under Trestman? Game 1 so obviously the identity is still in the process of emerging but that was pretty much a Lovie Smith win yesterday. Bend but don't break, hang around, let Cutler orchestrate the 4Q and let the other team mistake its way into a victory for us.

There was nothing remarkable about this from an offensive standpoint. I understand the Bengals are a good defensive team but there was nothing really even in the look of what they were doing.

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The lack of sacks.

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I would argue the offensive line was remarkable. No sacks, a very clean pocket, and barely any pressures against a good defensive line. That was very very different than in the past.


Rushing to the rookie side on 4th and 1 was such an awesome moment. I meatballed out hard for that play.

Clock management was fine. No instant reply gaffes.

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A lot fewer stupid penalties, no wasted timeouts, no dumb challenges.

Also, better protection for Cutler.

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Kicking a 58 yard FG. End of half or not, I'm not sure Lovie would have done that. Oline on passes was very good, running not so much.

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Like Mully said this morning, that play went far right. It wasn't like they were running between the OG and OT

The offensive line did a good job of protecting. I'd put that more on the $15 million per year of money that put into upgrading rather than Trestman. Get competent players and you get a competent days work...by no means a great day as they averaged 2.9 YPC

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Wrong.

Trestman chose not to review a play where the Bengals appeared to fumble deep in their own territory in the 4Q.

The Bears burned TO early in both halves and were left with only 1 TO at the end of the game, which they ultimately did not need.

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I kind of consider the long field goal a hallmark of the Lovie era. Sure 58 is far, but the guy seemed to play for FG.

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Didnt go back to the same play (i.e. Draw up the middle) when it didnt work.

Oc doesnt sound like an idiot

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That's $15 mil spent on offense rather than spending it on a 12 more defensive linemen and the annual ancient safety.

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The lack of stupid mental error penalties, kicking the long field goal, no stupid challenges. Basically what you all mentioned already. The defense backs still won the game though causing the 3 huge turnovers. That hasn't changed.

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First game of Lovie era, offense scored 14 points in a loss to Detroit, and had two picks, three fumbles, a field goal attempt returned for a TD, 9 penalties for 95 yards, and so on....

# Quarter Time LOS Plays Length Yds Result
1 1 15:00 CHI 19 6 3:00 15 Punt View Drive »
2 1 11:03 CHI 42 6 3:25 58 Touchdown View Drive »
3 1 5:33 CHI 12 3 0:54 1 Punt View Drive »
4 1 2:39 CHI 15 7 2:47 36 Interception View Drive »
5 2 11:30 CHI 28 3 1:27 -4 Punt View Drive »
6 2 7:53 CHI 17 7 3:28 42 Punt View Drive »
7 2 0:16 CHI 22 1 0:16 2 End of Half View Drive »
8 3 13:50 DET 16 4 1:33 7 Blocked FG View Drive »
9 3 12:17 CHI 36 1 0:27 28 Fumble View Drive »
10 3 10:57 CHI 41 3 0:52 0 Fumble View Drive »
11 3 7:37 CHI 14 7 3:00 27 Punt View Drive »
12 3 3:08 CHI 36 11 5:28 64 Touchdown View Drive »
13 4 9:54 CHI 22 3 1:04 8 Punt View Drive »
14 4 4:01 CHI 30 3 1:02 2 Punt View Drive »
15 4 1:53 DET 47 6 1:35 35 Interception View Drive »

So, yeah, I would say Trestman's first game was a little more impressive.

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I didn't ask for a comparison of first games and Trestman took over a 10-6 team.

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gd, was that really you sending an email to Mike North's Bears Pregame Commercial complimenting him on the billboards?

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Why would you compare a guy with ten years' experience and a set playbook to the first game of a new coach with a new playbook and players? You said they had comparable results. Don't you find that a little bit scary?

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Putting together a semblance of a drive to eat clock at the end was something I'm not used to seeing.

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I was tailgating at that time. Did someone really send it under my name? Shenannigans are afoot...and I'm looking at one of you guys who said they listened to his pre game.

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Forte at WR was great, although I'm sure that's happened on and off under one of Lovie's several coordinators. We're probably going to see that a lot more under Trestman, which is refreshing.

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defense looked similar, allow 3rd down conversions, no QB pressure

The difference is Lovie claims his teams got QB pressure? Maybe Lovies teams made fun of the other team

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Try again. Last year's D finished 3rd overall in points allowed, less than a point behind the second place Niners. They were also 8th in sacks and 1st in interceptions, which are sometimes caused by pressure on the QB.

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Listening to 670 seems like under Trestman we were able to witness the greatest 242 day of passing a QB has ever had.

I will make sure to catch a replay to relive the glory.

In the sunday trib, like 7 of 8 "experts" picked the Bengals. This could have been a disaster with cutler getting killed. This was a huge win, just to verify that, yes, the O-Line can hold up. Now we can begin to think about fancy offensive stuff that everybody does.

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Not a 58 yarder. It wasn't until Gould had been around a couple of years before Lovie even let him attempt a 50+ yarder.

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Everything was different & better. A great start for the Bears in the very first game in a completely new system with a new regime. I cant wait to see what this team looks like in a few weeks once they are comfortable with the new system.

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The only difference was the o-line and that was on Emery upgrading vs coaching. Besides keeping Jay upright, this entire team looked exactly the same as always. Some lucky breaks on D, some bad coverage on the best WR on the other team and Robbie Gould hitting 50+ yd FGs like he always does and always has done despite what SOME people would tell you...

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Every aspect of the offense is different. O line blocking scheme, play calling, formations, plays, timing, etc...

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The italics is flat out wrong. The bold I agree with.

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