It went about as well as one can expect a PS game to go.
#1 thing is that no apparent serious injury hit any Bears unlike that poor Lion.
Some bad, but a lot of good; it’s hard to judge 2nd, 3rd and 4rth stringers in the 1st PS game, in a new system, with new coaches plus lots of new faces. Rule of thumb is about 4 REAL NFL games to even get a clue.
But my overall general impression of the Bears’ outing?
Professional.
Us Bear fans are fed so much BS; it’s sometimes hard to remember that for all the handies BJ gets, this was still his first NFL game [or scrimmage] as the head honcho, and nothing really prepares you for the big chair til you sit on it.
Or at least that’s what countless hours of Star Trek has taught me!
For those who missed the game, you can easily check out Da Blog’s general impression and live input here
Interesting twits:
Though for sure the belle of the ball was Austin Booker.
Now, before we get too ahead of ourselves, I actually watched the game. Booker definitely looked fast, and hustled his ass off, but he still seems to lack that powerful anchor that can get him in trouble vs run. He also didn’t seal off the backside to one of MIA’s goaline runs that resulted in a TD.
Dom Rob however did look stronger at least to my untrained eyes. If any of this will translate vs starting linemen when games count, who knows?
Nice to see though, and tip o da hat to them.
This is a bit premature. I get wanting Jimbo Covert at LT, but more often you end up with Webbnation. Braxton Jones is a proven average starting LT who’ll likely get paid by some team. Whether that’s the Bears or not is up to Trapilo.
Another tip o da hat goes to Noah Sewell. He was Neo in the Matrix – seemingly everywhere including shooting in like a scud missile to stuff a goal line run. Allen essentially used him as a 5th Dlinemen which is smart since he’s not exactly nimble in coverage.
While Kyle Monangai looked like he belonged. Monangai doesn’t look special, but rather a meat-n-potatoes RB who can get tough yards. His low center of gravity makes him hard to get down. Kinda reminds me of Maurice-Jones-Drew [MJD] in that sense.
All-in-all, a solid showing for Ben Johnson’s debut.
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