Thread: Cutler Needs To Get The Boot......................

The Panthers D at the end of the game reminded me of the Bears, prevnt to win, err, I mean loss.

This game may go down as a win but to me it was far more a Panthers loss. They had the game won then gave it up at the end.

Can anybody really blame Cutler for being a little disgusted with the overall play going on around him? Granted he fumbled the ball a couple of times early but mostly because he was still trying to find some way to get a pass off and at least not take a sack.

He's had only one WR out there getting open some of the time and another who couldn't catch a ball if you handed it top him on a velvet pillow. He's ending up throwing to his blocking TE on third down who we all know has hands of stone which is why he's a BLOCKING TE and since we gave up big plays and some points early Tice panics again and stops running the ball so he's sacked 6 times in the first half!

Shoot I'd be more than a little pissed myself. In fact I am pissed. That offense looks like shit and not even Cutler can work in the midst of a clusterfuck like that. When he gets time to throw he looks all world but when he doesn't even have time to set his feet before they're on him he'll make mistakes. They all do! He's no exception.

Well, in the Media, the Bears never win. The other team is always the loser.

What is it about football coaches, players, and fans that they think every play, every game is life or death? As much as I love the Bears, I'm more of a baseball man myself, and with the exception of when the Yankees are in the playoffs or when they play the Red Sox during the regular season, I don't sweat things when a game goes awry. Then again, baseball is totally different and requires a different type of mentality, one that is calmer, than football. To be a true football aficionado, one almost has to have a Type A personality.

Truth be told, I yelled at the TV set today at some of the boneheaded plays that were going on. That first drive the Bears had was beautiful, but then they stumbled their way through the rest of the game until it got down to the fourth quarter. Was Tice making all the right calls? Hell no. Did the defense play worth a damn today? Hell no. What about special teams? Definitely not, Gould missed a field goal for the second consecutive week, and all the Panthers did was squib kick the hell out of the ball on kickoffs. Yet somehow, they managed to win, and that's all that matters. Does that mean that they will do that against the Tennessee Titans next week in Nashville? I think it's entirely possible, but then again, the Titans have a statuesque quarterback starting for them right now in Hassebeck and a running game that, despite it being Chris Johnson as the feature back, has been inconsistent to say the least. The Bears should win next week, but then the real test will come when they have to play the Houston Texans and the San Francisco 49ers. With the way the offensive line has been doing a poor job of pass protecting and the fact that the offense is just struggling in general, they may have a hard time scoring at all in those games. The Bears will lose those games decisively unless something miraculous occurs. This will be the wake up call to upgrade our offensive line and to go out and get another wide receiver to replace Hester in the lineup. Hester needs to stick to special teams.

I'm frankly shocked that they are 6-1 after Week 8. This team has been the beneficiary of a weak schedule, and it's no coincidence that of the two games the Bears have played against winning teams (Colts are now 4-3; Packers are 5-3), the one loss came against the Packers because of ineffective blocking by the offensive line and poor offensive playcalling by Mike Tice. The Bears have only had one really good offensive showing this season, that being against the Colts, where all 41 points came on offense, not on defense or special teams. To only be able to score 10 on the Packers, 16 against the Rams, 20 against the Cowboys, 27 against the Jaguars, 13 against the Lions, and finally 17 points against the Panthers on offense is indicative of the fact that the offense is horrible mainly because of the offensive line. That won't fly against the likes of the 49ers and the Texans, and it definitely won't work against the Vikings, who we still have two games against, and the Packers in Chicago.

I know that I sound like I have Trent Dilfer syndrome, but I call it like I see it. We are an overrated football team that is fatally flawed because of its offense. The quarterback, who is a former Pro Bowler, can't have a good game because of poor blocking and receivers, whether they be receivers or tight ends, dropping passes. The only thing that has saved this offense is the fact that we have the ability to run the ball with authority. Sadly, Mike Tice doesn't see this, as the Bears are only rushing for about 133 or so yards per game going into this week's game. Even though that puts the Bears rushing attack squarely into the top ten and on pace for another 2,000+ yards rushing on the season as a team, the team needs to be gaining about 150 or 160 yards on the ground per game. As bad as the offensive line has been, they have done a pretty admirable job of run blocking this year, yet they don't utilize this strategy nearly enough. When will Tice learn that his strategy from when he was head coach of the Vikings was a good one: run the football, roll out the quarterback, take more shots down the field like the offense did in this game, and utilize the tight ends, no matter how bad they might be, to their maximum potential?

Okay, that's the end of my soap box diatribe.

Originally Posted by yttocs

Well, in the Media, the Bears never win. The other team is always the loser.

I'll give 'em credit for sticking in there and not giving up but then again they never do. They have that much character at the very least.

My point is that it shouldn't have come to that. Not on Monday night and not today. That's what's pissing me off. They're not gonna keep dodging bullets every game and they're not getting better on offense they're getting worse.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

What is it about football coaches, players, and fans that they think every play, every game is life or death? As much as I love the Bears, I'm more of a baseball man myself, and with the exception of when the Yankees are in the playoffs or when they play the Red Sox during the regular season, I don't sweat things when a game goes awry. Then again, baseball is totally different and requires a different type of mentality, one that is calmer, than football. To be a true football aficionado, one almost has to have a Type A personality.

Truth be told, I yelled at the TV set today at some of the boneheaded plays that were going on. That first drive the Bears had was beautiful, but then they stumbled their way through the rest of the game until it got down to the fourth quarter. Was Tice making all the right calls? Hell no. Did the defense play worth a damn today? Hell no. What about special teams? Definitely not, Gould missed a field goal for the second consecutive week, and all the Panthers did was squib kick the hell out of the ball on kickoffs. Yet somehow, they managed to win, and that's all that matters. Does that mean that they will do that against the Tennessee Titans next week in Nashville? I think it's entirely possible, but then again, the Titans have a statuesque quarterback starting for them right now in Hassebeck and a running game that, despite it being Chris Johnson as the feature back, has been inconsistent to say the least. The Bears should win next week, but then the real test will come when they have to play the Houston Texans and the San Francisco 49ers. With the way the offensive line has been doing a poor job of pass protecting and the fact that the offense is just struggling in general, they may have a hard time scoring at all in those games. The Bears will lose those games decisively unless something miraculous occurs. This will be the wake up call to upgrade our offensive line and to go out and get another wide receiver to replace Hester in the lineup. Hester needs to stick to special teams.

I'm frankly shocked that they are 6-1 after Week 8. This team has been the beneficiary of a weak schedule, and it's no coincidence that of the two games the Bears have played against winning teams (Colts are now 4-3; Packers are 5-3), the one loss came against the Packers because of ineffective blocking by the offensive line and poor offensive playcalling by Mike Tice. The Bears have only had one really good offensive showing this season, that being against the Colts, where all 41 points came on offense, not on defense or special teams. To only be able to score 10 on the Packers, 16 against the Rams, 20 against the Cowboys, 27 against the Jaguars, 13 against the Lions, and finally 17 points against the Panthers on offense is indicative of the fact that the offense is horrible mainly because of the offensive line. That won't fly against the likes of the 49ers and the Texans, and it definitely won't work against the Vikings, who we still have two games against, and the Packers in Chicago.

I know that I sound like I have Trent Dilfer syndrome, but I call it like I see it. We are an overrated football team that is fatally flawed because of its offense. The quarterback, who is a former Pro Bowler, can't have a good game because of poor blocking and receivers, whether they be receivers or tight ends, dropping passes. The only thing that has saved this offense is the fact that we have the ability to run the ball with authority. Sadly, Mike Tice doesn't see this, as the Bears are only rushing for about 133 or so yards per game going into this week's game. Even though that puts the Bears rushing attack squarely into the top ten and on pace for another 2,000+ yards rushing on the season as a team, the team needs to be gaining about 150 or 160 yards on the ground per game. As bad as the offensive line has been, they have done a pretty admirable job of run blocking this year, yet they don't utilize this strategy nearly enough. When will Tice learn that his strategy from when he was head coach of the Vikings was a good one: run the football, roll out the quarterback, take more shots down the field like the offense did in this game, and utilize the tight ends, no matter how bad they might be, to their maximum potential?

Okay, that's the end of my soap box diatribe.

Well that's just peachy but me I like football and by the way ........Fuck the Yankees.

Originally Posted by soulman

Well that's just peachy but me I like football and by the way ........Fuck the Yankees.

What is it with fans of lesser baseball teams and their fixation of wanting the fuck the Yankees?