Maine-iac

Was that Dane or Strong?

Not trying to poop on the one time he sniffed the QB but that rush up the middle doesn't move the QB to him he's not getting to the QB.

He's playing LT doesn't he usually play RT or is that just because Brown is usually the one out injured?

In two weeks we have what 5 drops from the TE's?

I can live with Codrington getting beat once in a while or some of these quick outs or check downs but I'm glad to see they stopped the chunk plays down the middle on that drive.

VanDermark was almost deep enough to take the snap LOL.

Make this clear .......... I'm not upset. It's mostly back ups. That said we don't have to suck just because we're playing back ups. They don't have to get torched on EVERY play.

Bring out Hancock and that Ciarlo guy

I want to root for Bishop but for what little he's on the field he can't cover. Hamlin not helping much after the fact.

There's almost no chance of pressure if the ball is out quickly every down.

Not going to let the CB's off the hook but most of this is safeties and LB's. They aren't where they need to be.

I got nothing ................ you're not wrong.

I am interested in seeing Strong get some reps. This is pretty ugly so far.

Bears are going to leave this game feeling pretty good if we keep covering like this.

Codrington starting?

Bears starting off great. Nice return.

He's only 20 years old and made the physical freaks list but when the scouts said he had a wrestling background was when I thought McD would end up drafting him somewhere in the late rounds.

They already have him penciled in as the starter. Seems like a great situation to come into. Njigba on one side, Kupp in the slot, and Darnold who has a bit of the gunslinger mentality.

Hard to tell from preseason but two guys I was hoping we'd take a late swing on seem to be playing well in Seattle. Tory Horton and Martinez would have both been nice editions here. Cook has been a non issue and our RB room looks good as is but I've always wished we had a 6 foot something 220 pound back who could actually bang but not drafting another RB isn't much of an issue. Horton on the other hand would have been a great addition and seems to check a lot of boxes as far as game speed, size, and actual polish. Also interesting to see Jordan Phillips had a night for the Dolphins. I'm the first to admit I thought we'd go 1 tech and later take a swing on penetrating DT and I thought wrong.

Just because there has been a trend of not paying RB's big money that doesn't mean every back isn't getting paid and it doesn't mean it'll stay that way forever. Beane's deals frequently look really good two years down the road and when some top backs are signing deals for 20 million a year I'm hoping Cook's deal looks like a bargain.

Tried this once before and it gained little traction but I think there are many many similarities between Andrew Luck and Josh Allen. Allen takes a lot of the things Luck used to do and takes it up a notch. Allen has been better in the playoffs. If Luck had played for Andy Reid or had Spags coaching his defense he probably would have made more noise in the playoffs.

With our fragile safeties we'll see a lot of Hamlin and he will continue to be a whipping boy. He'll probably be a solid but not stellar player but much like Rapp (and no one acknowledges it) he's too slow to be a truly dynamic safety. In my head someday Hancock and Bishop will both be starting safeties and Bishop will not make a couple of coverage mistakes every game he starts.

This is going to sound like I'm speaking our of both sides of my mouth but somehow an 11 yard out on 2nd and 7 doesn't bother me as much as a 11 yard gain on 3rd and 9. The second situation being hypothetical. He didn't get run over for 20 yards and he didn't get out run by a guy who ran a 4.75 40 at the combine. I probably just have a soft spot for the guy that's blinding me a little bit but I'm hoping for Levi Wallace with better instincts and a little more fight in him. Nevermind it was 3rd and 7 .................. yeesh. Age is a B word. Just 3 years ago I didn't have glasses and I could remember anything.

To Cam's credit he seemed to play pretty well but Hancock has a little more size and a little more speed so it would be pretty awesome if he took over the free safety spot. I know our safeties are interchangeable at times but Rapp seems like a strong safety and so does Bishop just younger with a big more speed so it would be nice if Bishop could lock down that job at some point and Rapp could back up both positions.

I'm not all the way down on Tre yet. I'm not completely anti bend but don't break but you have to be able to make stops over the course of the game. I think Dane came in for Tre after two drives and the Giants only had 3 points and had punted the last drive. Near as I can tell the chunk plays stated after that. I think at his age and physical abilities Tre has to play a bit of chess. Tre might not have been lock down but I at least had the feeling that if you threw at him enough he'd jump one eventually. He was keeping things in front of him and I trust his thought process enough to feel like he might give up a few but he'd got one at some point. This is all just my opinion but I felt like Tre had it under control and Dane didn't.