Bears Breakdown: Bears All Hat No Cattle

You have no idea how annoyed I am this morning.  It's not just the fact the Bears lost to the Packers.  It's the fact that I live in Wisconsin and have to listen to freakin' Cheeseheads celebrate all day.  Last year, when the Packers crushed the Bears at Lambeau, it didn't bother me much because an ass kicking is an ass kicking and you just move on.  But last night sucked.  Sucked out loud.  Sucked bad.

As Dennis Greene once said "The Bears are who we thought they were."

Breakdown dead ahead:
  • The Bears are the best 58:00 defense in the NFL.  Unfortunately, the last two minutes not so much.  Guys, I've spent my summer watching a team fold late in the game.  I refuse to waste my fall on the same kind of team.
  • Do the Bears have actual patterns for the receivers or does Jay Cutler draw them up on his hand like we did when we were kids playing in the street?  "Okay, Johnny, you go six steps and break to the post, Desmond go long, Greg take five steps and button hook toward the middle, Earl go out six steps and run to the sideline and Chip, you block."
  • It is hard to rip Cutler.  Sure, he threw four picks and the one that landed in the belly of Fat Bastard was clearly on him.  But the other three, while ill advised passes, were caused by his receivers being out of position.  Welcome to the Bears, Jay.  Somewhere in Houston, Rex Grossman is giggling.
  • The Bears receiving corps is like the White Sox defense.  Yes, we know it's (they're) bad, but maybe if we just keep coaching hard, it (they) will improve.  Isn't that the definition of insanity?  It sure drives me nuts.
  • Did you catch the shot of Lovie Smith after the winning Green Bay touchdown?  He looked hurt, confused and shocked all at the same time.  Like "How did this happen?  We had the run stopped."  Yes, but Greg Jennings ran the Linda Ronstadt play on Nathan Vasher.  The old "Blew By You."
  • Among the Bears injuries this morning,  Nathan Vasher is being treated for burns over 100% of his body.  Love that matador defense in the secondary.
  • The most ironic quote of the evening came during Brian Urlacher's pre-game interview with Andrea Kramer.  When asked about the impact Jay Cutler would have on the Bears, Urlacher said "We have a quarterback who will help keep our defense off the field."  How'd that work out for you last night, 54?
  • Thanks to Cris Collinsworth for continually chirping "Urlacher looks healthy.  He's off to a great start."  Yeah, until he dislocated his wrist.  That's about the time the Bears dislocated their defense.Ron Turner is to play calling as William Hung is to music or Susan Lucci is to acting.  And somehow, the Bears keep asking him back. Okay, I'll admit that he's still better than John Shoop.  But not much.
  • I told you yesterday the Bears offensive line was a key to them winning.  Unfortunately, the key broke off in the lock last night.
  • With all due respect to Jay Cutler, Stevie Wonder could have seen Johnny Jolly.  Inexcusable.  The only thing at lambeau bigger than Jolly were some of the RVs in the parking lot.
  • How come Adawale Ogunlie beat the pants off Allen Barbre for only three quarters?
  • Pat Mannelly should have to run stairs every day for three months for that stupid audible call.  Couldn't a quick snap had served the same purpose as trying to hand off to a midget in a game critical situation?  Do the Bears actually pay you to think or just to snap?
  • Anyone miss Kyle Orton last night?  Seriously.  Orton was great at managing the game and throwing high percentage passes, leaving .  Cutler tries to do the Brett Farve thread the eye of the needle thing.  He'll drive you crazy.  He might be successful 60% of the time, but that other 40% will make you want to throw a brick through your TV.
  • Last night's game proved quarterback was never the Bears problem position.  Before you bring in a world class quarterback, you need people who can catch the ball and run patterns, along with an O-corr who can actually call plays.  Bill Walsh put Joe Montana in a position to win.  Mike Holmgren put Brett Favre in a position to win.  Bill Belichick puts Tom Brady in a position to win.  Lovie Smith puts Jay Cutler in a position to fail. It's not fair to Cutler and it's not fair to those people who mortgaged their houses for Bears season tickets. Even Patton needed tanks to win battles in WWII.  Cutler doesn't even have a Matchbox car.
  • The Bears should have a roll call prior to each game.  That way, Greg Olsen and Matt Forte wouldn't turn up  missing.  Better yet, maybe Ron Turner could turn up missing.
  • Neither the Bears nor the Packers appear to be in the Vikings league.
  • If the Bears lost to a 3-4 defense on training wheels, how do you think they will fare Sunday against the best 3-4 defense in the NFL?  Can you say 0-2?  I knew you could.

 

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