Clearly the Chicago Bears offense has reached disaster status. There are lots of reasons it has reached this status, and as much as I've denied it before, a big part of it has to be put on Rex Grossman's shoulders. I'm convinced, he's not going to be a top tier quarterback in the NFL in any time frame that's going to help the Bears, and he increasingly reminds me of Steve DeBerg, a man who could generate just enough awesome stats on occasion to keep getting chances, and then destroying a team's hopes once he received that chance.
But when I watched that game last night, there's a lot more going on that I found dispiriting, first and foremost the continuing performance of one Ron Turner, offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears. Play calling is, for the most part, crappy. I cannot understand the reasoning behind why the Bears do not use the shotgun, which possibly could help Grossman see the field better. There aren't planned rollouts, either. Rex Grossman may not be a Super Bowl winning player, but Ron Turner doesn't look like he knows how to provide the tools to develop such a player, either.
Bernard Berrian should be getting close to being benched. Crappy routes and drops of wide open passes don't cut it in the NFL, and for whatever reason, Berrian is routinely displaying both. Of course, Moose Muhammed isn't getting open much, either, so Berrian may be safe for a while longer.
The Bears defense is getting banged up in a hurry, and last night looked like it exposed an expanding hole - pass coverage. It was embarrassing that the Bears didn't try to harass Romo's middle of the field vision all night long, and they paid the price, getting killed on the crossing patterns.
The Bears can't afford another crappy performance like yesterday during the first half of the season. Unfortunately, I don't see them stopping the bleeding. I tend to agree with this post, that Kyle Orton may really be the game manager we need at this point. But I doubt we'll see it.