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Episode 5: Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers
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The boys recap what was a disappointing opener for the Chicago Bears, and they are joined again by Isaac to talk about what happened; what the Bears did wrong (a lot) and what the Packers did right. They also give a preview of week two, when the Bears will take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Give it a listen!
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Transcript
Introduction and Episode Opening
00:00:00
Speaker
Hello and welcome to episode five of the Bearclaw podcast. I am your host Omar Delgado with me, as always, Zachary Stein and back with us again. It is Isaac Turjan. All right.
Review of Previous Predictions
00:00:22
Speaker
As far as cleanups, I don't think there was anything you guys, uh,
00:00:28
Speaker
cleanups from the last episode? Yeah, from the last episode. I didn't find any or anything, so. No.
00:00:34
Speaker
No, we fucking crushed it last week. You know, I mean, besides besides obviously, you know, like our our our guesstimate on the game. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, even Isaac was off on that one. Yeah. So.
Week 1 Game Recap: Bears vs Packers
00:00:51
Speaker
Well, we said 40 between both teams and the Packers scored at best. I think I said like 43. It's like my high or something. I did get the Bears score, right? Oh, no. I'll take that. That's a dub. Take it where we can get it.
00:01:05
Speaker
All right, well, no way around it. Might as well just get right into it. We're going to recap this week one game that happened that was the Chicago Bears versus the Green Bay Packers at Chicago. So as we get into it, I just first wanted to get, let's just do a little vibe check and just see how, give everyone the chance to kind of talk about how they feel about the game in general and just things that kind of stuck out to you and that you wanted to hit on and talk about.
00:01:32
Speaker
Overall, I mean overall vibe check woof Yeah, then I'm just gonna leave it at that cuz I'm sure we're gonna dive into some shit here Yeah, my general vibe was that shit sucked that was not fun Isaac I'm sure your vibes are right now.
Bears' Challenges in Execution and Discipline
00:01:52
Speaker
Yeah, I mean
00:01:54
Speaker
We executed and controlled the trenches and that's basically the recipe to success. I mean, we just kind of spoiled the offensive game plan, whatever there was, you know, we took care of it and we kept collapsing the pocket, creating 30 longs, keeping them behind the stakes. I mean, they kind of shot themselves in the leg early on with all the penalties and stuff like that. But a lot of like a discipline on the Bears part, honestly. Yeah.
00:02:21
Speaker
But I think all in all, we controlled the trenches. And that was a recipe for success there. Sure. All right.
Offensive Struggles and Player Critiques
00:02:32
Speaker
Well, let's start off. We're going to talk about what went wrong for the Bears and what went right for the Packers. Let's start offensively. I guess we can start with the Bears. What went wrong for us offensively?
00:02:45
Speaker
What went wrong for us offensively? Is that what you're asking me right now? You're asking us right now? What went wrong for us? What did you guys see? The goddamn list would be shorter if we went forward right. I mean, the list would be way shorter.
00:03:03
Speaker
What went wrong? Let's see. Nate Davis, Cody Whitehair, Chase fucking Claypool. So the O-line Chase Claypool. Yeah. What the fuck is his draft of Cohen out there? What the fuck is his problem? And why is he like, what are we doing? So I mean, the fact that this that the issue and concern had been raised during the preseason and during the offseason and the preseason and camps.
00:03:32
Speaker
It, to me, I'm like, I get that we made, I get that the front office is like, no, we fucking traded out the 30 second pick to get this dude. Like, let's, he has to be out there. He has to be out there at a certain fucking point. No, he doesn't.
00:03:48
Speaker
At a certain point, he does not. At a certain point, he doesn't deserve to be out there. As a Chicago Bear, he doesn't deserve to be out there. Like, as a football player. Just, no. I would mutter it. I'm like, you know what? At that point, start someone else. Help bring someone up from the practice squad. Bring someone back that we dropped, even at that point. They're going to give it way more effort than what he ever did on that field. And that looked, that was a fucking pedestrian. That was a shame.
00:04:11
Speaker
Absolutely. That's honestly of all of it. That's the thing that pissed me off the most was watching. Yeah. At least they kept trying at some point, like they were thinking that communication wasn't there.
Strategic Analysis of Bears' Offense
00:04:24
Speaker
I mean, kind of branching off what Isaac said, like, yeah, they collapsed the pocket really well. The offensive line just didn't have that gel yet. So but at least they didn't like just stand there and let people write through, you know, just like
00:04:41
Speaker
Did you? He got lit up by a guy that was like 50 pounds and probably six inches shorter than him. And he got lit up right into Mooney. And he did. He took out. They took out Chase Claypool and got the tackle for Mooney in that one play. That was fucking ridiculous. Disgusting. I don't know why he's I'm with you. I don't know why he's still around. If this was a problem and we talked about it going into the preseason and stuff and it's already known like. You know, the sad thing is there is actually
00:05:11
Speaker
I have found not one, but two different articles from from like Pittsburgh and Steelers fans. Like news outlets basically like talking about Claypool and his lackluster performance. I don't even think you can call it a performance like it's literally he just was.
00:05:34
Speaker
out there. And he was just a body. He was just a body on the field. Yeah, that was ridiculous. Yeah, the offensive line was not good. Justin Fields had, I think he's already on the same track to be under pressure as much as he was last year.
00:05:53
Speaker
Um, there was just no pocket. There was no time. They were in his face. The Packers did a really good job of putting pressure on them and getting to them. Um, just from the front floor. I mean, it's not like we did a lot of blitzes or anything. It's just a lot of that's just said it was like standard shit. Like, which to me tells me that it's not the Packers
Offseason Preparation Concerns
00:06:14
Speaker
aren't unbeatable. I looked good because they were going against the team that was not.
00:06:19
Speaker
like gelling across the board, but they absolutely have some stuff that they need to work on as well. And like that. So there was nothing like super special or difficult or like unseen when it comes to their to their defense and and what they were showing out like I'm like that. I think that's what was also kind of disappointing was like they weren't really doing anything. Out of the ordinary. Yeah.
00:06:47
Speaker
Standard defense. It just showed. I don't know. I feel like, and I heard this a lot, and I agree with it, that it just showed. You had all offseason. This is the first game. This is the game. This is the biggest game. It's going to be the tone setter. That's already, let alone the first game. Week one is always the tone setter. But then you have your rival at home. Everyone's ready. There's been all this hype in that offseason. You had the entire offseason to get ready. And you look like shit. You look like that. It just showed a total lack of preparation. What did we spend? What did we do this entire time?
00:07:16
Speaker
So what are we doing? I think that's coming at it from a perspective of the idea that we were going to win out the NFC North this year or something. And I think that expectations need to be tempered across the board. The fact of the matter is, ultimately, it's just a do better than three wins season. And like we defined in the beginning, any type of growth across the board is going to be successful season. So sticking by that,
00:07:47
Speaker
Watching the first half, I was like, OK, it's still manageable. Let's see what changes we make at halftime. It didn't really get out of hand until like the third quarter. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That was when it really sort of, you know, took a dump. And my big thing is, OK, well, we know what isn't going to work. What are you going to do now for week two? What are you going to do against the Buccaneers team that looked halfway decent, but also has just as many issues like
00:08:17
Speaker
you know, they they easily could shoot themselves in the foot next week. So it's not like they were the most disciplined team out there in their game. You know, they they still have good talent out there, but they're not unbeatable either. So can the Bears make adjustments? I mean, the Buccaneers would be a good test. I mean, they blitzed, I think, 50 percent of the time last week and create like 12 pressures. I mean, they're kind of beating up that whole line. I mean, they caused that defense came out.
00:08:44
Speaker
heavy in that game. They're ready to play. And the offense, I mean, they freaking pounded that too. Like that was, that was great. You know, I was honestly like impressed by the buck showing out that way against the Vikings who have, I mean, a solid O line, one of the best in the league. Like that's.
00:09:03
Speaker
Their tackles are solid. Their interior is the issue. I mean, their right guard at Ingram just is a revolving door, basically. You could see it. I mean, but I mean, ultimately, like. That's what I'm looking at is, are we able to make the changes that we need in order to, you know, finish more than three wins this season? That's that's the goal. If we were saying, you know, even on the front office said that we only
00:09:30
Speaker
got 70, maybe 80 percent of what we need to fix, you know, like done in the trades and the offices and such and things, the pieces that we acquired. And, you know, so I think that they still are looking at this as a rebuilding year,
Adjustments Needed for Bears
00:09:44
Speaker
that it's not necessarily the year that we're going to like. I think that we have a chance to, you know, challenge for a wildcard spot if we can make the right changes. The talent is there.
00:09:56
Speaker
I don't think the talent's not there. I just don't think they're not, they're clicking. And that was the other issues that we saw like on the defensive side of the ball was just, they're not clicking, which we talked about going into this was the idea that they hadn't all played together yet in like a real game situation. So not even during the preseason games, um, because of injuries and stuff from camp and crap. So I mean, ultimately I'm not, I don't think it's necessarily like,
00:10:24
Speaker
Complete in total like fuck the season horseshit, you know, it's just it's very frustrating. I don't think that it's a show out in the first game either, though. Yeah, I mean, I just was really frustrating and I like. I'm trying to gather my thoughts here, I think, I don't know, I guess I see where you're coming from and I get it. And I think, yeah, I do need to temper expectations, but it's still it was just like this was not an unwinnable game.
00:10:51
Speaker
And I don't think, like, so I don't think it's too out of hand or too unreasonable to be like, what the fuck are we doing, you know?
00:11:00
Speaker
So did we hit on what went right for the Packers? I feel like offensively for the Packers, Jordan Love, this was the perfect game for him. The perfect just for him to get into a rhythm. It felt like he had all day in the pocket. We didn't really get to him. He made some pretty solid passes. But I don't think the Green Bay offense looked crazy. It didn't look amazing. But I think they did what they had to do. I mean, yeah. I mean, I just had a lot in the offense.
00:11:26
Speaker
I started out in the offseason that this team is going to run smoother without Rogers in a QB who can create within the system. And I mean, that's exactly what they did. I mean, they scored on the opening drive and we did that once last year. So I mean, already showing improvements within, you know, just trusting the scheme and trusting the system.
00:11:45
Speaker
I didn't really understand taking Aaron Jones out in the second quarter. Cause he was, I don't think anybody understood that. That was a silly, I was like, what are they winning the game? I was like, this dude is untouchable. Like, what, what do we, like, why would I was like, I mean, Hey, I'm not going to complain about it, but also like, at least let me watch some fun. I guess. I mean, they started utilizing him right after halftime and that's
Jordan Love's Performance and Bears' Defensive Issues
00:12:11
Speaker
when we started running the score up. I mean,
00:12:14
Speaker
It's just going to trust your playmakers. What do you think, Stan? Do you feel like the Bears weren't trusting their playmakers? I've seen a lot of stuff online that people were saying that seemed like the coaches on both sides of the ball weren't really trusting the Bears. I would say so. Number one, I would say Mercedes Lewis was not utilized as heavily as he should have been. He only was in for five snaps.
00:12:38
Speaker
absolutely could have been leveraged more. Rashawn Johnson obviously didn't really start taking out until I mean, I mean, he showed out for sure. And for you know, he performed he was in for 29 snaps. I mean,
00:12:53
Speaker
He could have upped that obviously, but he's also not the number one right now. So I mean, I get why not. But at a certain point, like recognizing, all right, well, this isn't clicking, but it is for Johnson. Let's. Yeah. Let's go ahead. You know, he got most of his snaps. A lot of his snaps came in like the garbage time towards the end, which. Yeah. Sucks. But also, you know.
00:13:17
Speaker
I think he did, I think he showed out really well. I was excited for him in the pre-season and I was excited when we picked him up. So yeah, I'm really interested to see how he develops. Yeah, I don't think we were trusting a lot of our playmates. I mean, more had- That same vein. Yeah, DJ Moro only had two targets. I mean, that's the guy who we traded the number one pick away for. This guy was supposed to be like, you know,
00:13:45
Speaker
He's supposed to help Justin Fields take that next leap. Well, that's just it is like, I don't necessarily think that was on him either, though. No, I don't think it was. No, it's not immediate. I was looking away from your number one too quickly. Sure. Like, which is a development issue from a quarterback perspective. Like, you have to allow the play to develop. Now, the other issue is that the pocket was collapsing a lot. So I think he was checking down a ton. It also didn't help that in the first half, they were had so many freaking like
00:14:12
Speaker
screens built out. I was trying to get a couple of short connections to build that confidence, to build that steam or whatever. But that is not what that felt like at all. That just felt like really weird play calling. I mean, he had four passes over 10 yards. And I mean, one of them was the Darnell Moody touchdown. So just shows what he can do, but doesn't have time. And I mean, I think the scheme kind of failed him.
00:14:41
Speaker
So to answer your question, I don't think it was necessarily that I think it's a combination. We weren't trusting our playmakers, but we also didn't give our playmakers enough time to, I don't know, make a fucking play.
00:14:54
Speaker
Yeah, you want let's let's dig in a little bit on Justin Fields Just because again, he's a big part of the offense He's the quarterback how much responsible he took after the game? I saw he was apologizing to Bears fans and saying, you know, we're gonna be better. We're gonna do better and stuff How much do you think this falls on him because I think I've seen a lot of people picking apart all the play all the things that you know Wide open passes that you could have made stuff here and there and it's like I thought
00:15:20
Speaker
I don't know for me looking at what happened yesterday and like the rhetoric that's been going on after it seems really frustrating because it seems like I was hoping that this season we would kind of and maybe not be totally done with it after week one but we at least have more answers and not be still doing this speculation and going back and forth of like
00:15:37
Speaker
Well, field isn't making wide open passes. Well, also, he doesn't have a pocket to pass in. Well, also, he's not getting the ball out in time. Well, he's hanging on too long. He's not making runs, blah, blah, blah. So I'm curious on your guys' opinions where you land on that and how much of this falls on Justin Fields' shoulders. I'll let you start, I say. I mean,
00:15:59
Speaker
There's not a lot you can do in the pocket. I mean, I think we created 26 pressures. I mean, that's ridiculous. Um, but also I did see, um, I watched a little bit of tape and I think there was some shots that maybe he could have taken. I think maybe his timing just got rattled a little bit, just from all the constant pressure that had been, you know, brewing up the entire game. Um, so I think that just ultimately screwed up his timing just a little bit. And, um,
00:16:26
Speaker
Yeah, I think it was just kind of like a combination of everything. Just, you know, you have all these expectations and then just he can't, you know, the team can execute. So then it's just kind of falling apart. I think it was just just a combination of multiple things.
Justin Fields' Challenges
00:16:42
Speaker
I would agree with that. I don't think that it's all on fields at all. You know, I we've said early on and I stand by it that it's a lack of consistency with the offensive line.
00:16:56
Speaker
And that didn't change after week one, because this is still the first time that they're like fully playing a full game together. So again, like got to give them time to gel, got to give them time to figure this out. And that's not going to happen in one week. And it might not happen after two. It might not happen after six. Like, sure. But if they can all stay healthy and they can all keep working and they can all like get to where they need to be, you know, that would be nice to see. But.
00:17:25
Speaker
back to fields, it's 100 percent that. If he doesn't have a line, he's going to stop trusting the line. Yeah. And he's going to stop trusting the process. Instinctually, survival kicks in. Yeah. Of not getting sacked, not giving up a fumble again. Not, you know, like it's. And that's I feel like if you're not going to have a consistent like he's not going to play.
00:17:54
Speaker
in the pocket and be comfortable in the pocket if you know if three fourths of the plays he's the pockets collapsing in on him before the play has time to develop he's not going to that for you know that other one fourth of the time he's not going to play like he has a pocket because he's not going to be used to having one you know he's at a certain point he's going to rush through his reads he's because he never knows when that's going to come right here right now the odds are more in favor of it collapsing than not you know so so i think i fully agree with
00:18:25
Speaker
How is it put in as far as like, you know, getting rattled and that's going to throw off your rhythm. That's going to throw off your ability and your routine as as a quarterback to make it through your progression. You're going to you're going to rush that. You know, so it doesn't surprise me that more of us only targeted a couple of times like. Especially, you know, they hyped up like how well they've been working together and connecting like in the in the in the off season and the preseason and through camps and such. And it just
00:18:54
Speaker
And it, you know, they clearly connected a couple of times during the preseason games and, and, but in this one, like, yeah, the line, I feel like they never had a real shot. You know, they just could not find a rhythm. So, yeah, I don't, but I don't think that that's on fields yet. I don't. Yeah. And honestly, that's the thing about any Chicago quarterback is unless they have an offensive line, I don't, I don't think it's ever going to be fully on the quarterback. It doesn't matter who it is. Yeah.
00:19:24
Speaker
It just I mean, it's reminiscent of last year. I mean, it's the same. You want to see improvement, but you also have to give them the things to improve with and they gave them the tools. But if you still can't get an old line around them, he's not going to that, you know, trust the system. Exactly. You can get all the receivers you want, but if they don't have time to make their routes. Yeah.
00:19:45
Speaker
and you don't have time to make your fucking reads on those routes. Even then too, I think early on in the game too, I was realizing and I felt good about, I did feel like Justin Fields wasn't taking off with the ball right away. And I do think he did a better job early on in the game and throughout the game of trying to give the play time to develop. But I mean, like we keep saying, when the puck is collapsing in on you, you gotta go or you take the sack or something. I do wish he would throw with the ball away a little more.
00:20:15
Speaker
I think that's something that he doesn't do like you can just chuck it you just like get rid of it I don't think he does that enough, but I'd still I don't think that's that's also a skill that needs to be taught like that must be learned because there I mean there are some people that Trying to throw it away. I can't figure it out They under throw it or something or they like oh there wasn't a receiver in that direction. Oh shit, okay?
00:20:39
Speaker
That play when they were in the red zone was crazy when Lucas Van Ness sacked them. I mean, he thought he could get that around, but he wasn't expecting Van Ness to be that, you know, explosive. Yeah. That was an impressive play by him. He had every chance to throw it away, but he just thought he could get that edge and pay for it. I mean, that stunted that TD drive.
00:21:03
Speaker
Yeah, I think it's a little bit too though. It's kind of like with a situation he's in. And I think that's a good example of it is like, you know, damned if you do, damned if you don't, you know what I mean? Like he's trying to make something happen or make something happen. And I don't know. I feel like he's just going to get criticized in some of those situations either way. And like, did you see, did you see his, um, on the Quay Walker pick?
00:21:24
Speaker
That was kind of all his fault because he followed the receiver the entire time. Yeah. He gave that away from the snap.
00:21:35
Speaker
He fucking what's the word I'm looking for? He like like he just but like he just made it obvious like he just sent the signal out like it was just like You know with his eyes. He was very easy to read where he was gonna throw the ball Literally, it would be like it'd be like on like first take or anything You know where they like they'll go through the replays and then they have the little spotlight that they drop on like the players when they're That's exactly it was like he put a giant spotlight on him anyway
00:22:09
Speaker
I was just gonna say there's things like that. Like I don't think Justin Fields is totally innocent I think he's taking he'll take responsibility and I think there are criticisms to be made But then it's like there's certain things that it's like you can't I feel like we at this point We're just still in that frustrating position where it's like, okay, but we can't really fully evaluate Him because of the old line and because of the things around him. I mean, it's just stuff
00:22:33
Speaker
What did you guys think about the Luke Getty game plan? Wasn't it? I mean, I was.
00:22:42
Speaker
Yeah, there there was one. I mean, obviously starting out with all of those little screen bullshit and kept getting blown up to. Yeah. And they kept resorting to it. And like they're like, no, we're going to stick to the script. And I'm like, well, maybe don't, you know, maybe maybe don't just. But also, you know, most of fields
00:23:06
Speaker
rushing came off of scrambles, not off of design plays. And I think that's another issue that I had. I was like, there's no like boots either. I was like, bro, you still have.
00:23:18
Speaker
I'm like, I get that you're trying to develop an offensive system where he can stick in a pocket and not have to run, but he is also very good at running. So why wouldn't you include some of that? Not just that you got Mercedes Lewis in there who's a solid like blocking tight end on top of stuff like he can catch, but he can block too. You've got an extra fucking lineman out there that you could be utilizing and they just weren't five snaps. That was it. That's crazy.
00:23:45
Speaker
I mean, it's kind of reminiscent of the beginning of last year, too, when he never really called design runs for Justin Fields. But then when he did, Justin Fields started taking off. Yeah. Yeah. And I think that's kind of why I feel like when I was touching on the lack of preparation thing, I was just like, he's not doing the things to set up his, they're not doing the things to set the players up for success, I don't think, all the time.
Bears' Schemes and Defensive Struggles
00:24:09
Speaker
And that felt like that was pretty evident this game.
00:24:13
Speaker
It reminded me very much of Tim Tebow and some of the teams that he played for where it was like, come on, you clearly know that he's not going to fit in a standard system. Why would you suddenly shift your system away from what his strengths are? And that's kind of what it is here.
00:24:33
Speaker
I get that you want to try to get that pocket built again. However, you need to find a fucking balance and make sure you do have some more design place for his legs. Yeah, while you can. So otherwise, otherwise, the other thing is the defense is never going to be like they're always going to be able to apply pressure because. The only time that he's running is when he's scrambling. Yeah, that's not where he's good. I mean, he's good at extending plays and scrambling, obviously, what, 54 or 59 yards or whatever, but like,
00:25:04
Speaker
But I mean, he's more efficient when it's a designed run for him with different options and such.
00:25:13
Speaker
Um, throw that in there, make defenses, like sit for a minute, make defenses, make better, like more conservative decisions as opposed to being like, Oh no, we can fucking do this all day. You know, not just that. The other fact that like a lot of that pressure was primarily from the front for the Packers. That was also an issue. They didn't require a lot of extra shit. You know, they didn't have a buttload of blitzes. You know, it was like, no, but they had solid pressure. Like it just.
00:25:42
Speaker
Yeah. That's what, that's one of the things I did like is that duo of Devontae Wyatt and Kenny Clark. If they can keep that up on, I'm excited for that. I mean, they looked, I mean, you did say earlier about how they didn't have bootlegs. They did, but they got blown up quick by like Van Ness blow up that one bootleg in the red zone. And then Devontae Wyatt just absolutely like didn't bite on the bootleg at all. And just, I mean, God, I'm like a loss of 10 or 12 or something like that. So I mean, my issue with
00:26:12
Speaker
Yeah, go ahead. Sorry. I think you might have just seen it wasn't working and just completely chucked it out. You know, what's the game plan? Sure. My issue is bootleg. So is there's only so much you can do like you can try to dress it up as much as you want. But at the end of the day, it's a fucking bootleg. And when you've got when you have Justin Fields, like a bootleg is a dead giveaway. It's not like to me, I don't think that that's even the best.
00:26:37
Speaker
designed run play for him, you know, like that's. And so I feel like the backers defense absolutely was like, oh, yeah, we're going to practice bootlegs because, you know, that's an obvious one. And I think that they were very ready for it. And yeah, absolutely. At a certain point, at least the offensive coordinator was like, yeah, we're going to stop doing those. So so it did look like there weren't that many because there weren't. But I mean,
00:27:09
Speaker
I was just going to say, I mean, it's hard to fix, you know, a league low offensive line in a year. But I mean, they famously went like conservative and free agency and like lack the depth. So I mean, when something happens, they just kind of.
00:27:21
Speaker
don't know what to do. I mean, with like Ted and Jenkins going down, they just had to work with what they had. I mean, it's, if that's how we discussed last week too, like, you know, the idea of like, yeah, we're just going to hold out because he's on a week to week or whatever. And people, they got some reps in at other positions so that they could float if they need to and all they need to. And I'm like, okay. You know, I mean, it creates a slow rise if you really want to improve, you know,
00:27:51
Speaker
Yeah. That is my big thing. I think obviously we got Darnell right. And he did for his first big, first, first pro game. Like he did well, you know, but yeah, other than that, it's kind of like, so when you go through like PFF stuff and, and they will list out like top five bottom five offense defense, you know, um,
00:28:16
Speaker
It's nice when you can get a handful, like three or four of your offensive line as the top five offensive players. You never want to see three or four of them in the bottom of the offense, you know what I mean? And ranking every single player that touched a snap in a game. And when three of your five are in the bottom five, that's an issue. That is an issue. I think it was all your interior guys, right? Yeah.
00:28:44
Speaker
Yeah, I did see some criticism of people were talking about the offseason. They don't think Paul's did enough to address the offensive line. Well, and I think that he knows that too, you know, that it was it was getting. I think. I like the moves that he made.
00:29:03
Speaker
Could we have done more? Sure. However, offensive line are also expensive. I mean, to get better than what we have, it's going to cost a pretty penny. I can see why. He said, we were only able to address 70 to 80% of our needs. I think the other 20, 30% is strictly offensive line. I think he knows that.
00:29:28
Speaker
Yeah, I think it's important to remember, too, what you were saying earlier, just the temper expectations. Because I mean, even though we did talk about how they weren't all blowouts and some of them are pretty close games against pretty good teams, we were still 3 and 14 last season. And that's going to be hard to come back from and have a really, really successful season the next year. I think there just is going to be a lot of bumps and bruises on the way if we're going to have an upwards trajectory. Justin Jones talked a lot of shit
00:29:57
Speaker
to put nothing on the stat line. I think he recorded one pressure in like 35 snaps. Jesus. But he was, he was, he was one of the big talkers from the Bears. Was he? Oh yeah. I would also say, I mean, so like looking at
00:30:14
Speaker
Are we, are we done with the offenses? I mean, like, I think the only thing I wanted, the only other thing I wanted to talk about offensive wise was just like the lack of discipline and just the limit of penalties that we took at really key points that I think kept Green Bay drives alive and led to scoring opportunities for them. And that's really hard to do at home. That was kind of frustrating. Like control, like you should, that you should not be making those mistakes at home.
00:30:36
Speaker
You should be making those mistakes if you do on the road in like, you know, a bad environment. You're not at home. So yeah, that was, that was definitely an issue.
00:30:49
Speaker
But I think, and I think I wanted to, we can talk about what went right. What did you want? Did you want to move on to something else,
Packers' Execution and Strategy Praise
00:30:55
Speaker
Stein? Or I wanted to talk to their offense. Go for it. Because I think, yeah, I mean, Jordan Love just did what he had to do. Romeo Dobbs is really good too. He had some really impressive plays and stuff. And I think their line was able to give him a pocket and he took advantage of it.
00:31:13
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, my favorite thing was just watching how kind of calm he was in that environment. Yeah. Going into soldier field, being the, you know, error parent to, you know, two MPP quarterbacks. He's got a lot of expectations and he went there. And I mean, like you said, he did what he needed to do. Um, and it's not like we had like any, nothing was like stretching the defense thin. He was just kind of executing how we, you know, what he needed to do. I mean,
00:31:41
Speaker
We didn't get the ground game going really. I mean, AJ Dylan was like 13 for 19 yards, something like that.
00:31:46
Speaker
I mean, we were without our top receiving threat. I mean, love didn't like scramble a lot. So there was no like outliers or anything to stretch the defense. And it was just good execution. I mean, simple as that. Yeah. I mean, they definitely, they weren't perfect. You know, we looked on the field. Absolutely. I saw this. I think Justin Fields got a higher PFF rating than Jordan Love did that game.
00:32:12
Speaker
Well, I mean, love also like completed what, 15 passes? Yeah, I'm just like, yeah, he had three touchdowns. I just think to like, say that, like, I don't think Jordan love had a crazy ass game. Like he did. No, no, no. He had eight. Their offense generally did what they had to do. They came in. That's just it. Yeah. Like, I've just been seeing a lot of Sean Twitter was like,
00:32:32
Speaker
that people are holding weight to the PFF. No, not yet. So I give weight to the PFF the same way I give weight to a scale that measures your weight. Your body weight is not the end all be all when it comes to overall health. It is a factor. It is a measure, a tool that we use for measurement to guide that. So for me, that's how I say the PFF is like, it's just one of the many tools that we leverage to, you know,
00:33:01
Speaker
But it should be used in conjunction with other tools like it shouldn't be the end all be also wasn't by much like you know You know, I wasn't like Jordan. It wasn't like Justin Fields had a way higher rating. It was by point one or something. It wasn't crazy. I think I think the biggest you know the biggest issue in Jordan Lovers Game was just missing wide open layups, you know, I mean that's
00:33:28
Speaker
BFF doesn't like that. So they're gonna, you know, that's what they're gonna look at. And that was the main issue in camp was a lot of kind of layups that were being missed. I mean, like with the Luke Musgrave thing, he just, I think he didn't want to
00:33:47
Speaker
He didn't want to set his feet. He was trying too much to be like Aaron Rodgers and just like throw off balance and he just overshot him. Yeah, three yards. And I'm like, just trust your just trust your three step drop. And then that's a that's an easy, easy hit. But I think he's trying to get too cute with it sometimes, which I think I mean, hopefully he can fix. But I think that's that was the main thing is he just a lot out there. Yeah. I mean, you have to think he's also going to have like
00:34:17
Speaker
some residual issues, some residual maybe like bad habits that he had picked up from a certain somebody. You know what I mean? So the fact that he didn't have more of those, I think is a good sign. So kind of getting back to
00:34:40
Speaker
you know what I was saying about the Packers. I don't think their their offense was amazing by any means. I think that each of them showed like came out and performed well above average. But yeah, there's definitely some gaps that they can address. But the thing is, they're all manageable. I don't think there was any there were no like huge red flags. Yeah. Yeah. So I think that they have a solid core. And if they keep going in the right direction, they're going to be
00:35:07
Speaker
force to be reckoned with. So yeah. I think this kind of ties into the Bears defense as well. But I mean, the Bears kept rushing four on third and fourth down plays. I mean, they weren't creating any blitzes. I mean, I don't know if it was like a lack of pressure being able to get created because they couldn't rely on their secondary. But if you can't create pressure with that top four, then that you know, that scheme just kind of goes out the window. I mean, Jordan Love was
00:35:34
Speaker
Had a perfect passer rating on third and fourth downs. He was seven of nine for one 29 and two touchdowns with a perfect passer rating on third and fourth downs. Yeah. I mean, which is wild. And that was my other issue with, but yeah, sorry. Go ahead.
00:35:50
Speaker
No, I just don't think it doesn't matter how good your secondary is. If you're not putting pressure on the quarterback and the quarterback has all day to throw, eventually the receivers are going to get open. And I don't think as good as they are, they're going to be able to cover. Oh, you mean if your pocket doesn't collapse, your receivers could run their fucking house? The quarterback can actually make a progression. Isn't that crazy? That's crazy how that works. I never thought about it like that.
00:36:15
Speaker
Yeah. What were you going to say? Fuck, I don't remember. Unless there's any final things on the offense for either. I will say I'm excited to watch Aaron Jones this year. I mean, like he may be a fucking packer, but like he is absolutely one of the like, I think most exciting players in the NFL right now to watch with the ball. So.
00:36:42
Speaker
That's a player of the year candidate, maybe. I mean, if if they are, he keeps that up. Absolutely. If he keeps that up. But again, if they trend in the right direction, they're going to be forced to be reckoned with for sure. Which which I don't think like that might be said jokingly might, you know, but I I really think that he could throw he could absolutely throw his name in the ring if he he absolutely has the skill and the talent, you know, combined. So, yeah.
00:37:12
Speaker
I told you guys beforehand, Aaron Jones masterclass was coming. Yeah, I told you that. I mean, that's what that's what Matt before does. I mean, when the top receivers out, he's been historically good. And that's because Aaron Jones just, they go to him early and often and he does what he does. I mean, how many all purpose yards did he have was like 160 170?
00:37:34
Speaker
120. He had 80 receiving yards around there and then 41 rushing yards. Gotcha. Cause he only had two receptions. Oh yeah, but they were huge. Yeah, one was 50 yards and the other was 30. So I mean, he had limited snaps cause he, I mean, wasn't in the second quarter and wasn't in there late cause of hamstring bug, but I mean. And weren't all of those yards after, after the catch as well?
00:38:01
Speaker
uh majority of them yeah the second one was on uh an angle slant yeah out of the backfield but the other one so i mean he was close to the line of scrimmage at the point when he when he got it yeah like the majority of the yards that he got receiving were after catch it was not like he was downfield and caught it like yeah i think that's what the bears failed to do is just they couldn't you know that's what that was the bears game i will say you know get those screens johnson
00:38:27
Speaker
when he did, when he was finally able to get out there, he showed out on some of the same style of, I think he showed his promise. I said he would be a decent dual threat. He's got fresh legs because he was part of a solid one too with Texas and coming out of college. His legs do not have a lot of mileage on him. It was nice to see that he was able to do both. He ran and was able to get a couple of solid receptions out of it.
00:38:57
Speaker
very promising, I think, for him as well. It'd be interesting to see what direction he goes. Imagine what he could do with a real front line, too. Our run blocking was rough, though, I gotta say.
00:39:09
Speaker
I will say I think that the Bears defense set the edge fairly well when it came to the rushing plays, for sure, which is going to funnel it, which is going to allow the linebackers to do their job and the tackles to be able to have a decent shot. So I wasn't upset with that. Setting the edge is important. And that was something that we lacked last year, for sure. We gave up way too much anywhere. Basically, run the ball, wherever you want. It didn't matter. Inside, outside, whatever.
00:39:38
Speaker
So I thought that that was a positive to take from the defensive side. Yeah, I think generally what went wrong for the Bears defense is what went right for the Green Bay defense was just that they were able to get to the quarterback and put pressure in that time.
Bears' Defense and Linebackers Critique
00:39:54
Speaker
Well, I would go back to again, like my number one question mark when we were going through the defense episode was they've never they have not all played together. Like all 11 men had not been on the field in like a live.
00:40:11
Speaker
action. So, you know, it just kind of. I think it's going to take a little bit for them to gel again. I think the talent is there. I think they're they're very talented. They're they are above average players. Like we might not have a superstar, but we definitely have some that are up in like the all star category. It's just like they're just not they're not there yet. They don't. Yeah, they're not a team. They're not a unit. Yeah, not yet.
00:40:40
Speaker
And they had, I mean, they had too many injuries throughout camps and shit. Like, they're just, I feel like they have not had that. And you could see that. You could absolutely see that out on the field. How do you feel about the defensive game plan overall? Disappointed that we didn't have more pressure, especially with, especially with the front four that we have and
00:41:06
Speaker
I mean, they, I feel like they didn't even stop much just on the front four. I feel like it was a lot of just straight shit. I'm like, you're not all that good to just do nothing. You know what I mean? Like that's very rarely do those defensive line to show up where they're like, no, we don't stop because we don't need to, you know, but also not creating as much pressure with like,
00:41:33
Speaker
I just did not feel like it was a Bears football defense, you know, which I was looking forward to a little more Bears defense this year, especially with, you know, he's being able to. Allegedly spend more time with the defense and him being defensive minded, like, all right, well, let's see it, you know, but yeah, I was disappointed. Again, I will say like I saw some positives I saw setting the edge better than we did last year and.
00:42:03
Speaker
Um, I was actually very, I was disappointed with Edmonds and Edwards. Um, I, I, I, but again, I think that that was just that lack of jelling as a unit right now. Again, I don't think it has anything to do talent wise. I think it's just not quite there, you know? Um,
00:42:33
Speaker
You know, also going through like, actually Edmonds and Edwards both were in the bottom five for the defense. Whereas Roquan Smith was the Baltimore Ravens top rated defender with an 86.2 overall grade on 77 snaps. Whereas like Edwards was in for 59, Edmonds was in for 60, you know.
00:42:58
Speaker
And they scored 49.3 and 51.2 respectively. I mean, that's, it was tough. I don't think, you know, Justin Jones, we talked about that. Like, that was a disappointment. He only performed at 39 snaps and he didn't even really, his name was not called a whole hell of a lot, you know, which, yeah, if you're gonna talk a bunch of shit. I'm sorry, bro. Like, you gotta at least try, you know, and it just,
00:43:26
Speaker
Now granted, only being out for 39 snaps, like when the defense was out for twice that almost, like, I mean, it makes, it's interesting, you know, that like,
00:43:39
Speaker
And I think that's because certain schemes he wasn't in on. It's like, unless you're one of the primaries who's out there for almost every snap, like, don't limit yourself. You know? Shut your mouth. I think where the linebackers faulted was in the past game. But I think in the run game, they did good. I mean, Edmunds sniffed out some good plays and was pretty instinctual in the run game. I mean, he had two tackles for loss. Blew up two of those good plays.
00:44:07
Speaker
But I think in the run game is really shine. But the past game, I think they got, you know, schemed around. Yeah, absolutely. Especially that was another issue that I had with the Bears offensive scheme was we really didn't do anything in the mid. There was like nothing in the middle of the field ever. Like it just it's like we didn't even try with with any like midfield passes. It was like to the edge and.
00:44:37
Speaker
you know, weird screens and shit. So anyways, but yeah, as far as like the defensive side, yeah, no, I think that they were performed well. Again, I think they performed well on the run because we were able to set the edge so well as far as like funneling in and locking it down so that there wasn't an area for runners to bounce out too much, you know, and and cause the other defensive players to have to
00:45:03
Speaker
make wild open field tackles and shit. So yeah, I think that yeah, looking back, I think the the Bears run defense definitely held its own for the day. I mean, considering they're also going against Aaron Jones, like that. Yes, I think that they did pretty well. First time all together like that piece was nice. So now I'm like, all right, well, let's tighten up on some of the past piece and see if we can't get
00:45:28
Speaker
a little better next week, and then maybe even a little more after that. I think that, yeah, we can talk about Outlook for week two later, but yeah, that's... All in all, I wasn't fully as disappointed with the defense as I was with the offense. The defense kind of held its own for most of the game. They kept the Packers to 14 until the fourth quarter, so it was really in the fourth quarter that it just all fell apart.
00:45:56
Speaker
I think it felt reminiscent of like last year when it was like the bears seemed like they got a good drive going and then just kind of shot themselves in the foot at the end. I did feel like I was really frustrated because I agree and it just felt like last year and like even even going back into like with Mitch Trubisky and stuff like that where it was just like I never felt confident with us in the red zone. Like I was always a little bit nervous and just waiting for like something to screw up in the red zone.
00:46:24
Speaker
And I felt that a little like once as a game went on, I kept feeling that we'd get down and we'd get close. I'm like, all right, well, hopefully we can score here. But how are we going to fuck it up? And it just was waiting for that to happen, you know? We had 24 going into the fourth quarter. Did you? Yeah. Because we had the two Aaron Jones touchdowns in the second quarter, I believe. Oh, look, I was reading that wrong. Or in the third quarter. In the third. Yeah, OK. Yeah, I was reading that wrong. And then the fourth quarter, the touchdown was the Romain Dobbs touchdown
00:46:52
Speaker
Quick Walker wanted that touchdown man. He was looking like Marshawn Lynch out there. It was crazy Gotta get him on offense better than AJ Dylan AJ Dylan had a rough one today. I mean, I think he was just taking what the What the line gave him but he couldn't work with much
00:47:12
Speaker
All right, so I think we can get into the positive takeaways now. We'll talk about what we can take away that was positive for the Bears, and then we'll go into the Packers. I think Roshan Johnson was a huge bright spot. I think he played really well. And he ran over a couple guys, and it was really cool watching him run. And I think that was one of the big takeaways.
00:47:32
Speaker
Other than that though, I don't know. Darnell Wright was a good one. It was a bright spot for me. I was keeping a tight eye on him just because he did come out of the SEC so highly rated. Honestly, OT is a hard spot. It is a hard position to play, especially when you get in the professional level. There is this leap from
00:48:00
Speaker
college to pro and uh i think that he did very well i think he performed above expectations for me um you know first real big game uh first real pro game i mean like preseason's one thing but like full stadium like
00:48:19
Speaker
Soldier field against your rival, one of the oldest rivals in all of sports. Like this is the one and most exciting, you know, that's that's a lot. That's huge. So and I think he did really well, especially coming in on one of the lowest ranked offensive lines in the country. I liked what I saw from Mercedes Lewis. I just wish I saw more. You know, five snaps is not enough. He needs to be leveraged much more. Yeah.
00:48:49
Speaker
The run game defense and the run game defense. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Um, really get to the second level too much with our line over with our, uh, offensive line. I think set the edge, close the holes, funnel them in to the gates of hell. You know, it was, it was great.
00:49:07
Speaker
I think that was their game plan was funneling to the linebackers. And I think the linebackers held their own. Yeah, absolutely. I think that's also where, you know, Jaquan Brisker shines is, you know, in that Derwin James kind of roll close to the almost like a linebacker, you know, and they have, they have the playmakers to, you know, rally to the ball. And I think that's exactly what they did. All right. And a positive takeaway for the Packers.
Packers' Defense and Jordan Love's Composure
00:49:32
Speaker
I'll let you start that one, Isaac.
00:49:34
Speaker
We don't really have to hit positive takeaways for Packers. I think we kind of addressed them. Yeah. I mean, like you said, it's a better podcast. So I don't want to be like, no, no, but we can talk. I would like to do it just positive. I mean, I'll kick it off. Like I think positive takeaways for the Packers were one. There were no huge red flags on the offensive side of the ball. You know, like a lot of it was just minor things that I think can be adjusted.
00:49:58
Speaker
Obviously Aaron Jones is a big one, who is going to be a giant awesome, but ultimately that question mark of Jordan Love. Well, again, yeah, he only had, what, 15 pass completions, but out of what, 27? He didn't have to throw the ball that much. I'd love to see him in a game where he does, where it's a shootout, where you have to throw the ball to...
00:50:21
Speaker
either stay in it or to be aggressive and keep a lead against another quarterback who's able to do the same. So I'll be interested to see when he has to push more like 35 passes instead, maybe even 40. I think
00:50:37
Speaker
But granted, I don't think that Green Bay has the like, necessarily has the offense scheme to need that. But I want to see how he performs under a more big against a bigger quarterback.
00:50:54
Speaker
I don't know on the defensive side of the ball, it was they were able to apply really good pressure with very little, you know, is that consistent against a better offensive line would be. So I think it's a bright spot, but I also think it's still slightly a question mark is OK. Could they do that again against like, I don't know the.
00:51:14
Speaker
the Cleveland Browns offensive line, you know, who, who are one of the top rated offensive lines, like granted their offense shouldn't be, but their line is, you know, um, could they apply that same type of pressure against or against the Eagles frontline, you know, like that's, we'll see, um, remains to be seen, but, but it looked good for today. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's, that's the big thing that we've been looking for is, you know, to be able to get versatile on that defensive line. And I think,
00:51:45
Speaker
We finally moved on from the people we had last year and now we have way more. I mean, you saw Devontae Wyatt chase out, you know, Justin Fields in the backfield. We have athletes out there. And I mean, being an athlete is one thing, but being able to execute is another. And I think... What's his name? Van Ness? Van Ness. Lucas Van Ness. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah, you're absolutely right. You have real athletes out there.
00:52:06
Speaker
And I think, yeah, we didn't really have to blitz much. Like you said, we have a great blitzer in Quay Walker as well, but we just, we didn't have to. We did a lot of stunts and we got the pressure and we were able to clap some pocket and make the offense uncomfortable pretty early. And we just kind of ran off that. We didn't have to get off track too much with that. I think our safeties,
00:52:36
Speaker
Darnell Savage looked great. I mean, he led the team in tackles. He definitely picked up after his slump year last year. He just rallied to the ball and was super instinctual with, you know, finding, um, his holes and stuff like that. But the big takeaway was Jordan Love and just how calm he was and collected and being able to go out in a soldier field, you know, with all this pressure and.
00:53:03
Speaker
Get it done. I mean, it's hard to do in Soldier Field. It's one of the most hostile places to go. And I mean, he did it for the Packers. Yeah, it's one of those. Let's go for the Packers. Let's be very clear. All right. It's not when we play other people like it's specifically when we play the Packers pressure to like uphold this rivalry. And, you know, they're like up on the rivalry. And I think he did it. I mean, I think he did what he needed to do. And
00:53:33
Speaker
Just offense was able to execute. All right. Any final thoughts on overall? Just Bears versus Packers? I'm excited for week 18. Yeah. Going to be two completely different teams, I think, by the way. I fully agree with that. I hope so.
00:53:54
Speaker
All right, so we can go into just a quick week two preview.
Preview of Bears vs Buccaneers
00:54:00
Speaker
So next Sunday, we got the Bucks, the Buccaneers. They had a pretty good game recently. They beat the Vikings. Sorry, how are you feeling about it?
00:54:11
Speaker
I feel like this is an important game. After the way this started, this is really important to show, all right, what are we going to do now? We're already facing adversity after the first game. How are we going to take it? Are we going to be able to gel more? Are we going to be able to get more downfield passes?
00:54:31
Speaker
How are we going to how are we going to react to pressure? How are we going to be able to stop them? Stuff like that. And I just think after the big disappointment for the Bears, that was week one. I think it's important. And I think like all of them, the Bears in general, the coaches, the players, everyone's under a little bit of a little bit of heat right now with that first first week performance outlook for week two going against the Bucks. First off, I don't know if you watched any of the Vikings Bucks game.
00:54:59
Speaker
Um, it was, it was a pretty good game. Like, you know, they were, I think very similar to the bear's package game before, you know, all went to hell was, um, there were a lot of positives, but there were a lot of like stupid mistakes there, you know, like, uh, across the board for both teams. Um, I think that I'm surprised that people shit on the buck so much, uh, coming into this season, um, because while yeah, they lost one of the
00:55:28
Speaker
greatest quarterbacks of all time to play the sport ever like they still have a lot of their returning squad who have
00:55:39
Speaker
like I felt like that was a big slap in the face and I'm like, I felt like they were going to come out with something to prove. I think there'll be a halfway decent team this year. I don't think there's any way that they're dropping to like the bottom of the NFL just because Brady's gone with a halfway decent quarterback. They'll be able to still do some damage. They still have
00:55:59
Speaker
you know, solid wide outs. They still have a good offensive line. They still have a decent secondary or a backfield on the defensive side of the ball. Like most of their starters are still there. You're, and they're good defense. Like they're not, they're not amazing, but they're also not bad. Like they're good defense. So, um, well, we were given praise to the Vikings offense last week. And I mean, the box defense held them, held them pretty good for most of the game.
00:56:28
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, their offensive line is the Vikings offensive line is still rated as one of the better ones. They absolutely had some mistakes throughout throughout that game. But on the same front, I think cousins did as well.
00:56:41
Speaker
Um, you know, uh, I felt like there was a miscommunication with him and, and the receivers a couple of times, um, which is odd for cousins and his receiving crew. Like usually they're, I feel like they're fairly tight knit, um, and reliable. So I'll be interesting to see what changes the Vikings make, but going into week two, obviously also very interested to see, um, how the bucks do also, I'm not.
00:57:11
Speaker
I'm not quite sure why people shit on Baker Mayfield as hard as they do, as though he's a terrible quarterback, because he's not. His record and his stats prove that as well. He's not a terrible quarterback. He is an average to a slightly above average quarterback. Again, you put him with the starting squad that you've got at the box. He can still do some damage.
00:57:37
Speaker
He makes plays. He makes plays. He can extend plays. He he had makes decent reads. I felt like he didn't. He wasn't trying to force as much to happen as he does as he's had to in other offensive stints that he's done. So for week two, that's what I'm looking at is I want to see. Are we able to control their run game and force them to pass? But my other issue is that
00:58:07
Speaker
passing unit is going to be a challenge. And I want to see how our how our corners hold up to that. And honestly, I want to see how I would love to see how some of the linebackers hold up to it. Like we know that we can hold we can do well against Iran. Can we tighten up midfield at least? And so that we know we can kind of funnel where the passing is going to go.
00:58:32
Speaker
I mean, the Buccaneers didn't really have much of a rushing attack. I mean, they had the average two yards per carry. I mean, I think they should be able to, you know. I think you guys should be able to hold that. I don't. And that's the other thing I don't want to just hold. I want to see some fucking takeaways this next game. I think the opportunity is there if we can actually pull some stunts, if we can actually bring some pressure, if we can actually give me a fucking blitz every now and then, like,
00:59:02
Speaker
You know, that's the other thing. Baker Mayfield is average, slightly above average. He can make mistakes too. You know, like give him the pressure, make his pocket collapse. Even if it's only one side, Jesus Christ, come on, like give us something. Make him sweat a little bit. Yeah. I think that it, I honestly think it could be a tighter game than this one was.
00:59:23
Speaker
flip side, if we don't make any changes whatsoever, I think the bucks end up beating us. What was this? 38 to 20. Yeah. So I mean, like, it really comes down to, are we going to make any changes or not? Yeah.
00:59:38
Speaker
I mean, they're coming off with their confidence sky. I mean, they took down the NFC North champs from last year. Yeah. And the one thing in, yeah, which is a fucking hard place to win. I mean, they're eight and one last year in Minnesota. Yeah. But the one thing that I think will be an issue is Todd Bowles loves to create pressure from everywhere. I mean,
00:59:59
Speaker
Devin White had 10 blitzes. Oh, yeah. That defense was fucking on fire. They gave up. They brought what the second most pressure plays since like 2019. Yeah, I think they called 50 percent of blitzes the entire game. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He is the defensive coordinators like has he is like, yeah, pressure, pressure, pressure. So
01:00:26
Speaker
That's what I mean. If we can't make changes on the offensive side, like we're fucked. I don't see it going well from that perspective. But I think our defense could keep us in the game with the right changes as well. So yeah. I mean, you guys got the Chiefs in week three too, so it's rough. Oh, it is a rough start to the season, for sure. Yeah, it's going to be tough. I think the Bears fans are going to be pretty upset over the next couple of weeks.
01:00:56
Speaker
I think this will be a pivotal game here. Just at least get a good game to get a good game. Yeah. And even just I mean, if we can expect we can at least do better than we did and make improvements from last past game, I think. If the line doesn't collapse as often. If fields has the opportunity. To attempt. To get through a progression and the wide receivers have the opportunity to like run some routes,
01:01:27
Speaker
And we can actually see what a pass not under pressure looks like. You're right. You're like, then that's what we need. We don't know what that looks like, really. We just don't. Yeah. And that I think that's what's going to determine whether or not fields is. A subpar quarterback, but a really good runner. Yeah. You know, or or if he's like, oh, no, this is what he could actually turn into is like,
01:01:54
Speaker
Oh, he's actually an above average passer and a very good runner, like an elite runner. You put those two things together and all of a sudden it's like, oh, OK, well, he could be dangerous and he could be. Let's get him some more consistency on the front line, then. Yeah. I mean, when when they send all those blitzes, they have to play man coverage on the backside. I mean, that's a recipe for fields to kind of do what he wants with his legs. Well, and that's where I think I want to see more more designed runs towards him. I want to see like what what
01:02:24
Speaker
Are we changing with the offensive scheme? The defensive scheme, I want more aggression. Honestly, I would love to see more aggression even if we miss opportunity. Even if we miss an open field of tackle or something. Give the guys an opportunity to be aggressive though.
01:02:40
Speaker
And because none of that even happened. So yeah, I think that's a big thing, too. On offense and defense, it's just here. Like, you know what I mean? Like, let Justin Fields air it out, because we do have to find out if he can fucking pass or not. Like, you know, so don't stop trying to fucking coddle him and just let him do it. If he fucks up, then we know at least what we got. And the same thing with defense. I just think on both sides of the ball, we just weren't giving our playmakers opportunities to make plays and trusting them.
01:03:06
Speaker
And so hopefully we can I mean fuck we can change that this week and at least find out where we're at truly instead of you know all these question marks It does look like Levante David who was a big part of the Bucks defense is questionable right now And then it looks like Keller Gordon Who's a big part of our defense is also questionable because he left the game. Yeah, they still haven't talked much about that and
01:03:30
Speaker
Well, who does Green Bay have week two? They got Falcons. Yes. Thank you. A manageable game. Yeah. Falcons, Saints, Lions, and then the Raiders. So I mean, if we can go into the bi-week four and one, I'll be fucking happy. I mean.
01:03:49
Speaker
Honestly, if you can get in three and two with wins against the division, I think that puts you in a good position still too. I think New Orleans has opportunity. I don't think Atlanta is going to be a huge issue. I think New Orleans will be a good challenge. New Orleans looks flat against Tennessee, but they can improve. They have a lot that they can do. Yeah. And then the Raiders are.
01:04:21
Speaker
I mean, I think that that's going to be a halfway decent one too. So Jimmy G's with them now, right? And I feel like I was seeing, he did pretty good this week. The Buccaneers looked like the best team in the NFC South to be honest. They really did. Oh yeah. I mean, holistically, sure. And they honestly, again, they should be like, they did not let go of a lot of people. This is a team that has like,
01:04:47
Speaker
been a contender three years in a row, like, whoa, you're just going to pretend like for longer, really, like you're just going to pretend like, oh, well, he's gone. So yeah, they can't do it now. What? Come on. They can. Their their division is very winnable. I want to see the bears put brisk around some stunts or some shit, get him some pressure. You know, he's got speed. He's got the tackling abilities. He's more athletic than I think what what people realize, too. For sure.
01:05:16
Speaker
He's got to always find the ball, you know what I mean? Yeah, he's one of those. That was something that was always like when I was playing that like a coach could just help me like find, get me the ball. And it was like, that was like my challenge. You know, it was like, Oh, I got this. Yeah. I'm, I'm stuffing it. I'm getting a tackle for loss. I'm, I'm, I'm getting a turnover, you know, like I'm causing some, some mayhem at that point.
01:05:41
Speaker
And I feel like he is that type of player of like, if you just give him that opportunity, again, trust your playmakers, provide them the opportunity to be playmakers. Then. Yeah, he could be a lot of fun this year to watch. You know, who's leading the league in passing touchdowns. How's that? Mac Jones to a.
01:06:11
Speaker
And J. Love all got three pass and touchdown. Did you see to us? Did you say? That was stupid. Like he just, okay. That is the closest to watching college football that I've seen at the professional level in a while, where he's just like, I'm just going to air this out. Cause someone's down there. Like that's every time to every fucking time, every goddamn time he was on and I was like, this dude is.
01:06:38
Speaker
I mean, like watching him do that in case he was one thing, but him being able to replicate that in Miami is like, God, he's still so fast. There was one. He literally just outran the guy. No, there were no cuts.
01:06:51
Speaker
No juke step, no nothing. No hard steps, no nothing that a receiver does. He literally just ran straight. Just pure speed. Right by him. That's it. He was like, no, this is a foot race, and bitch, you're going to lose. He just lost. That was crazy. All right. So we've made it through.
Conclusion and Social Media Engagement
01:07:10
Speaker
Any final thoughts? Anything you guys want to say? As in respect to the Bears or the Packers, I suppose.
01:07:22
Speaker
No, go bad. Go. No pressure. But I would say I like taking it back to what Isaac said earlier. I'm excited for week 18. And I think I personally feel, yeah, it was a rough one as a Bears fan. But. There were some. There were enough positives and we have enough time to work towards that. Yeah. That if we can keep consistency and keep the injury level low so that these guys are getting more and more play time together.
01:07:51
Speaker
Week 18 is going to be two very different teams facing each other. And I think and I'm looking forward to that. I want to see the final version of these two teams facing each and I honest to God would love for it to be like a division deciding game, not just. Not not, you know, for shits and giggles for both of us. I'd love for it to be for both of us, you know.
01:08:16
Speaker
Yeah, that'd be fun. Hey, positives for the bears. The Panthers looked like shit. That's going to be a good pick and get Marvin Harrison or something out there. Oh man. The Panthers looked fucking bad. Yeah. All right, boys. Well, I think we're just wrapping up here for now. So, uh, Stein, what do you got for the people that you want to share?
01:08:40
Speaker
Man, just go follow us. You know, there's this cool podcast I heard about a couple of guys that enjoy watching Bears football, no matter how rough it could be sometimes. Check out my other podcast, Chick Flicks with Dicks.
01:08:57
Speaker
Flix is spelled with an X. And Jim Heroes dot com website is up. But otherwise, yeah, that's that's me. You can hit me up via email if you need to. Coach Z at.
01:09:14
Speaker
jimheroes.com. So I got your own domain. There you go. Wow. Well, what about you? Did you like going last last week, Isaac, or you want to go second? Yeah, go for it. All right. Well, you can follow me on Instagram at O H M A R Daniel. You can find my music on Spotify and Apple and wherever you find music.
01:09:36
Speaker
That's just my regular name, Omar Daniel. The podcast, if you're listening to us on Spotify or wherever you're listening to us, give us five stars. You can find us on Instagram. You can find us on TikTok. Those are two main ones. And our handles there are the Bearclaw podcast. And if you want to send us an email or you got something to say to us, you can send an email to thebearclawcontactatgmail.com. But I think that's about all I got.
01:10:02
Speaker
Isaac, what do you got for the people? Um, just my Instagram. I post all my music on there. Um, I'm working on a few projects that are, should be releasing in the next few months. So, um, that's where I keep it updated. My Instagram is Isaac. E Y E Z E C K. Um, yeah, just stay tuned with that.
01:10:24
Speaker
Very cool. All right. Well, Isaac, thanks for joining us these past two weeks. It's been fun. It's been really cool. Of course. Honestly, welcome back any time. It's just fun to talk football. Yeah, it's always good to talk football. Always. So that's it for this episode. Next week, we're going to be going against the Bucks. We have been doing on Fridays. We were releasing on Fridays, but now we're going to be trying to do it. We're going to be trying to releasing episodes within at least two days of when the Bears play. So that's going to be usually either on Monday or Tuesday.
01:10:52
Speaker
We'll try to have it out as soon as we can. But we got lives, so we can't always get it out the same day or the day after. But yeah, that was a tough one. But I mean, fuck it. It's a long season. There's still improvements to make. I don't think this guy's falling quite yet, even though it feels like it. But yeah, all right, guys. We'll catch you next week. Have a good week, and fucking bear the fuck down. Let's go. Deuces.