| Might as well get this out of the way...
...and take my beating for yesterday. I took a beating on another board, so I'm just cut and pasting my response there:
Regarding the fiasco that was the Bears/Panthers playoff game yesterday...
Some thoughts on the game:
Bears got outcoached, plain and simple. Your NFL Coach of the Year, ladies and gents, and he brings his team sadly unprepared for a home playoff game.
I hope Ron Rivera spent more time preparing for that job interview he had in St Louis last week than he did preparing a gameplan this week. From what I saw tonight, I would say he spent WAY more time on that interview. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out of town, Ron. You'll be out of work in 2 years, mark it.
Another Ron: Ron Turner. Dude, you suck. Did this guy think he was playing Madden? When they showed him in the press box during the game I half expected to see an XBox up there with him. What kind of offensive playcalling was that? Grossman goes 3/15 for 2 yards to start the game because they're calling all these stupid deep throws. WTF?? Thought I was watching the old Raiders for a bit, minus the talent. They wasted a quarter and a half of opportunity with those idiotic calls.
Speaking of lacking talent...hello, Chicago wide receivers. Please read your job description again (especially the part where it says you have to CATCH the damn ball...and oh yeah, getting open now and then might be nice) and then sign here so we know you read and understood it.
On the same subject: Mushin Muhammed. Dude, see the Ron Rivera comment. See the "old Raiders" comment too, and buy some Stick'em or something for crying out loud. At one point they showed a graphic of 8 balls thrown to, 1 catch. Eh? Then right after he made a catch for a first down which meant 9 throws, 2 catches and what does he do? He CELEBRATES! Dude, STFU and go back to the huddle, catching a damn pass is no reason to showboat.
Olin Kreutz (and I've said this for years anyway) is the second most overrated player in the league behind Vick. That offensive line was putrid on pass protection. See: gameplanning.
Steve Smith is a beast. That said, perhaps if they had a GAMEPLAN they might have at least contained him a bit to where he didn't single-handedly destroy them. Maybe, I don't know, DOUBLE FUCKING COVER THE GUY??!?
I hate Delhomme. All I can wish for that prat is several Joe Theismann-esque leg and arm fractures next week against Seattle. |