It was a rough night on Thursday for the Chicago Bears, who lost their preseason opener in lackluster fashion in a 22-0 drubbing at the hands of the Denver Broncos.
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No, the beer was not flowing like water as the Bears struggled through their first 60 minutes of the season. He and co-No. 1 quarterback Trevor Siemian each played a quarter.
Broncos win it 22-nothing. Let us see if they can keep it up next Saturday when they play the San Francisco 49ers in the second preseason game and the first game at home. Outside linebacker might be the most stacked position on the Broncos with Von Miller, DeMarcus Ware, Shane Ray and Shaquil Barrett, but if Dora continues to make impact plays like he did in his first game as a Bronco, the team might have to find a way to sneak him on the 53 man roster. “My nerves kind of dwindled down and it was just playing ball from there”. We expect more – they know it. It is preseason, you don’t game plan. “Negative things that happened are very easily fixed”. It’s not like the defending Super Bowl champions got better (they got worse) and the Bears have improved at several different positions since previous year. The Bears defense only tallied 8 turnovers last season. Bears quarterbacks were sacked seven times and hit an additional 11 times during the loss. With the additions of Akiem Hicks, Jerrell Freeman, Danny Trevathan and Rookie Leonard Floyd.
With this defense behind them, I, and I think Coach Kubiak, will bet on the upside. Whitehair was OK at guard and bad at center.
Shane Ray and Shaquil Barrett could start for any other team in the league and they’d be one of the best pass-rush duo’s in the league.
Deonte Thompson returned three kicks for 59 yards and appeared to be a far more dyamic option than Marc Mariani, so hopefully he’ll be moving up the depth chart at KR.
“We need to get better, and that starts with everybody, and it starts with me”. But the aspect that impressed the most was his pass protection. I know it’s just one pre-season game so I’m trying not to over react.I said trying to. It looks like the defense will keep the Bears in a lot of games.
From what I’ve seen in camp and the small sample size in the first preseason game both White and Floyd are going to be solid players.
Gradually, piece by piece, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is getting his receivers back on the field. Unfortunately, following that play he was taken to the locker room to be examined for a concussion. The amount that we played our first group tonight, there’s no way we could get that done. I would give the edge to the Bears defense, especially since the offense managed to put up zero points against all strings of the Broncos defense. Now that we have gotten our first taste of football since February’s Superbowl 50 VICTORY (Sorry still a little excited) now the football season is in full swing.
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The former Louisiana Tech product stormed onto the gridiron against the Bears and accumulated two sacks and a forced fumble during his limited playing time Thursday night. “So it’s hard to do that, but I’m happy to be back out here now”. The more time he spends under Clint Hurtt, the more he will be able to bring out the untapped parts of his game. This week is going to be huge for the bears as they head out east to practice with the New England Patriots. He showed off a very slick swim move a couple times on the night and was the kind of inside disruptive force that leads to big defensive plays.
