No surprises in this game, just more of the same. The Bears Oline got worse with new bodies on it and no practices to try and mold this scrapy unit together due to COVID issues.
I'm not gonna even talk about the defense, this is plain and simple, the Oline will cost the Bears the season, it shadows any other problem that this team could be having, the Oline is so horrendous that you can't possibly be able to evaluate individual performances correctly or fairly, not even as a group, it makes everybody look bad or worse. I don't believe it can get better, I haven't seen anything that tells me it can, this team will only continue struggling even if they manage to win, which I don't believe they will get many the rest of this year. What concerns me is whoever is behind this line at QB is possibly going to break and if that happens it hurts the future of this team, imagine trying to get FA talent to fortify the position, anybody with talent will look somewhere else first because no one will want to play with this empty shell of an offensive line.
If Cody Whitehair is down, the coaching staff cant do anything but to start their new guys and evaluate them to see what they got and if it's enough to consider getting them back for next season. There IS one important step to do before anything else and it's not debatable, that is to get Rashaad Coward OUT, I do not what to see him again in the starting line up, I don't even want him to be considered as an offensive player on the roster, he is done and should not place a foot on the field when the offense is in, if there is no other RT then push Alex Bars to that spot, there is nothing to lose right now, he looked awful at center and its maybe why Ryan Pace signed Eric "tanktop" Kush. It's a mystery as of now to know what this line is going to look like depending if he plays RG or C which is how he is designated on the roster as of now. I would put Sam Mustipher at C, Kush at RG, Jermain Ifedi at RT, Bars at LG and Charles Leno Jr. at LT. With this being said, I want Leno benched, Bars or Whitehair at LT and the other at LG, but LT is no joke, Bars would need reps first to possibly make the change permanently, any of these changes is not a simple task and LT is the least one you want to meddle with.
The news of Matt Nagy passing the play calling to Bill Lazor might just get Nagy a chance of keeping his job next year, if honestly this was his and only his decision then he has shown a a small sample of flexibility and willing to change and learn as the young HC he is, sadly a losing record might get Pace fired and consequently him as well if the new GM decides to bring someone new, still its a bit to soon to know. Lazor might want to simplify everything for his offense especially the run game, no tricks meaning less Cordarrelle Patterson and maybe more Ryan Nall up the gut when he is in for David Montgomery. More bodies in the line of scrimmage doesn't seem to be working to get the run going, maybe showing pass to run can work, put 4 wideouts and make the defense think pass even if the passing game will have to be short and quick passes the important thing is to gain positive yards and get first downs consistently to get the defense rested.
I don't expect this team to get fixed in time to be considered a real contender in January and maybe by even trying to get better they can hurt their chances of getting a good draft pick for next year but giving up is not something fans want to see from their team. Next they host the Vikings who are an inconsistent team to say the least, but someone that is not inconsistent is Dalvin Cook which will be a handful for the Bears defense but they can take him on, but again nothing matters if there is no progress with the Bears offense, at least it will be interesting to see what Lazor tries to do differently.
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