Author Archives: Tom Shannon

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune answers your questions. While answering an endless stream of fans who support keeping Justin Fields at quarterback he managed to slip one in about something else that may turn out to be related to … Continue reading →

Offense The Bears came out with a reasonably conservative game plan to begin the game. Lots of short passes and running plays. Its possible that offensive coordinator Luke Getsy was trying to compensate for weakness on the interior of the … Continue reading →

Defense DeMarcus Walker lost contain on the second play of the game and B.J. Robinson went for 21 yards. That can’t happen with him on the field. Its certain death. After Taylor Heinicke made some good yardage running the ball … Continue reading →

Offense The Bears came out running the ball a lot. Part of that was Justin Fields dropping back and running from the pocket but most of them were designed running plays. Evidently they decided that’s the way to beat the … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune has 10 thoughts after the Bears blew a big lead in the last 4 minutes at Detroit on Sunday: “It’s becoming increasingly difficult to make a case for why [Matt Eberflus] should remain in … Continue reading →

Offense The Lions appear to be very wary of Justin Fields legs. They tried to be very disciplined in their pass rush. Fields took to leaving the pocket early but even then the Lions looked more to me like they … Continue reading →

Offense The Bears came out executing well with a good mix of passing and timely run plays. The run looked to me like the key to the beating Saints defense coming in. They play a lot of games up front, … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago tribune answers your questions. “What will Tyson Bagent have to do to keep the starting job when Justin Fields is healthy? — Dan B., Roselle “A handful of versions of this question appeared in the … Continue reading →

Offense D’Onta Foreman dropped a third and long dump off in the first half and it occurs to me that maybe that’s why the Bears don’t like playing him as much as you might think they would. He might not … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune has 10 thoughts after the Bears loss to the Vikings on Sunday. “On the first snap Sunday, the Vikings showed six men at the line of scrimmage. The Bears were in an empty formation … Continue reading →