Bears Have No Choice But to Cut This Vet After Week 15 Embarrassment
By Cem Yolbulan
The Chicago Bears are finding new ways to embarrass themselves and lose with each passing week. In Week 15 against the Minnesota Vikings, the Bears offense failed to score in the first half for the third straight week. Yet, somehow that wasn't even the most embarrassing thing about the Monday Night Football disaster.
In the third quarter, the Chicago Bears were finally in the red zone with a chance to cut the deficit to one score. Much to the frustration of Bears fans, Doug Kramer entered the game with the Bears in the 1-yard line. In the ensuing play, D'Andre Swift ran the ball into the end zone but the touchdown was called off when it was revealed that Kramer failed to report to the official.
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This resulted in a five-yard penalty, followed by another penalty on Kiran Amegadjie for holding, and the Bears eventually had to settle for a 29-yard field goal by Cairo Santos. Kramer basically ended up costing Chicago four points.
This, coming on the heels of the infamous fumble by Kramer on the one-yard line against the Commanders in Week 8, has Bears fans infuriated with the offensive lineman-turned-fullback. Kramer knows that he has to report to the officials when he comes in as a fullback, as he has done that on multiple occasions this season. The fact that he forgot on such an important moment shows the lack of preparation from both him and the coaching staff.
At this point, there is no reason to keep giving Kramer snaps. As many Bears fans online have pointed out, nothing good seems to come out of his snaps. On PFF, the former sixth-round pick has a disastrous 27.0 offensive grade for the season. Yes, he only played 82 snaps so far but he hasn't done anything in that time to justify getting them. In fact, it may be best for everyone involved if he were to get cut after Week 15.