Faster tempo allows Colts, Luck to hold off Bears 29-23
Luck was 18-of-24 for 195 yards and a touchdown in the first half and was only legitimately sacked once (the other was a dropped snap in the shotgun).
“T.Y. was doing a heck of a job all day of creating space and getting open”, Luck said.
Freeman expressed interest in wanting to stay with the Colts but said he didn’t fault them when they made a decision to go in a different direction. Hilton, in particular, ate up Cre’Von LeBlanc whenever that matchup presented itself-imagine that?
If those options aren’t available, fans can also subscribe to NFL Gamepass for online streaming coverage. Also, Chester Rogers had 39 yards in two receptions. At the same time, this certainly looks like a step in the right direction for the Bears’ front seven.
The Colts, who love to build insurmountable deficits in the first half and rely completely on the transcendent skill of Andrew Luck in the second half, did just that against the Jaguars Sunday. And they paid the price for it in the end. The Bears fall to 1-4 and lost despite putting up more than 500 yards total offense. “He just works his butt off and keeps kicking”. Only one stat matters – points – and the Bears allowed the Colts to score some they shouldn’t have, and failed to score ones of their own that they should have.
But after a late Bears fumble led to Adam Vinatieri’s fifth field goal, Hoyer couldn’t convert on fourth-and-8 from Indy’s 28-yard line. Rookie Jordan Howard ran over the Lions for 111 yards off of 23 carries.
The Bears’ chances to win the game diminished – goodbye! – and Kyle Long put his arm around Meredith before he even reached the sideline.
The Colts’ final sigh of relief came when Bears quarterback Brian Hoyer threw an incomplete pass to Meredith on fourth down from the Colts’ 28-yard line.
Jeffery finished with 77 yards on five catches, but for nearly three quarters, his stat line was one catch for eight yards. “That just wasn’t the case for me so I can’t cry over spilled milk”.
Quarterback Brian Hoyer is having himself a great season while playing for the injured Jay Cutler, and there’s even talks of continuing to allow Hoyer to play even when Cutler is healthy. They’re big, they’re physical. Bad throws are tough.
Get Howard rolling early- After three weeks of offensive ineptitude, the Bears finally committed to the run. If he had, he would’ve seen the backside safety run up to take away the underneath route, meaning Jeffery was 1-on-1 with Davis again.
“Dude, he’s made so many friggin’ plays”, Long said after the 29-23 loss. He continues to show patience and decisiveness running the football, often making one cut and hitting holes hard.
Luck needs one rushing TD to tie John Unitas (13) for No. 3 in franchise history among quarterbacks, two to tie Bert Jones (14) for No. 2 on franchise’s career list by QB. “I don’t think that’s on one guy”.
“I’m not going to get into speculation”, Fox said.
Who is responsible for their current state: Coaches and management or players? “We think that we can affect him with pressure and I know that whether that’s four-man pressure, three-man pressure, six-man or seven-man those things need to be effective for us, right now he’s 103 passer rating so we know that we’ve got a challenge ahead of us on Sunday”. I saw it just from being there and I see it from watching the tape.