Chicago Bears: No Room for Error

If we learned anything from yesterday, it was that the Bears can't afford to turn the ball over. 2 costly fumbles by G-Reg of the 7th floor crew costs the Bears the game on Sunday. The first fumble prevented at least three points on the Bears best offensive possession of the game. The 2nd fumble, gave Carolina the field advantage and momentum to put up the points that eventually won the game.

Absent those two mistakes and a poor throw by Kyle Orton to a wide open and streaking Marty Booker (you don't hear wide open and streaking and Booker in the same sentence too often), the Bears would have achieved their 2nd win and 2nd straight road victory.

But, fumbles do occur and QBs overthrow their WRs. Why should this have completely cost the Bears the game? Its simple, the Bears have no room for error. When your offensive philosophy is to run the rock and minimize the responsibilities of your QB, you need to take advantages of your few opportunities. The Bears successfully pulled this off for 6 quarters (Colts and 1st half vs. Carolina). But then mistakes happened and we found ourselves down by 3.

Down by 1 would have been good enough. Our offense, to their credit, have played well. But, this is no come from behind offense. Sorry, but Kyle Orton is rarely going to lead your team to victory through the passing game. He is a game manager, which is perfect when the score is 0-0 or Bears 17-7. Its not so good when your down 17-20. If the Kyle and Co., can't figure out a way to open up the passing game in "must passing game situations" (ugh), then the Bears will win a few and lose a few. Now some thoughts.

The Good.
1. Matt "insert nickname here" Forte sure seems like a special running back. There were a few plays yesterday that he had no business converting into positive yardage. Yet, a subtle juke or cut got him 3-4 yards. He is impressive.

2. The Bears Defense played another great game. Unfortunately, due to the poor offense in the 2nd half they just couldn't prevent the inevitable. Dusty D. looked great. And Urlacher played well. The only real negatives were our CBs letting below average WRs (and I mean Moose) catch a few balls.

3. Brandon Lloyd looks like a serviceable NFL WR.

4. The OL had an okay game. Not to much pressure on Kyle and they opened up some nice holes.

5. For the first half at least the offensive and defensive play calling was fantastic. A WR reverse to Rashid Davis for a 1st down. Play action passes to the running back/fulback's in the flat. And Defensive pressure and blitz calls were great.

The Bad.

1. G-Reg. Enough said.

2. Kyle Orton. Just couldn't get it done when he needed to step up. Only down 3 points and he couldn't get us past the 50 yard line. He missed a wide open Marty Booker which would have resulted in a TD if it was perfectly thrown. Not good. He also through the ball into some pretty tight coverages and should have been intercepted at least twice.

On that note, I wonder if we could institute some 2 QB system. Sounds stupid, right? Well,what if we gave the ball to Kyle to manage the game. IF we're up, great, keep him in there. But, if we need a come from behind win, lets give the ball to Grossman. I still think he is the better passer out of the two. Crazy, I know. But honestly, ask yourself, who would you rather have at QB when you need a come from behind win?