AFTERNOON SPORTS CLUB Hey, Lovie-you ought to start listening to us!
BY MARK POTASH | Commentary Oct 18, 2010
Bears coach Lovie Smith might need to listen and trust the media a little more.
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Lovie Smith famously asked us to trust him when he fired Ron Rivera after the 2006 season. Maybe it's time he started trusting us.
Smith is always subtly annoyed when the Bears win a game inspite of themselves and while he's basking in the glow of victory, we're wallowing in the ominous despair of an inadequate run game or poor pass protection. Or at least acknowledging it.
Well, Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Seattle Seahawks is why we're like that, Lovie. As much as the fortunes of an NFL team can change from week to week, each game is not a singular event. If Rex Grossman looks totally overwhelmed by pressure against the Arizona Cardinals, chances are that problem is going to be a factor again.
And if the Bears struggle to protect Jay Cutler against the Lions and the Cowboys, it's a problem that's not going to go away just because Lovie wants it to or says it will. How rude it was of us to put so much credence in the preseason after Cutler was sacked 10 times in 52 drop-backs in games that didn't count. Cutler's been sacked 23 times in 162 drop-backs in the regular season. Are the Bears still not scheming for opponents- Or is it possible our fears were well-founded-
I doubt Lovie Smith would really consider those questions very seriously. After all, his team is still on a pace to finish 10-6 or better this season. Does anything else matter-
And now, 10 MORE OBSERVATIONS from the Bears-Seahawks game Sunday:
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