I was at the game, in the end zone where Ertz caught his touchdown. Section 130 in the house.

Some perspectives:

1. The fumbles were maddening. The game could have been 31-0 at the half if Jenkins and Blount held on to the pebble.

2. Clement is way faster than any other back. Two to three gears faster than Blount or Jay. They like running stretch plays were he can cut back.

3. O line mangled the Bears dline. Blount had holes big enough for an 18 wheeler to drive through all game.

4. Kendricks is really, really fast. He made a number of plays sprinting across the field to tackle.

5. The defensive line was magnificent. They held the Bears to -4 yards at the beginning of the fourth, and added two more negative yards by the middle of the fourth. They didn't have a ton of a pressure today, but it didn't matter because Mitch Trubisky was terrible.

6. Jeffrey was wide open on the Ertz TD pass. Wentz could have thrown to either one of them with zero difficulty.

7. Ertz owned the middle of the field all day. The Bears linebackers simply didn't cover him on a number of plays. Weird.

8. Darby is really close to becoming a shut down CB.

9. Wentz's numbers would have been much better if the Birds didn't drop at least four passes (Celek/Ertz/Smith/Ajayi)

10. Only went deep once - to Nelson Muntz, who was wide open - but the wind at the far end of the stadium was crazy all day. Just died in the wind. Thought they could have gone deep a lot more if they wanted to...

11. The Bears effectively quit on offense by the start of the second half. No creativity what so ever from Fox.

12. Good times. Never have seen this level of excitement in the Birds fan base. People were expecting a blow out.

Luzinski's Gut wrote:
8. Darby is really close to becoming a shut down CB.

There were two plays that irked me, I think he was clearly beat on the one where the receiver got turned around (and ended up injuring himself), and I think there was like a 3rd and 8 or more where he played off the guy pretty good and the Bears got a first down. Obviously that was in half two when the game was out of hand since they didn't have a first down in the first half!

12. Good times. Never have seen this level of excitement in the Birds fan base. People were expecting a blow out.

What was the crowd like as far as noise and also seats? My ultra conservative dad shared an 'article' with me around 130-200 about all the stadiums and all the empty seats because of all the fans staying away because of the anthem protests. I didn't really buy it, but there were a few shots of the Linc with some seats empty, even after the game had started I think?

I didn't see any empty seats until 8 minutes left in the game. Noise was loud in the first half and then realized the Bears had no shot at doing anything on offense...died down except for big plays on offense.

Luzinski's Gut wrote:I didn't see any empty seats until 8 minutes left in the game. Noise was loud in the first half and then realized the Bears had no shot at doing anything on offense...died down except for big plays on offense.

Agreed - I was at the game and there weren't a # of empty seats. Some can be deceived by the empty Club seats because those folks get cold and then watch at the bar inside.

Monkeyboy wrote:I personally find the dance routines stupid and a distraction from the game, but then I'm old school like that. I think it should get a flag every time. The celebrations after every tackle are even worse. Save some of that energy for the 4th quarter, showboat.

/old man rant

I like them. It’s a game. I have more fun watching when the players are having fun playing.

Luzinski's Gut wrote:2. Clement is way faster than any other back. Two to three gears faster than Blount or Jay. They like running stretch plays were he can cut back.

He has nimble feet, which I first noticed in the Giants game when he sidestepped a defender rolling toward him. I'd rather he get the short-yardage carries.

i picked a hell of a year to stop watching nfl.

glad to see wentz and doug ballin out

Napalm wrote:glad to see wentz ballin out

check again bapp -- foals has replaced him three times!

That bastard