By JP Hochbaum

Now that I have time to digest entirely what happened and I am no longer slightly inebriated I would like to revisit what went wrong in the Bears game.

Cutler- He needs to get better at blitz recognition if he is to succeed in Martz’s offense. The Seahawks game planned to blitz a cornerback/safety whenever the Bears were in sets where three receivers were lined up one side and thus it was hidden from the tackle on that side to pick up. This is where either a running back should pick up the block or Cutler recognizes the blitz and quickly gets rid of the ball. I also think he is doing a great job at not throwing interceptions, but I think he is now overcompensating his fear of throwing a pick and holding the ball too long. If Cutler could get his act together it really doesn’t matter how bad the o-line is, this offense could be great.

Martz- He needs to gameplan better and run the damn ball. The balance last game was 80% pass and 20% run. No team, unless you’re the Patriots or Colts, could get away with this. The seven step drop that caused a safety was incredibly stupid and the adjustments he showed against the Cowboys have seem to have disappeared.

The O-line- they actually performed decently because we didn’t see DE’s and DT’s beating us as bad as before. The pressure came on the outside from the secondary and we can’t really fault their run blocking when they only get 12 attempts a game.

Wide receivers- Since on a tv I can’t see how they are running routes I can’t really say they had a good or bad game. I could only assume they aren’t being very helpful and while I like Knox he seems to miss on some big opportunities and it killed me watching several catches for first downs fall short when the receivers ran backwards.

The defense- It seems Peppers met his kryptonite in rookie LT Okung. Tillman made Mike Williams look like he was an all-pro receiver. Urlacher didn’t do much without his Robin. They didn’t play horrible altogether but the big names were glaringly absent and no turnovers is telling of this.

The special teams- Well I believe Desmond Clark could get even less time after being called for a hold on Mannings’s potential game winning kick return. Hester is back and now has a a chance to break a record with the next line drive punt that heads his way.

All in all this is a team that has the talent to be the front runner of a very weak NFC. But as with almost any other team it comes down to how they fix their problems. If Martz and Jay can overcome a weak and young o-line it can be done. 

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