WTF happened?
That’s the question I was asking myself. With a day full of special events, I was unable to watch the full game. Through text messages, I knew Green Bay was up 14-10, then Chicago 17-14, then GB 21-17, then Bennett tackled at the 1, then GB up 24-17, then… that was it. That was it, until I walked back into the car, turned on the radio, and heard GB score another TD to make it a 20 point lead. So, I had to ask myself WTF happened?
Well, my first thought is why couldn’t we stop GB? From talking to my brother, we couldn’t pressure Rodgers. Well, doesn’t that sound familiar? It was the same with the GB QB before Rodgers. I never understood why we couldn’t get any pressure on their QB. Blitz! You can’t just let their QBs stand back there and pick us apart. I hated Favre and I hate Rodgers, but they were and are good. Any QB can pick you apart with no pressure, let alone good ones. That explains the 38 points.
I stopped a guy walking past me with a Bears shirt on & a dejected look on his face, and asked him what happened. He said bad officiating. I smiled and shook my head. So the Packers were getting calls, huh? Damn, they can’t just save those for Lambeau. I heard the Bennett play before the half was questionable. I heard there were some pretty bad personal foul calls that helped fuel their drives. Papa Vegas was there for them again, but I don’t think GB needed much help on this day. I guess they got some calls, but a 21 point win is more than just that.
You know the next thing the dejected Bears fan off the street said to me… Cutler was Cutler again. Again, why am I not surprised? I didn’t see one highlight of the game after the 1st quarter. I didn’t read any articles about the game. I didn’t watch any highlights of the game. Yet, when the reasons for the Bears loss were confirmed by my brother and the dejected Bears fan, it was the same old story. Can’t pressure their QB, they got more calls than us, and Cutler was Cutler. That’s been the story of this rivalry lately.
Back to Cutler… You didn’t think I was going to let him off that easy. 1-10 against GB in his career. Let me try to explain my feelings when I look at that number. It’s flat out embarrassing. It’s enough to make me want to kick Cutler’s ass. How do you go 1-10 against your hated rival. Arguably, the 2 biggest games of the year are against Green Bay every year. If we go with that premise, you know all you need to know about Cutler. He can’t win the big game; never could.
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For every game, every time Cutler plays well, and shows us flashes of his “raw talent” (BTW, at what point does raw talent turn into a franchise QB? I’m still waiting), he goes back to this. He goes back to being unable to win the big game. He goes back to NOT being able to get over the hump. 6 years with the Bears, 2 playoff games. I’m sorry, but that’s not a franchise QB. That’s not a top QB. That’s not a QB who makes people around him better. That’s not a leader.
The 1-10 career record against Green Bay is unacceptable. I remember being so excited when we got Cutler; kind of the way I was excited when the Cubs got Soriano, and the Bulls got Boozer. I’m starting to feel the same way about Cutler. I’m starting to think that he will NEVER deliver the goods; he will never lead us anywhere. Yet, I still support him… after all, the Bears are bigger than just Cutler.
So as I let myself believe that this could be the turning point for Cutler against GB, I let myself get disappointed again. I let myself get pissed at Cutler all over. I think back to a story I heard earlier in the week, where he almost went to Washington instead of Chicago 6 years ago, and I think maybe that would have been better. I mean, how much worse could we have been these past 6 years? OK, enough ranting about Jay.
So the Bears are 2-2; it’s probably where most of us predicted to be after 4 games, so the season is not lost by any means. The Bears still have plenty of season to get better. Jay still has plenty of season to get over the hump. It just stings a little extra getting our heads bashed in by GB. It brings out bad emotions in me. It makes me want to hate Jay Cutler.
I keep that in the backburner for now, and hope that he can prove my feelings for him wrong. I hope that Jay can eventually win the big game. Regardless of how I feel, I still stand behind Jay… kind of like I will always be a Bears fan. I don’t care if we don’t beat Green Bay ever again (let’s hope that doesn’t happen), I will still support DA Bears. And on that note, I leave for now… forgetting about this game as soon as possible, and thinking about next week, and the rest of the season. After all, there’s only 12 weeks to go…
Dennis Green
The Bears are who we thought they were! A team with so many weapons on offense with an unbelievably talented qb. The Bears crowned Cutler’s ass, and we have to live with it. We have to live with all his talent and arm strength, but not a damn thing to show for it. As Bears fans, we have been waiting and will keep waiting for Jay to prove us wrong…to prove that he is elite…to prove that he can put it all together and bring us a Super Bowl. Obviously, he is not the only reason for our 2-2 start or the ass kicking we took from the hated cheeseturds. Injuries, play calling, officiating, a pourous defense with no pass rush, and other things can be excuses week after week. Bottom line is they are just excuses. Injuries happen to every team as does poor officiating. Play calling needs to be tightened up…prime example, 1minute left in the 1st half with 3 timeouts and we call 2 running plays to start the drive…wtf! The defense got absolutely no pressure all game. I dont think rodgers got knocked down let alone sacked. Did we try blitzing? Again, I didnt see it. You give any nfl qb 7-10 seconds to throw the ball, they will find someone. It amazes me how wide open receivers get against the Bears. But when do you ever see one of our receivers open!?! There is someone always draped on their ass. I dont get it…is it the stupid zone we play? I could sit down in one the holes in the zone and catch a pass. It really pisses me off!
Oh well, 2-2 is where the Bears are…average! Cutler may have been crowned by the Bears, but no one else is giving him anything without a Super Bowl trophy. He and the Bears need to get their ish together because 8-8 will not make the playoffs!
bullwinkle
while not blaming cutler for the loss, he does need to field some of the blame. time management at the end of the half is dependent on the quarterback, not the sidelines! the biggest piece of the blame, in my humble opinion, goes to the defensive co-ordinator. everybody but him saw the pressure on rodgers from last week, and yet, he calls nothing on d to bring any. given 10 seconds in the pocket without really even having to scramble, most high school quarterbacks could pick apart any defense.
oh well, with baseball finally over, and football, without any changes in game plans, could be on the way out, it’s a good thing that the hockey season is nearly upon us!!
pilsen dan
Jeff, for a life long Bear fan, I was surprised how you sound like So many of the unintelligent Bear fans who post bullshit after the games, when they did not even watch the game.
It get’s kind of annoying when you here some of these so called fans talking about what terrible game Jay had. And when I ask them if they saw the game. They respond NO, but I read or I heard that he threw two interceptions. And he should have had 5 touchdowns and 500 yards.
Jay is our QB and he gives us the only chance to win these games. With the Bears being 2-2 like almost every other team, I hear many of these idiots giving up on the season. And for me that’s great. I won’t have to listen to their negative gloom and doom opinions anymore.
I remember us watcing a Bear game at my house one day. And you were the one leading the “you gotta have faith cheer.So now it seems weird to hear you so down on your team. And our starting QB.
One of the ints. was soley on Jay. The other as coach and Brandon said was not. As an NFL receiver, Alshon needs to make that catch in the end zone. The refs as you might expect prolonged three packer drives with bullshit calls that allowed the packers to score 21 points after the defense finally made a couple of stops on third down.
Well, all you do is get back to practice and get em next week. 14-2 should do it. GO BEARS!!
JEFFK
Welcome! I guess I’m not just blaming Jay for this one game… that would be unintelligent. I’m blaming Jay for his 1-10 career record against the Packers. How is that OK? How is Jay not to blame for that? Why does every time the Bears lose a big game there is somebody else to blame? It’s NOT all on Jay, but as a “franchise QB”, you have to be better than 1-10 against your bitter rival… your division opponent. You have to be better than 2 playoff games in 6 years as a “franchise QB”. No way am I throwing in the towel… you know I have faith. I still have faith that Jay will come through one day…it’s just every time I think that about him, he lets us all down again… just like this past Sunday. I’ve waited 6 years for Jay to turn that cannon arm into a winning QB… I’m still waiting. But you know, I’m a Cubs fan, so I’m reeeeaaaaaallll patient.