Should the Bears use the Wildcat?

I think the risk has more to do with Hester fumbling the ball in traffic or getting injured. Forte has yet to fumble the ball. This is actually a feat. When he finally does fumble I hope people understand he’s gone 7 games with a shit-ton of carries without one. With a LOT of contact at or behind the line.

Either the first or second string QB has to be on the field with the offense. If one of those two is not on the field, then the first stringer is not allowed to return to the game. In other words, only way to keep Orton safe is to throw Grossman out there as a sacrificial lamb.

Usually they don’t pay much attention to the QB but I have to say, remember back in the 80s when Payton used to throw on trick plays to McMahon? I’d kill to see Hester or Booker or Forte throwing to Orton, haha!

The single-wing is old and busted. New hotness: double wing!

But seriously, I want to see more no-huddle. It’s really good when we run it, and we should be able to run it more.

I like the creative thinking, but unless you need zero mobility from the QB position, the Bears should pass. Maybe line up in a screwy formation every now and then, but that is about it.

Tiller installed an option package at Purdue for Orton’s senior year and everyone was waiting for him to get killed. I don’t think they used it much after the first handful of games.

Hell, Orton probably still has flashbacks from that.

And not get hurt, I’m pretty sure Orton who’s a pretty tough dude can do it.

I’m all for it.
But I don’t want to see it til we until we need a must win game, and we use it to confuse the hell out of people.
We have the personnel to do it.

Forte=Can handle a direct snap.
Booker=Played QB in college/HS I believe. He has past experience. In his last stint with the Bears that was their #1 trick play the WR pass.
Davis=Played in the Arena league so he’s used to those gimmicky plays.
And Hester =God
So I think we can do it, I just want to see it used against the Lions.
Save it for when we need it.

We have our own little gimmick working for us right now: the no-huddle. I’d like to see us keep doing that, and prefect it, while using more of a hurry-up offense to change the pace when the time is right.

Our no-huddle offense right now is the equivalent of what Peyton Manning does. It’s not really a hurry up, Orton and Manning just organize the play from the LOS, instead of the huddle. They usually wind the play clock down close to zero every snap anyway. The advantage is that Orton gets to keep the defense from rotating, because once the Bears offense is at the LOS, the D can’t risk a substitution for fear of a quick snap.

It’s made our crappy O-line look really good. And our crappy WRs look good too.

I just don’t know if Turner can pick the right spots for ’em.

If you want Orton to be subjected to big hits, then yes I would love to see it!

maybe try it once to see if you can fool the defense, but nothing where you’re going to do it a few times per game.