Pick an area, and the Bears stunk

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  1. billwade

    billwade Member

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    OK, so it wasn’t going to be easy for the Bears this season, but yeesh, did it have to be this awful?

    The Bears lost both lines of scrimmage, lost the ball, lost control of things the second quarter, and that’s how you lose an ugly divisional road game and a perfect record.

    This was a complete disintegration, and it wasn’t even in Green Bay. Forget the 40-32 final score. The Lions gave away free scores on which even a bad Bears offense could capitalize. No, this was a self-inflicted disaster in a place the Bears had owned against a team that regularly self-destructed.

    On Sunday in Detroit, though, the Lions were smarter and better. Since when does that happen? The Bears lost every important category, from points to poise.

    Jay Cutler threw two awful interceptions that turned into 10 points and couldn’t convert a third down in the first half when this still was close to being a game.

    Cutler’s mechanics went bad and stayed bad when it mattered. We’ve seen this before, Cutler going full-metal omigod. The hope was Marc Trestman would be able to stop such things, but that wasn’t evident Sunday. No quarterback whispering. Just palm-to-forehead. Face-to-air-sickness bag.

    The hope was Trestman would have a playbook that righted Cutler and the Bears offense quickly, limiting the kind of irretrievable freefall the Bears can’t afford, but that wasn’t evident, either.

    The Cutler who was “Mr. Fourth Quarter’’ in the first three games turned into Jonathan Quinn for most of Sunday. The Bears offense that had shown so much creativity to start the season lost its way in the second quarter. Lost everything.

    After Matt Forte raced 53 yards for a TD that put the Bears up 10-6, the Bears did almost nothing right and so much wrong. They were obliterated so badly you’d think Wanny was still coaching.

    http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...oom-20130929_1_matt-forte-bears-marc-trestman
     
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    It is true. The Bears were awful in virtually every phase of the game.

    Still, the two areas that trouble me the most were Cutler's complete regression and the continuing lack of pressure by the front 4. Peppers was actually ok, but nowhere near the type of impact player he used to be. There is no way he is worth the 14 mil he is making this year.
     

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