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Except for earlier in this game when they did.

Bears biggest playoff lead at the half since 1941, when the Bears led 23-0. Against Green Bay.

7 Seattle punts in the first half. Yowza.

Tommie Harris and Julius Peppers team up to cause a sack.

This is already the best game of Greg Olsen's season.

Hell of a quarter for Olsen.

I think the "he won't be in a football uniform much longer" tweet is probably more accurate. What surprised me more...Welker's a Patriot. Usually you don't get the Patriots riled up enough to start talking.

Take that people who don't like Mike Martz's game plans.

That is one F***ing loud stadium.

This is in general already thought to be a pretty weak draft (most of the talent came out last year as underclassmen to get their contracts signed before the lockout/CBA hit). Thinking you'll find a top flight O-Lineman late in the first round who can step in immediately as your LT starter is very risky.

Well, Mankins next to Omiayale might be an upgrade...but is it really that much of one?

I like Mankins also, but there's an issue with how you construct the line with him. Do you just move Williams back to LT?

Really...Go pay attention to some other teams. Angelo's is not an incredible record...but Buffalo Bills fans are laughing at you. Which is nice for them, since humor is the only thing they can take out of their team's draft record. And Josh McDaniels wants to invite you to a frat party where they'll decide his next team's draft picks using some sort of keg-stand based algorithm.

Official game thread.

Depends on the CBA situation. There is some real talent out there, depending on hwo the cap structure winds up.

Does anyone think that the win by the Steelers over the Cardinals in the Super Bowl was somehow unimpressive or anything?

DeSean Jackson was just injured when McCoy was tackled on top of him. It's supposedly an injured knee, and hes' at best questionable for return today. Probably won't be something that will be fully healed within a week.

They've been saying that since 2006.

Yeah, that could be quite a tough schedule. Remember, usually, something about 1/2 of the teams that make the playoffs each year don't make it the next year.

# Brian Urlacher (2000) # David Terrell (2001) # Marc Colombo (2002) # Michael Haynes (2003) # Rex Grossman (2003) # Tommie Harris (2004) # Cedric Benson (2005) # Greg Olsen (2007) # Chris Williams (2008) The big problem with the Bears' first round picks is that 1 guy blew apart his leg, and 2 others didn't become solid players until after they'd left the org.

2000 Rob Morris 2001 Reggie Wayne 2002 Dwight Freeney 2003 Dallas Clark 2004 — No Pick 2005 Marlin Jackson 2006 Joseph Addai 2007 Anthony Gonzalez 2008 — No Pick 2009 Donald Brown 2010 Jerry Hughes 2001 Richard Seymour 2002 Daniel Graham 2003 Ty Warren 2004 Vince Wilfork 2005 Logan Mankins 2006 Laurence Maroney 2007 Brandon Meriweather 2008 Jerod Mayo 2009 — No Pick 2010 Devin McCourty 2001 Hampton, Casey 2002 Simmons, Kendall 2003 Polamalu, Troy 2004 Roethlisberger, Ben 2005 Miller, Heath 2006 Holmes, Santonio 2007 Timmons, Lawrence 2008 Mendenhall, Rashard 2009 Hood, Evander 2010 Pouncey, Maurkice

You're right. The reason why he's doing so though is that he's indicting himself to praise Smith.

I believe the team will absolutely cut its losses on both of them this offseason.