Thread: List improvements here

Originally Posted by short faced bear

Thought I would start a thread of improvements and things the team did well to counter-balance some of the same stuff we all know needs fixing.

Tyler Clutts: I think this guy is a major reason the running game has resurfaced. If you would have told me at the start of the season Martz is going to use a FB I would have never bought it. Some very nice crushing blocks from him at times.

Dane Sanzenbacher: He not only catches but he can block. A go-to guy in absence of Olsen will only get better with time and might even see the field alongside Bennett returning.

Lance Louis/Chris Spencer: these guys are holding their own. Spencer plays hurt and gives hope for a future center. Louis seems better at RT than LG. Will be interesting when Carimi returns.

Adam Podlesh: Didn't have a super game vs. Bucs but gives flashes of why they moved on from Maynard. Has both leg and touch.

Stephen Paea: I don't care what they say about his "pad level" (you could say that about the whole d-line) this guy is strong, quick, and instinctive. You certainly can see more energy on the line when he's in there.

Roy Williams: There I said it. Caught a TD, caught more than I thought he would, got the penalty on that Bucs player. He's big and if Jay can get used to him he can contribute more than a few other of the wideouts.

I would maybe agree with everything EXCEPT the view on Roy Williams. I really do not think he is playing any better than any of our other WR's...!!!

Here's my list of immediate improvements. Others to follow.

FIRE JERRY ANGELO!!!!!

Originally Posted by short faced bear

Thought I would start a thread of improvements and things the team did well to counter-balance some of the same stuff we all know needs fixing.

Tyler Clutts: I think this guy is a major reason the running game has resurfaced. If you would have told me at the start of the season Martz is going to use a FB I would have never bought it. Some very nice crushing blocks from him at times. (This guy is a huge additon both as a blocking FB and on ST. That last block he laid on the Bucs safety was the clincher as far as the TD was concerned. The guy had the angle of Forte and Clutts just leveled him. We know he can catch but I'd like to see what he can do carrying the ball too ala the Packer John Kuhn. Maybe another good short yardage and/or goaline option to use when the defense is keying on the RB)

Dane Sanzenbacher: He not only catches but he can block. A go-to guy in absence of Olsen will only get better with time and might even see the field alongside Bennett returning. (Sanz is the perfect example of a guy who doesn't meet NFL standards for size and speed but he knows how to play the game. This is the kind of guy all of our core players should be. Plain and simple the guy is a good football player)

Lance Louis/Chris Spencer: these guys are holding their own. Spencer plays hurt and gives hope for a future center. Louis seems better at RT than LG. Will be interesting when Carimi returns. (Since the season began these two have shown the biggest inprovement of any of the lineman and you're right, Louis does look better outside than he did inside. When Carimi returns we'll finally have enough depth to assure that OMG never sees the field again)

Adam Podlesh: Didn't have a super game vs. Bucs but gives flashes of why they moved on from Maynard. Has both leg and touch. (He's good. Maybe not $3 mil per year good but good. Relatively speaking how do you justify paying a punter $3 mil per year yet offer your star RB only $6 mil?)

Stephen Paea: I don't care what they say about his "pad level" (you could say that about the whole d-line) this guy is strong, quick, and instinctive. You certainly can see more energy on the line when he's in there. (I've liked him ever since I saw his interview after he set that lift record at the combine. He's another guy who defies the measurables somewhat buty he's quick, he's strong and he plays with some fire in his belly. Right now he and Okoye are our best inside rushers and he should be playing ahead of Melton)

Roy Williams: There I said it. Caught a TD, caught more than I thought he would, got the penalty on that Bucs player. He's big and if Jay can get used to him he can contribute more than a few other of the wideouts. (He'll have to do more than catch one TD pass to get off my shit list. He needs to start making the tough over the middle catches that he was brought in to do and leave those legendary alligator arms of his on the bench)

I'll add my thoughts on an improvement for the defense. Who designed these blitzes and showed the guys how to work them? We might just as well skip it because we can't blitz worth a damn. DJ Moore gets a better rush than the LB's most of the time.

It seems like we either don't disguise them well enough or we don't vary them enough but we're not getting sacks off of them the way other teams sack Cutler. The last time we blitzed decently was when Chico was the DC.

A little bit better win against a little bit better team.

I'm most likely going to be told I'm an Id10T for saying/thinking this, but I'm gonna say something positive about Conte. He tackles. Quickly. The Bears pride themselves on swarming to the ball/ball carrier. Conte is usually getting his guy down before the swarm arrives. I don't think the entire Bears defense is "loafing". I'm not ready to say that his int/fumble recovery is skill though.

Establishing the running game to set the tempo of the game
Properly setting up blocks in the running game, and getting a lot better in the passing game
using our best FS
making the game close through miscues that are easily correctable (i.e. blocks to the back on ANY type of run)
using the running backs in different ways
Linebackers stepping up when needed
not letting the TE own us up and down the field anymore
great punting
mixing our WRs the way our Dline needs to be mixed up (seriously tho, more Sanzanbacher)
Great scrambling by cutler
going into a bye week having to fix a lot less problems than we did 3-4 weeks ago...

Originally Posted by 3nagurski

I would maybe agree with everything EXCEPT the view on Roy Williams. I really do not think he is playing any better than any of our other WR's...!!!

You'd take the "fun" out of funeral wouldn't ya