Bears thread 13

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Booker coming off the IR.

[Dresden]

That's good news, because we lost Shemar and maybe Robinson.

[FecesOfDeath]

i don't think they practice being that wide open and having to take their pick of where to comfortably "settle"

It’s more situational awareness. Great receivers understand that they can’t plant directly behind a defender and expect for it to be an easy throw. Especially in the red zone when the field is already shorten.

Theres a reason why players like Jettas and St Brown get so many receptions, they are great at this. Everything isn’t always just out running or routing your defender.

It’s called finding the “soft spot” in the zone.

Sure but DJ was basically wide open as soon as he broke inside. Caleb had an ~18 yd throw with ~8 yds of cushion; just get it over the D-line/LB with a little touch and it's a TD. No need for CW to have to sling the ball 8ft off the ground past the MLB's ear. Simple throw, very similar to a checkdown pass over a defender to the RB.
I think under normal game conditions Caleb makes the easy touch throw. But everything was so hurry up rush at that point, Caleb sped up the whole process and fired the ball.

There are two possible reasons for Caleb to throw it to DJ like that, and both are bad.

1) Caleb rarely ever throws the ball with touch. In Madden terms, he always holds downs a pass button.

2) Caleb still didn't think DJ was as open as he actually was. Caleb has been seeing ghosts in coverage ever since the Notre Dame game in college, which explains why Caleb almost never throws to a non-first-read target unless it's unmistakably wide open.

#1 is fixable. #2 is a deep sports psychological problem that only routine therapy could possibly fix.

[dice]

It’s more situational awareness. Great receivers understand that they can’t plant directly behind a defender and expect for it to be an easy throw. Especially in the red zone when the field is already shorten.

Theres a reason why players like Jettas and St Brown get so many receptions, they are great at this. Everything isn’t always just out running or routing your defender.

It’s called finding the “soft spot” in the zone.

Sure but DJ was basically wide open as soon as he broke inside. Caleb had an ~18 yd throw with ~8 yds of cushion; just get it over the D-line/LB with a little touch and it's a TD. No need for CW to have to sling the ball 8ft off the ground past the MLB's ear. Simple throw, very similar to a checkdown pass over a defender to the RB.
I think under normal game conditions Caleb makes the easy touch throw. But everything was so hurry up rush at that point, Caleb sped up the whole process and fired the ball.

There are two possible reasons for Caleb to throw it to DJ like that, and both are bad.

1) Caleb rarely ever throws the ball with touch. In Madden terms, he always holds downs a pass button.

i don't know about rarely. he certainly has the capability

2) Caleb still didn't think DJ was as open as he actually was. Caleb has been seeing ghosts in coverage ever since the Notre Dame game in college, which explains why Caleb almost never throws to a non-first-read target unless it's unmistakably wide open.

#1 is fixable. #2 is a deep sports psychological problem that only routine therapy could possibly fix.

therapy might help...but so would simply being told to make a good throw and not worry about potential consequences so much

that 70% goal by BJ at the start of the season is looking even worse now than i though it did at the time. encouraged an already very cautious QB further in that direction...and hasn't boosted his poor completion % a bit

i'm encouraged that goff sucked his first year in detroit