High hopes blown away in the Windy City

To say the Chicago Bears season has been a disappointment would be a big understatement. The Bears are guaranteed a sub .500 season and the first year of the Cutler experiment is doomed to be labeled a failure.

When the Bears acquired Cutler from the Broncos before the season started the team had high hopes. Cutler gave them a gunslinger at the quarterback position and the whole city was energized with visions of an explosive offense.

The season has been anything but offensively explosive, it’s just been plain offensive. Cutler leads the league with 25 interceptions to only 19 touchdowns. Not quite what Jerry Angelo and Lovie Smith envisioned for their team I’m sure.

But I don’t really think all the blame can be put on Cutler. The Bears are expecting him to make chicken salad out of chicken shit. When a team takes a return specialist/defensive back and has hopes of him being their number one receiver, you can’t really expect too many fireworks.

Another thing that’s hurt them is that Matt Forte hasn’t had the same year he was able to have his rookie season. It’s normal for a 2nd year player to struggle so I wouldn’t be too worried about that. But it’s frustrating none the less.

Chicago needs to focus on getting Cutler some help. If the team can add a genuine number one receiver to the mix it could make all the difference in the world. Year one of the Cutler experiment will end in disappointment. But fear not Bears fans, things will get better.

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