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by WCG on Dec 6, 2007 7:58 AM CST in News Comment 13 comments

A little fantasy football humor to start your day.

Ogunleye's prescription to turning this around? The Bears need to get ugly.

According to Adewale Ogunleye, the Bears defense can improve the way it stops the run simply by getting to the ball more often in a bad mood.

"The effort has been good and we run to the ball. It's just when we get there, we have to get there a little more angry," Ogunleye said Tuesday.

Look out, but if you haven't been paying attention Rex Grossman has been trying to become a real QB. Besides his increasingly better play he is becoming a leader and vocal about what he wants to see in the offense. Along with asking for Bradley on the field, he wants the Bears to run the no huddle more often and soon.

If Rex Grossman has any say in the matter -- and he does -- the 5-7 Bears could utilize more no-huddle offense in the future, maybe as soon as Thursday night's 7:15 game against the 5-7 Redskins at FedEx Field.

"I like it a lot, just for the fact that you're able to get to the line and see what the defense is going to do," Grossman said. "They pretty much have to show you what they're doing, and then you can even call the play off of that. It's nice in that respect. They can't disguise as much. They can't run around.

Though some disagree...

Deion Sanders again calls for Hester to be more involved and Ron Turner continues to be slow and stubborn.

'You haven't seen Devin as a receiver,'' Sanders complained. ''Every time I've seen him, he's five yards behind somebody. I just can't understand why we don't see him more. I don't understand why you don't put him in the shotgun in third-and-one. I don't understand the creativity. You've got all week, you've got all year. I don't understand how he has been utilized. I think it baffles the whole stadium, the crowd, the writers, everyone.

''Please. Use him like what [Michael] Vick and Vince Young have done. All he has to do is get in shotgun and read the darn end. Second-and-one or short distances, it isn't like there is a running game here. You could create some matchups that are just tremendous.''

After rolling his eyes, Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner revealed that's in the works for Hester, who has only 15 offensive touches.

''That's something that we have talked about and played around with a little bit that we'll get to,'' Turner said. ''In time, we're going to do some of that stuff.''

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Ron Turner has no fucking clue how to utilize Hester. He says "that's something that we've talked about and played around with". Bull Shit!
This is Week 14!!! How much talking and playing around with do you need Turner? And sorry, getting to the ball angry is not the problem on stopping the run. We have an undersized defensive line that is getting their asses kicked by the offensive line. Not to mention, the missed tackles. Everybody slams Archuleta, what about D. Manning? That guy sucks at tackling too.

GO BEARS!!!!!

by McRipper on Dec 6, 2007 8:08 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

turner's been bad since he came back

we just didn't notice it as much last year because a) rex was really good when he wasn't blitzed and b) the o-line performed much better. thomas jones has often mentioned that defenses knew exactly what was coming...not a good sign for an OC. this year, everyone brings pressure and the line can't block nor open holes. hence why we're noticing his shortcomings much more. he better be fired this offseason...

by guy incognito on Dec 6, 2007 8:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

hester...

... haven't we covered this over and over?

There have to be legitimate reasons why Hester has not been used in the offense more.

Some possible reasons:

He doesn't get the offense, meaning he can't remember plays, positioning, blocking assignments, reading coverage and in turn routes, etc.
He can't catch

visit the mindful mission.

by big_lowitzki on Dec 6, 2007 9:15 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Must stress

"can't catch"

That's a HUGE idea why.

"Hey guys, lookit me! I'm WIDE open and the ball hit me in the chest but, no sir, I ain't gonna catch it!"

by Arbusto on Dec 6, 2007 9:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

besides the one huge drop

hester's done well catching the ball. he had a couple key grabs in the game-winning drive vs. philly. the drop was terrible, but i don't remember him dropping many others. he may not know the offense that well, and that's a valid reason to keep him off the field, but the "run deep" play w/ hester should be used at least once a game.

by guy incognito on Dec 6, 2007 10:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

well...

... he hasn't exactly shown that he has good hands when he fields punts/kicks either.

visit the mindful mission.

by big_lowitzki on Dec 6, 2007 10:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You're right

There has to be a reason why he's not in the offense much. But come on, get him involved some how. If he's that stupid and has that bad of hands, why even put him out there then?

GO BEARS!!!!!

by McRipper on Dec 6, 2007 12:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

because...

... he is a play maker. That is quite clear.

The problem playing him more often is that an offense can't really afford to have a guy who needs to have every play explained to him, or who will constantly make stupid mistakes.

Don't get me wrong - I would love to see Hester get more touches. But I also have seen, in the limited time Hester has been on offense, that Hester has a limited understanding of the offense. And that is quite problematic.

visit the mindful mission.

by big_lowitzki on Dec 6, 2007 12:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

with everything you've said. Everyone knows he's a playmaker, but what good does it do our offense to have a playmaker out there if they don't use him? As an NFL player, there's no excuse that he can't comprehend this shitty, predictable offense. Even if he just goes out there and runs as fast as he can down a straight line through the secondary, he's going to open up other options.

GO BEARS!!!!!

by McRipper on Dec 6, 2007 1:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hopefully, he'll catch on...

However, anyone notice his lack of skill in route running. On that long play last week, I think one of the reasons that he didn't catch that long ball was that he wasn't running straight ahead. He was kind of veering off and so the ball hit him more toward the shoulder than where it would have landed had he run straight.

I might just be reading too much into that particular play though.

by dejackso on Dec 6, 2007 2:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We can't have

3-4 passing routes for Hester and use him out of the backfield the rest of the time, a few handoffs, a few screen passes, a lot play action.

This seems to easy...

10-15 touches a game on offense...minimum.

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by thecubreporter on Dec 6, 2007 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I understand reservations about Hester...

...so this isn't some nail-in-the-coffin thing, but if Turner is kept around next year, I'm jumping ship. I don't care if they get McNabb, 7 All-Pro lineman, Chad Johnson, Antonio Gates and whoever the fuck else. Turner is just not bright as an offensive coordinator.

by tyger1147 on Dec 6, 2007 10:01 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

fixing the article

After rolling his eyes, Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner... returned to designing an end-around for Hester that will lose 5 yds. Then he went on to designing a quick pass to Devin in the flat where he will not be moving and be obliterated by a safety.

Unleash your inner Grabowski.

by jrm78 on Dec 6, 2007 11:14 AM CST reply actions 0 recs