The Bears Den: October 28, 2010

He was paid handsomely to not make rookie mistakes as the most important player on the team.

I would love to see him turn it around (who wouldn’t) but questioning if he is a big problem seems to automatically mean we wanna run him outta town on a rail, in some people’s minds.

Everyone wants to continue to give him a pass and say it’s part of the learning process, but it’s definitely not. He’s 27 years-old and has been in the league long enough to know how to win games. Throwing a bomb on first down to Knox with 2 minutes to go, down only 3 is proof positive he doesn’t mentally get “it.” Learning a new complex system isn’t a very good reason cause I just read on espnchicago about how Martz is “dumbing it down” for the offense right now.

Despite Martz’s reputation for carrying a diverse offensive playbook, of Chicago’s 425 snaps, 389 have come from two formations (three receivers and two tight ends), according to ESPN Stats and Information, opening up the possibility the Bears may be too predictable.

It’s called the forward pass, it’s reasonably popular these days.

I heard there’s some guy in Indianapolis that uses it.

could use some upgrades?

He was asked directly about the wide receivers. Hence his use of “guys” and “they.”

Context is a fantastical thing.

ur digging for shit and not finding a turd.

Just find relevant stuff and not grab and pull things out of context bruh

Where are the positive signs of growth? I can’t find anything of true significance myself.

To your point … I too think a majority of the fan base is just tired of this team’s performance and it starts with the front office/coaching staff. Sure the expectations on Jay were high – we – I mean Jerry Angelo – thought the acquisition of Cutler would improve everyone around him – probably even the offensive line.

The college of coaches we’ve acquired clearly hasn’t done anything to improve the team, or Lovie’s ability to challenge a play. The receivers are still mediocre at best. The offensive line blows. The defensive line obviously should have improved the secondary – but outside of DJ Moore, who is playing out of his mind at times – we still can’t cover anyone and are ultimately a threat to no offense worth half it’s salt.

It’s too bad Julius Peppers is playing with all those mortals out there. It must be absolutely frustrating that he has to not only rush the passer, but also might be forced to tackle everyone on the field at once.

I’m not on the ledge because I knew this team was going to win games it shouldn’t and lose games it shouldn’t. They’re par for the course, and once we get past this very winnable Buffalo game (which we’ll totally lose by 3) … we’ll smoke Minnesota and then revert back to the current pattern.

Who is Kyle Orton?

It seems Jay was beating the Martz offense percentages in picks. When Martz was announced OC and demonstrated he hasn’t changed his offense, anyone expecting Cutler to have a low int. % were fooling themselves.

Martz is known for sacks (check), yards (check), no running (check) and ints (% was way low for the year).

Still does not excuse the piss poor play of Cutler that game but one can only cheat the odds so long. Anyone expecting different were seeming to expect something out of the percentages.

Plus right now, people are negative because the schedule is going to be very tough from now on. So, instead of being 6-2 or 7-1 where we should be after Buffalo, we can only be 5-3. We can still put stuff together and make the playoffs—we will just have to do it against playoff material teams. Let’s go BEARS!

If it was just this one call you could say that everyone makes a mistake but I read something the other day that said throughout his career, Lovie is only 18 for 58 on challenges. He’s been wrong 70% of the time!!!!

You can’t blame anyone else for that kind of record because even if he’s getting bad information, as HC it’s up to him to put people in the booth who can do the job! I would fire him just for this, it’s unforgiveable.

LeGere also points out that

That group represents nearly one-fifth of a team’s starting lineup, but Bears general manager Jerry Angelo seems to believe that talent isn’t as necessary on the offensive line as it is at the other positions

but my first thought was that it’s almost half of the team that takes the the field on offense…..

Except for that O-Line.