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Was there another turning point in the Chicago Bears’ loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday other than the Jay Cutler and Kevin White miscommunication? But on the ensuing drive following the Fuller drop, Cutler and the Bears covered 75 yards in three plays.
Osweiler, who won his first National Football League start with the Broncos last season at Chicago, rebounded from his miscue and connected with DeAndre Hopkins for a attractive 23-yard fade pass for a score with 3:14 left in the half to give the Texans a 10-7 lead. The Bears managed only four first downs in the second half and zero points.
(6) The Bears likely will focus on pass protection this week in practice after the Texans were credited with five sacks and 13 hits on Cutler.
New Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler didn’t have a great game in his Houston debut, but his receivers did.
Chicago will be home against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night in Week 2 in an early-season game that could dictate the rest of their year.
Dickerson covers the Chicago Bears for ESPN’s NFL Nation.
He can start by changing that tie. For much of the game, that’s how Fiedorowicz was used – sometimes in double-tight end sets with teammate Ryan Griffin.
Jacoby Glenn did have a rough game for the Bears, and it’s unclear if Deiondre’ Hall is going to be an answer at corner, but for the first week at least, Porter helped the secondary to a decent game, and with the team’s solid front seven, decent should be good enough to provide the defense with massive improvement over last season. If Osweiler learns what he can expect from the Texans’ offensive line, where Will Fuller and DeAndre Hopkins will be on the field, and how to take advantage of the fact that Lamar Miller runs like he’s on roller skates, he could be a marked improvement over the Hoyer/Mallett/Yates/Weeden/Fitzpatrick/Keenum/Shaub/Rosenfels/Carr axis of heartbreak that has defined quarterback play for the Houston Texans since the team’s inception. Playing in his first game as a Bear, Hicks was extremely stout against the run and got some push as a pass rusher.
“It was a good learning experience for him”, Bears receiver Eddie Royal said of White. That led to a field goal that added some comfort to Houston’s advantage.
Faced with fourth-and-1 on the Houston 31 with three minutes left in the first quarter, the Bears coach called Cutler’s number on the quarterback sneak, which led to.
It feels good to be a Texan fan this week.
The problems were predictable, especially in a road game. Detroit improbably came up with just their second win ever in Indianapolis, pulling off a 39-35 comeback victory. Those drops prevented Osweiler from having a four-touchdown, 300-yard game in his Texans regular-season debut.
The Bears’ new inside linebacker duo was as advertised, with Jerrell Freeman piling up 17 tackles, one for loss of yards, and Danny Trevathan notching 11 stops, including one sack and one tackle for loss. The Bears needed more successful pass rushes. “He did a little of that today, 100 yards and a touchdown”.
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Indy found its footing in the second half as they forced a three-and-out on defense then got on the board again via a 19-yard TD catch by Dwayne Allen. It was obvious to see that the Texans were committed to a youth movement among their wide receiving core which included Fuller and fellow rookie Braxton Miller. Unlike at outside linebacker, where there were better options to start ahead of a rookie, the Bears didn’t really have those same obvious options on the offensive line.
