[CBFF] ESPN - Harris' return a shot in the arm for Bears' D

[Steve Behrens]

Hey Tom, don't be sorry... if everyone was sorry about their opinion, this
would be one sorry place... ;-)

You're point is valid regarding the LOS, and that is why Harris would have
*made* a difference, IMO. Harris would have required a double team, and he
still would have made plays, while taking pressure off the rest of the line
and linebackers, who would have made more plays.  Would it have shifted the
balance, who knows... but it sure would have changed up the way they were
pushing us around on defense out there, IMHO.  Brown would have tightened up
the D-backfield and would have also made a positive difference... how much??
again, who knows..

I think one of the biggest reasons we were so ineffective on offense was the
lack of imagination from our off. coord.  Nothing to our TE until it was too
late.  A mark of a good coord. is to continue to try everything in the bag
until you find what works... ours did not do that, at least for that
particular game he did not.

Personally, I believe the game was winnable.  Other than the slips by
Grossman, I thought he made only one glaring mistake with one of the INT's.
Better and more imaginative play calling, Harris and Brown back in the
line-up.. I think we would have evened up the contest considerably.

If we stay healthy, and with another year of improvement by Rex, with Hester
in the line-up, with a blue chip TE in the fold, with brown and Harris
back... Damn, I'm excited for this season....

Go Bears!!

-Behr


On 6/15/07, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I disagree.  The Colts dominated the line of scrimmage in that game.  I
> wrote a whole blog entry on it.  90% of the time the team that wins is the
> team that does this.  IMO blaming Grossman is just taking the easy shots
> that just scratch the surface of the problem.
>
> I don't like being the bad guy here but there's not much doubt in my mind
> as
> to who the better team on that field was with or without Grossman.  You
> talk
> about Grossman's INTs and fall downs and fumbles but what about the other
> 90% of the plays?  With few exceptions the Bears didn't run, they didn't
> pass, they didn't move the ball.  Period.  If you watch, you'll see that
> it
> came down to what was happening on the LOS on those plays.  The defense
> was
> on the field the whole game.
>
> With the exception of the times when both special teams were on the field,
> the Colts were just better - the whole team in every aspect of the game,
> not
> just the QB.  Looking back on it, once they started kicking away from
> Hester, that game was over and having Brown and Harris wouldn't have
> shifted
> the balance anywhere near enough.  I'm sorry but that's the way I see it.
>
> Tom S.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> > bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ferolie
> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 6:23 PM
> > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > Subject: Re: [CBFF] ESPN - Harris' return a shot in the arm for Bears'
> > D
> >
> > Grossman's INT had nothing to do with bad protection, it was rain and
> > bad
> > grip (small hands is part of it, lack of focus is another part). One of
> > his
> > two fall-downs on that awful first-half series was protection-related,
> > but
> > the other was simply slipping in the rain, as well. I think if you take
> > out
> > the rain this game could have been a Bears win.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Shannon" <tshanno at gmail.com>
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> > >>
> > >> I still think a healthy Harris and Brown, the bears beat the colts.
> > >
> > > Without better protection for Grossman?  I really doubt it.  Sure,
> > Harris
> > > would have helped a lot and Brown would have helped stabilize the
> > > defensive
> > > backfield.  But without more from the offense I still see the defense
> > out
> > > there all day getting worn down.
> >
> >
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