who said Cutler kept on audibling out of runs cause he saw run type of defensive fronts. Not sure what he saw, but certainly it was the wrong call.

I agree, the runs have to take the shortest route to the line and hit the hole before the linebackers can get there.
Here’s hoping Ron Turner either learns or goes the way of the dodo bird.

Like Olin. When he pulls out it’s a disaster.

but I would have audibled out of the run as well becuase of all the run blitzes they were doing. smaller guys or not if they have 7 guys coming against our 5 the run game is not going to work. The issue is that he must have been audibling (is that a word) to the worng play. If you want to stop the blitz, 3 stop drop and throw will nullify that. Quick outs, dump off to Forte/Olsen, etc. Get them thinking they can’t get to the QB with the blitz and then run it down their throats and it wil also open up the playaction. Very pooe gameplan from Turner. With everyone going the wrong way it almost looked like they put in a new gameplan late in the week..

Just go straight ahead and attack.

I think Turner’s playcalling was very suspect and frankly he threw too much in the first half. What happened to “We won’t be a pass-happy team just because of Jay Cutler” I think if this offense doesn’t improve, Turner will be the first to be shown the door come January.

In addition to running outside I don’t think the Bears committed to the run early enough in the game. I am not going to lie here. I was liking what I saw at first because Ron Turner was opening up the playbook on the pass more then I’ve ever seen him before. The end result however was UGLY. If the intention was to catch Green Bay off guard it didn’t work. It was a hard lesson for all of us. The Bears are and always will be a run first team. Regardless of whether you have Jay Cutler at QB or not.

I’ve enjoyed reading your post, thanks for the work.

I couldn’t agree with you more about the sweeps, seems like football 101, more fast LB’s in the game, don’t run side to side. The Bears have been saying that they get off the bus running for years. I don’t think the stats would support over the past few years..

According to the box score we ran it 31 to their 22, for 2.8 average. Maybe we should have run more between the tackles but it looked like GB’s run defense was one of the reasons that we lost.

I also thought that we ran too much on that 1st and goal in the 4th where we settled for a FG. At the very least I wanted to see a mindset change of play to win with our new franchise QB and so I was hoping for more WR options in those formations and a pass on first or 2nd down. On third down we played scared again with what seemed like a limited option play and tossed it out of the end zone.

I am more disappointed in the QB/WR play in the TOs, the poor coaching decisions costing us TOs on what seemed like challenges that had zero chance, and that IDIOTIC fake punt. The latter was such a poor decision and it wasn’t even executed properly, i.e., if you want a 12 man penalty then snap when there are 12 men on the field—why they thought a fake run up the middle would get the ball snapped quicker was not explained. This was a gift of points from fantasy land.

Our coaching staff always seems to be one step behind the competition. After the Steeler game, there will something else to point to (hopefully I’m wrong). Adjustments in general haven’t been this staff’s strength.

Why come out guns blazing? You have to establish the run and some short to middle range pass plays and get some first downs before you start tossing the ball down field. Their line was playing on our side of the ball which needs to be addressed to our lineman no doubt. They were in Cutler’s face and giving Forte no room at all to do anything. It would have been nice to see some screen plays to Forte early on to ease the aggresivness of their defense. Why we didn’t get our TE’s involved early is beyond me. I have said it many times on here and I will say it again, Ron Turner’s play calling is horrible. Why do you line up in a single back formation against a 3-4 defense? Imo you give your running back a better chance with a blocker in your full-back. I don’t remember testing the outside a whole lot with Forte probably cause Cutler was to busy throwing interceptions, but I do understand your run it straight at them approach and agree. I know that in the past we have gotten on to our coaching staff about calling a game too conservative, but come on..there has to be some balance in the near future or we will have a long season.

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For a professional QB as accurate as Jay Cutler normally is, and for a QB who has a very good command of his new playbook… one has to wonder how his passes looked so off target. Cutler took some risks with many of his throws, as he’ll often do… he’s a gunslinger. But here’s the my overall judgement.

INT #1: Dez Clark was on the outside, and the safeties were on the inside. The throw went right into the direction of the safeties toward the hash, 5 yards short and 5 yards inside of Clark. Was Clark supposed to finish a post route that he gave up on? Or, was Cutler way off target?

INT #2: Johnny Jolly makes a helluva play for a D-lineman. Cutler and the Bears right side of the line are partially at fault for tipping the play to Jolly. Jolly wasn’t fooled all. If Johnny Knox manages to stay in bounds and score a TD on the bomb that preceded it… it’s a whole different game.

INT #3: Which brings me back to Knox… on this interception, Knox is clearly running the wrong route, as he turns in toward the post, while the throw ends a good 7 yards behind him at the outer hash mark.

INT #4: Johnny Knox, once again, gives up on the short slant, and allows Al Harris to jump the pass. Even worse, he gives up so badly, that he falls down. If he stuck his route, and keeps his body in front of Harris, it’s likely not intercepted, and maybe pass interference.

Another play that’s not on the reel: the TD pass that Dez Clark dropped in the back of the endzone, because he didn’t finished his route. When he turned to look back at Jay, the ball was surprisingly in the air and, he reached and dropped it.

A quality receiver, on the same page as his QB, would not have made those mistakes. The receiver would be where his QB expects him to be.

Charles Robinson on Yahoo Sports also said that Cutler was audibling out of run plays into pass plays. It looks like the Packers were definately coming out looking to stop the pass first…

Never abandon the run especially in a tight game like that one. Their one and only touchdown came off when they ran the ball to set up the TD pass to Hester. Also Hester had a good game, but he should have had a even better game if Cutler was looking more his way.