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10 thoughts after the Bears 'win in the three-game losing streak, as rookie Jason Sanders' goal in the 47th minute, as time expired in overtime, split the amounts and led the Dolphins to a win 31-28 at Hard Rock Stadium.
1. In some respects, the Bears were beaten at their own game on Sunday. But that's not exactly right because their quarterback Mitch Trubisky has had positive success this season and again in Week 6, including two shots at Taylor Gabriel, who beat the cornerback Dolphins Torry McTyer with ease. What Miami and substitute quarterback Brock Osweiler did was beat the Bears with the short thing – and the Bears were beaten severely. By the fourth or mid-fourth quarter, the Bears looked like a gas team. That they are partially heat-related – it was 89 degrees at startup with 67% humidity for a heat index of 101 – or partially related to going out for an additional week – they were cooked. And the first thing that goes for the defensive players, really all the players, when they are tired is the technique. So that explains some of the bad passes, and it was too much, because the Dolphins racked up 274 yards after taking, as part of the best day of Osweiler with 380 yards.
This is not characteristic of the Bears. Missed tackles will arrive. At all levels and at every game (and all alumni who prepare emails on the fact that they have not missed the tackles in the good old days) should go back and look at some highlights of some halves they fondly remember, like Walter Payton and Gale Sayers. break down the tackles). The Bears had too much here and played with mediocre technique at critical moments, without being able to force the ball to move inside, where there was help.
It was a great game plan for Osweiler, who showed a tendency to make mistakes while trying to push the ball down. That's one of the reasons you realized the Bears were in good shape in the third quarter after scoring three touchdowns quickly to score 21-10. How was Osweiler going to bring back the dolphins? Miami has stuck to its plan wide receivers screens, shallow sleepers and passes in the apartment. The Dolphins were determined to take out the ball quickly as part of their game plan to protect Osweiler – more information about bagless Bears in a little while.
This game plan should not have beaten the Bears. Sometimes the wide receiver screen will cross the first wave. It happens. Then bring it to the ground. What if it's a 12-yard gain? Live to fight another down. The offense will block the game, but the Dolphins managed to put a solid block on a poor quality tackle. The Bears have played a lot against their opponents this season. Trubisky made quick shots as targets like Gabriel and running back Tarik Cohen, then allowed them to sneak into the field. The dolphins did it as well or better.
2. Dolphins have a lot of intelligent mind on the offensive side of the balland many intelligent minds who were employed at Halas Hall, starting with coach Adam Gase and offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains. As Gase told me, they had a long week and it was long before Ryan Tannehill's right shoulder became a big issue on Friday morning, a problem that ended up keeping the quarterback out of the game. Gase seemed annihilated after coming out of his office nearly an hour after the victory. "I have not slept much," he says. The goal of the week was to find a way not to let Khalil Mack collapse in Miami, while he was terrorizing his previous opponents by getting fired as NFC defensive player for the month of September.
In fact, the Dolphins' plan was to mater Mack and defensive end Akiem Hicks and to win the Bears away from the front. It worked. Quarterback Brock Osweiler was not sacked once in 44 laps and the Bears were credited in the press statistics with only four hits for the quarterback, one for Hicks, the half-nickel corner. nickel Bryce Callahan and linebackers Danny Trevathan and Nick Kwiatkoski. Linebacker Leonard Floyd protested that he had not even touched Osweiler about what the Bears considered a ghost the hard way. The problem is that Floyd did not touch him either. Alas, Floyd was not alone in this regard.
"We exchanged visions vis-à-vis their two big pitchers, 96 (Hicks) and 52 (Mack)," said Dolphins goaltender Ted Larsen, himself a former bear. "And then, sort of, it was up to me and (left tackle Laremy) Tunsil to do the 1-on-1 job. We did a good job in the running and took some action shots. We knew it would be a job that would last all day and it ended up going to the end. "
So, how did the Dolphins, along with offensive line coach Jeremiah Washburn, who held that role for the Bears last year, planned Mack and Hicks? Slide protection. Chip help. Double teams.
"Whatever you can prepare," said Larsen. "That's what we did. We wanted to have a plan for them because we saw how they can handle the games. They are good in every way so it's going to be a team effort. We wanted to neutralize these guys and see how that happened. It was a crazy game. "
The Bears adjusted and in fairness to Mack, he was not 100% after having his right ankle tied in the first half. Mack, who is generally lining up on the left side of the defense, has moved to the right side where he could attack Tunsil and potentially avoid so much attention. It did not help. Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio then turned to the blitz. The Bears rarely blitz. They are near the bottom of the league when it comes to bringing defenders of five or more defenders, by will. They returned home with four, which allows them to be stronger at the back. But when they could not return home to Osweiler, Fangio turned to the blitz. I am interested in counting the numbers because it certainly seemed more than usual for Fangio and the result, well, it was not good enough.
"I'm going to watch the movie and understand the reasoning, but everything starts with stopping the race," said Mack about the rush. "I feel we have not done such a good job with this today."
He is right in that regard.
3. Albert Wilson looked a lot like Taylor Gabriel and vice versa. The two most productive receivers of their respective teams played in big matches. Wilson has six assists for an average of 155 yards and two touchdowns. Gabriel caught five passes for 110 yards, giving him 100-yard games in a row. It's remarkable when you consider that Gabriel started this season without a 100-yard career. Wilson is a guy targeted by the free agency Bears. The player that the Bears wanted to fill the role. Coach Matt Nagy worked with Wilson in Kansas City and knew exactly how he could be hooked on the offense.
I asked Wilson about the factors he had weighed from the start of free competition in March when the Bears and Dolphins exerted pressure all over the field.
"It was really close, man, really, very close," said Wilson, pulling two gold chains with the 772 area code for Florida's Treasure Coast, where he was raised in Port Ste Lucie, on the head. "The bears have offered me a four-year contract. I wanted three years. "
Wilson eventually signed a three-year contract with the Dolphins worth $ 24 million, with a $ 14.45 million guarantee. The key to the length of the contract is that Wilson will turn 28 when he is eligible for free will again. Gabriel signed a four-year contract with the Bears for $ 26 million, with $ 14 million guaranteed. These are two really exciting players. They should both help a lot with their mistakes.
"Wilson is a little more physical player but they are used in the same way," said a professional scout. "Wilson is a ruthless guy and although Gabriel can do it, I think Ganriel has a deeper ball ability. He is rather a deep and natural ball catcher. Both are well below on the screens and scan jets, the lanes to open in the space. They do not look like Tyreek Hill, but they are both used like him. Gabriel looks faster than me in a straight line. Wilson may be a little better change of direction. The two beautiful weapons. "
It was a tough call for Wilson because he really liked what the Bears were selling him in March.
"Yeah man, these are my guys," he said. "Nags, he's a good guy, man. It's my boy there. It's a genius. It's an apple from the tree of coach (Andy) Reid. I saw what Coach Doug (Pederson) did when he left for Philly and I feel like (Nagy) was not going to be too far away. I feel like 10 (Mitch Trubisky) there, he's a future star. I think this boy can throw the ball. I liked what they did. I knew I was going there … I could have gone there, you know, and that was about the man. It was really close.
I asked Wilson to describe the 75-yard touchdown that he had to tie at 3:01, 16 seconds after Anthony Miller scored on a 29-yard touchdown.
"Really had a seated route," Wilson said. "It was zone, so I almost passed the linebacker and I was able to move up. When I planted to make it high and my shoulders straightened, I knew I was going to be able to get into the end zone. . You know I had two good blocks down and I kept running behind the blocks, believe it was Kenny (Stills) and KD (Kenyan Drake), and they've got me pretty close leads to the goal zone. "
4. The only shot that Mitch Trubisky claims is the interception to release security T.J. McDonald in the end zone early in the fourth quarter. The Bears were recalculated on an offensive pass with the help of their opponent Trey Burton (more about this game in a little more) and were facing a goal from the 13-yard line. They were in a 3×1 lineup with broad receiver Allen Robinson on the outside and tight ends Ben Braunecker and Trey Burton on the front of the training with the tight end Dion Sims, the only player at the skill position at the back of the training. The four players went vertical and Braunecker was covered by the solid security Reshad Jones in melee, while McDonald's hides in the end zone to create the game designed to defeat a high-security look. Trubisky placed the ball in a place that he could not. He must read McDonald's and react. It would have been better to throw at an open Burton, who crossed his face, to the far corner of the end zone. It would have been better to check the return of Jordan Howard. It would also have been better to throw the ball in the first two rows of the stands above Braunecker's head. A field placement on this possession would have allowed the Bears to score 24-13.
"I thought safety went hand in hand with the connected road (to Burton)," said Trubisky. "(McDonald's) did a good game. I lost it when I stepped forward and forced myself into the red zone while I should not have. Go watch again on movie and make sure that's what happened and see what I've seen. I forced it and put my team in a bad position, and I should not have started this pass. "
The game is designed to conflict with security. Follow Burton or slip to defend Braunecker. McDonald remained in the middle of the field and was there to play the pitch.
5. You're not used to seeing the Bears become conservative, and I'm not sure that's the right word, but that's what we felt when Matt Nagy started following the matches leading up to Cody Parkey failed to score. The Bears started possession on their own 20-yard line with a 5-yard pass to Trey Burton. Then Jordan Howard raised 19 yards and Howard for 15 yards to allow the ball to cross midfield and the 41-yard Dolphins line. Tarik Cohen won 2 yards in the first try. Benny Cunningham had 4 yards in second place, bringing the Bears to third and fourth places 35 yards. The defensive wing Andre Branch stopped it without profit.
It was as if Nagy thought Howard could score another goal and maybe catch Miami off guard thinking he'd throw it there. It was certainly the opposite of Nagy last time, calling games of assists wherever the Bears knocked out the Buccaneers.
Nagy was not interested in receiving, which could have been an interrogation on the call before the kick.
"Well, no, again, we could do that all day," he said. "You go ahead, you start it and you are here to ask me why you took a bag. So you could spend all day with that kind of thing.
Trubisky also supported the call to play.
"One hundred percent confidence in coach Nagy and what he believes to be the best for this team," he said. "What he believes is what I believe to be the best for this team. Whatever he calls, we will execute it to the best of our ability. We have given ourselves a great chance and I am convinced that next time we will have the opportunity to do it. Sometimes you do not do it, sometimes you do it. Everyone makes mistakes, myself included. We fought hard, many ups and downs, we fought to overcome adversity. We were in a great place. We had our shots. "
But the Bears would have felt better if Parkey had kicked 43 yards or 33 yards. And when the offense seemed so thrilled with the passing game in the first five games, it's strange to see them stay in the race almost exclusively with the game in play. I understand what Nagy says. Of course, it's easy to guess after the fact and if Trubisky had made a blunder or a bag, it would have been easy to wonder why he had not let Howard escape another great race. What the Bears chose did not work and was therefore closely examined.
6. Cody Parkey was discouraged to have missed the kick. He hails from Jupiter, Florida, about an hour away and spent last season defending the Dolphins when he equaled their franchise record in terms of accuracy, scoring 91.3% of his goals on the ground tied with the mark held by Jay Feely in 2007. Parkey would have liked to sign back with the Dolphins as a free agent, but the Bears have taken a step forward to lure him to Halas Hall in order to repair their foot problems. So, when the 53-yard kick just started and went straight, no one was more upset than Parkey.
"I thought I made a good decision," he said. "I just missed the kick. I am a human being."
Missing the Dolphins near his hometown did not make things worse.
"I really do not care where I do it," he said. "I hate to miss. Unfortunately, I miss and it's the next game. I had the distance. I just did not kick straight enough. Bottom line. I have to move on. I made winners, I missed winners. As long as I keep playing, I will keep trying to give the best of myself. I would like to come back to this point and I will focus on the next game. "
According to Pro Football Reference, this is the longest attempt at placement for the Bears in overtime, dating back to at least 1994, which is as far as their search engine went. The longest previous attempt was 47 yards by Robbie Gould in the 23-20 loss to Minnesota on December 1, 2013. You will remember that was the unfortunate attempt that coach Marc Trestman had called for in the second fall when the Bears chance to do what? Make an easier shot for Gould. The longest overtime goals for the Bears since 1994 are 40 yards from Connor Barth last season in overtime and Paul Edinger in 2002 against the Lions.
7. A difficult escape for Jordan Howard in the gallin and really unusual Dolphins defensive end Robert Quinn was able to get the ball out and linebacker Kiko Alonso came back.
"I do not know what happened," Howard said. "I just know I lost it."
As Pat Mannelly, a former Bears long-time Twitter machine player, noted, Howard wore a white sleeve on his right arm, which is the arm with which he was carrying the ball as he fumbled. He threw the sleeve after that. What about sweating soaked and causing the ball to move, who knows?
"I can not let that happen," said Howard. "If I want to be the type of player I want to be, I can not have it, especially in the red zone with a chance to score."
It was Howard's first fumble since the third week of last season. He was hit 337 times between the breakaways and was very reliable throughout his career.
"I was trying not to have any problems this year," he said. "I have the impression that if I had not fumbled, a lot of things would not have gone bad."
8. Many questions about the pass interference penalty imposed on Trey Burton who canceled a 3-yard touchdown pass to running back Tarik Cohen and supported the Bears, leading to a quarterback interception for quarterback Mitch Trubisky. It was a game of choice or a game of friction and the defensive coaches will hammer their fists on the table and claim pass interference every time. I think what brings Burton here, at Judge Rick Patterson's call, is that Burton slightly bent his left shoulder by contacting linebacker Kiko Alonso. A tough call against the Bears and Burton did not need to choose Alonso. It's not like he's trying to create space and time for the recessed back. Passing Alonso would probably have been enough to free Cohen in the apartment.
"Trey did everything I asked him to do," said coach Matt Nagy.
"I have not had a good overview," says Trubisky. "I knew Tarik was wide open, so I was just doing my job. But that's only part of the game. You just have to react to adversity. Take care of football is the bottom line when it comes there. "
9. A cool story about an old Bear and how he follows the league for a living now. Former Bears defensive lineman Darrell Campbell can closely monitor the team, along with the other 31 NFL clubs, as a producer at NFL Films, thanks to the small help of the former coach of the Bears, Marc Trestman. Campbell, who had been preparing for Thornwood High School before playing Notre Dame, was part of the Canadian Gray Cup champion team for Trestman for the rest of his life. Campbell moved to Philadelphia, where his wife had a good job and the couple were preparing for the arrival of their son in 2009.
Campbell had no television training, but while he was with the Alouettes, he and teammate Keron Williams, another defensive lineman, rallied the best teams on the team every week.
"I was a little at home and I knew I had to get into something, but I really did not know what I had to do next because I was football, football, football since 2003" said Campbell. "I sent a letter to Trestman and told him," Hey, I do not know if you know anyone in the area …
"Keron and I sort of made our flagship videos week after week. We always won so it was always good to put these things in place and it was not my bag. I was a specialist in computer applications and operating systems at Notre Dame, so I was focusing on computers, but I was not in production at all. But there was nothing I could not understand and understand. And then, when I came back on the set, my son was being born, I sent this email to Trestman and he said, "Hey, I have a friend of NFL Films, Greg Cosell."
Trestman was able to help Campbell organize a meeting with NFL Films and, during his interview, the first person he met was Steve Sabol. He enjoyed an hour-long visit from Sabol and, before reporting it, Campbell was working there. He is now in his 10th season, working on all product programs, including "Hard Knocks," "Inside the NFL," "NFL Matchup," and the many documentary series produced there.
He is in his second year volunteering as an assistant defensive line coach at New Egypt at N.J. High School and really enjoys the team atmosphere. Campbell joined the Bears as a free agent unplugged in 2004. He had an ACL tear during a training for the Ravens just before the draft, where he would have to be part of one. mid-term selection. Although the Bears used their top two picks that year on defensive tackles – Tommie Harris and Tank Johnson – they considered Campbell a profitable investment. The team signed and paid for his rehabilitation. Being a member of the Bears, even if he has never played in a regular season game, remains the highlight of his career for Campbell over the Gray Cup title.
"It's not going better than, first and foremost, being a graduate of Notre Dame, and then going home to play for Chicago," said Campbell. "All the rest after that, God has been good to me. I did not have a career rich in stories. I was a companion but I tell you what, from Notre Dame to Chicago. Wearing the Bears helmet was probably the culmination of my career. "
The Bears were stacked on the line at that time. They had Harris, Johnson, Adewale Ogunleye, Alex Brown, Idonije Israel, Ian Scott and the time spent with them helping him, who helped him in his efforts for the rest of his career with stops also in the Arena League. "
The next time you watch a show produced by NFL Films, do not forget that Campbell could play a role in some of the Bears movies.
10. It's not too early to prepare for the big game of the week ahead against the Patriots at Soldier Field. It will be only Tom Brady's second – and certainly the last – match at Soldier Field. Brady, in his 19th season, is 4-0 against the Bears and had one of his most dominant games in his last game, a 51-23 win for New England in 2014 at Foxboro, in Massachusetts. He completed 30 of 35 passes for 354 yards and five touchdowns. Brady is undefeated against four other teams, all in the NFC, Falcons, Cowboys, Vikings and Buccaneers. He had never lost to the Jaguars before, before the backhand of the second week in Jacksonville.
10a. The Patriots opened as a 3-point favorite on the bears, by the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas.
10b. It's a good thing for the Bears, the game is at home. You may have seen the statistic that prevailed on the Internet this weekend: the under-25 quarterbacks are aged 0 to 24 in the regular season against the Patriots at Gillette Stadium at the time of Tom Brady / Bill Belichick. It was after the Patriots crushed the leaders and the young revolver Patrick Mahomes 43-40 Sunday night. Mitch Trubisky, of course, is 24 years old.
10c. CBS assigned the broadcast team Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts and Evan Washburn will compete in the Sunday Patriots-Bears game.
10d. Adam Shaheen started a very light training on the field with sports coaches on the lookout more than three hours before the kick off. He had an ankle / foot injury and the team never spoke too much. It's a good sign that Shaheen is on the field, but it's obvious his injury is still bothering him. He is eligible to return to practice this week for the first time since his injury on August 18th in Denver, but before the end of the short training session, it was clear he was not ready to be ready for that. Coach Matt Nagy, questioned on Friday about Shaheen, said a return designation was not imminent.
"He's always fine," said Nagy. "He is in reeducation. He is in all our meetings. He has the ability to come back to train if he could on the road. We are at a point where we are not there yet.
10th. Brock Osweiler is 14-12 as a starter in his NFL career and 3-0 against the Bears, winners for the Broncos, Texans and now the Dolphins since 2015. Go understand.
10f. Receiver Taylor Gabriel and Linebacker Khalil Mack were both caught for X-rays after the match. Gabriel said he was fine and that if Mack had been seriously injured in the ankle glued during the match, he would probably have been seriously examined during the match. Very often, post-match X-rays are strictly preventative.
10g. Bears offensive lineman Bryan Witzmann grew up in Somerset, Wisconsin, about 45 minutes from Minneapolis. His parents were from the twin cities and were rooted for the Vikings. Most of his friends were Packers fans. But moving to Chicago is the fate of Witzmann, who bought an apartment in the city a little less than two years ago. Witzmann had high school friends living in Chicago and he often visited, so he decided to buy.
"I have roots here," he said.
He knows the game book having spent last season in Kansas City. It is now time for him to get acquainted with his environment at Halas Hall.
10am First place in the North NFC before the 7th week. Just where you thought the Bears would be, right?
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