Rory Sparrow
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5 Thoughts and Observations on Dolphins-Bears
*The first thing that stands out to me is that the Adam Gase/Brock Osweiler tandem rang up 541 yards on the Bears defense. Holy hell.
*Perhaps the biggest result of this game is that Mack hurt his ankle. If this is a lingering injury, then Ryan Pace’s ‘House of Cards’ might collapse completely, if it hasn’t already. I had made a comment last week that the biggest reason the Bears are 3-1 is because they hadn’t needed anything from Leonard Floyd. Well, they really needed Floyd to step up against Miami, and the result was 4 QB pressures of Brock Osweiler in 44 pass attempts.
*One thing about Lovie’s defenses is that while they were usually vanilla in scheme, they were great at tackling. The Bears’ tackling yesterday was terrible. Eddie Jackson seemed to have money on Miami. Adrian Amos pulled a Major Wright and wasn’t even on the TV screen for most of these plays. Danny Trevathan continues to be a liability. His biggest contribution was tackling Kenyan Drake on a pass play (which somehow was missed by every official on the field) at the end of regulation, which probably cost Miami a shot at a game-winning FG before OT.
*Turnovers obviously hurt the overall performance of the Bears’ offense, but I was actually impressed with Trubisky. He made some good plays, made some bad plays, but he was also the unquestioned leader on the field for the Bears. The broadcast and announcing of the game was terrible, and they didn’t really delve into the offensive PI against Trey Burton. It seems like the refs only throw the flag on the ‘pick play’ when it’s a goal-line situation, and Burton did a really poor job of not turning and looking for the ball…he basically just ran into the Dolphin player and shoved him down. I thought it was kind of dumb to be passing on 1st and goal from the 3, but I guess Howard did have a goal-line fumble earlier in the game.
*Aside from Mack’s gimpy ankle, the other big takeaway from this game is the similarity to the Trestman era. Bears started 3-1 under offensive genius Trestman. The wheels came off when it appeared the Bears were headed to a big road win over the Vikings, but instead of driving down the field in OT to kick the game-winning FG, Trestman elected to have Robbie Gould try a 47-yard FG on 2nd down. Gould missed, the Bears lost. Nagy started 3-1, got to Miami’s 41 in OT, then did 3 up the middle runs (one involving Tarik Cohen, OMG) and settled for a 53-yard FG attempt. Miami has such a spongy turf that its difficult to kick long FGs…at least Trestman had Gould kicking in a dome (but 2nd down, tho). Either way, the optics are terrible.
All in all, its hard to categorize this game as a 'disaster', unless Mack is less than 100% for the rest of the year. Its basically a 'missed opportunity' to get a road win, and if the Bears regroup and put forth a good effort against New England, this will be forgotten.
*The first thing that stands out to me is that the Adam Gase/Brock Osweiler tandem rang up 541 yards on the Bears defense. Holy hell.
*Perhaps the biggest result of this game is that Mack hurt his ankle. If this is a lingering injury, then Ryan Pace’s ‘House of Cards’ might collapse completely, if it hasn’t already. I had made a comment last week that the biggest reason the Bears are 3-1 is because they hadn’t needed anything from Leonard Floyd. Well, they really needed Floyd to step up against Miami, and the result was 4 QB pressures of Brock Osweiler in 44 pass attempts.
*One thing about Lovie’s defenses is that while they were usually vanilla in scheme, they were great at tackling. The Bears’ tackling yesterday was terrible. Eddie Jackson seemed to have money on Miami. Adrian Amos pulled a Major Wright and wasn’t even on the TV screen for most of these plays. Danny Trevathan continues to be a liability. His biggest contribution was tackling Kenyan Drake on a pass play (which somehow was missed by every official on the field) at the end of regulation, which probably cost Miami a shot at a game-winning FG before OT.
*Turnovers obviously hurt the overall performance of the Bears’ offense, but I was actually impressed with Trubisky. He made some good plays, made some bad plays, but he was also the unquestioned leader on the field for the Bears. The broadcast and announcing of the game was terrible, and they didn’t really delve into the offensive PI against Trey Burton. It seems like the refs only throw the flag on the ‘pick play’ when it’s a goal-line situation, and Burton did a really poor job of not turning and looking for the ball…he basically just ran into the Dolphin player and shoved him down. I thought it was kind of dumb to be passing on 1st and goal from the 3, but I guess Howard did have a goal-line fumble earlier in the game.
*Aside from Mack’s gimpy ankle, the other big takeaway from this game is the similarity to the Trestman era. Bears started 3-1 under offensive genius Trestman. The wheels came off when it appeared the Bears were headed to a big road win over the Vikings, but instead of driving down the field in OT to kick the game-winning FG, Trestman elected to have Robbie Gould try a 47-yard FG on 2nd down. Gould missed, the Bears lost. Nagy started 3-1, got to Miami’s 41 in OT, then did 3 up the middle runs (one involving Tarik Cohen, OMG) and settled for a 53-yard FG attempt. Miami has such a spongy turf that its difficult to kick long FGs…at least Trestman had Gould kicking in a dome (but 2nd down, tho). Either way, the optics are terrible.
All in all, its hard to categorize this game as a 'disaster', unless Mack is less than 100% for the rest of the year. Its basically a 'missed opportunity' to get a road win, and if the Bears regroup and put forth a good effort against New England, this will be forgotten.