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If they didn't like so god awful on offense all season I might be cheering their performances for barely beating weaker teams. It is really hard to get excited about this team because they look completely lost on offense. I think the reason you see so much venom against the Bears this season is because the expectations for the offense were so high. I think it might be more accepted if they lost games and still averaged 28 points a game then what they are doing now. I agree with the point that they might have gotten blown out by 2 teams that are going to the Superbowl but it is still hard to accept that they didn't at least put up a fight and stay with them offensively for a little while. There first half offense has been atrocious and they don't seem to have that killer instinct that good teams have. Of course I will be routing for them to beat the Lions tomorrow and will be pleasantly surprised if they win. They definitely have a shot because Detroit has been struggling. My biggest worry is that the Bears D will cure whatever is ailing the Lions offense and their offense won't be able to keep up.You are absolutely right. There also should have been 4+ pages pointing out how they won against teams they should have beaten handily. The bashing they took against the Pats and Pack was deserved IMHO, but fair is fair, we should have bashed them as well for their performance against two weaker teams.Here me out.What no comments yet? The Bears win 2 in a row and you can't indulge us with one of your truly insightful observations.crickets. What part of that 70 yard offensive explosion in the first half was your favorite?
I am not hear to bash the Bears today because it is obvious that they are going to win the Superbowl. After all we did just convincingly take down the mighty Vikings and Bucs who wouldn't even make the playoffs if you combined their win totals.
Cutler = MVP (Obviously)
Trestman = Coach of the Year
Mel Tucker = D Coordinator of the year - I know this isn't an award but they should start one and call it the Mel Tucker award.
What is funny is that I thought the D actually did a good job the last 2 weeks but that offensive genius that we have for a head coach seems to have turned into Terry Shea.
The last 4 games (5 weeks) the Bears lost to the Patriots and the Packers (good chance that's who will be playing in the Super Bowl in February) . During that time, this board had 4+ pages of comments.
Then they win against the Vikings and the Bucs, teams they should beat. And nobody has anything to say.
Must take less energy to #####.
Reminds me of the Wannstedt years, up until the last two. Brutal to know your team is running in place for a 2-3 year stint. Brutal.
Extremely unlikeable group.
Hater - you are so quick to criticize them after the loss. What about the positives. They did score 2 TDs in the first quarter and had a lead. If they win their next 4 games they will be 9-7 and have a shot at the 20th pick in the draft.
I stand corrected. I'm back on the bandwagon!
You know, I wanted Lovie gone more than anyone but you have a point. I'm not sure it's Trestman or that we have a team of all new players but these guys don't even look like they enjoy football, except for Allen and Young. The whole demeanor of the team is in tge tank. No one is fighting for each other.
yoman said:
this is really just lazy
Do whatthis is really just lazy
if I could go back 8 yrs to reference this game --- it just happens to be a memorable game for me, and I reference it now and again.
at the time, 4 of the patriots' prior 6 games were divisional wins in what is always considered a weak division, so the feeling was that this minny game would be a real challenge that the pats might not be up to --- at minny, against the williams wall, which was a pretty tough d that finished the year with a league best 985 yards given up on the ground at a 2.8 ypc clip. yikes!
through 3 quarters the pats ran the ball about 8 times, threw 38, and rolled into the 4th up 31-7, with that 7 being on a minny punt return td.
that's with ben watson, reche caldwell, doug gabriel, and 35 yr old troy brown running wild downfield.
if you need a more recent game, we can look at just last week when the pats played this very same detroit team --- through 3 quarters they threw 43x and ran 10 to roll into the 4th up 27-6, eerily similar to the minny game, now that I'm typing it out.
anyway, I'm not in favor of taking forte out of the game to let cutty throw, but to make the blanket statement that it's some kind of poor scheme by an inept coach is pretty lazy and inaccurate hyperbole.
but was it even trestman?
it's been pointed out at least a couple times over the past few weeks that cutler has audibled out of run plays, and chosen pass over run on options more often than trestman would like, killing drives and turning the ball over.
I know you're aware of this as I've copied the blurbs either in here or in the cutler thread, as evidence that cutler is not a good qb, which is something I've been pointing out to people, like yourself, for a number of years.
but people, like yourself, see that rocket laser arm and insist on telling us that their boy could throw a football over that there mountain --- of course, when the offense is ####ed up because they don't run the ball, that must be a turible coach.
that's just lazy.
the rb wanted to run the ball more?
You still haven't actually read the article, have you? It addresses the Cutler situation (and basically suggests what I said in my final sentence) about the Bears BELIEVING (wrongly?) that Cutler IS talented (and the article sites the fact that he did go to a Pro Bowl before he got to Sack City).
Just adding so much football insight, post after post. wish I knew your secrets.
Seeing Briggs, Urlacher, Hester, and Tillman all go within a couple years of each other is tough, especially with no real guys to take their place. All-time great Bears.Ugly ending but man was he good in his prime. All over the field.
Don't stop believing... Oh never mind
