Monday, November 30, 2009

Urlacher's comments just adds to the disarray of the Bears clubhouse

Brian Urlacher said to Yahoo! Sports reporter Michael Silver that "But I hate the way our identity has changed. We used to establish the run and wear teams down and try not to make mistakes, and we'd rely on our defense to keep us in the game and make big plays to put us in position to win. Kyle Orton might not be the flashiest quarterback, but the guy is a winner, and that formula worked for us. I hate to say it, but that's the truth."

Ulracher is correct, the Bears used to be able to run and wear teams down. He is also correct in saying that the defense used to keep them in the game. Unfortunately, neither of those are the case now, and it has nothing to do with Jay Cutler being our quarterback. Matt Forte does not seem to be the same player he was last year, whether it is him not running hard enough through the holes, or whether the offensive line is not creating them. Both statements have their legitimate arguments. And, I do not think I have to say anything about the defense.

Later on in the interview Urlacher also commented on Forte saying, "You know why that doesn't work? We don't make anyone [expletive] miss,'' As you know from the previous paragraph, I think he may have a point, but calling out individual players on your own team to the media shows some unprofessional ism. Calling out your team is one thing, calling out individual players makes it sound like you are putting sole blame on them.

Instead of calling out the offense, maybe Brian, you should look at your side of the ball. The Bears' D has given up 45 points to Cincinnati, 41 points to Arizona, and recently 36 points to Minnesota where Brett Farve threw for 392 yards.

Anyway we look at it though, the Bears' are in for a rough rest of the year, and maybe a few more after. Well, at least we have the Blackhawks.

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