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Sure did. I was totally thrown off from the last 2 episodes. What did you think and what do you think happens next?

JOE CREDE!!!! Yes!!! Hawk a true legend and easily one of the first things I think of when I think about my life to date as a Sox fan. He was there with you for all the great moments and unfortunately all the crappy losses too. Especially the last decade or so. Man its been a rough go...I really hope the franchise can get things turned around.

The Bears were about a 7 win team, unless the offense took major step forwards. I still think they are about that, unless the offense and Trubisky become good this year. Their schedule has a window later on that is just brutal. Nice to be in 1st place 3 weeks into the season. When was the last time the Bears were even in 1st?

He has played really really well this season. Too bad Mack was offside on that pick 6 though. Was great to see the secondary get going after those couple big plays they allowed early in the game.

Yeah - I didn't get that. Not sure what they were doing there. I suppose I understood if they wanted to try and trick the Cardinals into a false start, but they didn't even attempt that. Did they lose track of the downs?

Agreed. And like I said, I'll start evaluating the offense after they've played half of a season. Any update on Miller? Was Robinson actually hurt or was that just a typo from someone on here? Glad the defense woke up. Cohen played very well today. Howard looks Ike he isn't quite used to the blocking scheme yet...hopefully he's about to break out. Won't comment on Mitch other than to say his accuracy and decision making has to improve. He left some plays out on the field again. I do think this game against such an aggressive defense will be good for him...he had to see a lot of blitz fronts and the film sessions should be beneficial.

Disaster. Defense looks like it bought into the hype and quit playing. That fumble was bad. This game is going to be a test for Mitch. Arizona is going to blitz him all day...he better show that he can make some good quick decisions and make the cardinals pay. Come on Bears get this thing turned around and kick ass from here on out!

They look like they will. What an awful first drive on defense. I’m okay giving up points but no one was covering on either of those big plays. Let’s hope it is Arizona’s only td of the game!

Is Sunday really Hawks last telecast? He’s not doing any of the games the following week? Sad his last year had to be associated with such a bad team. More so that his last four or five years had to be dealing with such terrible teams.

Not true. I’m 1/4 inch under six foot and have stood next to Cade Mcnown. He was taller than me.

McNown sucked in the pros but he was going to get drafted in the 1st round. He was absolutely sensational in college and there were a lot of reasons to be excited. He didn't cut it because he didn't want to put in the work and had attitude problems that emerged (plus a drug issue and Primadonnism). Of course Champ Bailey sure would have looked nice.

How can the Bulls manage the cap to get Butler?

Its funny...when it comes to Trubisky, I was largely pretty happy with his decision making. Really two things bugged me, one was that horrendous decision he made throwing a near pick at the end of the 1st half (literally that was just awful...I have no idea what he was looking at when he made that throw and he wasn't under "that much duress" at the time). Definitely one you'd want back. Probably his second worse decision, imo, came on the 1st drive of the game where he made a throw to Howard that turned into a good play but was just as likely to be a pick 6. His miss to Gabriel was bad and driven by poor footwork at the time, but the right read and a decisive read (that is a 30 yard play and if Gabriel makes someone miss, could have been a TD). Similarly, the pick he threw down the field to Robinson....right read, right decision, just awful throw. I'm really not worried about either of those though...he's so freaking accurate when you get him on the run and not thinking, that his footwork will calm down as he gets more comfortable (its just natural) and I believe in his accuracy. The interesting piece to me will be when Nagy and company watch the tape and we see what progressions he didn't make and what was left out there. I also want to see how we can start to stretch the field a bit more, because I think we are playing too much of a horizontal game and not enough vertical game.

Yes...what Big Cat said. I've been on this bandwagon for a long time. I will also point out that the schedule might be a nice favor for us these next couple weeks as we could win these games without a fully humming offense and that could buy more time. That said, the defense should feast and if we lose those games because the offense and QB aren't ready (very possible)...that mounting pressure to win now could cause major issues in Mitch's development. All of this goes back to where I was pre-season, we were a year away from truly loading up and getting Mack was the right move since he clearly is a difference maker but the Bears need to take the "long" view with Mitch and we need to keep that long view. At some point things will have to slow down and Mitch will have to just start flinging the football (and hopefully that will be a good thing), however, it shouldn't shock anybody that 2 weeks in to a brand new system with almost entirely new weapons you are seeing that tendency to overthink. Its natural for young QB's, especially for ones who have pretty limited experience at higher levels (i.e., NCAA / NFL). Next year will be what I call Mitch's make it or break it season...this year is all about development and hopefully we see that forward looking curve where he keeps getting better to where we can be excited about what he could be and hopefully that getting better gets better faster as that would help us "win now". And Big Cat nailed it on another point, its just fun to see competitive football again. First time in a long time where I don't feel we are outmanned.

Correction: Trubisky and the entire offense are raw.

Pats are living one season at a time so in their case, if they bet right, he fills a major need for the year and if they don't, they aren't any worse off. I feel a team like the Niners would not have served well by getting Gordon...they have a longer term need at playmaker and I don't see how any sane person can bet long-term on Gordon. You know he'll get suspended at some point.

This is a good move for the Pats. I'd have said it would have been a bad move for the Bears.

Yeah - The big difference to me is Mahomes is in year 2 of a system and his wideouts (outside of Watkins) are experienced in the system). Trubisky has had an off-season in the system and his wideouts (by and large) have the same level of experience with that system (additionally, they also have minimal experience with Trubisky since none of his main weapons were around last year). You also have someone like Robinson who is coming back from an injury which compounds things as well. Over the course of the season, this should normalize, but I'm going to try and limit short-term reactions and focus on the long. If that long is bad, than its bad, but hopefully it will be good. I don't think any reaction based upon week 1 would really make me any more informed about Biscuit's long term success. Now if we break it down into the 4 quarters of the season and isolate his progress under each 4 game span, I think that will become more meaningful and hopefully will show a favorable trend. All that said, I hope Biscuit goes out and throws for 6 TD's tonight

You have to wonder how much Wilson running around (while effective) makes it harder to actually pass block. I kind of think Wilson's feet (which make him electric) also cause major issues.

On the bright side, our head coach played a key cog in developing him!

For everyone implying this will be an easy win, for teams that have lost as many games the past few years as the Bears, there is no such thing as an easy win. Monday night against a Seahawks team that still has some legacy Super Bowl egos plus the superior starting QB (Wilson). I hope the Bears win but don’t downplay Seattle or the fact that until Bears prove otherwise they still have a ways from being a playoff team or a team who you can expect wins from. Hopefully they win and we see continued development and growth all season

This; They will still be a playoff team and they'll have ability to land a big free agent in a year, however, highly unlikely they win a title, but for LBJ, this is much more about his family and future basketball life than necessarily winning a bunch more rings. And if he does win a ring...it will further cement his legacy as no one is expecting him to win. I think him not making championship in West is actually better for his legacy than losing more and more titles in the East (which is what would have likely happened had he stayed in the East...with the possible exception of Philly).

How many snaps did Smith get? I didn't see him out there very often.

This time might have been different, given the fact that he was not mobile. I kept wondering when we were really going to test his ability to be nimble and we didn't. The touchdown to Alison was just a thing of beauty. Not many QB's can make that throw....albeit, as Bears fans, we think they do cause we see Rodgers do it to us at least once a season if not twice. He's such a special player. The Bears lack of conditioning (whether it was because they didn't play in the pre-season or just more because it was the first game of the season) certainly reared its ugly head. Everyone was dying in that 4th quarter. Packers should have been as well, but I think the friendly crowd and momentum helped give them enough energy to push them over the top. Note, I don't know if the pre-season reps make a difference in full-game conditioning since they wouldn't have played it anyway.

As a reminder, early in the game, they handed it to Howard and he got stopped. Just pointing that out. The Packers made a nice tackle and Sims probably ran a poor route as he should have been about 2 foot further up the field (little things matter and had he done that, we are talking about a 1st down and if they don't make that tackle, potentially a huge play). Earlier in the game Sims literally ran into a guy instead of going towards the sideline where he could have gotten a first down. Sims is one of the things that worries me about pace, he literally looks terrible pretty much every time I see him (yet we handed him a pretty sizeable contract a year ago and than followed it up with Shaheen). Hopefully Burton isn't another one of his FA busts (or Arob). I won't call Gabriel because I don't think of him in the same camp as the other guys.