August 7, 2014: Camp Concerns

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There have been some things of note going on at Bears camp this week.  With the first preseason game set for this Friday, the Bears and the football season are on the horizon.

First up, the fine and suspension.  Martellus Bennett didn’t like the way he was handled by Kyle Fuller and slammed him into the ground.  When I heard the suspension the next day, I was like, come on, really?  After further review, I like it.

The play itself wasn’t bad.  Although you never want to slam one of your teammates to the ground and injure them, although slamming people to the ground is what football is all about.  Anyways, there were other things that I read about this incident that bothered me.  Directly after the incident, Bennett got into arguments with a few other guys, like Houston, Forte, and Marshall.  Obviously, they didn’t like what was done, and it was too early for Bennett to be sorry about it.  Later, in an interview, I guess it was still too early to be sorry about it.  While Fuller, the rookie, handled it well, saying he’s a competitor, yada yada, it happens, Bennett proceeded to say I’m not here to make friends.  He also said concerning a potential fine, to basically go ahead, I can afford it.  Although I thought that line about affording it was pretty funny, the guy came off like a cowboy.  No, not a Dallas Cowboy playing on the biggest circus for the most overrated team in professional sports.  (Do you know that they sent out playoff tickets already?  I would sell them at a non-refundable price.  What a joke!)  A cowboy meaning a loose cannon, and from what I hear there have been other incidents.

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Speaking about injuries, the guy slotted to be the 3rd WR broke his collarbone.  Marqueese Wilson is out for at least 2 months.  You look at the WRs after him, just like you like at the TEs after Bennett, just like you look at the RBs behind Forte, just like you look at the QBs behind Cutler, and it’s scary.  While the Bears starting offense is awesome, they don’t look like the kind of team that can sustain any injury problems, and that’s messed up.  This is a big season, and with Cutler, Forte, and Marshall missing games with injuries the past couple years, how can we NOT have better depth.  All along we worry about how the defense will respond, but yet the offense could be grounded with any injuries.  I know, you can say that about almost any team in any sport; they have to avoid injuries.  However, in the NFL, it almost should be they have to be able to play through injuries, because injuries are a certainty.  I guess this is why that over/under Win total in Vegas is set at 8.5.  If the Bears stood healthy, they can easily win more than that.  However, as just mentioned that IF is a long shot.  So you throw in a few games without Cutler, Forte, or Marshall, now what you got?

Yeah, the Bears season approaches and the worrying begins.  Again, I have built up such expectations with this team, that it can easily flip upside down quickly.  I like the way Trestman has taken care of the Bennett situation, but he can’t control injuries.  It’s really not even his job to ensure we can get through the injuries; that job is Emery’s.  With the lack of depth on offense, we leave ourselves open to risk.  Will we bring in Orton to backup Cutler?  Will we sign another WR or TE?  Is the rookie good enough to backup Forte?  If I can see this problem, I’m sure Emery and Trestman can.  They have one month to get us prepared for this.  This season is too important to blame away on injuries.  That’s not a valid excuse.  Injuries will happen, how will we respond.  The playoffs are at stake.

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