Dewskie wrote:
I'm fine with Cutler, I don't think he's the problem. Our run blocking is so goddamn bad that Cutler (as stated previously) checks out of the plays all the time in order to pass the rock to Marshall (who's probably in triple coverage).
The problem is this town totally missed the boat on putting this into anything remotely resembling proper context. And the radio blowhards are primarily the guilty party.
The one single time that I have heard about what I truly think the issue is, in the WRs not actually getting open and getting bullied, was Matt Bowen who made a small comment on that before a break with B&B. And then they didn't touch on it after they came back. That would seem to be a significant fucking issue but Boers went on to make the same useless point about something over and over for a period of 5 minutes. So that was that.
So not only does this guy have no faith in his line, but there is not only continuity with only one receiver, based on his size/athleticism alone. The others cannot get open.
And while Alshon's stat line doesn't suggest it, it was a big loss because he is a problem in coverage. Alshon was actually pretty physical off the line and through his route. Not the same for Earl and Hester.
And of course all of this is exacerbated by needing to chip with your tight ends.
And the routes are head scratchers, too. The red zone play with Campbell was a prime example. They send Marshall on a corner route while Earl runs a crossing route in front of that. So you have three DBs in a ten by ten box that pinch those two guys off completely. Campbell scrambles to get time and his #1 and #2 are totally pinched by three DBs and the sidelines and end line.
And they do the same thing on the other side of the end zone! So your other two options are not even a factor because the play is designed to go to Marshall and they are on the other side of the field and are taken out of the play entirely. And they get pinched just as bad so even if these guy understood the idea of running to the ball, it wasn't going to happen.
I understand the likeability of corner route with Marshall, but the Bears don't do that well. That is a timing route and not something you expect your backup with no reps, to complete. That should have been a crossing route across the end zone leaving Marshall with space to bully the coverage or use his athleticism to get open. Or even just run towards the ball and use his body to block the defender on the goal line as we have seen once or twice already this year.
Or cross anyone for fuck sake. You could have parked two CTA buses in the middle of the end zone.