Toast88
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Welcome to the National Football League, where anyone can win.
All the people just expecting a blowout and saying the Dolphins are a bad team—you’re part of the problem. Let’s hope the players weren’t thinking like that—Otherwise, no wonder they lost.
The team overall didn’t play well, but guess what?
—The Bears are *still* in first place in the NFC North, and will be no matter what at least until next Sunday afternoon.
—Trubisky looks like, under the tutelage of Nagy, he actually *has* turned a corner and is a good starting quarterback. It’s not without needs for improvement, but the relationship is working. The offense scored 28 points. Trubisky went 3/1 for 300+ yards.
—The perfect storm had to happen for the Bears to lose. Their offense had 4 turnovers. Their running backs lost two fumbles. Their defense gave up 28 points and didn’t record a sack. And their kicker missed a game winner. If any one of those things doesn’t happen, the Bears are 4-1 right now. That’s actually en-couraging, not dis-couraging.
—The Bears could very well come out next week and BEAT the Patriots. Don’t laugh—It could absolutely happen. And then you’ll be at 4-2, the same place most fans thought they’d be after 6 games during the bye week.
There are four 4-game seasons. They lost the first game of their second season, just like they lost the first game of the first season, when they went 3-1. If they go 2-2 in their second season, they’ll sit at 5-3 and still very likely be in first place. And with the Jets and Bills coming up, this is a very attainable outcome.
This loss sucked, and was completely avoidable on a lot of levels. But I don’t think this one game will define the season.
All the people just expecting a blowout and saying the Dolphins are a bad team—you’re part of the problem. Let’s hope the players weren’t thinking like that—Otherwise, no wonder they lost.
The team overall didn’t play well, but guess what?
—The Bears are *still* in first place in the NFC North, and will be no matter what at least until next Sunday afternoon.
—Trubisky looks like, under the tutelage of Nagy, he actually *has* turned a corner and is a good starting quarterback. It’s not without needs for improvement, but the relationship is working. The offense scored 28 points. Trubisky went 3/1 for 300+ yards.
—The perfect storm had to happen for the Bears to lose. Their offense had 4 turnovers. Their running backs lost two fumbles. Their defense gave up 28 points and didn’t record a sack. And their kicker missed a game winner. If any one of those things doesn’t happen, the Bears are 4-1 right now. That’s actually en-couraging, not dis-couraging.
—The Bears could very well come out next week and BEAT the Patriots. Don’t laugh—It could absolutely happen. And then you’ll be at 4-2, the same place most fans thought they’d be after 6 games during the bye week.
There are four 4-game seasons. They lost the first game of their second season, just like they lost the first game of the first season, when they went 3-1. If they go 2-2 in their second season, they’ll sit at 5-3 and still very likely be in first place. And with the Jets and Bills coming up, this is a very attainable outcome.
This loss sucked, and was completely avoidable on a lot of levels. But I don’t think this one game will define the season.
