Comments on: Lovie Smith: Bears hustle more than others on special teams

By: philtration

philtration — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:31:47 +0000

They have a lot of success on special teams because they take it more seriously than most teams do.
Dave Toub coaches them that way and they are convinced that they are going to make a difference in the game.
It is not just Hester running wild.
There return coverage, FG attempts and punting game is always solid.

Has any other team in the league made more game changing plays on special teams over the last 5 or 6 years than the Bears?

By: pigskinswag

pigskinswag — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:18:40 +0000

They do hustle on special teams, but they have an overload of talent on special teams as well. They have two Pro-Bowl caliber return specialists, while lots of teams don’t even have one.

By: farmmbig

farmmbig — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:44:14 +0000

Well they better play hard on Special Teams… Where else do you suppose they can generate points?…Offense? (LOL)..

As a guy that’s watched many Bear games, it never ceases to amaze me how Hester and their ST unit gets a pass from officials—Any other team gets flagged 2X the amount they do for Holding and Blocking in the Back.

By: beedubyatoo

beedubyatoo — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:39:42 +0000

As a Lions fan about to travel 2300 miles from Canada for the MNF game…

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2300 miles? You do realize that Canada is right acros the river from Detroit, right?

By: comeonnowguys

comeonnowguys — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:16:47 +0000

I can’t believe Lovie credited hustle and not the special teams coach. As someone else pointed it out, the Bears have had several returns score over the past few years, including Johnny Knox who went to the Pro Bowl* for it.

(Because Harvin turned it down.)

That’s a pretty glaring omission by the head coach in a situation where it would have been easy to credit your coach.

By: minnysoda

minnysoda — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:15:44 +0000

Is he saying in the other two aspects of the game Offense and Defense they are not?
If they did wouldn’t they have won at least 1 Superbowl?
What does that say about the whole overall Packers they have won their last 10 games including 3 victories over the Bears.
Great special teams helps but as can be seen by the results you need alot more than that

By: pencepost

pencepost — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:54:36 +0000

Lovie speaks truth. When the Bears have been successful over the past few years, it’s been because of special teams and winning the turnover battle. That’s why they are always underrated, because everyone just thinks about the skill of players on offense and defense when judging how good a team is.

Contrast that to the Chargers, who are picked by at least a few “experts” to go to the Super Bowl every year… last year they were No. 1 in both offense and defense but didn’t even make the playoffs. Why? Bad special teams and not enough forced turnovers.

By: scudbot

scudbot — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:32:42 +0000

Inspiring the opposition is not a smart move, Lovie.

By: jutts

jutts — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:31:22 +0000

Why do you think the league created the “Hester” rule this year. Teams on the rules committee have been burned badly by Hester and the Bears.
Man, lots of haters out there…..

By: dirksimmons

dirksimmons — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:31:18 +0000

Lovie is a true space cadet. Toub is the reason we’re so successful and I would gladly make Toub our head coach over Lovie. Yes, we have fantastic special teams guys like Hester, but Toub is a genius. It’s not just that we try harder than the other guys.

By: barneysbullet

barneysbullet — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:29:12 +0000

The Windy City Flyer.
“Devin Hester you are RIDICULOUS! FAAAAADE TOOOOO BLAAAAACK!!!” (thanks for that epic audio Jeff Joniac!)

By: 46defense

46defense — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:20:40 +0000

Special teams truly is one-third of the game…

Besides Hester the bears have FOUR other players return a kick for a TD in the past 5 years. (Bennett, Knox, Manning, and Vasher). I wonder how many teams have had 5 different guys return kicks for TD’s within years?

Also,I can think of a game against Minn, GB, and Arizona where they scored three or more ST and D TD’s.

Imagine what they could do with an effective offense.

By: mikeheruki

mikeheruki — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:58:06 +0000

weimtime said it well. Lovie is floating further and further away from what actually happens on the field. The special teamers hustle more because that is usually the way players at the end of the roster can make the team. Lovie has no idea what talent is. He got “famous” running the cover 2 way back when it was still good for something. The special teams over the years have succeeded due to ST coaching and hustle. Lovie’s way to inflexible to have noticed.

By: thingamajig

thingamajig — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:42:04 +0000

So Lovie’s job next year will be somewhere as a special teams coach? But with no real experience on his resume he might have to start as an assistant special teams coach.

By: simplesimon1

simplesimon1 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:41:00 +0000

As a Lions fan about to travel 2300 miles from Canada for the MNF game, please Detroit, don’t kick Hester the ball!!!! That’s the only thing I see, besides a huge game from Forte on the screen passes, derailing the Lions on Monday.

By: asublimeday

asublimeday — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:38:20 +0000

cakemixa says: Oct 5, 2011 12:11 PM

Too bad they have a loser for a QB.
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By: asublimeday

asublimeday — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:37:42 +0000

Doesn’t really matter.

The Bears Still SUCK!

They Will Always SUCK!

They Will Never Not SUCK!
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NFC championship last year

But hey, haters gonna hate. keep posting in other teams threads.

#getalife

By: orangeflh

orangeflh — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:33:17 +0000

I hate the Bears, but they seem to have always excelled on Special Teams. You just can’t take away the respect they’ve earned for that one facet of the game.

Their defense has aged and slipped to the point of being just average, and Cutler & the offense just flat-out stink, but you have to give them their due on Special Teams.

By: ham1

ham1 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:33:03 +0000

How does Djax even get any considerstion when Hester is the man on returns? I will tell you how.
Jealous egirl twats.

By: jimbobobjr

jimbobobjr — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:31:58 +0000

THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!!!

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:29:54 +0000

Everybody’s the best, this is great!

By: doug1grohlin

doug1grohlin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:27:41 +0000

cakemixa says: Oct 5, 2011 12:11 PM

Too bad they have a loser for a QB.
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By: polishrod

polishrod — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:25:33 +0000

Lovie shows he has no concept of Special Teams. 75% of the players on Special Teams are dying to play any snaps, so they are always gung-ho.

Most of the players you see taking plays off on Special Teams, play a lot of snaps on offense and defense.

Also, the Bears have Devin Hester who makes almost any ST look great. DeSean Jackson has some of that magic too, and its not because the Eagles have awesome STs

By: quittsburghstoolers

quittsburghstoolers — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:23:45 +0000

That’s wonderful about the special teams.

Now how’s about fixing their other problems…

By: 2sausage11

2sausage11 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:23:44 +0000

Need more than special teams to win the big games

By: fuhrman

fuhrman — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:22:59 +0000

Dave Toub is a genious! That TD against the packers that was called back, was a beauty.. what a shame.

By: weimtime

weimtime — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:19:59 +0000

“A lot of times you see an extra point blocked, or a field goal, you see teams go through the motions,” Smith said. “But we don’t do that. Our guys really go all out, and that block, of course, was a big play.”

So, you’re defining success by how the amount of effort your players are putting forth.

Hmmm, so how many plays exactly do your offensive line/WR/defensive line/safties take off a game? Just an estimate is fine.

//Bears fan.
///Very frustrated.

By: mrcmos

mrcmos — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:19:11 +0000

Doesn’t really matter.

The Bears Still SUCK!

They Will Always SUCK!

They Will Never Not SUCK!

By: bears0492

bears0492 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:18:36 +0000

It’s extremely rare that a returner like Hester can keep up what he’s been doing for so long. Credit Lovie and Toub for their coaching and scheming, but Hester undoubtedly deserves a ton of credit. He’s too humble, but his extended Special Teams film study and his subtle moves to set up the coverage team are things that not all people see or know about.

Kudos Devin Hester, you’re the best at what you do, and you know what it takes to stay at the top!

By: cakemixa

cakemixa — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:11:03 +0000

Too bad they have a loser for a QB.