NFL 2010/11 SEAS0N (Page 4 of 6)

Tres, no offense taken. I grew up watching QB's get the snot kicked out of them and while I think some level of protection is warranted, I totally agree they take it a bit too far. This IS football after all.
I am in the early stages of becoming a Cutler fan...that's the only point I wanted to make.

I didn't actually hope Jay would be injured seriously, or the other guy Collins or whoever, but NYG pinned their ears back and were relentless. The experts knew what they were doing on that line. Seems obvious the Bears O-Line has some work to do, Cutler can be a lot better if they will keep people off him.

Tres

I was traveling and missed the Bears v Dallas game, but as I understand it started out very similar...Cutler running for his life.
As I heard it, Martz made some adjustments, most notably going to 3 step drops instead of 7 step drops. I kept waiting for that adjustment all game long, but it never came other than for a couple of plays.
It doesn't take long for the entire league to know what your weaknesses are...EVERYBODY knows the Bears weakness right now. I suspect if the Bears don't make some serious adjustments, Cutler won't make it to the halfway point of the season.

Bears fans are giving a big thanks to the Redskns today!
We're back in first place by ourselves.

Make that Cat as in RiverCat has her day .  I'll take this a lot because it is a divisional game.  Those mean more to me than out of division games.  But we will take any because our team is still working on it's line-up.  We really just have to concentrate on rebuilding and solidifying positions for players.
I am very happy that McFaddin has recovered from his injuries, he has been a bright spot and hope it works out better than ever for him.  He still needs protection.  Something that is going to be an ongoing need for us.  We just take it 1 game at a time and see how it goes.  What works and what doesn't work.  Hopefully to help us build a good consistant team.  Mad props to Gradkowski and for him to  recover.

No place for stuff like spearing, leg whips, horse collars, etc. Players know what has the potential to seriously hurt someone. But you can't eliminate hitting and you can't put those red practice jerseys on the qb's during a real game...although jay cutler would probably like that idea with the o-line he has!

That fan got the idea from none other than Joe Paterno.  Take the face guards off and watch notorious tough guys turn into dandy creampuffs.  They would learn to arm tackle in one easy lesson!

Rock On & Keep the Faith,
Rocket

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the NFL of course would never allow helmets without facemasks, because they would have a huge outbreak of disabled claims for eye and other face injuries. You should check out Mark Schlereth's ranting and raging on the subject. I heard the best argument from an ESPN roundtable discussion yesterday, which included Herm Edwards. If you are leading with the head and your arms are not extended to attempt to wrap the guy up, then head to head contact should be flagged. If you are attempting to tackle and have arms at least fairly well extended, then it's going to be a judgement call. Meriweather's hit was the only one that truly fit the description of flagrant head to head. Harrison's hits did not look like they deserved penalties. They are not going to be able to insure fairness on every call, it's an indefensible stance for NFL to say they are not changing the rules but are changing the way they are enforced. A much better idea is for the NFL to hire a company or two to come up with a better helmet. Lombardi has indeed rolled over in his grave.

Tres