CrackerDog

Amen brother. It's early, there's a long way to go, but your comments are spot on. I think we have the O Line as a continuing concern and injuries can always play a role, but if you have to go by what we saw in game one, I'd say this thing is "fixed" at least for now.

Yes. The way I understand the CBA, we had to wait until after game one was in the books before signing a vet. Otherwise his entire salary would've been gauranteed. So, basically we got Miller for the minimum and we can cut him and not have any future salary ramifications. If Miller is healthy and really steps in and plays well, it'll make Williams a guy we can red shirt and get healthy for next season.

Doesn't the restraining order I filed require you not to respond to me online? OK, I agree... and your analogy was funnier too. But I'm not sure Miller is completely worthless (an old bald tire) if used appropriately. I guess "getting home" will be when the kid is healthy mid-season, hopefully.

I guess we're going to find out. Two other teams thought he had enough "in the tank" to chase him and he doesn't even know their offenses. Not saying they were right to chase, hell if I know, but this suggests he's at least got good marketing. Maybe if you use him in a rotation he'll be OK. I doubt you'll find anyone on this board who loves Fred Miller. That said, doesn't look like there were many other options out there at this point and we need the help at tackle. If my car had a flat and all I could find was a purple tire... I'd buy the fricken thing and get myself home.

Don't worry, Bush and Cheney will be gone in a few months.

I'll just stick with my original prediction. By the way, I just want to warn some of you internet fans jumping on the bandwagon after one game, be careful... You could get whiplash. I'm sure some of you ladies predicting 12-4 this week will be saying 2-14 on Sunday if we lose. "I'm not a football expert, I just play one on the internet." - half the members of talkbears.com

Correct. I have no clue if he will or won't be with the team later this year, next year or two years from now. He looks like a poised guy with potential. I'm glad we kept him too. Time will tell if he has what it takes to challenge for #1 or #2 on this team. My hope is Orton continues to show he's got what it takes and we're only looking for a #2 at the end of this season (which assumes Grossman will be allowed to look elsewhere.)

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Oh, I believe you. You NEEEEEVER voted for shrub...

It was cool. I'm not sure how our defense gets credit for Orton's QB rating, as some suggest. I guess they kept the other QB's lower but regardless, I'll take a steady mid-80's from our QB all day long. Thanks for the info.

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We were all concerned. Hell, this is the NFL, we should be worried each and every week. But some here, not you to my knowledge, feel this is the proper forum to dump all of their worst case scenarios. Fine, if some need psychological help, I understand. We're there for you... But damn, get a friggen grip! And then when some of those negative folks are confronted by others who aren't so negative, we're the ones called delusional and kool-aid drinkers. Well, you know what!?!?! Again, not specifically directed at you Chile, I think you're cool, but those folks, IMO, don't have the right to be happy. If you put all your energy into ripping the organization from top to bottom for the last 6 weeks instead of having a little faith, I say screw you. Go root for the Packers.

Again, it's classless for you to not eat crow. You don't bitch and moan all preseason about the team and then get to postpone your just due for a week after the team you BITCHED about just defeated one of the best in the league IN THEIR HOUSE. "I'll reserve judgment..." BWAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA..... How great it must be to just be able to blow off all that bullshit said in the past with a simple pen stroke. So are you saying you'll turn back into a pumpkin of the Bears don't win again next week? This is the freakin NFL; girls, not tiddly winks. More often than not, you lose to good teams on the road. PERIOD. And I'm not saying you have to believe they're Superbowl bound at this point. Championships aren't won in week one of the season. But with that said, this was a tremendous win to start the year and you can DAMN WELL bet that if the Bears didn't win, you and a bunch of others, not naming names, would be posting thread after thread about how bad we suck and how we need to kill Lovie and JA. It's friggen pathetic.

What it ought to suggest to both of you is that it's best to taste your food before piling salt on it.

One - Makes you look silly now, doesn't it? Two - All of you chicken littles calling for Lovie's head or Babbich's head before WEEK ONE ought to have the common sense to eat crow and STFU. Three - JA and Lovie are joined at the hip. They'll go down together if necessary because they have a lot more class than a bunch of windsock internet fans who one week think the team is going 2-14 and then jump on the bandwagon with both feet the next. You could get whiplash that way fellas.

I agree with this. When it happened in the game I wasn't even upset. Weird as that may sound. I know it was a brain fart and basically dumb but he's magical and we can't try to snuff that out. Now, with that said, my buddy was at the game and told me it was really stupid. He said the Bears had stopped blocking in front of him. So, even if he'd gotten passed the first guy the Bears weren't in position to support him on the run back. But on TV it looked like he could've done something so I wasn't pissed at all.

Oh, I don't disagree our D will play a similar game as this week and we should be fine there, assuming we remain healthy. However, at some point Orton is going to have to prove he can remain poised under the conditions I noted. I expect this will be that week. I don't recall Indy doing that too much yesterday. It was a dime package when Forte broke his long one. The best thing I think I saw last night was Orton standing back up after taking a hit and acting like nothing phased him. Grossman would've had happy feet the entire game. If Orton can deliver a few quick slant hits to Hester (etc) to keep them from putting 8/9 "in the box" our offense will be tough to figure out going forward. Turner had one good game plan and needs to be ready for the obvious next week. We'll see if he can string two weeks together.

Nice start! Here are two things the Bears need to do to continue this streak. 1.) Find one more O Tackle for depth. There has to be someone available in FA we can pick up now. I'd read teams were waiting to sign veterans until after week 1 was over so they didn't have to gaurantee the entire season of salary. Hopefully there's someone out there who might be excited about the fact that the Bears look better than expected and will choose them over someone else, if all else is equal. 2.) The Bears need to game plan for 8 in the box next week. Fox isn't dumb. The Bears running game this week was impressive but 150 yards in the air isn't going to scare anyone. Kyle will face a Viking's style attack next week ala Grossman in 2006. We need to be ready for that. Peppers is still awesome and we won't be sneaking up on anyone next week with our running game. Hester, Lloyd and the WR crew will need to be more involved next week. I hope we have a reverse to Hester actually in the plan. We faked it like 30 times last night. Talk about perfectly setting someone up for next week.

I'm one of the biggest kool-aid guys here at times and I can't believe the job our tackles did. Sure, they got beat a few times but we were going up against a great DE. Tough not to just sit back and enjoy this one. I'm sure some of the board bitches will show up soon enough to piss on the party though. Ah well, that's them.

LOL! She's having a hard time putting on her skirt this morning.

HOW DO YOU LIKE DEM BEARS NOW!

Funny how nobody admits to voting for Bush these days.