Bears/Cardinals Preseason Game 2

hes down by contact

 

My TV remotes and anything small enough to throw in my house also sustained more injury than any household items in history..........sadly no one ever wrote an article about it.

 

Football Outsiders has a metric called “Adjusted Games Lost” which tracks just how hard injuries hit a team in a given year. AGL goes beyond simply counting up missed games; it also weights starters more heavily, and used the pre-game injury designations to identify players who are likely playing hurt. From year-to-year, injuries do show some trends and aren’t strictly random, but there is a lot of randomness involved, and it is a near certainty that the Bears will be healthier in 2017.

In 2016, Chicago suffered the worst AGL of any team in 17 years, with 155.1 games lost.

For comparison, the Packers, who were almost exactly average, lost 70.5 adjusted games to injury.

The Bears’ injuries were devastating and widespread. They were the 2nd-most-injured team in the league on offense, due only to a record-setting effort from the VIkings, and the most-injured team on defense, where no individual unit was within the top 20 in health. This is especially devastating for a team led by John Fox, who builds his teams around defense, and in this case around an excellent defensive coordinator in Vic Fangio. Make no mistake, the Bears have good individual pieces on their defense, and if those same injuries don’t manifest in 2017, they will be a force.


https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/...s-part-ii-dont-hibernate-on-the-chicago-bears

 

Nice article...they were seriously decimated.

 

My liver took a helluva beating last year.

Well... and the year before that, and the year before that, and the year before that.

No one likes a quitter.

 

There's happy drinking when your team is winning. You wake up feeling a little crappy but it was well worth it.

Then there's angry drinking because your team sucks. You don't care about hangovers....you just hope to drink enough to forget what you saw. And it never works.

 

Nice play call and execution

 

Trubs seems pretty deadly with that rollout.

 

Nice TD drive.

Don't think that TD play would work against a starting D. They were completely fooled. Think starters sniff that onbe out.

But still a good drive.

 

That is what I'm talking about when I saw it's all about execution.

Glennon could run that same play and either move too slow or get the ball smacked back in his face. But Trubs used his quick feet and accurate arm to make it look flawless.

 

I don't know....I think with Trubisky you can run that boot against a lot of defenses and still get something even when they see it coming. He gets outside the pocket and in a throwing position so fast.

 

One thing that stood out to me in the play calling is the play-calling with Glennon was all short throws. 2-3 yard Quick hitches, RB screens, WR screens... Almost nothing over the middle.

Trubisky and Sanchez calls were all down field. Lot's of longer 5 and 7 step drops. Lot of longer plays with roll outs. Some throws on or between the seams.

Im just wondering if the Bears were trying to make Glennons stats look a lot better than he is by gettting his completion percentage up. Meanwhile trying to set Trubisky up for higher risk (failure)?

 

I honestly had the same thought.

 

If that was their goal, they failed.

TRubisky has a 135 QB rating. Glennons is 78.

 

Fucking special teams. Agayo hits that FG and they aren't even trying the on side kick.

 

Plus Glennon walks away looking like a weak game manager while Trubisky shows his ability to move and good arm strength and accuracy on the final drive he had.

 

First time in 3 or 4 years I actually watched a full preseason game. I guess that's the Trubisky effect.

We are gonna suck.....but I think I might actually be back to being an all in Bears fan again....the funk has worn off thanks to the potential this kid brings.

 

Goodnight

Bear the fuck down!

 

I was actually going to say the same thing.
For a preseason game, was fun to watch.

 

Only getting to watch the game on the replay, now.

Cohen is impressive. I was dubious of Pace's picks, and while Cohen was likely the least so, getting to see him at the NFL level has me encouraged. Just watched him run an OT zone to the right, step into the hole to draw the contain man, and then bounce it back outside into the hole he just created. That was a play or two after picking up a blitz successfully. I audibly said, "Cohen's impressive" to myself, reflexively. I like this kid. Holy shit... Might we have a change of pace back in the modern NFL? Fuck, am I watching the Bears?

Glennon is hot garbage.

I like our defensive line. A number of solid contributors, able to come in and out.

Our secondary is continuing to give me ulcers.

Love watching Freeman play football. I wanna see Trevathan flash, coming back from his injury, and show the ILB duo that we've got.

Just saw some pressure from the OLB's, and a good breakup by LeBlanc. Good push on the next play by the front.