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LOL F=ma!!

thats right. Johnson and a big body f*cking pound it in. it is NOT rocket science, we dont need an option play, or to run out of shotgun there. Just call football plays.

right. In fact, the Rams are showing us exactly how to do it. They arent good, they have guys injured, but they look like football.

absolutely. you can hear the crowd is loving Caleb and Roschon, and booing the line and the playcalling.

Put another way - the Rams arent that good, and they have players out with injury. And yet, they look like football. That's coaching right?!

A freakin MEN When we blitz, they throw the slant behind it. Its only worked for 50 years...

Ugh that bubble screen come ON youre gonna get Moore killed.

about the game - why would you gamble a 3rd down on Odunze's blocking ability? Also, I think Swift is more of a home run hitter than Roschon Johnson, but I think Roschon's vision in traffic is superior. Swift could have taken different angles, and fallen forward for an extra yard on each of his runs, and thats the difference between 3rd and 3 and 3rd and 5.

I agree with you about 99.99% of the time. We disagree about this one. Time will tell

well thats what makes horse races. In time we will have answers of course

I agree with all of this except the first sentence. I mean, yes it is possible both can succeed, but I just dont believe in Daniels as a real NFL QB.

I totally agree. I still think Daniels will bust out, but you can build a very specific offense for him if youre willing to only do certain things, but i dont see winning a superbowl with him. Caleb is actually looking better every week and doing the big boy in-pocket things a lot of QBs never do, looking off the safety etc etc

2-2 doesnt suck if we learn something.

Ive been watching the all 22 films, and I can tell you that Williams is getting better every week, and also hes doing all kinds of things right. Daniels is being spoon fed a "read half of the field" kind of thing. Hes a one read and the run kind of guy. we have the right QB, its just gonna take a little time. But there is a lot wrong with the offense, so it's harder to see, so I understand where youre coming from. Caleb is probably the brightest spot on the offense.

This just came to mind, so Ill add it: Do we see any evidence from the OL that the HITS principle is in play? Hustle? Intensity? (turnovers) & Smart? The OL has not been smart, intense or hustling. Xs and Os aside, in terms of motivating people, is Eberflus only a defense whisperer? Is he checked out and leaving it to Waldron? Is he really just a DC in disguise?

yeah thats fair too I have been cynical about Eberflus for a while now, so I probably won't change my mind on a dime, but i have also said before that i think there is enough talent on this team to win despite what I think of Eberflus. But now that I see the problems on offense, and I'm hearing from players now that the coaching is too friendly and not tough enough, and thats been kind of an ongoing thing Ive been talking about for a while from Poles on down, I do feel somewhat like my read was right? Now all of these guys are certainly professionals. I dont think Waldron doesnt know vanilla blocking assignments, I assume they all know this stuff. My worry is that they are trying to be too tricky, and that kind of Nagy-esque cuteness rarely fools the other professional staff of opposing teams. because they are professionals too. Tom Waddle said today something like "stop being fancy, and do simple things well" and when it comes to the running game and the blocking scheme, that means guys winning their matchups. And a lot of that is about "Want to" - weve seen Davis's level of effort, and if the team didnt come down on him, then what are other players supposed to think? Players have said that they were more afraid of Bill Parcells than their opponent. Thats one way to motivate, but certainly not the only way. But however it's done it has to include real accountability, or it's fake. How do you get more out of a player than that players knows they have to give? being nice alone aint gonna do it.

no Im not at a decision point at all. I just think you cant fix things until you see and admit the problem. Thats why accountability is important. Am I cynical about the current coaching staffs ability to fix it? probably, but if I see signs of change, ill note them too. Im not fixed to a particular outcome, Im just calling it as I see it? But Mercedes Lewis tells us Waldron wasnt feeling comfortable to call players out and bring accountability. And that is definitely a problem. Kumbaya coaching doesnt win superbowls. Its just that corporate mindset, and i dont think it works in football. Certainly I hope they change and start doing the right things. But I dont have a ton of faith in them either - is that fair?

so it's not just 1-2 thats causing this reaction. If you watch the film, you see how insane a lot of it has been. Morgan is a disaster, Waldreon is floundering and Eberflus continues to make ridiculous unforced errors. It's not just the W/L record, its HOW we got there. And if what lewis says is correct, then that is a real problem for a coach. Without accountability, all you have is a social event.

so true. even if McCaskeys arent making the decisions any more, they chose people who also have that grey corporate thing. I want a motivator who gets the best out of his players. And who knows how to scheme.

you're absolutely right. but it is all about winning too, so anything that happens happens in the context of winning or losing. I do hope they can learn and adapt, and if they do, I'll be at the head of the parade. Like you said, all I want is to win, and eventually to dominate. I dont like or dislike these guys personally, in fact, Eberflus seems like a REALLY nice guy. He'd be a great friend or neighbor. So if we win, I'm gonna love the guy. But if we keep laying eggs like we have, burning timeouts, going for it on 4th and 1 when we shouldnt, getting a delay of game after a timeout, calling a 1 point conversion, and then switching your mind to get a delay penalty etc etc and you couple that with losing, then of course we want their heads. And if they win again, they we will love them again. And I think one of the biggest drawbacks of having Eberflus is that you dont have someone else who could potentially give you an edge in winning. But lets see what they do when Bates is back, and how they handle these next couple weeks. Winning fixes a lot, and losing with awful coaching stinks. It's really not a hater or a fanboy thing at all with me, it's just how bad it's looked. It's in their own hands to fix or not.

Modern day passing teams still also run the ball. When they do, they use blocking schemes that have names. When we do it, we ask players to make blocks by scheme that are pretty much impossible. If you watch the all 22 film after the game, and look at the blocking assignments, some of them are CRAZY. It's yet another example of the "smartest guy in the room" - we are reinventing football, when what we really need to do is just play football. Also, our coaching staff seems to pay no attention to personnel groupings, and we end up asking the wrong players to do the wrong things. Kennan Allen is not a speed clearout guy. Deandre Carter cannot hold the edge against a DE. Cole Kmet cannot pull across the entire line and make it to the point of attack on the other side. So far the overall offensive scheme has been a joke.

I think he could take a little more accountability in the press conferences, but I think in general hes a positive guy, but he failed to motivate Davis, and Waldron is still making the same mistakes. I do see some beginnings of changes, but I just dont see the OL playing with any fire. We have no identity on offense, and that is right in the lap of the motivation aspects of the head coach. FLus has made other serious errors too, but Ill keep this post just to the question of motivation and accountability.

I think you're making a false choice. Even modern passing offenses have a running game. Ours has been terrible. It needs to get better. Our pass protection too needs to get better and the playcalling needs to get better. Im saying Waldron is over his head, and I hope Caleb can take some control of the mess and bring it into focus from his part of the collaboration as the QB. SOme lead, some follow. I suspect Caleb will be more of a leader than, say, Justin was to Getsy. Now, to characterising my statement here as "harping" I dont get it. We just disagree, theres nothing weird about my position, you just dont agree with it - cool. But it isnt unacceptably flawed or anything, it's just my opinion. As for Flus, I dont see for sure how accountable he is really making them. He came into the press conference and wanted to talk about the good things. Listening to Flus talk, I dont hear a lot of accountability. Caleb on the other hand, takes good personal accountability, and he also calls out the entire team. It doesnt need to be a temper tantrum, just "we really need to do that better, you cant win games this way" rather than the rosy upbeat professional corporate "quality comes first, please hold" What I was saying, was that when I was "harping" before about wishing we had a harder nosed leader like a Harbaugh or similar motivator, that i was giving Eberflus some slack saying, maybe that hard nosed voice will come from our QB, and Eberflus can keep being a sunshine guy.

of course, but there are levels. Our staff babysat Trubisky, and Brady tells his coach what to do. Bruce Arians said Brady was co-Head Coach in Tamp Bay. And of course every level in between. Im just saying that Waldron is screwing up and i think Caleb knows football, and the balance of power may be shifting as Caleb grows, and I was just mentioning that this would happen, but I didnt expect it so soon. THe article is just a small thing, but it's an evolution that will happen, and honestly I think Caleb is more of a winner than Waldron is. So if the voice of accountability comes from our QB instead of a hot head head coach, that can work.

On Sunday, I said And here's the first hint of it https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2024/09/25/caleb-williams-speaks-2/ I wanted a tough coach like Harbaugh to bring accountability. Doesnt need to be a yeller, but needs to hold people accountable, and raise the level of commitment, focus and performance. And the offense sure looks like it needs it. But there is nothing wrong with that kind of leadership coming from your QB. I said something about this a few months back too, about keeping Eberflus when that got announced. Maybe Caleb will just drag this team kicking and screaming into relevance despite the coaches. Maybe having Williams have a voice in picking the next head coach or OC will make a difference in getting the right plan in place for our team if it comes to that. Forget this the team needs to save the QB stuff, how about a hero QB saves the team?