“Sunday was a tough day for Bears fans, but even if it didn’t go the way that I wanted, I’m glad to see that one of the greatest rivalries in sports is still there. And we will get you next year. I’m just letting you know. In the spirit of sportsmanship, I wish you ‘good luck’ in the Super Bowl.”
- President Barack Obama on the Green Bay Packers win over the Chicago Bears
Source: Sports Illustrated
“He doesn’t complain when he gets hit. He goes out there and plays his ass off every Sunday, he practices every single day, so no, we don’t question his toughness.”
- Brian Urlacher on QB Jay Cutler
(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Source: Yahoo!
DeAngelo Hall caught four passes from Jay Cutler for 92 yards and a touchdown, which would have made him the Bears’ leading receiver if he weren’t a defensive back for the Redskins.
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Source: nfloffseason
Let’s discuss Chicago Bears OC Mike Martz here for a minute. It seems there are people out there who like to think he’ll make a positive impact in Chi-town this season. Maybe they should take a look at his past and what’s become of his QB’s.
Martz is known for going balls out on offense (essentially a ‘send everyone’ attitude) which helped him & the St. Louis Rams get a Super Bowl his first year as an OC. After that, his style of coaching left less and less desirable results each season. Methinks it’s because people started to catch on. The problem with sending most of your pass-heavy offense out, is that it leaves your QB vulnerable and allows less time for them to get a decent pass off. John Kitna had a 7-step drop and still got sacked excessively.
It took Kurt Warner about 5 years to recover after his Rams years to finally get back up to snuff with the Arizona Cardinals. The Martz Recovery Effect© then left a young promising Marc Bulger lost of all signs of potential and is toiling away among the Baltimore Ravens bench. We already mentioned Kitna, who had so many concussions in his time with Martz, that God had to intervene. Finally, in the spirit of not totally hating on MM, we’ll bring up the San Francisco 49ers and poor Alex Smith. It isn’t his fault that he was Smith’s 4th OC in as many years. Still, Alex couldn’t even get out of the pre-season when Martz was there.
Which brings us to the here and now: Chicago and Jay Cutler. Can Martz make Cutler and the Bears look any worse than last year? Will it be his fault even though the Bears only have WR’s Johnny Knox and Devin Hester to pass to? True that his Super Bowl Championship came when HC Lovie Smith was the Rams Defensive Co-Ordinator, but can they re-create that magic with such a depleted and non-spectacular roster? In our opinion, it doesn’t look good. What say you?
The headline heard ‘round the world: “How Em-Bear-Ass-ing.”
Injury Report: Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher is done for the season with a dislocated wrist. The incident is believed to have happened sometime in the 1st quarter after a rogue Green Bay Packer fell on Urlacher’s hand in the 1st week of the season. However, Urlacher continued to play for the rest of the first half not knowing the severity of his injury. Linebacker Lance Briggs will take over Defensive Captain duties in Urlacher’s absence and Hunter Hillenmeyer will fill in at middle linebacker.
If you think the Bears aren’t bummed out about this, check back to the 2004 season, when Urlacher missed 7 weeks due to his calf/hamstring, and thus the team went 0-7, with Hillenmeyer filling in for him then as well. This probably hinders Urlacher’s boob grabbing career as well. Sad times.
I don’t care how good you are or if you think your arm is stronger than John Elway’s, a subpar receiving core and some bad decisions will cause one to make 4 interceptions. Granted it was against the defensive powerhouse Green Bay Packers, still, the Chicago Bears Jay Cutler got his one way ticket-to-ride on the Loser Xpress. It’s okay though, he can sit next to Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme, he’s been riding that train since last year.
