Chicago's 29 points were the most allowed by Dallas' defense -- a top-six unit -- this season. The Bears had four different players rush for at least 30 yards, and the offense scored on four of its six trips inside the red zone, which had been a weakness all season.

Pettis and St. Brown are open a lot. I believe

And these weren't garbage time stats either.

Both failed to make big catches yesterday. Again not 100% their fault(and the ball to St. Brown was underthrown), but true #1 WR's make those catches. They are what they are #5 WR's, fringe roster players on any other team.

Not garbage time per se, but the Bears were getting destroyed early, so the Cowboys played it soft for a while.

Both failed to make big catches yesterday. Again not 100% their fault(and the ball to St. Brown was underthrown), but true #1 WR's make those catches. They are what they are #5 WR's, fringe roster players on any other team.

So how many number 1 receivers should the Bears have then ?

Evidence? They were still sacking fields and rushing the passer. Seems the opposite of soft.

I think that whenever opposing defensive coordinators wake up (and I don’t know why haven’t already) and realize that when they go up 10 -14-17 points on the Bears , the Bears are going to run the ball and not pass it to try and get back in the game and prepare accordingly for that .

I think that whenever opposing defensive coordinators wake up (and I don’t know why haven’t already) and realize that when they go up 10 -14-17 points on the Bears , the Bears are going to run the ball and not pass it to try and get back in the game and prepare accordingly for that .

Pettis and St. Brown are open a lot. I believe

neither can be trusted to ever go and get the ball. They have to be wide open for it to be a catch.

Pettis had 3 steps on the defender. If Fields puts it out in front of him, it's a touchdown or a big play. Fields threw it behind him and the defender broke it up. You could argue an elite receiver would have broke back on the ball and got a pass interference call.

St. Brown may be able to. This shouldn't be an excuse for Fields' accuracy issues.

They never really were in the game. The defense forced one three and out (outside of the interception) they had no intention on making any stops in the 2nd half.

Not one of those deep balls would have been a remarkable catch, if made. We are overestimating that only a #1 would make it. Those are made by average WR across the league.

Pettis is a #6 who has to earn his daily bread on special teams for almost any team in the league. Brown is a #5. Who knows what the heck Velus Jones is?

Receivers shouldn't be required to make Mooney like catches when they are wide open. You consider those guys to be 5th and 6th receivers. That's fine. If these 5th and 6th receivers can frequently beat defenders, I don't think it's too much to ask a "franchise" quarterback to occasionally be accurate.

look at the two posts above by Bob. Your recollection of the throws is off

How does the late and short throw to a wide open Pettis help you? Fields created another defender by throwing it to the sidelines. It was a shit throw.

huh? If he throws it to Pettis when he's open it's only a 10 yard gain, the goal is a touchdown(especially with time expiring) Pettis needs to run directly for the endzone, I have no idea why he slows down and peeks inside.