BearFan2000

Cutler is much different than Rex though they are somewhat similar in style. Jay has better arm strength, body, and mental control. I hear so much about Jay being a mental case and other fans and such think that he is basically Rex 2.0 and all you need to do is get into his head and rattle him. But what I've seen from him says otherwise. Put Rex in the same situation as the preseason game against the Broncos he would have crapped his pants, when adversity hits Rex would melt everyone knew it and so goal one in the game was to get him unsettled and you'd be gold. With Jay when adversity hits that's when he takes a breath and works through it he doesn't seem to focus or dwell on prior mistakes but instead focuses on making the most out of the play at hand. It keeps him calm and it's a quality that a good QB has. You are going to throw picks you are going to have bad passes, there are times where you may get striped of the ball, times when you hold the ball to long and get a sack or have to throw it away when you had someone open. We are so used to seeing these mistakes as the norm from our QB's that we've begun to expect it and when we see it we only anticipate more of the norm. That is how we've coped with crappy QB play over the years we've prepared ourselves for regular mistakes and misscues. Where Jay differs is he can fight through those mistakes and miscues. A bad start doesn't automatically = bad game. The better QB's in this league rebound from mistakes. I know that I'm so used to mediocrity form our QB's that when I see a pick it's so easy to start thinking here we go again. Fact is they happen. The important thing is how the QB comes back from that, do you sulk or go into a shell or do you just acknowledge the error and move on. Cutler is different than the guys we've had before because he can put it behind him and move on. When your in that offensive huddle after your QB threw a pick or two and his demeanor is timid and seems unsettled it spreads like a cancer to the rest of the offensive unit replacing confidence with lack of confidence. But if your QB approaches the huddle unchanged and encouraging his teammates to let it go and we'll get this one that shows leadership and the other 10 guys in the huddle can feed off that and you begin to build on the positives rather than dwell on the mistakes. Favre is a good example of this he has had a multitude of highlights but as had his share of low-lights as well but he doesn't fret because he believe he'll make the next big play or clutch throw. To be successful in the NFL you must have a short memory. With the Bears history we are used to dwelling on the mistakes. Knox has really stepped up. I was jazzed about this kid watching video of him after we drafted him. I had no clue who on earth he was till we picked him. He is ridiculously fast and shows very good instincts and body control and has good hands. That TD was a thing of beauty, he jukes a guy out of his jock then keeps his balance and stays inbounds long enough while being hit and knocks the pylon down with the ball. The game doesn't seem to big for him he looks comfortable plays like a vet. Teams will have to start accounting for him. How funny is it that the throw in 5th round pick in the Cutler trade turns out to be a stud WR. LOL Hester has really impressed me this year, he has consistently made big plays and key catches in the clutch. I like that he is catching balls with his hand then bringing them in rather than body catching. I'll admit my expectations of him were quite low I figured him to be little more than a gimmick WR who's only skill would really be burn his man deep for the bomb. While I don't think that he'll ever be a great WR I think he'll be more than serviceable. As far as the games go: In Green Bay as ugly as that game was we still had a chance to win it but in the end we couldn't make up for our mistakes. Against Pittsburgh we had 2 missed FG's in the Steelers game which would have made us down by 6 rather than tied on that last drive. We'd have had to drive the length of the field for a TD. Instead we had the luxury of milking the clock for the FG at the end of regulation. Worst case we miss and go into overtime. Had Reed not missed the FG's we'd have had one option score a TD or lose. With over 2 min to go and time outs plus the 2 min warning we would have had time to work our way down the field and would have been more aggressive. We very well may have won that one regardless In Seattle we had two turnovers early in the second half deep in their end which we got 10 points off of. They missed like 2 or 3 FG's in that game. In reality they very well could have been milking the clock on that last drive to give us as little time as possible to get in FG range to try and tie the game for overtime. In my book we were lucky they missed those FG's Their miscues bailed our defense out several times.

The Bears have developed a trend over the first three games that needs to end. We have started slow every game and seem to wake up around the second quarter going into the half and play better after halftime. We have gotten away with it twice and it bit us in the behind once. This goes mostly on the coaching as they don't seem prepared going in and the Bears are flat coming out of the gate and spend the rest of the game trying to match their opponent's intensity. But I also blame players who are supposed to be professionals, this is their job they should know that they need to bring the intensity from their end. Coaches can cultivate intensity but they can't manufacture it from apathy and hollow talk, the players need to bring it. If we expect to be the strong dominant team we seem to think we are, we need to start the game hot and set the intensity bar high from the get go and force other teams to adjust to us and figure out a way to stop and match our intensity. I look back at games like the one in Denver they came out firing and had great intensity, GB came out the same way and so did the Steelers. Seems like no matter who we're playing we just show up and expect to dominate then only after getting smacked in the mouth several times do we realize we need to step it up and fight to get back into the game.

this should be a tie game. The interseption was in FG range, and Gould's miss they keep yacking about Seattle leaving points on the field but we should have 6 more at this point too.

let's block this and return for a TD

will the officials ever call holding????

we're letting them drive right down for a score this sucks

crap now we'll have Vasher out there escorting his man to the end zone.

still have to tackle.... we are not wrapping up at all

now let's pull a san fran and get a turnover for a TD and go into halftime up 14-13 lol

finally take advantage of play action TD to olsen ' kind of a late hit on Jay also

horrible call and even worse execution. Why did he not bounce that out? They had moved the pile back into the bears backfield he wasn't going to fight through that. arrrrrggggg this is irritating. We're going to settle for a FG when we had 3rd and goal inside the 1

holy crap we caught a break let's take advantage

I think he was down but it probably won't get reversed

PATHETIC!!!!!!

need a TD can't settle for 3 here

we look like we expected to just walk in and get an easy win. We look flat and uninspired Seattle looks like the hungry team.

Add to that piss poor OL play

Can we do anything right? This is sad

I blame that on both. The throw was high but knox could have just swated it down. INstead he tips it up and right into the defender. Either way a sucky start to the game. 10-0 should be 10-3. Offense we are looking kinda shaky, on defense we are having trouble tackling should be getting more pressure. The seachickens are being allowed to hold though. The crackback block penalty was total BS he started that block high.

big pass play and whale got held or it might have been a sack

need to start tackle.

one hour to go doing some score watching no doubt GB will beat the lambs, Lions may get their first win in like forever, and what a play to end the first half with the niners blocking a FG and returning it for a TD to lead the Vikings 14-13 at the half when it looked like they'd have gone into half down 7-16 instead their ahead. Doesn't mean the niners will win but the Vikings are showing that they struggle early in games. First two weeks it was against bad teams. 49'rs are the best team they've faced this year. Regardless of what else happens The bears need to take care of business. Go Bears

when I look at us going into the bye week 3-1 that is about where I figured we'd be. Only difference is I had our loss against the Steelers rather than the Packers. I don't want to get ahead but we face a depleted Seahawks and a success challenged lions team. Sometimes a wounded animal is dangerous so I don't think we should think since they are depleted that we can just walk in there and win. But we should win. I want to see a convincing win. If we just eek out a win I'll be less enthused. The lions should be a win and may put up a good fight but should be no match. I'd like to see us go into the bye week 3-1 and with some momentum.

Agree with what's being said about over analyzing and the commish's tendency to go overboard. I too think that they are trying to dictate how violent a violent game can be which is an unrealistic goal to do consistently or fairly across the board. Just like how you tackle a QB can draw you a foul or a fine the following week. If the official at the game thinks it was too violent he will throw the flag but a different official seeing the same play may think the hit/tackle is ok and let it go. They are trying to control what is difficult to control. Whey you are rushing the QB at full speed contact is hard to avoid whether he's got the ball or not. Players can't be as aggressive as they could be because they have to worry about whether their natural actions will draw a flag or a fine. There was another post earlier that the game is being pussified and I'd agree. We all like the big hits and they energize the crowds and when you reduce the game to glorified flag football it looses a lot. My point in making the post was the severity of the fine verses the severity of the incident. That aside the situation does play into it. Anderson knew what he was doing and it was after the play he lost his cool and shoved a guy. Where as Carter's hit was severe because his momentum lead him into Olsen and happened to hit him with his helmet. We complain about roughing the passer calls when the defensive player is in the air when the ball is thrown because he has no way of stopping and can only do so much to soften the blow. Same is true with that hit. The only argument could be that with Olsen on the sidelines he wouldn't need much of a hit but looking at the play he was hurrying over to help cover Olsen who had gotten behind his man. If he doesn't make that hit or defend Olsen likely would have scored on that play. While on the other hand Anderson's actions were not required, necessary or smart. That's the only way I can see why Anderson's fine was twice as much as Carter's fine.

Carter fined 5k for spearing Olsen which could have potentially knocked him out of the game Mark Anderson fined 10k for a push. doesn't seem fair to me, but politics as usual