A Sloppy Win but a Win All the Same..................

Not exactly what I'd call a well played game by either the offense or the defense. We were fortunate Forte pulled off that last big run or we would have lost another at home that we should easily have won.

I'll applaud the run game only so much. Carolina is an easy team to run on. We proved that last year. Martz must have been drugged before the game and handed a game play list that only had run plays on it. The pass plays I think he must have made up as he went.

Provided they both stay healthy I'd start putting Spencer at RG and Louis at RT. What in the hell did the Bears ever see in OMG that led them to believe the guy could pass block? He has no idea how to lock up with his guy and take him around the back of the pocket. Once he loses contact with his man the guy just walks right in on Cutler. At least Webb can do that. Whoever made the call on signing him should be out of a job. There isn't any position on the line that he can play with any proficiency at all.

Jennings looked bad today, really bad. Smith is an excellent WR but you have to a better job than that. More than once he just plain lost track of him in coverage and Smith is the kind of guy he should be able to defend. I can see what the Pats found lacking in Meriweather too. He goes for the big hit and doesn't play the ball. The Pats fans were right when they say he's a heartbreaker. He gives up too many big plays like the TD to Smith. I know some of you want to blame Jennings but why would he have let Smith go unless he thought he had coverage behind him? If I had to guess who blew the assignament I'd be more inclined to guess Meriweather than Jennings. Meriweather has a rep for doing just that.

What makes Lance Briggs so elite? Three games in a row now he's blown his coverage on the goaline and given up a TD to the TE. He makes plays near and behind the line against the run, I'll give him that, but three different teams have singled him out inside the ten and gotten TD's out of it. He doesn't follow the man and his coverage drops stink. He doesn't move at all he just drops and stands there. All the receiver has to do is align himself outside of his reach and it's a score. I miss Pisa. He's far better in coverage than Briggs is.

Overall the defense played poorly most of the game but they did come up big at the end when they had to. We gave up 543 yards in total offense to those guys. How many games can you win doing that? A pick for a TD and the PR TD saved their ass today. Cam Newton is a beast. He's as big and a far more athletic version of Culpepper and that guy always gave us trouble. The guy plays and passes amazingly well for a rookie. Can't wait to see what he's like in another year or two.

The offense shouldn't be given anywhere near as much credit as they probably will be. Two scores against that defense is a poor showing especially since they came after big plays. Only 15 first downs and only 317 yards of total offense, 228 of those by our "non-elite" back Matt Forte. How hard will it be for most teams to stop us when one guy is responsible for 72% of the total yardage? The Packers took him completely out of the game last week and if the Panther's had done that we'd have gotten our asses beat.

Two things I did appreciate though was the fact that RWill barely saw the field and Hester proved again that he's not a #1 WR. Not even close. Now maybe they can keep him returning kicks and running special plays. He's not a starter. As soon as Bennett is healthy again he and Knox should be starting outside and Hester should be sharing time with Sanz who is turning into "go to guy" number two. If we can keep RWill on the bench and Bennett on the field we can actually have a decent passing attack provided Cutler gets time. Hester has to come out for all but special plays designed to get him mismatches. He's just not an every down WR. His blocking sucks. Give Sam Hurd some reps.

I like Clutts as a true FB and I love what Barber can do with a very small hole. Forte can't power his way through like Barber can. He's always looking to break the run and he carries himself too high. That said he did have an excellent game today. Once he gets in the open field he's dangerous but behind a line with no hole in close quarters is not his long suit. Bell and Barber need more carries when we can't run outside like we did today.

Cutler looked ok but I can tell that the constant pressure he getting is beginning to affect his mechanics again. When the ball sails on him like it did on the pick it's because he's throwing off his back foot again. If they can only put a line in front of him that can give him 3-4 seconds protection he can pick any team apart but without that he's cooked. His mechanics go to hell and he maked really bad decisions. Angelo should have his balls cut off and fed to him for letting this happen again.

Well that my game summary. Here's the one from Game Center;http://www.chicagobears.com/gameday/completestats.html

Good summary.

And as for Angelo having his balls cut off and fed to him... I think he'll be too busy feeding his balls to Larry Mayer in their weekly "interview"/propaganda.

It seems to me that this O is really missing Bennett and Carimi. It would be addition by, um, addition by having those two back and definitely addition by subtraction by removing Williams and Omiyale from the lineup.

Apart from Harris, quite what we've got returning on D that's enough to counter a hot Detroit O, I'm not so sure.

We paid for Barber ... I'd like to see what we paid for.

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Originally Posted by Cornish

It seems to me that this O is really missing Bennett and Carimi. It would be addition by, um, addition by having those two back and definitely addition by subtraction by removing Williams and Omiyale from the lineup.

Apart from Harris, quite what we've got returning on D that's enough to counter a hot Detroit O, I'm not so sure.

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Bingo Cornish. Double Bangers and Mash and an extra pint for you tonight my friend. Those are my thoughts exactly. Bennett and Knox are our two best WR so going with the philosophy of playing our best guys they're the ones. RWill needs to chart plays from the bench and Hester needs to be confined to the slot with maybe a half dozen well designed plays he can run from there on 10-12 snaps a game. Putting him at SE or Flanker does no good because he can't run routes well enough to take advantage of his speed out there plus he's a lousy blocker. He scares no one as a WR like he does as a KR/PR. Let he and Sanz play the slot. Hester on the early downs where he will scare teams who see him matched up with their #3 CB or God forbid, a Safety. From there you can bring him down inside and throw middle screens or shuttle passes to him and take advantage of hid running ability. As a WR he's pretty much useless as is RWill.

Carimi can block better falling down than OMG can standing up. Bench OMG and play Louis out there until Carimi returns. If Tice wants his best 5 playing then OMG has to sit. He's not one of them.:cheers:

And knox is nothing special b/c of his sloppy route running.
Good write up, nothing I can really disagree with.

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And knox is nothing special b/c of his sloppy route running.
Good write up, nothing I can really disagree with.

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Yep but he's still more valuable out there than RWill, at least this year. He's got a big speed advantage over RWill and far better hands so by combining him with Bennett you get one speed guy who can get you 20 yards at a crack and a Mr. Dependable who can get those tough 8-12 yards grabs. Now if we alternate Hester and Sanz in the slot. Hester on early down as a threat and Sanz on the key 3rd dowd plays for consistency we get our best 4 guys out there most of the game.

If Martz will do that and actually start throwing to Davis a little we may salvage some kind of a halfway decent passing game before the year is out. With experience Knox should eventually run better routes. RWill will only be what he is now or less. He won't be back next year so why even bother. Let Knox develop his rapport with Cutler because RWill surely isn't.

OMG was the worst rated G when he played guard then last year worst rated LT when he played T................why is he still on the team? Should Louis play T? IDK. What I do know is OMG even at this point in the season doesnt deserve a roster spot. Cut him bring in Horn off practice squad. Im sorry JA you paid millions for yet another roster mistake but replacing the worse T in the league with a practice squad player isnt the worst thing we can do. Can someone really play worse then the worst? And we need a damn wr its time for JA to scour a team that is a seller that has a wr we can pry. We are close it just needs honest evaluation like the one they finally made with OMG. Now if they do the same with Hester and bring in a wr we are getting somewhere

and this investment in defense is crap. We have 75 percent of our cap on defense and they are playing like crap.

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Originally Posted by motownbear

OMG was the worst rated G when he played guard then last year worst rated LT when he played T................why is he still on the team? Should Louis play T? IDK. What I do know is OMG even at this point in the season doesnt deserve a roster spot. Cut him bring in Horn off practice squad. Im sorry JA you paid millions for yet another roster mistake but replacing the worse T in the league with a practice squad player isnt the worst thing we can do. Can someone really play worse then the worst? And we need a damn wr its time for JA to scour a team that is a seller that has a wr we can pry. We are close it just needs honest evaluation like the one they finally made with OMG. Now if they do the same with Hester and bring in a wr we are getting somewhere

and this investment in defense is crap. We have 75 percent of our cap on defense and they are playing like crap.

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I know you weren't trying for humor here but nonetheless this has me rolling on the floor. I can think of all kinds of things to go with a question like this.

First there the philosphical approach where in the Ancient Greek Philosopher Aristotle asks the question, "what is worse than worse", "is there anywhere in the known universe something that could be called worser?"

Or the PT Barnum "there's sucker born every minute" carney shill; "Step right up folks, yes don't be shy, here he is for your thrills and enjoyment, Frank Omiyale, the NFL's worst Offensive lineman". He can't play Guard and he can't play Tackle, his pass blocking has been declared a natural disaster, it's so horrible that children under the age of 13 aren't permitted in this exhibit and we advise caution to those of you who suffer from nervous disorders or are faint of heart". "Just step right up and see Frank Omiyale, the worst of the worst, he's worser than the worst practice squad lineman on the roster of any NFL team except the Chicago Bears." "Ladies and Gentlemen, Frank is about to block a 6'6" 280 lb DE, please turn away if you're squeamish, this won't be pretty". "Yes Ladies and Gents step right up and watch Frank give up his fifth sack this afternoon, hurry hurry only a quarter and as an added attraction at no extra charge watch Jay Cutler get his shoulder dislocated by the sack, step right up, no need to push plenty of room for all".

Or there's Jay Cutler singing the opening tune from the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", like this;

"People let me tell you 'bout my worst friend"

"His shitty pass blocking gets me sacked in the end"

"People let me tell you that he's no fun"

"He's fat, slow and lazy oh if I wish I had a gun"

Mo, the possiblities are endless, LOL.

Dude that bum actually called out cutler when carimi got hurt blaming him for the sacks. The guy is useless I would have more respect for the team if they cut him now and rolled the dice with horn