Bears hire Ben Johnson

[Shields68]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

I think the Bears could really have used someone like McCarthy. They need competence. You can fire him down the line if they’re not taking the next step. Johnson might be competent, but it might take time for him to get it. And what they can’t have above all else is incompetence.

It’s a fine hire. You got an offensive mind who is supposedly the top coordinator candidate of this hiring cycle.

I think it is a fine hire. The big issue is fixing the OL. Which is on the front office and not Johnson. But I think Johnson success and failure is going to hinge on the OL.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Shields68

I think it is a fine hire. The big issue is fixing the OL. Which is on the front office and not Johnson. But I think Johnson success and failure is going to hinge on the OL.

The OL is by no means good but it's also a little hard to know with how horrendous the offense coaching was. It kind of goes hand in hand but a running back could help a ton too and those aren't hard to get. Swift looked cooked and was probably overrated because of Philly's OL.

And then for the love of god demand that caleb get rid of the ball faster. And if he is at all coachable maybe remind him he doesn't need to throw a 100 mph fastball to a guy standing 5 feet away from him

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The OL is by no means good but it's also a little hard to know with how horrendous the offense coaching was. It kind of goes hand in hand but a running back could help a ton too and those aren't hard to get. Swift looked cooked and was probably overrated because of Philly's OL.

And then for the love of god demand that caleb get rid of the ball faster. And if he is at all coachable maybe remind him he doesn't need to throw a 100 mph fastball to a guy standing 5 feet away from him

I think I read somewhere a few months ago that Caleb was making the OL look worse than it actually was because he consistently was holding the ball too long. But in the same article they did say that their OL was not in fact very good. Caleb hanging onto the ball as long as he did just made everything worse up front.

[Shields68]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The OL is by no means good but it's also a little hard to know with how horrendous the offense coaching was. It kind of goes hand in hand but a running back could help a ton too and those aren't hard to get. Swift looked cooked and was probably overrated because of Philly's OL.

And then for the love of god demand that caleb get rid of the ball faster. And if he is at all coachable maybe remind him he doesn't need to throw a 100 mph fastball to a guy standing 5 feet away from him

Johnson is going from one the top OL's to one of the bottom OL's. A good Ol will make the QB look better, give the coach a lot more options in the playbook etc. If the Bears QB asked do we have time to run Wasp? I think the answer is no, while the Lions run all sorts of slow developing plays and get away with it.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Shields68

Johnson is going from one the top OL's to one of the bottom OL's. A good Ol will make the QB look better, give the coach a lot more options in the playbook etc. If the Bears QB asked do we have time to run Wasp? I think the answer is no, while the Lions run all sorts of slow developing plays and get away with it.

I'm with Megatron here that the qb really really didn't do any favors. Caleb holds onto the ball way too long. I know there are stats floating around that he's been getting rid of the ball for less than 2.5 seconds but that really doesnt pass the eye test. I don't think that counts the sacks where he holds onto the ball for an hour. Or the sheer volume of designed quick hitters.

The only passes he could complete were quick hits like wr screen. There's a reason dj Moore got a million touches a game. But anything further, he was terribly inaccurate and refused to check the ball down. For as much as he was pressured his refusal to check down is astonishing. I don't know if that's coaching or stubbornness. Or both.