Tucker has been the best performing coach this season. Doesn't say much, but it's true. The easy thing to do here is fire DeCamillis. He's the most deserving, it poses the least risk, and satisfies the grumpy fans.

Since the last time we played NE

 

At least this time wasn't a blizzard. I was at that game, with about four layers on and complete ski gear, tailgating then sitting in that storm and suddenly it's 35-0 at halftime.

Tucker has been the best performing coach this season. Doesn't say much, but it's true. The easy thing to do here is fire DeCamillis. He's the most deserving, it poses the least risk, and satisfies the grumpy fans.

 

Today sucked, but I've been happy with the defensive performance this year. Special teams has obviously sucked, but the offense is problem #1.

 

It just seems like the NFL figured Trestman out over the offseason and he can't adapt. What happened to all the great plays and long passes from last year?

@kfishbain: Of the highest completion percentages the Bears have allowed in a single game in franchise history, 6 of the top 13 have occurred since 2013

By the way, well done with this post.

Mel Tucker makes it a easy guess.

@kfishbain: Of the highest completion percentages the Bears have allowed in a single game in franchise history, 6 of the top 13 have occurred since 2013

Brady had the same amount of TD passes as incompletions.

So who thought that after the end of the Bears game Brady's 5 TD wouldn't be the best showing of the day?

Packers cannot wait to face Bears Defense.

Nothing has been released officially yet, but word is out for what we pretty much knew already: Houston done for the year.

 

 

Yay for celebrating a meaningless sack in a game where you are losing by 3+ touchdowns

It has been a rough year for Houston.

You never see players pull up like that and it be best case scenario.

 

Oh well, it was a fitting end point to the Bears season.

 

Best part about Bears fandom right now is you cannot criticize the defense without being on #teamcutler, you cannot criticize Cutler and the offense without being #teamtucker even though all deserved blame.

 

I still think that given the greater resources on offense, that they cannot do a plan like San Diego where they aim to just have long drawn out drives against bad defenses like GB/Pats/Carolina(at the time) is the much much more disappointing issue this season.

You never see players pull up like that and it be best case scenario.

 

Oh well, it was a fitting end point to the Bears season.

 

Best part about Bears fandom right now is you cannot criticize the defense without being on #teamcutler, you cannot criticize Cutler and the offense without being #teamtucker even though all deserved blame.

 

I still think that given the greater resources on offense, that they cannot do a plan like San Diego where they aim to just have long drawn out drives against bad defenses like GB/Pats/Carolina(at the time) is the much much more disappointing issue this season.

 

Last week I would agree with this. After yesterday, i think it is unanimous that the entire dumpster is on fire

 

With Jay, for me he has regressed to the absolute worst Jay that we could have possibly imagined. Locking on targets, forgetting that anyone but Marshall is on the field, not protecting the ball, interceptions.

 

With the Tucker defense, it has gotten to the point where it is obvious that Tucker feels that vanilla is the best approach. There is absolutely no creativity, no ability to change things midstream, he doesnt try and confuse the offense. And with this sort of approach, Qbs just look for windows and pick it apart. And with them trying to force Shea and DJ into the lineup, there are gaping holes in the middle

Williams is horrible.

I have said it for a few weeks but I can't fathom who is making the decision to start him. He is brutal but the whole team is. At this point, what is best for the Bears is a total collapse and its sad that I say that because what would have been acceptable / okay with a losing record would have been a great offense with a bad defense (at least you can try to address that). But we have a lot of guys making big bucks on the offensive side of the ball that aren't producing. Special teams is just a joke too.

 

At this point, if the season ended today, I would be beyond upset if Trestman kept his job. He has time to save it but it is going to take a lot and it starts this Sunday @ Green Bay.

I think it is time Phil Emery gets looked at. This defense is pathetic. And his line that Cutler was elite because of his winning percentage......Rex Grossman has the same career winning percentage.

I am with you. At this point, I think an entire change in culture is necessary in Chicago and it starts and ends with Jim Harbaugh.

Remember when we were opening up the playbook this year? I feel like we run 10 plays total.

It is becoming more an more evident that with some film, Trestman isn't very smart. We run an extremely vanilla offense and every team in the league knows what is coming.

Overdue, Williams is just not starting caliber at this moment

Its about a month too late. After that Atlanta game there was zero reason Williams should have gotten his job back (unless Sharpton got hurt or stunk).

Briggs has done nothing in 2 years................Tillman was a shell the excuse does not fly with me.

They all stink. Kromer is the only one decent cause I still give him credit as an oline coach.

Supposing you want to dump Trestman at season's end, what top offensive mind will want to come deal with Cutler at this point?

It doesn't matter. You let whomever comes her cut Jay or just stick him as a backup and you let them know that he is not our QB. If we lost because of our defense fine, but he is part of the problem. Emery and Trestman have made a complete and utter mess.

The bummer is that Trestman will lose his job before Cutler. I think Trestman et al. should feel some heat, but if I were the coach I'd feel pissed that I couldn't change my most important position to save my career. His job is in Cutler's hands and those are some uncertain hands.

He could but he apparently was on board with the long extension. I am sorry but Jay should not be a Bear next year.

It doesn't matter. You let whomever comes her cut Jay or just stick him as a backup and you let them know that he is not our QB. If we lost because of our defense fine, but he is part of the problem. Emery and Trestman have made a complete and utter mess.

You cannot stick an $18 million QB on the bench and expect to win in this league without a miracle. That's just too high a fraction of your cap room to overcome getting nothing out of it.

You can start to see he may become a problem.

He is a problem. Cutler and Marshall are freaking losers. Nuff said. I can't believe I was duped by it. Get them away from this franchise and fast. I don't want them tainting Jeffrey who we appear to have forgotten is a very good player. I can't even speak about how pathetic of shape this franchise is in.

I don't know, the former NFLers in Jiggetts, Miller, Buffone and OB, thought the scheme for Gronk was awful. In fact, Buffone said TE have been killing the Bears all season, and they don't seem to be mixing it up to try and change it.

 

I am just relaying what they said. I am certainly not a football technician.

Yeah. I can say we have personell issues, which we do at LB, but that doesn't ignore the fact that we continue to get outcoached. We are even getting crushed at Trestman's specialty which is why he has to be a fall guy too. All three phases...below average, two of which are as far as I'm concerned, bottom 5 in this league.

You cannot stick an $18 million QB on the bench and expect to win in this league without a miracle. That's just too high a fraction of your cap room to overcome getting nothing out of it.

Margin for error is thin but you also can't continue to let your lockeroom be stuck with this loser. You just can't. You have to hope you can find a cheap, good young QB through the draft and make way. No one said it would be easy but we better start moving forward vs. staying stagnant and pathetic. They have the rest of the season to convince me otherwise.

He could but he apparently was on board with the long extension. I am sorry but Jay should not be a Bear next year.

 

Like it or not, Jay Cutler will be a Chicago Bear through the 2016 season.

Margin for error is thin but you also can't continue to let your lockeroom be stuck with this loser. You just can't. You have to hope you can find a cheap, good young QB through the draft and make way. No one said it would be easy but we better start moving forward vs. staying stagnant and pathetic. They have the rest of the season to convince me otherwise.

I totally get what you're saying, but I do want to stress that benching Cutler and trying a "young QB" is a recipe for 2 years of losing, even if they pull off a high enough draft pick to find their ideal QB this year.

 

It may not show up on the offense but it'll show up somewhere, depth/injuries, weakness on the defensive starters, etc. You're getting a smaller version of that this year based on having Cutler's payroll on the roster AND having $10 million in dead space from finishing Peppers. Teams that lose that large of a fraction of their cap are just doomed.