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Totally unnecessary throw by Mitch

Today they have been.

Tarik Cohen is shit. That missed extra point is a 48 yarder with a lot of wind. Like I said...whole season...ranked fifth.

Run blocking. Look at the amount of disruption out of the line (you see the pushes the opposing defenses regularly get?). Also the scheme/design of runs and predictability of play calling.

That pick had no impact on play. Still - Follow that up by not doing the little things. Costly 12 man in huddle penalty. Still...I’ll take the td.

I’m available to be hired

I’d do a designed qb draw

Too bad the d didn’t score hahah.

Mack...welcome BACK!!!

More and more red zone issues. Bad play calling. Offense has actually moved ball but not a lot to show for it. Again, coaching is a huge issue with this offense. Has its marks all over the field week in and week out. Still 95 yard drive is still a positive! Last week against Rams, it was all over local radio this week comments from their defense indicating they knew what the Bears were going to run all the time.

They were the fifth ranked special teams unit by football insiders (using their advanced dvoa metric). Fifth. That is using advanced analytics, etc. That would include penalties, etc. Yes Piniero has missed some kicks but the core part of this unit has been very good.

Their coverage units rank well. Kickoff returns too.

His stats would say he’s good

He has done fine. It is all the offensive coaches who are a disgrace. No attention to details

Miller is. People defend him for no reason. Sucks cause physical ability is there.

He got robbed of another 3 on the worst traveling call I ever saw earlier in the game.

That was insane. Notice Lauri not in game. Dude is just terrible. No effort most nights. Something is wrong with him. White had a nice game and I should add Santo passes up way too many open looks. Because of it he is just about as bad as Lauri for the Bulls right now. Starting lineup needs a shakeup.

He played bad but so did Lauri. Lavine plays hard at least. Lauri is a total bum. Dude looks disinterested

Fun start to off-season, but regular season matters most. Grandal certainly is a proven guy, hopefully his body can hold up as he is a big overall upgrade in the lineup (and I think there is still plenty of opportunity for McCann still too, who is a very good defensive catcher in his own right). Will be interesting to see whether Collins becomes trade bait. Hard to say with Collins since he made a lot of strides late last year (swing looked like it might actually play after the adjustments made).

In Mack's defense, it is much easier to be schemed against when you have an offense that can't score and therefore teams can easily make decisions to punt a series and play more conservative on offense. The Rams very rarely put Mack in any situation where he could make a play. Heck, he could have been unblocked on most of the passing plays and he wouldn't have had a chance to make a play (because of the scheme). If this team could play with leads and had an offense even at all fearful...I think you'd see more "splash" plays from Mack. Either way, he's still a tremendous player.

I think Nagy is probably not the guy, but they aren't getting rid of him in the off-season. Pace has done some good and some bad. Guys miss on QB's. And while I'd like to say he missed bad on TEs (Simms & Shaheen), I can't really blame him for Burton. Burton was a productive player all of last season. No one could have expected him to fall of the wagon this badly. My one caveat is, I've long said you can't give up all your future cache in capital...it just doesn't work. I've argued with posters for years about it here and I'd say it again, would I feel better knowing I have Miller or better knowing I"d have had my picks in the years I need them? I'll take the picks. Even Mack, I go back to the fact that as explosive as he was...we mortgaged the future without knowing what our QB was (I get it...you make that bet) but 2 1sts plus a massive contract that tie-up cap space was always going to be a steep price. Worthwhile price for this defense though. And this team could bounce back...they could sign Newton in the offseason, he proves totally healthy and bam. My major issue is whether Nagy is the right guy offensively. I think the reality is this offense is a freaking train wreck. Receivers running poor routes, bad spacing on plays, inability to run the football. Mitch is an issue too...but I don't know that QB solves all of the things we are seeing on offense.

Lauri has been horrific this year.

So on that play, Nagy was yelling at Cohen and pointing out what he should have been doing. It happened right where I was sitting and from my angle looked entirely like a ball Cohen should have caught (if he went back shoulder and from where Cohen was...I didn't see a good angle on him making the catch over the LB (given how small Cohen is). The reality is, this is an offense where no one is playing synchronized with each other. So many bad routes / miscommunications between QB and WR. Completely inexecuseable for a team in its 2nd year in a system. That to me goes back to COACHING. This team is just rarely well prepared and when you combined all of the basic issues they make with the fact that Mitch has not been good and the wideouts lead the team in drops and that the team can't consistently run block or that it has the worst TE production in like NFL history...and welp...you end up with a very very very bad offense.

When Mitch was taken out, I was watching, there was not one medical person talking to him at all. All I am going to say is, there was a lot that went wrong in that game beyond anything Mitch did. But Mitch is still the QB. I thought he had a pretty good 1st half and when you look at Miller...dude literally created that pick and than another handful of drops. There was also a throw that Mitch made down the sideline to Cohen that Nagy was quite frustrated at Cohen for as Mitch made a back shoulder ball (which is the only spot he could put it) and Cohen just wasn't at all in the right spot. If he was, it would have been a big play (and if I recall it was on 3rd down). Would have put the Bears in scoring range. A lot of little things add up to a lot of big things. Very rarely (albeit at the game I may not always have the right angle) did I feel I was watching a QB make a ton of mistakes). Again, TV might say otherwise. Mitch actually looked relatively quick in his decision making. The questionable option play happened right in front of me and that was destined for disaster). Who knows, maybe Daniels will come in and show they have some actual talent but I wouldn't expect it.

Daniel will show just show shit this offense is.