I wasn't a fan of the zone runs with Howard. Yeah, I think 1 or 2 Howard actually got through the LOS but was tripped up before he could get big yards, but the majority of them had either Long or Daniels completely whiffing their reach blocks and the DT stopping Howard before he could start. Late in the game when the Bears had the lead and needed to run out the clock, I was hoping they would just run Howard straight behind Long and Massie. If you don't have confidence power running behind Long/Massie in the 4th quarter, then I'm not sure why either is on the roster. On 1st down, Nagy tries a zone run to the left, Long either blows his assignment or gets beaten immediately or both, but the play goes nowhere.
Trubisky seemed very tentative in the 1st half. I'm not really a fan of his deep ball, because even when he gets a clear 1-on-1 matchup, he either doesn't pull the trigger or he throws the ball as if there is a deep safety and leads his WR to the sidelines. I assume its just some type of ingrained habit with Trubisky's mechanics, but it needs to stop. His best deep ball was unfortunately to Bellamy...Trubisky led him perfectly and it should have been a pretty TD play, but instead it was Bellamy jumping high to catch the ball in his stomach and falling down.
My favorite clip is of Long's pass 'protection' in the 1st half. Cox pushes him aside and runs at Trubisky, but Long continues backpedaling and looking around, as if he was supposed to be picking up a stunting DE. Long's brother does eventually cross his face, but all Long can do is get in Massie's way, allowing his brother to get a free run at Trubisky. High comedy.