Author Archives: Tom Shannon

Offense The Bears came out with the short passing game and the run as they have done in recent games. They had no success on the goround and limited success through the air, largely because the short passes were all … Continue reading →

Defense The Raiders came out with two tight ends and smashed the Bears right in the mouth. It was a old fashioned game plan where they spent their time running over the Bears defense and they did a fine job … Continue reading →

Offense The Bears came out mixing it up throwing and passing. Matt Nagy still occasionally forgets about the run, though. He went a pretty longs stretch of the second quarter without calling one. The balance at half was 24 passing … Continue reading →

Defense The Bears defense was excellent, as usual. They stopped the run and got pressure on Joe Flacco. The Broncos were trying to get the ball out fast to prevent the Bears pass rush from getting to them. They had … Continue reading →

Defense I was looking forward to seeing Lamar Jackson have to pass the ball this game. Unfortunately there was little reason for him to have to do it early. The Dolphins run defense was extrememly poor to start the game. … Continue reading →

Offense The Packers tried to make Trubisky uncomfortable by crowding the line and disguising the blitz. And it worked. Trubisky never looked comfortable with what the Packers were doing all night. Trubisky didn’t have a good game. His mechanics were … Continue reading →

As some of you have noted, this blog has gone noticeably quiet over the last few weeks. Things have gotten busy for me and I have a lot of irons in the fire right now. Frankly, they will only get … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune answers your questions: “How many tight ends do you see the Bears carrying to the 53-man roster? Is Bradley Sowell a roster lock since the Bears have pretty much asked him to alter his … Continue reading →

Mike Florio at profootballtalk.com on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rogers characterizing critical comments that he’s creating “outside noise” as “click bait”: “If Rodgers doesn’t want to be ’put in that news cycle,’ he should quit saying things that naturally flow … Continue reading →

Adan Jahns at The Athletic comments upon risers and fallers on the Bears roster after the first preseason game. In particular, he highlighted the situation of running back David Montgomery: The Bears’ exhibition loss against the Panthers Thursday night produced … Continue reading →