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PHDram
part of the reason the oline sucked is that mcvay refused to run the ball. so the bears didnt have to play the run. it puts the oline in a bad situation.
From the opening drive it seemed that the OL was playing badly.
Yes, at some point in the game McVay has to establish the run but Chicago started with a serious commitment to stop Gurley. At times they had 9 in the box. The right move there is to throw and make them pay.
Goff, the OL, and the WRs have to force the defense out of that over-aggressive determination to stop Gurley as quickly as possible. But...the OL and Goff were horrible from the start.
Anyway, this is a long winded way to say that the OL sucked before the Bears knew McVay was abandoning the run and they wouldn't have to defend it. They were a leaky sieve allowing pressure on nearly every Goff drop back.
