This is a league of adjustments. The Bear’s opponents have changed to beat the Bear’s scheme, the Bears in turn are stale with their game plans and completely unable to make critical in game adjustments.

Predictability is the curse of the defense, our defense or any defense and to some extent last week the Bear’s offense.

It’s clear the outside technique of the corners is being exploited. The Titans didn’t attempt one sideline out pass of more than a few yards, opting for the gimme slant route open all day, as it has been, in addition to some deep seem routes.

One thing to do is to mix up the inside/outside corner techniques to make the offense guess. If our corners can jump a few slant routes for a couple a picks or at least pass breakups, that will create some confusion for the offense.

Next is pressure. We need to blitz with corners and safeties to generate pressure. Slamming a linebacker into a lineman is just D-U-M-B. We aren’t getting there. Effective blitz teams like the Giants, Eagles, and in the AFC the Steelers and Ravens, overload one side and/or bring pressure from a VARIETY of players and positions in well DISGUISED blitz packages. Our safeties and corners are fast and physical and our linebackers are fast and good in coverage. MIX IT UP!

The Bears have some good players on defense, but they are not being put in position to make plays by their unimaginative coaching staff. I don’t think Babich has the experience or intelligence to coach at the NFL coordinator level in a difference maker way. His sound bites after each repeat unacceptable performance from his unit are absurd. Smith is not very good either.

The players know this and the frustration is spewing out into the “almost regrettable” post game media comment, regrettable not for the potential of a comment that doesn’t toe the lame company line, but more regrettable given management’s penchant for retribution toward players who speak up (See Brian Greise) in the media.

why not put daniel manning back at nickel he has great speed, let him develop. Play graham instead of vasher we have all heard how well he was playing. Really is there any body in a our secondary or pass rush doin a damned thing

briggs and urlacher cant do everything

The problem here isn’t that the league suddenly figured out this defense, which has been around much longer than most believe it is. This defense works when a team has the proper personnel. Just like the 3-4 won’t work without a big-time anchor tackle in the middle the Cover2 won’t work without a front four that is incapable of getting to the quarterback. That is what the Cover2 is predicated on. Once the Bears start bringing corners, linebackers and safeties in as blitzers the scheme falls apart, and not only that, but the players left in coverage need to play off of their receivers because they don’t have as much help over the top. If Babich continues to blitz as much as he has done so far this year(which is a lot more than most fans believe) he needs to get more creative with a)the types of blitzes he uses and b)who he sends in to blitz.
Another thing about the Bears defense: People look at this team and see how well we stuff the run and wonder why we can’t stop the pass like other teams that also stuff the run have. The answer is that any team in the league can stuff the run if it commits as many players in the box as the Bears did against Tennessee. The really good defenses are good enough to stuff the run with their front seven, leaving more players in the secondary to stop the pass. Babich had Mike Brown stack the box all day long against the Titans, leaving Tillman, Vasher and Payne to cover the receivers and tight ends. No wonder they played off of their receivers. Even with Urlacher dropping down to cover the middle the defensive backs still had to play off therefore allowing Kerry Collins to pick them apart on short slants off of three step drops.
The bottom line is that as long as the front four is not bringing the heat all by it’s lonesome the defense will continue to be picked apart.

if the QB is throwing the ball on 3 step drops to open receivers who are given a 5 yard cushion by the corners. i don’t care how good a pass rusher you are, if you are blocked, it is extremely hard to put pressure on a QB when he’s getting the ball out that quickly. if our CBs get to play closer and more physical (vasher seemed to imply this is what would fix the problem), like jamming receivers, the receivers won’t be wide open 5 seconds after the snap, meaning the QB has to hold on to the ball a little longer, which buys our line more time to put on pressure, which i expect they will. if we keep playing this soft zone defense, the good QBs will absolutely devour our defense.