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Excellent break down as usual. I think reading how they are having problems in pass protection and are likely to limit the number of passing attempts means we will see the Bears stack the line more often with Urlacher and Briggs running stunts. If we can shut down AP & CT, we will, or at least should, limit them to less than 20 points. If we do that and Orton is anywhere near 100% there is no reason why we can not have excellent success against their very pedestrian pass defense. We definitely need to get TEs involved and I want to see at least a half dozen passes to Forte coming out of the backfield.

Agreed, he needs to average 100 in his last 6 and Ryan needs to falter a bit.

I think it depends on how the two players, Ryan & Forte, finish up the year. If Forte finishes up the year strong, say he averages 100 yards a game over the remaining 6 games, and Ryan chokes a bit and Atlanta falls then Forte takes OROY. However, if Ryan continues to have excellent stats and success over the remaining 6 games it will be hard to see Forte winning the award as the league puts so much emphasis on the play of the QB, especially a Rookie.

I suspect we will draft a RB prospect early day 2 to develop behind Forte.

Someone earlier asked about the current streak Orton has without an interception. I have been unable to be on the site as much as I would like over the past two weeks because of things going on at my job. However, I did find this tid-bit from Yahoo in my fantasy leagues. If already posted, sorry for the wasted post.

After looking at the other selections available I do not see how Forte does not win this week in a landslide.

The picksheet for Week 13 is Ready! Remember - 3 Games on Thanksgiving! Good luck with your picks! http://www.talkbears.com/Contests/index.htm

I did some snooping around to see if the NFL is going to get off the ass and suspend the two DTs for Minny and found nothing other than they went to talk to the commish and a ruling was to be made. I guess the DE was cleared, only received a fine and will not be suspended for the late hits. Does anyone know if they when this is suppose to be decided? They were talking during the game that Deuce M might be suspended before this coming week 13 games. This leads me to believe there is still hope we will face Minny without the Williams duo, which would certainly make life easier for us.

Beware, this week we will have 3 Games on Thursday, so I will have the new picksheet up this evening after I return home from work and we will need to work a little harder to get our early picks in. Maybe I can rebound this week????? LOL.

Congratulations for Staley for winning Week 12 Pick'ems! Lopaka & Ostrogoth come in 2nd place. Great job guys! On a side note, I come in last...

I may not get home until late tomorrow night, after the start of the game. The emails sent to me are time stamped so when I get home I will be able to upload all picksheets that were submitted after I leave for work tomorrow when I get home tomorrow night. I just thought I would give you all notice that if you do not see your sheets uploaded, they will be uploaded as soon as possible when I get home on Thursday night, as long as the time stamp shows it was submitted before the start of the game.

Good catch, I am about to leave for work but when I get home and upload the early entries I will be sure to keep an eye out and get yours uploaded correctly.

The picksheet for Week 12 is Ready! Remember - Thursday Night Game Alert! Good luck with your picks! http://www.talkbears.com/Contests/index.htm

It's bowlingtwig, no it's Madlithuanian, no it's bowl..... wait a minute.... I WIN - I WIN - I WIN BUT - Madlithuanian & bowlingtwig did come in second with 11 wins each. 6 weeks to go - it's going to go down to the last week. This is a great contest this year. An awful lot of players still are close enough to take the contest's first place.

I believe I counted 4 Ds & 3 Fs. Wow, Noots, your too kind! LOL I would have graded even lower. Excellent job on the articles!

Here is an article from NFL.com ARTICLE ABOUT RAM INJURIES In the article it confirms Orlando Pace and Steven Jackson are both going to miss the game with the Bears and OG Incognito is undergoing a MRI and might also be out. The Rams were struggling with both players in uniform, if we can not soundly beat these guys, I am not talking about just a win, I am talking about a total domination, then we can forget the rest of the season. Hell, SFO scored 35 in the first half against them. It is time for us to step up to the plate. In the mean time MIN has to play JAX in Jacksonville and GBP has to travel to NOS. This is a very important week for us. I will be curious how this team adjusts.

I have little doubt in my mind that if RM from Detroit gets a pink slip, as everyone is expecting, he will be our DC next year. This was Lovies first choice as DC and I am sure Lovie would not hesitate replacing Babich.

The picksheet for Week 11 is Ready! Remember - Thursday Night Game Alert! Good luck with your picks! http://www.talkbears.com/Contests/index.htm

I know, and agree, that there is no way Hanie starts. Just wanted to see posters opinion on a what if? I would start Rex, but if at the end of the half he is stinking up the joint, (again, assumjing in this what if scenerio, Orton can not play) then I would pull him in a heart beat and insert Hanie. Now, again, I do not think the Bears would do this, but I never expected to see Orton declared the starter his rookie season either.

Buzzman2333 wins with 11 correct out of 14, NeoBear ties but takes second due to MNF total points tie-breaker. Great job guys! Now we get a full slate of games every week. Again, another Thursday Night Game!

It seems every time the opposing team is running an offensive series with limited time on the clock they go to a sideline pattern towards Nathan Vasher. Vasher is always out of position so that when the receiver makes the catch in order to make the tackle he drives the player out of bounds, exactly what the receiver wants. Is it that difficult for the defender to realize what is going on and position himself to the outside of the receiver and drive the sucker back into the field of play? That is what basically cost us the game with Atlanta. If the receiver is driven back into the field of play instead of out of bounds, they would not have had time to kick the field goal.

Ah, but a GOOD HC sets the defensive schemes to match the skill set of the players he has on the team. If the defensive coordinator can not adust to the players available to run the defense, then he probably can not adjust his play calling to the offense we are playing against. I do not want that guy as our HC or DC.

Although I started off the thread saying I would start Caleb over Rex I think now, after cooling off a bit, Rex would be the logical starter but, with that said, if he struggled again in the first half against GB I would pull him in a heartbeat and see if Hanie could salvage a win for us.

Personally, after today's performance, I would just as well see Caleb Hanie start against GB than Rex Grossman if Kyle Orton is not ready to start next week. I do not see how he can do any worse than what I watched today. What do you guys think? I pray that Kyle is ready to go next week.

LOL, I saw that he was inactive after I made the post. Guess I am in trouble with my picks this week again.