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Bears and Raiders In-Game Analysis

Bears and Raiders live blog with analysis and from the Week 7 game as Tyson Bagent makes his first NFL start at QB for Chicago.
Gene Chamberlain|
Bears and Raiders In-Game Analysis
Bears and Raiders In-Game Analysis

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Chicago Bears

Fourth Quarter

  • Cole Kmet with his biggest catch of the last two games, grabbing an onside kick that deflected way up into the air. Bears 30, Raiders 12 FINAL
  • O'Connell to Meyers and he spins in for the TD with 1:10 left. The 2-point try fails but Brisker got injured out in the flat defending on the play. An eight-play, 60-yard drive in 2:22. Bears 30, Raiders 12
  • Hunter Renfrow surfaces with a short catch. Remember him?
  • TWO-MINUTE WARNING!!!!
  • Raiders on the move inside the red zone.
  • Former Bear Jesper Horsted with a 4-yard catch!
  • Foreman at 89 yards rushing.  Bears will punt with 3:38 left. Shanked punt by Gill at the Raiders 40 and OB but that's not a bad thing because it prevents a big TD return and points in one play.
  • Stevenson High's very own Aidan O'Connell in at QB for the Raiders. And he's nearly picked on the first pass. Incomplete. Then he throws one hard into the ground behind Tucker.
  • Jaylon Johnson Pick-6 of 39 yards. Bears 30, Raiders 6
  • They're trying the game-clinching 54-yard field goal. It's good, 1 yard short of a career long. A very effective drive of 6:34 and 37 yards on 12 plays. Bears 24, Raiders 6.
  • Bears face third-and-18 at the 36. They'd take 10 and kick a field goal.
  • Kmet false starts. That's a terrible penalty. Stops the clock and pushes them out of field goal range.
  • Now Foreman is back,
  • Evans with a first down on a toss play but the Bears are getting a holding penalty against Jenkins. That one is tough to take at this point on the field and with 6:51 left.
  • Evans still in. Foreman hasn't returned.  And he plows straight up the middle for a first down. Great blocking on an 11-yard run to the 28 by Teven Jenkins, Darnell Wright and Marcedes Lewis.
  • Bagent gets it out of his hands very fast on the run to Moore for a first down to the Raiders 42. A pet play of Justin Fields, except I don't remember him getting it out of his hand that fast.
  • Two Evans runs lead to third-and-5 at the Bears 45. Clock inside 10 minutes.
  • Foreman has 81 yards on 13 carries and Evans is in for him.
  • Foreman hurt after powering for a 12-yard run, landing awkwardly on his back, and leaves walking with team medical personnel.
  • 62,199 attendance today.
  • Foreman hurdling again and gains 6 yards. That time it might have helped.
  • Cole Kmet starts the drive with a presnap penalty. Their last scoring drive started the same way.
  • This is the point of the game where the Bears have to protect the football.
  • The Raiders are going to have a hard time coming back against the Bears with long time-consuming drives against the zone defenses they're going to face from here on out.  But the Bears have been known to blow leads at home. The Denver game here is still fresh in everyone's memory.
  • Hoyer with an out for 4 yards. Third-and-goal at the 6 and Bears blitz Gordon, who lobs it to Adams but the former Packer can't pull it down. So it's field goal time. Carlson a 25-yard field goal with 12:21 remaining. A 15-play, 6:44 drive and still no TD for the Raiders. Bears 21, Raiders 6
  • Jack Hammer. Jack Sanborn with the 5-yard TFL on a counter-toss left. So Raiders are back on the 10 second down.
  • Going for it. Hoyer finds Adams for a catch at the sticks and a first down. Good play because everyone is thinking end zone then.
  • Jacobs with a 9-yard TD catch. They're reviewing it and he had only one foot in bounds. 
  • Zamir White slammed down for no gain and Raiders are third-and-4 but no doubt see this is a four-down situation.
  • It's second-and-4 at the Bears 9. 
  • Bears have a 265-157 yardage edge so far.

Third Quarter

  • After a short pass the quarter ends. Bears 21, Raiders 3
  • Jaylon Johnson interferes with Tre Tucker on a bomb even though he knocked the ball down. Raiders first down at Bears 16.
  • Stevenson on Adams again and knocks one down over the middle that would have been a first down. Rookie playing his best game.
  • Justin Jones with his best pass rush of Bears career, ran through the gap, then smashed off of Josh Jacobs' block and sacked Hoyer for 8-yard loss. 
  • Jakobi Meyers with a 3-yard catch. Raiders have been content throwing short. Bears will give it up.
  • A third-and-2 coming at the 43. Four-down time.
  • Raiders may have decided it's time to forget the run as they come out throwing short under the zone and get a first down to the 35.
  • Not long throws but lots of yards after the catch today. That is the suggested way to beat the Raiders.
  • Great call. Bagent throws it out to Foreman at the 3 and lets him run through defenders. Third TD by Foreman on the day on a 5-yard throw this time. First TD pass by Bagent in his career. A 15-play, 88-yard drive in  6:16. Bears 21, Raiders 3
  • Nice lob to Moore and one-handed try by Moore but has it knocked away by Marcus Peters.
  • D'Onta Foreman hurt and leaves field after a screen to a first down at the 4. But he returns for second-and-goal at the 5. 
  • Another huge third down conversion on a screen to Evans, then Bagent somehow avoids another sack for a 4-yard pass off balance. He isn't athletic enough but he gets it out of his hand. Fields was criticized for not doing that last week by Eberflus.
  • Bears keep testing the Raiders with the run, then a short pass to Moore to the 25.  Mixing it up well.
  • Officials blew a call on the sidelines as Evans was hit 3 steps out of bounds with no call. Terrible officiating. If it happened on the Bears sideline Eberflus and Co. would have been all over the officials but it was on the Raiders side.
  • Throwback screen to Foreman breaks for 15 yards to the Raiders 43 but Foreman could have had another 10 or 15 and went out of bounds because he was tightroping it. 
  • Big 12-yard scramble by Bagent. He had plenty of time to throw but no one open and made like Fields.
  • Foreman tears through the Raiders for two big runs to the 30. The second one he could have had the first down if he had lowered his shoulder and run through the tackler, but he decided to leap for no apparent reason and didn't get it, but then did the next run.
  • Bears starting from their own 12 and the presnap penalty right away hurts them. Darnell Wright moves.
  • Drive has promise for the Raiders, who have seen the error of their ways by not running enough. They start pounding it but Kyler Gordon breaks up a third-and-7 throw to Meyers and the Bears get it back on a punt OB at their own 12.

Second Quarter

Bagent 14 of 19 for 104 yards, 86.3 passer rating. Not going to pile up yards per attempt that way but it's the kind of thing you do with a young backup QB playing. Keep it short and simple. Run the ball. They have 80 yards rushing on 17 attempts. Raiders not using the run well, eight rushes for 23 yards.

Bears 14, Raiders 3, Half

  • Nate Peterman comes in as a designated Hail Mary thrower and can't even get the throw off. He's sacked and fumbled out of bounds while attempting to throw. Half ends. The Bears really out-thought themselves on that drive and didn't use timeouts properly.
  • Incomplete to Scott near the sidelines on scramble drill and the Bears aren't punting. They're going to try to run some kind of last-second play.
  • This was a drive that could have taken back the field goal the Raiders got. Instead, it's not going to produce and Raiders will have the ball starting the third quarter.
  • Wasted about 20-25 seconds by not calling the timeout. So now it's second-and-10 at the Raiders 47 and Bagent is sacked by Crosby with nine seconds left. They've got time to get the ball into field goal range with a longer pass yet, and have two timeouts left. Third-and-17. I'm smelling a short play like a screen.
  • For some reason they let the clock run after a short catch and now have only 19 seconds left after a catch of 15 by Moore to Raiders 48. They have three timeouts!
  • Bagent gets it Mooney falling out of bounds at the 42 for 7 with :59 left. Bears still have all their timeouts and try to run but get called for a hold on Borom again. Not much of a penalty and fans boo the replay. Terrible call.  
  • Bagent flushed out but Tyler Scott did a great job working the scramble drill and caught a 6-yard pass going out of bounds, the DJ Moore beat triple coverage for a first down at the 35.
  • Secondary was swarming all over on third-and-6 and Hoyer finally ran out of time and threw incomplete, so Carlson kicks a 40-yard field goal with 1:47 remaining. A 13-play, 54-yard drive. Defense doesn't get a total victory but considering it reached the red zone it's not a bad outcome. Bears 14, Raiders 3
  • The Bears have made the Raiders work on this drive, that's apparent. They've had 12 snaps on this drive but there have been three penalties.
  • Slot corner blitz by Kyler Gordon forces an incompletion, but then Meyers is interferred with at the Bears 23 by Stevenson. Ball wasn't going to be caught anyway as it was behind Meyers. He shouldn't have touched Meyers. TWO-MINUTE WARNING!!!!
  • A false start and a holding penalty and the Raiders are helping the Bears defense where it has been failing. First-and-25 now from the Bears 37.
  • Bears doing nothing fancy this drive on defense and Hoyer is taking what he can find under the coverage.
  • Tipped pass by Justin Jones and Jaquan Brisker can't quite make the pick on first down at the Bears 36.
  • A 15-yard play-action pass to Meyers and there was absolutely no pass rush.
  • Raiders working some ball control this drive and mixing in Jacobs runs. They have had their defense on the field too long.
  • Meyers targeted twice against Jaylon Johnson for two catches to the 44. Johnson playing a lot of left side of defense in this one.

7:31: Bears 14, Raiders 0

  • Divine Deablo is questionable to return with an ankle injury. Got hurt on a QB sneak trying to stop the tush push.
  • Offensive line looking as good for the Bears as it has all year.
  • On second down Foreman smashes through bodies for the 3-yard TD run to end a 34-yard drive. Bears 14, Raiders 0
  • Big Dog surfaces. Marcedes Lewis. A bootleg pass to the 3-yard line by Bagent off a great fake.
  • Tyler Scott used to be a running back in high school and showed it with a great cut at just the right time on an end around to the 19. If he keeps going wide, he doesn't get the first down.
  • Two runs and the Bears face third-and-1 at the Raiders 25. Tush push?
  • Tremaine Edmunds with a juggling interception of a ball off Josh Jacobs' hands. He looked like the Tampa-2 middle linebacker the Bears thought he could be on that one. Bears with the ball at Raiders 34.
  • The good start by the Bears is opposite of what happens normally in Raiders games. The Vegas defense has usually dominated in first quarters but today the Bears offensive line looked sharp against them.
  • Drive ends on a screen that took too long to develop and Bagent had to throw in a hurry low for an incompletion. That play has to come out quicker. So the Bears punt but get out a hole. Good decisions by Bagent all over the field on that useful drive.
  • Bagent stands in on second-and-20 and fires over the middle to diving Mooney for the first down, beating single coverage. Great decision by Bagent. Then another great decision as he's about to get smashed by Crosby on a rollout as he throws it out in a hurry for 3 to DJ Moore.
  • Larry Borom holds on a run for a first down by Darrynton Evans on the opposite side of the line. He definitely held and the play might not have worked otherwise.
  • Bears lined up for the tush push on third-and-short after a bad spot on second down and Maxx Crosby had his own unique way to try and stop that play. He tried guessing the snap and flying over the top of the line. It didn't stop the first down and after the play linebacker Divine Deablo was injured and helped off the field. That's what happens with those rugby scrum plays. League needs to outlaw it.
  • After Evans picked up the first down, the Bears actually get Darnell Mooney involved with an 8-yard catch. Gotta like 8 yards on first down.

First Quarter

  • Darrynton Evans scoots outside for 8. Quarter Ends. Bears 7, Raiders 0
  • It's mascot game at halftime today. Benny the Bull, Tommy Hawk and Southpaw and the other misanthropes are here today.
  • The Raiders so far are paying way too much attention to the Bears pass rush. The play-action is fine but you don't really need it to keep them at bay. The Bears aren't going to get there. 
  • It's obvious they've seen the game film of Stevenson getting beat a bunch in past games and are attacking him. But Jakobi Meyers was too busy trying to push off on third down and didn't get to where the ball went forr an incompletion, so the Bears have it after a punt at their own 8.
  • Bears are switching off on Adams. Stevenson broke up a second-down pass to cause third-and-5 at the Bears 47.
  • Play-action working for the Raiders so far. Hoyer to Edwards for 14 yards to the Vegas 49. You have to respect play action when the fake handoff is to last year's leading NFL rusher.
  • Michael Mayer and T.J. Edwards had "tangled feet" according to the ref on a second-down incompletion, but the Raiders get the first down anyway on an illegal contact penalty against Jaylon Johnson. There definitely was contact, although a good case could be made that the receiver initiated it by running right into the defender.
  • Raiders go right to Josh Jacobs, who doesn't get it enough in this offense.
  • Bagent 3 of 3 for 18 yards on a drive mostly accomplished on the ground.

3:45: Bears 7, Raiders 0

  • Foreman and the line overwhelm the Raiders defensive line for a 2-yard TD on first-and-goal. A 12-play, 69-yard drive in 6:22. Bears 7, Raiders 0
  • The jet sweep with some QB motion left but DJ Moore takes it 4 yards to the pylon and the touchdown around the right side. That goes as a TD pass even though it looks like a run. A review showed he stepped out at the 2. But it is first down and goal.
  • Foreman said he had to get the rust off last week and looks like it's gone. He bounced off tacklers for 9 more to the 4. Second-and-1.
  • Who says Bagent can't run? He scrambles right 10 yards to the 13 after Foreman had powered ahead 13 off left tackle.
  • Bagent with a rifle in the pocket for a first down to Scott and 13 yards. He had the back wide open in the flat without coverage and didn't see it, but after Foreman's drop earlier who could blame him for not throwing it.
  • Two short passes from Bagent, one to Moore and then Velus Jones and Bears face third-and-5 at their 49. 
  • D'Onta Foreman fails to get the first down on second-and-2 with a 1-yard gain and instead of ramming it up in there again, they toss it with wide zone blocking and he goes to the 44 for the first down. Nice thinking there instead of doing what the obvious run up the middle.
  • A real reverse. Works for 8 yards to Tyler Scott. People tend to call end-arounds reverses but a reverse starts one way, then comes back the other way. End arounds do not.
  • Bears start at the 31. 

10:07

  • Brisker got up limping a bit after that missed field goal and did jog off.
  • Stevenson breaks up a third-down pass to Adams slanting over the middle and the Raiders are forced to take a Daniel Carlson 41-yard field goal try, but under heavy pressure from Stevenson off the left side and Jaquan Brisker, it's wide left. Third miss this year for Carlson.
  • Adams beat coverage by Tyrique Stevenson  two straight plays, second one for 15 yards to the Bears 30. They didn't start out with Jaylon Johnson shadowing but have switched on second-and-6 and Adams caught a 3-yard pass.
  • Raiders did the same thing the Bears did on their first play and went right to their guy, Davante Adams, but he gained 11 on their pass.
  • Another case of poor punt coverage on a decent punt by Trenton Gill. A 17-yard DeAndre Carter return to the Raiders 42.
  • Good idea getting Tyson Bagent and DJ Moore working together right away on the first play for a short 4-yard gain but three-and-out when D'Onta Foreman drops the third-and-7 pass. He isn't supposed to have good hands and showed it. He wouldn't have had the first down anyway.
  • Velus Jones Jr. dropped the kick and was going to return it from the end zone but took a touchback. It was a break because the kick was too high to return.
  • The Bears decide to receiver after winning the toss. There's a mistake. Should kick so they get the ball to start the second half. Now they're open to the dreaded opponent score just before halftime, followed by the opponent with the ball to start the second half and scoring again. Not good thinking.
  • Kyler Gordon does a twisting flip and lands it during pregame introductions. They better tell him to quit doing that. He's going to get hurt.

Pregame

  • The Bears are on their sixth switch to the starting offensive line in seven weeks. In the last three years, the NFC North champions were between five and seven switches to the starting lineup for an entire season. 

Mark Potash of the Sun-Times broke down the offensive line changes by the total number of combinations used. Not conducive to good blocking regardless of what anyone says.

Bears Inactives

  • QB Justin Fields
  • RB Roschon Johnson
  • G Nate Davis
  • CB Terell Smith
  • S Eddie Jackson
  • G Dan Feeney

Raiders Inactives

  • CB Jakorian Bennett
  • QB Jimmy Garoppolo
  • CB Nate Hobbs
  • LB Amari Burney
  • WR Kristian Wilkerson
  • DT Nesta Jade Silvera
  • The easy way to solve the poor centering by Cody Whitehair is to have him playing a different position even if it means more position switching for Teven Jenkins, who was a top-10 right guard by Pro Football Focus grades last year.  The Bears don't have Nate Davis today due to an ankle injury, and won't for a while, so they won't need to worry about what happens with Whitehair/Lucas Patrick at center/guard for several weeks.
  • The one thing you have to wonder is why they're moving Jenkins when he is supposed to be one of their best blockers and Ja'Tyre Carter has performed better than Whitehair has at guard, at least according to PFF. So the best blocking lineup would have Jenkins at left guard and Carter at right guard with Patrick or Whitehair at center. Based on last week, probably Patrick at center.
  • The season still has 10 games after today and it's not too late for Justin Fields to prove he can do the job. This would be ideal considering what has been happening to Caleb Williams. The USC losses the last two games are only part of his problems. He wasn't impressive in the wins over Arizona and Arizona State. He had too many held balls and late passes, while relying too much on his legs in those two games. And he's not nearly the runner Justin Fields is, so that wouldn't go over in the NFL.
  • When you see this kind of thing you have to wonder why anyone would be overly concerned with whether Williams is a generational talent.
  •  There's someone who IS a generational talent and the Bears would be better off taking him to be a complement to DJ Moore. The surest thing in the draft lately has been an Ohio State wide receiver and this is the best of them.

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Gene Chamberlain
GENE CHAMBERLAIN

Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.

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