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Brandon Marshall’s Unsaid Criticism Of Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler Is Dead-On

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While spirited, Brandon Marshall’s (supposed) rant in the Chicago Bears locker room following their 27-14 home loss to the Miami Dolphins may not make a difference on the field in coming weeks. We’ll never really know what was said behind closed doors, but it’s what Marshall didn’t say that’s so great to hear.

What we do know is the 2014 Bears play flat, uninspired football. The offense starts every game in what can only be described as an unprepared haze of predictable play calling, resulting in them being overwhelmed from the first snap and creating a scoring deficit from which they can never recover. Void of any emotion on the field, it was great to hear that at least one fiery rant took place off the field after another disappointing loss.

Marshall told reporters the Bears’ losing record and performance are “unacceptable.” He repeated it numerous times. The emotional wide receiver stumbled around a bit as he caught himself from coming right out and saying who was to blame. When praising the talented offense, he mentioned every offensive starter or position except Jay Cutler, a telling sign of who is at fault in his eyes.

Cutler rarely targeted Marshall in the first half, and when that changed in the third quarter, a series of passes to the physical wide receiver marked an impressive drive, resulting in a touchdown.

Marshall should have just said it: Cutler is failing the team. A terrible pick and a critical fumble, combined with poor usage of his physical receivers, were the reasons why they lost. Consider the size advantage the Bears had over the Dolphins: both starting cornerbacks for the Dolphins are 5-foot-10. That gave Marshall a six-inch advantage over Cortland Finnegan, and Alshon Jeffery a five-inch advantage over Brent Grimes.

The tallest linebacker for the Dolphins is 6-foot-3, and the other two linebackers are just six feet tall. That means anytime a linebacker took on Martellus Bennett, the Bears’ big tight end had up to a six-inch height advantage. The Dolphins’ secondary is very short by NFL standards and is dwarfed by the towering Bears receivers. The result should have been an epic day for Cutler and the offense, but the performance they turned in was just the opposite.

Is it Cutler, or is it Marc Trestman and the play calling? They certainly were dead set on chucking it deep to Jeffery and were never successful. When the deep ball didn’t work, they had no plan B.

Paul Kakert is a blogger for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @edpvideo, “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.

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