Thread: Trestman Says Getting Cutler Right Is Job One.............

I think his title is a bit of a reach in as much as the article only deals with that briefly but at least it's another catalyst to say that after four years it appears the Bears are finally ready to do what they've needed to as far as Cutler is concerned all long.

Somehow JA had the idea that just bringing him here without the necessary support around him was all that it was gonna take to turn that offense around and he couldn't have been more wrong. Then four seasons with the likes of Turner, Martz and Tice did nothing to bring his game up to the level that it could be and through it all we continued to ignore putting a decent line in front of him. If he wasn't as strong armed and mobile as he is he would have been the MOST sacked QB in the NFL these past three years.

I think Emery has begun the turn that will make it all much different and that started with getting him the bigger WRs he prefers last year. It's clear to me that Phil Emery believes in Jay Cutler and in his future as the Bears QB and mainly because his future as the Bears GM is tied to that as well. We have no other viable options right now and we're at least two more years away from having one so he might as well go all out for Cutler and the way I see it that's exactly what he's doing.

Trestman is his guy as far as fixing Jay and that offense and Kromer is Trestman's guy as far as fixing that line so the offense has some stability upfront. This is the first time in memory that I believe the Bears will start paying as much or more attention to their offense as they do their defense and it's about time.

BS: As you look at the team you're taking over, are there many pieces missing to be in position to make a Super Bowl run?

MT: I think it's too early for me to say that. We're just in the process of getting the coaching staff to examine our team from inside out. We're in the evaluation process of our coaches getting to know players and communicating with them.


BS: Will you have a great deal of impact on drafting players?

MT: I won't be in charge of personnel. That's (Bears general manager) Phil Emery's job. But I will be with him every day in meetings and at the draft combine.

Good answers ^^^

When I think about the entire scope of change that the Chicago Bears have undertaken in the past year, beginning with the hire of Emery as GM, I realize this is a mammoth undertaking. I think some of us think it's not much more than kicking Tice and Lovie out, adding a few players - and it's Super Bowl time.

This is light-years from that.

I'm glad they're just methodically, and thoughtfully moving forward. First walk through the debris and see what we have that is salvageable. Then consider (thoughtfully) how to build an organization that can have sustained success at the highest level, spanning several years.

I really like what we're seeing with the Emery/Trestman beginning.

Yeah not as much ooom galla galla being kicked around as we were used to. So far I'll take this as silence is golden. Emery seems very good at keeping his intentions under wraps so I'm content to wait all of this out and give it a chance. One things seems certain to me is that for the first time in 30 years that entire organization is bent on winning and doing whatever it takes to do that. This is the George McCaskey era now not the Mikey McCaskey era I feel and the wind blowing from a different direction.

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It would be nice to know the tactical path Trestman has laid out in advance. But in lieu of that, I'd say just giving him a better sense of protection w/the O line is going to do wonders. AJ working with Bmarsh would be another. FA and draft might revitalize the TE position. Add in the mechanics and playcalling and I'm pretty excited to see what happens.

Originally Posted by ticat

I read about the field size. The CFL has less concussions, because of the larger field, the players get smaller and that helps. And one big factor is lining up 1 yard off the ball, that is the one rule the NFL should be looking at. Did people know that america learn about football in canada( Harvard vs mcgill) and the reason america has a smaller field is because they could not afford to build new stadiums and they could not fit them into the baseball stadiums, so then the field became smaller.

Damn I know lots of football trivia but I did not know that. It makes perfect sense though as far as the pro game goes. Back in the 20s the colleges had their own stadiums and I'm sure they used 100 yard gridirons like they do today but the pros had no place to play and the colleges sure as hell weren't gonna let them use their stadiums. The NFL was the devil incarnate as far as they were concerned. So what's that leave for the NFL? I guess the Wrigley Fields of the country and they couldn't even quite squeeze a regulation field into that ball park either. The corner of one endzone had to be truncated.

I don't know if I'm ready for a CFL size field and the open nature of that game though. To "old school" I guess. But thanks for posting this stuff ticat. I'd never thought about the rational behind an NFL sized gridiron before.