"You hate to say ... this is chin strap time. You buckle it up and you go," the former Bears coach and current ESPN analyst said Monday on "Mike & Mike" on ESPN Radio. "I don't know how. You find a way. I think the biggest disappointment is Hanie. I think his choices, his decisions and even on a couple of occasions [Sunday] when he made the right decision he made the wrong throw. He made a poor throw, he had guys open. I think that's a disappointment."
"I think when he's your backup and you've watched him for a period of two years now and he's the best you're going to get as a backup you've got to look at your evaluation. Are you evaluating this kid honestly or do we want him to succeed because we like him? There's a big difference there. Sometimes that happens. 'Well, he's a great kid and we want him to succeed because we like him. Chances are he won't play because Cutler won't get hurt.' Well, he's been exposed now. Can he play or can't he play? I don't know. After what I watched in two weeks I have my doubts."
Okay, last year Martz wanted a veteran quarterback, and we got possibly the worst backup possible. Now this year, Martz doesn't have a veteran, and Hanie's playing godawful. Does this fall on Martz for his bad playcalling, or Angelo for not getting a reasonable backup? I think that's where the two camps are at on this board, and I'm in the "Martz is too smart for his own good" category. Then again, we lost two touchdowns because of bad play by the players, yet one of them was a Martz guy...IDK at this point, but if we don't throw more quick passes, and try to back defenses out of the 8 man fronts, while maintaining a running game, we'll never know the right answer. Hanie is not accurate at all downfield, and if we can get him to use our WRs to beat the defenses with a lot more shorter passes, we might have a chance.
