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Read some of MS posts. He is suggestimg teams were geared towards stoping Trubs. More likely they simply understood they didnt need an extra LB to stop the run.
Teams play nickel more than 50% of the time against most opponents not just Bears. QBs have to throw into nickel a ton. Case in point the Packers base D against everyone is nickel not just Bears. Part of reason why they suck against the run.
And again Trubs is partly responsible for not checking into runs as often times he has an option to run or pass. So the mental midget is not absolved is the point.
And the fact they could not run when they should have cost the Bears the game twice against the Packers.
While Trubisky had some problems with reading defenses, the times the Bears did run in running situations was not effective. So It is hardly to blame on Trubisky. Also, I posted stats on the defenses that the Bears runners faced.....Cohen ran into passing defenses over 80% of the time and managed to average 3.3 yards.....it seems like they put him in good running situations but he could not succeed...Montgomery's runs were just over 51% into passing defenses. Most of the runs were Montgomery's.
Contrast that with the Texans for example, where Hyde could run into 43% passing fronts and Johnson 65%........Well under what the Bears faced......