Thread: Bears Have the Best Pass Catcher in the NFL (not B. Marshall)

Originally Posted by Dagan81

I felt bad for Hanie. He was like a deer in the headlights - a babe in the wood. He had no clue. He could make some decent throws, but the problems were that he wasn't accurate and he didn't have any pass protection. Part of the pass protection, I think, goes back to how shifty Cutler is in the pocket and how he is capable of eluding would be tacklers and scrambling for yardage.

That's a good point. Hanie got rattled and totally lost his confidence. Once that happened he was doomed and so were the Bears. He has some talent. We've seen it (not last year but the year before). But you're right, he definitely had that "deer in the headlights" look.

Originally Posted by JustAnotherBearsFan99

I just about stroked out over some of those Hanie plays. It's enough to give you flashbacks....waking up in cold sweats & screaming in the middle of the night.

the interception vs the chiefs was when i was just ready to die. the spin around and throw to the 300 pound defensive lineman. ala grossman to taylor lol or was it the seahawks? I cant remember. that was too hard of a time

Originally Posted by nerrad

the interception vs the chiefs was when i was just ready to die. the spin around and throw to the 300 pound defensive lineman. ala grossman to taylor lol or was it the seahawks? I cant remember. that was too hard of a time

He threw the pick-6 int to the Green Bay Packers nose tackle B.J. Raji in the playoff game in 2010. In the same game he also threw a pic to Sam Shields.

My favorite brainless play by Hanie was when he couldn't even spike a football properly in last year's Raider's game to stop the clock. Hanie stepped back and THEN spiked the ball - and was promptly called for intentional grounding. In 50+ years of watching NFL football (or footbaall at ANY level, including high school), I've never seen a QB not know how to spike a football to kill the clock.

Amazing.

It's enough to put a man into therapy for years.

I've always said that we have not had a good QB nor WR coach. I still think that Grossman had the potential to be special until we got done with him. I don't remember which game it was, but one of his games he just could do nothing wrong. He looked like the second coming of Montana and I remembered saying to myself that with the right coaching he could be special.

He certainly didn't prove me right in WA, but don't know if it's because he sucks or we sent him out as irreparable damaged goods. The kid had the talent, but was very inconsistent and at the end of his ride, his consistency got way better, but in a bad way :-)

Hopefully we have fixed the problem and are able to actually bring along young QBs with talent. That is a VERY important component to have in an organization.

Originally Posted by JJ-30

I have watched Hanie up here and from the little bits I have seen of him he looks much better then he ever did in Chicago. A bad QB coach and a even worst OC sure didn't help the kid.