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If the Bears do these 3 things they’ll beat the Giants

WindyCity — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:39:15 +0000

Coming off their first week 1 victory since 2013 when they defeated the Bengals, The Bears look to go 2-0 by defeating the Giants. Both sides of the ball need improvement, but if they can do these 3 things they’ll come out with a victory.

1. Maintain Offensive Drives

First off, the Bears need to maintain drives and let their defense rest. As was too often the case in 2019, the Bears often went 3 and out frequently. This resulted in tiring out the defense by having them out on the field too much. Matt Nagy must rely on the rushing attack more to prolong the drives. Mitch also needs to execute when he’s called upon. If the defense isn’t on the field for the majority of the game they’ll be able to take advantage of the Giants struggling offensive line.

2. Contain Saquon Barkley

In their week 1 loss Saquon Barkley only managed to gain 6 rushing yards. This however isn’t only on him. The offensive line wasn’t doing their assignments efficiently, which lead to Saquon getting hit multiple times behind the line of scrimmage. It should be noted though that they were playing a Steelers defense that has many playmakers at every level of the defense: TJ Watt, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Cam Heyward, etc. If the Bears can get their guys healthy, they should be able to produce a similar result.

3. Get Trubisky into a good rhythm early

As Lions fans have learned over the previous matchups, Mitchell Trubisky can be lethal if he gets into a rhythm. We saw this on Sunday when he threw 3TDs with less than a yard of separation in the 4th quarter to erase a 23-6 deficit. Bears fans also know that he can play completely terrible at other times as well. His inconsistencies are the reason his career with the Bears is in jeopardy if he doesn’t perform well this season. We saw his potential, now can he live up to it and deliver 4 good quarters?

This Player Will Breakout For The Bears

WindyCity — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:51:17 +0000

Last season the Bears had a few breakout players. These players were DT Nick Williams and MLB Nick Kwiatkowski. They both ended up departing in the offseason. Now the Bears are looking for other depth players to step up incase of another key injury. 3rd year receiver Javon Wims seems destined to have a breakout year.

Wims has had a special journey to get to the NFL. He was a 0 star recruit out of high school, due to basketball being his primary sport. He ended up walking on at Hinds Community College. During his one year at Hinds he recorded 47 reception for 779 yards and nine touchdowns. After the season ended, he was recruited by big-name schools such as Miami, Oklahoma and Georgia. Wims ended up committing to Georgia. To say that was the best choice he could’ve made would be an understatement. During his 1st season he was mainly a backup and only recorded 17 reception with 190 yards and a touchdown. He saw major improvement in his 2nd, and final, season. He led the FBS runner-up Bulldogs in receiving stats with 45 reception with 720 yards and seven touchdowns. After the season was over, he declared for the 2018 NFL Draft.

Wims had to wait until the 7th round to hear his name called. In his 1st season he didn’t play in very many games and didn’t record much stats. However, he did impress in the preseason, making many acrobatic catches. Now last season he had an increased role mainly due to Taylor Gabriel’s frequent injuries. He ended up having 186 yards and one touchdown in 2019. I expect Wims to get an increased role and be the Bears number 3 receiver.

Why Trubisky Will Easily Win The QB Battle

WindyCity — Wed, 27 May 2020 16:52:04 +0000

Mitchell Trubisky will be fighting to maintain his QB1 status in Chicago. According to Nagy the QB battle hasn’t started yet. I’d expect it to start whenever training camp does.

Mitchell Trubisky isn’t typically known for this, but he’s very clutch and calm in game winning drive situations. This is many times overshadowed by Chicago’s terrible recent history of kickers including Cody Parkey, Cairo Santos and Connor Barth. On multiple occasions Trubisky has led the Bears on potential game winning drives. Most notably vs the Eagles in the 2018 Wild Card round when he successfully led the Bears into field goal range. Parkey proceeded to ruin the season by missing a 41-yard kick. Anyways Trubisky is clutch when his back is against the wall and you shouldn’t expect less from him in this situation. Hopefully him being on a short leash when he’s out there will help motivate him to up his game. He knows what’s at stake and don’t be surprised when he earns his QB1 spot once again.

Are Gipson and Jackson the Best Safety Duo?

WindyCity — Sun, 10 May 2020 06:33:14 +0000

Most NFL fans know who Eddie Jackson is. NFC North fans know him all to well. He’s one of the best safeties in the league, but Jackson’s been missing a good fit strong saftey ever since Adrian Amos left Chicago and joined the rival GreenBay Packers. A few weeks ago The Bears signed former Texan Tashaun Gipson to a one year deal. He might just be the perfect fit for Chicago.

Tashaun Gipson came into the league as an undrafted free agent in 2012 with the Cleavland Browns. Gipson ended up playing in Cleveland for five seasons. He made the probowl once during that time. Gipson then spent a few seasons in Jacksonville before being released and signed by the Houston Texans. In Houston Gipson switched to strong safety and exceled. This past season Gipson allowed a 55.0 QBR which ranks 5th in the league for safeties. Eddie Jackson ranked 6th with a 57.6 QBR given up. They both ranked top six in one of the most important stats for a DB. Gipson also only gave up 54.1% completion rate which ranked 6th among safeties, while Eddie Jackson did slightly better by only allowing a 53.5% completion rate which ranked 5th among safeties. Once again they both ranked top six in one of the most important stats for a DB.

Pairing Gipson with Jackson will result in a deadly combination. Bears fans should be excited and be looking forward to watching this deadly duo. As for the rest of you, watch out.