the McCaskey brothers are at the other end of those headphones
PHILADELPHIA — This was the time to bench Mitch Trubisky.
After the first half Sunday, he had completed 6 of 13 passes for 25 yards and was sacked three times. The Bears’ offense had nine yards, the franchise’s worst first-half showing in 40 years. It faced at least 10 yards to go on 17 of its 24
first-half snaps, not counting punts. The Eagles played more man coverage than usual, daring Trubisky to make them pay. He couldn’t.
The offense’s ineptitude bled over to the defense, which played 40 downs in the first half. The defense was on the field for only 42 plays the previous week against the Chargers.
The Bears, who haven’t won a game since Sept. 29, were down 12-0 at halftime. The fate of their season depended on them getting a spark, even if that meant backup Chase Daniel merely running a professional-looking offense.
So when Trubisky ran out of the locker room and warmed up with his helmet on while Daniel stayed in a baseball cap, it proved what the Bears have been saying publicly all year: They will not bench their starting quarterback. Not last Sunday or next Sunday or — now that the playoff pipe dream is all but officially dead — in the doldrums of irrelevant December football.
After the 22-14 loss to the Eagles, the 3-5 Bears and Trubisky are stuck with each other for the rest of the season.
General manager Ryan Pace’s big bet on Trubisky has failed. The Bears will be doubling down the rest of the year in a scramble to rediscover his value.
Coach Matt Nagy, of course, said he never considered benching Trubisky at halftime.
“No, I didn’t,” Nagy said. “I think for all of us, we knew that we could collectively be better.”
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It just gets worse every week! What a shame too. I like a host of others actually had high hopes this season for the Bears
ReplyDeleteIn Chicago, each professional sport having their pre-season games, offer sports fans the glimmer of hope that the rebuilds are nearing completion and post season play is just around the corner. Hawk Harrelson got away with having me bullshitted for about 20 of the 30 years he worked here. Following last years fluke season wins and Nagy's coach of the year, I discounted the pre-season losses by the Bears, reminding myself that he held out all the starters from play, figuring this avoidance of potential injury would save the starters for the regular season. So going into the season I was stoked. Opening night at home, nationally broadcast game in prime time against the Packers. New statues of Halas and Payton, pre-game rally in Grant Park, giant bobble heads of Bear players, it was all there just ready to go. And then the kickoff when reality set in. Kind of like blowing your load on the whore house stairs. Can't handle the hype and the let-down. I think I'm gonna start doing crossword puzzles. If it gets confusing there's always dictionaries available to give an answer.
ReplyDeleteDon't care about them anymore. The Neeldown Football League is done as far as I'm concerned. Bunch of anti-American millionaire punks who would all be selling dope on the nearest street corner if not for the lambs that contribute to them.
ReplyDeleteI think using dictionaries would be cheating.
ReplyDeleteBears could never get a quarterback try to get Tom Brady please!
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