Rex Grossman, Cedric Benson, and the entire offense clearly were a part of the problem in yesterday's loss to the San Diego Chargers. But the thing that should most bother Bears fans from this first regular season game – just as in the Super Bowl – is the game plan. In the Super Bowl, when Benson went down, the Bears appeared to give up on the running game too quickly despite Thomas Jones running pretty well on the Colts' defense.
In the middle of Sunday's fourth quarter, the Bears were in a key situation on second and short – they ran the ball. On third down, they ran the ball. Then on fourth down, when everyone in the stadium not named Ron Turner or Lovie Smith knew the Bears would run, Benson was sent into the welcoming arms of white jerseys.
Three consecutive running plays that didn't work. The Bears were also down 11 points at the time. This should have been when the Bears opened the play book and threw into the end zone, or even run a reverse with Devin Hester. Anything to try and get this offense going.
The players are, of course, responsible for the fumbles and the turnovers, but Smith and Turner have done a poor job of putting the players in the best position to win. There was never a sense of urgency from this offense. There hasn't been a sense of urgency in Chicago's offense in a very long time – certainly not since the 80s.
Bears fans deserve to see a Super Bowl winner, especially with how good this defense looked against a very potent San Diego offense. Sadly, unless there are some changes made, it appears the Bears are only setting themselves up to fail once again.
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