Yeah the defense was....lackluster in the 2nd half. Could be a conditioning thing, first game of the season
Lots to decompress from that game...first blush, the line seems "better", still some serious issues with pass blocking, but run blocking seemed much better. As Shawn said, Mitch was Mitch for 3 quarters...and you can't win games against decent NFL teams like that. Jimmy Graham is about as good as I was expecting, which is not good. His TD Mitch had to make only a halfway decent throw, but a couple of times he just forgot to jump or jumped too early (WTF?). Kmet was basically non-existent...Receivers looked good, when the balls were actually thrown to them...
On defense, rookie corner Johnson, seems OK. Obviously first NFL game, but there seems to be enough there. Eddie Goldman is definitely being missed up front....run stuffing is MUCH worse without him...AP always runs hard against the Bears, but I could've gotten through some of those holes...Trevathan and Mack were conspicuously absent...makes me wonder if we should've kept Kwit, a player on the rise, instead of Trevathan a player in decline. Smith seemed to be all over the field, and seemed one of the lone bright spots. The safeties were eehh, blew a couple big plays. But Skrine and Fuller were solid too...I just don't know where the pass rush is....Mingo is definitely not Quinn, but Quinn is also out of position in a 3-4....we'll see.
Also, welcome to the league rookie...