Bears 2nd half schedule

i always want the bears to win, and if the bears put a bunch of wins together will consider reevaluating Fox and Co. that said, unless this O significantly improves in the 2nd half of the season I would want Pace to push for better play design at least as much as he goes after talent.

Our offense is not designed to attack defenses. An attacking offense has plays that probe defenses for weakness. our passing plays don't do this. you don't call come back routes if the CB NEVER respects the receiver's ability to go deep because you'll get no separation. if you want to attack a zone with that kind of route, you need receivers pressuring defenders in zone to leave areas of the field open. that means having a play designed to pull a safety away from the primary target.

good play design does as much for helping a QB read and react as motion, or moving the pocket. if you attack a zone by forcing someone to come up and cover Cohen in the flat and Gentry is running a fly to force CB/S to change responsibilities then something should open up for a TE in between those routes if they are all on the same side of play. if the TE is covered by the LB then Cohen is open, if the S and CB go to the TE then Gentry is the option. if the CB and S cover the TE and WR effectively and you see one getting doubled go to the other side of the field assuming no rollout as the other wr should be in single coverage. otherwise, make a safe throw (use ball height+sideline)and work the single coverages. Mitchell can make sideling throws and has shown good awareness of LBs in underneath zone coverage (his placement behind or low often getting called bad throws when they are throws away from coverage).

if instead of attacking the entire field you play as predictably as the Bears have you score less than 20 and make the defenses job much easier. you are also denying players the experience (much needed) of those attacking plays. how can you expect our receivers to convert out of no where in the last 2m of a game when they've been playing small ball the entire game?

Again, no wr's worth throwing to. Wright should know, but McBride/Gentry are 2 udfa rookies, one of which has been on the team for about 1 mo. Hard to get into the complexities w/that.

And I'm not arguing otherwise. To me its more of a general comment on the OFF as its currently being run. Biggs or Jahns mentioned this was the first week the Bears ran plays designed to get WRs open (stacked/bunched WRs, pick plays, etc). I still can't believe that is true. Its a long list: Wright being asked to run double moves downfield and not slants using his quickness, using the FB incorrectly (according to windycity 89% of the plays he is in on its a run--but then when he's asked to play in obvious passing situations who is Loggains thinking he is fooling)..its a long list and getting longer.

One more from Windycity about Loggains on Sunday: funny playcalls.




Yes the Bears OFF is devoid of playmakers outside of Howard (Cohan has been schemed out by opposing DEFs recently and Loggains hasn't been able to scheme him back in for some reason.) Yes Mitch is a rookie who needs help tying his shoes. But Loggains hasn't exactly helped anyone out with playcalls, personnel groupings and player-usage.

But I'm preaching to the choir here.