Chuck 54
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When your front seven is decimated, and you are playing guys out of position and off the street and get no pass rush at all, there is no secondary or scheme that can fix it. The players can execute perfectly and it won't matter because the cannot win the battles.
Most plays, "0" push or even movement inside..."0" pass rush from the outside other than running around behind the QB. Count the plays where QB was hit...count the plays where he was rushed...count the plays where he even had to move off his drop back spot....holy crap, he had yards to step up in the pocket but didn't even need to do so. There was so little pass rush that he didn't even have to wait for receivers to enter passing windows...not even a hand in his vision.
The Bears were literally running a 7 on 7 drill. The receivers were not wide open and running after the catch. The QB could throw it whenever he wanted, and he easily put it in the perfect spots when they were covered...out in front, up high, back corner of end zone high. No secondary or scheme can compete when the QB not only has all day to throw, but worse, doesn't have to wait on passing windows between the big guys....making the QB move off his spot a step or two, making him wait a split second for a receiver to come into an open path for a pass....that is when the secondary has a chance to react and make a play....that's when passes are not perfect...that's how you get off the field a few times.
We had no pass rush at all except when the Bears wanted to let a DE through in order to throw outside and run with it. When we blitzed, we still had very little luck....on one play we brought 6 guys and didn't get close...amazing. When we ran stunts up front or dropped more in coverage in the second half, they ran it down our throats. We are lucky we even have a healthy safety left because they are really taking a beating in run support. The DL is so bad that it makes it easy to wall off the LBs.
Say what you will about the weather, the effort, the coaches, or the gm/owner. Regardless of whom you blame, right now our front 7 cripples any chance the defense has against big receivers and accurate QBs because the DBs can be 6" off them and a decent QB with no defense in front of him can easily put the pass where only the big receiver can get it.
Now, as crappy as we are, and despite the fact that there's no fix for that, the good news is that we will be much more competitive the final three games.
GB...don't have the OL, run game, or receivers the Bears have.
Washington...don't have OL, QB, or big receivers...we will fare better against smaller receivers.
Philly...we have already handled them once...a much more favorable matchup.
Still, I would not get excited. Even if the breaks go our way and the offense can find some consistency, and even if we win the East, this team isn't going anywhere....there's no getting hot in the playoffs with this front seven. The only chance of any success until the front seven is fixed is for the offense to truly dominate with time of possession and 30 points.
Most plays, "0" push or even movement inside..."0" pass rush from the outside other than running around behind the QB. Count the plays where QB was hit...count the plays where he was rushed...count the plays where he even had to move off his drop back spot....holy crap, he had yards to step up in the pocket but didn't even need to do so. There was so little pass rush that he didn't even have to wait for receivers to enter passing windows...not even a hand in his vision.
The Bears were literally running a 7 on 7 drill. The receivers were not wide open and running after the catch. The QB could throw it whenever he wanted, and he easily put it in the perfect spots when they were covered...out in front, up high, back corner of end zone high. No secondary or scheme can compete when the QB not only has all day to throw, but worse, doesn't have to wait on passing windows between the big guys....making the QB move off his spot a step or two, making him wait a split second for a receiver to come into an open path for a pass....that is when the secondary has a chance to react and make a play....that's when passes are not perfect...that's how you get off the field a few times.
We had no pass rush at all except when the Bears wanted to let a DE through in order to throw outside and run with it. When we blitzed, we still had very little luck....on one play we brought 6 guys and didn't get close...amazing. When we ran stunts up front or dropped more in coverage in the second half, they ran it down our throats. We are lucky we even have a healthy safety left because they are really taking a beating in run support. The DL is so bad that it makes it easy to wall off the LBs.
Say what you will about the weather, the effort, the coaches, or the gm/owner. Regardless of whom you blame, right now our front 7 cripples any chance the defense has against big receivers and accurate QBs because the DBs can be 6" off them and a decent QB with no defense in front of him can easily put the pass where only the big receiver can get it.
Now, as crappy as we are, and despite the fact that there's no fix for that, the good news is that we will be much more competitive the final three games.
GB...don't have the OL, run game, or receivers the Bears have.
Washington...don't have OL, QB, or big receivers...we will fare better against smaller receivers.
Philly...we have already handled them once...a much more favorable matchup.
Still, I would not get excited. Even if the breaks go our way and the offense can find some consistency, and even if we win the East, this team isn't going anywhere....there's no getting hot in the playoffs with this front seven. The only chance of any success until the front seven is fixed is for the offense to truly dominate with time of possession and 30 points.
