Following Sunday’s loss, the Tampa Bay game feels like a huge one for Chicago’s coaches coaches in particular — if you felt like I did, the most frustrating part about the Green Bay game was that the Bears’ supporting cast wasn’t nearly the issue it was in 2022.
- WRs got open
- DBs made plays in coverage
- Tremaine Edmunds flew around in coverage (sometimes too much)
- Andrew Billings went to war in the trenches
- The OL, while inconsistent, held a pocket against a good DL through the first quarter
- In particular, Braxton Jones & Darnell Wright played well enough given their matchups
This isn’t a recipe for automatic and unquestioned success, but it’s enough to put together a competitive performance — I thought Chicago outplayed Green Bay in the first half, but after the Packers hit on a few big plays in the 3rd Quarter, it felt like the wheels fell off.