Oh ya? well fuck YOOOOUUUUFirst off, how have you been man? Didn't realize that it was you at first. Good to see you're still around.
Second, I agree that the HC runs the team but clock awareness is something every QB my be aware of. Rookie QB's make rookie mistakes.
Third, Love would not have made that mistake
I am not trying to defend Williams in any way, but we cannot continue to believe these coaches are so inept that they keep allowing two receivers in the same place on the field. That is why I can support some of the wrong route questioning. Watch those pass interference calls against Kmet and see that all a beat defender needs to do is run into the pick to get the flag. It might as well be a lebron james flop.
There was an amazing lack of urgency in those waning seconds. I don't think Caleb was aware of the time clock after that last sack. It was up to Flus at that point, or even prior to the play, to take command of the clock.
they only had 1 time out left, all Williams had to do was snap the ball. The lack of urgency was the entire series. All they had to do was get half of those yards back, it seemed like Williams had gwtd on his mind, only problem was no receivers got to the end zone.
There's no doubt the talent is there. We're currently cursed with having arguably the three best teams in the NFC playing in our division. Philly might make an argument for being one of those top three, but that's about it. Yet in all three contests against these clubs, our boyz were in it till the very end. When this team is focused, when it's thoroughly prepared, it can play with the best of them. Then again, when we get our asses handed to us by teams like the Cardinals and especially the Patriots, it's obvious our coaches game planning needs some serious retooling.
Not arguing there, in fact it reinforces the point that Flus should have taken command, perhaps even prior to that last sack. What good does a timeout do when there's no time left.
Gotta figure out why you guys start games so dead in the water. The comebacks are amazing and Caleb is making a ton of progress but the slow starts gotta be addressed.
Yeah you did. I was having three conversations at the time. One was with my friend who was saying it was 100 percent on the coach. I inexplicably combined his reactions with yours. Sorry bro. And I agree with you that it is almost entirely on eberflus and any rookie QB being thrown into that situation because of inept coaching is probably gonna have similar results.
I’ve moved on. This years team is going nowhere. I look at the bright side. That final drive was a learning opportunity for Caleb and he is going to be better off for it. This season has provided a lot of those for him.
This is pretty much my take as well, especially the bolded part. The Bears are team that's more talented than its record, even tho it deserves the record it currently has. They have no one to blame but themselves (and the coaching in particular).
The worse we are this season, the better the opportunity we have of drafting quality starters at G, C, and DE. It’s looking like we will have some cap space, although most of our talented players are on rookie contracts. We might be able to swing a deal for a top FA at G or DE. I think it’s reasonable to expect a competent organization to fill those three holes in one offseason.
I've seen some REAL bad Bears teams, but I've never seen a worse first quarter team than this. Which is pretty amazing, because they're not bad.
