0ap3000000395252/Brandon-Marshall-A-Football-Life-trailer

Oat23

This guy...

Oat23

SameOleJay wrote: »

Brandon Marshall "A Football Life" coming up. Should be decent.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/chicago-bears/0ap3000000395252/Brandon-Marshall-A-Football-Life-trailer

Watching this on gamepass now. Good stuff so far.

Jay HATES cameras

padraig_f

Oat23 wrote: »

Watching this on gamepass now. Good stuff so far.

Jay HATES cameras

Watched it today, pretty good. Just on the lighter side, really enjoyed the Cutler-Marshall relationship, bit of a different dynamic than I thought. Described themselves as opposites and Marshall described it as like the couple that love each other, but should never be together

The mental-health stuff is interesting too, and I think he's doing a useful job there in terms of removing the stigma, e.g. his mother didn't want him to go public with it, and his psychiatrist didn't either. But I think he serves a useful role in doing so, puts a human face on it and makes it less of a taboo.

Realt Dearg Sec

padraig_f wrote: »

Watched it today, pretty good. Just on the lighter side, really enjoyed the Cutler-Marshall relationship, bit of a different dynamic than I thought. Described themselves as opposites and Marshall described it as like the couple that love each other, but should never be together

The mental-health stuff is interesting too, and I think he's doing a useful job there in terms of removing the stigma, e.g. his mother didn't want him to go public with it, and his psychiatrist didn't either. But I think he serves a useful role in doing so, puts a human face on it and makes it less of a taboo.

Just watched it there now. The lad is a legend.

SameOleJay

I'll watch it now.

Slauson, Garza, Shea, Ratlliff out Monday.

Alshon and B questionable.

SameOleJay

How funny was the Miami touchdown and throwing the ball at Jay for leaving him?

SameOleJay

Job done.

This draft class looks special boys.

kennyb3

I missed the entire thing - looking forward to catching up on it later. Delighted to see the win when I woke.