Yea, hopefully the 11-attempt thing from last Sunday was just a blip and some combination of poor game management by Getsy, our running game being surprisingly effective, and a few bad drop backs that shook QB1's confidence a bit.
The 26 for 39 for 285 yards, 1 TD, and 0 INTs (7.31 yards/attempt) quarterback from last year's Vikings game (albeit a bad loss where we scored a grand total of 9 points) is in there somewhere.
I am no fan of Getsy, especially after the shotgun 4th and goal.
But this narrative about not letting him pass until the game was out of hand is mind numbingly stupid.
The bears went 3 consecutive pass plays for 3 and out the drive after the td.
The ensuing drive was also pass heavy and was killed by the illegal forward pass.
I am by no means caping for Getsy- he is looking like he is in over his head.
But this not letting fields pass narrative that people here have latched on to is disingenuous.
From the completion of the touchdown drive to the end of the half, the bears were absolutely pass heavy by a wide margin.
Unfortunately, with poor execution and lack of success, going pass heavy led to a huge deficit in time of possession and score.
Seriously- anyone that thinks fields should have had more pass attempts should rewatch the first half and see what that led to.
Had they kept it up, it would have been a 50 point loss.
The second half they were running to set up the pass...and the passing just kept failing.
Had it not, there would have been more downs and more attempts.
At some point you have to look at how drives died and place responsibility where it belongs, and much of that Sunday was on fields.
