On the episode of Football Night in Chicago, Former director of player personnel Josh Lucas joins Mike Berman to discuss the Bears’ win over the Commanders on TNF. Josh talks about the Bears’ slow start to the season, Justin Fields weathering negative public opinion, Teven Jenkins returning to the offensive line and more.
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Josh Lucas: Healthy offensive line can be a strength for Bears
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not all fans wrote him off. i know justin is the guy.
Deep down is bear fans want to blame the QB but down inside there heart they know it fields that’s our franchise QB we’re just tired of losing so we want to blame QB not fair bit that’s the truth
Will joe Burrow rebound this year?
Justin fields will continue to dominate he can do it against hard teams i believe he can
"Kudos to the coaches. 'Maybe I wasn't doing what's best for this offense'". Glad Getsy found the medication for the allergies he developed to running the ball with the backs and letting Justin be himself again. Hope he doesn't revert. Same with Flus and his response to almost losing his job by moving guys around and bringing more defensive pressure. Keep it rolling.
The few snaps I seen Jenkins in there was awesome. Hope he gets more reps soon.
Also if young fellas step up in secondary and O Line, I’d consider trading BoJack and Cody. As well as maybe Johnson. That’s a lot of money tied into players who weren’t producing. Clear some cap space.
This dude is delusional just like the rest of the Bears’ org. Braxton is trash! Even though there were plays that a top end like Young dominated Larry, he also blocked him well on more than half of the plays without false starts and holding penalties. Braxton would’ve held him damn near half of the game and would had 3 false start penalties. All these boys are young and have been switched back and back from position to position. Braxton may have better feet but Borom executes better. Braxton get run over when bullrushed but Borom’s base is much more stronger and steady and string against the bull rush just not as quick. Braxton is a young Charles Leno basically
Is it me or is Larry borrom is playing better than Braxton?
Our interior line is tuff with Jenkins & Davis at the guard spots, they bring a mean streak to our line that was lacking
Wherever Justin ends up he will be a bright light.
We need Alt at LT a healthy LG Jenkins new C RG Davis is set as is RT Wright. Then we have our OL. Go Bears
Good, overall analysis by Josh. as a true fan & former player thru college, I am In agreement with nearly everything he said. Fyi, I have loved Jenkins from Day 1. Pounded the table for him when things weren't going well & trade talk was out there.
I think this is a fair assessment. I also believe that he now has the supporting cast to show, who he is when he has a fair opportunity!
Respect for JF the man and team mate. But it takes HOF level QB to win the SB. JF might win a playoff game but he is not good enough. they will trade him for a couple #1's and take CW and MH. Jr. Not sure it works but thats how dynasties are built.
Tevin Comin Back Means Alot Got Healthy right Time to Help win Against Washington when they Said He would come Back was against Washington
Now We Just Need the Defense To Get Healthy
Our O-line with the exception of Center is relatively skilled and young. With time it can be the best Oline in the league. Getting Tev back was huge, but he split a lot of reps, which i hope is just a "lets get him worked back into the rotation thing" and not a "lets split his reps just cuz" because there was a clear difference between when he was in the game and when he wasnt. He had a massive impact on our successful drives.
Josh Lucas buys hair gel by the gallon.
JF1, if you're listenting to some of these Podcasts, ask for a Trade to the ATLANTA FALCONS!!! CHICAGO SPORTS MEDIA and BEARS NATION are DONE WITH YOU, GETSY, and FLUS! DA BEARS will lose several more this season and they'll want heads rolling and make room for CALEB and CO. DADDY CALEB will choose the new OC to go with his SON….talk about the patients running the Asylum! And the cycle will continue in Chicago. IN ATLANTA, it's always 72 degrees and no precipitation issues or WIND in the MERCEDES BENZ DOME!!! Let CALEB deal with the winter elements after spending all his time slinging passes in sunny Southern California!! In Atlanta, Home cooking is provided for free, too!! They can get the receivers in the DRAFT or FREE AGENCY and you have BIJON ROBINSON at RB!! FALCON FANS will stick by you and hopefully ARTHURS BLANK AND SMITH are watching film from the last two weeks!!
Josh needs to have his own or co-host a Sports Talk radio show segment!! Great show!
I love how they fixed the spelling of Teven's first name during the broadcast. Kudos.
I like Josh's opinion that Borom has to take the game to the DE at times. Larry gave up too many inside moves. Larry could've also been called for holds. Still, keep fighting Larry.
Man, everyone so positive. After all of you calling for heads to roll. The Qb, the coaches, the GM. Quiet as a church in the motherf now.
10 days til the next game. Need Braxton Jones back asap . That line heals up, offense is better, defense off the field more and gets better, secondary gets healed and found some good depth there, this team might have dug too deep a hole but I think everyone just wants to see a competitive team down the stretch with draft capital and money to build upon and they’ll be happy!
Still have big questions about coaching but at least it looks like they are learning from their failure and that’s all anyone can hope for if you’re not making changes just yet.
I think Patrick is a better option at starting C than Whitehair. Whitehair is trying hard, but he is done.
That was really good!
As much shit that Lucas Patrick gets from the Chicago sportsrider…kudos for his thumbnail.
Fans for the most part have little clue. GoPolesGo!
Moore was a lucky guess for this guy definitely over paid anybody can see talent but its just this guy's unique way of describing it. He is a glorified car salesman! So now he comes out of his hole he has dug himself into for the last 20 or how many years he has been doing it. As far as im concerned he can craw back in it because he has no eye for defensive talent because we have none.
Coaching staff was not calling plays that fit his skill set
No, I think the real reason is because Justin didn’t trust himself and was not quite trusting his receivers and afraid to throw an interception… He was afraid of losing more than winning… And the past two games he finally got rid of those fears and had his confidence built up because I’m sure he was sick of the Bears media and fans talking shit about him saying they should trade him and draft another quarterback… I never would do that I always believed he would become a great quarterback without a doubt from the day we drafted him… But people seem to forget in Chicago especially Bears media and fans, they have no fucking patience… They want everything to happen immediately… It’s totally unrealistic and it’s ridiculous because after so many years of watching the Bears we know it takes at least four or five years to rebuild a team… We only have one first round pick on defense, and three first round picks on office… That’s it… so compared to so many teams in the NFL… We just don’t match up quite yet… But in two or three years… This team will be most definitely on the hunt for the playoffs and Super Bowl… I truly believe that I have never lost my confidence in him and I believe Justin is confident and just willing to let it loose without worrying and that’s why he’s playing better because it’s all about confidence when it comes to being a quarterback… He’s trusting himself and the receivers… He still is taking baby steps moving forward to get better but it’s going to happen… So you guys just need to chill out and just relax don’t worry about the record because it doesn’t matter, the draft still matters… And if we can get the number one pick again and trade down… Why not? What’s the point of winning six games? It doesn’t do anything for us except take us out of the top three possibly…
Unlike most of the Bears media and some of the fans, I was never worried about Justin Fields becoming exactly what I expected him to be, the best quarterback in Bears franchise history… Things might still go up and down but I know Justin is confident, he’s got confidence in his players and he can still played better which is kind of scary when you think about it… He’s already surpassed other guys who are considered elite… Well Justin will be there he is going to be one of the elite quarterbacks in the next year or two. And he’s already showing it in the last two games… Even though we have so much of a gap in talent.
My problem with the coaching is that we saw this same crap last season for the first several weeks. They refused to let Justin Play to his strengths for the most part, and it showed. Then, they finally adjusted and he was one of the most explosive players in the league…this season, they start out making the same mistakes they made at the start of last season. This tells me the coaches aren't interested in actually playing to his abilities, and they are trying their damnedest to make him into a QB that he isn't…why not build off of last season from the start? Mix in more of what you want to see him do but keep that flexibility to run or make plays…last season when he had to run, he was still keeping his eyes downfield but had nobody to throw to most of the time. This season is a different story. DJ is there, him being there means others are also getting open more, especially on plays where Justin might have to run a bit.
Too many of our problems seem to stem from the play calling and stubborn coaching. Sure, they finally relented, but that's after we started 0-4 and people were calling for them to be fired. If we keep everyone around, are we starting off next season with the same mistakes? Is twice enough to call it a pattern or do we need to see it three times in a row?