W4vsTB: Touch

   Well I wanted a better play out of Mitchell Trubisky and got it against the Buc's in a big way, he showed he has the accuracy and vision needed to be a great QB at least in this game, he did have a pair of passes he overthrew but there where plenty more where he was right on the money. Maybe the Buc's defense is a bad unit but this is what should happen when a good offense plays a bad defense, so yeah the Bears offense played as a good NFL offense and did it through the air without much help from Jordan Howard through the ground which is not to say that Howard played bad, just that the ground game was not moving the chains, at the end it didn't matter because Trubisky and company shredded the defense with the pass. There was little to worry about on defense, Tampa Bay went on to panic by siting Ryan Fitzpatrick and putting in Jameis Winston ending the Buc's offensive magic, second consecutive game where the Bears defense makes the opposing team bring in their backup QB off the bench, not counting when DeShone Kiser backed up injured Aaron Rodgers but it could count. Wonder if this could trend more this year, too much to ask? Knowing that the Bears can outplay a bad team that way is encouraging, if the offense can consistently play at least half as good as they did against Tampa Bay then this team looks like a playoff contender that should be feared and only thing stopping them would be how healthy they can maintain themselves... and maybe Aaron Rodgers.

   Next up is at Miami against an opportunistic defense that has created ten interceptions this season. Still I believe the Bears should win this one, even if the Dolphins started the season 3-0 those three wins came against low to mid caliber teams (Titans, Jets and Raiders) to then get destroyed by the Patriots and lose to the Bengals, both on the road to fairly good teams. What the Bears need is to not get sloppy returning from their bye week and continue where they left off.