Is the D partially at fault for the terrible offense?

[Da Coach]

I mean seriously...I can imagine our offense running it up and down the field on them all day long and then feeling good about themselves.

Then they have to play a real D in a Real game and Trest is like WTF?! - these play worked in practice! Lol

 

[BringBackDitka54]

No doubt the defense is partially to blame for some of the offensive woes. When the team is losing the offense goes away from the original game plan and bad things happen. We also have a quarterback who feels he must make things happen on his own, and while it's debatable whether or not he can make things happen on his own, it can become dangerous.

 

[shoopster]

No doubt the defense is partially to blame for some of the offensive woes. When the team is losing the offense goes away from the original game plan and bad things happen. We also have a quarterback who feels he must make things happen on his own, and while it's debatable whether or not he can make things happen on his own, it can become dangerous.

It goes both ways. The offense's repeated slow starts over the last two years but especially this year keeps the defense on the field for more of the first half, wears them down, and helps dig a hole that team needs to climb out of. Yes, the defense is terrible, but the offense's absolute lack of production in the first half of games is the #1 reason this team gets itself into deep holes it can't dig out of.

 

[4SidedDie]

Special teams is almost entirely at fault, more so than the defense.


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[gallagher]

Well, the offense has more than it's share of problems, but they have no help. Our defense cant stop anybody, and our ST cant get teh ball past the 20. So their mentality is that they have to go 80 yards every drive, because a field goal wont cut it. So I see it as the start of the problem.

We could replace all of our defenders with speed bumps and traffic cones and we would see better results that what the current unit is producing

 

[westcoast bear fanatic]

All 3 phases are awful, so bad that the offense stinks the least, as hard as that seems. This team leaves nothing to hang your hat on.

 

[4SidedDie]

All 3 phases are awful, so bad that the offense stinks the least, as hard as that seems. This team leaves nothing to hang your hat on.

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[Desperado34]

Absolutely it is

 

[Mitchapalooza]

Every game we had a decent D, the O still usually fucks up.

 

[Monsieur Tirets]

Works both ways, shitty O makes things harder on D, shitty D makes things harder on O. But in the end, we are not losing shoot outs by a narrow margin so that you can say its clearly the D, both sides just suck.

 

[ijustposthere]

Neither unit is helping the other in the slightest.

 

[Da Coach]

Every game we had a decent D, the O still usually fucks up.

I'm really thinking more about weekly practice. When both offense and defense are so inept, how do they get better practicing against each other?

Maybe we need to propose a scrimmage with a local college team...

 

[Angry Boomer]

I'm really thinking more about weekly practice. When both offense and defense are so inept, how do they get better practicing against each other?

Maybe we need to propose a scrimmage with a local college team...

Bears would lose

 

[airtime143]

I'm really thinking more about weekly practice. When both offense and defense are so inept, how do they get better practicing against each other?

Maybe we need to propose a scrimmage with a local college team...

It is incredibly rare for the #1 o and #1 d to practice against each other... it just isn't done much.

 

[JZsportsfan]

Well obviously

But I could also also argue that the terrible offense is partially at fault for the terrible defense

 

[onebud34]

If you mean the D doesn't have a quarterback either...you'd be correct

 

[Smokey Robinson]

Neither unit is helping the other much at all. The offense has put the D in bad positions more often than not though with turnovers. There has been a lot of points scored off of turnovers this year which have led to higher point totals.

Team was built to win on O, not give games away.

 

[Mr. Jones]

Works both ways, shitty O makes things harder on D, shitty D makes things harder on O. But in the end, we are not losing shoot outs by a narrow margin so that you can say its clearly the D, both sides just suck.

Not happy with the way the O has regressed, but its gotta be depressing watching your D give up historic amounts of points game after game and trying to play catch up all the time..It makes the offense change the game plan and go into panic mode and abandon the run, and with a QB like Cutler who after years in the league, is a TO machine, and still isn't disciplined, the results are obvious.

 

[Da Coach]

Well obviously

But I could also also argue that the terrible offense is partially at fault for the terrible defense

Don't think so - the O is not playing good, but it's not a historically shitthefuckingbedbloddyvomitmess like the defense is.