NFL Year 100; Season Opener GDT: Packers @ Bears

[PossibleCabbage]

19 minutes ago, CWood21 said:

There really isn't much they can do.  They traded their FRP and 3rd round picks as part of the Khalil Mack trade, so they're left with 2 SRPs this year.  And FA doesn't offer much fruit either.  The FA class is highlighted by guys like Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, and Teddy Bridgwater, so unless they somehow manage to get the Chargers to not franchise Philip Rivers, Trubisky might be the best QB by default.

It's conceivable they might resolve themselves to not go the Blake Bortles route with Trubisky (i.e. keeping him around well after it's clear he's not the guy), and start spending day 2 picks on quality prospects with flaws and hoping one of them turns into Russell Wilson or Drew Brees.

Edited September 6, 2019 by PossibleCabbage

[showtime]

Trubisky looked like a QB who was playing in his first game ever.  Also, why does Montgomery not get more touches?  He had like 50 yards on only about 6-7 touches.

[incognito_man]

On 9/3/2019 at 10:09 PM, Nex_Gen said:

Finally took a thorough look at the Packers' roster, and I didn't realize how bad it was from top to bottom. The offensive line is decent, but that will be a flush against the Bears' defensive front. The only worthy players are Rodgers, Adams and Aaron Jones. The entire defense is going through a rebuild. They have a chance to finish last in the NFC North this year. 

 

I see the Bears running away with this one honestly ..

looks like that defense rebuilt quickly!

[SBLIII]

1 minute ago, incognito_man said:

looks like that defense rebuilt quickly!

maybe both offenses just suck. Hard to draw conclusions from 1 game.

[Dr LBC]

38 minutes ago, CWood21 said:

There really isn't much they can do.  They traded their FRP and 3rd round picks as part of the Khalil Mack trade, so they're left with 2 SRPs this year.  And FA doesn't offer much fruit either.  The FA class is highlighted by guys like Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, and Teddy Bridgwater, so unless they somehow manage to get the Chargers to not franchise Philip Rivers, Trubisky might be the best QB by default.

Chargers won't be tagging Rivers, the deal will be done before the start of free agency.  And Rivers, flatly, isn't leaving Southern California.  Dude's gone so far as to commute from northern San Diego County to LA on a daily basis in order to keep from uprooting his family.  At this point it's either extend or retire.

[incognito_man]

2 minutes ago, SBLIII said:

maybe both offenses just suck. Hard to draw conclusions from 1 game.

I'm going to go ahead and state that it is far more likely GB has "worthy" players on defense than not.

[Dr LBC]

3 minutes ago, incognito_man said:

looks like that defense rebuilt quickly!

We'll get a more appropriate opportunity to get evidence as to whether that's true or not when they play the Vikings (or, as much as this feels dirty to say, Flacco and the Broncos).  I wouldn't be planting my flag and proclaiming "rebuilt" off of holding Trubisky (especially the way he played last night) to 3 points.

[incognito_man]

Just now, The LBC said:

We'll get a more appropriate opportunity to get evidence as to whether that's true or not when they play the Vikings (or, as much as this feels dirty to say, Flacco and the Broncos).  I wouldn't be planting my flag and proclaiming "rebuilt" off of holding Trubisky (especially the way he played last night) to 3 points.

I don't know why folks would be surprised that this is a top unit this year. They added a LOT of talent. I wouldn't have guessed 3 points as a likely debut, but it's been pretty clear to me this unit has a number of really good players on all levels.

[Dr LBC]

This thread is worth a read.  Sage Rosenfels does a really good job breaking down Trubisky here:

 

[PossibleCabbage]

 

10 minutes ago, The LBC said:

We'll get a more appropriate opportunity to get evidence as to whether that's true or not when they play the Vikings (or, as much as this feels dirty to say, Flacco and the Broncos).  I wouldn't be planting my flag and proclaiming "rebuilt" off of holding Trubisky (especially the way he played last night) to 3 points.

Well, the Bears do have a top 10 (or at least "above average" or "not the problem with the offense") OL, and the Green Bay front was consistently winning the battle at the Line of Scrimmage.  I assume that sort of thing is liable to carry over versus the 20 or so teams with worse offensive lines.

I mean, the Packers are similarly stocked on the OL and we know the Bears front is good because they were winning all night last night.

Edited September 6, 2019 by PossibleCabbage

[viper952]

Loved the defense.

I see a lot of people hating on this game. No attention spans

[minutemancl]

11 minutes ago, The LBC said:

This thread is worth a read.  Sage Rosenfels does a really good job breaking down Trubisky here:

 

I think my most repeated phrase last night was "he's late!". Good call, Rosencopter. 

[tab]

Every time C. Patterson got the ball last night, I felt so irrationally angry

[Malfatron]

10 minutes ago, viper952 said:

Loved the defense.

I see a lot of people hating on this game. No attention spans

i agree. i found it to be intense and every drive mattered.

you get your first eletronic football

[minutemancl]

16 minutes ago, incognito_man said:

I don't know why folks would be surprised that this is a top unit this year. They added a LOT of talent. I wouldn't have guessed 3 points as a likely debut, but it's been pretty clear to me this unit has a number of really good players on all levels.

That secondary is legit, as is the LB corps, and the DL has enough talent to supplement. I didn't get to see in person how good Kenny Clark is until last night. That GB defense is a very good unit. There was definitely some incompetency from the Bears end, but you need both a good defense and incompetent offense to hold a team to 3 points.