Comments on: Lovie Smith: We’re now 2-0 if you count last year’s final regular season game!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:33:43 +0000

That was SARCASM, FroDog.
Jerry Angelo screwed this team for years, and getting his stink off of it will take time.
Lovie is trying to make us believe that everything’s fine–in the last year of his contract–but we all know that he’ll be moving on in January.
I can only think that Mike Tice was trying to “feature” just how worthless J’Marcus Webb is, because he kept making sure that he was going one-on-one with Clay Matthews.
NO other team in the league starts a seventh round pick at LT.

By: DVXPrime

DVXPrime — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:13:36 +0000

That’s a lot of shit to fix in the offseason, Fro.

The defense better find the Fountain of Youth. Let’s not mention the Oh-Hell-No Line.

By: chucky

chucky — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:45:00 +0000

5th worst since 2004? Hell, that’s serviceable! Leave him alone!

Seriously, I have a sick feeling about this Thursday nights game. This will not be good. If I’m wrong I’ll be here to admit it. And frankly, I hope I have to.

By: morpheus

morpheus — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:04:30 +0000

As for Lovie’s challenge ineptitude.. it’s well-documented. Here is the most recent story I could find on it. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/jensen/8459788-452/as-a-challenger-lovie-smith-is-no-champ.html

By: morpheus

morpheus — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:41:14 +0000

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2011/opp.htm#passing::15 (since Fro asked). The default sort is total yards allowed, which supports Fro’s contention that the Bears were in the bottom 10. Alternatively you could sort by QB rating allowed and find that they are 8th overall, or by expected points contributed by passing defense and find them ranked 7th… so it really depends on which stat you want to use.

By: Fro Dog

Fro Dog — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:31:18 +0000

Wrong. They don’t have everything else. Emery couldn’t fix all of the problems in one offseason but he addressed as much as he could. He has picked up the wide receivers, backup running back and some pieces on the defensive line. For next offseason, he needs to address the linebackers, cornerbacks, safeties and offensive line and I am confident he can do that.

I didn’t expect him to fix all of these problems in short time either. Most of us here know that it would be at least two seasons, maybe three to put them where they want to be.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:47:16 +0000

Don’t get too excited, especially the way Dan Pompei in the Tribune today was ready to get on his knees and service J’Marcus Webb.
For the last time: Webb does not have enough talent to start in the NFL. All the coaching in the world cannot give him more talent. He’s a BACK UP at best. Seventh-round draft choice.
REMEMBER: the O-line is the same. The same players. They just changed the offensive scheme.
And factor in playing a team that won 2 games last year, is in the process of rebuilding, and Feeney going out fairly quickly and you have Webb’s playing level. He could handle it. A back up playing against another back up on a weak team.
Webb will NOT be able to hang like this against the 49ers or Lions. And let’s see what happens Thursday.
There were occasional plays where the line held on passes and–whatdya know?–Jay completed some fine strikes. Other plays, he was buying time, as Dan Dierdorf kept mentioning.
This is the O-line’s problem: they can’t push people around.
They can’t keep the pocket from collapsing and they CANNOT open holes for Forte to run through. If you notice, it’s the same as last year. Forte has to run OUTSIDE the tackles to get yardage. Very rarely can he get a hole between the tackles. So far this year, we’ve seen both Forte and Bush tackled in the backfield.
And that’s another problem. If Forte brings you down the field, you have to give him the chance to run the ball in. They can’t always bring Bush in. Not fair to Forte.
Next year’s draft–the Bears are going to have to address the O-line and find at least one solid DT. Now that they have everything else, right?

By: Kevin Gregg

Kevin Gregg — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:39:23 +0000

Thanks chucky!

By: chucky

chucky — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:58:45 +0000

Fro….I think you’re being a bit harsh here. Being in the bottom ten doesn’t make you bad. It makes you…..serviceable.

By: Fro Dog

Fro Dog — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:51:22 +0000

Yeti,

Let’s have a legitimate conversation here. I know that may be hard for you but I am interested in knowing the answer to something. To my knowledge, you have never presented us with stats on how horrible Lovie Smith is at challenging plays. Why is that? You have bombarded us with stats on various arguments over the years but never the terrible stat of Lovie Smith challenges. You can also add that the Bears are a horrible team (according to stats) with pass defense. I think they were ranked in the bottom 10 last year.