Nov 17 2008
Bad News Bears
What Happened? This is not we all thought, Kyle Orton comes back and we get smashed. If Kyle was not ready, should he had been in there, the timing was off in the offense and the defense just plain stunk.
The defense has been dreadful and has been the weakest part of the Chicago Bears this whole year. They can not get off the field on third downs, they do not apply enough pressure and they just are bad. This defense is relatively healthy and it is still this bad and no, Bob Sanders does not play for the Bears.
After Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs signed those big deals last year they have done nothing to inspire or defend their other teammates. Sure they have both had glimmers of good play but their overall defense is terrible. I thought good players and leaders help others be better. Not in the case with Bears. These are the veterans and captains of the defense and they look just as clueless as the younger guys.
Now it does not help if you cannot score on offense any touchdowns but the offense has played alright seeing that this group was hardly given a shot in the beginning of the year. Matt Forte has been the lone bright spot on offense, although for this game, I will give them a pass. There needs to be a lot of improvement if the Bears are even thinking they can beat Minnesota next week.
All day Adrian Peterson might be the next to make the Bears D look like swiss cheese. It will be interesting if this group just packs it in at 5 and 5 because of the inconsistent play. When the offense looks decent, the defense is terrible, when the special teams looks bad the offense is bad as well. This year all three phases of the game for the Bears have been inconsistent. If there is any hope they still play in the NFC North and anything is possible with a three way tie. My money is not leaning toward the Bears at this time.






This is not the same Bears team that went to the Super Bowl. Devin Hester has been forced to become a Deon Sanders-esque version of himself, that really doesn’t do anything at all, the offense is still the same lame duck offense that went to the big dance, and the D….the D is just horrible. We gave everyone the money they wanted, and now, we are forced to watch them do nothing with it.