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1. Luke Joeckel - Texas A&M - Jr - 6'6" 310 lbs (No. 1 overall) 2. Jake Matthews - Texas A&M - Jr - 6'5" 305 lbs (No. 5) 3. Taylor Lewan - Michigan - rJr - 6'7" 310 lbs (No. 11) 4. Dallas Thomas - Tennessee - rSr - 6'5" 310 lbs (No. 22) 5. Eric Fisher - Central Michigan - Sr - 6'7" 305 lbs (No. 28) 6. Lane Johnson - Oklahoma - Sr - 6'6" 303 lbs (No. 53) 7. D.J. Fluker - Alabama - rJr - 6'6" 335 lbs (No. 58) 8. Oday Aboushi - Virginia - Sr - 6'6" 310 lbs (No. 71) 9. Cyril Richardson - Baylor - rJr - 6'5" 335 lbs (No. 84) 10. Kyle Long - Oregon - Sr - 6'7" 312 lbs (No. 88) 11. Brennan Williams - North Carolina - Sr -…

If we win these last two games and get some help (Vikings loss,Redskins loss and Giants loss) we can be in the playoffs playing again against teams that beat us this year (Packers, Seahawks, 49ers) and get some sweet revenge!!!!

Mongo on ESPN 1000 just now said that he has talked to Kevin Greene (HOF player, current OLB coach in Green Bay) and Greene told him that Dom Capers is extremely interested in the Bears' head coaching job if it becomes available. If it happened, Greene would come with as the DC. per @bestof1000 twitter

He now holds the Bears single season receiving records for Receptions and Yards.

For the Oline specialists out there what are your thoughts on James Brown? In his first couple games he was getting pushed around a lot, he still needs to improve his strength IMO. Lately he seems to settling into the role at LG and I thought he played ok today. Cutler had a lot of time to throw throughout the game and as someone who has watched more Cards games than most they do have a good pass rush. We still can't open holes inside for the running game but did seal the edge a few times for some nice gains. Is there potential for this guy to be on the roster next year? Better than Spencer/EWilliams at LG?

Gents, I know we all feel this team has underachieved, but we can finish 10-6 and make the playoffs. Unless you are New England, that's a good thing! We are getting some guys back on O and D, so maybe we can make a run if the stars align. I've seen more improbable teams make it to the SuperBowl. Why not us? Time to Bear Down! We can draft and fire Lovie later...

Here we go, our only route to the playoffs is through Detroit with GB beating MIN. Since we can only draft in 2 spots, the draft position is irrelevant. They have also moved the GB/MIN game to a 3:25 pm start time with the flex scheduling. With the SF loss, GB is now the #2 seed; so in order to get a Bye, they need to win against MIN with SF playing ARZ.

2013 Schedule HOME GB, MIN, DET, DAL, NYG, BAL, CIN, NO AWAY GB, MIN, DET, PHI, WAS, CLE, PIT, STL To me this seems like an incredibly tough schedule. The NFC East and AFC North are both tough divisions top to bottom.

Somehow this flew under the radar, but Patrick Mannelly signed a 1 year extension today.

Wonder if Brian heard the crowd in Arizona booing their team or saw the replay of Pittsburgh being booed off Heinz Field??? Just curious since he believes no one boos their team like Bear fans. peace

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/...er-off-waivers/

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/12/26/bea...n-s-troy-nolan/ Peace

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teameff Bears are currently 6th overall, mainly due to the dominating #1 Defense and #4 Special Teams. Current Overall Rating 1. SEA* 2. DEN* 3. NE* 4. SF* 5. GB* 6. CHI 7. ATL* 8. BAL* 9. NYG 10. HOU* * - Clinched Playoff spot 8 out of the top 10 are playoff teams, WAS is 11th, CIN is 13th, MIN is 16th, and IND is 28th. I was surprised to see the Bears that high, but the Defensive scoring has been silly this year. Also surprised to see IND that low.

All starting, wow! Offense: Brandon Marshall, WR Defense: Henry Melton, DT Julius Peppers, DE Charles Tillman, CB Tim Jennings, CB http://www.nfl.com/probowl/story/0ap100000...rosters-afc-nfc Briggs the only snub, and with them going with more 3-4 OLB's, I can see him being left out.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/17253566-41...-cap-space.html "There will be an incremental increase in the salary cap to $121 million, and the Bears’ combined cap number of their top 41 players is about $14.5 million under that." This offseason is going to be very interesting regardless of this season's outcome.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/team-colors/0ap1...he-Bears-Colors

At least some of the other players showed up. Bennett over 100 yards, Forte over 100 yards, Cutler with no picks. Does Lovie keep his job? He now needs a Vikings loss.

https://twitter.com/RoobCSN/status/285504581516029953 Someone to consider if Lovie is fired?

Can't believe this.