Mo-Town Beatdown

That's it. I've had it. I'm fed up with mediocrity. I'm tired of being embarrassed about being a Bears fan. I've been following this team for almost 20 years and it's the same stories with the same excuses every game and every year.
Let's get some things straight:
1) Jay Cutler IS our franchise quarterback.
2)The offensive line is a joke.
3) The "we're going to only rush four" and "cover-2 defense" ideas need to go.
4) It's time to rebuild.

I'm going to start backwards. The defense is not longer a ferocious feared top-5 defense. No, it's a bunch of post 30 year old players who are overpaid. Lance Briggs wants a new contract? Trade him. Adios. Let's get some draft picks for him while he still has value. We need help everywhere on defense it's impossible to pick out just one area. There is no pass rush, so where is Stephen Paea? Our linebackers are always out of position, let's see some of Dom Dicicco. Our safeties are a joke, cut Craig Steltz and let me see Winston Venable and Chris Conte.

Offensively, I cannot figure out why we didn't draft another offensive lineman after Gabe Carimi. Matt Forte deserves his money and if you want to rebuild wisely, you lock him up for the next 5 years. The receivers are all average but none are stellar or a true #1.
After seeing a majority of teams switching over to the 3-4 defense, I begin to wonder if the Bears are even considering it. I don't like it but it does give the defensive coordinator more options to disguise blitzes. But who am I kidding, the Bears don't blitz, they just believe the front four will generate pressure on a consistent basis. Ha! Not since the days of Alex Brown and Adawale Ogunleye has that happened.

Want to help the offensive line? Jon Stinchcomb, Shawn Andrews, Mario Henderson, Flozell Adams, Mark Tauscher, Langston Walker. All available and all have experience. Some of these guys may be past their prime but they're all better than Frank Omiyale and it never hurts to have a little depth...Right Jerry Angelo?

Let's make something very clear. Jay Cutler cares about this team. He wants to win and he will give everything he's got to do so. If tonight's game wasn't proof enough to how amazing of an athlete he truly is, than I don't know what is.
You want to look towards the future? Here's the offensive future: Gabe Carimi, Jay Cutler, Matt Forte, Johnny Knox, Earl Bennett, Dane Sanzenbacher.
Defense: Amobi Okoye, Henry Melton, Corey Wooton, Stephen Paea (maybe...I have to see him in action first). Not a bad front four actually. Major Wright (needs work but maybe can stick around until we get someone better) and D. J. Moore.
Special Teams: Robbie Gould, Corey Graham, Devin Hester.

Lovie Smith and Jerry Angelo are going to be asked why they can't win and they will both just shrug their shoulders. You want to know the reason the Bears are losing? Because the let go of Olin Kreutz who was the leader of their O-line which made a very reliable Roberta Garza have to move elsewhere and they got rid of Jay Cutler's favorite safety valve, Greg Olsen. No more excuses. It is time for a fresh start.

While I'm embarrassed by what happened tonight in Detroit, I'm glad it happened on national television for all to see. Let everyone see how Jerry Angelo has solved our offensive line woes. Let everyone see how Rod Marinelli has rejuvenated our defense. Let everyone see how brilliant it was for Lovie Smith to go for it on 4th and 1 with the ball on the Detroit 25 in a scoreless game (Those 3 points basically cost the Bears the game as they trailed by 11 the whole game instead of 8). Don't worry Bears fans, I can almost guarantee a Chicago victory next Sunday. Forget that it's coming against a terrible Minnesota team. No, the Bears will win so their fans will say, "Hey we're still in this thing".

Yeah, right.