My overall impression?
Excellent. I think only one starter [Dalman] committed a penalty while Caleb played.
BJ came out swinging with a 12 personnel PA Boot/pass to Loveland.
Boom.
Clean. Effective. Message sent.
Then Caleb lined up in shotgun, barking calls, which answers some of my questions about who’s going to be making line adjustments, him or Dalman.
Seems like Caleb.
Wide open seam route. Boom.
In fact, that could be the title of the PS Game for Bears:
EVERYONE WIDE ASS OPEN!
It was astonishing to witness. We’re used to seeing this from GB or other quality teams.
For Bears getting a reception was always like pulling teeth.
In this game it felt that every receiver, not just the starters, were open at will.
Then Olamide Zaccheaus runs a beautiful route, catching the ball in stride, shaking the defender on his way to a 36 yard TD.
Couldn’t have scripted it any better.
1st drive [92 yds]
Every receiver WIDE fucking open.
Caleb hitting them in stride
A bit more shotgun than I expected, but Caleb is on fire
Loveland and Olamide look like they can separate
Game Highlights
Other thoughts.
– Tori still can’t coffin corner. Needs to work on that.
– Returners and gunners concerning me
– Bagent sharp, instinctive, mobile
– Hankins did ok but left. Brown/Wheeler performed well at HB, but I doubt they make the 53.
– Neither Swift nor Monangai suited up; the latter was a surprise, but Poles during the in-game interview stated nothing to worry about
– Booker looked ok but went to the blue tent then walked back to locker room [update]
– Burden blocked his ass off in goaline. BJ set him in motion, and he drove the Safety back twice. He’s big, physical and twitchy. The type of WR Irish always pined for every August [RIP Cameron Meredith, Kevin White, Daniel Brown, Wims…]
– On a down note, CB Terrell Smith carted off. CB is the one position Bears had depth, but with JJ nursing an INJ, and whatever the hell was going on with Zah Frazier [who played and nearly blocked a punt]; it’s something to monitor
– Also, Greg Olsen is 1000X better than Brady
I also believe this is the first time in 31 years the Bears have shut-out a team in PS.
However, as Dr. Rev Huge Bear Penis reminded us in the last thread ‘Bears beat the Bills last year in PS 33-6‘ [How’d that turn out?].
Oh, and Eberflus was 8-2 in PS, so, maybe we need to slow down on the circle-jerk.
Still, seeing the offense click that way was sooooooo cathartic.
No back-to-back TOs, whiffed blocks, delay of games, stupid challenges, cutesy bubble screens getting blown up on 3rd and 1, presnap dumbfuckery, or in general, no ‘WTF moments’
Everything appeared purposeful, logical and lethal.
Great momentum to ride to MNF.