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Has anyone else noticed that there have been quite a few OBVIOUS pass interference situations on the Bears WRs/TEs, and they have not been called? It seems that there has been many more than normal recently, with replays in more than one game making announcers say, "Yeah, that should have been pass interference." Is this a matter of respect for the passing game, or lack thereof?

Good post. Here's what I think of their quotes: Blah blah blah Of course Cutler will deflect. Of course Knox will deflect. And Turner is a moron who is more likely to throw Cutler under the bus - because he's a vet with thick skin - than Knox, who is a rookie. There is a bit of truth to Knox's comments, however, and that is basically the fact that there was a "look" that was "different" and an "adjustment" was made during the play. Billick noted this as well, and his live game comments, which I can't recall exactly, made it seem as if it was obviously on the WR in that situation because the adjustment Knox made was essentially one that didn't make sense. Now, could it also be a horribly designed scheme in which the adjustment doesn't make sense and Cutler threw it incorrectly, but correctly based upon the horribly designed scheme? Yeah, I could go with that as a probability.

False historians and statistical nerds will look at Cutler's INTs at the end of the year - just like the majority of the ignorant sports media who haven't watched the games - and they'll blame it all on Cutler. They'll say this was a horrible year for Cutler and he made a multitude of mistakes. They'll say the trade was ridiculously lopsided, and the Broncos basically robbed the Bears. But what they won't see is a slew of INTs that are not really Cutler's fault. This past game against the Packers just adds two more to the list. INT #1 = Aromashodu runs the wrong way, Billick basically says as much on air INT #2 = Knox runs the wrong way on an adjustment, hanging Cutler out to dry, Billick basically says as much on air This has happened numerous times this year, and the INTs are falsely inflated.

That is the most uninformed post of the last week. Congrats!

In my opinion, it goes Lovie > Jauron > Wanny. Of course, put another way it's D- > F > F-. I don't despise Lovie like I did Jauron. And I definitely don't want to castrate Lovie like I do Wanny. But THIS YEAR, Lovie has put in probably the worst coaching performance in Bears history, or at least one that is competing for the worst. I have never seen someone get so continually outcoached in nearly every facet of the game, of personnel decisions, and anything else fathomable.

Are they worse than before? I don't know. But I do think they are coached worse now than before. Even under Wanny they didn't have such horrible mistakes that are clearly the result of coaching and a lack of discipline. They may have played worse before, but they are coached worse this year.

Far too often we are forced to see the DL jump offsides. Far too often we are forced to see the OL twitch in crucial moments. Far too often we are forced to see the WR run the wrong route. Far too often we are forced to see the LB pick the wrong gap. Far too often we are forced to see the DB make horrible tackling attempts. This is the most poorly coached Bears team I have ever seen. I don't know what this coaching staff must do to get fired, but this is ridiculous.

I don't know who is responsible for deciding whether or not the Bears challenge a previous play, but whoever it is that person should be fired. 1 - They don't know the rules. 2 - They are horrible at their job. 3 - I'm not totally sure the Bears have someone to do it, and Lovie is just winging it down there on the sideline based upon how adamant his players are. Throwing away two timeouts in a crucial moment of the game against our most heated rivalry is simply not tolerable.

It's easy to do if you are AGAINST Cutler, but when the announcers openly question WTF the WR is doing on both of "Cutler's" Interceptions, it's nice to keep some perspective on what reality is. Two times this game, TWO TIMES, the WR did something that looked completely out of the ordinary, and Cutler threw it to a spot that was nowhere near the WR on that route. And on both plays, Brian Billick, a man who has shown to be a better offensive coordinator in his sleep than anyone on the Bears' staff, has questioned what the WR was doing. Has he had a bad season? Yes, way worse than we expected. But that's two more INTs that we can easily say weren't on Cutler. Did he throw other bad passes that were his fault, and COULD have been picked? Yes, but the INTs that happened aren't on him.

Just like I've said before...let's see what players are on the roster BEFORE drafting a ton of WRs. Aromashodu looks pretty good this game, and apperas to be unguardable. Hell, he's got separation on every play. And he's catching everything. Aromashodu, Hester, Knox, Bennet looks like a pretty good set of WRs to me.

HAHA...I know. Just too excited that the Bears looked really good on a drive for a change. See what happens when the running game actually poses a threat?!

Looked like he kicked while on the ground. Of course, that's because he got rolled AFTER the kick had already gone past the LOS and the play had virtually stopped.

Do you smell that aroma!? Aromashodu!

Back foot or not, if that's where the WR is supposed to be, and he runs the wrong route, then you can't say mechanics were the issue. Unless of course you contend that his mechanics caused him to be short by what would have been about 20 yards (counting Devin A conyinuing "his" route).

Considering how shitty the DL has played, this is just yet another reason for everyone to despise Lovie. If the other guys are playing poorly, and they are, then it doesn't hurt to put in two guys who haven't seen the field that much. Give them a shot at being not so shitty.

How can you call that a Grossman? There wasn't even pressure on that play. That looked like a pure miscommunication between QB and WR. And since this is Aromashodu's firsst pro start, I'm going to pin it on him until it's otherwise stated by someone associated with the Bears.

Surely that INT is yet another that is not on Cutler. Let's see...who knows the play a little better? Cutler? Aromashodu? I'm guessing Cutler. That's on the WR unless the Bears come out and explicitly say that Cutler made the wrong read.

Where the hell was Josh Bullocks going on the Ryan Grant run? He's directly responsible for that TD. Completely leaving the right side will lead to huge runs on the right side.

This defense is awesome. Horrible gap control for a team that has a scheme which absolutely requires gap control. Chuck this coaching staff now.

Great way for the OL to show how horrible they are. On the first handoff of the game, the DL could have taken it from Cutler's hand.

I don't care about the other players' situations, I could go either way, but Omilaye and Pace MUST GO. That's too much salary cap space for two revolving doors.

This just in: Lovie has no clue, and doesn't care about the future of this team. He doesn't care about player development. In fact, he never has. Let's hope this is just a brick in the foundation used to fire him.

Very well done. Makes me mad though, because I've been thinking of doing something like this for a long time. I was going to use this as inspiration:

I live in Alabama, so I don't get a chance to go to many games. I bought the tickets when they went on sale at the official site, and I couldn't turn down the yearly trek to Soldier field. I purposely got tickets for this game because my father and brother in law were coming along for the trip, and I knew it was going to be a Bears win. As for his "coach speak," yes, I've heard of it. I'm also well aware that Lovie spews it forth like oral diarrhea. It just infuriates me that he thinks we're that stupid, like we don't see that the Bears barely beat a miserable team, and that the weather had nothing to do with it.

This time, yes. I just want all the Turner defenders to own up to the fact that the man is a horrible OC, and everyone who thought so was right all along. It has been completely baffling to me how people have defended him at any time whatsoever.