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Monday Night Observations

It's tough to watch a crappy game between mediocre to bad teams on Game Rewind when you know the score in advance. Even the condensed version takes 40 minutes, and you want to fast forward, but you realize there's nothing to skip - all the commercials and huddles have already been taken out. So I watched until all the non-Eddie Royal return TD scoring had happened and shut it off.

• Everyone in my Twitter feed was raving about Carson Wentz, and I could see why. He made some good throws under heavy pressure and scrambled well when rushed. But he also managed 5.6 YPA against a weak Bears pass defense, though it would have been higher but for a bad drop by Jordan Matthews on a long throw. Essentially Wentz passes the eye test so far, but the numbers don't back it up yet.

• Jay Cutler might be hurt again. I actually feel bad for the guy. He's always running for his life behind that terrible line and always out with one ailment or another. He actually had 9.2 YPA against a better defense, but took three sacks and threw a pick. Backup Brian Hoyer isn't good, but he's probably good enough to keep Alshon Jeffery productive as Hoyer was DeAndre Hopkins' QB last year.

• Jeremy Langford's hold on the running back job is as tenuous as can be. He lost a fumble and averaged 2.8 YPC. Maybe the rookie Jordan Howard gets more work in Week 3.

• Darren Sproles had more carries (12) than Ryan Mathews (9), but Mathews scored both TDs. This doesn't bode well for Mathews having a consistent workload.

• I would buy low on Kevin White. He had six targets (only one fewer than Jeffery), likely gets a new QB who doesn't already have the rapport with Jeffery and got nine yards on a running play - the Bears obviously want to get the ball in his hands.