
I was working during this game and was still able to take down some notes. I know some reading this may think I’m “overreacting.” But let’s be real: This is the Bears. Not another team. You can’t tell me that it’s football and these things happen. It happens to the Bears much more than the average team. They went 3-0 in the preseason last year and won the same amount in the regular season. So winning and losing isn’t the issue during these games. It’s what happens during them.
The Titans start the game with the ball and go right down the field for a touchdown. You know, I’ve seen this movie before. Seriously, I know it’s just preseason. But can this fucking franchise for once in our sad lives stop an offense to open up the game? Why do we always have to witness the defense give a score on the first drive?
The Bears take the ball after and wow. D.J. Moore has speed. And he actually gained yardage on one of those awful bubble screens that was the Ron Turner specialty. I don’t ever wish to see that again. But I am sure we will when the season begins. But the Bears got the ball back after the Titans punted and another touchdown with ease. Khalil Herbert this time scores. So maybe this is progress? Certainly, I’ve been wrong before.
Okay, here’s where our Bears show their true colors: Velus fucking Jones fumbling a punt return. I cannot stand this fucking guy and his fucking butterfingers. I think one of the guarantees when watching the Bears since last year is Velus Jones fumbling the ball. I don’t ever want to see this guy on the Bears again. He should be cut right now. The Bears got the ball back on the very next play. But then, gave it right back on a P.J. Walker throw to no one with a Bears uniform nearby. Can the Bears please stop signing shitty quarterbacks? It’s their motto. Nathan Peterwhacker played the third quarter. I just don’t fucking get it. How does someone with four touchdowns and 13 interceptions in their career still have a job? Fuck these two guys.
That same defense that is known for giving up a score on the first drive of the half also has a long history of doing the same before halftime. They gave up a field goal. Fuck.
Hey, look. A quarterback that may actually be worth something. I’ve wanted Tyson Bagent to be the second quarterback on the team. Unlike Walker and Peterwhacker, he may actually be decent. He had a nice pass on fourth down that moved the chains in the four quarter.
Remember how the Bears have a history of giving up points on the first and last drives of each half? Holy shit, did it appear that it was going to happen again. The Titans got all the way down to the 13 when the defense actually did something worth a damn late in the game. And not just once, but TWICE in the final two minutes.
Next up is a showdown in Indianapolis.