Holding Jerry Angelo accountable for the O-Line

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could not agree more! The window IS closing.

but he never seems to be at fault for early round mediocre players?

But there are still some stud tackles available in the first round. My favorite right now is Joseph Barksdale from LSU. He’s big and VERY technically sound, and is surprisingly fast for a player of his size (6’5, 315). Castonzo from Boston College is another solid prospect, but I am permanently gun-shy about drafting guys from that school (for obvious reasons). DeMarcus Love from Arkansas is another OT who should go sometime during the first two rounds.

The center position, however, is LOADED this year: Wisniewski from Penn State, Hudson from Free Shoes University, O’Dowd from USC are all great prospects. And while Pouncey twin No.2 from Florida is currently playing center, I expect him to probably migrate back to the guard position sometime before April (he’s a much better fit at G, IMO).

I like Chris Williams a lot, but he doesn’t strike me as a franchise LT. Do you guys like him as a right tackle?

I presume that Angelo was at least partially responsible for shipping Alex Brown out of here, which I disagreed with and still do.

It seems everyone knew about Chris Williams back issues before the draft, but Angelo drafted him anyway. Also I recall reading scouting reports questioning his temperament for the position as well as his arms being too short.

I agree, you invest in a QB heavily and you MUST protect that investment. Clearly, that has been a failure so far.

We all complain, and rightfully so, about JA/Lovie’s draftpicks on offense, but look at the defensive side of the ball as well. Who are the impact Defensive players that have been selected by this dynamic duo. Make no mistake regarding Lovie’s input in the draft, either. Here are two supposedly defensive minded people and there are no impact players on that side of the ball whom they drafted.

The only one you could possibly mention is Tommie Harris but that lasted only 3 seasons and the last 3 have been a near disaster.

Because I feel like we the fans need to hold him accountable. He felt “the pieces are in place” Well BS, Jerry. You going to come out and throw Martz’s system under the team bus because of its protection schemes?

Furthermore, I feel like Angelo tries deliberately to find gems rather than draft with common sense. In the Bears’ storied past they had GMs who would look to the future; Bill George was still playing when the team draft Butkus, they drafted Anderson when Payton was still here. Other teams do these things too like the Colts taking Wayne when they had Harrison. Smart GMs build for the future and frankly, not only is the o-line not cutting it but with Urlacher not getting any younger and late round hopeful Mark Anderson not working out, spend a higher pick on MLB or DE, then we’ll have depth for the future and be able to have a player to help out Peppers.

But who could have imagined how the line would play in in 07? Fast forword to Tait’s sudden retirement, St. Clair leaving to cleveland, and Pace’s unwillingness to play RT, Jerry’s decisions were reduced.

and now Cutler is paying the price. we need to get proven linemen NOW, regardless if it costs us 1st round or not

Jerry Angelo was the main guy that came to my mind when the O-line was allowing those vicious sacks. Maybe this will slap some sense into Angelo where he will now put the same premium he put into building defensive lines into offensive lines.

“Oh but he finds gems in the lower rounds ……”

Translation: He whiffs on the most important, most critical, most expensive picks.

“Oh but he got us Jay Cutler …”

Reality: No he didn’t. Having Kyle Orton as a bargaining chip got us Jay Cutler.

Somebody with a lot of time on their hands should do a small website dedicated to listing all of Angelo’s diabolical decisions.

Teams that win superbowls don’t necessarily have the best starters, but they have the best rosters. One guy goes down, another one steps in with little or no difference. We have never even had the right lineup of starters. We got to the super bowl with a bad quarterback, but as soon as Tommie and Mike Brown went down there was no one to step in and we got hammered. If it ain’t all good, it’s all on you Jerry ….