The Bears let the win slip away against a Giants team that was getting depleted in front of our eyes and still wasn't enough of an advantage to get back in the game. The score displayed the same old Bears that cant get going on offense and the defense does just enough to give them a chance, the game shows a bit of a difference, this time although the QB didn't have a good game, he wasn't responsible for the debacle.
The offense went as far as the Oline took them and it almost resulted in Justin Fields getting injured as he was hurried, hit and sacked a plenty in this game, Fields still showed struggles to get rid of the ball when getting pressured but as I said before, if the Oline doesn't improve I can not expect better play from Fields, he is panicking and seeing ghosts and I cant blame him, he is getting defenders in his face almost as fast as the snapped ball hits his hands, the interior pressure does not help these young Tackles to create a pocket as they are shifting the defenders to the back of the pocket but if Fields takes to many steps back or tries to escape from the back he is gonna get sacked by the edge rushers which has happened too often. Fields small flashes of improvement in reading and reacting made his receivers show their flaws, as talented as they are none of them can help Fields as a possession receiver or at least they haven't shown that ability or trust with Fields. Sam Mustipher needs to get benched ASAP, this regime cant make the same mistake the previous one did of having no contingency plan of trying to make the Oline better, they got lucky playing Larry Borom and Teven Jenkins due to injuries that made them have no choice but to play them, now with the loss of arguably the best Olinemen the Bears had in the field in Cody Whitehair this forces the Bears to play Jenkins full time now, I was expecting this to happen in this game pushing Lucas Patrick to C but this had to happen and its not the way it should have been, they still have the chance of trying to improve the line by sitting Mustipher and playing Ja'Tyre Carter or Michael Schofield at LG or even Alex Leatherwood eventually, heck they can even play Patrick at LG who honestly didn't look good or any of the others and place Dieter Eiselen at C which wouldn't make any sense because Patrick was the guy who should have played C since the preseason so why wait more time!
Upside players: Jenkins keeps showing in limited reps that he should be playing, he isn't perfect but when he is on he just destroys Dlinemen. In all this mess, Whitehair was silently playing good football but so has Braxton Jones just not as good as Whitehair still its something to look forward to in a rookie LT.
Downside players: Not even the bad play of Patrick at LG can cover for how bad Mustipher has looked, he is not the force an Oline needs at the pivot position.
The defense can take credit of being good in crunch time, they haven't allowed a TD in the second half of games this season, if they keep this up they only have one half to worry about to be a good defense even when struggling with the run. The Giants outsmarted the Bears with their RPOs and rollouts resulting in a very productive day for Saquon Barkley, when rushed from the inside the Bears Dline suffers on combo blocks and the LBs just missed to many tackles, looked like the Giants didn't want nothing to do with Roquan Smith and ran the other way where it was to much for Nicholas Morrow and Joe Thomas to handle all game, Smith still shows that if he gets blocked he is taken away from the play, Smith needs to attack the lane but for that to happen the front four need to absorb the blockers, they can usually take one on ones but not double teams and this game showed that. One cant expect the QB rush to work if the offense isn't scared to run the ball through your defense, the Bears placed more bodies at the line with safety help and it backfired with outside runs, they need better play form their DTs or get thumpers at the LB position, which require change and the coaches might not be ready to make them yet as they may be sacrificing coverage for run stuffing.
Upside players: Eddie Jackson has looked amazing showing his signature cover skills while showing improvement as a tackler which is a pleasant surprise.
Downside players: Kyler Gordon is suffering as a rookie, got beat twice deep but Jackson bailed him from one of them, corner is not an easy position, lets hope he learns from all of this. It might not be fair to place Robert Quinn but his absence is hurting.
Next against the Viking there isn't much hope of victory or there shouldn't be against a well rounded team that still finds ways to lose games mysteriously. Kurt Cousins is good enough to get the job done with three capable WRs and with Dalvin Cook in the back field. The Bears will need to stop the run to have a chance to even try and keep Cousins and Justin Jefferson in check. I would try giving Mike Pennel more playing time than Angelo Blackson next to Armon Watts who is a tweener that wins with power while Justin Jones is more of a penetrator and better used for pass plays, its time to let Al-Quadin Muhammad rest more on the bench who is struggling at both run and pass while letting Trevis Gipson and Dominique Robinson get more snaps at DE who might struggle on run plays but look better at putting pressure on the QB, not having Jaylon Johnson is going to hurt even if Jaylon Jones and Kindle Vildor are doing a decent job but neither have played against someone like Jefferson. Offensively it just needs to be obvious that Mustipher is not it and accept it, a new inside group needs to be built where it includes Jenkins full time, the passing game might still struggle but at least gives the run a chance to continue where it left off, giving Fields opportunities to hurt defenses can only help open more lanes for the RBs hoping that David Montgomery can return and help his QB be even better protected.
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