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I was more speaking to the tempo of the gameplan. Stafford was hitting his drops and getting rid of the ball accurately down field. I couldn't find any faults with his game yesterday and this is a bears team which had played better in recent weeks against teams that can do a little on offense,especially in Tampa where they have some playmakers. I just saw Stafford being confident and decisive which he hasnt been all season. Either they may finally be learning the offense and coming together or the bears defense just made it look like it was. On a sidenote, lucas played well against allen and i was convinced going into this game that he was going to be disprove all game. He's not what he once was but still having a decent season after the pneumonia. Swanson has exceeded my expectations at guards because he's just not very strong yet but his technique is constantly improving. Final thought, we need Fairley back. The production has eroded away without him doing what he does. Ziggy has had flashes but nobody else is doing anything. I like are lb options and the thought of running more 3-4 while he's out should not be overlooked, in passing downs. Clearly the run d doesn't need to change.
I completely agree. I've been screaming about this team for weeks now because they won't run a comprehensive screen game. Linehan was successful because he had a ton of screens for each skill position including te. Now we have an athletic te that has struggled with drops and winning one on one but we never use him in screens. No run game means you have to adjust with a short pass and screen game. They finally adjusted to some extent yesterday by controlling tempo and moving to 3 and 5 step drops instead of the holding patterns we've been running. I like the progress but it will need to take a few more steps if we want to see productivity like this going forward.
Yea i was impressed at the oline play after the fumble. The scheme was better and the tempo was more appropriate which is what we have all been saying. Stafford is capable of games like this every week but he needs to be comfortable. Those two tight window throws to tate show a qb trusting his reads. If he plays like that this team can go a long way
Probably played a part but both guys went down really early. We hadn't made the adjustments yet so while i see your point the two players that went down are mediocre at best. Not game changers.
