With this loss, I was going to say something along the lines of “Don’t blame the players. This one is on the coaches”. Then, I arrived home and thought differently. Let’s forget that it was the Bills that they lost to. The Bears gave this game away. This loss is on everyone. There aren’t any mulligans for the coaches anymore. For the first time, I am questioning Phil Emery and Marc Trestman. You chalk up Trestman’s poor decisions last year to him being “inexperienced”. There aren’t any more excuses. This is the type of the game that you will look at after the season if or when the Bears miss out on the playoffs on the last day of the season. And looking at the schedule, the Bears could start the season 0-4.
Offense: For the love of God, RUN THE FUCKING BALL. When it’s 3rd and 1, why does Trestman call a pass play? This shit was all on Trestman here. There is no excuse for him not to trust Forte to get one fucking yard on two chances. Forte was getting good runs all game and all of a sudden, Trestman pulls the plug on it? That is absolute bullshit. I even told the guy sitting next to me right before the second Cutler interception that the simplest thing would have been either a Forte run up the middle or a Cutler sneak. I’ve been bitching about this shit for years and still, the same results. Let’s not forget about Brandon Marshall fumbling the ball near the red zone in the second quarter. The Bears had three turnovers and it turned into 13 points for the Bills. Lastly, too many dropped passes. Like I said, it was a team effort.
Defense: They were awful. Just awful. And what was funny is that the Bills ran about four or five plays all game. When it was first or second down, it’s a bootleg, run up the middle or a pass to the running back. Then, with long yardage on 3rd down, it’s 15+ yard passes to a receiver on a slant. Oh, and fuck Chris Conte. First, he gets an interception which was nice and as all of us are clapping, he decides to run towards the end zone and fans. What a Richard.
Special Teams: Who cares.
Next up: On the road to play the 49ers. Fun fact? The Bears haven’t won a game on the road against them since the Reagan administration. Despite the new stadium, I don’t think that’s changing. I can pretty much guarantee that the 49ers will run about three plays all game. They are as follows: Frank Gore run up the middle, Colin Kaepernick bootleg run and long passes to Vernon Davis. Your thoughts in the thread.
September 7, 2014 at 7:50 pm
CS, I just had to tell you that the Sky were dominated in Game 1. Delle Donne only played ten minutes and it’s clear, her back is just killing her. If she was healthy, I think they match up well. It’s not looking good for them.
September 7, 2014 at 8:04 pm
I stopped watching after the first half and it was 42-20. I agree, doesn’t look good.
The good news Fro… Hockey starts in 2 weeks!!
September 7, 2014 at 10:56 pm
I can’t comment. Have to study the film.
September 7, 2014 at 11:11 pm
Oh, I see what you did there.
September 8, 2014 at 5:36 am
…aaand the ladies got trashed as well. What a great Sunday:
http://www.wnba.com/games/20140907/CHIPHO/gameinfo.html
September 8, 2014 at 2:38 pm
Damn! Trestman is getting TORCHED on the radio today. It’s actually pretty damn funny.
The NFL and the Ravens are in full damage control mode now. Ray Rice is suspended indefinitely by the league, and the Ravens terminated his contract. A little slow on the draw there, huh boys?
Fuck you Roger Goodell!
September 8, 2014 at 2:49 pm
Trestman getting criticized is well-deserved. He was the catalyst of the loss yesterday.
Now to Goodell, is anybody else here surprised that he didn’t try to wiggle his way out of this one now? It wouldn’t have surprised me if he ended up saying something such as: “We have to see if that is really Ray in the video because it isn’t clear yet. We’ll look into it.”
What a hack.
September 8, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Fro…..The NFL(Goodell) said they hadn’t even seen the video until today. That makes him a goddamned liar now. And as far as I’m concerned, he absolutely must be forced out as commissioner. He has proven he simply isn’t up to the job. Also, a swift, hard kick to the nuts is in order for the Ravens owner and GM. Both of them, for signing this scumbag, and then doing fucking NOTHING after this story broke. Fuck them both.
September 8, 2014 at 3:46 pm
Indeed.
And this day just keeps getting worse. First, the Bears have three injuries on offsense (Slauson, Garza (sucks), Jeffery). Each player will be out at least a week or two.
And by far, the worst news of all:
http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/08/16/weather-bulletin-cheryl-scott-leaving-nbc-5/
Ever since we had that tournament, the women have been either getting fired or leaving for other jobs. ANGRY.
September 8, 2014 at 3:55 pm
ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why does this make me think we’ll get more of Pete Sack because of this? Damnit! My head hurts.
September 8, 2014 at 4:44 pm
Pete nutSack should only be on weekend mornings when hardly anyone is watching. I am praying this means a raise for Alicia Roman who I actually liked more. If we can get her on both weekend days, that would be fine with me.
Think about this with the women that were in the tournament:
1. Susannah Collins – Fired for a simple flub
2. Daniella Guzman – Went to L.A.
3. Kim Vatis – Left news for other opportunities
4. Kate Sullivan – Engaged
5. Erin McElroy – Engaged (Damn you Demetrius Ivory!)
6. Cheryl Scott – Leaving for other opprtunities
September 8, 2014 at 5:33 pm
The last time I saw Kim Vatis she was on Fox Chicago, Ch. 32. Is she gone from there too?
September 9, 2014 at 12:22 am
The complete mis-handling of the Ray Rice fiasco is more than enough reason to Fire Roger Goodell.
F#*k Goodell (PATHETIC; if he doesn’t step down, he should be terminated) and the Ravens owners, GM and crack public relations team (also PATHETIC).
“A little slow on the draw” is an understatement, for sure. But better late than never.
September 9, 2014 at 1:55 am
Genrebuster, agreed.
Chucky, I don’t think Vatis was ever on Fox 32. It was just NBC 5. Unless I am missing something. Regardless, she’s gone and never coming back which made me ANGRY because she was one of my favorites.
September 9, 2014 at 9:22 pm
IDGAF about Ray Rice or Roger Goddell. Good riddance to both of them.
On a side note, I’m seriously thinking about reducing my page clicks on Deadspin. Every other fucking post these days is “somebody did something racist.”
I’m a black man, and even I’m tired of this shit. I’m dead serious: half the fucking articles are about somebody being racist or sexist or whatever. I thought we left that shit for the front pages. Everybody wants to piss and moan about somebody doing a racist “thing”, meanwhile you have a video tape of a black man beating up his fiancé and dragging her limp body out of an elevator, caveman style. People want to shit the bed over a single email or TMZ tape, but it’s okay for black NFL players to be thugs, dog killers, rapists, murderers, drunk drivers, and not know the names of their fourteen children? DAFUCK?
September 9, 2014 at 10:08 pm
Have you guys ever watch Sports Talk Live? The host David Kaplan always says “The definition of instanity is trying the same thing over again and expecting a different result”. Now when it comes to Cutler, he’s got 15 more games to prove something to us. If he can’t win with this team, he can’t win. So far, its same old Cutler. As for the defense, same useless free safety Chris Conte. Same DTs Ratliff and Paea. Same players, same problem.
September 10, 2014 at 9:21 am
The sad truth is racism will never go away. Its a touchy subject so the media is going to pluck that string every chance they get. Media is responsible for most of societies problems by choosing what they want to glamorize.
Abdallah, I caught on to Dickface Cutler being a hack some time ago. Nice to see everyone else catch up.