‘And Chicago’s personnel department went to work. The Bears replaced each of their top three wide receivers and their starting tight end. They added an offensive lineman with a high draft pick, and they brought in a veteran backup QB. That’s five key pieces.’
Archives for November 2018
How we see it: Picks for Bills-Bears in Week 9
‘Since we’ve seen it happen before, I’ll go out on a limb and say the Bills finally find the end zone. But we’ve also seen Peterman and the Bills routinely buried by turnovers and defensive scores, so there’s a much safer assumption that this all blows up, regardless of whether Khalil Mack is at full health.’
View from Vegas: 10 points seems like too many to give the Bills against Bears
‘Toss in the Bears’ bad news road log as the favorite (0-4 against the spread in the last four), and Buffalos’ 5-0 mark against the spread at home off a home game when taking on foes coming off a home game, and we’ll soldier on with the Bills in this overlay.’
Up next for Bills, a hungry Chicago Bears club ranking high on both sides of ball
‘This year’s Bills’ club has scored a mere seven touchdowns through eight games and an NFL-low 87 points. That’s a pace that would produce 174 points, which would be the second fewest ever in franchise history.’
Bills OC Brian Daboll impressing Jon Ledyard despite NFL’s worst passing offense
‘”I’ve watched a lot of the Bills passing game, and been pretty impressed with Brian Daboll’s offense so far,” Ledyard said in his article “The trials and tribulations of young quarterbacks.” “(Daball is scheming guys open and giving (rookie quarterback Josh) Allen easy reads, while also utilizing plenty of play action concepts, the quarterback’s biggest schematic strength in college. Bills’ analysts I trust have concerns with the run game, but I think Daboll has been good for Allen in his initial half-season in Buffalo.”‘
Bills can learn from Bears, Mitchell Trubisky; must get Josh Allen help
‘”The Bears offense was completely undermanned, particularly at receiver,” Campbell said. “It was apparent as the Bears went through that season that they were going to have to overhaul the receiving corps in the offseason. The offense that (Trubisky) was in was stripped down.”‘
7 things to know about the Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills’ Week 9 opponent
‘With Nathan Peterman expected to start, the Bills will likely lean on their run game in Week 9. Chicago will be a tough test for LeSean McCoy, Chris Ivory and Marcus Murphy. Entering the game, the Bears are third in the league in rushing yards allowed (83.1).’
Bears prefer to see struggling Bills QB Nathan Peterman as ‘capable player’
‘“We just got to defend their offense regardless of who is playing quarterback for them,” Fangio said. “I know that they like [Peterman] there. He did earn the starting job coming out of camp. They pulled him for the rookie at some point, and I do know that they have a lot of confidence in him. We got to be able to defend their offense. He’s a capable player.”’
Friday’s Chicago Coverage
Bills 27, Vikings 6: Why this season’s most startling upset should be a major warning sign for the Bears (Chicago Tribune)
Khalil Mack, Allen Robinson remain out in Thursday’s Bears practice (Chicago Tribune)
7 things we heard from Bears coordinators Thursday, including Vic Fangio on letting Khalil Mack play through injury and out-of-line NFL fines (Chicago Tribune)
Bills defense’s ‘controlled chaos’ a good test for Bears QB Mitch Trubisky (Chicago Sun Times)
Vic Fangio: Bears ‘probably’ should have sat injured Khalil Mack sooner (Chicago Sun Times)
Bears prefer to see struggling Bills QB Nathan Peterman as ‘capable player’ (Chicago Sun Times)
Bears coach defends K Cody Parkey, compares windy Soldier Field to British Open (Chicago Sun Times)
Bears injury report: Khalil Mack and Allen Robinson sit — as does Bilal Nichols (Chicago Sun Times)
Bears predictions: Week 9 vs. Bills (Chicago Sun Times)
Chicago Bears defense strong, with or without Mack (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
Trubisky excelling under Nagy as Bears set to play Bills (AP)
The Bears have an elite run defense. But how much does that actually matter in today’s NFL? (NBC Sports Chicago)
Bears Mailbag: The Bears’ offense vs the Bills’ defense will be … something (NBC Sports Chicago)
Bears at Bills Week 9: How to watch, listen and stream (NBC Sports Chicago)
Bears vs. Bills: Thursday Injury Update (WMAQ-TV)
Week 9 Key Matchups (ChicagoBears.com)
Chalk Talk: Is Shaheen returning to practice?y (ChicagoBears.com)
Run defense remains critical to Bears (ChicagoBears.com)
Where Bears team, players rank in the NFL (ChicagoBears.com)
Nagy’s personality shines in mic’d up video (ChicagoBears.com)
Bears-Bills Preview Capsule
‘Peterman has thrown 10 interceptions on 84 career attempts (including playoffs), and lost starting job midway through 47-3 season-opening loss at Baltimore.’
Anderson, Edmunds miss another practice, remain in concussion protocol
‘Quarterback Derek Anderson, middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, and defensive end Trent Murphy all missed practice for a second straight day, which makes it increasingly unlikely any of them will be able to suit up, although head coach Sean McDermott didn’t completely rule it out, at least in Anderson’s case.’
Joe B: Buffalo Bills All-22 Review – Week 8 vs. New England Patriots
‘QB Derek Anderson – Snaps on the Field: 62/64 – Grade vs. Patriots: D.’
Terrelle Pryor eager to provide a boost to Bills passing attack
‘“I’m not being cocky. I just know how I study and how I work and how I practice,” said Pryor. “I compete at a high level and I expect high things from myself. I expect high things from the offense. Just because we had a couple of bad games and we didn’t score that doesn’t matter to me. What matters is this week coming out and competing and holding ourselves to a high standard. And just because we lost some games doesn’t mean we can’t win or put things together.”’
Scouting Report Week 9 – Bills vs. Bears
‘It sounds like an oversimplification, but points have proven hard to come by for the Bills. They’ve managed just two touchdowns in their last four games. If you can’t score, you can’t win. Buffalo has to get on the scoreboard early and put themselves in position to score from start to finish if they want to beat the Bears.’
14 questions with Bills Legend Marcellus Wiley
‘Ted Washington was hilarious. I almost felt bad being around Ted at times because I feel like the friend who just laughed at everything he said, and he probably got annoyed at it and I was younger than him…He just cracked me up.’