The Bears, In One Ugly Stat
Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com and NBC Sports joins The McNeil and Spiegel Show every Wednesday at 10 AM. After the Bears Monday night debacle he offered plenty of Bears thoughts as always but added that a coaching change is very unlikely before next season no matter how bad some Bears fans may want it.
From ProFootballTalk.com this week and from Sean Jensen of the Sun-Times:
The Chicago Bears had eight false starts on Monday night, which is more than 25 teams have committed all season.
Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times breaks down the ridiculous stat from a variety of ugly angles. Chicago has 17 false starts on the year; Seattle is next worst with 12. Three of the Bears games have been at home.
Two of the Bears players (J'Marcus Webb and Frank Omiyale) have more false starts than 12 teams.
The stat raises a larger point: Chicago has no foundation from which to build a good team. Mike Martz refuses to bring in extra blockers to protect Jay Cutler. The whole operation looks unprofessional.
