BearFan2000

he really is fun to listen to. Thanks to him we have the Willie Wonka nickname for Trestman lol It's good to see some personality on the team.

242 per, which is roughly double face and if I dug around or waited I might have been able to get them cheaper on craigslist but I should have the tickets in hand by next Friday with a guarantee that they will be legit. The way I look at it is I don't go to a game very often so I'm willing to splurge a little. Could have gotten cheaper tickets in other sections but being felt it was worth being near mid field

Got seats in section 438 row 35 seats 13 & 14. Should have a great view near mid field for the game and Ditka's retirement ceremony!!! Looked at several ticket sites and I gotta say I like that StubHub lists the final cost up front. Ticket Exchange was more expensive, Vivid Seats seems to have the highest fees. Hoping for great weather and a Bears win!!!!

I think Trestman will use this game as a learning tool. I think the team as a whole lost it's focus when things started going crazy. I do feel like the team got back under control in the second half but were in too deep of a hole to climb out (at least at this point in the season). We are a work in progress, If you take away that stretch in the 2nd quarter we're looking at a much different game. I think we have to keep that in perspective and not let it skew the whole game. Trestman can use this as a coaching tool to teach the team how to better deal with adversity because it will happen, and if you don't handle it well and stop the bleeding quick enough you may lose the patient. Jay's mechanics I felt changed three times in this game, he started out fine, then regressed/reverted as things got out of hand, and then got better in the second half and in particular the 4th quarter. I think there is a positive in that after the 4 turnovers Jay was able turn things around offensively and play better. There will be times when things don't go our way, but learning how to overcome adversity within a game is something that takes time, and practice.

The true test is how we come out next week against a tough Saints team. If we come out, put this game behind us and come out solid and get a win. That will be big. It's not whether or not you will face adversity it's how you respond. Do you get up off the mat and come back swinging or do you wilt. Perhaps a game like this is a wake up call of sorts. This season we have flirted with losing this time it bit us.

I walked away from this for bit to calm down. This one got away from us quickly in the second quarter. The team didn't quit though, valiant effort trying to come back in the 4th quarter but 24 points to make up in 1 quarter is a tall order. We lost this game in the 2nd Quarter the lions got 27 points in that quarter and a mere 13 points in the other 3. That second quarter put us way behind the eight ball in a hurry. It changed what we did on offense, and I think that drew out the old Jay forcing the ball trying to push it downfield to get points back quickly. That lead to digging the hole deeper. In the second half we outscored them 19-10 and it looked like Jay got it back under control (his play) but the damage was done. And we didn't do enough in the second half to have a chance to win. Even if you recover that onside kick you have to score again and get a conversion just to tie it. This loss is primarily on him, and I'm sure he knows it. At the start of the second half I felt there should have been more of a sense of urgency. Too little too late. This is one game, albeit a big loss as we lose the division lead via tie breaker. And have a tough game coming up next week against the Saints. At the end of the day we are still 3-1. We are still a work in progress. We need to put this one behind us and focus on NO. This was a blown opportunity to take a virtual 2 game lead in the division. Still no pass rush, we were getting held a lot though, but we cannot allow QB's to continue to just sit there all day in the pocket.

I'd love to be wrong but I think this one's over. One thing of note on some of these throws... Jay had room to run for yardage but tries to gather and throw... I do believe we are better than this but we can't get any breaks today.

and that's the ball game... soo pissed right now

Defense is going to have to keep the Lions off the board the rest of the way for us to have a chance... not sure they can do that.

screw you Jay.....

Jay doesn't look sharp at all. Even on the big completions I'm finding myself holding my breath. Also agree, can't keep settling for FG's our only TD is from outside the red zone.

what sucks is we were up 10-9 and moments later we're down 30-10.... I still don't think that Johnson TD was a TD he only got one foot down and they never questioned it.... The long kick off return there was block in the back not called. But this hole we're in is on Jay, cannot be that careless with the ball. We've given the Lions a huge momentum boost. Pass rush is still non existent, we know this offense will feature Bush and Johnson and we've yet to come close to containing bush. 3 and out to start the second half not good....

Is there a link to download Perseverance Life Lessons Leadership Teamwork?

Awesome, thanks!!! took me a little while to notice the post, I was distracted by the avatar

I happened to be looking for where I could pick up a copy of Trestman's book, seems it's only sold at Amazon.com but when I go to the item page the kindle version (which I don't have a kindle) is 14.95, but the paperback version list two used from 172.20? Why is it 15 bucks as a digital book, and 172 bucks paperback? This does't seem right, does anyone know where to pick up a copy that's more realistically priced?

It was crazy seeing the clock on Jay. Watching the games this season it's clear Jay has been getting it out quicker but to see the actual time from snap to throw was eye opening. For the past few years here in Chicago one thing that has been a big knock on Jay has been his propensity to hold onto to the ball too long creating sack situations and making the line issues even more obvious. The mechanics, and timing of Jay's drop, plant, read, and throw are vastly improved. They also pointed out that Trestman has him holding the ball higher and I think that helps his throwing motion to be more compact and thus quicker. His trust for the line is also apparent as he now feels comfortable stepping up into the pocket rather than allowing the outside rush to get to him. This really helps the tackles allowing them to push the defender past Jay as he steps up. Stepping up in the pocket has also helped him see running lanes better when they are there to use his feet. It'd have been interesting if in the segment where they timed his throws, to also include clips of the past few years where he was holding the ball too long. There were times when he was holding the ball past 3-5 seconds and getting plastered. Take that to those media talking heads who labeled Jay as unteachable, broken, stubborn. I think Trestman/Kromer and the new additions to the Line have been a breath of fresh air for Jay. It's one thing to keep switching from crap system to crap system and then developing a negative or pessimistic outlook. I think any of us would have appeared unteachable or damaged if we were in Jay's shoes there was no real effort in helping, protecting, or giving him weapons. We went from bad system to bad system to bad system. We finally have a system that has reason to be optimistic. I think it's more that Jay can see the light at the end of the tunnel and he's all for that.

Any thoughts?

Hasen't always been pretty but at the end of the day we won, GB lost, and Minny Lost, and we have a chance to hand Detroit a loss next week. It's a work in progress but when you can get wins while you are working out the kinks that's just frosting on the cake. Perhaps Green Bay's deal with the Devil has run out. I know GB fans are starting to question Rodger's play in clutch situations against good teams. How funny would it be that the Great Rodger's becomes shaky when the game is on the line and our own Jay Cutler becomes Mr. Clutch. That TD drive when things got tight was clutch, starting off with the first down run where Jay decleats the DB take that people who think jay is a wuss. In the first 3 games there are things to build on, things to improve, and we're winning as we mature as a team. I like the standings 3-0 Bears 2-1 Lions 1-2 Packers 0-3 Vikings

welcome back Peppers!

It is nice challenge and great catch by Bennett welcome back Earl

we need a TD on this drive, for once it would be nice to win leading the whole way.

I agree short 1 yard on 3rd down and we go play action, hell a dump off would have been better than a double covered Marshall. We needed to run it on 3rd and 1, run behind the rookies pick up the first down and start dictating the game again... now start of the 4th they are only down 7 and have all the momentum.

making this crappy steelers offense look like world beaters..... does help when you are allowed to hold. Bears D really needs to improve through 3 weeks we've not looked sharp other than the turnovers.

Davis would have tackled himself and that's if he even caught the ball lol

nice no call on Dwyer leading with the helmet on that last run