So now you want them to 'get off the bus running'?

a bit more balance, just because the line can’t block anybody, and if Jay keeps taking 6+ sacks a game, his career is going to end before our very eyes. It doesn’t need to be, and shouldn’t be a 50/50 split since we do have Jay, with that howitzer he has, but if he’s constantly on the ground, it doesn’t make a difference.

I still think Martz is right for this offense, but he needs to establish the run a little more often.

You’re dead on that Cutler missed several hot-reads. I didn’t see him pointing out any of the DBs crowding the line. Every sack he took seemed to be off the edge, from an untouched Seahawk.

before someone posts your boy Roy’s video so he can tell us what was suppose to happen.

But anyway where in the hell is the FB Dive!!!!!

is to alter your passing scheme a bit. Just like in the Dallas game, choose to use a quick-hit philosophy rather than trust your shaky line and QB to make the right decisions; decisions that have yet to show up in tape. As soon as you do this successfully teams will be hesitant to release the hounds.

Everyone knew the Hawks were coming, but still Jay wouldn’t adjust and neither would Martz. It’s sickening to think both of these guys are so stubborn in their ways and egomaniacal that they wouldn’t change for the better of the team. Stupid of us fans to think the Dallas game wasn’t an aberration.

And we’ll never know if the Bears would have kept running the ball if they would have finally cracked through with some big gains. But I’m fairly certain that if the Bears would have run the ball more, yet still lost, all we’d be hearing about is, ‘the Bears should have thrown more’.

No we won’t know if they would have busted some long runs, but it’s very likely that they would have.

I don’t really see the point in this article to be honest. The Bears ran the ball 11 times and only lost by 3 points. Cutler was sacked 6 times. They should have run the ball more. This point is inarguable. Maybe they would have still lost the game, but they should have run the ball more. When your biggest weakness is a developing offensive line that struggles mightily in blitz pick-ups, dropping back to pass 80% of the time plays right into the defenses hands. We should have run the ball more. We were 1 long run away from loosening up the defense.

Coming off the heels of a 170 yard rushing effort, the previous freaking game, this is self-evident, axiomatic, irrefutable.

Thus, we were out-coached and out-played.

And finally allow me to finish your sentence… “But let’s keep pounding away. The definition of insanity is…” giving up on the run when you lead the league in sacks.

The Bears didn’t lose because of the 80/20 pass/run ratio

But they sure as hell are becoming predictable because of it.

1. The Bears have just taken the ball on offense. They will now;

A. Pass the ball
B. Pass the ball
C. Pass the ball
D. All of the above

2. Second down and 10 the Bears now;
(repeat until annoyed)

Regarding this, “Those DBs coming clean off the edge could have been the pick up of the tackles, but they very well could have been the responsibility of Cutler or the backs.”

If a DB is rushing past a tackle on his way to the QB, and said tackle has no one in front of him to pass block, in fact no one in front of him at all, shouldn’t he get a piece of that DB instead of letting him rush past him? I know there are layers of responsibility, but really, that seems like a no brainer to me if I’m a tackle. If I’m wrong tell me why. Thanks

but even a little more balance – like 60/40 pass – might’ve helped get the o-line in a rhythm, kept the defense honest, and kept the heat off of Cutler. It’s not like Seattle made the Bears one-dimensional – Martz made them like that. I believe they ran the ball seven times in the first quarter and then only like 4 or 5 times for the rest of the game. That’s barely even trying to establish a run game.

The Bears came into the game as one of the best run defenses in the league, but that didn’t stop Seattle from pounding the rock. Sure they didn’t rip off any huge gains, but they chipped away just enough to make the D respect the run and actually had us on our heels with the playaction pass.

I’m not saying running the ball more by itself would’ve won the game for us, but you can’t say it wouldn’t have helped.

If the run is not working, why would you continue. The passing game was mismanaged but still had more success than the running game. Running doesn’t loosen defenses up unless it works, and it wasn’t working. We need to dump it off more, big plays are great but you need to drive it down the field. The Bears had 3 receivers with long catches more than any Seattle receiver, yet we did not score a passing TD, short passes work well and we need to make more of them.

We have yet to see a solid performance in all aspects of the game.

Every week, win or lose, there are glaring inconsistencies (I’m being kind) in the play from TH OL (consistently) the defense and the coaching. Even our Special Teams play, which has been pretty good at times, is no the dominant force we’ve been capable of in the past.

I am strongly leaning towards putting the bulk of the blame on the coaching staff. We look under prepared, overmatched and confused on the field. I always thought this is what the week of practice prior to game day was for.

It’s about establishing a fundamental cohesive unit on the O-line. It has little to do with the “threat” of a the running game. It’s all about 2 things:

1. Developing a coherent group of blocking O-linemen who can build confidence and trust in one another by lining up side by side and pushing the defense backward.

2. Not further injuring your QB by asking him to take repeated 7-step drops with no hope of anything other than getting drilled on every play.

The running game can be a development opportunity for the lesser experienced linemen to simply wear down the opposition by leaning forward on them for a few plays.
The Bears offense has atrocious football fundamentals and not running just makes them worse. After the game there was this recurrent theme of " we passed because we were behind" from Lovie and Cutler and the rest of the offense. That’s crap. It was a close game until the end. The Bears had every opportunity to actually commit to running the football and they simply didn’t do it. BTW, what moron calls for a 7-step drop on their own 5 yard line?

 It’s like any parent can attest. You do not say to your 2 year old, “Well you’ve mastered using the bathroom by yourself…now here’s the keys to my car and a few beers…go make good decisions.” This isn’t about the stupid Lovie football cliches, but perhaps realizing that adding complexity to a team that lacks fundamental discipline is a recipe for disaster.