CrackerDog

Just glad it's over. I do wonder if the league will appeal. This is, however, a real indictment of the arbitrary nature of Goodell's rulings. I believe Brady was guilty as sin but if the NFL can't convince a judge to take their side, when the Commissioner is supposed to have discretion in these matters, it speaks volumes about how shitty a job he's doing.

I ended up drafting him too. Damn it! There was a run on WR's so I had to take a chance. Hopefully he's not put on IR tomorrow...

I'm fine with it as long as it means Rosario is gone.

There's also no reason to be this firkin evasive. Something's up. I have my fantasy draft tonight and was looking at Alshon being available at the end of the second or beginning of the third round, when I'd probably take him. But at this rate, I'll pass.

I'm not even sure about that. Clausen may be better in this system. RGIII would be an awesome change of pace but teams really don't do that these days.

Well yeah, but we've been saying that for a long long time. I'll believe it when I see them do it. With that said, I understand using a 4th round pick on RB this past draft. With Forte up there in years, last year of his contract and the talk that he could hold out (at the time) I see the logic of the pick. And I think they got a steal.

Unfortunately this smacks of desperation. And I worry about Long getting injured with so few preseason reps at T. With that said, they have no other option besides letting Jay get killed.

Rosario played like absolute shit. Not saying he deserves to get cut but it wouldn't surprise me if he was.

This is taking "next man up" to unprecedented levels.

Ha, yeah, I wonder where "fans" like this would've been in the 70's when we had Walter and the defense to watch and nothing else. Year after year until we brought Iron Mike to town. No matter what the record is, I'll watch this team and expect improvement over the fiasco of last year. If I see that, the W's will start to come and the team will gel. And that'll get me even more stoked for the following season. But I can't see ever giving up on this team in the god damn preseason.

Preach it! Fact is I had nothing to do with Nelson's injury and my feeling good about the Packers having fewer assets isn't going to change his recovery time. I feel pretty confident Jordy isn't following the comments Crackerdog makes on this site. So F him and F the Packers and F their idiot fans. I hope he's just the first of many major injuries they sustain this year and they don't even win the division... THE BEARS DO!!!!

Amen.

He needs to be a leader through adversity. I've seen flashes of it and I've seen the "Jay face" through it at other times. There is no adversity during the preseason. And I'll disagree with Jason a tad. I thought Jay was a touch inaccurate early in the game. I seem to recall a pass that was either thrown behind or ahead of the Black Unicorn that could've been a bigger gain had it been on target. But maybe I'm nit-picking. I want Jay to be the "man". I want him to succeed beyond our wildest dreams. But I'm not sticking my neck out for him anymore. As Mr. Grizzly says, SHOW ME. If we get through those first few games of the year with a win or two and Jay plays an important part in those wins, I'll be back on his side.

Ha! I think you may have missed a few...

I have zero trouble being happy when bad things happen to the Packers. Charles Martin, etc. Now I hope we break Rodgers in half on opening day.

Good. I hope it's a really bad one. But then again I hope Lambeau Field is hit by a meteor while the Packers are playing the Cowboys. But that's just me...

I don't know how any Bears fan could watch this game against Indy and not be encouraged. There are definite areas where improvement is needed but at least, unlike last year, they looked professional. Much better pass rush and special teams. Leno was BAD and our secondary needs work. RB looks deep and Bennett is still going to be a top TE. A balanced attack will keep opposing D's honest which will help our suspect OL and Jay. Better pressure on the opposing QB will help our secondary. I still say this is a borderline 500 team due to our brutal schedule but a W or 2 worse or better wouldn't surprise me either. We'll know more next week. I do wish we had some healthy WR's on this team...

I wasn't impressed with either starting unit but it wasn't all horrible either. Cutler had a bad brain fart toss that could've been picked off and I didn't see him get outside the pocket at all, to my recollection. Wasn't that all supposed to change? It's the first game of preseason with a new o and d being installed by a completely new coaching staff. I expect to see gradual improvement and a professional looking team on the field by opening day. This was step 1.

Ha! I really hope you're right.

I like the list above but the fact is most defense is predicated on a serious pass rush with the threat of the QB getting clobbered. Fangio's D is no exception. Cutler tends to lose his poise when he's getting hit a lot. So, despite the fact that I'm optimistic, I want to caution everyone about getting too high on this stat in training camp. One disagreement with Jason: If Cutler fails, it'll most likely be HIS fault, not OT.

Good! A throwback to Halas! Honestly, there's no way to enforce it and so little value to it anyway. It's just fun, I suppose. If Green Bay was really that interested they'd just send down a scout to watch an entire practice.

Yep. I'm not a twitter guy but I figure if everyone of the youngsters here has all of the feeds, I'll get the news I need here!

Thought we might share them all in one thread. Here are a few to get this started. Please add yours. @ChicagoBears @BradBiggs @ZachZaidman @Rich_Campbell @mikecwright @adamjahns @BobLeGere @bears_insider @ESPNChiBears @CSNMoonMullin @DickersonESPN

Even more impressive given the general lack of an O Line and a passing attack for much of his career here. Dude is a stud. Would love to see him finish out here but understand the economics may not work out if he's looking for the big 5 year, $60 mil with lots of guaranteed money type of contract.

The whole Kromer "experience" only serves to further point out the failure Trestman was. That debacle with him leaking his disappointment with Cutler was the ultimate in unprofessionalism. Now we find out the guy is nothing more than a bully and capable of punching kids in the face over a beach altercation? Insane.