Alaskan Grizzly

Out 4-6 weeks http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=8479835 Ouch.

There were a lot of weird similarities to last weeks win. The team came alive in the second half, Tillman returns an INT (after the receiver continued deep and the pass was short - just like last week) for a TD, Briggs' catch run and score, Hester's reception that looked almost incomplete (although last week he did it for a score) and until the end it looked like they were going to do the 'sweetness score' of 34 like last week. I hope they don't become predictable. Ha ha ! With Alshon my guess is broken finger or hand.

And some will say that Lovie doesn't influence or coach people to be better.

This just confirms what most of us have been thinking. He has truly come along and helped the team immensely. Nice work Tim....keep it up.

Another thing to consider, and something I was thinking of while watching replays of the last game, two major cogs on both side of the field (Urlacher and Forte) are still playing and will only improve as the season progresses. With Urlacher obviously he knew himself well enough to be able to produce despite his knee hurting him. And the coaching staff recognized he wasn't doing any good in the GB game (think it was) that they had him sit out part of that game despite Urlacher not being happy with it. His injury mangagement has been key to the Defense being what it is. And with Forte, my hat's off to him. I was beginning to wonder when a few weeks ago he was injuired I said "not again" and "he just got PAID, this can't happen". And despite hurting his foot again in Dallas, he came out and played like it was nothing. That means something to me as a fan. I'm sure that inspires his teammates to do better, at least I would hope it would. What the team is doing this year, despite the "slow start" has the feel of something special. It might be too early to think "this is the year" but so far, they are doing a pretty damn good job.

It's what they call: "going up and getting the ball at its highest point". Since he's (Jennings) pretty short he had to come up with a way to play big. Think he may have found it.

And yet they are 3-1. A "slow start" is better than going in reverse.

Something I heard about him was that he worked a lot in the offseason. More sepcifically his jumping ability. That was pretty evident in the first two games, especially when he leapt to get those two INT's during the Indy game. That and a lot of time with the "JUGS" machine. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09...th-tim-jennings

Although be it...a truly debatable 1-2. I can't believe you're making me say something that resembles support for the Packers. Anyhow, despite the 8 sacks in the FIRST HALF, Rodgers was able to still make an attempt at a rally. Despite the officiating. And in the end wouldn't you prefer a QB that takes chances with bad ball placement, or one that. "eats it" and saves the team another shot? There, I said it now I have to go eat a bar of soap.

So knowing that you de-value the sack as more a piece than the puzzle itself, how do you explain Aaron Rodgers? Does he "run scared"? His team finished 15-1 last year despite his being one of the highest sacked...er rushed QBs in the league. And he's so far been sacked 16 times this year, 8 times in the last game alone.

Not at all. I thought Lovie was going "Bill Belichick" on us and the injuries were worse than known. Not that having Bell injured would really matter all that much... IMHO

I have seen comparisions drawn to Rex Grossman many a times, especially nowadays with how Cutler is performing. Problem is Grossman was like this from the beginning. He would literally throw the ball with his eyes closed sometimes. He also appeared to be made of glass since he spent parts of the first three years injured. Cutler has earned a reputation, even before coming to Chicago, as a "gunslinger" and that usually interprets into someone who is willing to do what other QB's will not and that is force the issue. And that further translates into turnovers. The above analysis is actually pretty well done. I don't agree that "the pocket was breaking down in each of the pictures" as with the first one (or second) shows Cutler well protected and in another shows Webb actually containing his person one on one (Matthews?). I think it safe to say that Cutler is having issues "in feeling the pressure". Even in my laymen understanding of how a QB thinks, I saw one play in the game last week where the pocket was starting to collapse from Cutler's right (in almost direct sight of where he was looking) and instead of rolling backwards or to his left, he tried to squeeze through the rush on his right. I thought at the time how odd that was of Cutler as he used to be really good at being aware of his surroundings. Continuing my thought of before about "pre-reads" and what not. Each week the team practices the plays they are going to do for the upcoming game. The routes are run, the timing played out, the contingencies considered. That being the case during the course of a game (and thinking like a QB), my thought would be that as I break the huddle I'm already going to be looking for the weak spots in the opposition D. What play did I call and how is that going to exploit them? Do I need to consider an audible? Where is the rush??? etc etc? The play I call involves the "X" reciever to do this, the "Y" one to do that and I will most times have a "hot read". So no matter what happens and if I can't see because there is a lineman in my face and I'm running for my life, that hot read will be there. If not, I roll out and to the out of bounds it goes. And beside that I know that my other receiver(s) will be (or should) running their respective routes. So without really looking, and taking into consideration what I "PRE-READ" I will know whether my receiver is open and whether he will be where he needs to be in the 3-4 seconds I have to hold the ball in the pocket (on average). If not him, then option B etc to the "hot read". I think somewhere in all of that Cutler has broken down. He is still harboring his "gunslinger" mentality where he's convinced that he can make the plays that others can't. That's why the hesitation. And like I said before, he was the one when in Denver that said he had a stronger arm than did Elway. So, that should guage a little better where he stands on all this.

I concur.

I thought Bush was the one with the shoulder injury? Holy cow! Sounds like an injury bug of epic proportions. I don't like this trend for sure.

Wonder if he did the tattoo himself?

Or as many have said, Green Bay could have played better (like everyone assumes they will) and put the game away in the 2nd or 3rd quarter. "If you wanna crown their a**, then go ahead!" I'll say it again... The Pack is NOT what we thought they were.

Touche!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/...on-flight-home/ Really, you're going to protest until the regular refs are back? Please do.

So I have to ask, in the below photo does Webb get partial credit for the Sack? Or was Cutler not completely in "his grasp" before the GB defenders? Is there replay on this? I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. *edit* I couldn't help but notice that Cutler is already displaying his dissatisfaction with his right hand in this pic.

http://www.windycitygridiron.com/2012/9/25...n-for-a-workout eom

So, after this weekend I got to thinking about what might be ailing J'Marcus Webb. Why this sudden epiphany? Well during the game I noticed a play of particular interest and a curious series of events. Somewhere during the 2nd quarter I believe is when it took place. As the Bears offense is lining up I notice Marshall point at something on the ground, near Webb, and draws Cutler's attention to it. Cutler looks down at it and subsequently calls a timeout. Keep that fact in mind as I continue on. So the game goes to commerical break and once the game resumes things continue on as if nothing happened, other than the Bears calling the timeout. The analysts thought it was because Cutler didn't like the lineup he saw from the Rams and that was that. My first thought was there was something sticking out of the ground. We're all aware that the turf at Soldier Field is questionable at best. So I figured after the break the analysts would explain what I thought to be technical error thus the team would get back it's timeout. Nope. Nothing. Fast forward to last night during halftime. They do that "mic'd up" piece with Brandon Marshall. One of the snippets is Marshall telling J'Marcus Webb to get his shoe on, while the game is progressing. The camera pans down and Webb barely has his foot in his shoe and I hear him say something to the effect of "I can't get it....(unintelligible)" And I belive right after that is when Cutler calls the timeout....HE FREAKING HAD TO CALL A TIMEOUT SO THAT A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER (PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) COULD PROPERLY DRESS HIMSELF!!! Are you FREAKING kidding me?!?!?!?!? Pieceing together my frustration I recall the analysts saying that Tice knows Webb has gobs of talent but can't get him to put it all together. My answer is dump him and move on. When I was in boot camp one of the first things the Company Commanders said to us was they were going to fix what our parents couldn't in 18 years. This is ludicrous and absurd. I was willing to give Webb the benefit of the doubt, but no longer. Thank you. I'm Alaskan Grizzly and I endorse this message. *end scene*

I can understand and appreciate the frustration many have shown about how this call should or should not have gone. But in my opinion this is turinng into, what I used to hear in the Navy, as a "nuking it situation". That means its getting WAY too overnalyzed. I further understand the advancement of technology and how things are not what they once were. I honestly miss the days of leather helmets (not that I was alive in those days) and the basics of football. This call last night on any other day would have been determined a TD or INT LAST NIGHT and that would have been the end of it. Packers or Seahawks fans would have hurt feelings but oh well. With the analysis of a call like this what ends up happening is we find ourselves looking for miniscule details that are impossible to determine at game speed and with the naked eye. Before you know it we (as fans) will be watching games for 5-6 hours because the ref has to look at replay film of 30 different angles to determine if the receiver's toe touched green grass or white grass, when catching a ball out of bounds, while first his one hand touched the ball then the second and his shirt was tucked in.

Acutally you complicated it, Seahawks won. Bad call or not.

No, the point is he's not doing the pre snap read. In fact he's not even trying to make the check down reads. He's basically telegraphing to the D that he is going to go for the big play and it will more than likely involve Marshall. Remember this is the same guy that said his arm is stronger than Elway's. So he has something to prove.

Not really that obvious at all. The receiver actually had his left arm inside where the ball was and was grasping with his right. And despite that there were two refs RIGHT there with one calling for a TD. And as far as making every call, it's impossible. What you saw at the end of the game and with what you claim is an "obvious" Off pass interference call equates to the inevitable hold that happens along the line in every play. With a group of guys bunched up like that it would be impossible to clearly make that call.