What is Adrian Amos doing playing safety for the Bears?
Nov 29, 2016 17:26:30 GMT -6
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Post by motm on Nov 29, 2016 17:26:30 GMT -6
If Adrian Amos is the best that the Bears general manager and coach can do at safety, then they need a new GM and coach.
And a new safety. Several of them, actually. Like always.
The Bears claim to love Amos’ ability to hit, but he has to get close enough to a target to deliver that hit.
And geez, can he make a play on the ball once in a while? Once in his career?
Amos has started all 27 games since coming to the Bears before last season, and in those 27 games he has yet to intercept a pass. By comparison, Chris Conte has two interceptions this season, and no matter how badly he might’ve played here, he had at least one pick every year.
If Conte can make plays on the ball, then why can’t Amos?
Amos certainly had chances Sunday. Titans tight end Delanie Walker caught a 33-yard pass that Amos was slow to cover, a play that led to Tennessee’s game-tying TD.
Later, Titans wide receiver Rishard Matthews caught a 29-yard TD in part because Amos was bad and late when it came to help in coverage.
It’s possible those plays involved communication mixups that were not Amos’ fault, but I think the probability is otherwise.
And remember, those plays came one game after Amos had an Eli Manning interception in his hands in the red zone and dropped it like he was a Bears receiver.
So there you go: In consecutive weeks, Amos has shown he’s as bad when the ball is in his hands as he is when it’s in someone else’s.
Did all the drops by Bears wide receivers in the loss to the Titans make Alshon Jeffery feel worse? Because if he isn’t caught cheating, then Josh Bellamy doesn’t have a chance to choke.
The 2-9 Bears will host the 1-10 49ers on Sunday to create the greatest stench emanating from one football field outside of a Browns practice.
But hey, that game is the Bears’ best chance to match their longest win streak of the season.
Repeat after me: Only five games left.
Maybe only five games left in the John Fox era, too.
It looked like the end of the Dave Wannstedt era -- all those no-shows at the Bears’ flop against the Titans in a season of flops. The end of the Wannstedt era was just that, too: an end.
But this death spiral doesn’t look like it’ll result in the same, sane conclusion. I’m sure the 11,086 no-shows got the attention of the McCaskeys, same as the money it would cost to fire the coach and GM who oversaw this disaster and the additional cash it would take to hire another administration.
In other words, it’s too expensive for Virginia McCaskey to get ticked off again.
Not just in Soldier Field, but there’s also room on the "John Fox Underpromise And Overdeliver Vespa."
Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts brought the World Series trophy to Soldier Field on Sunday, and I’m thinking, the Bears have adopted the Cubs' tank-job philosophy, except that the Cubs did it on purpose.
Link: www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/ct-adrian-amos-bears-safety-rosenbloom-20161129-column.html
I got to agree with this when it comes to Amos. I know some here believe he's a good safety but his pass coverage and lack of playmaking ability isn't going to help us win games. Safety is still a huge need for us. Amos is an average player at best. He's solid depth but not starter material.
We need to get Eric Berry and draft a safety to really fix that problem and to create a bit of competition.
I've probably said it a million times but MANY of Pace's players are starting by default because Pace jettisoned the players that would have been starting. Just because certain players are starting (on a team seriously void of talent) doesn't mean they are good.
