Author Archives: Tom Shannon

Defense The 49ers got the ball first and easily drove right down and scored a touchdown. It wasn’t a good start. And it didn’t get better. The Bears looked to me like they came out expecting the 49ers to try … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune has thoughts on the botched end of the game yesterday: [head coach Matt] Eberflus mentioned re-racking the second-down play a couple of times and that is where it gets super confusing. The only thing … Continue reading →

Offense The Bears started the game with all of their preferred linemen in their preferred places. So there was going to be little excuse for not protecting Caleb Williams today. Overall, I really thought they did about as well as … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune has highlighted a recent flaw in the Bears defense. There was plenty of blame to pass around for the missed kick and many fair questions after the 20-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers. … Continue reading →

Defense No surprise. Green Bay came out running the ball and generally feeding Josh Jacobs. And they did it with great success. He’s been the heart of their offense all year, and he had a wonderful game. On Green Bay’s … Continue reading →

Defense Everyone wants to run. But you had to figure that the Patriots really, really wanted to run given what the Bears put on tape last week. They certainly did do that, running for 4.5 yards per carry before they … Continue reading →

Defense To my eye the Bears started out bringing more pressure than usual in an effort to get to Kyler Murray. I’d say it’s likely that they identified something on tape that made them think that this would work. Of … Continue reading →

Offense The Bears definitely didn’t come out ready to play on offense. Pretty much everyone of the field was a step behind the Commanders players. It reminded me of the start of almost every Packers game under the current coaching … Continue reading →

Offense The Jaguars came in with the No. 8 run defense this week but are 32nd versus the pass. So I was surprised that the Bears ran the ball as much as they did. They ran the ball 15 times … Continue reading →

Defense If the Bears defense has shown a weakness this, year its been against the run. So I was quite surprised that the Panther came out and didn’t try to do it more. Basically, it was run on first down … Continue reading →