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2013 Chicago Bears thread - redux

Other thread is too old, starting fresh.

This thread needs a bump. Preseason football starts this week!

Speaking of which, if anyone wants 2 free tickets to either Bears home pre-season game, send me a PM with which game you want. I'm tired of work people saying they'll use them and then backing out at the last minute...


Tickets are spoken for.

Sent ya a PM. Doing my Bear dance hoping I was the first to hit ya up.

Super excited about this season.

Chargers tickets sent to Morfein, if anyone wants the Browns game just PM me.

Glad to see the Packers getting hit by the injury bug....

Thanks Jester. Tickets printed and ready to go. Figures Urlacher would retire, as that is my only game jersey and have a thing for NOT wearing non-current players jerseys. So hmmm... Man I'm excited... finally get to see soldier field.

heh... not as bad as the 400 level grandstand, trust me.

I only spent about 2 yrs on the season ticket waiting list, because I signed up during the dark ages in 2004 or so. The Bears offered first dibs on extra playoff tickets to people on the waiting list, so I got to buy face value seats to the New Orleans NFC championship game in Jan 2006, which was really cool -- except the seats were about 7 rows from the top of the grandstand. Holy shit, that bowl is steeeeep up there. Great view of the game, but I'm glad we were all bundled up in coats and packed in like sardines, because overserved people kept tipping over and there would have been some injuries....

I kind of like the view from the endzone for a change. You get an appreciation for how wide the field is and how fast the game is side-to-side, which you never notice on TV.

Yeeeeeeeeeees, signs of the regular season are upon us! 1 more month. Bear down

Me and the Mrs headed to the bears browns game thanks to jester. Should be a good time, thank you!

Not too bad overall. Except that Webb is now getting beat on the right side. He really needs to just go. Some of the rookies look good too. Greene and Bostic made a couple of nice plays. Long looked good on that stunt. Bushrod seemed solid on the left side ( I know, not a rookie). Hopefully Melton won't be out too long with the concussion. I really like him. Will be nice to watch the starters get more and more time ans the weeks go on.

Been saying it all year last seasons, Webb needs to go. There's no developing this kid, he just straight up sucks.

I will be sorry to see Patrick Mannelly cut. Was he on punt coverage last year?

I was watching for what is new in the offensive plan. In the 2 interceptions, it seemed to me that the target receiver was on what looked like a crossing route until stopping at a point to sit for the catch. The intercepted QBs lead the receivers as if the stopping was either unexpected or earlier than expected.

I don't remember this pattern much before , so I am suspecting getting this right is one of the new characteristics of the new Bears offensive plan. Maybe it was always there, and I just did not notice until the interceptions drew my attention.

It seems they were not working on long passes much except for McCown, who was overthrowing. Obviously the game plan for preseason is very different from regular. For example, I presume that the regular season will have a lot more runs despite the "west coast offense" thing.

What else is new about the new offensive plan?

Oh I didn't know they brought in someone. Guess it makes sense that after 15 years you need to prepare for the inevitable.

And it's hard to say on that crossing pattern. I hate to sound like a fanboy but contrary to public opinion; I've never heard Cutler put the blame on anyone but himself. Even when he had every right to do so.

Usually on short slants, the plan is to grab and KEEP running, not stop. The INT play, Alshon stopped and had to move his arms to his left, because he was supposed to keep running. They ran the same play the following possession, and it worked because the WR (Alshon again) kept moving. It was pretty much a miscommunication, but very much NOT Cutler's fault. Maybe he was just being humble.

So it's preseason, and there's not really much to learn about what the team will look like during the regular season. New schemes, new guys, sure you can get a feel for things.

But the Bears looked organized. They're sending in 2 plays to Cutler every down, sometimes 3, and he can look over the defense and pick one. Say what you like, but he's a smart sonofabitch who is also a veteran, and not taking advantage of that would be idiotic (Lovie, Martz). He threw the ball away when he got flushed out of the pocket, and seemed to be picking up the blitzes a lot better -- probably due to the fact that all 4 D linemen weren't crashing through the O line on every play.

I'm really looking forward to September football now.

You will definitely notice the changes this season. Last year, I can't count the number of times I asked myself, "why the fuck would you run that play?". Knowing Trestman's history alongside the smarts of Phil Emery, I can say this, brace yourselves Bears fans, because we are in for a wild ride (in a good way ). This is the new Trestament!

yeah it's nice that they give him the option to check out of a run. Rivera is blitz happy. Packers lost their starting LT. Their RB has a bum hamstring and their back up QB are just awful. I think they'll get it together on offense. Defense hasn't been an issue in recent memory. So the coaches can focus on the Offense.

I have never been to a bears game:\. I had a chance almost in 2004 however at the time my ex gf dad got screwed and the tickets were not at will call.

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I know it's only preseason but good lord. The Raiders are absolutely awful.

Any thoughts on the second half? The discrepancy was about as large the other way.

The second half went about as expected IMO. Most of those guys won't be around. You can really see the difference. It looks so chaotic out there when the second team is in. If you watched the whole game, I loved the look on Peppers face when Lou Canellis was interviewing him and he stopped to watch that play. It was pretty funny.

Also, is it just that I never noticed before or is everyone for some reason this year, referring to the line backers as Will, Mike and Sam? I know that's what they're called technically. I just don't recall really ever hearing anyone use it before in a broadcast. Now I hear it all the time.

Jim Miller likes using inside baseball terminology to show how smart he is (I like his analysis actually, just poking fun). I hear it on sports talk radio some times, but maybe it's becoming mainstream.

It's just a footballism for Weak, Middle, Strong -- I don't think it's an official designation except in certain team's schemes.

Jim Miller looks exactly the same.

Cutler looked good too and forte was a beast. But again, it was the Raiders.

I wasn't going to watch it but it was actually a pretty decent game. Thank god this crap is over though. They really need to shorten pre-season.