Spaulding
10-02-2007, 08:45 AM
Have a few FIB friends that I actually respect as Bears fans that were loyal during the 90's and 2000+ and email banter back and forth and the most recent reply which was quite tempered was the following after my following email:
Seriously, tough to see all the injuries to your team. Just bad luck it appears. I know all too well how that goes when the Pack was decimated in 2005 due to injuries and were down to their 3rd string running back, minus at times three of their top receivers and varied injuries across the defensive side of the ball. A long season.
With that being said, I honestly believe that even before all the injuries the Bears were overrated going into the season after losing Tank, trading Jones, and starting Grossman.
Four games do no make a season but it's definitely looking bright for the Pack and grim for the Bears. Just hope they put up a little bit of a fight next week :)
Barring the constant supervision being on the suicide watch, how are things on your end???
His reply as an educated Bears fan living in Chi-town was:
We have problems beyond just Grossman. Your correct they should have attempted to keep Jones but people keep forgetting the facts. Thomas Jones wanted over 5 million per year to stay a Bear and be the featured back. His agent was Drew Rosenhaus so the Bears feared he would hold out and decided to honor his request to be traded to a East Coast team. When you draft a running back #4 in the first round he should be starting by week 4 his rookie season. Curtis “Enis-Salaam” Benson is yet another bust in my eyes. He does not show the “home run” ability he is supposed to possess and he is less of a punishing runner than Adrian Peterson.
The offensive line is not opening holes like last year and part of this is the basic and predictable offense they are running. We telegraph when it is run vs. pass. Then we have receivers that are not getting it done. Muhsin Muhammad and Bernard Berrian are dropping too many balls and at times running poor routes. Greg Olsen was not even thrown too against Detroit and he is a fast and excellent route runner. Doesn’t make sense what they are doing.
This is textbook Jerry Angelo on how he builds a team. He focused on defense at Tampa Bay. For years they had a top rated defense but the offense was subpar. I predict by week 7 Kyle Orton is in there and we just start playing rookies like Garrett Woulfe and Olsen to see what they have.
With that said we are down to our fifth string safety and DB’s in some spots. We may have one offensive lineman out as well as Lance Briggs. For some reason, Lovie has had good success at Lambeau Field in the past so we will see how things turn out. If the Offense can hold onto the ball and actually sustain drives than we have a very slim chance of winning. Other than that I’m planning on a top-10 draft pick 2008.
Sounds like the death knell for regressing Bears
Seriously, tough to see all the injuries to your team. Just bad luck it appears. I know all too well how that goes when the Pack was decimated in 2005 due to injuries and were down to their 3rd string running back, minus at times three of their top receivers and varied injuries across the defensive side of the ball. A long season.
With that being said, I honestly believe that even before all the injuries the Bears were overrated going into the season after losing Tank, trading Jones, and starting Grossman.
Four games do no make a season but it's definitely looking bright for the Pack and grim for the Bears. Just hope they put up a little bit of a fight next week :)
Barring the constant supervision being on the suicide watch, how are things on your end???
His reply as an educated Bears fan living in Chi-town was:
We have problems beyond just Grossman. Your correct they should have attempted to keep Jones but people keep forgetting the facts. Thomas Jones wanted over 5 million per year to stay a Bear and be the featured back. His agent was Drew Rosenhaus so the Bears feared he would hold out and decided to honor his request to be traded to a East Coast team. When you draft a running back #4 in the first round he should be starting by week 4 his rookie season. Curtis “Enis-Salaam” Benson is yet another bust in my eyes. He does not show the “home run” ability he is supposed to possess and he is less of a punishing runner than Adrian Peterson.
The offensive line is not opening holes like last year and part of this is the basic and predictable offense they are running. We telegraph when it is run vs. pass. Then we have receivers that are not getting it done. Muhsin Muhammad and Bernard Berrian are dropping too many balls and at times running poor routes. Greg Olsen was not even thrown too against Detroit and he is a fast and excellent route runner. Doesn’t make sense what they are doing.
This is textbook Jerry Angelo on how he builds a team. He focused on defense at Tampa Bay. For years they had a top rated defense but the offense was subpar. I predict by week 7 Kyle Orton is in there and we just start playing rookies like Garrett Woulfe and Olsen to see what they have.
With that said we are down to our fifth string safety and DB’s in some spots. We may have one offensive lineman out as well as Lance Briggs. For some reason, Lovie has had good success at Lambeau Field in the past so we will see how things turn out. If the Offense can hold onto the ball and actually sustain drives than we have a very slim chance of winning. Other than that I’m planning on a top-10 draft pick 2008.
Sounds like the death knell for regressing Bears