Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears
Considering there’s not a whole lot of game tape on Osweiler for the Bears to look at, the Broncos may have an element of surprise; but the Bears coaching staff is likely tapping every possible resource to get a little revenge on their former team. His passer ratings over his last six starts have been 89.4, 88.4, 88.8, 94.4, 100.5 and 151.0. Now, here comes AFC West leader Denver, the team that drafted him out of Vanderbilt in 2006.
After missing three games with a knee injury, inside linebacker Shea McClellin made an impact in his return to the lineup last Sunday, recording a team-high nine tackles while also forcing and recovering a fumble in the Bears’ 37-13 rout of the Rams.
Once Cutler found out, the divorce was inevitable. Cassel wound up getting traded by the Patriots to Kansas City. And, it can’t be missed that Jay Cutler – a once divisive figure in Denver – is Chicago’s signal-caller. “This play cost the Bears one yard, and reduced Cutler’s total fantasy production by one-tenth of one point-and reportedly cost one unlucky FanDuel player $20,000; he had apparently picked Cutler and the one-tenth of a point reduction spelled the difference between winning $50,000 in first place and $30,000 in second place….”
But this week all of that has been filed in the water-under-the-bridge category, especially in the team’s locker room.
Cutler’s 95.3 rating is easily a career high, and he has just five interceptions compared to 18 past year. “Jay was teaching pretty much everyone in the building”.
It helps that the Bears are more committed to the run and attacking opponents with screens. Anderson said, reflecting on how they impacted him. More than one person inside the Broncos’ complex said Elway wanted Gase and Fox was leaning, at the time, to Whisenhunt. “He’s been decisive. There’s no hesitation, and I think he and [quarterbacks coach] Dowell [Loggains] have done a great job within practice being conscious about it and working on drills to make sure that we’re better in that area”.
“He’s real approachable as an offensive coordinator”, Forte said. However tension between them can be traced to the complete of the 2012 season as they clashed over in-game strategy, personnel selections & game preparation. I’m not going to really buy into the what ifs, ‘What could they possibly do?