What a disheartening defeat to the lowly Chiefs today. It's hard to remember a more inept offensive performance than the one displayed today. Maybe the Panthers game last year when Todd Collins started at QB? What is the common link (besides missing Cutler)? A player who Mike Martz inexplicably handpicked being in a key position and failing miserably. Last season, Todd Collins had no right being the backup QB. As bad as Caleb Hanie has looked in these last two games, he is significantly more potent than Todd Collins. That much was clear to anybody who saw Collins perform, except Martz. And still, Mad Mike "re-promoted" Collins to the #2 position in the final weeks of the season. Anybody else remember the moment in the NFC Championship when Cutler didn't come back on the field following a key Bears turnover and instead on trotted Todd Collins? To nobody's great surprise (again, except Martz) Collins quickly went three and out, wasting fantastic field position, and flushed our Super Bowl hopes right down the toilet.
Today, history repeated itself. Much like that Championship game last year, the Bears had a chance to win this game despite how ugly it was. Again, however, it was a stiff who was handpicked by Martz who was put in a position to make the big play for the Bears. On the most important drive of the game, despite his continued failures, the ball was thrown to Roy Williams who promptly did what he does best; dropping the pass and deflecting it into the hands of a defender. INT. Hope squashed. Better luck next week.
Why is this failure of a wide receiver still here? Better yet, why is someone with such a penchant for drops going over the middle into a crowd where this type of result is not only possible, but probable? Where is Earl Bennett in all of this mess? The only Bears wideout who can gain any level of separation and instead you throw it to this dud who can't separate or catch? If you feel the need to take advantage of his size, why not throw him a fade where when (not if) he drops the ball it falls harmlessly to the pylon?
One more aside, while I'm on the playcalling mess. I can't recall the last time this team set up a screen for a running back. Does it not seem like a good idea to give Hanie an easy completion and set up some of our best playmakers in space, especially when the opposing defensive line is getting such great upfield penetration as they did today? Am I missing something? Or is this too simple of a solution for the "genius" to consider?
Back to the point, there are now reports out of Chicago that Martz will not be retained after the season. I could not be happier. So let me ask this favor. Dear Mike, please take Roy Williams with you wherever you go. He is welcome here about as much as you are, which apparently isn't very much.
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