These Chicago Bears will get crushed by the Patriots

If the Bears tackle like they did against Miami, it’s already over

If you didn’t watch what the Patriots did against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 5, I would encourage you to go back and watch some of that game if you get the chance. Keep an eye on running back James White when you do.

The Patriots utilized White what seemed like every other play, and it was in the passing game. He had seven catches in the first half alone that night, and on nearly every one of them he gained a good chunk of yards.

New England likes to exploit every team’s biggest weakness. For the Bears, it’s simple. If you get the ball out quickly, they have no ability to rush the quarterback. With a guy like White, and others like Julian Edelman or even Rob Gronkowski able to get open a few yards past the line of scrimmage, the Patriots can strike quickly on any given play.

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Against the Dolphins, you saw the Bears get roasted by Albert Wilson among others. The biggest takeaway I had, though, was why they failed to tackle the ball carrier so often.

The lack of tackling the Bears put on display against Miami was downright putrid. It was junior varsity level stuff, and if that’s how they plan to execute defensively against the Patriots, this game might as well already be over.

You think Brock Osweiler looked good against this defense? Wait til Brady finds out no one is going to tackle his guys out there.

It was absolutely inexcusable. It was pathetic. I can’t even find the right words, because those two don’t seem to do it justice.

It wasn’t even just the long plays. It was 4-yard gains that could have been stopped at the line of scrimmage. It was a quick screen play that could have been put to a halt behind the line of scrimmage.

And, yes, it was the quick slants that should have only gone for a gain of 10-to-15 yards but ended up going for much more than that.

The inability to tackle by this Bears defense was unexpected, shocking and incredibly disappointing. The good news is, though, that Vic Fangio isn’t the kind of coach to let that slide another week.

You better believe that defense is going to watch film this week and come out of that film room sick to their stomach, vomiting even. Once they see what they put on film against Osweiler and the Dolphins, I have a feeling it won’t happen again.

This defense is much better than what they displayed on Sunday, and we have to remember that most great teams will have these games. Every good team has one of those games every once and a while — one of those games that leaves fans with a bewildered look on their face wondering what just happened.

I trust this coaching staff will have, not only the defense, but the offense ready to go against New England. Those crucial mistakes and missteps which happened against Miami? Expect those to be limited exponentially. Will the Bears come away with a victory? Ha, that’s a tall task. Will it be a better game than some of us are expecting at this point? I believe so.