CrackerDog

I agree 100%. This team isn't good enough to take ANYTHING for granted. Come out of the gate scratching and clawing EVERY GAME and they have a chance at winning 10 games or so and making the playoffs. Piss away a game or two because you don't or because you can't close or because one of your stars plays like shit (opening day was all of the above) and you'll end up 8-8 and out of the playoffs. And the coaches need to make adjustments sooner than halftime. What is it about these guys that they can't seem to get their thumbs out of their asses until they're off the playing surface?

I hope they rip him a new asshole in the film room. There's no room for this. Sure, the kid made a great play... But that doesn't mean he's allowed to be stupid. The vets ought to ream him.

This defense F*CKING SUCKS!

Jason thinks very highly of himself. Nothing wrong with that.

And more accurately, giving the receiver a chance to see the field.

I think we'd have won in either case but this can't be bad for the Bears.

Pix - Please note these aren't my positions on these matters but I think I can sum it up... 1.) While most realists expected 10-6 a solid year for this team, most football fans may pretend to be realists on the outside but deep down everyone hopes for perfection. Seeing a team from last year with a 9-7 record only improve 1 game to this year after adding Cutler just wasn't enough for most fans. Urlacher and Tommy were supposed to be MUCH better this year due to health. 2.) Our one loss was to the Packers and we lost in a very disappointing fashion. It made a lot of people think of last season and how we found ways to lose. 3.) Many saw Forte as a sure thing stud, regardless of the line. Nobody bought into the idea that he could have a slow start, particularly with a QB who could produce 100+ QB ratings. Forte ought to be seeing wide open spaces as D's back off and play the pass... Or so the logic goes. 4.) There are people out there like me who still aren't sold on Ron Turner as an O Coordinator. Others feel the same way about Lovie, ownership or Jerry Angelo. For those people, the start to the season vindicates their own prejudgements. In my own case, I'm still not in love with what Turner is doing but have to admit the W's are still there despite some flaws I perceive in his performance. I can nail, for example, 90% of his play calls based on formation and down and distance. If a novice like me can do that, professional defenses are all over it. And this, IMO, causes some of failed plays that would be much more successful with a more creative, imaginative and unpredictable scheme. 5.) The loudest and shillest voices you hear are those that scream on talk radio and parrot those opinions here. It's easy, it sells papers and it brings more listeners. Hey, don't forget, everyone on Bearstalk is a friggen expert! Those are my initial thoughts.

They better not... http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PaytWa00.htm Sweetness had a helluva year in 1985!

I'm of the opinion that no play on the field should ever result in a monetary fine. EVER. Plays on the field should be penalized in three ways and only three ways. 1.) Yardage - 15 yards for a personal foul 2.) Being thrown out of the game 3.) Suspended Asking these guys for $5k or whatever is absolutely meaningless.

Why don't you repeat yourself some more. Jeez! You're totally wrong. Moose wasn't a great signing but we was nowhere near a bust either. If you could extract your head from your ass for 5 minutes and read all the comments from everyone else, you'd see that.

I rarely defend Terra but while it isn't really that funny a joke, there's nothing here to give him a hard time about either. I give him credit for finding the picture!

Speaking of big busts...

I like your list a lot! I laughed that 90% of it seemed to be from during the Wanny era. Damn I'm glad he's gone.

I've always considered you uninformed. Moose was a good signing at the time, petered out a little faster than anyone hoped, and was a victim of the Rex yo yo. If we had the 2005 Moose on this team, this year, with Cutler, he'd produce 90 catches. I don't know if that means he was a bad signing or not. Water under the bridge and not worth the brain damage. Looking back on it, Moose was a disappointment. Just not sure that was Moose or if he'd have met expectation if Rex would've continued to grow as expected.

Not today.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/...s-a-broken-rib/

Guys, just be happy with the win and move on.

This really pisses me off.

The family that bowls together apparently also has other leasure time hobbies! Congrats!

I agree 110%. I firmly place the blame on Turner and to a certain extent Lovie because it's his team. The other alternative is to believe Cutler sucks and I'm not willing to believe that based on his prior performances. Turner is capable of turning a silk purse into a sow's ear. If this continues, he needs to go. And fast!

Amen on this one. He threw 4 picks and he very easily could've thrown 6 or 7. That ain't all the WR's.

THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS!

Bye the way, Lucky, I was basically agreeing with you but it didn't come across that way. I was just trying to make your points with a little more vinegar.

How about holding him and the coaching staff accountable, for starters. It's always, "Dang, we could've beat the Texans and we'd be in the playoffs. Awe shucks. That Lovie is sure a nice guy." Bullshit.

Who says so? The "experts". Based on what? Rodgers didn't suck in the preseason. They were 6-10 last year when the games counted. They have great receivers but a shit RB and a butcher at one tackle position who Ogun abused all night long. Ogun isn't that good and the Packers aren't a special team. In our division, only the Vikings look that solid to me at this point and they've only proven it against the Clowns. Turner has a few more games before I outright call for his head. His game plan in the first half was absolute shit. Our WR's are crap and we knew that going into the season. But it always takes Lovie and JA a few catastrophies before they get their heads out of their asses. This year, with a franchise QB, they'll extract their head from said asses just in time for us to finish 8-8. Swell job boys! Just enough to keep the sheep satisfied. Yeah, I'm pissed we lost to the Packers in a game we damn well should've won. I'm sick of losing games we should win. The NFL is basically made up of 4 solid teams and a bunch of mediocrity. I'm sick of being one of those teams. To get out of that mix, you need to win road games against your rivals when you have them on the ropes!