Some of Haugh's ideas were good some okay some not so good. Below are the details:
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1. Get more out of Cutler. Basically, he is saying that Jay has to be almost perfect which is unrealistic. To borrow from Boomer Esiason, Jay is playing his butt off under duress so of course he is going to make mistakes here and there. This point by Haugh is at best too vague to be useful. David did point out that Cutler’s stats from this year and last year are very similar proving a point myself and others around have been onto that RT has made Rex, Kyle and now Jay all look like similar QB’s who throw way too many INT’s and lead an offense that stutters in the red zone.
2. He wants the play calling to make Jay more efficient and explosive and suggests starting that with more short pass plays to get a passing rhythm going. I disagree with the more short pass plays idea. Every DC is expecting lots of short passes from the Bears so even more of an over abundance of short passes can easily lead to big mistakes. This offense need fresh ideas not rehashed ones. Defenses typically crowd the LOS until the Bear offense proves it’s a bad idea. The offense needs to spread out the defense horizontally like the spread offense does or vertically. 
3.  Keep tinkering with the oline. Yes yes a thousand times yes to this idea. Chris Williams is an agile 300+ pounder which shoul make him a good LT and so far he looks like an average to below average RT. Pace has whiffed way to many times in pass coverage to believe he can keep Cutler from harms way enough to avoid worst case scenario for the most valuable player on the team. The other Trib writer Dan Pompei in his piece on Tuesday pointed out that the Bears average much more on runs to the left than runs to the right. That would lead one to think that Pace can still run block. The Ravens wanted Pace to play RT but he took the Bears offer because he preferred LT. I say try switching the two tackles and if Pace doesn’t do well sit him and see what either Schafer or Omiyale can do at RT.
4. Use more pass run options in the red zone. Again yes yes a thousand times yes. My personal favorite play at the other team’s goal line is having the QB roll out to his right giving him the option to run it in or fire a pass to someone. This comes under the heading of being less predictable as no one knows for sure what the QB will do including the QB.
5. Scrap the wildcat. Great idea da bears stink at it.
6. Don’t get too cute in the red zone. Haugh points out the flaw in sticking with Wolfe in the red zone and sitting the Bears best RB when this close to scoring. Any football novice can see that Wolfe’s speed plays better in space not in the cramped confines of running from 5 yards out or closer. A prime example of stating the obvious to Turner who is so rigid once he commits to an idea.
7. Stop making a myth of Greg Olsen. David wants Greg in some jump ball passes. Again stating the obvious to the clueless. What David didn’t say was that historically Turner has not used the TE much and apparently does not really know what to do with one that is much faster than your normal TE or more likely lacks the guts to try something different than he is used to in critical situations. RT has regressed from his reasonably good use of the TE last year. By this time isn’t it obvious that it would be much easier to just replace the OC instead of trying to offer him suggestions he will either ignore or screw up trying.
8. Get creative with Hester. David writes “mix in reverses, sweeps off motion and screens along with his usual downfield repertoire.” All good ideas except that Devin’s downfield repertoire has been put on ice since the 4 INT fiasco in Green Bay. RT has lacked the backbone to take advantage of Jay’s cannon since then. This also probably accounts for why Olsen has been largely out of the picture because taking advantage of his speed would mean going deeper than Ron appears willing to go. Now others in print media today have posited than RT has not and should not go deep because the oline cant pass block long enough. However, I believe that is an exaggeration as Dan Pompei in his weekly film session break down noted that in the Browns game the oline blocked well but it was the extra men blitzting that put pressure on Cutler not the the guys being blocked. Not having Jay go deep at least on occasion because of the oline appears to be another gutless move by Turner and supporting that is more knee jerk reaction by the media.
9. Incorporate the no-huddle once a quarter. That is just the type of fresh creative idea this offense needs but won’t get done because the past shows RT’s feelings get hurt when the QB gets any credit for calling plays. Refer to Bob Griese if you wonder about this. This is a great idea because quite often the plays in Turner’s play book do work when the other guys aren’t laying in the weeds knowing they are coming.
10. Devise more ways to get Forte into the open field. This is another good idea but probably also get lost in the Turner effect. Getting an RB into space quite often means using screen passes and the screen has been a play RT has eschewed for most of his time as an OC. This is a bit ironic as his big brother adores the screen. It is possible that Ron has ignored the screen as a way of establishing his own play calling identity away from big bro. This might also account for other quirky ineffective patterns Ron has a play caller. Regretfully, the screen is a very effective way to counter blitzes along with other misdirection plays like slants and draws and Turner’s reluctance to use these misdirection plays has led to the Bears poorly handling the blitz during his time in Chitown. This comes full circle to another fine idea, FIRING Turner with prejudice. Then hire an OC like Al Saunders who knows how to use the screen, the TE and get lots of yards for his RB.

 

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