
I’m glad this thing is over. When it was 20-3, I knew very well that the game wasn’t even close to being done. A few blinks and what do you know? The Bengals get within three. Fuck. I am going to be all over the place with this recap.
Make no mistake about it, the entire game shifted with that idiotic act by Robert Quinn. We’ll get back to this scam artist in a bit. The Bears escaped a disaster and they guarantee themselves at least a share of first place going into Week Three.
Offense: The first drive of the game, Dalton drove the Bears right down the field for a touchdown. That was great to see. A couple drives later, Dalton gets hurt on what appeared to be a non-contact injury. Insert Justin Fields. And then the offense became inconsistent. I don’t know how a defense can gift the team two turnovers (not counting the pick six) and only turn it into six points in the last quarter. This was fucking atrocious. Allen Robinson drops a sure touchdown that could have made it a three touchdown game. Fields throws an interception that made this game even closer than it should have been. That’s on Nagy for not calling a run to force the Bengals to either waste a timeout or run off 40 more seconds.
This offensive line fucking sucks. They are undisciplined. Too many penalties and they weren’t in rhythm. And thankfully, Fields did just enough to put this game away.
Defense: I already said the Bears could have easily controlled this game with no shot of the Bengals making a comeback. First, Robert Quinn had a late hit on Joe Burrow (on a 3rd and 19) that would have given the ball back. It was 7-0 and thankfully, it was only a field goal. That could have been the turning point to this whole thing. Then, after the defense did everything they can to put the game away in the fourth, they shit themselves in a matter of two minutes by letting the Bengals throw a bomb for a touchdown. 20-10. After that interception Fields, it was two straight plays for touchdowns. I’m shocked the Bengals weren’t throwing down the field the entire game because the Rams did it with ease. They play great for 95% of the game and the other 5%, complete shit. The drizzling shits. COVER. YOUR. RECEIVERS.
Special teams: Cairo Santos did his job with two field goals. The last one was the game-winner.
The Bears take on the Browns next week. I am going to need an oxygen tank.