Bears game thread

@"Wetlander" said:

@"Mike Olson" said: Our coach at halftime said we need to run more.They have a second string secondary and the teeth of their defe se is run defense and he thinks we needed to run more.

Have we passed worth a darn all game?  We threw it a ton in the first half and didn't complete many...  

@"Bullazin" said:

@"Wetlander" said:

@"Mike Olson" said: Our coach at halftime said we need to run more.They have a second string secondary and the teeth of their defe se is run defense and he thinks we needed to run more.

Have we passed worth a darn all game?  We threw it a ton in the first half and didn't complete many...  

agreed, the bears rush was getting home, have to slow it down somehow 

@"Greylock" said:

@"Bullazin" said: I guess the IOL has come back to earth tonight.  Time to move on from Bradbury and move Cole back to swing IOL. 

Have to wonder about Davis.  At this point if he is not a better option than Cole or Udoh, he must really suck or has some injury that prevents him from even being active on game day.

We have a “top 5 WR”. A “top 5 RB”. And a “top 10 QB”. 

… and a bad offense. 

Thankful to win so I’ll enjoy it and lord it over my Bears fans friends, but between us Vikes fans our offense has no-showed 4 or 5 games this year. I’m starting to think Klint K might be extraordinarily terrible. 

EDIT- We did look bad but I’ve calmed down and the bottom line is we won in Chicago, which we rarely do. Good job defense and good job team. Suck it Bears!  :p

And it ends with a one score lead.

I know it is Hicks, but oh my god Cole sucks!

Happy for Ihmir Smith-Marsette

@"Greylock" said:

@"Bullazin" said: I guess the IOL has come back to earth tonight.  Time to move on from Bradbury and move Cole back to swing IOL. 

Have to wonder about Davis.  At this point if he is not a better option than Cole or Udoh, he must really suck or has some injury that prevents him from even being active on game day.

I mean how does Kubiak not call bootlegs, waggles if he isn't going to have the RB or C chip on Hicks?  

I mean seriously, fucking roll Kirk out and get him out of the pocket and use playaction.  Just stupifying to watch how shitty the playcalling, lack of adjustments are.  Or continue to run #33 right into the mouth of it. 

We didn't win this.  Bears self-destructed in a Vikings'esque fashion 

The line sucked ass no doubt,  but thats what' i expected against Hicks.   But why in the hell does Cousins reach the top of his drop and stand there?  On several of those sacks, straps, etc he had a lane or pocket (type thing) to step up or escape through and his feet were cemented.   His fucking goto move when he feels pressure is to crouch and wait to get taken down.   He makes it far to easy for the opposition to just rush one spot and be successful.   Part of this is the play selection,  but a 10 year pro QB should be able to manipulate the rush by moving around a bit and escaping to extend plays and Kirk is so rate to show this.  Imo just another example of why paying him top tier money is a mistake.  His arm talent is certainly worthy of it,  but the rest of his game just doesn't justify it.

@"SFVikeFan" said: I mean how does Kubiak not call bootlegs, waggles if he isn't going to have the RB or C chip on Hicks?  

I mean seriously, fucking roll Kirk out and get him out of the pocket and use playaction.  Just stupifying to watch how shitty the playcalling, lack of adjustments are.  Or continue to run #33 right into the mouth of it. 

We didn't win this.  Bears self-destructed in a Vikings'esque fashion 

Good, glad I'm not the only one seeing this.  We've had too many games this season where Kubiak calls some creative plays for big plays (like tonight with JJ in the backfield which allowed ISM to be wide open for a score)...  but then we are just completely stagnant on offense for long stretches.  It happened in the first half of the Bengals, 2nd half of the Cards, the Browns game, both games against Detroit, the Cowboys, and last night.

I "hope" it's just growing pains with a first year OC, but there are some troubling trends that keep popping up.

@"Wetlander" said:

@"SFVikeFan" said: I mean how does Kubiak not call bootlegs, waggles if he isn't going to have the RB or C chip on Hicks?  

I mean seriously, fucking roll Kirk out and get him out of the pocket and use playaction.  Just stupifying to watch how shitty the playcalling, lack of adjustments are.  Or continue to run #33 right into the mouth of it. 

We didn't win this.  Bears self-destructed in a Vikings'esque fashion 

Good, glad I'm not the only one seeing this.  We've had too many games this season where Kubiak calls some creative plays for big plays (like tonight with JJ in the backfield which allowed ISM to be wide open for a score)...  but then we are just completely stagnant on offense for long stretches.  It happened in the first half of the Bengals, 2nd half of the Cards, the Browns game, both games against Detroit, the Cowboys, and last night.

I "hope" it's just growing pains with a first year OC, but there are some troubling trends that keep popping up.

The way Cousins looked on his scramble attempts last night he might be better off staying in the pocket and doing his little duck and hope they miss thing.  That attempt to slide for the first was pathetic and his earlier first down dive,  while heroic,  was an unnecessary risk at that point of the game.