What are three things that you thought might happen but have not processed yet over the start of the Chicago Bears 2018 season?
The Chicago Bears are 1-1. Let’s all overreact!! But seriously, when you read this remember the context. I am not calling anyone a bust, nor are any real bold proclamations going to be made here.
This is rather a few things that I thought we may see early into the season but are not seeing quite yet.
With that in mind, these are the three early disappointments that from the Chicago Bears first two weeks.
Tarik Cohen
On the very first play of the Chicago Bears season, Tarik Cohen got a touch. Tarik Cohen has also been involved in the offense. He has played 28 and 21 snaps respectively and has lined up at wide receiver and in the passing game.
However, he has not been entirely effective yet and has not broken any big plays open. So far, Cohen has nine carries for 33 yards on the ground, He has been targeted five times in the air and has four for 33 in that area. While he does have six punt returns for over 100 yards, almost twice his 2017 total, that doesn’t seem to be enough to have Chicago Bears fans feeling like they are getting the most out of Cohen.
To start, he likely should be on the field closer to half of the plays due to his dynamic nature. However, from there, it will be on Cohen to take advantage. He needs to break a play into the open field and prove that he needs more touches with that time. Until then, he has not quite been the big hit on the offense.
Kyle Fuller
Fuller has not necessarily been terrible-he has broken up 50% of his targets. However, at the same time he has given up two touchdowns that have been directly linked to him.
Fuller was beat by Geronimo Allison and Tyler Lockett too. It is not like Antonio Brown, and Odell Beckham beat and those are things that happen.
The fact is that there are a lot of strong qualities to Kyle Fuller. His length, athleticism and ability to tackle all come directly to mind. However, one area where he will always struggle is his ball skills.
Some quarterbacks who are daring such as Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers can take advantage of Kyle Fuller because of that. If you put a ball up there where both players have to make a play on it, he can struggle to do so.
As we move on and see a quarterback like Sam Bradford, or a more conservative passer, we will see if the struggles continue.
Mitchell Trubisky
I am not bashing the kid. I think it can be fair to say that given what Dowell Loggains and John Fox likely told him, you could argue this is start number two in the career for Mitchell Trubisky. However, I bet if you ask Trubisky if he is disappointed in himself right now he would say yes.
He would give a great answer about how he is working to improve the areas of his game in which he is not happy with. Trubisky gives you a lot to like when thinking about his character, demeanor, poise and work ethic. It makes you think that he is going to pick it up one day.
However, at this point, it is clear that things are moving a bit too fast for him right now. He is at the point where he has the