Oct 28 2009
Staying with Jay Cutler
After listening to the radio the last few days in Chicago everyone is trying to figure out, what happened last week? I will say this even though Jay Cutler threw his interceptions again, we should not put total blame on him in the loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
For one the Bears defense is full of inexperience in the secondary and linebacker spots and to say that “we are okay with what we have approach” is really a bad assessment. I really have been shocked at the fact that Jerry Angelo did not make a stronger effort to replace Brian Urlacher in the middle. Not knocking Nick Roach he is a fine player and has a lot of up side but this defense lacks that veteran leadership that many teams in the NFL take for granted. No Tommie Harris is not the answer either as someone to take this defense on his back, he has become a complete debacle and really has become more of a liability than an impact player he used to be early on his career.
My second reason for staying with Jay Cutler is at least he has a very short memory when it comes to having a bad game. Jay Cutler likes to take chances and we as Bears fans need to learn to accept that even though we may have average at best defense right now. You can hear in Jay’s voice whenever he talks to the media he is not someone that lacks confidence unlike prior quarterbacks of the past most memorable Rex Grossman who seemed flustered anytime he had a bad game and then would take that into the media discussions for the rest of the week. Jay Cutler has more poise than most of his teammates and people need to understand that before throwing him under the bus he has jumped back from poor performances before if you look at his stay in Denver.
My last statement is this I put more blame on management this off season believing the theory “we are good with what we have approach” with not just the offense but with the defense lately as well. Yes injuries occur in the NFL but to think that this team was going to stay injury free is a big mistake and other teams in the NFL do a better job than the Bears not just replacing players with average players but players that can make an impact on a game. With Lovie Smith in the middle of all of this I still like him as a the coach of the Bears as he is a good player coach that players respond to but as far as Jerry Angelo he needs to stop believing his team can compete with anyone out there when you cannot even take care of the Cincinnati Bengals whom yes are 5 and 2 but it is only October and the Bengals are historically known for sinking their own ship with players that often do their best way to sabotage or create trouble within their own locker room. Just wait till they have a bad game and see how fast they jump back from the loss is all I am saying.
