Re: Official NFL Thread: 2014-2015 Season
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:53 am
That must have been a dreadful game for the Bears. By the time I got home, it was the 4th quarter and seemed to be all over. Cutler went 55% for 194 and 3 interceptions. Yikes!
There really is something wrong with the Bears. In the past couple of years, it's been mainly the defense that's been weak, but now it looks as if the offense is terrible too, and that's really hard to understand, what with a strong-armed QB, fine RB, and three really outstanding receivers (although Brandon Marshall was out of the lineup last night).
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Bears TE Martellus Bennett had this to say after the game (from Pro Football Talk):
Martellus Bennett says Bears lack passion
Posted by Michael David Smith on December 16, 2014, 7:25 AM EST
Bears tight end Martellus Bennett believes the problem on his team is not about talent. It’s about effort.
‘‘There are some positions on the team that need to step up with leadership and things like that around the club,” Bennett told the Chicago Sun-Times. “But overall, I just feel like we need passion to come from certain places. I don’t think the passion is always there all the time. But overall, it just hasn’t been there.’’
Asked to name which people in the locker room lack passion, Bennett wouldn’t say. But he would say it’s a problem that goes beyond just one or two guys.
‘‘Several people,’’ Bennett said. ‘‘I don’t really get into the name thing. They know who they are.’’
Whoever they are, the Bears will need to get rid of them this offseason. After the way the Bears have played down the stretch this year, it’s become clear that a house-cleaning is in order.
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Bennett is a guy I'd love to see come to the Seahawks--to join his brother Michael Bennett.
Here's the recap of last night's game for anyone interested.
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/201412150 ... e=boxscore
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As for Gruden returning to the Raiders, this just popped up on Pro Football Talk:
ESPN announces contract extension with Jon Gruden through 2021
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on December 15, 2014, 10:25 PM EST
Any thoughts of Jon Gruden leaving ESPN to return to coach the Oakland Raiders can now be put to rest.
The network announced a contract extension for their Monday Night Football broadcast analyst during halftime of the game between the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears on Monday night. The deal extends Gruden’s deal with the network through the 2021 season.
Play-by-play man Mike Tirico said on the broadcast that the deal will keep Gruden “out of coaching.”
That’s likely true, at least in the interim.
Gruden’s name will still be thrown in the mix for any number of head coaching vacancies in the future. However, the new deal would seem to eliminate him from contention for any openings this offseason, including his former job in Oakland.
There really is something wrong with the Bears. In the past couple of years, it's been mainly the defense that's been weak, but now it looks as if the offense is terrible too, and that's really hard to understand, what with a strong-armed QB, fine RB, and three really outstanding receivers (although Brandon Marshall was out of the lineup last night).
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Bears TE Martellus Bennett had this to say after the game (from Pro Football Talk):
Martellus Bennett says Bears lack passion
Posted by Michael David Smith on December 16, 2014, 7:25 AM EST
Bears tight end Martellus Bennett believes the problem on his team is not about talent. It’s about effort.
‘‘There are some positions on the team that need to step up with leadership and things like that around the club,” Bennett told the Chicago Sun-Times. “But overall, I just feel like we need passion to come from certain places. I don’t think the passion is always there all the time. But overall, it just hasn’t been there.’’
Asked to name which people in the locker room lack passion, Bennett wouldn’t say. But he would say it’s a problem that goes beyond just one or two guys.
‘‘Several people,’’ Bennett said. ‘‘I don’t really get into the name thing. They know who they are.’’
Whoever they are, the Bears will need to get rid of them this offseason. After the way the Bears have played down the stretch this year, it’s become clear that a house-cleaning is in order.
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Bennett is a guy I'd love to see come to the Seahawks--to join his brother Michael Bennett.
Here's the recap of last night's game for anyone interested.
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/201412150 ... e=boxscore
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As for Gruden returning to the Raiders, this just popped up on Pro Football Talk:
ESPN announces contract extension with Jon Gruden through 2021
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on December 15, 2014, 10:25 PM EST
Any thoughts of Jon Gruden leaving ESPN to return to coach the Oakland Raiders can now be put to rest.
The network announced a contract extension for their Monday Night Football broadcast analyst during halftime of the game between the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears on Monday night. The deal extends Gruden’s deal with the network through the 2021 season.
Play-by-play man Mike Tirico said on the broadcast that the deal will keep Gruden “out of coaching.”
That’s likely true, at least in the interim.
Gruden’s name will still be thrown in the mix for any number of head coaching vacancies in the future. However, the new deal would seem to eliminate him from contention for any openings this offseason, including his former job in Oakland.