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What a beautiful day!! Not only winning the Norris by beating our historical rivals, but at the same time knocking them out of the playoffs to boot! It was a tough game tho, made tougher by a poor decision to attempt a fake punt on a day when field position was everything. Aside from that and the status of Eddie Jackson, it was a fantastic day and outcome. EJ got the INT, but looked like he caught his cleats in the turf when attempting to go down. Let's hope it's nothing serious, it was at least encouraging seeing him walk on his own into the tunnel, altho he was limping. Time for the grades:
QB: A
Great game by the Mitch monster, who outperformed his HOF counterpart. He seemed to play the role as more of a game manager rather than gunslinger, which was fine by me. He was fluid in the pocket when needed and most of his throws, which were spread around to a number of targets, were spot-on target. His only ding was being a bit careless holding onto the ball on the play where he fumbled, but since we recovered it, no biggie.
RB: A
Cohen was all over the place today, despite the Packers obvious and initially successful attempts early on to neutralize him. What a valuable talent we have in this kid. His only faux pas was not running upfield to at least nail the 1st down near the end zone in that 4th Quarter drive, which resulted in a FG. Meh. Jordan was the primary focus on that all important drive which led to our first score. He moved the chains 4 times before scoring on that TD run.
WR/TE: A
The receivers ran strong routes and were at the right places at the right times. Best game of the year by a TE combo (Burton & Shaheen). Robinson had some big time catches too.
OL: A-
The line did an admirable job of clearing holes and protecting Trubisky, plus they recovered two fumbles (Whitehair and Daniels). I dinged them a tiny bit for a few ill timed penalties.
DL: B+
They performed well at keeping the Packers OL at bay in order for the LBs and Secondary to make some big plays. One goal I'm sure Fangio had was to shut down the run game and force the Packers to win it in the air. I'd say mission accomplished.
LB: A+
The best performing unit of the day. The Mack Sack Attack was in full force, nailing down 2.5 sacks and 3 QB hits. Floyd had another all-around great game highlighted by a 2 sack performance. Roquan continues to show that he is now the best ILB on the team and already one of the best in the league. Just wait until next year when he has a full camp and preseason.
Secondary: B+
Hey, any time you keep Rodgers under 300 yards, I call that a success, especially on a day when their running game was shut down, thereby causing him to pass more than he might otherwise. Breaking that No-INT streak was priceless, let's just hope Eddie's injury is nothing serious. We'll need him for the playoffs.
Special Teams: B
They would have been given an A had it not been for that utterly stupid call for a fake punt and its subsequent failure. This gave the Packers excellent field position and resulted in their only TD of the game. Otherwise, an almost flawless performance by our STs, highlighted by Tarik's super punt return.
Coaching: B+
Again, another A grade would have been handed out had it not been for the really, really dumb call for a fake punt. Not because it failed - I would have still taken the staff to task for the decision. Today was a day where field position was everything. To give the Packers that kind of position as well as giving them much needed momentum made this a really poor call on the Bears part. But the play calling on both sides of the ball for the most part was very well done.
QB: A
Great game by the Mitch monster, who outperformed his HOF counterpart. He seemed to play the role as more of a game manager rather than gunslinger, which was fine by me. He was fluid in the pocket when needed and most of his throws, which were spread around to a number of targets, were spot-on target. His only ding was being a bit careless holding onto the ball on the play where he fumbled, but since we recovered it, no biggie.
RB: A
Cohen was all over the place today, despite the Packers obvious and initially successful attempts early on to neutralize him. What a valuable talent we have in this kid. His only faux pas was not running upfield to at least nail the 1st down near the end zone in that 4th Quarter drive, which resulted in a FG. Meh. Jordan was the primary focus on that all important drive which led to our first score. He moved the chains 4 times before scoring on that TD run.
WR/TE: A
The receivers ran strong routes and were at the right places at the right times. Best game of the year by a TE combo (Burton & Shaheen). Robinson had some big time catches too.
OL: A-
The line did an admirable job of clearing holes and protecting Trubisky, plus they recovered two fumbles (Whitehair and Daniels). I dinged them a tiny bit for a few ill timed penalties.
DL: B+
They performed well at keeping the Packers OL at bay in order for the LBs and Secondary to make some big plays. One goal I'm sure Fangio had was to shut down the run game and force the Packers to win it in the air. I'd say mission accomplished.
LB: A+
The best performing unit of the day. The Mack Sack Attack was in full force, nailing down 2.5 sacks and 3 QB hits. Floyd had another all-around great game highlighted by a 2 sack performance. Roquan continues to show that he is now the best ILB on the team and already one of the best in the league. Just wait until next year when he has a full camp and preseason.
Secondary: B+
Hey, any time you keep Rodgers under 300 yards, I call that a success, especially on a day when their running game was shut down, thereby causing him to pass more than he might otherwise. Breaking that No-INT streak was priceless, let's just hope Eddie's injury is nothing serious. We'll need him for the playoffs.
Special Teams: B
They would have been given an A had it not been for that utterly stupid call for a fake punt and its subsequent failure. This gave the Packers excellent field position and resulted in their only TD of the game. Otherwise, an almost flawless performance by our STs, highlighted by Tarik's super punt return.
Coaching: B+
Again, another A grade would have been handed out had it not been for the really, really dumb call for a fake punt. Not because it failed - I would have still taken the staff to task for the decision. Today was a day where field position was everything. To give the Packers that kind of position as well as giving them much needed momentum made this a really poor call on the Bears part. But the play calling on both sides of the ball for the most part was very well done.
