Don't pay attention to Lovie Smith's strange and seemingly undermining comments he made today about Devin Hester still being a number one receiver and Greg Olsen still being a major part of the offense this year. All that tells me is that the Bears are trying to trade either one or both for a chance to move up in the draft. Mike Martz only really has a use for one of them (Hester), and that's as a third option/slot receiver. That being the case, both players could help the Bears move up in the draft, and the best way that could happen is if you try to sell the rest of the league on how valuable you think they are, thereby inflating their value on the trade market. As we all know, potential trades that seem unlikely during normal business hours, have a strange way of seeming like a good idea during the chaotic period of the NFL Draft. Lovie's comments seem the be planting seeds in other team's ideas about their own personnel decisions.
Speaking of Mike Martz, I had long heard rumors about how thick, long and complicated Martz's playbook was, ever since he was Offensive Coordinator of the St. Louis Rams in 1999. It's full of unique formations, routes, cadences that are a throwback to the Air Coryell era, while providing synergy to the modern passing game. Well after a nice and quick little google search, here is a copy of the Mike Martz Playbook for you to digest. I'll provide a permanent link on the right side of this blog so if you have a little down time, you can go over it and decide what will or won't work with the Bears this season. One thing I will say - and I say this not knowing for sure if other NFL Playbooks often dictate the huddle formation or not - it's a very detailed playbook. Martz also expects EVERYONE to know it backwards and forwards just like he does.
The Beard isn't worried about Jay Cutler being able to know it cover to cover, but he has suspicions and concerns about guys like Johnny Knox, Earl Bennett, Devin Aromashodu knowing it though...
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