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Offensive (As In Bad) Line Sept 22, 2024 5:51:49 GMT -6 riczaj01 and shark86 like this

Post by The Marshall Plan on Sept 22, 2024 5:51:49 GMT -6

It has been said that humor is the best medicine.

The offensive line is bad. There's no polishing this turd. No matter how many Chemical Guys products you use, it's a turd.

So let's turn our frown upside down and have some fun.

Let's go from Offensive (As In The Opposite Of Defense) Line to naming someone who belongs on a truly Offensive (As In Bad) Line.

Name one player, name an entire OL. Just go with it and have fun. The only criteria is that the player has to be a past or current Chicago Bear.

Allow me to begin....

I nominate J'Marcus Webb.

Webb was a turnstile quality LT who was so bad at stopping the opponent he made the French Army look like the Navy SEALS by comparison.

In our eternal genius, we took a 7th rounder and decided to put him in charge of protecting Cutler's blind side.

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Offensive (As In Bad) Line Sept 22, 2024 9:08:18 GMT -6

Post by bearsinhouston on Sept 22, 2024 9:08:18 GMT -6

Sept 22, 2024 5:51:49 GMT -6 The Marshall Plan said:

It has been said that humor is the best medicine.

The offensive line is bad. There's no polishing this turd. No matter how many Chemical Guys products you use, it's a turd.

So let's turn our frown upside down and have some fun.

Let's go from Offensive (As In The Opposite Of Defense) Line to naming someone who belongs on a truly Offensive (As In Bad) Line.

Name one player, name an entire OL. Just go with it and have fun. The only criteria is that the player has to be a past or current Chicago Bear.

Allow me to begin....

I nominate J'Marcus Webb.

Webb was a turnstile quality LT who was so bad at stopping the opponent he made the French Army look like the Navy SEALS by comparison.

In our eternal genius, we took a 7th rounder and decided to put him in charge of protecting Cutler's blind side.

But I don't use them any more. I found something much better

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Offensive (As In Bad) Line Sept 22, 2024 14:57:46 GMT -6 shark86 likes this

Post by JABF on Sept 22, 2024 14:57:46 GMT -6

Sept 22, 2024 5:51:49 GMT -6 The Marshall Plan said:

I nominate J'Marcus Webb.

Wait... I thought PFF had him graded as one of the best T's in the NFL when he was with us. Oh... I forgot it was PFF "grading" him. It made my blood boil when Webb would crap the bed on gameday and the "experts" at PFF would grade it as a good game for him. It had no connection to reality.

Blast from the past:

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Bears have worst left tackle in the NFL

One other point before I end my rant

Often the Bears OL players (the individual players) are not horrific bad. Instead it is often 5 mediocre guys cobbled together and the end result is a unit that blows chunks. We have watched this on countless gamedays spanning decades. One OL guy starts it out with a dumb penalty or a whiff'ed block that kills a drive - and the game is "on" with each of the 5 OL guys taking turns hurting the team. Shared suckage.

But if I would vote for one guy here it would have to be Nate Davis. There's probably a HUGE recency bias in that one but he sure has hurt the Bears team. If I were to toss in a guy from the past it would have to be LT Orlando Pace (when he was a Bear, not when he was a future Hall of Fame guy in his prime years).

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Offensive (As In Bad) Line Sept 23, 2024 19:56:48 GMT -6 via mobile JABF likes this

Post by weneedmorelinemen on Sept 23, 2024 19:56:48 GMT -6

We are looking back at the history of the Bears offensive line? And we are only choosing one bad player?

But... there are just so many...

(Please note my perfect ellipsis usage)

Okay, game time, put it together, no pressure um, OH YEAH, FRANK OMIYALE!

Never has 36" of arm length ever been so squandered than with good old Frank.

I gave some thought to Fred "The Drive Killer" Miller, Chilo Rachal, and Kevin Shaffer.

But no, my pick is Frank OHGODNO.

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Offensive (As In Bad) Line Sept 23, 2024 20:56:56 GMT -6 bears40 likes this

Post by JABF on Sept 23, 2024 20:56:56 GMT -6

Sept 23, 2024 19:56:48 GMT -6 weneedmorelinemen said:

I gave some thought to Fred "The Drive Killer" Miller, Chilo Rachal, and Kevin Shaffer.

Hey, don't forget Fred's greatest block as an offensive lineman, when he blocked Olin Kreutz' fist with his jaw. He missed game time after having to have surgery to repair it. LOL, it ended up with an FBI investigation because it happened at the FBI shooting range (LINK). Those were the days, right?

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Post by weneedmorelinemen on Sept 23, 2024 21:29:50 GMT -6

Sept 23, 2024 20:56:56 GMT -6 JABF said:

Sept 23, 2024 19:56:48 GMT -6 weneedmorelinemen said:

I gave some thought to Fred "The Drive Killer" Miller, Chilo Rachal, and Kevin Shaffer.

Hey, don't forget Fred's greatest block as an offensive lineman, when he blocked Olin Kreutz' fist with his jaw. He missed game time after having to have surgery to repair it. LOL, it ended up with an FBI investigation because it happened at the FBI shooting range (LINK). Those were the days, right?

It was Fred's fault. He hit Olin with a 10 pound plate if I remember correctly.

There was also the All-Alliteration Squad of Vince Vance and Lance Louis. The Bears just needed Victor Vector, Clarence Clearance, and Roger Roger for a truly remarkable team.

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