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How is the salary cap affected if Conte is cut before this game is over? Whatever it is, I think it's worth just cutting the loss. He's horrible and should be selling insurance in a strip mall.

That sack sucked. On the replay, everybody was covered. Not much Jay could do there.

Why is the edge ALWAYS open with this D?!

LOL. Funny post.

It looks good now, but it wasn't promising at first. Maybe that last long drive where he spread it around will loosen up Philly's D.

In years past, I'd consider this game over. This year? I still have hope. This offense has crazy potential. It's just up to the OL to keep Jay clean, and for him to make the smart reads.

Agreed. At least then the Bears might be able to capitalize on the athleticism of two rookie LBs, smallish DTs (because of injuries), and give McClellin a chance to prove he doesn't suck.

Seriously. Fire Tucker. Being injured is bad, but that's a lot of missed assignments, bad tackling, and poor gap discipline.

That looked like Slausson misread his assignment and Forte sucked. Bad combination.

This is looking MUCH better this drive.

Ermahgerd, don't throw into double or tight coverage. Hit the open guy. Like that out to Alshon.

Call it hate it not, but Cutler has under thrown several passes so far. I have counted three. And I could swear I saw someone open on that last bad throw to Marshall.

I thought I saw someone open but I couldn't be sure. But when the throw is into double coverage I would figure someone is open.

Philly offense is perfect against an undisciplined defense.

SMC bites too far inside, AGAIN.

And if I recall the convo, I still say five scrubs with good continuity means a beat up QB. There has been some continuity in previous seasons and the still sucked. That's talent level, period. You need a balance of both, but if you have to choose one, you choose talent and ability over continuity every day. Give me a probowl OL with zero continuity and they will quickly outperform a poor OL with lots of continuity. If that were Webb and some other scrub on the right side instead of Long and Mills, the continuity wouldn't matter much. Luckily, this year the Bears have both talent AND continuity.

I want better than 56% regular season and 50% post season success.

Yep! One good year, one bad year, repeat. Too many holes in his Tampa 2. Too passive. No clue on offense. No clue on drafting. No clue on FA. Horrendous in game coaching decisions. Laughable replay challenges. Retarded loyalty to bad assistant coaches. Zero fire. I'm with you; I'd love to see Lovie in Detroit. You can go ahead and book Cutler for 300+ and 2-3 TDs, with receivers open all over the place in the zone.

I would absolutely hate a TE in the first. Same goes for a speed guy. TE is not a need. Neither is WR. Besides, a speed guy can be had in the mid/late rounds. This team needs defensive help at all three levels. And if the FA period doesn't go as we'd like, it may need even more help.

Excellent link! Thanks! Very informative.

Yes. I watched tons of games for the same reasons you did. And I agree with the thought that comparison is near impossible. Abstract is right. Picasso-level abstract. I agree the system had a lot to do with Montana's checkdowns, and it wasn't necessarily Joe Montana making the decision on his own. However, it goes straight into the point many have made about Cutler buying fully into a system instead of locking in on Marshall. It's what many believe - me included - he has yet to fully do, and it's precisely why McCown did well. It's not like McCown did that well at any other time in his career. He bought in, and the system fits him well. Yeah, that's a misunderstanding. My point about defense was a direct reply to Cracker's insistence that the INT difference between Montana and Cutler was somehow tied to defense. Normally I'd agree that there is some merit to this line of reasoning, like you've pointed out, but the simple fact is, Cutler threw plenty of picks the last three years and the Bears had pretty damn good defenses then.

I criticized the comparison, which you made. The comparison is just foolhardy. See Alaska's point and try not being combative for once. Once again...it's not literally about the FB. Did you (can you) read: not that it was specifically a FB. ? Talk abut arguing with people based on things they never said. Try reading some more and actually understanding the point being made before unleashing the caps lock mentality, and button.

Thanks for putting in the effort I didn't feel like putting in. Agree wholeheartedly with the post.

Agreed. Denard > Hageman > Humpty Dumpty

There's nothing wrong with my reading comprehension. There's something wrong with your comparison comprehension. I don't care what stats you throw out, when you start to compare Cutler to Montana it's just a really bad comparison. And keep in mind I've been the President of the "Fix the OL Club," and a firm member of the "Cutler is our QB Club" before this year. The "he only threw .5 more picks" stuff is nonsense because it discounts thousands of other factors that make the discussion and comparison ridiculous. Ask literally anyone about that comparison and it's laughable. Jay hasn't been horrible, but he's been nowhere near Montana, regardless of how a single statistic gets misconstrued. The point to the second part is that Cutler only spread it around when he had to because nobody was good. He was forced to work with what he had. And most people who paid attention didn't blame him because the receivers and OL sucked. But not now. He's got weapons and an OL. It's like not having your favorite food and basically eating whatever is in the fridge. But when he got his favorite food (i.e. Marshall), that's about all he saw. The point to the fullback, which I'm not surprised you missed, is that Montana used all his weapons, not that it was specifically a FB.