10.15.17 // WIN - Bears 27, Ravens 24

staleystarch · Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:09 pm

The Ravens and Flacco are on the descent, but the Bears have more holes than talent. Trubisky will have another week of practice with the one. On the other hand the Ravens will have more just preseason tape on Trubisky. I hope Loggains realizes he has a bruiser at tailback an gives Howard more carries. I also hope Loggains adds a few plays to Trubisky's repertoire. Maybe roll left too? Can Floyd get a sack when he is not chasing a statue? Will the D ever get an INT? I think this is a winnable game, but until they do win another I can't predict a win here.

Ravens 24
Bears 14

alexwilkins · Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:42 pm

We have more holes, but where we do have talent, is superior to the competition. We have an above average secondary, and they’re receivers are meh. Which will help our talented pass rushers against a not very good o-line.

I think the Vikes have a better front seven than Baltimore, and Howard had a good game against them. They have the secondary advantage, but Biscuit still puts up 2 TDs.

Bears 24
Ravens 17

alexwilkins · Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:33 pm

I’m seeing now that Raven’s CB Jimmy Smith probably won’t play, and they’ll be starting a rookie guard.

o-pus #40 in B major · Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:08 am

I'm hopeful that Longains is not way over his head and he can get this offense moving towards the right direction. Some of our guys are talented but all of them just got over playing with an uninspiring miserable quarterback. Hell even the coaches must have been getting glassy-eyed. Try to put yourself in their place...

So I think we'll gradually see penalties go down, timing and execution improve, some of the wideouts will step up. Dabisky will elevate their performance. They'll gain confidence as the season drags along.

This week the Ravens offensive line will play like shit and our defense will hang on by their fingernails.

Bears win 20 - 16

DaSuperfan · Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:32 am

I think Trubisky sees some natural progression in his game from week to week. The Ravens have a tough secondary but are pretty vulnerable to the run. I expect a lot of Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen, much like how we game planned against the Steelers. The difference this time around Trubisky will be able to take advantage in the play action pass game. I see the Bears pulling off an upset in a close game. Biscuit runs for one and throws for one - and dare I say it - Connor Barf to kick the GW FG with seconds left on the clock:

Bears 20
Ravens 17

Deep Dish Ditka · Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:15 am

I think Howard and Trubisky break out in this game.

28-17 Bears

LacertineForest · Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:06 am

Tough to see the Bears pulling out a road win after what we saw on Monday night. Penalties and lack of talent, injuries will prove too much to overcome again.

Ravens - 24
Bears - 20

britbear · Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:31 pm

Bears offense hasn't managed 20 pts in 4 quarters yet. Only chance of a W is for Mitch to get some reliability from his WRs after the roster moves, or for the D to generate some takeaways and restrict the Ravens to less than 20 pts. Cannot see either happening yet.

Bears 17
Ravens 27

YOGABBA · Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:09 pm

This is going to be a great week for the defense. I'm betting that we finally get to see the defense create multiple turnovers in a game. Offense will be meh, but this is a great game to pull out some new tricks.

Bears 17
Ravens 3

Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:33 pm

YOGABBA wrote:This is going to be a great week for the defense. I'm betting that we finally get to see the defense create multiple turnovers in a game. Offense will be meh, but this is a great game to pull out some new tricks.

Bears 17
Ravens 3

And.......you are making our point.

FaithInCutler · Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:48 pm

My HOPE is that each week Mitch and the offense look a little better than the week before. If that is the case, this is easily winnable. The Vikings were a better defense than the Ravens and we should be able to find some rhythm throughout the game. I expect a big play from Cohen at some point and he’s overdue. The Defesnse has also been playing lights out and is over due for the ball to bounce their way for a while..

I’m holding out hope and will bet the Bears win outright 27-21.
Shaheen will strat to get some of Sims reps too, so look for him to get a look or two throughout the game.

YOGABBA · Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:04 pm

wab wrote:
YOGABBA wrote:This is going to be a great week for the defense. I'm betting that we finally get to see the defense create multiple turnovers in a game. Offense will be meh, but this is a great game to pull out some new tricks.

Bears 17
Ravens 3
And.......you are making our point.

No, I am not. The listed rule said nothing about font color. In fact, it mentioned everything to do with font except color. Now you're complaining that I'm following the rules.

EDIT: You're also off topic.

RING4CHI · Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:43 pm

YOGABBA wrote:I'm betting that we finally get to see the defense create multiple turnovers in a game.

LOL.

Boris13c · Fri Oct 13, 2017 8:37 am

YOGABBA wrote:
wab wrote:
YOGABBA wrote:This is going to be a great week for the defense. I'm betting that we finally get to see the defense create multiple turnovers in a game. Offense will be meh, but this is a great game to pull out some new tricks.

Bears 17
Ravens 3
And.......you are making our point.
No, I am not. The listed rule said nothing about font color. In fact, it mentioned everything to do with font except color. Now you're complaining that I'm following the rules.

EDIT: You're also off topic.

no problem with you being a rainbow warrior ... problem is depending on the colors you use, half of what you post can't be easily read ... I don't think we're missing anything with that, but it is something you may wish to consider

YOGABBA · Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:12 pm

[quote="Boris13c"]

no problem with you being a rainbow warrior ... problem is depending on the colors you use, half of what you post can't be easily read ... I don't think we're missing anything with that, but it is something you may wish to consider[/quote]
I said that I think the defense is going to dominate this week.

BR0D1E86 · Fri Oct 13, 2017 2:13 pm

Kwiatkowski <sp> is questionable for the game.

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Richie · Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:50 am

Hard for me to imagine us doing much more vs Baltimore's D on the road, than we did vs Minnesota at home. It's a game we can certainly hang-in, as Baltimore's offense has been extremely underwhelming themselves.

Maybe we can pull a low-scoring game out, but with how bad we've been on the road.

Baltimore 20
Bears 10

mmmc_35 · Sat Oct 14, 2017 7:14 am

This is a game that I expect could be ugly. Hopefully Fox and company expand the playbook for Biscuit.

WagonForce · Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:31 am

My predictions have been brutal so far this season, and at this point I've become convinced that the Bears just have too many injuries at WR and LB to take on the Ravens in their barn. This probably means the Bears will win, convincingly, but I digress.

The Bears should be due to look prepared, since more often than not so far this year they have looked sloppy and undisciplined. Will John Fox be grinning on the sidelines again as we all collectively roll our eyes over something stupid like taking a delay of game penalty after a timeout?

The optimist in me thinks that the team will get off to a fast start again but this time will avoid getting absolutely hosed by the zebras in order to get a lead and start to make the Ravens offense a little more predictable. This should lead to the takeaways going in our favor for a change, with the team putting together a strong game in all three phases.

The pessimist in me anticipates more bizarre signs of a team that isn't all on the same page, despite being with the same coaching leadership into their third season. Somehow the Bears lose several key players to injury, and the whole game starts to unravel. Trubisky gets put in a position where he has to try and force the ball downfield and makes a few key mistakes that give the Ravens a short field, leading to the team ultimately falling to 1-5.

All that said, I'll go optimistic in my prediction:

Bears 24
Ravens 20

Mikefive · Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:45 am

I find it difficult to buy that the 1-4 Bears, who've been blown out 2 for 2 on the road will win in Baltimore. Their offense doesn't scare anyone. But their D is good. And now they have tape on Biscuit heading into his first NFL road game. I think this game will be a lot like last week's defensive taffy pull early without our ILBs falling apart. We have a chance to win if we can generate turnovers. Oh yeah, we suck at that.

Ravens 23
Bears 17

Edit... After further thought, between Whitehair's snap foibles and a rookie going with silent snap counts for the first time in a real game, there's no way our offense is going to score 17. And that will trickle down to wear out the defense. Having DT back will help, but we'll likely have another injury or two... One step forward, 2 steps back.

Ravens 26
Bears 13

Moriarty · Sat Oct 14, 2017 11:50 am

My guess would be that it looks somewhat like last week, but:

Flacco is better than 1-legged Bradford
The Bears can't score 9 pts on defense and ST

Ravens 24
Bears 10

malk · Sat Oct 14, 2017 12:44 pm

Having Trevathan back is huge. Our defence is pretty good even without the turnovers. I'm trying to think now, I don't recall too many glaring interception drops? I know it's been going on a long time but this year I think we've been a little unlucky that opposing offences haven't thrown any gimmies our way.

As for tape on Trubisky, I don't think 30 mins is going to make all that much difference. Later in the season definitely but it isn't much of an issue yet.

Gaytoe · Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:49 pm

I think our offense is going to score more than last week but our defense will not get us any points this week.

Ravens - 27
Bears - 17

botfly10 · Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:01 pm

malk wrote:Having Trevathan back is huge. Our defence is pretty good even without the turnovers. I'm trying to think now, I don't recall too many glaring interception drops? I know it's been going on a long time but this year I think we've been a little unlucky that opposing offences haven't thrown any gimmies our way.

As for tape on Trubisky, I don't think 30 mins is going to make all that much difference. Later in the season definitely but it isn't much of an issue yet.

Probably enough tape that the Ravens will have DEs or LBs spying for rollouts and ready to come down and knock the shit out of Trubs when he gets outside the tackles.

mmmc_35 · Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:20 pm

botfly10 wrote:
Probably enough tape that the Ravens will have DEs or LBs spying for rollouts and ready to come down and knock the shit out of Trubs when he gets outside the tackles.

That's my worry.

BR0D1E86 · Sun Oct 15, 2017 1:33 am

mmmc_35 wrote:
botfly10 wrote:
Probably enough tape that the Ravens will have DEs or LBs spying for rollouts and ready to come down and knock the shit out of Trubs when he gets outside the tackles.
That's my worry.

I'd wager that rolling him out wasn't a secret before last week either. I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it.

malk · Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:36 am

BR0D1E86 wrote:
mmmc_35 wrote:
botfly10 wrote:
Probably enough tape that the Ravens will have DEs or LBs spying for rollouts and ready to come down and knock the shit out of Trubs when he gets outside the tackles.
That's my worry.
I'd wager that rolling him out wasn't a secret before last week either. I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it.

Bingo. Now we need other options to keep rollouts effective but that's little to do with the tape on Trubisky.

Mikefive · Sun Oct 15, 2017 12:10 pm

A agree with John Harbaugh on the roughing play. What is a DL supposed to do?

Mikefive · Sun Oct 15, 2017 12:13 pm

Mitch just missed that one to Sims. Jeez.

Sun Oct 15, 2017 12:15 pm

Uneven start for 10. His receivers can't get open worth a shit, to be fair.