Have to say, this was entertaining as hell. I've never seen that before. Interestingly enough it was ruled a fumble, not a blocked punt, because the kicker never kicked it.
This team has just quit on Trestman. Its not "right", but its blatantly obvious what has happened. There is no passion or direction, and his in-game adjustments are comically bad. Ive never seen a team come out and get worked over in the second half like they do. And then to come off of a bye week and put forth this bullshit display? Id be fine with them firing him tomorrow. Its not gonna get any better. The league has figured out his offense and he can't do anything about it. Shit, the Packers are terrible against the run...so the Bears come out throwing. And for being a QB guru, he doesn't seem to know jack shit about calling plays to get his QB into a rhythm. This team has no fucking mid range passing game to speak off. Its all bombs and dumpoffs.
So, any chance Cutler gets benched? Won't happen because they're paying him and there isn't another viable QB, right?
Zero, absolutely zero. Besides the fact that the backup is Jimmy fucking Clausen. Even if McCown was still on the roster they wouldn't. Cutler hasn't had a banner year by any stretch but he's not even in the top 5 most concerning things about this team right now. Id rather them bench someone who is supposed to be leader but has given up and stopped caring, like Lance Briggs, than Cutler.
Coach needs to be shit-canned and Culter needs a few weeks off. However it won't happen, my guess is a few assistant coaches get fired.
No way. Cutler didn't give up 6 TDs in 30 minutes yesterday. Cutler isn't perfect for sure but he doesn't top the list of problems. When Chicago has 3 of its losses coming at the hands of 38, 51 & 55 point dismantling, there's not much a QB can do, not to mention he's #6 in sacks. There'd be a little more question if they had a really promising young backup - it would be stupid, but coaches have made stupider decisions than shaking things up for no good reason. But they don't, so I'm sure Cutler stays.
Yes, this is my thinking as well. You might draft another one, but no one wants to march Jimmy Clausen out there for the next 7 weeks knowing full well that he's nothing resembling a long term answer.
Cutler isn't the problem. He played terrible last night, but he's actually having a good season overall, and that's in spite of the abysmal coaching. Chicago fans just have to accept that he's never going to be elite. They could blow a first round pick, but Cutler is good enough that the gamble isn't worth it, especially when the defense is one gigantic hole. They are awful at almost every position, and every type of coverage. They are dead last or bottom 5 in most categories. As good as Rodgers' numbers were last night, it's not exactly hard when defenders are 10 yards away from your receiver on deep routes.
The second long Jordy Nelson catch, Collingsworth was raving about what a great route it was, but really, Nelson just burned upfield on a post. However, the replay was hilarious. Conte literally ran 5 yds toward the LOS, then 5 yds back, then 5 yds forward again. He looked like a video game glitch, and Vereen trying to cover deep, not sure if for Conte or not, was just so damn shallow that he was sitting in no mans land. It was just an absolute clusterfuck. Tim Jennings is a good CB, but the safety play is so bad and he has so little support that he's looked like a chump all year.
I enjoyed watching that game because I think Newton is immature and arrogant, so watching him get crushed time after time and mope off the field with his towel over his head made me laugh. I haven't watched many Eagles games this year and wasn't paying the strictest attention to the game, so I was having trouble telling if Jordan Matthews is uncoverable or if he was matched up against some bad DBs. Because the dude was catching everything.
The defensive foul calling punishing players for just playing defense is really getting out of hand. Sanders just got lit up, and McLeod's timing was perfect. There was nothing else he could have done on the play other than time his hit for when the receiver was going to make contact with the ball. He gets flagged for a personal foul. For what? Hitting Sanders too hard? Should he just let him catch the ball? I know there's bad calls every week, but the idea that refs have to constantly err towards 'protection' is getting lame. If players can't take a hit then don't fucking suit up. Shit is getting called way too often when it shouldn't. Yeah, I know there was very slight helmut contact on the play after the hit. There's no way that should have been a foul.
When you root for a team that's never won a championship but excels at giving its fanbase perpetual blue balls, the bitterness comes with the territory. In today's case, the way Cutler always flails around against the Packers yet has always owned the Vikings played out in the predictable, frustrating, fashion. Not only did Cutler put up big numbers, the Vikings' offense was completely ineffective against the Bears defense, which is practically a high school JV unit.
Gronk is a fucking beast. Can't stop anything he does. He and Vollmer are the reason why Gray got 199 yards, and he had some absurdly good catches of his own.