San Diego’s collapse in the playoffs this weekend was terrible but I am worried that the Bears could be subject to the same kind of loss on stupid play calling and bad clock management.
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Now that I have had some time to decompress after the Bears wild win over the Seahawks yesterday in overtime, I have realized that this was one of the best weekends of NFL playoffs that I can remember. Every game was competitive and compelling down to the last play.
Even though I have to keep telling myself that the results of a single game in the NFL are largely random because of so many factors that are outside of the control of the teams, it is hard to argue (or easy to be fooled) by the playoff record of one of my least favorite coaches, Marty Shottenheimer. There is no reason that the Chargers should have lost that game. The Patriots deserve their credit, they took advantage of stupid opportunities that were handed to them by the Bolts, but come on. I know of no other coach that has the best record in the NFL, the top seed and loses the divisional game against a good, but beat-up, team and who should definitely lose his job as well (memo to Pete Carroll: call the Chargers front office RIGHT NOW!). Coaches in the NFL have a lot more affect on the outcome of games and they can definitely lose games for their team, which Marty did (just like he has always done before). His definition of an “aggressive call” appears to be to make a “stupid call”. What were you thinking going for it on 4th and 11 so early in the game? Where was the clock management at the end of the game?
My biggest fear is that, if he is fired, Marty will return as a ghost an inhabit the body of Lovie Smith. Lovie, who may not need Marty’s help, appears capable of the same kind of stupid play calling and clock management that have lost Marty so many playoff games (even given good or decent teams). The time-out at the end of the first half was unexplainable and the clock management at the end of the game was driving me crazy. I’m very, very worried about the Saints next week. Sean Payton is showing himself as one of the great, new and young minds in the game and they have a ton of weapons, none of which I think the Bears have an answer for. Hopefully, everyone will prove me wrong and leave me scrambling to find tickets to Miami.
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