Category Archives: Chicago Bears

Mark Potash‘s column in the Chicago Sun-Times this morning was a study in contrasts. He first addresses wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, a now rapidly improving player in the Bears offense: “Wide receiver Alshon’s Jeffery’s 15-yard gain on an end around … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune answers your questions: “Is the rise of tight ends like Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski the response to the Cover-2 defense? @santucci_john from Twitter “Offenses are doing their best to spread defenses out and … Continue reading →

Defense The Bears came out mixing their defense up quite a bit nothing too fancy but it didn’t look like there was any one form that they stuck to initially. Perhaps they were trying to confuse the Giants offense and … Continue reading →

Offense The Saints came out in a standard looking 4-3. The game plan was apparently to keep the Bears off balance with some well-timed blitzes. The Bears tried to counter by running the ball. Unfortunately it didn’t work early as … Continue reading →

I haven’t been looking forward to this match up with the high octane Saints offense this week. But Dan Wiederer at the Chicago Tribune is doing his best to give me and people like me a little hope: “There is … Continue reading →

Defense 1. The Bears came out just a little flat on both sides of the ball. Generally speaking the defense in particular wasn’t playing fast and certainly wasn’t playing down hill. 2. The Bears seemed to prefer the cover two … Continue reading →

Patrick Finley at the Chicago Sun-Times gives the Bears statistics at defensive tackle: Through three games, Melton’s grade of -6.4 was the lowest of any defensive tackle in the league, according to Pro Football Focus. Collins pressured the quarterback twice … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune does a nice job of summarizing the performances on film from Sunday nights game: “Offensive line “Grade: 6 “There was a premium placed on getting the ball out quickly and rookies Kyle Long and … Continue reading →

Adam L. Jahns at the Chicago Sun-Times on the frequency with which the Beas resorted to the blitz Sunday night to get pressure on the quarterback: “[Bears head coach Marc] Trestman acknowledged the Bears increased their number of blitzes against … Continue reading →

Offense 1. The Bears came out executing well. They came out with a good mix of the run and the pass with lots of short passes. 2. The Steelers came out blitzing a lot. The Bears offensive line handled it … Continue reading →