Sorry I haven't updated this blog but once in the last month or so. I will try to be more vigilant with my updates.
Wow - what a difference a few weeks makes. The Bears went from looking pretty good at 3-1 going into their bye to borderline awful even after a 24-point win against the lowly Cleveland Browns. They played HORRIBLY in Atlanta although they still had a chance to win the game at the end. Then they played one of the worst games EVER for the franchise against former #1 pick Cedric Benson and his new team, the once lowly Cincinnati Bengals even if they were on the road. I could dedicate an entire post to that game, but let's just all agree it was HORRENDOUS and move on.
I was praising their halftime adjustments in the last post...well, what the heck happened to those adjustments? The Falcons confused them with the no-huddle offense which really highlighted the lack of MLB Brian Urlacher as they had a guy in there with very little experience and he wasn't able to make the adjustments on the fly the way Urlacher may have. The Cover 2 was fully exploited in the Bengals game and again, no adjustments seem to be made there either. Wait, Ochocinco just caught another 20-yard hook route behind the LBs and in front of the safeties. Lovie, the Cover 2 is OVER - all the good teams have it figured out and you aren't confusing anyone any more. Speaking of not confusing anyone, the Bears offense is about as vanilla as ever. WHY?!? They just spent a lot of money and draft picks to get Jay Cutler and yet they seem to be running the same offense that Kyle Orton ran as a rookie. Where's the creativity? Wait, Forte is getting stuffed on another inside hand-off for no gain. Every defense the Bears face including the 32nd ranked Browns seems to know exactly where the plays are going particularly down at the goal line, so WHY are the Bears running those plays? Wait, Jay Cutler just got hammered again by Shaun Rogers. I know the offensive line has the blocking ability of wet Kleenex so how about some misdirection? How about some quick slants? How about taking advantage of the pass rush and run a few screens to Forte? Every other NFL team seems to be able to run screens successfully to their RBs...why not the Bears? I'll tell you why in two words...Ron Turner. This guy is living the life of an NFL offensive coordinator based on what he did with the Bears back in 1993-96. Well folks, this is 2009...NOT 1999. What he is running ain't workin! We used to blame the QB - well, Kyle Orton is 6-1 with a QB rating over 100 for the year. Hmmm...maybe it wasn't the QB. Now I guess we're blaming the O-line. Hey, I've got an idea...maybe it is the idiot offensive coordinator...the defiant Ron Turner. The defiance is the part that aggravates me the most...see, he thinks he is good when he has NO PROOF of this...and he never admits anything is his fault (hey, maybe he should work for the Cubs)...and he never changes anything. His approach remains the same all the time even if it doesn't work. Now that's defiant. He was 22 games under .500 in his career as head coach of the UofI Illini so how did this guy even get this job? Good ole Lovie! Loyal to a fault.
There's lots more wrong with the Bears than Ron Turner's offense, but when the team's new toy comes here at great expense to the franchise, you expect to see them "play" with the new toy. Instead the look-out blocking scheme they employ lets the defense have a chance to play with the new toy instead. Let's hope the Bears figure it out before the new toy is inevitably broken.
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