[CBFF] Rex

[Nat Mara]

If we are thinking about the same play, it was definitely Garza.  There was
a screen setup perfectly ,and it was against a blitze, so had AP gotten past
the Giants player (Johnson .. I believe) he would have had a huge play, if
not a TD.  It was 63 who whiffed on the block.  I do not believe that Rex is
solely to blame, however he backed into atleast 2 of the sacks.  Once again
our OL was brutal .. Tait was as bad as Miller a couple of weeks ago.  As
far as I am concerned we need to shift Tait to RT, get a new LT, two new
guards and we can worry about Olin the following year.  The one thing that
was nice is that we executed a couple of nice screens, unfortunately the
ones we did not could have been big plays.

We went to our TE early .. And it worked so well we just decided to go away
from it??  Not sure I get that .. Oh yeah Turner is still calling plays
..aint he?  Peterson may not have been running great, but he could have been
used better imho.  Why are we throwing the ball 26 times in the first half
again. .especially when the Giants get so many sacks? 

Our run defense is so pathetic that every RB who sees us must start
salivating.  They know they are liable to set personal bests against us.  As
sick of the penalties on the OL as I am, we must be close to leading the
leagues in encroachment too.  How the hell does Briggs get encroachment on a
play when he was not even blitzing but dropping back?

I am sure glad to see our receivers are back to dropping catchable passes
again .. Especially when the time is running out and they are near the
sidelines.  Sheesh...At least I will no longer kid myself and hope they make
the playoffs.  Time for Urlacher to rest his back, and lets start playing
some of the youngsters ..  While we are at it, bench Archuleta too.

Nat   

-----Original Message-----
From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
[mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Robert Mingee
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 7:08 PM
To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Subject: Re: [CBFF] Rex

> Rex was pedestrian as were our receivers.

While I would have liked to see fewer sacks (90% of it was poor protection,
but clearly Rex could have done better at avoiding the pressure by stepping
up, as all the announcers were saying), and I think my head would have
exploded if I'd had to see Rex overthrow the sideline route to an open
Berrian one more time (what was it -- at least 3 times?), the bottom line is
the offense played well enough to win on most days.  If Hester catches that
pass, the momentum would have swung so far in our direction that we would
have won, IMHO.  And that's just the type of rookie mistake you have to deal
with when playing Hester at receiver.  If anyone feels that Rex is the
reason for this loss (and no one has yet come out and said that, I don't
think), they really need to question their objectivity.  He was far from
perfect, for the reasons noted above, but he played well enoguh to win.  I
need to see more games like this before I can feel comfortable seeing them
try  to sign him beyond this year, unless the contract is loaded with
incentives, and I think we will.

> Garza had
> his head up his bum on the swing to Peterson. Instead of getting out 
> to block he turned to watch the catch unfold. Then he was too late to 
> get out and hit his man who brought AP down.

That certainly sucked, but I'm almost 100% positive that was Metcalf, not
Garza.  I even ran it back to make sure I caught the number (60).  So, Fred
Miller has an "ankle sprain", huh? :-)  At least we're getting some
different faces in there to evaluate.

> But what burns me is the play calling by Turner in the second half.
> The prevent offense, now playing at a stadium near you.

Yep, I am so done defending him.  This season has brought back so many
painful memories of the bad years during his tenure at Illinois (which
wasn't all of them, but when they were bad, they were awful).  The prevent
offense has seemingly been the hallmark of his career, particularly his
maddening insistence on throwing short of the chains and forcing the
receiver to pick up the necessary yards, even when he's wrapped up as soon
as the ball arrives.  At least the unleashed the hounds a little today,
unlike some games, but as you say, they went conservative when they couldn't
afford to.  And where was Olsen in this game?

> Fire Turner.

If we miss the playoffs, which seems a foregone conclusion, I think that's a
given...

-- robert
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