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Yes, he played much less than he had in previous games and had a "ask Tucker" kind of quote when asked about it.

Yeah, Blackhawks were the last team to win at Soldier. That was the Dolphins.

The NHL has a Russia problem.

Yeah, quintessential Bears have no chance game.

That's just Khaseem Greene turning his back despite being in zone. Horrible.

Yep, as long as the offense was good you could ignore his other faults. But when his area of expertise is what's leading to the losses, it is a problem. Yep, that's what I've been saying for a few weeks. If this team isn't scoring 28 ppg like it was last year, what's Trestman's value to this team? He's not a motivator like Rex Ryan. He's not a disciplinarian like Coughlin or someone. He's not a player's coach like Lovie was. He's not strong in-game or as a leader like a Belichick. His value is in getting this offense to score points and win games. They averaged 7 points per quarter last year, they've been held to 7 or fewer points in a half in 5 of the 7 games this year. It's going to be interesting to see what happens if this year continues like this. I've been thinking about it since yesterday, and you kinda have to fire Trestman don't you? The offense is all under contract for next year. You can't blame it on Cutler and toss him aside (which is why I would have just franchised him). You aren't going to be able to trade Marshall, who looks like he might be a problem if this team doesn't do anything significant on the field. All you can do is blame Tucker and retool the defense again. And if they keep playing average-ish, I don't think there's enough you can possibly do on that side of the ball to combat the fact that the offense isn't as advertised. I think the bold move would be to clean house and hire a new GM/football ops guy who can go hire his own head coach in year 1 and stop messing around with all the "work with the previous guy to see if they can make the best of it" theory. If Emery's job is secure, it would be pretty ballsy of him to move on already from Trestman. I wouldn't complain. That would cement Cutler's status as a coach killer. At this point though, I am guessing they let Cutler/Trestman play out their contracts, or at least the majority of them and Emery probably gets an opportunity to hire another coach starting in 2016 who can go after his own QB after a presumably disastrous 2015.

To be clear, I am not just implying it was something other than the fact it was an old injured d. I am saying that it was more than just old and injured. I think the coaching situation played a very clear role in the decline of the d.

Yep, as long as the offense was good you could ignore his other faults. But when his area of expertise is what's leading to the losses, it is a problem.

I am not sure what else you'd need to read about last year's defense to see that he lost them. Briggs was outspoken. They all hated Lovie being booted and scoffed at Trestman's style, and the result was a decent defense becoming horrible in a heartbeat. Briggs is basically just cashing checks at this point. Tillman is a pro and possibly the only vet that didn't go through the motions.

I don't know what you mean but overrated, maybe that it's not really a concern? But I think it is real in this league and I think the Trestman already lost the defensive side of that room last year, when everything fell apart post-Lovie. He maintained credibility while his offense was improving, and doing things no Bears offense had done in years, if ever. Now that the offense has stalled, and fingers are being pointed by and toward half the team, this is a problem again. Trestman has his work cut out for him this week, getting the teams' collective head on straight and figuring out how to make this offense not suck. This team is a bummer.

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Don't get it Me neither. He has quickly become one of my favorite Bears players. He constantly uses mental illness to absolve selfish behavior and violence towards women. Not justify or excuse. Absolve. Total narcissist. Probably a sociopath. Does constantly mean something different in your language?

Don't get it

No way he stays through next year at this pace.

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Yet he's got very good numbers despite his line and WR all being injured this year, but, tipping point.

Saw this one today. According to Gil Brandt. Pickable passes (ball thrown that should have been INT): Best: Cam Newton (0 in 179 att), Matt Ryan (1-234). Worst: Jay Cutler (9-229) #footballstats I find it strange that some people on here are pretending that the guy isnt the QB that tends to throw a back breaking INT in the worst situations. Statistically an average to above average QB, okay. But he's been an INT prone in bad situations over the last 9 years. To think it's a matter of 'cleaning it up' and that he's going to suddenly 'clean it up' is laughable and mind-numbingly stupid. Dan Bernstein had it right when seriously doubting that he'll ever be able to put together a win streak long enough to take a team to the Superbowl. McNabb is incorrect about comparing Cutler to Romo due to the fact that Romo has better career numbers then Jay. This bad situations talk is just dumb. Sure it's nothing that you can quantify with a stat, but it's definitely the majority opinion about him that isn't necessarily untrue. Kyle is right and maybe my wording of it is off but Cutler throws INTs with the best of them for whatever reason. I too believe he'll never be able to put together a sustained level of play good enough to take a team to the Superbowl. I hope I'm wrong. But you've supported him all along and this season is somehow the tipping point. Sure. Okay.

Saw this one today. According to Gil Brandt. Pickable passes (ball thrown that should have been INT): Best: Cam Newton (0 in 179 att), Matt Ryan (1-234). Worst: Jay Cutler (9-229) #footballstats I find it strange that some people on here are pretending that the guy isnt the QB that tends to throw a back breaking INT in the worst situations. Statistically an average to above average QB, okay. But he's been an INT prone in bad situations over the last 9 years. To think it's a matter of 'cleaning it up' and that he's going to suddenly 'clean it up' is laughable and mind-numbingly stupid. Dan Bernstein had it right when seriously doubting that he'll ever be able to put together a win streak long enough to take a team to the Superbowl. McNabb is incorrect about comparing Cutler to Romo due to the fact that Romo has better career numbers then Jay. This bad situations talk is just dumb.

he's got like 10 posts this week in the GOT thread. We're over it.

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A star "talent" branching out on his own with the risk of less income over the near-term, but for greater opportunity in the long-term (financial and freedom from the bosses above) is a pretty common occurrence. Not sure what would be crazy about it. Grantland was supposed to be his "branching out." They basically said "Hey Bill, Page 2's traffic is literally all being driven in by you how about we fund and let you run an entire site based on the premise." He seems to have been given quite a bit of freedom on Grantland, whether he will admit it or not. He's not getting into a situation where he's making more money by leaving ESPN/Grantland when his contract is up, the only thing he will get is a little more freedom. Which I understand valuing that but he seems to have plenty other than being able to swear on his podcasts and threaten ESPN. It was a theoretical branching out that is really just him running a small department under the ESPN/Disney umbrella. Which he's getting paid more to do than he would be making if he started his own site without ESPN/Disney's funding and ability to drive in traffic. That's my point, he's not going to be able to make as much money by starting billsimmons.com. And again, that ignores the point that pretty much every "star" that left one big corporation to start their own business goes through that same exact issue. In the short-term they take a hit, but it helps that they have already earned a lot of money and presumably have a sweet nest egg and very little nut. And in the end they leave for freedom from their corporate overlords and the opportunity to potentially become overlords themselves.

A star "talent" branching out on his own with the risk of less income over the near-term, but for greater opportunity in the long-term (financial and freedom from the bosses above) is a pretty common occurrence. Not sure what would be crazy about it. Grantland was supposed to be his "branching out." They basically said "Hey Bill, Page 2's traffic is literally all being driven in by you how about we fund and let you run an entire site based on the premise." He seems to have been given quite a bit of freedom on Grantland, whether he will admit it or not. He's not getting into a situation where he's making more money by leaving ESPN/Grantland when his contract is up, the only thing he will get is a little more freedom. Which I understand valuing that but he seems to have plenty other than being able to swear on his podcasts and threaten ESPN. It was a theoretical branching out that is really just him running a small department under the ESPN/Disney umbrella.