Are we really that bad?

It's only game 3 of the season, so I agree it's too early to say much about him.  Although, I don't know if you watched the game last night... he looked pretty good in their defense.  Is he a major part of their team?  No.  But he will be an asset on their quest for another Lombardi trophy this year.  Belichick is a sharp guy finding people like this.  They may never be star players, yet the overall team in New England each year is built with some of these guys.  Marty Bennett looked pretty good last night too.  He didn't light it up either.  But he helped the team (that 6 yard run was sweet).  Bennett and O'Shea probably have a good shot at a ring this year.  Good for them.

THIS THIS THIS!!! Identify what you want to do and then do it. I don't like Loggains and his "well we passed so much because that is what the DEF gave us. " Of course Texans wanted the Bears to pass, and of course Phliiy wanted the Bears to pass, so they could pass rush. Pass blocking is a problem right now. Know wherer teams figured this out? Watching the preseason games when the OL couldn't pass block. So if the strength of the team is not pass blocking, don't pass 40 times a game. Run and Run and Run and Run some more.

It also means scheming so that a quick short passing game becomes part of your running game, and I don't mean bubble screens. STOP THROWING BUBBLE SCREENS!!! Where are the slants to Royal and Jeffery? With Jeffery's big body he can screen off defenders when he makes his cut. You need to redefine your passing game so the play goes snap-drop-throw. Not snap-drop-progressions-throw. They can't pass block for that long. Shotgun throws need to be quick too. Stack/bunch your receivers and run multiple routes out of the stack/bunch. Everything quick. A 4 yard completion is as good as a run. 

Yes its more complicated than that but its also paradoxly at the same time--simple.

Every other play send White deep. I mean sprinting straight out at a dead run. Throw him the ball once early. Roll the pocket to that side of the field to mess up the pass rushers aiming point. You don't even need to connect to force the DEF to adjust. Did you see what the Bears corners did after Fuller dropped that long pass Brock threw him? They gave him a 10 yard chushion. And the Texans actaully used that--imagine that--by having Fuller run come back routes. He'd sprint for 6 yards then stop and cut back. 5 yard pick ups every time they wanted one. At that point its Hoyer and White playing catch 5 yards apart. Eventually the CBs will cheat up and guess what? BLow White past them again. Like Fuller did. 

Now use your option reads with the running game. Use the 2 TEs, put Paulsen to the run side and Miller to the other (since Miller can't block anyway). Have Hoyer and Miller read the DE/LB on Miller's side. If the DE/LB crashes down the LOS, Hoyer keeps the ball bootlegs while Miller slips into the flat and catches a 4-5 yard gain--good as a running play. If the DE/LB sticks with Miller there is a cut back lane for the RB. 

What you don't do? Keep trying the same things over and over and over that don't work.

I think its a bit of everything. We still lack talent, and we're banged up. Hard to win games when you lose 5 starters/contributors to injury. I will say that watching this team is still more enjoyable than watching the team 2 years ago was...thats for sure.