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A lot of "The Bears are coming...Look out" reaction to this game.
I'm still skeptical that we're legit contenders until, at minimum, I see some of our youth develop into true superstar-level players. There's potential there, but there's no guarantees with that stuff.
Everyone's focusing on that final play interception (rightfully so).
I find it telling that with the game on the line we decided to roll to Caleb's off-side on the left.
Taking the "Just pound the rock" consideration out of it and accepting that we decided to throw on that 4th and 1. That play was 25% called out left because of the hash location of the football...and probably 75% because f*cking Micah Parsons is over there on the right. Big player that had a big indirect impact on the play...thus a big win for the Packers. Kinda how I see it.
(There's also a discussion about how Caleb abandons the pocket too early here, more of a reason why I think Johnson might have taken the "go right" option away from him intentionally to both avoid Parsons and the short side of the field...but I'm on a slightly different rant with this post)
Talent matters. We need some high-end talent that is proven, not theoretical. People that change the game both by making big plays and by just taking the field. Players that have to be game-planned around. There's just too many JAGs on this team currently.
Last time the Bears were good is because we were boosted by high-level mainstays in Urlacher/Briggs/Tillman/Kreutz. We only have one player on the roster currently anywhere near those 4 players' level of impact. Joe Thuney. And he's in his 30s. The closest other argument is Darnell Wright, and he's been up and down quite a bit until just recently. And there's no Bears fan on the planet that wouldn't trade him for a recreation of any of those 4 in their prime...so that's not really an argument anyway.
Our coaching is solid. But as we saw yesterday, it is limited by our roster and our inexperience. Frankly, even with good coaching, it will be negated by other good coaches on the regular. Sometimes the bad guys have your number. So we need to really up our personnel.
WE NEED HIGH-END TALENT.
I'm still skeptical that we're legit contenders until, at minimum, I see some of our youth develop into true superstar-level players. There's potential there, but there's no guarantees with that stuff.
Everyone's focusing on that final play interception (rightfully so).
I find it telling that with the game on the line we decided to roll to Caleb's off-side on the left.
Taking the "Just pound the rock" consideration out of it and accepting that we decided to throw on that 4th and 1. That play was 25% called out left because of the hash location of the football...and probably 75% because f*cking Micah Parsons is over there on the right. Big player that had a big indirect impact on the play...thus a big win for the Packers. Kinda how I see it.
(There's also a discussion about how Caleb abandons the pocket too early here, more of a reason why I think Johnson might have taken the "go right" option away from him intentionally to both avoid Parsons and the short side of the field...but I'm on a slightly different rant with this post)
Talent matters. We need some high-end talent that is proven, not theoretical. People that change the game both by making big plays and by just taking the field. Players that have to be game-planned around. There's just too many JAGs on this team currently.
Last time the Bears were good is because we were boosted by high-level mainstays in Urlacher/Briggs/Tillman/Kreutz. We only have one player on the roster currently anywhere near those 4 players' level of impact. Joe Thuney. And he's in his 30s. The closest other argument is Darnell Wright, and he's been up and down quite a bit until just recently. And there's no Bears fan on the planet that wouldn't trade him for a recreation of any of those 4 in their prime...so that's not really an argument anyway.
Our coaching is solid. But as we saw yesterday, it is limited by our roster and our inexperience. Frankly, even with good coaching, it will be negated by other good coaches on the regular. Sometimes the bad guys have your number. So we need to really up our personnel.
WE NEED HIGH-END TALENT.
