So you want Caleb Hanie as your quarterback? I get it, sports fans always love the backup thinking, "hey he did so good in preseason/end of that one game/that one time in college." Let's face the facts here, Caleb just isn't capable of winning in the NFL.
"Well the offensive line isn't helping him!"
And it helped Jay Cutler?
Compare the two and it's painfully obvious these two are completely two worlds apart. Jay had the ability to escape the pressure, keep the play alive, still look down field and make something happen. Hanie on the other hand has zero pocket presence, gets those happy feet, stumbles around and throws it 4 feet offline to a check down receiver 3 yards away from him.
"Those are just isolated incidents and unfair to bring up."
Really? A 48.6 QB rating with a completion percentage just over 50% is isolated?
The guy was a great story in the NFC Championship game, and hey produces well in the preseason when facing players that aren't on NFL rosters once the regular season starts. I'm sorry to say, Hanie-Mania is over in Chicago.
So where do we go from here?
Well, we do need to continue to put him out there every Sunday Jay cannot go. Unfortunately he is the best option left, and that is a glaring statement which reflects how well, er, how bad of a job Jerry Angelo has done. There were multiple QBs which were starters in 2010 who had become available and Jerry didn't take a look at any of them. Jerry also said he did his best to fill the teams biggest glaring hole in their offensive line, and well we have Chris Spencer. Oh by the way, Chris Spencer doesn't even play the position we signed him to play...
The other hole on this team is still the lack of a big time receiver. For as bad as Hanie has been, a big receiver with the ability to get open on any and every play would have helped this team through this stretch. The beats have great complimentary receivers in Bennett and Knox, but if we had a clear number 1 receiver this offense might not have faltered as much these last three games.
Well the defense hasn't helped them much!
Yeah, your right... The defense who has allowed an average of 16 points over the last 3 weeks (down from their season average of 20.7 per game over the first 10 games) is not the reason they have lost. It is the clear ineptitude of the offense that has sunk this team.
The offense has come off of 3 straight weeks of scoring 30 or more points, 5 weeks of 24 or more. The only difference through the first two games was Jay Cutler, and in the last one was Jay and Matt Forte. I'm not even going to count Matt in the decision of the Denver game since Marion Barber rushed for over 100 yards with a touchdown. I will say though, Forte would have stayed inbounds, and wouldn't have fumbled though.
This is a very disappointing team now, and with Jay at quarterback it would have been something to see a rematch of the Bears vs the Packers in Lambeau Field in the NFC Championship game. Now unfortunately this team will miss out on the playoffs.
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