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Now the Bears can't even show up ready to play
Steve Rosenbloom Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune
Name a phase of the game the Bears have won this season.
Any phase. Any game. Name one. Dare ya.
In the first two games, the Bears collapsed in the second half, not scoring and not being able to stop the other team from doing so.
But on Sunday night, those tricky John Fox Bears weren’t ready to play from the start, the defense refusing to play defense and the offense having no clue how to play offense.
That’s Fox keeping things unpredictable. You never know when the Bears will get pantsed.
That’s Fox with all his secretive stuff, and speaking of all that secretive stuff, how big of a joke is it that Fox thinks any information that gets out might give an opponent a competitive advantage?
Quick, someone tell Fox that every opponent has a competitive advantage just by showing up.
Because Fox’s team doesn’t. Not for a full game this season, anyway.
The coach failed to have his team ready to play Sunday. Few criticisms damn a coach more.
The Cowboys ran 10 plays on their opening TD drive, six for first downs. That’s some game preparation, guys.
After that, Brian Hoyer couldn’t even hand off from shotgun formation on the Bears’ first offensive play. For those of you scoring at home, the Patriots had three days to prepare rookie Jacoby Brissett to win a game, but the Bears couldn’t get a veteran to look professional on the first play.
Fox’s Bears were bad, slow and spanked, and the scary thing about the Bears’ second straight national TV faceplant was how bad the defense was.
The Cowboys held the ball for almost 22 of the 30 minutes in the first half. They gained 274 yards -- yes, 274 yards in the first half, people. They picked up 19 first downs. They rushed for 135 yards, many of them up the middle where Eddie Goldman used to be and where Will Sutton should never be again.
Remember when Vic Fangio was a defensive coordinator known for developing a pass rush? Not in Dallas on Sunday night. Not last week, either. Not at all this season.
That’s Fox’s and Fangio’s defense getting beaten by a rookie quarterback for the second straight week because the defensive line couldn’t get home and, worse, neither could the blitzers.
Then there was Ryan Pace’s and Fox’s supposedly improved front seven getting trampled by a rookie running back who averaged 5.8 yards per carry in the first half.
To think, that’s the unit that was supposed to carry the Bears.
Once again, repeat after me: With the first pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears select ...
A running back you’ve never heard of scored to make it 17-0. That was Cowboys 17 points, Bears zero first downs.
The Choice (and remember, death is not an option): Dowell Shoop or Dowell Crowton?
Halftime stat: Cowboys 24 points, Bears 18 plays.
Cowboys receiver Brice Butler beat Bears cornerback Jacoby Glenn deep, and I’m thinking, secondary coach Ed Donatell’s guys have mastered not turning their heads to look for the ball.
Brian Hoyer will see Jay Cutler’s stupid and frequent fumbles and raise him using the ball to break his fall.
Hoyer throws to the sideline like Jon Lester throws to first.
Fox challenged two spots and won both of them after gagging the chance earlier this season. At least he won something this season.
Chris Prosinski got hurdled by Ezekiel Elliott like he was the sap in a Globetrotters bit.
How did Pace’s fourth-round picks Nick Kwiatkoski, Deon Bush and Deiondre’ Hall do in Sunday night’s game compared to the Cowboys’ fourth-round pick Dak Prescott? I’ll hang up and wait for Pace to draft a quarterback the way he has been saying for two stinkin’ years.
The cliché-addled Fox said the Bears could “give up, give in or give it your all.’’ Yes. Well. Giving up and giving in are the same thing, so Fox is giving his players two chances to quit, and the problem with the last option is that the Bears have proven they don’t know how to give their all.
We pretty much knew it Monday night, but the Cowboys made it official Sunday: Welcome to three months of Bears OTA’s.
Copyright © 2016, Chicago Tribune
Steve Rosenbloom Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune
Name a phase of the game the Bears have won this season.
Any phase. Any game. Name one. Dare ya.
In the first two games, the Bears collapsed in the second half, not scoring and not being able to stop the other team from doing so.
But on Sunday night, those tricky John Fox Bears weren’t ready to play from the start, the defense refusing to play defense and the offense having no clue how to play offense.
That’s Fox keeping things unpredictable. You never know when the Bears will get pantsed.
That’s Fox with all his secretive stuff, and speaking of all that secretive stuff, how big of a joke is it that Fox thinks any information that gets out might give an opponent a competitive advantage?
Quick, someone tell Fox that every opponent has a competitive advantage just by showing up.
Because Fox’s team doesn’t. Not for a full game this season, anyway.
The coach failed to have his team ready to play Sunday. Few criticisms damn a coach more.
The Cowboys ran 10 plays on their opening TD drive, six for first downs. That’s some game preparation, guys.
After that, Brian Hoyer couldn’t even hand off from shotgun formation on the Bears’ first offensive play. For those of you scoring at home, the Patriots had three days to prepare rookie Jacoby Brissett to win a game, but the Bears couldn’t get a veteran to look professional on the first play.
Fox’s Bears were bad, slow and spanked, and the scary thing about the Bears’ second straight national TV faceplant was how bad the defense was.
The Cowboys held the ball for almost 22 of the 30 minutes in the first half. They gained 274 yards -- yes, 274 yards in the first half, people. They picked up 19 first downs. They rushed for 135 yards, many of them up the middle where Eddie Goldman used to be and where Will Sutton should never be again.
Remember when Vic Fangio was a defensive coordinator known for developing a pass rush? Not in Dallas on Sunday night. Not last week, either. Not at all this season.
That’s Fox’s and Fangio’s defense getting beaten by a rookie quarterback for the second straight week because the defensive line couldn’t get home and, worse, neither could the blitzers.
Then there was Ryan Pace’s and Fox’s supposedly improved front seven getting trampled by a rookie running back who averaged 5.8 yards per carry in the first half.
To think, that’s the unit that was supposed to carry the Bears.
Once again, repeat after me: With the first pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears select ...
A running back you’ve never heard of scored to make it 17-0. That was Cowboys 17 points, Bears zero first downs.
The Choice (and remember, death is not an option): Dowell Shoop or Dowell Crowton?
Halftime stat: Cowboys 24 points, Bears 18 plays.
Cowboys receiver Brice Butler beat Bears cornerback Jacoby Glenn deep, and I’m thinking, secondary coach Ed Donatell’s guys have mastered not turning their heads to look for the ball.
Brian Hoyer will see Jay Cutler’s stupid and frequent fumbles and raise him using the ball to break his fall.
Hoyer throws to the sideline like Jon Lester throws to first.
Fox challenged two spots and won both of them after gagging the chance earlier this season. At least he won something this season.
Chris Prosinski got hurdled by Ezekiel Elliott like he was the sap in a Globetrotters bit.
How did Pace’s fourth-round picks Nick Kwiatkoski, Deon Bush and Deiondre’ Hall do in Sunday night’s game compared to the Cowboys’ fourth-round pick Dak Prescott? I’ll hang up and wait for Pace to draft a quarterback the way he has been saying for two stinkin’ years.
The cliché-addled Fox said the Bears could “give up, give in or give it your all.’’ Yes. Well. Giving up and giving in are the same thing, so Fox is giving his players two chances to quit, and the problem with the last option is that the Bears have proven they don’t know how to give their all.
We pretty much knew it Monday night, but the Cowboys made it official Sunday: Welcome to three months of Bears OTA’s.
Copyright © 2016, Chicago Tribune