Here's What We Learned In The Bears' 35-14 Destruction By The Packers

After a thrilling Week 3 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Chicago Bears got steamrolled by their rivals in Green Bay on Thursday night. This team continues to show up unprepared and punched in the mouth to start games way too often. They started poorly in Weeks 1, 2, and 4. And they lost all three. They started strong in Week 3, and won. There is a pattern here, and unfortunately, it’s not a very good one for the Bears. Here are my observations from their Week 4 demolition at the hands of the Packers.

1. Mike Glennon continues to prove he adds no value to this team. John Fox keeps stressing ball security and points out how good Glennon is at protecting the football. He had three turnovers in Week 2, a turnover in Week 3 (with several other missed opportunities by the Pittsburgh defense), and two more in the first two drives tonight. By the time of this writing, he added two pick to make it four turnovers. FOUR! He sucks! It is literally impossible for Mitch Trubisky to be worse. Put him in.

2. Discipline is not this team’s strongest suit. And it’s not just penalties. They need to play smarter football. That’s a coaching problem. Looking at you, John Fox.

3. Leonard Floyd finally got his first sack of the season in the second quarter. It was more of a coverage sack, but good to see him off the mark. Let’s hope it propels his season forward.

4. I love how the Packers called all sorts of outside zone runs and bootlegs with Aaron Rodgers. The types of plays the Bears could call with a certain quarterback who currently holds a clipboard. It’s despicable.

5. Speaking of outside zone runs, teams are going to start stopping Tarik Cohen consistently on those until Glennon starts beating teams downfield.

6. Bears should have challenged that potential Randall Cobb fumble on Green Bay’s first drive. You’re 1-2 and are heavy underdogs on the road. Take chances. You need to do that to win. John Fox’s conservative nature continues to kill this team.

7. Danny Trevathan’s hit on Davante Adams was absolutely brutal and unnecessary. Whether I’m a Bears fan or not, I never want to see a player get hit the way Adams did. I hope he’s OK, and Trevathan can expect to hear from the league – potentially about a suspension.

8. Aaron Rodgers continues to destroy the Bears. The Packers were without their first five offensive tackles, and couldn’t do anything up front against Green Bay’s supposed joke of an offensive line. One reason? Rodgers makes unbelievable plays with his feet. The Bears have a quarterback that can do that too … but again, he holds a clipboard.

9. When the score was 35-7, the Bears went into handoff mode. Essentially, they resigned      to losing the game. Great. Now how about resigning to starting Trubisky next week?

10. I love this running back tandem. They’re going to be fun to watch for years.

11. When do the Bears get to host the Packers in prime time?

12. Bears are now 1-3. At the beginning of the season, it was easy to see the Bears going 0-4 to start the year. So technically this is “better”. But in hindsight, the Bears should be 2-2 at least. And who knows how the other two games go with a non-Glennon QB starting? At this point, with 11 days before the next game, I fully expect (read: want) to hear Fox say that Trubisky will start Week 5 against the Vikings on MNF. But who knows with him. At this point, one thing is clear:

Early Week 5 Prediction (assuming Trubisky starts):  Bears 24, Vikings 20 Early Week 5 Prediction (assuming Glennon starts):  Vikings 33, Bears 10