Comments on: Changes Afoot-But DON’T Ask Lovie

By: harry

harry — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:41:50 +0000

Perhaps Daisy will come back and enlighten us…otherwise, I have no clue. Good for a laugh though.

By: Roy Taylor

Roy Taylor — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37:56 +0000

Agreed Harry. WTF indeed. I figured someone would like that. I manually delete comments that are clearly spam…those will have a link to somewhere on the web people are trying to promote. I don’t get that one, it’s not spam but agreed it makes no sense. So I figured I’d leave it to see if anyone else could figure it out

By: harry

harry — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:01:11 +0000

^^^WTF?!?

By: Daisy flower

Daisy flower — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:15:14 +0000

Why pay qb to through the ball beyond the line of scrimmage. “what the hell are coaches.” are they thinking. I can coach better. Daisy from ultimate hair design

By: Mark L.

Mark L. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:37:41 +0000

Lovie Smith is just being a coach. You do not let the upcoming opponent know who will be starting at each position. Just the rumour that Beekman has practiced with the first team will have Mangini’s guys scrambling for film of the Bears O-line last year.
I recall Beekman did a damn good job on the left side last year, but he is not without weakness which I am sure the Brown’s defense is studying film to exploit them.
It is about damn time too. Omiyale would have probably been a fine tackle for us, but you cannot fit a square peg in a round hole. A guard has to be able to coordinate with the center and tackle and be on the same page. If you have played tackle all you have to worry about is what the quard is doing. Beekman is a natural guard/center and I think Cutler will have much more time and Forte will have bigger running lanes with this switch.
The Bears season starts Sunday. I am more excited for the Arizona game because the restructured O-Line and secondary will have a true test in the Cards.
Beekman helped Matt Ryan at BC and he can do the same for Cutler here. I see big things and a dramatic improvement for the Bears from this change. I see the offense getting in a rhythm and taking over games now.
That’s right. Just one little switch. The O-line works as one solid cohesive unit but all the guys have to be on the same page. I think this change will allow it.
Also, McKie needs to be used more as a lead blocker. Forte excels at coming around a good McKie block to pick up extra yards against defensive backs after McKie has taken an athletic linebacker out of the way.
GO BEARS!!!!

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:38:00 +0000

Lovie has always been the type of coach who keeps the details within the organization. There may be a couple of reasons, he likes to keep opponents playing the guessing game, he realizes how vicious the Chicago sports media can be, or maybe it is all ego and he feels that his word is the end all be all. The real question is: Will this week provide any insight into the direction that the team is headed? On one hand we should be seeing improvements at some positions if the changes helped, but on the other hand…. it’s the Browns. It will certainly be interesting.