Bears Have Two Key Injury Woes
September 27th, 2018
Draft bust could take center stage
When you consider the Buccaneers’ strengths and weaknesses, two injured Bears likely to miss Sunday’s game in Chicago are a great boon to the Bucs’ hopes for a 3-1 record.
Starting cornerback Prince Amukamara left Sunday’s Bears-Cardinals game with a hamstring injury and did not practice yesterday. Speculation out of Chicago says he won’t play against the Bucs, especially with the Bears’ Week 5 bye to help him get the hammy back to 100 percent.
Bucs receivers have been dominant and Todd Monken must be drooling at the thought of a depleted Bears secondary.
Bears rookie starting wide receiver Anthony Miller dislocated his shoulder Sunday and he could be in the same boat as Amukamara. Miller didn’t practice yesterday and his absence could clear the why for Bears notorious draft bust receiver Kevin White. The No. 7 overall pick in 2015, White has 21 career catches.
The Bears have a weak passing offense already, and that’s a wonderful complement to the Bucs allowing a 78 percent completion rate to opposing passers.
Joe will have a close eye on the Bears injury report today. Joe’s not rooting against guys getting healthy. But if the football gods want to throw gifts at the Bucs, Joe will accept them with a smile.
September 27th, 2018 at 11:01 am
I don’t like to root for players to get injured and these don’t so too serious so I will take whatever advantage we can get.
Lets get to 3-1.
Go Bucs!!!!
September 27th, 2018 at 11:02 am
find out Sunday whether this team is AVERAGE or CONTENDER…”you are what your record says you are” 2-2 or 3-1 ??
September 27th, 2018 at 11:09 am
I said this a week ago. We may have a chance against a vulnerable secondary,IF, big if, we get time to throw the ball. They got a guy named Khalil Mack who seems to be pretty good at sport.
September 27th, 2018 at 11:11 am
Todd Monken must be drooling at the thought of a depleted secondary
This never works. We thought the same thing last week with a depleted Steelers oline that the bucs should dominant the line
No dice
September 27th, 2018 at 11:12 am
Bucs have defensive issues too…
Especially at DT. Unrein is on IR. Beau Allen did not play Monday and did not practice Wednesday – McCoy and Vea were both “limited” in practice….
3 rookies and a 2nd year player comprise 4/5ths of our secondary – and the only one DB who does have experience back there played like crap his 1st game back from missing the first 2 games with a pulled groin…
September 27th, 2018 at 11:18 am
2017/ 2018 scoring PPG ranks:
New Orleans -#4 /#2
Philly – #3/ #22
Pitt – #8 /#7
Basically these 3 teams have been averaging like 27 PPG going back to 2017.
I’m interested to see the D against the first mediocre offense & QB they’ll have faced in 4 games.
Context matters imo.
The Bears would be an ideal team to get an early lead on. The Cardinals did this last week at 14-0; and if they had any semblance of an offense that could sustain drives and add a few more points the Bears would have been f*cked.
September 27th, 2018 at 11:19 am
I worry the Bears will dedicate to the run and gash us to pieces.
What was a level of confidence I had with the O line took a hit Monday night, and the front 7 in Chicago is to me, far superior to Pittsburgh.
UGH!
September 27th, 2018 at 11:22 am
And check the contrast – truly shows what a dice roll the NFL draft can be:
Mike Evans WR – Buccaneers #7 overall pick 2014:
332 Receptions – 4946 yards – 35 TDs
Kevin White WR – Bears #7 overall pick 2015:
21 Receptions – 193 yards – 0 TDs
September 27th, 2018 at 11:24 am
Receivers were drooling at the prospect of playing the Steelers too but as we saw pressure changed everything. It doesn’t matter if they start all I drafted rookies at receiver for the bears, mike smiths defense will allow them to run wild and that horrible offense will likely have a breakout game no matter who the receivers are
September 27th, 2018 at 11:41 am
If JW starts they play safe and we lose. (not saying we should not start JW)
If Conor McGregor look alike, 400 yard par game, NFL history making, dressin like prime time, porn shade FitzMagic starts they will go back to their winning ways and light up the bears early on and go on to win the game. We gotta find a run game and underneath game…..but we got blow the top off early. AND THAT THE BOTTOM LINE!
September 27th, 2018 at 11:42 am
ive seen far too many times a lousy QB gets in a groove vs a smitty lead defense…..
if we don’t hold the bears to under 17points, imo smitty should be fired…..they only have a running game on offense and our run defense has been decent…..if mitch passes for an career high vs the bucs, smitty should be let go after the game…..if mitch lites us up, it’ll only get worse as the season progresses….
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!…GO BUCS!!!!
September 27th, 2018 at 12:10 pm
We are becoming the modern day San Diego Chargers of the Dan Fouts Era. At least they had a decent running game with Chuck Muncie. Unless we fix that we will be one dimensional on offence. When we make the playoffs, defenses will shut it down. Also, the defense ….. Well that is another book to write about. Not enough room here to type.
September 27th, 2018 at 12:21 pm
Imo, next draft we.should draft only linemen on both sides of the ball in rounds 1-7. Fix the trenches……still.
September 27th, 2018 at 12:21 pm
@JVV
A chuck Muncie mention, you know your football sir
September 27th, 2018 at 12:33 pm
Chuck Muncie! I still remember his black frame glasses with tape in the middle. Dude was a stud! Bucs need to get RoJo some touches to see what they have.
September 27th, 2018 at 1:10 pm
In defense of Kevin White, dude has been so injured, can you even call him a bust? He broke his calf his rookie training camp and really never recovered.
September 27th, 2018 at 1:27 pm
Akeem Hicks and Mack are the two that concern me the most and the fact that the Steelers completely exposed the new all world center as slow footed an very vulnerable to delayed blitz pick ups –
also – how did the new center miss so many blitz pick up calls? he played his entire career in the AFC Central –
We lost the game because Fitz was under pressure every single snap in 1st half – we never seemed to catch on to their blitz schemes…expect more of the same from Da Bears
September 27th, 2018 at 1:44 pm
How do you break a calf? That’s a muscle… Just saying. He has been Mr Glass though. I’m worried about Howard running it down our throats with quick hitters to Cohen that we always miss tackles on and take bad angles.
September 27th, 2018 at 1:55 pm
Real
How do you break a calf?
Ask Vita Vea
September 27th, 2018 at 2:07 pm
Don’t mean Nothin. Its been proven throughout Buc history, Whether the oppositions best or worst player in injured, they can still beat us. Bucs have got to go all out and play like its their last game to Win.
September 27th, 2018 at 2:27 pm
J Mark, so calf strain? Yeah vea has been painfully slow recovering. White broke a bone in the leg so that area would be the tibia or fibula.
September 27th, 2018 at 2:37 pm
Rogers and Green Bay showed us how to beat the Bears
Hurry up offense, don’t give their D-line a chance to substitute and get a rest
GAS-EM!!!
September 27th, 2018 at 2:48 pm
The Bears could sign a couple of kids off the JV squad and they’d get open.
September 27th, 2018 at 3:48 pm
chuck muncie was not decent…he was f’in good
September 27th, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Yeah Rod line him up against #33 and open like 7-11. The instant the Bears put up more than 17 points Jason Licht should call up to the press box and tell Smith to turn in his headset and take his play book with him! Find his own way back to Tampa and take Isaiah Johnson with him.
September 27th, 2018 at 8:21 pm
Real
That was my facetious font
September 28th, 2018 at 10:44 am
It might be smart to put Howard to the left of D. Smith so he can chip the top DE for the Bears before he goes out for a shallow pass and run over LBs. Turnstyle D. Smith got beat like a drum last week and won’t hold up by himself. Then put Cross in the back field to stop the blitzes and give our QB time to throw. Cross has great hands and can be available for short passes as an outlet receiver if all are covered rather than throw passes away, and could be good on bubble screens. Try him to open his own holes and carry on short yardage too. If the DE on Dotson’s side is beating Dotson then play Auclair on that side to chip before shallow passes to that side. Use Tempo to keep them from platooning and wear down the Offense. Keep Djax in the game to keep them from bringing up a Safety for a blitz!
September 28th, 2018 at 2:09 pm
Trubisky is not very good. If he has a good game, send Licht and Mike Smith to the can factory. Hmm. Just got an idea. A canned food drive for the holidays for all of the people that want to support the Tampa Bay community in more ways than one. I legit may start this.