The Bears Den: 11/24/09

I know last week I talked about how the playoffs had started and we needed to win out. We felt that way," Smith said. "This week it’s more of a realistic approach to where we are.

This is a quote from Lovie during his Monday press conference. To me this says, “I know I said we were serious last week but we weren’t, so we decided to be REALLY serious this week since we lost”. That statement alone would make me fire him. He has no control of this team and his “half full” approach is getting tired.

Also, and I’m not agreeing with all of them yet, but , just for a second, let’s say that all the experts who are talking about Cutler’s shortcomings (poor mechanics, can’t go through progressions, locks onto his primary receiver, etc.) are correct. They are saying that if you look at films from his time in Denver that it was the case then as well, but Shannahan’s scheme let him get away with it. We’re also hearing about his lack of commitment in preparation as well. So let’s say all of this is accurate, what does that say about the Bear’s management’s ability to scout talent and go through their due dilligence process? Some of us had questions about these same things when the trade was first made, but the elation of the Bears finally making a bold move at the QB position outweighed anything else. If Cutler doesn’t turn things around next season, not necessarily get us to the Super Bowl, because we all know there are a lot of deficiancies on this team that you can’t expect any QB to get us there by himself, but at least throw more TD’s than picks and have some success in the Red Zone, then I think you have to call the trade a bust.