And business is not good. Da Bears' season is over.
Last year's luck has run out. No more third string quarterbacks. No more not having players on the injury list.
Yes, Da Bears have played some good teams with potent offenses; however, Da Bears themselves were supposed to be a good team with an elite defense. That means you win some and you lose some, NOT lose every game to every team that has a decent offense. They've beaten an okay Atlanta team at home who is terrible on the road and they slipped past a bad Carolina team with a rookie QB under-center.
The bottom-line is Da Bears aren't very good. (Bold statement, I know). They're not even good. You can't be considered good when the offense is consistently wetting themselves at the line of scrimmage, nor when the defense doesn't play their gaps correctly.
It was the ugliest 1st quarter that I've seen from Da Bears in a long time on Monday night. Four false start penalties is unacceptable for one game, let alone one quarter! Absolutely pathetic. They knew it was going to be tough to hear the cadence from Cutler inside Ford Field, just like down in DREW Orleans LouBREESiana, but four false starts is indefensible. I would have let ONE slide, but that's you're only pass. The Lions were TRYING to let them march down the field, but Da Bears weren't having it.
Kellen Davis had three of the first four false starts. Bench him already! Penalties are playbook assassinators. It's not like he has played flawlessly the weeks prior. Lovie needed to pull him to the side after his second infraction and say "You're sitting the rest of this game out and you'll sit out the coming weeks if you don't get to a sergeon and have him perform an emergency remove head from rectumotomy" --or something along those lines. Although, Lovie and Martz should schedule their own operations, as well.
Martz doesn't learn from his mistakes. On 3rd and short, he opted to go with an empty set and Cutler got sacked. Why? Maybe Marion Barber isn't listed on Martz' roster sheet. Luckily, Avril was called for a face mask and Da Bears got a fresh set of downs. Well, maybe luckily was a bad word choice in hindsight as the most embarrassing possession of the game ensued. On 3rd and short, Martz called a hand-off to Forte. Mike, his name is Marion Barber. USE HIM.
Next, they had to call a timeout because they had the wrong personnel on the field or they couldn't be decisive --a recurring theme this season-- or the radio in Cutler's helmet may have been malfunctioning as Kellen Davis alluded to Wednesday night on WSCR. Whatever the excuse, another timeout had to be burned.
Then, instead of taking the points on the road to take an early lead and quiet the crowd, Lovie got cute and decided to go for it on 4th and short. Martz got half of the play-call right by handing the ball off, but he handed it to Forte. Again, because Barber is an apparition to Martz, even though somehow Barber was miraculously on the field before they had to burn that timeout. Maybe it really was his ghost in the backfield. On top of all that, Lovie challenged the spot, and lost. What new?
Seven minute drive. No points. No more timeouts. No more challenges for the rest of the half.
The right tackle's name doesn't deserve to be mentioned because he doesn't deserve to play in the NFL. Yet, he was a starter on the team Jerry Angelo has assembled. I hear he's a great guy, but the bottom-line is personality doesn't win you football games.
Jay Cutler was outstanding. He was constantly under the gun and he made play after play. He used his feet to escape pressure and his accuracy was nearly impeccable. With that said...
It's time to fire Mike Martz. He's not signed for next year and he rejected a contract extension. It doesn't matter if he's still here right now. Getting a new offensive coordinator gets you closer to a Super Bowl. If Angelo has any brains or guts -- it's hard to tell if he does these days-- Martz will be fired on the flight home from London so the new OC will have the bye week to install his offense.
Defensively, saying that they played poorly would be an understatement. It was the birth-child of a debacle/fiasco romp.
Lovie's Cover 2 wasn't the problem. X's and O's aren't to blame here --we'll get to the blame-game later-- the reason the defense got abused was the sheer lack of discipline.
Calvin "Megatron" Johnson scored on a 73 yard BOMB because he got a free-release off the line, QB Matthew Stafford had all day in the pocket and Gimp Harris, I mean, Chris Harris played the stem of Megatron's pattern and got beat deep. Why Tillman let Johnson get a free-release is a mystery. On the previous Detroit possession, Tillman had good outside technique and was jamming him at the line. He just got lazy on 3rd and long, I suppose.
Urlacher bit on a fake trap, abandoning his zone for a split second and left a lane open for a Pettigrew touchdown. Briggs was worried about somebody else's gap when Best made one cut at the second level and was gone for a historic Lions touchdown. Detroit's longest TD run since 1950 came against your Chicago Bears. Puke. Play on your landmarks, make your reads and make the play. Easier said than done, apparently.
It's time to play The Blame Game. Jerry Angelo blamed the coaching staff for miscues, then Lovie blamed Martz for the play-calling. The bottom-line is nobody in the organization is holding themselves accountable.
It's sad. It's pitiful. It's so Bears.
Tune in to the Chicago Sports Fix radio show with Josh Catlow and and me, Rob Zielinski, this and every Monday from 6 to 8pm only on http://www.chicagolandsportsradio.com/
Share your thoughts with us by calling 312.564.7375 during show hours or email us at chicagosportsfix@gmail.com
Adam Oestmann, Managing Editor for Chicago Bears Huddle, will be joining us in the first hour!
The Daily Herald's Barry Rozner, who also hosts WSCR 670-AM The Score's venerable baseball program Hit & Run, will be joining us any Monday now to TALK MORE HOCKEY! Unfortunately, due to his schedule, we cannot get a definitive date. So you'll have to be listening to catch our interview with him.
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Last year's luck has run out. No more third string quarterbacks. No more not having players on the injury list.
Yes, Da Bears have played some good teams with potent offenses; however, Da Bears themselves were supposed to be a good team with an elite defense. That means you win some and you lose some, NOT lose every game to every team that has a decent offense. They've beaten an okay Atlanta team at home who is terrible on the road and they slipped past a bad Carolina team with a rookie QB under-center.
The bottom-line is Da Bears aren't very good. (Bold statement, I know). They're not even good. You can't be considered good when the offense is consistently wetting themselves at the line of scrimmage, nor when the defense doesn't play their gaps correctly.
It was the ugliest 1st quarter that I've seen from Da Bears in a long time on Monday night. Four false start penalties is unacceptable for one game, let alone one quarter! Absolutely pathetic. They knew it was going to be tough to hear the cadence from Cutler inside Ford Field, just like down in DREW Orleans LouBREESiana, but four false starts is indefensible. I would have let ONE slide, but that's you're only pass. The Lions were TRYING to let them march down the field, but Da Bears weren't having it.
Kellen Davis had three of the first four false starts. Bench him already! Penalties are playbook assassinators. It's not like he has played flawlessly the weeks prior. Lovie needed to pull him to the side after his second infraction and say "You're sitting the rest of this game out and you'll sit out the coming weeks if you don't get to a sergeon and have him perform an emergency remove head from rectumotomy" --or something along those lines. Although, Lovie and Martz should schedule their own operations, as well.
Martz doesn't learn from his mistakes. On 3rd and short, he opted to go with an empty set and Cutler got sacked. Why? Maybe Marion Barber isn't listed on Martz' roster sheet. Luckily, Avril was called for a face mask and Da Bears got a fresh set of downs. Well, maybe luckily was a bad word choice in hindsight as the most embarrassing possession of the game ensued. On 3rd and short, Martz called a hand-off to Forte. Mike, his name is Marion Barber. USE HIM.
Next, they had to call a timeout because they had the wrong personnel on the field or they couldn't be decisive --a recurring theme this season-- or the radio in Cutler's helmet may have been malfunctioning as Kellen Davis alluded to Wednesday night on WSCR. Whatever the excuse, another timeout had to be burned.
Then, instead of taking the points on the road to take an early lead and quiet the crowd, Lovie got cute and decided to go for it on 4th and short. Martz got half of the play-call right by handing the ball off, but he handed it to Forte. Again, because Barber is an apparition to Martz, even though somehow Barber was miraculously on the field before they had to burn that timeout. Maybe it really was his ghost in the backfield. On top of all that, Lovie challenged the spot, and lost. What new?
Seven minute drive. No points. No more timeouts. No more challenges for the rest of the half.
The right tackle's name doesn't deserve to be mentioned because he doesn't deserve to play in the NFL. Yet, he was a starter on the team Jerry Angelo has assembled. I hear he's a great guy, but the bottom-line is personality doesn't win you football games.
Jay Cutler was outstanding. He was constantly under the gun and he made play after play. He used his feet to escape pressure and his accuracy was nearly impeccable. With that said...
It's time to fire Mike Martz. He's not signed for next year and he rejected a contract extension. It doesn't matter if he's still here right now. Getting a new offensive coordinator gets you closer to a Super Bowl. If Angelo has any brains or guts -- it's hard to tell if he does these days-- Martz will be fired on the flight home from London so the new OC will have the bye week to install his offense.
Defensively, saying that they played poorly would be an understatement. It was the birth-child of a debacle/fiasco romp.
Lovie's Cover 2 wasn't the problem. X's and O's aren't to blame here --we'll get to the blame-game later-- the reason the defense got abused was the sheer lack of discipline.
Calvin "Megatron" Johnson scored on a 73 yard BOMB because he got a free-release off the line, QB Matthew Stafford had all day in the pocket and Gimp Harris, I mean, Chris Harris played the stem of Megatron's pattern and got beat deep. Why Tillman let Johnson get a free-release is a mystery. On the previous Detroit possession, Tillman had good outside technique and was jamming him at the line. He just got lazy on 3rd and long, I suppose.
Urlacher bit on a fake trap, abandoning his zone for a split second and left a lane open for a Pettigrew touchdown. Briggs was worried about somebody else's gap when Best made one cut at the second level and was gone for a historic Lions touchdown. Detroit's longest TD run since 1950 came against your Chicago Bears. Puke. Play on your landmarks, make your reads and make the play. Easier said than done, apparently.
It's time to play The Blame Game. Jerry Angelo blamed the coaching staff for miscues, then Lovie blamed Martz for the play-calling. The bottom-line is nobody in the organization is holding themselves accountable.
It's sad. It's pitiful. It's so Bears.
Tune in to the Chicago Sports Fix radio show with Josh Catlow and and me, Rob Zielinski, this and every Monday from 6 to 8pm only on http://www.chicagolandsportsradio.com/
Share your thoughts with us by calling 312.564.7375 during show hours or email us at chicagosportsfix@gmail.com
Adam Oestmann, Managing Editor for Chicago Bears Huddle, will be joining us in the first hour!
The Daily Herald's Barry Rozner, who also hosts WSCR 670-AM The Score's venerable baseball program Hit & Run, will be joining us any Monday now to TALK MORE HOCKEY! Unfortunately, due to his schedule, we cannot get a definitive date. So you'll have to be listening to catch our interview with him.
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