I've always been partial to Brett Favre's maxim that "It's the quarterback's responsibility to overcome bad coaching."
Fields hasn't come close to doing that and is overwhelmingly responsible for the Bears' offensive ineptitude.
But make no mistake about this, Luke Getsy absolutely sucks as an offensive coordinator. To wit:
Josh Shrock wrote:
Wide receiver Darnell Mooney said the Bears' spacing issues Sunday came down to attention to detail and knowing where to line up depending on whether the ball is on the hash or in the middle of the field.
"I think it's just something we just have to continue to talk about with everyone," Mooney said Monday. "Like, the ball is in the middle of the field, or which hash, or whatever it may be. It's just something we have to get back to more detail on where we need to be on the spots-wise, based on where the ball is in the game. Usually, the ball is always on the hash, but the ball was kind of in the middle of the field, so we kind of have to figure out the details on that for sure."
Fields admitted the Bears have "a long way to go." Moore said the offense needs to "go back to the drawing board." Chase Claypool and left tackle Braxton Jones both pointed to mental lapses that severely cost the Bears in Tampa.
Claypool committed a critical offensive pass interference penalty late because he thought the Bears called a run, not a screen. The penalty backed the Bears up to the 6-yard line, and Bucs linebacker Shaq Barrett picked off Fields' screen pass and pushed his way into the end zone to put the final stake in the Bears' heart.
The Bears' offense had two impressive drives against the Bucs and a bunch of nothing on their other possessions. The lack of consistency in the passing game is frustrating, and there's no quick fix to get them back on track. Fields is holding the ball too long at times. The pass protection has been spotty. Receivers are running the wrong routes or sometimes executing the wrong play entirely.
Nothing is working right now. The Bears' offense is a complete disaster two games into a season that was supposed to be highlighted by Fields making a big leap as a passer.
The Bears offense has entered a state of
systemic failure. The guy responsible for creating and maintaining
"the system" is incompetent.
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Antonio Gramsci wrote:
The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.