The Patriots won their third game of the season in impressive fashion, beating the Chicago Bears 19-3 today. The defense was the story, dominating rookie Caleb Williams and the Bears. It was a welcomed performance for a team that was down and out three weeks ago but has won two of their last three. Here are seven points on today’s game. 1. Defense dominates: The Patriots defense was flat out…
Kickoff: The Patriots are in the Windy City today to take on Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears. After a tough overtime loss to the Titans last week, the Patriots are hoping to bounce back against a Bears team that has lost two in a row and is coming off of an ugly loss at Arizona. Here are four keys to the game for the Patriots. 1st Down: Find a…
Image courtesy of Yale Athletics Yale offensive line coach and run game coordinator Stefon Wheeler got the opportunity of a lifetime recently as an intern with the Chicago Bears during OTA’s and mini- camp. Wheeler participated in the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship Program. He spent 11 days working with Matt Eberflus and his staff. Wheeler says the chance to work with Eberflus and the Bears staff was an eye……
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The Patriots were supposed to beat the Bears last night but that is hard to do when you don’t get off the bus and sleep walk your through the first quarter. Here are seven points on last night’s ugly loss. 1. No showed: Patriots didn’t show up last night. Plain and simple! They played well in the second quarter but they sleep walked through the first quarter and quit in…
Image courtesy of New England Patriots FOXBOROUGH – From the time the power went out (twice) at Gillette Stadium early on Monday night, there was a strange feeling in the air that things would get weird when the Bears visited for a primetime matchup. Boy, did they ever. The Pats trailed by 10 early with Mac Jones starting. Jones was pulled for Bailey Zappe after just three series, and Zappe…
Chicago Bears coach and defacto defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus has always utilized eight man fronts as a way to control the line of scrimmage and stop opposing running games. The Bears play a lot of Cover 3 (Three Deep Zone) Cover 1 (Man-Free) in the secondary and they blend those two coverages. Eberflus wants to force the issue at the line of scrimmage by playing the game within the box….
By Tony Catalina, NEFJ Correspondent Kickoff: Fresh off a second straight Bailey Zappe win, the New England Patriots come home to host a struggling Chicago Bears team on Monday Night Football. According to reports, Mac Jones is expected to return from an ankle injury and make his first start in three weeks. The last time these two teams squared off was on October 21st, 2018. A game in which the…
By Mason Sousa, NEFJ Contributor Let’s not beat around the bush. The Bears stink. There’s no sugarcoating it. The Chicago passing game is equivalent to some high school football programs across New England (no offense to the fine schools in the area). Bears QB Justin Fields is wildly inaccurate having the worst completion percentage in the league and his offensive line doesn’t do him any favors as he is…
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Getty Images The Patriots traded 2019 first round pick N’Keal Harry this afternoon to the Chicago Bears for a 2024 seventh round pick. The trade marked the end of one of the most disappointing careers in Patriots history. Harry joins a long list of wide receivers who were busts in the Bill Belichick era. Harry will now keep company with Bethel Johnson, Chad Jackson, Taylor Price, Aaron…