Chicago Bears Season End Review Part V: The Offensive Linemen

February 10, 2011   ·   Bryan Dietzler   ·   Jump to comments

After watching the Bears offensive line during the preseason, you would have never thought that they would have been good enough to help the Bears reach the NFC Title Game.  After all, this group had been basically  “blown up” by the Raider’s pass rush in the preseason and no one felt that they would be able to provide any pass protection for quarterback Jay Cutler in the regular season (and against their opponents starters).
The first three games of the season saw the offensive line perform about as poor as an offensive line can perform.  Cutler didn’t have much time to throw the ball and he was getting sacked at an alarming rate.  Then came the offensive line’s worst game of the year against the New York Giants.  Bear’s quarterbacks were sacked a total of ten times (Cutler was the recipient of nine of those sacks in addition to being knocked out with a concussion) leaving many to wonder if the Bears were going to go an...

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