Sounds like we have another nut with a gun loose near Raleigh, NC.  Several regular posters are from that area.  Hope all are safe.

Can Thursday night football just pass in peace. Pull the plug already. 

Cool...

Has anyone else noticed that Bears games always seem to be ugly?

Fields might just be complete and total garbage, but it’s hard to imagine a young QB going to a worse spot. It would be hard for most QBs to succeed in that environment— minimal skill position talent around him, poor coaching, bad OL, those orange unis/helmets, etc.

Fields taking a beating.

1st TD on TNF in 2 weeks and they almost missed showing it live

5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Fields might just be complete and total garbage, but it’s hard to imagine a young QB going to a worse spot. It would be hard for most QBs to succeed in that environment— minimal skill position talent around him, poor coaching, bad OL, those orange unis/helmets, etc.

They don't have talent, but they're well coached. He's playing in a QB friendly offense. He's not asked to drop back and pick a defense apart. They use a lot of PA boots and create easy throws. They're trying to make it as easy as possible or him.

8 minutes ago, schuy7 said:

They don't have talent, but they're well coached. He's playing in a QB friendly offense. He's not asked to drop back and pick a defense apart. They use a lot of PA boots and create easy throws. They're trying to make it as easy as possible or him.

The Bears coaching staff didn’t do any of that his rookie year. Minimal designed runs, almost no roll outs and boot action. He was set up to fail by the coaching staff. 

I couldn’t say much about this year other than they’ve done their best to not pass the ball with any kind of volume. 

Midway through the 2019 season, I was already convinced that Wentz wasn't going to be good enough.  I still don't understand how he fell so far.  It wasn't all coaching and surrounding talent early in his career.  He was really good once.  

F me what an awful game 😂

 

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

The Bears coaching staff didn’t do any of that his rookie year. Minimal designed runs, almost know roll outs and boot action. He was set up to fail by the coaching staff. 

I couldn’t say much about this year other than they’ve done their best to not pass the ball with any kind of volume. 

Yeah, I won't say anything good about last year. They didn't know what they were doing with him. They have a solid plan around him this year with new staff though.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Midway through the 2019 season, I was already convinced that Wentz wasn't going to be good enough.  I still don't understand how he fell so far.  It wasn't all coaching and surrounding talent early in his career.  He was really good once.  

It blows my mind. What happened? Acl, concussions, attitude? He is a shell of what he was. 

4 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Midway through the 2019 season, I was already convinced that Wentz wasn't going to be good enough.  I still don't understand how he fell so far.  It wasn't all coaching and surrounding talent early in his career.  He was really good once.  

Go back and watch highlights from 2017.  He looks nothing like he does now.

Biggest thing that stands out is his mobility and ability to escape pressure.  

Maybe Matt Rhule can head back to Temple.  They're losing 70-13 right now.

7 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Midway through the 2019 season, I was already convinced that Wentz wasn't going to be good enough.  I still don't understand how he fell so far.  It wasn't all coaching and surrounding talent early in his career.  He was really good once.  

Kurt Warner did a deep dive breakdown of Wentz in his Youtube channel and concluded that his 2017 season was luck, not performance.

He cited the unsustainable 3rd down numbers and comically bad completion % as factors that should have told us he was never that good in the first place.

With that all said, even if 2017 was a fluke, he was never THIS bad. Sheesh.

1 minute ago, 315Eagles said:

Go back and watch highlights from 2017.  He looks nothing like he does now.

Biggest thing that stands out is his mobility and ability to escape pressure.  

Before the ACL injury he was like rubber ban man just gliding all over the field running like an ostrich. He looks so slow and undynamic now.

5 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

 

 

9 hours ago, mattwill said:

If the two DEs playing to his right and left are Cox and Hargrave, I trust their experience enough that I would deploy the following approach ... have Davis do everything he can to use his power to drive the opposing O-lineman (linemen?) as far back as possible into the pocket.  Cox and Hargrave would be less aggressive and adjust/discipline their rush to both the offensive formation and the havoc that Davis creates.  Sweat and Reddick are not quite as senior as Cox and Hargrave, but they certainly are experienced enough to read the offensive formation themselves with the knowledge that the Cowboys will be looking to run first and pass second.

Note: looking back at the Gamebooks from the first four Dallas games this season, the run-run-run approach of the Week Five game was not in evidence.

What you are saying is let Davis drive forward and disregard what offense is trying to do.  Then the other DL members do their things to get to the ball carrier or QB.  Davis has to win his battle at the middle of the LOS.  Let's see how that plays out.

 

2 minutes ago, Damanick10 said:

Before the ACL injury he was like rubber ban man just gliding all over the field running like an ostrich. He looks so slow and undynamic now.

He was like that the following year in 2018.  Just could never regain that mobility and escapability that made him dangerous. 

3rd and 1 

Run the damn ball Chicago!

Brutal to drop back and pass there.

6 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

 

 

The game should at least have the intrigue of Hopkins coming back off of his suspension.