Rory Sparrow
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*Game MVP = Packers punter JK Scott (who looks like…JK Rohwling)
*Big Play of the game = 3rd quarter, Bears down 7-3, 2nd and 5 from the GB 28…Allen Robinson gets behind everyone, Trubisky can either throw the ball in front of Robinson into the end zone for a TD, or he can throw the ball to the wide open middle of the field and have Robinson run to the ball for a TD. Instead, Trubisky throws the ball late and toward the sideline short of the endzone…Robinson catches the ball but is out of bounds. After a comedy of errors, the Bears wind up with 0 points.
*Funny that Adrian Amos of all people gets the game-clinching INT. I like how he was kind of showing off the ball to the Bears, and Cohen knocked it out of his hands.
Positives:
*Week 1 of an NFL season is usually the worst barometer of a team. I think we’ll probably see that the Packers will be a bit better than projected this year, but they still don’t have much going for them on offense at either the skill positions or the interior OL. I expect the Bears to finish with a better record than GB.
*The Bears played poorly and still were in the game and only lost by 7. Had they played this poorly against GB five years ago, they would have lost by 30. I think it shows how much better the Bears roster has become.
*Allen Robinson reminded me of Terrell Owens in that Eagles-Patriots SB from many years ago. He went beast mode while the rest of the offense was dreadful.
*Bears defense very strong, especially the DL. Packers OL is a ‘finesse’ unit, and the Bears DL mauled them. The Packers had a little success running the ball by letting Roquan Smith overrun the play and cutting back, but usually the RBs were stonewalled behind the line (many times by Smith).
*Eddy Piniero made his FG attempt.
*Roy Robertson-Harris played particularly well. It seemed like every 3-down set from GB’s offense would have at least one sack/OL holding penalty.
Negatives:
*Last year when the Bears lost to GB in the opener, you felt like the Bears took a step forward because they played well. This year it’s the opposite. I think the worst part from a ‘narrative’ standpoint is that the Bears were so bad that things became inarguable….lack of preseason work cost them offensive cohesion, Nagy’s playcalling sucked, Trubisky is inaccurate, Trubisky is a product of Nagy scheming guys open, Bears lack of a proven kicker affects how they manage the game.
*Whomever was touting the Bears OL needs to reassess. The no-name Packers defense kind of dominated them. The Packers blitzed a lot, but perhaps that was because the Bears showed early on that they couldn’t handle it. Leno, Daniels and the RBs were regularly beaten. Trubisky didn’t really help, because on the times when the Bears did pick up the blitz, Trubisky held the ball for a “Jay Cutler” length of time.
*David Montgomery had a surprising deep reception, but he looked terrible running the ball. Too much Marion Barber in his style, fighting off defenders one at a time, too much stop-start, breaks 4 tackles and gains 1 or 2 yards. I didn’t like what I saw.
*Roquan Smith getting beat deep for a PI by a lumbering/bionic Jimmy Graham was ridiculous.
*Aaron Rodgers had a Jon Lester game…his best stuff left him years ago, baserunners were always on, yet he found a way to outsmart the Bears defense to do just enough to win the game. His box score isn’t impressive, his 3rd down conversions were nonexistent, but I think it was impressive that Rodgers didn’t get strip-sacked, he recovered his own fumble (somehow), and didn’t throw an INT.
*The only game I’ve seen Trubisky play worse was the Rams game. We had the expected CCS idiocy coming into the game of Drew Brees comps, but I think the more interesting conversation was someone saying “at least we know Trubisky’s floor is Alex Smith” or something along those lines. I guess we don’t know that Trubisky’s floor is, TBH. He was inaccurate, indecisive, and surprisingly showed poor pocket presence. During the broadcast Collinsworth said something like “I really expected the Bears offense to take the next step due to all of their offseason acquisitions” and my response was “HUH?” Who did the Bears acquire on offense that would move the needle? It was just a bunch of Eddie Royal type guys who Nagy was supposed make into superstars…Patterson, Mike Davis, Montgomery, Ridley, etc.
*The Bears really missed Jordan Howard. His running, his blocking. Its not a popular opinion, but perhaps they win this game if they still have Jordan Howard.
*Another unpopular opinion is that the Bears desperately need/needed Anthony Miller to develop into a WR2. Gabriel is so much better as a WR3, and Miller was virtually invisible last night. Whoever did that video breakdown of Miller that lazily touted his TD catches and called him a ‘workhorse’ couldn’t have been happy with last night’s performance.
Criticisms of Nagy:
*Yeah, it gets its own section.
*Completely abandons the run, again, despite the game being close. The Packers were blitzing virtually every down in the 2nd half because they knew Trubisky was passing. Its almost like they welcomed an aerial assault from Trubisky, a la Charles Woodson-Jay Cutler. Tarik Cohen had zero carries.
*The Packers’ tackling greatly improved from last year. Those underneath passes that Trubisky (and Trubisky’s QB rating) feasted on last season only got them a few yards with no RAC, and eventually a sack or a holding penalty would disrupt things. Cohen averaged 6 yards on 8 receptions, Davis averaged 2.8 yards on 6 receptions.
*Not sure of the point of having Cohen split wide against nickel/dime defenses. Kind of stupid because its not creating a mismatch. Either have Cohen carry the ball against a pass defense, or have him split wide against base 4-3 to get matched up against a LB/SS.
*No adjustments. Kept doing the same thing over and over. Why not try Patterson at TE and see what happens in the passing game? Why not go jumbo and try to bulldoze GB with Davis/Montgomery? The one thing Nagy did was the short-yardage carry with Patterson…come on, man. That Jordan Howard trade is looking worse and worse.
*Final thought…the sequence after Trubisky’s “big play” misfire to Robinson in the 3rd quarter was Marty Mohrningweg level moronic. You start off with a manageable 3rd and 5, but then Nagy is late with the play for some reason and the delay of game puts you at 3rd and 10. You then have a seemingly designed pass play to Patterson short of the marker when all game long the Packers have given you no RAC, but Trubisky misfires anyways. So it’s a 7-3 game and points are at a premium, your offense has been bad and your QB in particular has been terrible, your defense has been playing lights out, your kicker is 1-1 in FGs…yet you bypass a 51-yard FG attempt thinking you’ll convert a 4th and 10? WTF? I wouldn’t even do that on Madden (although perhaps a sneaky fake punt with Tarik Cohen as the punter would be my play call). That was indefensible from Nagy.
*Big Play of the game = 3rd quarter, Bears down 7-3, 2nd and 5 from the GB 28…Allen Robinson gets behind everyone, Trubisky can either throw the ball in front of Robinson into the end zone for a TD, or he can throw the ball to the wide open middle of the field and have Robinson run to the ball for a TD. Instead, Trubisky throws the ball late and toward the sideline short of the endzone…Robinson catches the ball but is out of bounds. After a comedy of errors, the Bears wind up with 0 points.
*Funny that Adrian Amos of all people gets the game-clinching INT. I like how he was kind of showing off the ball to the Bears, and Cohen knocked it out of his hands.
Positives:
*Week 1 of an NFL season is usually the worst barometer of a team. I think we’ll probably see that the Packers will be a bit better than projected this year, but they still don’t have much going for them on offense at either the skill positions or the interior OL. I expect the Bears to finish with a better record than GB.
*The Bears played poorly and still were in the game and only lost by 7. Had they played this poorly against GB five years ago, they would have lost by 30. I think it shows how much better the Bears roster has become.
*Allen Robinson reminded me of Terrell Owens in that Eagles-Patriots SB from many years ago. He went beast mode while the rest of the offense was dreadful.
*Bears defense very strong, especially the DL. Packers OL is a ‘finesse’ unit, and the Bears DL mauled them. The Packers had a little success running the ball by letting Roquan Smith overrun the play and cutting back, but usually the RBs were stonewalled behind the line (many times by Smith).
*Eddy Piniero made his FG attempt.
*Roy Robertson-Harris played particularly well. It seemed like every 3-down set from GB’s offense would have at least one sack/OL holding penalty.
Negatives:
*Last year when the Bears lost to GB in the opener, you felt like the Bears took a step forward because they played well. This year it’s the opposite. I think the worst part from a ‘narrative’ standpoint is that the Bears were so bad that things became inarguable….lack of preseason work cost them offensive cohesion, Nagy’s playcalling sucked, Trubisky is inaccurate, Trubisky is a product of Nagy scheming guys open, Bears lack of a proven kicker affects how they manage the game.
*Whomever was touting the Bears OL needs to reassess. The no-name Packers defense kind of dominated them. The Packers blitzed a lot, but perhaps that was because the Bears showed early on that they couldn’t handle it. Leno, Daniels and the RBs were regularly beaten. Trubisky didn’t really help, because on the times when the Bears did pick up the blitz, Trubisky held the ball for a “Jay Cutler” length of time.
*David Montgomery had a surprising deep reception, but he looked terrible running the ball. Too much Marion Barber in his style, fighting off defenders one at a time, too much stop-start, breaks 4 tackles and gains 1 or 2 yards. I didn’t like what I saw.
*Roquan Smith getting beat deep for a PI by a lumbering/bionic Jimmy Graham was ridiculous.
*Aaron Rodgers had a Jon Lester game…his best stuff left him years ago, baserunners were always on, yet he found a way to outsmart the Bears defense to do just enough to win the game. His box score isn’t impressive, his 3rd down conversions were nonexistent, but I think it was impressive that Rodgers didn’t get strip-sacked, he recovered his own fumble (somehow), and didn’t throw an INT.
*The only game I’ve seen Trubisky play worse was the Rams game. We had the expected CCS idiocy coming into the game of Drew Brees comps, but I think the more interesting conversation was someone saying “at least we know Trubisky’s floor is Alex Smith” or something along those lines. I guess we don’t know that Trubisky’s floor is, TBH. He was inaccurate, indecisive, and surprisingly showed poor pocket presence. During the broadcast Collinsworth said something like “I really expected the Bears offense to take the next step due to all of their offseason acquisitions” and my response was “HUH?” Who did the Bears acquire on offense that would move the needle? It was just a bunch of Eddie Royal type guys who Nagy was supposed make into superstars…Patterson, Mike Davis, Montgomery, Ridley, etc.
*The Bears really missed Jordan Howard. His running, his blocking. Its not a popular opinion, but perhaps they win this game if they still have Jordan Howard.
*Another unpopular opinion is that the Bears desperately need/needed Anthony Miller to develop into a WR2. Gabriel is so much better as a WR3, and Miller was virtually invisible last night. Whoever did that video breakdown of Miller that lazily touted his TD catches and called him a ‘workhorse’ couldn’t have been happy with last night’s performance.
Criticisms of Nagy:
*Yeah, it gets its own section.
*Completely abandons the run, again, despite the game being close. The Packers were blitzing virtually every down in the 2nd half because they knew Trubisky was passing. Its almost like they welcomed an aerial assault from Trubisky, a la Charles Woodson-Jay Cutler. Tarik Cohen had zero carries.
*The Packers’ tackling greatly improved from last year. Those underneath passes that Trubisky (and Trubisky’s QB rating) feasted on last season only got them a few yards with no RAC, and eventually a sack or a holding penalty would disrupt things. Cohen averaged 6 yards on 8 receptions, Davis averaged 2.8 yards on 6 receptions.
*Not sure of the point of having Cohen split wide against nickel/dime defenses. Kind of stupid because its not creating a mismatch. Either have Cohen carry the ball against a pass defense, or have him split wide against base 4-3 to get matched up against a LB/SS.
*No adjustments. Kept doing the same thing over and over. Why not try Patterson at TE and see what happens in the passing game? Why not go jumbo and try to bulldoze GB with Davis/Montgomery? The one thing Nagy did was the short-yardage carry with Patterson…come on, man. That Jordan Howard trade is looking worse and worse.
*Final thought…the sequence after Trubisky’s “big play” misfire to Robinson in the 3rd quarter was Marty Mohrningweg level moronic. You start off with a manageable 3rd and 5, but then Nagy is late with the play for some reason and the delay of game puts you at 3rd and 10. You then have a seemingly designed pass play to Patterson short of the marker when all game long the Packers have given you no RAC, but Trubisky misfires anyways. So it’s a 7-3 game and points are at a premium, your offense has been bad and your QB in particular has been terrible, your defense has been playing lights out, your kicker is 1-1 in FGs…yet you bypass a 51-yard FG attempt thinking you’ll convert a 4th and 10? WTF? I wouldn’t even do that on Madden (although perhaps a sneaky fake punt with Tarik Cohen as the punter would be my play call). That was indefensible from Nagy.
