Well, I came into Sunday’s game knowing there were holes in the Bears offensive line. I just didn’t think I’d be that worried about losing Jay Cutler for the rest of the season. I know that I’ve said it before, but something has to be done to protect our FRANCHISE quarterback. I cringed everytime I saw Cutler picking himself up off the turf. I winced when I saw him head towards the sideline because he was bleeding. I admire his toughness, but seriously this has got to change. Lesser quarterbacks would have been carried out on strechers after the abismal performance of the offensive line this past week. How can the Bears management even be letting Jay trot out there with less than and adaquate line to protect him. If I had made a multi-million dollar investment I sure as heck would want it as safe as possible. After seeing all the grass stains, the mud, and probably even some blood on Cutler’s jersey this past week you would think that would change some minds as to who needs to be on that line. I know that the most help won’t happen until the off season, and that it might be meager help at that. But meager beats none, and I’m starting to be worried that the beatings will continue if something doesn’t change soon. Eight weeks into a season if an offensive line is going to gel they would have by now. Sure I love seeing Orlando Pace pancake a guy as much as the next fan, but in order to pancake a rusher he has to get beat first. Also this isn’t just a recent trend of allowing sacks. They have allowed sacks in every game this year, and it doesn’t look to end any time soon. I shudder to think of what the “suspended” players in Minnesota are going to do to our line.
As for this week: If Kurt Warner shows up the same way he did last week, the Bears will win. Otherwise this game will be a battle. The secondary is going to have a hard game trying to keep on Boldin and Fitzgerald. The defensive line will have to really work hard to keep pressure on Warner. If he has time, he will beat us. And of course as mentioned above our offensive line has to start opening holes for the running game. With Ron Turner apparently deciding that he needs to start paring back the playbook due to their struggles, it is going to be even more important. If the running game can get going, and the defense plays solid this should be a good close game.
