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And so it was in his first interview since being promoted to OC a few weeks ago. Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs spoke with Tice this week about his vision for the Bears’ offense. Unlike Martz, who was a control freak of epic proportions, Tice will allow quarterback Jay Cutler much more freedom to take control of the offense on the field.

“I am tailoring what I am doing to what I've done, which is common sense," Tice told the Tribune. “Why run it when they have one more guy than you can block? Why not throw it when you have free access and you have a guy who can beat single coverage?

“To do that you have to have the ability to check at the line of scrimmage, you have to have the ability to have a short passing game. And then I'm a no-huddle guy and we don't have no huddle. … I want to be