The Bears just lost to the Washington Racists, and that makes me very
sad. However, under the circumstances, I find it hard to get too beat up about.
I can’t think of many teams that could lose their starting QB, two starting
defensive tackles, two starting linebackers, a starting corner and a starting
safety and still pull out a win.
On the offensive side of the ball, this game was proof positive to me
that Marc Trestman’s philosophy works. We lost Jay Cutler, for an estimated
four weeks at the very best, and still put up 41 points against an admittedly
weak defense. Our receivers still came up with big plays despite
Brandon Meriweather providing video evidence of the Most Illegal Hit Imaginable
on multiple plays. Matt Forte exploded for
91 yards and three touchdowns, with another 20 yards in the passing game.
Josh McCown went into the game and nothing bad happened. He fell short
in a couple places where Jay wouldn’t have; most notably on the final Hail Mary
when he just kind of awkwardly flailed at incoming pressure where Jay would
have run out of the pocket and maybe avoided the sack. They had to limit the
passing game to shorter, safer routes and it cost them some time that they
could probably have used later in the game. But he threw for 200 yards, a
single TD and a 119 rating.
