W14vsHOU: Keeping it simple

    Bears take advantage of a very bad and beaten Houston Texans team obliterating them by 29 points and allowing only seven, this keeps the chance of getting a playoff spot alive with three more games to go, although they dominated this last game there is little to show off from this victory.

   Mitchell Trubisky played a good game by keeping it safe, he is playing more his type of game by rolling out and using his legs, his focus was mostly completing short and fast passes and protecting the football, he had some opportunities to go long but with easier open targets available and a big lead already early in the game, it wasn't really necessary. Trubisky might have to try those throws if his team falls behind but for now moving the chains and getting the ball to his playmakers while not giving it away was and will be the only thing he need to do. David Montgomery and the Oline are slowly but surely meshing together, they still have to polish some things but overall the Oline looks like a functional NFL caliber one and that's enough for Montgomery to work with and make defenses pay, still this wasn't a top ten defense and Bill Lazor is still giving away snaps to Cordarrelle Patterson as a runner, that has got to change fast. One more game where Cole Kmet shows he can play the TE position, more please. A negative for his offense is that once they got just passed the 50 yard line in the 3rd quarter at 1st and 25 because of two penalties against them, they started to struggle again and finished scoring only 2 FG in the second half, this is more of the same struggles they have had all season giving the other team a chance to bounce back and asking the defense to bail them out like every other game they have one this season.

   The defense had a field day with 7 sacks and one for a safety, Mario Edwards Jr. is looking to be a keeper for next season as a really good consistent pass rusher, unfortunately with the news of his encounter with legal issues guess it will be a wait and see scenario. It's no question that the defense dominated but the Texans were a very poor equipped team in this game missing all of their top WRs and still the Bears struggled at times in zone coverage but are looking good against the run again. With the news that Robert Quinn is playing injured, maybe it's best that Trevis Gipson gets more snaps, he showed some good things in this game getting behind the Oline often.

   Next is a tough game against the divisional rival Vikings at Minnesota, struggling team with a defense that is missing some rush but makes due with preparation, still they will be missing LB Eric Kendricks wich will be huge, unfortunately the Bears will be down Buster Skrine and Jaylon Johnson so this might end up being a shoot out which will make it very interesting to see if Trubisky can light up the scoreboard which could be needed for the Bears to win this one and keep the dream a reality one more week.