Why have we seen over the last few weeks our DL get dominated in the passing and rushing games? What’s up with Coach Marinelli?

maybe because we don’t have the personnel here either? Marinelli has only had 2 weeks with Gaines Adams so far. but with all offseason with TH and Ogun and Brown and MA… maybe they just aren’t that great anymore

Injuries: Yikes. And now we have another game in three days. Friggin great. You know what though? We will beat San Francisco.

i dont know that we will, Singletary has the same issues we do, lack of talent in personnel, but he gets 100 percent out of them, i can’t say we get 100 percent out of ours, and A Smith to Crabtree/Davis has been dangerous.

for not blaming it all on the coaches, as some people have been. While I believe that part of it is related to coaching, it isn’t just them. Nice post and I agree with your points. I’m hoping that the team will finally mesh and pull out a win on Thursday, but only time will tell.

They went home without showering.

Hilarious.

While they still broke down and sucked a large part of the game, there were spurts where they did a good job of protecting the QB. Kudos guys.

This is just bad… We are basically saying, “thanks for not sucking… too much.” What have we, as fans, been reduced to?

Our GM brought in three new offensive linemen, and none of them have helped

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It seems like half of our roster is comprised of defensive linemen, and we still chose to trade our 2010 2nd round draft pick for another pass rusher.

Jerry Angelo is NOT a good GM. He might not even be an adequate one. Point to ANY success story of Angelo’s and you’ll find 3 times that number of poor decisions. And next year we have no draft picks until the 3rd round. Future’s looking REAL BRIGHT around Halas Hall. Thanks, Jerry!

And see why we’ve been a .500 team since the SB.

Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, the reason why Marinelli is considered a great DL coach is because he coached a great DL. Tampa’s DL was incredible. I remember when Marinelli was signed everybody went ape shit because he was going to turn around the Bears terrible pass rush. How’s that going? Time to blow this team up. Keep Cutler and Forte on O and let everybody walk on D.

Obviously, Angelo has the final say and has not done a good job, but you don’t make a guy one of the highest paid coaches in the league and not give him input on personnel. Let’s not forget Adam Archuleta, Orlando Pace, Pisa Tinaisomoa, and coaching choices like Terry Shea and Bob Babich. Also, Angelo has had to go after the type of player that fits Lovie’s beloved Cover-2, which doesn’t leave many options if you get injuries or players don’t work out, if you have to adjust when your scheme isn’t working.

Personally, I see Lovie’s inability to adjust in games and his stubborn attitiude toward “his way” with schemes and players as the biggest reason this downward spiral has taken place. My biggest problem with Angelo is letting Lovie get away with it for so long. Also, if the continuous pattern of sticking with certain players is due to pressure from the GM, then Angelo needs to be called on the carpet for that as well.

The whole management team needs to take responsibility for this fiasco. All that said, I agree with most people that I don’t see the McCaskey’s buying out any contracts with 2 or more years left, unless we go winless the rest of the season. What I would love to see happen is, if the Bears lose to SF on Thursday, all fans who are in attendance at the next home game should get up an leave at halftime if the Bears are behind at the half. That kind of statement on a nationally televised game would be about the only thing that would force a change this year.

I know, it will never happen, but a guy can dream…..

When players don’t perform up to standard, it’s usually a combination of the coaches not motivating the players enough and the players not performing off of that teaching/guidance. It’s up to the HC and his staff to find a way to get these guys playing consistently well. That hasn’t happened; actually, the case can be made that the coaches have regressed this season and the past two seasons after the SB appearance. It’s time to cut ties or else this same result will happen again next year. Might as well start the rebuilding with a new staff, philosophy, and direction.

In order for Lovies’ pic strip and run style of defense to work the guys who were selected and paid to execute have to execute! How can Lovie be to blame for injuries to Urlacher, Tillman, Tommie Harris knees and his physical and mental deficiencies, Pisa, and ongoing Hunter Hillenmayer health issues. The LB’s are depleted, our top defensive lineman is either hurt or crazy, and our best ball picker and strippers, Tillman and Urlacher are down. Lovie is to blame??? No way!

It’s virtually impossible to have any inkling of hope that we’ll make the playoffs with this defense.

Why do people keep talking about Cutler on here? We should be talking about how pathetic our defense is.

That was painful to here the commentators compare our team to a high school team. Yet, it made sense.

I guess I choose the wrong year to pay $300 for the Sunday Ticket in order to see all of our games.

Time to start playing our rookie draft picks to see if any of them don’t suck!

Coaching: Coaches are not finding ways to motivate the players and prepare them for games – that is what coaches are supposed to do.
Players: Players are not stepping up, not only by making plays but in the intangible role of LEADERSHIP.
I was tempted to name names when it comes to players who have failed to sack up, but I will leave that to others. Suffice it to say that our defense has collapsed, and no one has lifted a finger to try to hold it together. Someone is missing – ask yourself who.
On offense, the lack of a competent offensive line is damning. Again ask yourself who has gotten the pub here for being all pro and yet has not come through when needed.

Is it just me, or is Tommie Harris the Bears’ version of the Cubs’ Milton Bradley?

Instead of winning the toss and electing to kick off we should recieve it first. So we can get off to a lead instead of trailing every game and trying to catch up