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Is the Bears roster better than their record? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by raspyputin@alien.top to c/bears@nfl.community

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Are the young guys improving?

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[–] Your_Fan_Shran@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think marginally, yes. The injuries to the offensive line and defensive secondary have been a real problem this year. All teams have to deal with injuries, but the Bears have been undermanned all season at those two position groups, and I think it’s shown up in the game results. If their pass defense and blocking had been marginally better in a couple of games, I can see the Bears scratching out a couple more wins. If they were 4-5 right now, we’d be talking about this team completely differently.

[–] JediM4sterChief@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I agree, injuries affect everyone, but the position group it affects might hurt a team more depending on their style of play.

With a QB like Justin (whose biggest weakness rn is his time he takes to throw), and a team that wanted to run first, offensive line and running back issues are a big deal.

Couple that with key blocking receiver injuries (ESB) or failures (Claypool), and now screen games get harder, as well as running outside