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Abysmal
By Mike | September 23, 2007
The Bears offense is absolutely abysmal. And to be honest, I’m not all that impressed with their defense either.
Lets start with the defense. Did they make one stop in the second half? I know TO is a good player and all but can they just stop him from catching a ball for a first down on third and long just once? And why is that when the Bears have two or three rushers in Romo’s face he can shake them and still complete a 20 yard pass for a first down while one rusher just has to look at Grossman hard and he falls down?
In all three games the D has been outstanding in the first half, but then had a complete let down in the second. And you can’t blame it on the offense not holding onto the ball and wearing the D out because things were pretty even in the first half and in the first to drives of the second have Dallas marched down the field without a problem. It would be nice if they could make a tackle after halftime. Maybe they need more conditioning during practice. To they know the game is 60 minutes long?
Back to the offense, is there anyone on that squad doing anything right? The line isn’t holding up anything, Grossman can’t hit the broad side of a barn, unless its wearing the other teams colors, Benson can’t run for anything, Berrian dropped a sure TD and Moose has been hiding somewhere behind opposing players for three games now.
Up until now I’ve been a Grossman supporter. Yeah, he’s had his ups and downs, but I thought that a lot of the critics were overreacting. Not anymore. The Bears can’t continue to expect to win games with just the special teams and defense. They need to score points, on offense, and they aren’t going to do with Grossman. People (Broadcasters) keep saying that Griese isn’t the long term solution so why go to him? Well, if the Bears had a even a mediocre offense they would have a shot at winning a Superbowl in the next few years. Griese can be the QB during that span and hopefully by then they’ll have drafted the next QB of the future. It doesn’t make sense to worry about the future when you have the opportunity to win now.
Cedric Benson is not the answer at running back either. I was a big Thomas Jones fan, and much preferred him to Benson, but still, I supported trading Jones the Jets. It was Jones’ last year, and he wasn’t going to stay with the Bears after that, and Benson should have been a capable replacement, so you might as well trade Jones and get something for him. I’m thoroughly unimpressed with Benson so far. I’ve seen nothing that indicates he is anything other than an ordinary back. The Bears are really going to need to focus on offense this year come draft time.
On the receiving side Berrian has been decent, although his fumble last week killed some serious momentum, and his drop of a sure TD tonight didn’t help. And where is Muhsin Muhammad? Is he not our #1 receiver? Even for a number 2 four catches in three games isn’t very impressive? Is he not getting open? Is Rex not looking at him? Is he even on the field?
On the plus side it was nice to see Greg Olson in the game making plays. He had a few nice catches on the one drive where the Bears offense almost looked competent.
Even special teams which has been the best squad on the team had a rough day as Hester dropped every other kick he received, and when he wasn’t dropping them he was getting hit for minimal gains.
Oh wait TO just caught another 17 yard pass for a first down on third and long. Who would have thought they’d throw to him?
I have a bad feeling that its going to be a long season. Especially with defense starters starting to drop like flies. And how are the Packers 3-0.
That’s all I have. I’m too frustrated to write any more.
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