good for jay. hopefully for you guys he'll turn out to be a descent qb. however with no good wide receivers to mention, a terrible offensive line, and no run game to speak of you can't expect much out of any qb.
Jay's already a decent QB. He was expected to step into a terrible situation last season and lead it to a Superbowl. That was all a stupid dream, and Cutler finally exposing Ron Turner as the weakness he truly is makes me happy beyond belief.
As far as our WR's are concerned, we lack a true #1. Other than that, we have a decent group of players at the position. Earl Bennett seems to be a solid possesion type receiver, Johnny Knox and D.A. have shown big play ability, Iglesias is yet to be seen and Hester may be better utilized in the slot within Martz' system. I fully expect our WR's to explode or fail on a week to week basis, but that's the way it is when you're working with a group of young guys who have little experience.
The offensive line is an area of great concern. Our OL did play terrible throughout 2009, but it looked a lot better at the end of the season once Pace was "injured" and Williams was allowed to play in his natural position (I seem to remember him shutting Jared Allen down). We also signed a big bodied TE that's highly regarded for his blocking abilities, so that should help a little bit too. So yeah, we need some help on the line. We'll get some as soon as it presents itself.
Then there's the matter of our running game. Matt Forte is never going to be a RB that busts out 80 yd runs on a regular basis, but he'll catch a lot of passes and amass impressive total yardage. The addition of Chester Taylor is pretty significat as well, but your Vikings fandom probably won't allow you to admit that. The running game also fails and succeeds with the offensive line, but I've already addressed the Bears situation as far as that's concerned.
The fact of the matter is simple. The Bears don't get off the bus running anymore, whether Lovie will amit it or not. We're transitioning into a pass first offense with a gunslinging QB. Turnovers are going to happen, but 4 TD games are going to happen as well. We have players to build our offense around. Our starting WR's, RB and TE are very young and have a ton of upside. There's a lot of upside to our defense too. Players like Briggs, Urlacher and Peppers don't come along every day and Tommie Harris was once a dominant pass rusher in his own right.
It's just going to take some time for us to gel and our players need experience. Once the Lovie/Martz/Marinelli experiment comes to an end and a real coaching staff is brought in, the Bears will start winning football games on a regular basis once again.
Super long post. Cool story, bro. All that shit. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
