Bears Offense.

[bears51/40]

This whole offseason it has been all about Trubisky in this offense. He is the most important piece but the rest of the O needs to step it up also.

OL....The Bears offensive line is built inside out, and the interior line was a disaster last year. Whitehair was the most consistent of the bunch, Daniels took the first six weeks to get up to speed, Long misses most of the second half of the season with an injury, Kush, and Witzmann prove to be below average backup talent. This year the hope is with Daniels and Whitehair moving to their natural positions, and with a now healthy Long the interior will move from a weakness to a strength.

TE/WR....Right now just before camp TE is the weakest part of this offense. Burton has to get healthy and step his game up, Shaheen has to stay healthy and prove he is not a bust, time is running out for him. At WR Robinson needs to prove he is a true #1 receiver. We need to see Miller take that second year jump since he has all the physical tools to be outstanding. Gabriel was not the consistent deep threat we were led to believe he was. In 2019 he needs to take the next step in that role. Patterson is Nagy's spot mismatch weapon at WR, but make no mistake his primary role is as a return specialist. Wims and Ridley are young developing depth. Hope is with a full year working with Mitch and entering the second year in Nagy's system they will all improve.

RB....Other than Cohen the great unknown of the 2019 offense. Davis a career backup who is getting his first chance to start in this league. Montgomery already rookie of the year, but don't tell Davis that because this will be an interesting camp battle for the lead back role. If these running backs are what Nagy expects them to be it will take a ton of pressure off of Trubisky.

Sky's the limit for this team IF Trubisky and the whole offense improve in year two under Nagy.

 

[Enasic]

Trubs left a lot of plays on the field last year. The offense would be looked at very differently if he hit the open man consistently. He either would sail a pass, or just not see the open man. That’s the biggest key. Can Trubisky be more consistent with his accuracy and his reads? Second is the run game. Bears have to do better than 3.7 YPC from their lead back. Not really worried about anything else on offense.

 

[Bearly]

Good post and seeing things sooner will likely help with that accuracy. Good reads leads to better anticipation and better timed throws in rhythm. It's just a bit odd with Mitch. He can be in rhythm or he can make chicken salad out of chicken shit but then just kinda and seemingly arbitrarily be off. It's almost like it's more about where his head's at than anything else but who really knows and it's what makes his evaluation so difficult.

RB should be much better this year. Can't yet say it will be a strength but it can't be much worse than last year.

 

[Noonthirtyjoe]

My biggest question is special teams. They were far from special last year and cost us 2 reg season games and 1 playoff game. I have no fear that Trubs and the offense will be better in the second year in the system and no fear on the defense side as the new coach has all the talent he could want. Our STs was our downfall last season and I don't see improvement there at all.

 

[Noonthirtyjoe]

RB should be much better this year. Can't yet say it will be a strength but it can't be much worse than last year.

The RBs were fine last year, bad blocking and scheeming were the problem.

 

[mattb78]

They jettisoned Howard for peanuts and traded what little draft capital they had to acquire Montgomery.

I would say RB production is a close second to watch behind Trubisky's development.

 

[Visionman]

My biggest question is special teams. They were far from special last year and cost us 2 reg season games and 1 playoff game. I have no fear that Trubs and the offense will be better in the second year in the system and no fear on the defense side as the new coach has all the talent he could want. Our STs was our downfall last season and I don't see improvement there at all.

Cutting Parkey = improvement

 

[Bearly]

The RBs were fine last year, bad blocking and scheeming were the problem.

Howard was a square peg for a round hole
He did fine when we changed up the blocking for him but Cohen isn't a 1 and what came after was bad. I am on record about the interior line issues buy it was more than that or Howard would still be here.

 

[Sculpt]

They jettisoned Howard for peanuts and traded what little draft capital they had to acquire Montgomery.

I would say RB production is a close second to watch behind Trubisky's development.

If you're talking about being concerned with OL rushing production, then I'd say you're spot on with the concern. Cause the OL run-blocking was suspect.

But rather I think you meant what you said, RB production...

You're sneezing at Monty, Mike Davis, Cohen, Patterson and Whyte?

Monty - is a rookie, sure, and by definition un-NFL tested, but he was ranked one of the best RBs in the draft and a very physical and strong RB with some nifty practical elusiveness between the tackles, along with fine catching skills.
Davis - I watched film for last year. The guy can do it all. He isn't eye-popping. But he was effective at everything: finding holes, muscling for extra yards, catching the ball, etc.
Cohen - didn't have success up the middle, but we know that's because he didn't have holes the few times they tried him, even Howard only had 3.7 YPC. Otherwise Cohen is an excellent RB piece by any standard.
Patterson - is a big, strong, fast rusher who doesn't hesitate to run guys over, and can catch well too. Nagy will likely rush him the end-arounds he was having poor Gab and Miller run. I think Pat can do those better.
Whyte - is actually a decent sized rusher (5'10/200lbs) with top-line 4.37 speed. In 2018 had 866 yards on 134 carries. I think a RB coach would love to develop him.

 

[JoJoBoxer]

I think that the TE position is the most improved from last year. Addition by subtraction ... no more Sims. Add one of the UDFA TEs and the TE position is much better ... without Sims.

 

[Leomaz]

The RBs were fine last year, bad blocking and scheeming were the problem.

Ummmmm, only the hall of famer Deshaun Watson has a bad online. The rest of the teams had vastly superior olines than DW

 

[bears51/40]

My biggest question is special teams. They were far from special last year and cost us 2 reg season games and 1 playoff game. I have no fear that Trubs and the offense will be better in the second year in the system and no fear on the defense side as the new coach has all the talent he could want. Our STs was our downfall last season and I don't see improvement there at all.

Overall the Bears special teams were 26th in the league along with being the worst team in the league in kickoff returns at 19.1 yards. So this offseason we go out and bring in the best kick returner in the league, Patterson. I also don't believe our kicker is even on the team yet. Some veteran options who might be available. Sebastian Janikowski who is retired for now. Cairo Santos who probably will be available by the start of the season since the Bucs used a 5th rounder on Matt Gay in the draft. Pack are trying out other kickers this offseason so they may be moving on from Mason Crosby.

 

[EL ROCKSTEADY]

This whole offseason it has been all about Trubisky in this offense. He is the most important piece but the rest of the O needs to step it up also.

OL....The Bears offensive line is built inside out, and the interior line was a disaster last year. Whitehair was the most consistent of the bunch, Daniels took the first six weeks to get up to speed, Long misses most of the second half of the season with an injury, Kush, and Witzmann prove to be below average backup talent. This year the hope is with Daniels and Whitehair moving to their natural positions, and with a now healthy Long the interior will move from a weakness to a strength.

TE/WR....Right now just before camp TE is the weakest part of this offense. Burton has to get healthy and step his game up, Shaheen has to stay healthy and prove he is not a bust, time is running out for him. At WR Robinson needs to prove he is a true #1 receiver. We need to see Miller take that second year jump since he has all the physical tools to be outstanding. Gabriel was not the consistent deep threat we were led to believe he was. In 2019 he needs to take the next step in that role. Patterson is Nagy's spot mismatch weapon at WR, but make no mistake his primary role is as a return specialist. Wims and Ridley are young developing depth. Hope is with a full year working with Mitch and entering the second year in Nagy's system they will all improve.

RB....Other than Cohen the great unknown of the 2019 offense. Davis a career backup who is getting his first chance to start in this league. Montgomery already rookie of the year, but don't tell Davis that because this will be an interesting camp battle for the lead back role. If these running backs are what Nagy expects them to be it will take a ton of pressure off of Trubisky.

Sky's the limit for this team IF Trubisky and the whole offense improve in year two under Nagy.

Not sure if it is possible to repeat what the defense did last year, but it was a super bowl winning defense. Even with the offense not in sync half the time, Bears record reflects this. Offensively pieces are there. If trubiski can get to he next level it should be a repeat performance of last year and then some. How that offense is run with the short range creativity, if trubiski can show the deep threat is there at any time, all hell would break lose.

 

[Rob219_CBMB]

I would say don't get greedy with Mitch let him just play, the defense will be greedy enough that our run game is gonna be at high volume and so is Mitch after every turnover especially if we stay in the lead most games, the RB's better be strong and ready to roll.
with this said, 3 or 4 rbs? or use Sowell as a TE/Rb hybrid.
Just, no need to shove too much into Mitch's way, just let him play. Nagy did have one of those games with Mitch where he just played. 6tds.

 

[Sculpt]

I would say don't get greedy with Mitch let him just play, the defense will be greedy enough that our run game is gonna be at high volume and so is Mitch after every turnover especially if we stay in the lead most games, the RB's better be strong and ready to roll.
with this said, 3 or 4 rbs? or use Sowell as a TE/Rb hybrid.
Just, no need to shove too much into Mitch's way, just let him play. Nagy did have one of those games with Mitch where he just played. 6tds.

Using Sowell as a RB? That'd be fun to see. As long as he can protect the ball.

I think the key will be accomplishing Nagy's goal of being able to disguise plays. Or that is, having many individual formations and skill players that can execute a number of plays.

Certainly, sooner or later, Mitch will be asked to read the defense in order select between options. It will be interesting to see how good he is at this. Seeing some of his highlights from last year, it looks like he might be pretty good at it.