Post by mpbears68 on Apr 25, 2020 18:31:19 GMT -6
"Yes, we know. It was all (insert: the OL, the HC, the RBs, the Receivers the QB) fault.". fixed it for you, no one, not ever, said Mitch wasn't part of the problem.
And to deny that he regressed? That's not an argument worth taking seriously. I'm sorry I even got sucked into that one. I should know better than that. Mitch can't regress any further without being Henry Burris of Jon Quinn back there.
Like I said. I hope I'm wrong. I really do. I'm not a guy that wants to be right even if it means the Bear's are bad. I'd love to have to meet you at a corner bar and buy crow-eating-roundz because I was wrong about Mitch and he starts and plays well enough to keep his job. But is anyone willing to buy if Mitch loses the job to Foles in TC/PS/games 1-4? (Injuries won't count of course.)
But we can all see, despite deficiencies elsewhere, when the QB is really sucking....all on his own. And we can all see when the QB is playing pretty well but being held back by lack of talent around him.
Watson clearly fell in the latter category. The guy had an OL around him, especially his first 2 years, so horrendous that it made the current Bears OL look like 5 HOFers by comparison. His TEs sucked big time too. Hopkins was his only weapon (now gone too) and, as great as he is, defenses can usually scheme to contain one guy.