jason

What? Do you think it is as high as 5? Seriously!? The Bears' DBs almost NEVER are on the line for bump and run. I know this because I almost shit a brick every time I see one of them within 5 yards of the WR when the play starts.

Exactly. Shutdown corners don't make sense when they're supposed to sit in a zone and cover an area. And the Bears' DBs jam the WRs on maybe 1 play out of 100.

BTW - This is what I envisioned when I cheered the Martz hiring at the beginning of the year. Best show on crappy sod.

CUTLER TO KNOX!!! I thought the Jets had a good defense!?

Notice I didn't scream cover-2 on that one. That was clearly a safety missing his assignment. Of course, the assignments for safeties in the cover-2 are the root of a different problem.

Defensive problems: All because of the absolutely non-existent pressure. Even a scrub QB can find an open WR (the other reason why the Bears need to draft a safety).

Cutler to Hester!! AWESOME! This play is proof that all this offense needs is time. Give Cutler and these speedy WRs time, and they will score. Period.

Even though I'm not a Davis lover/hater, he didn't even touch that ball. Brad Smith dropped it. And Cutler made them pay for that BS.

Awesome start to the second half. Briggs gets his hand on a pass and then the Jets blow the fake punt. THEN BAM!!! TD TO KNOX!!

Agreed to a certain extent. It just seems that every time the Bears are getting bent over the table it's because they're sitting in a cover-2 zone, or some variation, and the QB for the other team just steps up into the pocket and finds his guy in a zone hole. The problem is, the Bears rely on a four-man rush more than any team in the NFL (saw a stat on it a week or two back), and it just doesn't work. There needs to be a better design of blitzing or utilizing the front four if the coaches MUST use only them. It just doesn't seem that any DC or HC who has roots in the cover-2 system knows how to design or implement effective rush/blitz packages.

WOW. I'm shocked they didn't just down it. I stand corrected.

So...quick...before the kickoff. What do you want to bet that: 1) The Jets will kick short to an up man. 2) There will be time left on the clock 3) The Bears will not take a shot at a hail mary (which has worked more than once this year).

Doesn't take a genius. I often wonder how the Bears have done as well as they have with this defensive scheme. It's ALL about the turnovers. The Bears have been fortunate enough to get them. Otherwise, every competent offense has gashed them.

Personally, if it were 7 picks in 7 rounds, I'd like to see something like the following: OL OL DL S QB OL P

Great adjustment by Martz...as alluded to by the announcers. Reminds me of the Cowboys game. They sent the house...lots of pressure. Worked for a while, and then Martz changed it to a bunch of quick hitters to the RBs and the TEs. Thank God we don't have those morons Turner or Shoop any more. An OC who can actually adjust is such a luxury.

You don't know that. I've seen plenty of RBs this year get stopped by one guy. I know because I've yelled at my fantasy RB for not getting me points. Drafting a RB in other than a VERY late round would be stupid.

MF PLAY ACTION ON THE GOAL! TD!

Stop. Please. Seriously. Stop.

If you're counting - and I am - that's three false starts. So much for this OL having a good game. Blew their load on the first drive.

Agreed. But I happen to believe a passive scheme promotes passive play.

Is it Tillman or the scheme? I don't really know, but the cover-2 definitely puts cover corners in a bad position of sitting down into an area and guarding it...rather than the player.

Wrong. That was pure coverage...not Cutler indecisiveness. (But he should have thrown it away)

Right.

When I said, "I've pretty much been saying it all year," I meant that I've been saying the Bears have been overachieving and were probably going to be one of those one-and-done teams. Reminding me of the year Steve Smith torched the Bears and sent them home. With that said, after four games (can't find the preseason predictions) I pretty much said that the Bears were in the playoffs. http://www.talkbears.com/forums/index.php?...ost&p=83939

I hope you're wrong, but I suspect you're right. I've said it pretty much all year. But since they've officially made it into the playoffs, I'm going to hope for greatness over expecting the norm.