Bears4Ever_34 Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Lovie Smith can say all he wants about how the Bears are a running football team that likes to pass. Oh really? I don't understand why the Bears think they have to be a running team when clearly their strength is in the passing game with Cutler and our receivers. Jim Miller brought this up last night on Bears Post Game Live and he had a great point. Why don't the Bears go with alot more empty sets? Put 5 receivers out there, spread the defense out and let Cutler do his thing. Obviously our running game is non existent so instead of forcing the issue we need to change up our offense to a New Orleans Saints style of offense. I hope we see some of these changes in next week's game because we should not be losing games like last night. If our offensive line and our running back can't get the job done, do something about it! Go into a more dynamic offensive scheme, Empty sets, Wildcat etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Two words: Ron Turner. That's why it won't happen. It's far too outside of his comfort zone. It's beyond his vanilla style. He's far too regimented into the old-school way of offensive coaching philosophies that dictate on 1st and 10 you do this, and 2nd and 5 you do that. Which, of course, is why he's so predictable. And in large part it's a reason why the Bears offense hasn't been worth a damn whilie he's been the OC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChileBear Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Two words: Ron Turner. That's why it won't happen. It's far too outside of his comfort zone. It's beyond his vanilla style. He's far too regimented into the old-school way of offensive coaching philosophies that dictate on 1st and 10 you do this, and 2nd and 5 you do that. Which, of course, is why he's so predictable. And in large part it's a reason why the Bears offense hasn't been worth a damn whilie he's been the OC. He sure seems to be scheming his way to the unemployment line after the season. Just pathetic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears4Ever_34 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Woops I put "Love" I meant "Lovie", o well.. I wish our staff had the balls to do something like this. It makes perfect sense but of course, Lovie and Turner will continue to try and convince themselves that the Bears are a running football team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Luciano Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Lovie Smith can say all he wants about how the Bears are a running football team that likes to pass. Oh really? I don't understand why the Bears think they have to be a running team when clearly their strength is in the passing game with Cutler and our receivers. Jim Miller brought this up last night on Bears Post Game Live and he had a great point. Why don't the Bears go with alot more empty sets? Put 5 receivers out there, spread the defense out and let Cutler do his thing. in three words i can answer this question... cutler would die. as it stands right at this moment cutler is getting killed. forget the statistics, forget the sack count. watch him after the ball leaves his hand (or even before). he is getting freakin ROCKED on numerous plays game in game out. these hits are like heavy body blows to a heavyweight boxer. after a few rounds it starts taking it's toll. the runningbacks are the only thing keeping cutler off the IR and they aren't doing a great job at it either. PLUS, greg olson and our other TE davis are maybe the worst blocking TE's i have ever seen in the nfl. i can't even imagine what our line coaches or TE coaches, if we even have any, are teaching these guys. i find it almost incomprehensible that anyone that has played football nearly all their lives could be this bad. compound this fact with the incredible poor play by our left guard, our center, and throw in the 2-3 bad blocks each by our tackles per game it's simply mindboggling. if we ran a no protection or 5 receiver spread scheme cutler would be scraped off the field. seriously, if we don't give cutler some relief we are all going to be saying after the next year or two... wow, think how good the bears COULD have been if cutler's career had lasted more than 2 years before injury ended his nfl career!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears4Ever_34 Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 in three words i can answer this question... cutler would die. as it stands right at this moment cutler is getting killed. forget the statistics, forget the sack count. watch him after the ball leaves his hand (or even before). he is getting freakin ROCKED on numerous plays game in game out. these hits are like heavy body blows to a heavyweight boxer. after a few rounds it starts taking it's toll. the runningbacks are the only thing keeping cutler off the IR and they aren't doing a great job at it either. PLUS, greg olson and our other TE davis are maybe the worst blocking TE's i have ever seen in the nfl. i can't even imagine what our line coaches or TE coaches, if we even have any, are teaching these guys. i find it almost incomprehensible that anyone that has played football nearly all their lives could be this bad. compound this fact with the incredible poor play by our left guard, our center, and throw in the 2-3 bad blocks each by our tackles per game it's simply mindboggling. if we ran a no protection or 5 receiver spread scheme cutler would be scraped off the field. seriously, if we don't give cutler some relief we are all going to be saying after the next year or two... wow, think how good the bears COULD have been if cutler's career had lasted more than 2 years before injury ended his nfl career!!!!!!!!!! I found it quite embarrassing that we were getting beat against a 3 man rush. And it happened multiple times. THAT can't happen ever. If 5 lineman can't block 3, how can you expect to do anything on offense? While our pass blocking isn't as bad as our run blocking, it is close. If we can just start the game by passing to get ahead, we can then revert to the run game to get the win. I just see no reason to keep forcing the issue. We could be a more efficient offense by just throwing 10 extra passes a game as opposed to wasting it getting 2.3 yards per carry on the ground. Forte is not the type of running back that is good at creating his own space. That's why Cedric Benson failed here and that's why Forte is struggling now. Our offensive line isn't giving many holes and when they do Forte never hits it hard. I know it'll probably never happen with Lovie and Turner calling the shots but we need to do something with the offense. We are a very explosive offense because we have Jay Cutler and our receivers have turned out to be pretty good. Spreading out the defense seems to me like the most logical way for us to continue going forward. We ran the Wildcat once last night, we need to use it like the Dolphins. Hester is perfect for that role but we lack the brain power to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvflutop Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 From the ESPN NFC North blog... Chicago Bears: Linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa had an MRI on his right knee Monday, coach Lovie Smith told local reporters. The Bears are bracing for the worst on his injury. Smith said he hoped to get linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer (ribs) back on the practice field Wednesday. Meanwhile, Smith wouldn’t rule out the possibility of benching left guard Frank Omiyale and inserting Josh Beekman as the starter at left guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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