BigTom
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When talk of the offense comes up its always focused on Mitchs stats and his progression but rarely points out how unproductive some of the other pieces have been. I keep hearing how the Bears are loaded with offensive weapons yet watching the games i don't see it. At the start of the season there was a lot of potential but it hasnt really played out. It looks like some of the weapons got figured out.
Trey Burton has disappeared. He was supposed to be a big part of this offense playing the Kelce role for the Bears. He started out decent peaking in the NE game with 9 catches for 126 yards. In the 9 games since then he has total 25 catches for 211 yards. More than half his production is from the first 6 games of the season. Hes not the answer if you are looking for a big time receiving tight end.
Taylor Gabriel peaked in games 4 and 5 with back to back 100 yard games. He is supposed to be the speedster who takes the top off the defense and stretches the field yet you have to go back 8 games to Buffalo to find the last time he had a reception over 20 yards. His last 4 games he is averaging 3 receptions and 25 yards. The only time he scored all year was against Tampa. Hes been figured out and shut down.
Anthony Miller being a rookie gets some leeway for struggling but his role became almost non existent in recent weeks. Didn't get a single reception in back to back games against LA and GB. 3 receptions and a TD against SF hopefully gets him going again heading into playoffs.
Allen Robinson coming off an ACL injury has been the most consistent target on the outside but is still having a pretty mediocre year. 55 rec 754 yards 4 TDs. He looks like he would be a fine number 2 receiver to have out there similar to Alshon. Also similar to Alshon it seems he is on the injury report almost every week nursing something.
Tarik Cohen is really the only guy on this offense that would be considered a playmaker. Leads the team in receptions and 2nd in rec yards. The only guy that is a threat to break any play for a long gain. He is good enough to tease us and make defenses respect him but doesn't do it consistently enough to count on it. Has a lot of negative plays in between those exciting bursts.
Not sure what to make of Jordan Howard since every time he gets rolling Nagy stops going to him. Average yards per carry has dropped every year since his great rookie season. Could play a bigger role going forward if Nagy allows it.
Then theres a handful of other guys that make a play here or there but nothing significant. With Shaheen being the only one who looks capable of potentially stepping up over the next few weeks.
So just looking at the numbers it looks like some of the guys were figured out and have been shut down in the later portion of the season. Its possible the Bears skill position players just aren't that good and Nagy is doing a great job with the scheme getting what he is out of them.
Trey Burton has disappeared. He was supposed to be a big part of this offense playing the Kelce role for the Bears. He started out decent peaking in the NE game with 9 catches for 126 yards. In the 9 games since then he has total 25 catches for 211 yards. More than half his production is from the first 6 games of the season. Hes not the answer if you are looking for a big time receiving tight end.
Taylor Gabriel peaked in games 4 and 5 with back to back 100 yard games. He is supposed to be the speedster who takes the top off the defense and stretches the field yet you have to go back 8 games to Buffalo to find the last time he had a reception over 20 yards. His last 4 games he is averaging 3 receptions and 25 yards. The only time he scored all year was against Tampa. Hes been figured out and shut down.
Anthony Miller being a rookie gets some leeway for struggling but his role became almost non existent in recent weeks. Didn't get a single reception in back to back games against LA and GB. 3 receptions and a TD against SF hopefully gets him going again heading into playoffs.
Allen Robinson coming off an ACL injury has been the most consistent target on the outside but is still having a pretty mediocre year. 55 rec 754 yards 4 TDs. He looks like he would be a fine number 2 receiver to have out there similar to Alshon. Also similar to Alshon it seems he is on the injury report almost every week nursing something.
Tarik Cohen is really the only guy on this offense that would be considered a playmaker. Leads the team in receptions and 2nd in rec yards. The only guy that is a threat to break any play for a long gain. He is good enough to tease us and make defenses respect him but doesn't do it consistently enough to count on it. Has a lot of negative plays in between those exciting bursts.
Not sure what to make of Jordan Howard since every time he gets rolling Nagy stops going to him. Average yards per carry has dropped every year since his great rookie season. Could play a bigger role going forward if Nagy allows it.
Then theres a handful of other guys that make a play here or there but nothing significant. With Shaheen being the only one who looks capable of potentially stepping up over the next few weeks.
So just looking at the numbers it looks like some of the guys were figured out and have been shut down in the later portion of the season. Its possible the Bears skill position players just aren't that good and Nagy is doing a great job with the scheme getting what he is out of them.
