The Quotable Bears - Week Seven

I think next season you get Urlacher back and revamp the OL through FA. The Vikings are taking it this year.

As much as a lot of people would like to blame Turner for the playcalling, I was thinking that early in the game, Cutler wasn’t giving plays time to develop enough before he threw the checkdown pass. This was even on plays where the passrush wasn’t that bad. Also, even though I’ve been defending Jay recently on his picks, the long pass on 4th and 5 which was picked off was a terrible throw and terrible decision. His propensity for throwing off his back foot is getting a little alarming. He’s starting to look beaten out there, which is concerning. I will say, however, he showed some stones on the QB sneak over the top.

I have been criticizing Harry Heisand for years and how much the blocking scheme is him vs. Turner is a question the Bears management should be examining closely. The Bears offensive line play has been terrible for a long time.

Also, what happened to our D-Line guru? We haven’t come close to the QB in two consecutive weeks.

Was anyone else concerned that the Bears new stud D-End looked more like an oversize WR than a D-lineman? That guy is skinny!!! It looked like he was wearing his dad’s jersey for Halloween, it was so big on him and what the hell was he doing in a 4 point stance? Unless you’re at the goal line or a 4th and short, there’s no place in the NFL for that grade school crap.

I agree with all of your points. I hate to say it, I like GeauxBears a lot but his 12-4 prediction may have just gone out the window. This team can finish 8-8 and that should be considered a success at this point. Lot’s of questions and holes to fill. The most frustrating part to me is, unless we pony up in free agency how can we address all our issues (LG, o-line overall, safety, CB) with our first draft pick being in the 3rd round!!!

I didn’t have my team ready to go this week.
Experience teaches you a lot and we’ve been in this spot before.

Well if we’ve been here before, and you say the experience teaches you… did you take those other games off? or shouldn’t we have learned from those games? am i missing something

The O-line is HORRIBLE!!! Ugh! Personally, I don’t think our secondary is THAT bad. I think we just had a bad game as a whole, and as you noted, the D-line isn’t doing a damn thing to help out the secondary. Very embarassing loss but we’ll move on and hopefully learn from it. Maybe this will light a fire under Lovie and the teams asses.

From the outside looking in, it seems to me as though your team has suffered a few key injuries that any team in the NFL would struggle to recover from. The loss of Urlacher, for instance, would appear to be much more than anything on paper could describe. I foresee a coaching change in your imediate future and hopefully it will be for the better; with the investment you made in Cutler and the fact that not much was done to build a foundation around him on that side of the ball, I actually figured Chicago to be a prime target for an administrative change even in the preseason. You might not have your full compliment of ammunition heading into the offseason, but if you get the right people in charge you can always find bargains with which to improve your team. You already have some pieces in place, so it’s not a lost cause and there’s no need for true rebuilding. I personally think Shanahan would be a good fit for you guys, seeing as our o-line was built under his leadership and that’s really all you need at this point. I hope you don’t mind my two cents…

I would have to say that this was some of the worst football games i have seen period. To see them coming in unprepared from the start and then just not care when the game was out of reach left me sick to my stomach. At the start of the season i was very optimistic about the season, but after these 2 games i firmly believe that this team does not deserve making the playoffs. We need to keep the handful of guys, that are young and can produce on a consistent basis. the older guys who can play can help with transition, others will just need to be cut or traded. here is how i see it some core guys to keep: knox, cutler, , olson, hester, briggs. alfalava, forte, tillman, m harrison, gains (maybe), williams (maybe); guys who can help with transition: urlacher, pisa, a brown, jones, HH, kruitz, , clark, garza, o gun; guys who can go: dusty, vasher, pace, omlya (however you spell his crappy name), manning, davis, t harris, wolf, Turner, the Tampa 2.

And I dont know if you can put the blame just on the coaching staff, or injuries. I didnt want to admit it, but the fire the bears had for defense, around 05 06 07, is gone….Every1 still thinks that bc the core of those guys are still there they should be great on defense,…. but the intensity, the energy, is gone. U can blame the cover 2, u can point at ron turner. But the truth of the matter is, the bears are no different than the teams that every1 doesnt even bother to talk about being in the playoffs, much less a contender. They are finished as a unit. Every franchise gets to this point where all there is left is the rebuilding process. It will take some time, and Im sure most fans, like me, have suffered through alot of rough going seasons, smack talking co workers, and its a shame. But this is where its at. The sooner the rebuild starts, the better.

Biggs graded this an F. Still seems a bit on the lenient side, to me.

Lovie can’t handle both. Adjustments are too slow. Example, against the Lions, moving Tillman over to cover Johnson. How long would that take an individual focused on the defense to make that change? One series? Two? But we don’t make the change until halftime. And preparation doesn’t even need to be mentioned. Doesn’t seem like we’ve had any in at least the past 3 weeks.

I’d prefer a DC but realistically what do we have to offer one? You’d be taking over an outdated scheme with personnel chosen solely to fit that system and several of the Tampa-2’s figurative fathers (Angelo, Lovie, Marinelli) still hanging around who likely are incapable of drafting for or knowing what to do with any other scheme. No real incentive for an above average DC to choose Chicago. We’re so deeply invested in the Tampa-2 on every level it would take years to rebuild.

Since Lovie loves the Tampa 2 so much. Go to Tampa and use it there. The Lovie Smith ship has sailed. Good Bye and Good Riddance.

Jerry Angelo hasn’t a clue on how to build an offensive line. Why as Denver’s new coach been able to be so successful? It’s because the old coach left him with on of the best offensive lines in the league. Look we have heroes, a quality running back, good receivers,good tight ends, and a potential top tier QB, however what we need is a “lunch pail” offensive line. It’s obvious other teams let our free agent offensive line signings go for a reason. Of course I also agree with coach Ditka, "running the ball is all about “want to”".