This is the epitome of mailing it in, too soon.
Chicago Bears 2026-2027
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Prevent defense and all backups for the fourth quarter. Awful.
If BJ is consistent, then we see Swift on this next drive after that fumble by Roschon.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
The only thing they hadn’t done was turn the ball over. Check
Johnson needs to understand that the NFL isn't college. You don't sub out with 12 minutes to go.
Fumble not forgotten, but this is not what a good coach does.
Took foot of the pedal and neck. Horrendous let up.
Took foot of the pedal and neck. Horrendous let up.
Bears survive.
High IQ play by Roschon Johnson seals the W for the Bears. Makes up for his fumble.
Ben pulled the starters too early I feel. Falcons are a tough opponent and credit them for not lying down. Nice road win when all is said and done.
Ben pulled the starters too early I feel. Falcons are a tough opponent and credit them for not lying down. Nice road win when all is said and done.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
I’ll take more of that Kyler Gordon please.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
I really thought they had a chance to milk the clock a few times when they were up comfortably in the second half and they kept throwing.
I think , all things equal BJ is trying to help CW pad his stats . but it may have been an instance today where it was a little risky .
jmo
It had to be because we play Thursday. If it was any other reason, I dont think we see that again. He is more wired to run it up than to back off.
I think that is because he doesnt fully trust Roschon and Swift is obviously not right.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I'm not going to sit here and pretend I didn't say Caleb should sit up 31-7.
Collectively, the NFC North is 13-3 against teams in other divisions.
mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
Hard disagree. Team is banged up already and plays Thursday. Protect guys wherever possible.
I don't think anyone can blame Johnson for doing that up 31-7... Obviously in hindsight one can say he should've kept them, but it made total sense for him to do so considering all the injuries, and that the Bears had a short week ahead of them.
And to be fair, if it wasn't for Roshan's fumble (it took a perfectly timed and position punch) on drive where the Bears were driving and were very close to FG range, and then a quick and long completion by Atlanta (due to blatant offensive PI that was not called, in a game where the refs didn't seem to miss anything the Bears did), the game would still have been in the bag with the rested starters.
12 minutes, when you don't have the ball, is forever in the NFL. Heck, we've seen the Bears come back from the dead with all starters in.
Ok, let's go with the fact that they wanted to rest some guys. You don't do a hockey line change with the entire defense against an offense like that.
If the Bears had the ball, there's 7/8 minutes to go, the clock is running.....fine. Start picking and choosing subs. After the D let up the score, the thought of subbing Williams out was completely out the window.
I don't disagree with the thought process, I just think it was WAY too premature with a full quarter to go, especially when we don't have the ball with the clock melting. Atlanta has way too good of an offense to just get the mulligan. Once they got the score + 2 point conversion...it was game on.
Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
It's hard to get a full read on this squad. The offense at times looks like a team capable of winning the Super Bowl this year. Then they do some stupid things, defense lets up & then ATL is back in the game. NFL is such a week to week (and sometimes minute to minute) league. It's crazy. Hell Green Bay was ready to run LaFluer out on a rail 3 weeks ago & now they've played much better 2 weeks in a row.
Ultimately we need Monangai to be healthy so the 2 headed running back is a thing. I think that 4th quarter yesterday looks different if he is in the game. He's the kind of back that gets better as the game wears on. His physical style turns a 3 yard first quarter run into a 9 yard 4th quarter run. Just a physical grinder.
Swift & Monangai if both are healthy present a somewhat unique weapon in the modern NFL. A platoon that can attack defenses 2 different ways depending on defensive approach as well as the game situation. It has the potential to be a huge factor in January. Just got to get everyone healthy & consistent. Need to cut down on the penalties a bit as well.
Ultimately we need Monangai to be healthy so the 2 headed running back is a thing. I think that 4th quarter yesterday looks different if he is in the game. He's the kind of back that gets better as the game wears on. His physical style turns a 3 yard first quarter run into a 9 yard 4th quarter run. Just a physical grinder.
Swift & Monangai if both are healthy present a somewhat unique weapon in the modern NFL. A platoon that can attack defenses 2 different ways depending on defensive approach as well as the game situation. It has the potential to be a huge factor in January. Just got to get everyone healthy & consistent. Need to cut down on the penalties a bit as well.