Bearstalk

Coming off the bye, with a game thread.

Win out and youre in.

So here we are, Week 3, with one undefeated team and one winless team. Even with that, the 0-2 Falcons start as 3.5 favorites against the 2-0 Bears. That just shows the lack of confidence in the Bears right now. Who knows which Falcons team or Bears team will show up this week. The Bears have now held on to barely beat bad football teams with a ton of injuries. It feels like this is the first true test for the Bears. The Falcons have faced the Seahawks and Cowboys, two really good teams, and the Falcons offense has put up a ton of points, but their defense looks bad. So it is underwhelming Bears offense vs bad Falcons defense against and solid Bears defense vs e…

Atlanta is 23rd against the pass and 21st against the run. Orton 21-34, 243 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT Forte 23 rushes, 104 yards, 1 TD- 3 catches, 36 yards Booker 3 catches, 34 yards Olsen 5 catches, 65 yards, 1 TD Hester 4 catches, 44 yards, 1 TD Bears win 27-17

Cutler 26-39, 268 yards, 2 TD's, 2 INT's Forte 25 rushes, 141 yards, 2 TD's, 3 catches, 20 yards Wolfe 6 rushes, 19 yards, 2 catches, 11 yards Hester 6 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD Bennett 6 catches, 82 yards Knox 4 catches, 39 yards Olsen 5 catches, 48 yards, 1 TD Bears 34-27

Game threads wooooo! Keep Cutler alive!

Here's your real chance offensive line, try to get everyone in a groove. Jason Pierre-Paul is expected to miss the game with back stiffness. Bears missing safeties Conte and Hardin, Steltz and UDFA Anthony Walters expected to step in at safety. Adam Podlesh, Bears punter, likely to miss game and long term status still undetermined, Rookie Ryan Quigley will get a trial tomorrow night. Urlacher, obviously, still out. First roster cuts, down to 75, due Monday.

This is a road game the Bears need to win.

After seeing the Jets beat the Rams, then the Bengals beat the Steelers, I really hope the Bears don't crap the bed on this one with so much on the line. This is the worst team the Bears will face this year, 31st in DVOA, 25th Offensive DVOA and 31st in Defensive DVOA, only the Jets are worse. If the Bears manhandled the Texans, this should be a blowout, however, Minshew is actually really solid for a QB on a 1-13 team. He has thrown 16 TDs to 5 INTs and Robinson is one of the best RBs in the league. However, after those two and Chark, they have a bunch of very average players. The Jags defense is crazy bad, they have allowed 20 or more points in every ga…

Bears 34-20

This week is a short one with the Bears playing Sat afternoon. Here's the Tue practice injury report. We may be getting some players back with Goldman, McPhee, and Amos starting to practice in a limited manner. On the flipside we added Shaheen and Kendall Wright but neither appears to be serious. Detroit has some concerns on the Oline. http://www.detroitlions.com/team/custom-injury-report.html

Orton- 21-30, 219 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Forte- 32 rushes, 162 yards, 2 TD, 4 catches, 44 yards Booker- 3 catches, 43 yards Davis- 2 catches, 11 yards Hester- 3 catches, 55 yards, 1 punt return for a TD Clark- 4 catches, 37 yards, 1 TD Olsen- 4 catches, 34 yards Gould- 2/2 on FG Defense- 5 sacks, gives up 20 points, 2 INTs, 2 FFs Bears 34-20

Cutler: 18-24, 203 yards, 1 TD, 1 rush TD Forte: 21 rushes, 98 yards, 1 TD Knox: 5 catches, 76 yards, 1 TD Bears 27-12

Welcome to division play.

5-5 Bears at 7-3 Packers. The Packers just lost to Indy while the Bears won the bye week. I don't have a good feeling about this one. The offense is beyond repair. I expect it to be a 2-3 score deficit, Packers 31-17. The defense has to defend against too many short fields and Skrine gets exposed time and time again. Rinse and repeat.

Discuss. Go Bears.

Game thread.

Yeah, this would be a big game for the beaten-up Bears.

Cutler: 20-33, 235 yards, 2 TD's, 1 INT Forte: 24 carries, 112 yards, 1 TD/4 catches, 31 yards Wolfe: 7 carries, 28 yards Bennett: 6 catches, 78 yards, 1 TD Hester: 4 catches, 51 yards Olsen: 4 catches, 49 yards, 1 TD Clark: 2 catches, 26 yards Bears 27, Packers 19