Bears @ Raiders - Preason #3 (and most important)

[Jake0890]

Also bostics trouble in coverage wasnt apparent until he got in with the backups.
The first team d looked inpenetrable.

I understand. I missed the first half so.....
But he has had had a chronic problem reading the pass play this preseason and is also a late reactor to the ball in the air. I hope it isn't anything but correctable with experience. Well see. The Bengals I'm sure will try him. I think we have identified one specific way how we may miss Urlacher this year.

I agree with you, but Urlacher was one of the best players in the league at diagnosing plays and reacting. No one we couldve gotten could be better than him in that respect.

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[bearadonisdna]

Bears starters were clicking on all cylinders.

[RedBulls23]

I'm really excited for that Bengals game. It should be a good test to kick the season off.

[fleet]

The story of the preseason remains Jonathan Bostic, the more so with each passing week in which D.J. Williams is unable to work because of his July 31 calf injury. Bostic led the defense, in true middle-linebacker fashion, with eight tackles, one for a loss. But he also was not quick enough with his coverage of Raiders rookie tight end Nick Kasa, and the result was a touchdown, the second in two weeks when Bostic’s coverage failed.

“They quick-snapped us,” Bostic said, “but that’s my responsibility to get out there and make sure the quarterback’s got to put some air under the ball.”

Trending: The middle was once the domain of Brian Urlacher. For the Bears’ scheme to work requires a “Mike” linebacker with range in coverage. Bostic is not being beaten by above-average tight ends; if that continues, offenses will find him.

http://www.csnchicago.com/bears/trend-s ... iders-team

[RedBulls23]

Hopefully it's something they work with him in practice. I wonder if he has had trouble covering Bennett during practices in general?