Biggs:10 thoughts on the Bears' 36-10 loss to the Buccaneers

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brasilbear Hall of Famer Posts: 5,823 Likes: 6,626	Biggs:10 thoughts on the Bears' 36-10 loss to the Buccaneers Nov 14, 2016 13:06:36 GMT -6 AlexM and JABF like this Post by brasilbear on Nov 14, 2016 13:06:36 GMT -6 Biggs has pretty good insights. I enjoy reading him throughout the week when the film evaluating starts. Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top

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I completely agree that once again Loggains play calling sucked and that he abandoned the run early and often but the sequences below I have to disagree with Biggsy on.

Cutler ran a play fake to Howard on the first play of the third possession and threw off his back foot for Logan Paulsen with Chris Conte scoring on the pick six.

It was the exact same pass thrown the exact same way as the one thrown to Zach Miller in the closing minutes of the Minny game that resulted in a key first down. The difference was the Bucs DC and his DBs had seen that in their review and they were ready for it.

Cutler had made a very bad decision to throw to a very covered Alshon Jeffery on the previous possession resulting in an interception. Why go straight back to throwing the ball?

The throw was much worse than the decision. AJ had a step on Grimes when he broke his route but the throw was weak and behind him. It was an easy pick for Grimes.

Loggains did not turn the ball over for Cutler but there was an opportunity to really dominate this game running the ball and the Bears only went halfway. Eventually the game got away from them and it was too late. That’s hard to explain to me.

And I would argue that he did. Cutler executed the pass exactly as it was drawn up and exactly as he had against Minny when it went to Miller for a key first down late in the game. The problem here was the play call itself. It's a sucker play that fooled no one and dangerous to throw anywhere but lethal when you're on you own 20.

Sorry but that six points should be charged to Loggains because Cutler simply ran the play he was given. This was all about Loggain trying to get too cute and outsmarting no one but himself. When you can run the ball down their throats as effectively a Howard was doing you do it until they can stop you. Loggains was playing far too cocky and he got his QB burned for a TD that is really on him.

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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2016 13:31:56 GMT -6

And yet another oddity from the clueless John Fox. Who else does THIS?

8. Not sure what message John Fox was sending to his players using all three of his timeouts in the second half while trailing by 26 points with less than three minutes remaining. After the game, Fox said he told the team “we’ll hang together.” Nobody could have been pleased with the way things went. The timeouts extended the game for an offense that lost two starting offensive linemen in the game and running back Jordan Howard might or might not have an ankle or Achilles injury according to the coach. So why prolong the thing? Maybe misery loves company.

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MartianBearsFan All-Pro Posts: 3,775 Likes: 3,115	Biggs:10 thoughts on the Bears' 36-10 loss to the Buccaneers Nov 14, 2016 14:06:37 GMT -6 Post by MartianBearsFan on Nov 14, 2016 14:06:37 GMT -6 Well after what he said I want Fox fired.. Maybe try to have Vic as a coach or maybe try to bring in Harbaugh from Michigan with Vic as the DC.. Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top

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Nov 14, 2016 14:06:37 GMT -6 MartianBearsFan said:

Well after what he said I want Fox fired.. Maybe try to have Vic as a coach or maybe try to bring in Harbaugh from Michigan with Vic as the DC..

Forget Harbaugh. He makes more than twice as much as the Bears will ever pay a HC and he's a king there coaching his old college team. He wouldn't take the job even if it was offered.

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Biggs:10 thoughts on the Bears' 36-10 loss to the Buccaneers Nov 14, 2016 18:53:41 GMT -6 AlexM, JABF, and 2 more like this

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Biggs: Real shame the Bears couldn’t figure things out this season because the Vikings and Packers are in a collective tailspin.

That's the line of the article. This Bears team not only sucks but they suck in a year where they had limitless opportunities to dethrone the reigning NFCN Champions. Biggs is calling the season "couldn't figure things out." When Biggs is calling the season after week 10, you're a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE team. This team is worse than Trestman's crapshow and I didn't think that was possible.

Losing like they did to Tampa has me - a pretty ardent supporter of stability at HC - looking to do some Fox hunting. He's still got 7 games to show Pace and the fans something, but he keeps strutting out worthless showings like yesterday and no one is going to come to his defense.

And Cutler... UGH... 7 games and counting... Love him - hate him - apologist - critic... THE DUDE HAS GOT TO FRICKING GO!

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