Thread: Chilo Rachal to start over Chris Spencer

Originally Posted by motownbear

here is peter king take on it since Im just a dumb ass poster and dont know shit about the oline. Everyone sees the problems except homers. Nicks or Grubbs were a must for this garbage ass unit

2. I think the Chicago offensive line -- and the Bears trotting out many of the same characters on it week after week, year after year -- defines the great Albert Einstein quote: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Football fans who watched the Bears the other night had to wonder, "When are these idiots going to do major surgery on that offensive line?"
The Bears felt they had three priorities in the offseason: get a big receiver or two, get a young pass rusher to take some of the heat off Julius Peppers and get a building block (or two) for the offensive line. Those were new GM Phil Emery's goals and here is what I wrote about what they did in May in this column, about the significance of fixing the line on the heels of the work the team did getting Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffrey at wideout and Boise State rusher Shea McClellin:
" ... Just as important, I believe (and maybe more) is the state of the offensive line. Emery, when he took the job, did a needs analysis of the team. He felt he needed to get weapons for Cutler. He felt he needed a pass rusher opposite Julius Peppers. He felt he needed offensive line help. 'We just didn't feel, at the time we picked, that the list of players on the offensive line was as good as the players elsewhere,' he said. You can't solve every problem in the same offseason, and Emery has certainly addressed two need areas with good prospects and one good (if his head stays on right) veteran wideout. But the success or failure of the Bears could come down to how well they run -- assuming Forte is that runner -- and how well Cutler is protected, so he can be the premier quarterback he's shown signs of in Chicago. Emery has done well so far, but a lot of teams look good in May. His report card will come when we see how the offense produces.''
There is no question in my mind that Emery felt Jeffrey was the kind of jewel he couldn't pass up, especially in comparison to the second level of the tackle class -- guys like Mike Adams and Bobby Massie. That doesn't make what you're feeling any better this morning, however, Bear fans.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz26lPsJNL3

I do give him credit for acquiring Marshall and Bush, and it will be awhile before we know if McClellin pans out...but i think it should be pretty damn obvious to him that OL should be the top priority going into this next offseason...this is the area that ALL of his attention should be focused on, anything else (barring some catastrophic injury to a star player) should be put on the back burner for now.

After 2 weeks of FOOTBALL and we are going thru this shit with the OFFENSIVE LINE?

Whos in charge here?

Originally Posted by Jimmors

I do give him credit for acquiring Marshall and Bush, and it will be awhile before we know if McClellin pans out...but i think it should be pretty damn obvious to him that OL should be the top priority going into this next offseason...this is the area that ALL of his attention should be focused on, anything else (barring some catastrophic injury to a star player) should be put on the back burner for now.

Hopefully McClellin pans out to be a new sack master. He got his first sack on Rodgers let's hope it won't be the only sack tomorrow.
I think we can all agree on the Oline is bad, we saw it against the NYG and Packers, BUT we're still early into the season. There's still games left to improve and hopefully they'll. We might not be able to shine against teams with propper pass rush, but hopefully we'll look better at the end of the season than the start. I'd like to go back when the season is over for the Bears and say; This Oline did really do some progress.
I know this might need some pixie dust, or sounds like I've been drinking like there was no torromow, but that's what I hope, and I guess everyone hopes that aswell.

On one hand we/I have might been to early to jugde, but on the other hand don't I just refuse to see the truth? I don't know time will tell.

stupid move... We should really start playing the lineman where they learned it and the position they were drafted...


Carimi - CWill (out of necassery) - Garza - Spencer - Louis

this is way better than

Webb - Rachal - Garca - Louis - Carimi

Originally Posted by weneedmorelinemen

That line would be worse than what we are currently fielding.

Thats a mathematical impossibility

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

Man Cwill must really be in the dog house for some reason, I'd put him back at LG before anyone else on this team.

Peter King isn't talking about what happened Motown, just the Bears not taking care of that line, like 90% of this Board and most Bears fans knew they needed to. I thought and still do that play calling will have a lot to do w/how the OL performs, but still knew it lacked talent and depth throughout. Webb/Spencer needed to go minimum, yet here we are, 1 is still a starter for us and the other just got pulled 2 wks into the season.

I agree with all of that. I'd only add that Rachal needs to be sent packing too. He just looks BAD and I think he's a step down from Spencer (who sucks).