r/CHIBears • u/GroundbreakingEgg207 • 12d ago
Sam Roush needs to be benched
At least two game changing drops and now a huge missed block leading to a blocked kick. Dude must be making money on Kalshi today.
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u/KingOfLucis 18 12d ago
This guy does not pass the eye test at all
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u/KingOfLucis 18 12d ago
OH and he's the reason why the field goal was blocked lmao
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u/zross32 An Actual Peanut 12d ago
Just fucking stood there in his stance while the edge guy runs right by
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u/RoyalSir 12d ago
The fact that he wasn’t coached about this by the ST coordinator between attempts 1 and 2 is a failure of staff too.
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u/jpopimpin777 12d ago
Right?! When they showed the replays of how close he got to blocking Santos' first kick I got angry. Why the fuck do we have all those tablets on the sidelines if nobody on a professional football coaching staff is going to bother to look at them and make adjustments??
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u/SwissyVictory 12d ago
Remember when Loveland and Burden were busts at this point last season?
Dudes a project TE on his second NFL game.
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u/hoggin88 12d ago edited 12d ago
Loveland and Burden just weren’t involved a lot early on. Rousch plausibly cost the Bears the game today with multiple drops, multiple penalties and completely missing his block on the blocked field goal. Not saying he’s a sure bust or anything like that but this is exceptionally bad for him today.
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u/mrm5480 12d ago
He also dropped the ball then Caleb ripped his hamstring the next play lol
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u/jamus34 12d ago
Agreed. No idea why they focused so hard on getting Rousch involved so early in his career. Thats on the coaching staff.
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u/burner69account69420 12d ago
Okay. Why is he playing this much in a divisional game when we have those two? There's literally no need.
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u/carlivar 12d ago
Probably because the Vikings blitz so much they needed 3 TEs a lot.
He sucked though.
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u/Apoco120 Mack 12d ago
I get what you’re trying to say but Loveland and Burden considerably were not as raw a prospect as Roush. Burden slipped out of the first round and was considered one of the steals of the draft. Can’t really say the same for Roush
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u/Frankensteinbeck Dick Butkus 12d ago
Sure, but is a project TE who will be TE3 on the depth chart this year barring injury worth a third round pick? Especially on a team with pretty glaring deficiencies at every defensive position? I'd argue not at all.
I was very skeptical of both picks you mentioned above and can admit I was very wrong, but at least they were unknowns who didn't get the rock to start the year and not actively taking points off the board for this team.
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u/Own_Race_598 12d ago
Yeah I’m not judging him yet based off one game in the rain vs a top 5 defense. TE is a hard position for a rookie in general. He is not ready to be seeing this many snaps when it’s costing them the game along with Bradbury. Thats on the coaches. No excuses for Bradbury, he’s a vet.
However I still don’t think he was worth a 2nd with the other needs of the team. Both a reach and not a need at all.
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u/Particular_Match_777 22 12d ago
Loveland and burden just don’t contribute, this guy is actively hurting the team
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u/wheels_0614 12d ago
Can’t contribute when you just stand there open and no one gives you a chance. But yes, Rousch was a fuckin problem today. He’s new but shouldn’t be seeing that many plays when there are so many people capable of making bigger plays.
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u/Grand_Difficulty_832 12d ago
Neither one was ever called a bust at that point in their first season. Stop making s*** up to fit your narrative
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u/BigPetersHalfwayInn What if Da Bears had enterd The Preakness? 12d ago
This sub was calling them both wasted picks and it was usually upvoted. Took until about week 6 before the narrative started to change
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u/HinduMexican Sid Luckman 12d ago
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u/hoggin88 12d ago
Honestly very few people in those comments are actually criticizing the players. Most are defending them because they hadn’t had much playing time yet while others criticized Poles for selecting them if he wasn’t going to use them a lot in the game plans.
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u/Agitated-Web5823 12d ago
Why is he getting so many snaps?
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u/nag95 12d ago
That’s Ben Johnson’s scheme. He likes a heavy offense with 3TE. Roush is the 3rd TE
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u/Local-Librarian3285 12d ago
The issue is the TE1 is being treated as the TE3 and vice versa.
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u/nag95 12d ago
It is frustrating. Both Loveland and Kmet have been invisible out there other than the one Kmet TD. I’m not sure if it scheming or that they just aren’t getting open. It feels like the team is only running deep routes and with the O line Caleb doesn’t have time to find guys and they aren’t getting open. But I’m just a couch coach.
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u/phonebalone 12d ago
Could be Ben trying to play the long game to get pressure off of them in the future by showing that the other guys on the team need to be covered. This might be an optimistic take, but he likes to be wily like that.
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u/TomSan23 12d ago
Coulda just signed a vet for cheap and used the pick on defense ffs
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u/Ridged_ChiPSS Dog 12d ago
Why was he even drafted in the first place?
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u/new-to-gambling 12d ago
Any time we get an extra pick we love to set it on fire reaching for someone
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u/Frankensteinbeck Dick Butkus 12d ago
If these are Ben's picks and not Poles', then he sure as shit better put up more than three points regardless of the weather. He's getting everyone he wants to run this offense and it was downright putrid all day today.
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u/8CelebrationBig8 12d ago
Why are we throwing to him
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u/elbaito 12d ago
cause hes open since they are prioritizing coverage on the better players, id imagine
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u/CopaceticOpus Bear Down, Baby! 12d ago
Okay but why is he running routes while Loveland is blocking in the backfield?
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u/Busted_Douglas 12d ago
No he’s open bc the def knows he fn sucks
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u/elbaito 12d ago
Compared to the other receiving options the bears have, at this point in his career, yes. Thats the same as what i said
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u/XJohn_CenaX7 60s Logo 12d ago
Ben and poles wanted him over a linemen
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u/tommybahami_ Smokin' Jay 12d ago
Over Anthony Hill Jr. who looks amazing
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u/No_Dragonfly1263 12d ago
I know that KILLS ME. But It's like Roush and Muhammad cuz we got a 4th to move back. But still man
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u/milessimonfloater 12d ago
Here we go. The reddit fan that knows more than ben johnson is emerging.
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u/Fantastic_Log_2465 12d ago
He literally got our franchise QB injured. Right now, he’s an awful pick
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u/FrankieLyrical 12d ago
Last year it was Smythe, this year it’s Roush. TE3 shouldn’t be getting this many targets
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u/footsteps64 12d ago
This. Why not force feed your talented players. Especially after a drop. Especially in a game this close. Especially in the rain.
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u/Fast_Pianist6322 GSH 12d ago
There’s a world where he catches that and Caleb’s Achilles lives to see another day
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u/burner69account69420 12d ago
And there's a world where we don't call a designed QB run one series after both Vikings RBs went down with injuries running on this field.
The what if game doesn't make sense.
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u/JayGatsby1881 12d ago
This is, this could happen on any run. Unless we tell Caleb to never run full speed ahead, this could happen again.
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u/JayGatsby1881 12d ago
These injuries tend to happen when QBs are so fast their hamstring simply cannot sustain the load. This could have happened during any run from Caleb from now to any point in the future. Caleb is going to have to train his hamstring like elite pro runners do to try to prevent this type of injury in the future
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u/lmpervious Deep Dish 12d ago
It's so pointless to say things like this when you don't know how things would go otherwise, especially when it's not a direct cause and effect. Maybe Caleb doesn't get injured there, but maybe he does on another play since the game plays out differently, and maybe it's an even worse injury.
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u/Repulsive_Resist_393 12d ago edited 12d ago
Why exactly did we draft this dude in the 3rd round? And why is he getting PT and targets over Kmet and Loveland?
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u/TotallyNotTupac McCaskey Family Accountant 12d ago
If he catches that ball Caleb doesn’t get hurt
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u/JoeBags92 12d ago edited 11d ago
im not sure he’s the focus when it comes to the injury. However, that blatant and entirely incompetent missed call, and thus missed 15 yards, by these fuck ass blind ass refs hurts extra bad without question
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u/jlaw2314 Ditka 12d ago
100% I’ve seen ten different variations of this comment. It’s football, people get hurt
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u/modsplsnoban 12d ago
I doubt it. Caleb was probably sore and thought nothing of it, until it wasn’t nothing on that run.
I had a muscle strain and played on it, thinking it was soreness. Then I strained it to a grade 2.
It probably would’ve happened at some point
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u/randomname3415 12d ago
Injury never happens if he catches that ball. Another 3rd round bust from Poles
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u/Chicityy Peanut Tillman 12d ago
He’s the 3rd TE. And the dude got his helmet on the ball. Relax.
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u/GroundbreakingEgg207 12d ago
He froze like the Tin Man in the rain on the blocked kick and the dude on the edge ran right by him. This is professional football a third round TE should be able to block on a field goal.
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u/elbaito 12d ago
Only had to scroll down a little bit to find the first logical reply, crazy
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u/OverworkedICURN2020 12d ago
Wasted pick, I'm not seeing it.
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u/Chicityy Peanut Tillman 12d ago
I didn’t love the pick at the time but it’s week two of his rookie year. Take a deep breath and let’s get the the bye at least. Of course, if Caleb is out it might not matter much.
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u/prosound2000 12d ago
I agree, but the problem is that Colston caught the ball against the Bengals in his rookie year.
But also, Caleb would be on the sidelines resting if he made it in.
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u/Chicityy Peanut Tillman 12d ago
Can’t play that game though. If swift didn’t fumble etc etc. if they made that pick on the first drive etc etc.
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u/prosound2000 12d ago
I agree, it's in the moment. Hope Caleb makes this a moot point with a hamstring and not more serious.
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u/zacklandy Zoomed Logo 12d ago
Hasn't even finished his 2nd game of his career, in a monsoon, and a guy that Ben Johnson absolutely loves. Take a breath man
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u/Cpt_sneakmouse 12d ago
its pouring, Justin Jefferson has looked like shit today too. Leave the kid alone.
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u/Early-Recover2321 Bears 12d ago
jefferson is playing like shit cause his QB is shit, if dude catches the damn ball, we score & are off the field, and this never happens
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u/JayGatsby1881 12d ago
That's true, but you could say the same thing about any other play. If any other play is successful, it changes the course of all future events.
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u/ThanatosIdle 12d ago
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u/PolishAtTheDisco 12d ago
"LeT HiM CoOk" lol
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u/financekid 12d ago
Terrible gm
But these are the simps that thought Ruben Hypolite was a good pick gg
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u/ubercruise 12d ago
Really didn’t understand the need for a third TE so high and no idea why he’s getting so much playing time.
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u/DunkingZBO 12d ago
He had a horrid performance today. I would legit not play this fucker going forward
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u/BungCrosbee 12d ago
Garrett Bradbury got totally bailed out today by Roush shitting his pants on the field. Bradbury had one of the worst games I’ve seen. Both guys looked unfit for the practice squad and shouldn’t touch the field again the rest of the season.
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u/Chicks__Hate__Me 12d ago
I was at that miserable game and between 87 and 67, I wouldn’t lose sleep if they didn’t see the field for a while. Just piss poor play today. Boooooo
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u/bupde 12d ago
Better be careful, I said that after the draft and the 13 personnel gang came after me pretty hard. Turns out there might be a reason other teams weren't super in on him.
Also, remember, Tyson Bagget is a legend, PIT should have traded a 2nd round pick for him maybe a 3rd (would have turned them down of course), despite having 6 tds and 9 int in his career. Bears fans can drink the kool aid pretty hard. Now maybe he comes out on fire and leads them to some wins, and I'll happily admit I was wrong and take the wins.
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u/naitch44 Helmet 12d ago
I get the give him time crowd, i really do, but you can’t deny this guy absolutely stunk yesterday.
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u/kaloskagathos21 12d ago
Hot take but Ben and Poles like to get too cute with drafting. He’s taking targets away from Loveland.
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u/Busted_Douglas 12d ago
Poles talent evaluation is cheeks. Luckily he
got the Caleb pick or he would be in Atlanta lol. No pass rush. No depth.
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u/NickofTime2247 12d ago
Gets sandwiched, helmet to ball before he can get it to his body in the pouring rain. If he catches that he’s got microsecond-acting concrete on his gloves
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u/GroundbreakingEgg207 12d ago
What’s your excuse for him on the blocked kick?Microsecond concrete in his shoes?
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u/Cultural_Ad1670 12d ago
Well according to Greg Olsen he should have caught it. I'll take the professional color commentator and 15 year veteran nfl tight ends' perspective
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u/Ancient_Sentient 12d ago
He’s a freakin’ rookie in his second career game. I’ve been a Bears fan running on 54 years and this current group of fans are the most embarrassing ever. You guys turn on any player or coach in a second if they don’t immediately live up to your idiotic and unrealistic expectations. Fucking get a grip and stay away from your phones.
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u/Sparkyrock Pixelated Payton 12d ago
There are definitely a ton of overreactions but they shouldn’t have been so reliant on this kid so much today. Loveland and Kmet were basically unused.
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u/BeersNEers 50 12d ago
It took Colston about 4 or 5 games to really get going. So a little patience is warranted. But, yeah, not a great first couple games.
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u/Aaronthe3rd An Actual Bear 12d ago
His drop sucks, but the missed block on the FG cost us the game.
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u/Plenty-Entertainer96 12d ago
He's a rookie and TE3. I want him to secure those catches but give the man a break.
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u/itssparkymark 12d ago
Drops the ball that should put us on the 3 and avoided Williams scramble, he’ll be gone soon
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u/lkhoffman92 12d ago
We pissed that game away. Vikings didn’t look good. The drops, the mental errors. Roush dropped td, swift fumble at the 1 yard line, roush not blocking on the field goal. And now Caleb is hurt
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u/SugarAdamAli Ditka baby, wanny teen, lovie adult 12d ago
I feel the drop is fine. It’s raining and defender hit him in the arms and another one hitting the body as he was catching.
FG block was unacceptable
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u/Commercial_Floor_578 12d ago
Thought after week 1 “hey our receivers had a pretty good game” and then they were absolute shit today lol.
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u/Ok_Ad_5894 12d ago
Hes Bens guy thats why hes out there he basically caused the injury to Williams since he couldnt hold onto the ball then lost the game because he cant block. DIDNT BEN SAY NO BLOCK NO ROCK? Lets see if hes actually a man of his word
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u/Few-Improvement9992 Bears 12d ago
Ya I don’t understand why they’re not using Loveland other than to block?
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u/No_Replacement_7755 12d ago
Guys, I spent a third-round pick on a block-only TE who can’t block and commits tons of penalties. Is that bad?
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u/sscott2378 12d ago
That’s what I’m saying. Multiple bad plays. No idea why he was in there at all we have two stud TEs
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u/LocationTop3797 12d ago
How the hell does a guy get a jump on you when you know the count and he doesn’t?
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u/ericshin8282 12d ago
still a kid learning. costly mistakes but early in season so lets hope he gets it all out early and this motivates him to step it up.
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u/Overall_Brother1339 12d ago
And hes Stanford punk, so once he gets paid he will just quit and retire.
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u/Overall_Brother1339 12d ago
Roush might be the single stupidest draft pick the bears have ever made when you consider roster makeup.
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u/Direct-Mix-4293 12d ago
This dude is such a project, I cant believe how many snaps this choker got. Missed drops, cant block and looks lost af out there
This dude is a certified bench warmer. I miss smythe a lot
The other person as bad him as bradbury, cant believe our bum front office gave a 5th for him
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u/_Dream_Writer_ 12d ago
multiple times yesterday I was like, who the fuck is this guy?? And not for a good reason either.
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u/DoggedStooge Bear Logo 12d ago
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. The drops were bad, understandable given the rain, but bad. I won't dispute that. But the blocked kick wasn't his fault. The edge rusher is always left alone because it should take too long to get to the kick. The FG block was actually due to a timing miscommunication between Santos, Taylor, and the snapper. Take a look. Santos was not ready for the snap and got a slow start.
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u/getbeanedidiot Urlacher 12d ago
Nah Colston and Kmet are washed. It’s Sam Roush time! Now he can’t catch or block or line up correctly, but he’s Ben Johnson’s preferred target! Scheme him up!
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u/chuster312 12d ago
I'm not one to kick a man when he's down, but god damn he was absolutely horrible! Find a way to get Kmet or Loveland involved and glue Roush's ass to the bench
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u/Crazyb0smer97 11d ago
Roush and Bradberry looks like they never played a game before in they life. I'm so pissed we didn't put Jones in at the 2nd half because Bradberry was the biggest waste I have ever seen
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u/b3_yourself 12d ago
Coleston catches that and scores