What we learned from Bears' victory over Seahawks

I mean, I don't think there are many here who would disagree, and didn't also see it on the film week 1 (which is, I'm sure, what the Seahawks saw and tried to utilize).

 

So, I was pretty drunk yesterday, but that game had me shades of 2005 all over, except instead of waiting for the "star" QB to heal up (Grossman injured and Orton playing), our "star" QB WAS Orton. I'm being a bit harsh on trubs I think, but man, he is not playing well. The defense is so good he's got time to learn, but it's clear that the offense still isn't clicking. Hopefully a weaker D next week will cure show some progress, but 2018 Trubs is pretty well known at the moment and Defenses are going to dare him to throw deep and bring guys up until he can stretch the field. He had two pretty solid drives, and they do move the chains from time to time, so I don't think it's all doom and gloom, but the scoreboard has not been great.

Nagy I think did much better than the first week, though he did get pass happy, but as you guys have pointed out, they're bringing guys up.

I don't know what the refs were looking at with some of those spots, super generous to the Seahawks and fairly terrible at least twice for the Bears. The unbelievably late hit on Robinson, and dude jumping over the line about 5 minutes before the ball was snapped. On the plus side, when the Bears sacked Wilson near the goalline, looks like there was an unintentional horsecollar they didn't call. I was really surprised Nagy didn't challenge at least one of those spots.

Mack is amazing. I was a bit worried on two firsts (still am, this team lacks talent) but he is worth every penny. He is a legitimate game changer it's amazing. If nothing else the next few seasons, I look forward to him wrecking hell on the opposing teams. I also think he brings this defense into the elite category.

So 2005. Defense scoring points and an anemic offense. I would not be surprised at this point with a similar result of a first round bounce. Which would be a huge improvement from the past few years.

Watching the game in Seattle was interesting, outside of my buds I think there were 2 other Bears fans there. When the Seahawks finally scored their lone relevant TD they were celebrating like it was the superbowl and chanting "SEA-HAWKS". It was the greatest thing ever when Wilson gifted us the game with that Pick 6, and props to Prince for capitalizing.

I read a stat that the Bears have led the entire season thus far outside of 2 minutes 30 seconds of game time or so - basically just the end of the Packers game. Seems like if we fall behind we're going to be in some serious trouble with this offense.

 

I really do think that Nagy and Trubisky will get this figured out for the most part, and I’m still pretty optimistic.

Is it the worst thing in the world that he doesn’t recognize his 3rd or 4th option and runs for the first down? It extends drives, and that’s why Nagy drafted a mobile QB. Isn’t it?

What bothers me is when he misses wide open receivers on easy 20 yard throws that even a fat old man like me would hit 9 out of 10 times.

That’s bad. That loses games. That is the mark of a bad QB.

I think it’s nerves, because he’s known as an accurate QB. And I think he will clean it up with time. He has to. The alternative is 12 more years of hell, and I’m not ready to face that.

 

I agree with this. Happy feet, overthrowing wie open receivers, not going through progressions, poor throwing mechanics from a guy who is known for having solid mechanics, vacating a solid pocket unnecessarily, etc... are all signs of a QB who is nervous and not comfortable in the pocket.