From here on out the Bears are the underdogs if they weren't before this point, they almost got the best of the first place NFC North Vikings and then inexplicably let a win go against the Commanders, the Bears are a bad team and it pains me to accept it even if it makes sense being that they are on rebuilding mode, still in gruesome to see Justin Fields play behind such a porous Oline.
The offense is once again suffering from lack of talent in the trenches, Sam Mustipher is at negative snaps he should be playing, his time was up three games ago. Lucas Patrick is quickly turning in to the second most hated lineman on the starting team by playing worse than Mustipher on the LG position, its so bad that I don't even feel comfortable on moving him to C anymore, but if it helps to sit Mustipher I can live with it. Larry Borom and Braxton Jones are going trough some major growing pains, there is some consideration for Jones who is a rookie but Borom has taken steps back from his previous year where he showed some promise, I wouldn't bench him yet but I am pondering who should take his place if this continues. Teven Jenkins, the guy who was rumored to leave the team by trade, is the best lineman the Bears have right now, talk about close calls. Fields is showing big plays followed by broken plays and/or taking to much time making decisions, progress is not going to be linear until this Oline gets better results. When Fields manages to make a play he is getting let down by his wideouts, sadly the small growths Fields has shown are minimized by the lack of talent their receivers are showing on the field, the need for a big bodied possession receiver is showing in my opinion and looks like Equanimeous St. Brown isn't Fields choice, maybe returning N'Keal Harry can be a better option. Speed isn't a problem at wideout, its getting the ball to them what is lacking, Velus Jones might not be the return man that the Bears envisioned, at least not yet, but when he has gotten the ball he has been productive, time to expand his role on the offense a bit more. Khalil Herbert might be the hot hand recently with some big gains but David Montgomery should still be considered the lead back, I'm cool with then splitting carries but for now Monty is still the more dependent one.
On defense the secondary is improving by the week especially Kindle Vildor and Kyler Gordon, Vildor is benefiting by the type of defense this coaching has installed and Gordon is on trial by fire and is coming from the other side of this with more experience and better understanding of his role. The problem on this defense is the front seven, the Dline struggles with the run, they are missing a clogger on the middle to dominate or just help the LBs get more clean shots at the ball carrier, but they are also lacking big time in pressuring the QB, Al-Quadin Muhammad and Robert Quinn are not getting it done, Quinn is waiting for the QB to step back but the DTs are not bringing enough pressure upnfront to make the QB drop back more, making Quinn just get ushered by the tackle behind the pocket while the QB just steps forward to make time, Muhammad isn't fast enough period, its time to give the younger players more time in Trevis Gipson and Dominique Robinson and see what they can do or cant do, at the middle its not that easy, there is just isn't a dominant enforcer on the team like when they had Akiem Hicks.
Next up against the Patriots is not going to be an easy game, the Patriots have shown to be a very solid team on both sides of the ball and know the game plan to a T, they are a very prepared and we'll coached team and it shows, even when Mac Jones went down with injury the team didnt even flinch with Bailey Zappe at the helm, they got the best ranked duo of rookie CBs and their front seven play the run exceptionally well. The Bears will finally mix things up with the Oline with Patrick at C and Schofield at LG, its better than nothing, they might have been waiting for their mini bye to make the change and get everyone ready with the extra time, but even so they took to long. Having the defense maintain a close game and having a cleaner pocket for Fields more often is the only things that this Bears team need to do to be able to evaluate their young QB which is priority number one, playoffs is a far second right now. Rumors of Ryan Poles being interested on trading for a receiver, although it makes sense due to the present recurrence of teams signing their best wideouts to big contracts is getting applied more at this time, getting one of Jerry Jeudy or Chase Claypool would be beneficial but the Bears cant be giving too much when the team still have various holes to fill and still need to evaluate all their Oline players (Alex Leatherwood, Kellen Diesch, Zach Thomas and Dieter Eiselen) to see if they need to go deep in FA and/or the draft as priority one, because if the Bengals have shown anything is that you can have the best WR but if you cant protect your QB, you might make it far, but you aren't winning the big game, Poles needs to be smart and go all in next year, if he is going to get some help it has to be someone to maintain Fields in his feet.
No hay comentarios.:
Publicar un comentario