Bears last in sacks allowed. Dallas 1st in overall sacking

[jazzcat22]

All statistics are garbage because you can manipulate any equation using the mean, median and mode depending on what numbers you insert into a problem or equation. Stats do not tell the whole story, only the ones that you can manipulate for your advantage.

Agree.

 

[Flamma]

All statistics are garbage because you can manipulate any equation using the mean, median and mode depending on what numbers you insert into a problem or equation. Stats do not tell the whole story, only the ones that you can manipulate for your advantage.

Which is why I always laugh when people favor stats over what they're actually looking at. It's fascinating.

 

[Flamma]

I think we all know what the Bears are going to do, and not do.

Run the ball. Designed QB runs. Quick passes from moving pockets.

What we won't see is Fields dropping back into the pocket. There's not going to be a pocket.

 

[superonyx]

And garbage stats are also used to prop up their own players and team with an agenda...this is not a one way street.

But it is. Because when fans want to bash their own players they always pretend the other players in the league somehow have zero garbage time stats.
They want to back out all the garbage time stats from their guy but not doing the same for the players around the league they are comparing them to.

This board is the place I've seen this tactic used the most.

 

[lukin2006]

Bid deal Chicago beat New England. New England is not that good.

 

[Creeper]

The Bears did beat the 49ers week 1 so they do have some ability. Their defense is no pushover, but the Cowboys have played better defenses - and better offenses.

What worries me if the Bears have the kind of offense that will give the Cowboys trouble, a big strong run blocking OL, two good RBs and a QB who can take it to the house on any down by keeping the ball. Their offense sounds like the Eagles, except the Eagles have 3 really good WRs.

But if we go back to the Eagles game, even though the Eagles set up two drives with the run, ultimately the big plays were passes. The Cowboys have to force some 3rd down and make the Bears throw the ball. They also need to sustain their own drives and score points.

 

[Ken]

Their not throwing the ball, so throw that stat out.

Exactly.

Last in pass attempts in the entire league.

 

[Flamma]

The Bears did beat the 49ers week 1 so they do have some ability. Their defense is no pushover, but the Cowboys have played better defenses - and better offenses.

What worries me if the Bears have the kind of offense that will give the Cowboys trouble, a big strong run blocking OL, two good RBs and a QB who can take it to the house on any down by keeping the ball. Their offense sounds like the Eagles, except the Eagles have 3 really good WRs.

But if we go back to the Eagles game, even though the Eagles set up two drives with the run, ultimately the big plays were passes. The Cowboys have to force some 3rd down and make the Bears throw the ball. They also need to sustain their own drives and score points.

Excellent points. When you're running the ball well, and you're never in 3rd and long, it becomes easier to pass.

I think you overlooked one minor detail. The Bears beat the 49ers starting Trey Lance. He's just another first read/run QB like Fields. The 49ers haven't game planned for him like the Eagles did for Hurts. Lance is nowhere near as good as Garoppolo from the pocket. And Jimmy isn't all that. Lance needs to run the RPO.