Post by JABF on Oct 17, 2016 8:17:25 GMT -6
"The Bears are getting nowhere on the ground as they approach the goal line"
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With the losses piling up, the Brian Hoyer vs. Jay Cutler storyline is only going to intensify. The offense has moved the ball well with Hoyer at the helm but it’s been nightmarish in the red zone with only two touchdowns on seven red zone trips in the last two games. Some of that isn’t Hoyer’s fault. The Bears are getting nowhere on the ground as they approach the goalline. They entered this week averaging 1.6 yards per carry in the red zone and had four red zone carries for 6 yards here. One was a 1-yard touchdown run by Jordan Howard and it should be noted Ka’Deem Carey had a 16-yard run that started at the Jaguars’ 21-yard line, just outside the red zone.
The Bears seem inclined to stick with Hoyer unless he starts turning the ball over, the problem that Cutler has from time to time but judgment time isn’t going to arrive until Cutler is healthy and he hasn’t practiced yet, missing four games with ligament damage in his right thumb.
I asked Jaguars cornerback Davon House about facing Hoyer and Cutler. He knows plenty about facing Cutler having spent the first four seasons of his career with the Packers.
“I think they look better with Hoyer,” House said. “Hoyer is not going to make the mistakes that Jay does. Jay forces the ball. Hoyer is not going to make the same mistakes. In the first half, he did anything and everything he wanted. Second half, we kind of held him down and I don’t know if it’s because we changed our gameplan or he played conservative. We did a good job of containing him.
“Your team licks its chops when it’s playing Cutler because there is a big chance you will have more than one opportunity to get picks. That’s because Jay has trust in his receivers and his arm and he forces the ball in there.”
With the losses piling up, the Brian Hoyer vs. Jay Cutler storyline is only going to intensify. The offense has moved the ball well with Hoyer at the helm but it’s been nightmarish in the red zone with only two touchdowns on seven red zone trips in the last two games. Some of that isn’t Hoyer’s fault. The Bears are getting nowhere on the ground as they approach the goalline. They entered this week averaging 1.6 yards per carry in the red zone and had four red zone carries for 6 yards here. One was a 1-yard touchdown run by Jordan Howard and it should be noted Ka’Deem Carey had a 16-yard run that started at the Jaguars’ 21-yard line, just outside the red zone.
The Bears seem inclined to stick with Hoyer unless he starts turning the ball over, the problem that Cutler has from time to time but judgment time isn’t going to arrive until Cutler is healthy and he hasn’t practiced yet, missing four games with ligament damage in his right thumb.
I asked Jaguars cornerback Davon House about facing Hoyer and Cutler. He knows plenty about facing Cutler having spent the first four seasons of his career with the Packers.
“I think they look better with Hoyer,” House said. “Hoyer is not going to make the mistakes that Jay does. Jay forces the ball. Hoyer is not going to make the same mistakes. In the first half, he did anything and everything he wanted. Second half, we kind of held him down and I don’t know if it’s because we changed our gameplan or he played conservative. We did a good job of containing him.
“Your team licks its chops when it’s playing Cutler because there is a big chance you will have more than one opportunity to get picks. That’s because Jay has trust in his receivers and his arm and he forces the ball in there.”
