Week 3: Bears (1-1) @ Jets (1-1) MNF 7:30 PM ESPN

[Sammy Sofa]

Hester says he wasn't happy his last 3-4 years in Chicago and sort of implies that Cutler didn't want him as a receiver.

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/09/19/devin-hester-wasnt-happy-in-final-years-with-bears/

 

I see both sides of this. Hester was frequently lined up wrong, or ran bad routes. And he was the #1 receiver. The coaches utterly failed at using Hester, and I could see how that would be upsetting to Jay.

 

What are both sides? Hester is just wrong; of course anyone would have wanted him to be a successful receiver; the only time it got to Cutler "not wanting him" was when EVERYONE didn't "want him" as one because it was painfully obvious that he was horrible at it and it couldn't work.

[jersey cubs fan]

Hester says he wasn't happy his last 3-4 years in Chicago and sort of implies that Cutler didn't want him as a receiver.

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/09/19/devin-hester-wasnt-happy-in-final-years-with-bears/

 

I see both sides of this. Hester was frequently lined up wrong, or ran bad routes. And he was the #1 receiver. The coaches utterly failed at using Hester, and I could see how that would be upsetting to Jay.

 

What are both sides? Hester is just wrong; of course anyone would have wanted him to be a successful receiver; the only time it got to Cutler "not wanting him" was when EVERYONE didn't "want him" as one because it was painfully obvious that he was horrible at it and it couldn't work.

Yeah, I had the same question about two sides.

[Banedon]

Hester says he wasn't happy his last 3-4 years in Chicago and sort of implies that Cutler didn't want him as a receiver.

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/09/19/devin-hester-wasnt-happy-in-final-years-with-bears/

 

I see both sides of this. Hester was frequently lined up wrong, or ran bad routes. And he was the #1 receiver. The coaches utterly failed at using Hester, and I could see how that would be upsetting to Jay.

 

What are both sides? Hester is just wrong; of course anyone would have wanted him to be a successful receiver; the only time it got to Cutler "not wanting him" was when EVERYONE didn't "want him" as one because it was painfully obvious that he was horrible at it and it couldn't work.

 

I just mean, putting myself in Hester's place I can understand why he wouldn't have been happy his last few years in Chicago...because they couldn't figure out what to do with him. And I can imagine he's probably not super buddies with Cutler, given that Cutler won't abide terrible WR's.

[Banedon]

It's kind of hilarious how upset Boers and Bernstein are today that they're the only ones that were outraged by Marshall yesterday. It's them against the world.

[Smack]

It's kind of hilarious how upset Boers and Bernstein are today that they're the only ones that were outraged by Marshall yesterday. It's them against the world.

 

I used to listen to them weekly if not daily and now I can't hardly turn them on. I guess they're highly rated but their smarmy know-it-all act gets old pretty quickly.

[Sammy Sofa]

I just mean, putting myself in Hester's place I can understand why he wouldn't have been happy his last few years in Chicago...because they couldn't figure out what to do with him. And I can imagine he's probably not super buddies with Cutler, given that Cutler won't abide terrible WR's.

 

Basically he's unhappy because he wasn't good. Sure, if he was arguing that they should have just left him in the return role, OK, he might have a point, but basically he's complaining that he was sad because everyone realized he was a terrible WR.

[jersey cubs fan]

Brandon Marshall picked a great time to have his meltdown press conference.

[Banedon]

Brandon Marshall picked a great time to have his meltdown press conference.

 

No doubt about it. He got to vent, and then Goodell stole the crazy spotlight.

[rawaction]

Im going to go back to school to get a PR degree and then talk to Goodell. They could make a PR firm rich!

[Guest]

I'm up to my eyes in work, what did Goodell do today?

[rawaction]

I'm up to my eyes in work, what did Goodell do today?

 

He spoke.

[Guest]

Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah.

 

Translated, he said he makes 44 million dollars, therefore he will not be resigning, quitting, stepping down or any other such nonsense.

[minnesotacubsfan]

A friend of mine; http://weedin360.com/2014/09/19/how-not-to-deal-with-crisis-the-curious-case-of-roger-goodell/

[ctcf]

The simple act of being an NFL fan has been kinda [expletive] exhausting this year. So much dumbassary all around.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Grow up

[ctcf]

Cool I'll get right on it.

[Brian]

Brandon Marshall A Football Life on the NFL network was great, he probably should have just shown that for a press conference.

 

A interpretation of the events displayed in the show could blame Jay leaving Denver as really spinning him out of control.

[Butterscup1679666578]

i didnt realize that was on tonight til it was over. if there's anyway to watch it online, let me know

[Guest]

i didnt realize that was on tonight til it was over. if there's anyway to watch it online, let me know

 

i think they have pieces of it on NFL.com

 

also will re-air tomorrow morning

[treebird]

i didnt realize that was on tonight til it was over. if there's anyway to watch it online, let me know

 

i think they have pieces of it on NFL.com

 

also will re-air tomorrow morning

 

dvr set for 12-1, thnx

[Guest]

http://www.windycitygridiron.com/2014/9/19/6460091/chicago-bears-playbook-defensive-rookies-will-sutton-ego-ferguson-kyle-fuller

[Banedon]

Grow up

 

So, you don't think it's been hard to be an NFL fan this year then?

[KaiserCesar]

A friend of mine; http://weedin360.com/2014/09/19/how-not-to-deal-with-crisis-the-curious-case-of-roger-goodell/

 

The play where Fuller went from covering a gap to chasing Gore across the field and tackling him from behind was pretty sick.

[rawaction]

So....about this game.

 

I think the first 2 games have really prepared the Bears for this game. The Jets will essentially run the same offense as Buffalo, and a lot of the defense we saw from the 49ers. On offense, the Jets will run a bunch of zone read. They will run out of heavy sets with FBs, TEs, extra OL. They will spread out with 3 wide and run inside on the Bears' nickel. Like Buffalo, they will run 3 RBs out there. Hell, the 3 RBs will be pretty similar to Buffalo's group. Ivory is the steady, unspectacular but effective back ala Fred Jackson. Chris Johnson is the potential big play guy like Spiller. Powell is a short yardage guy like Dixon. In the pass game, they'll try to move Geno Smith around and get him some throws outside of the pocket. The Bills had most of their success with Manuel throwing on the roll out. They aren't really special at WR, especially if Decker is out, but they have some guys that are tough to cover if you give them a chance to improvise after losing pocket contain.

 

On defense, the Jets will be a 3-4 like last week. They have a similar advantage against Michael Ola with Sheldon Richardson lined up over him most of the day. They don't really have that elite edge rusher though (like SF who didn't have Aldon Smith), so they will send an array of blitzes at Cutler and an OL that features a couple guys that could still struggle with a variety of pressure looks.

 

Last week, the Bears really took advantage of Marshall against a converted safety, as he caught all 3 TDs vs the coverage of Jimmie Ward. This week, the Jets actually start a former college safety, Antonio Allen, at CB. On the other side, Dee Milliner may not be to go so HUGE advantage to the Bears on the outside. If the Jets blitz, that'll put a lot of man coverage on 2 all pros for a team that just gave up 200+ to Jordy Nelson last week.

 

I do expect Cutler to have more pressure than he's seen this week. He has to stay patient and big plays will be there for the taking. I don't expect Forte to have much running room again as this is the #1 run D that he'll face, but should have some say in the pass game. Watch for Santonio Holmes to make a couple big plays. He should be motivated against his former team and he has now been in this offense for over a month. Defensively, Geno is prone to turnovers but you gotta stop the run first. I don't think the Jets can put up 20 against the Bears, so that's the magic number to put up to escape with a win.

[Guest]

The Jets don't manage Smith near as much as the Bills manage Manuel and the 9ers manage Kaepernick. Smith is given the whole play book and can actually make accurate throws downfield.