(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.
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“I’m kind of glad you didn’t see my reaction after that play”, Bears coach John Fox said Tuesday.
Will Fuller played extremely well in his first professional game, recording over 100 yards and a touchdown. Rather than turn right and get out of bounds, however, Williams turned left, got tackled in the field of play, and time expired.
“I tried to forget about it”, Fuller said of the first half drop “My teammates told me to forget about it”. “He’s going to be fine”. Because for now, that’s likely what we’re going to get from him. “Those other ten guys really did work the work on that play”.
Josh Sitton and Kyle Long were B’s, playing well for the most part and doing what they could to help out their linemates, and Cody Whitehair was a C that would have been a B- were it not for the botched snap on the quarterback sneak.
Veterans Willie Young and Lamarr Houston took a back seat to Floyd, who recorded his first career sack (technically credited as a half-sack). The pass rush: nonexistent. Was it resignation from Fangio? The Houston defense was also very strong, allowing just 310.2 yards and 19.6 points per game in 2015.
After Cutler was sacked to end a Bears drive, Long looked like he had a few pointers for new right tackle Bobby Massie, slapping one hand into the other as he made his point.
“Defensively, when you bring three tight ends in, you think it’s going to be an automatic run”, Fiedorowicz said. The Texans have a lot of chemistry to develop after overhauling its offense, and the AFC South Division is still a tough task where the Texans are pretty unlikely to overcome the Indianapolis Colts. He’s still quite raw, learning a new role in Fangio’s defense. There were rookie moments for both. Marc Trestman wins the NFC North in his first season if the Packers don’t score a touchdown on a broken play at the end of the last game. Cutler didn’t target White until the final drive of the game. He played tentative, which was evident in uncomfortable movements in his routes. Jay [Cutler] has seen him play and played with him before. But the margin of error is small in the National Football League, especially on the road, and the Bears are not good enough yet to overcome a disastrous turnover.
If he shows no emotion and doesn’t gesticulate emphatically that Kevin White hadn’t gone where the wide receiver was supposed to be on a third-quarter pass attempt, resulting in a game-turning interception, Cutler’s being inert. He’s a great player.
A late-week hamstring issue had become a problem for White and may have made an impact. He was selected No. 7 overall in Ryan Pace’s first draft as general manager and was tasked with becoming the complement to Alshon Jeffery in the Bears’ passing attack. But it’s probably time to adjust our expectations a bit after seeing him in his first regular season action. The Bears conceded his weaknesses as a rookie and have expressed faith in his long-term growth. Osweiler is comfortable in Houston and believes his preparation will keep any jitters at bay in his debut for the Texans.
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Houston Texans wide receiver Will Fuller (15) pulls down a catch in front of Chicago Bears cornerback Jacoby Glenn (39) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in Houston.
