UA-59049186-1 2020 Week 1: Chicago Bears 27, Detroit Lions 23 - Good if it Goes

2020 Week 1: Chicago Bears 27, Detroit Lions 23

Player Grades

The grading scale goes from -3 to +3 for each play. Screens are graded as runs. Penalties are counted in whatever phase they were committed. Pre- and post-snap penalties are in the “Misc.” column. “Short” throws are 10 yards or less, “Medium” is 10-20, “Deep” is over 20. Everything else (scrambles, throwaways, reads, etc.) is under “Miscellaneous.” Parentheses in a column denote grades/snaps from the opposite side of the ball and are not included in grades/snaps from the player’s usual side. Snap counts are from Pro Football Reference. Box score and other relevant info can be found at that link as well.

Because the NFL took forever getting the all-22 up, I didn’t have the time I normally have to put these posts together. That being the case, this is going to be an abbreviated post that addresses the two biggest things the Bears web was talking about in the wake of the game: Mitch and Mack.

While 4th quarter Mitch was fun outside of that idiotic run straight backwards and then fumble play, film review did not allay the fears your author had during the first three quarters, which were that he’s going to set a game on fire at some point because he just can’t hack it. He is simply not going through his reads quickly enough. Mitch took a -3 Misc. for that aforementioned idiotic play, the rest of the negatives in that column were all bad reads and missed opportunities. Not ideal. We’ll see what he does today.

As for Mack, that number’s not a typo. The film shows a really strong performance. He was constantly winning his battles on the line, but unfortunately, nobody else was consistently. In addition, Stafford was getting the ball out quickly, taking advantage of coverage in the middle of the field that could only be described as lousy. That number for Trevathan isn’t a typo, either.

Monsters

Mack, Jackson, Whitehair, Ifedi, Robinson

Chipmunks

Trevathan, Leno

4 Stars of the Game

Four Stars of the Game

4star Khalil Mack

3star  Allen Robinson

2star  Eddie Jackson

1star  Germain Ifedi, Cody Whitehair

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