W3@ARI: Shuting it down

   I expected a hard fought game but not a nail biter that went down to the wire, once the game ended I didn't realize until the next day that the Cardinals didn't score points after the 1st quarter, they where shut down by the Bears defense plain and simple creating four turnovers against the two by Mitchell Trubisky and even so just one of them cost them seven points, I knew the Cardinals where struggling at QB but this really did amaze me once I noticed it.

   Again I could see Trubisky go hot and cold still looking like someone that isn't comfortable enough yet with the system, obviously it shows he is still not ready and looks like he is really trying to not turn the ball over by making the wrong decisions on where and when to throw the ball. Still he ended with two turnovers although these where more slip ups than bad decisions, he just needs to take better care of the ball when scrambling and the interception was a better defensive play than a bad throw. This errors aside he managed to have good stats with high completion percentage and more than 200 yards for the first time this season, no scores tho so its still an average performance by him with some great plays and other times where he just made me scratch my head, throwing with poor to no accuracy, it concerns me a lot.

   I liked the balance between Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen, I felt the number of run plays and moments they where in the game were good and if they weren't trailing almost all game, I believe the Bears could have won the game with more run plays and of course good defense, which once again had to bail the offense out to manage to end with the victory. 

   Again, we can see why Kalil Mack is worth every penny, even when he is called for an offside overturning a pick six by Eddie Jackson in the final minutes of the game that would have sealed the game, its no biggie as it was just a matter of time for him and the rest of the front seven to generate enough pressure to get to the QB and be over with the game for good.

   With the Bucs playing next at Soldier field led by the magic beard of Ryan Fitzpatrick and the number one offense, this makes for a big game that can better tell us how good the Bears defense is... but not really. The Buccaneers are where they are because of the WR and TE group they have, Fitzpatrick just has to lob it to Mike Evans, O.J. Howard or Cameron Brate and they will come down with it more times than not, they can stretch the field giving space to speedy Desean Jackson, Chris Godwin and Adam Humphries, I'm still not sure if the Bucs cant run the ball or just don't want to. 

   With the news that Prince Amukamara wont play, this forces the Bears to play rookie Kevin Toliver II or Bryce Callahan outside, it doesn't look good for the Bears. Eddie Jackson and Danny Trevathan can cover the TEs while Kyle Fuller will have his hands full going one on one with Evans, Callahan has to stick on the slot to cover one of these speedsters be it Jackson or Humphries, that would leave Toliver against Godwin which I will be paying much attention to. The Bears front seven has the ability to get to Fitzpatrick against the Bucks average Oline but that may not be enough if he gets the ball fast although pressure could eliminate the deep ball which is the Bucs triumph card. This game may depend on Trubisky and the offense to get needed points on the board that they left off on the previous games, they can not play catch up like they did against the Cardinals or they may lose this one.