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There are a lot of guys on that list that aren't near as good as Jay.

He has looked good in short bursts. Nice to see.

I've said all along this has been by far the best Jay has ever played the position. He has made very few mistakes in general. Still had he not made them we won, but the play calling in 2nd half of Carolina game, poor special teams, and our offensive players fumbles, our general poor field position to start most drives, and our defense have also been factors. That was most complete game of season but make no mistake, Atlanta dropped a lot of passes. All that said, I'll take it. Huge game against Miami. I'd say a must win given the looming road games against New England and GB.

What does that say about hte level of talent on our D that we lose our top 4 LB's and we play better. LOL.

Peggy Kusinski 14 mins · iOS · ‪#‎Bears‬ injury report includes: Briggs, Boggs, Bushrod, Dixon, McClellin all ruled OUT. LB Bostic & McManis Questionsble & did not practice

Did anybody notice that 2 straights weeks, Trestman called out Marshall.

Suh, along with our young DT's would be fantastic fit and depth and I'm all for spending the money. I'd also be intrigued at what safety / lb would be out there.

The biggest reason I have faith in Cutler is this is the first time in Chicago where Jay has had a good oline and consistent playbook and under both years under Trestman to date we've seen significant growth in the level of calmness, etc. I think at some point we'll see more of this stuff go away. I already think we've seen so many less WTF Jay throws this year then a year ago and multiple years ago, still, there have been some pretty foolish mistakes and the pick number is excasperated by at least two that were entirely on the skill position players (Marshall - 1; Bennett - 1). Take those away and you are talking about a relatively minimal number of picks and a pretty good TD / INT record, a significantly improved completion %, etc. I just don't understand how we were so conservative in the 2nd half and how we haven't gone to the deep ball more often, especially since we would seem to have set it up so nicely the past few weeks.

If Jeffrey wasn't healthy, why would you be running him on reverses, fake reverses and trying to get him the ball in space? Makes zero sense.

Play calling was brutal.

Rodgers is insane. People seem to not understand that. He is the best QB in the NFL and his skill set matches it. Put him against our D and we are going to have a lot of trouble. He has a hose, can run, and is extremely accurate with the ball. Oh, he's also pretty smart with it too.

Bears remain very secretive about the injury.

Agreed...the extreme quietness of it is odd, although the latest report indicated Bears don't believe it is a season long injury. However, by all accounts it was a scary injury.

If you notice, Jay has not publicly blamed anyone but himself in regards to throws this year. He's been a much more mature player and it really started last year after he had his child. He's doing what you want QB's to do, he still takes responsibility, regardless of the situation. In the case of Marshall, which was even more evident, he just said miscommunication and didn't put blame on Marshall or say it was his fault, just that he had to work in practice or something along those lines and get better and fix those types of issues.

Uh oh. Knee injury. Makes me think based upon reaction he's done for the season. We've had extremely bad luck in the injury front the past year or two.

More importantly, practicing is so important to ensure everyone is on the same page.

After that play, Bennett, immediately put his head down and he apologized for Jay about the bad route. Bennett was supposed to settle on that play, not keep going.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...1001-story.html + Slausson / Garza in pads although not full participation.

Trestman was quoted multiple times indicating that Marshall was supposed to run a hook route and he ran a hook and go route again. Marshall even apologized to the media yesterday for ignoring them and said he has to work to get better, etc. Week 1, Bennett, while not the same quotes, had similar quotes and you could even see Bennett apologizing to Jay immediately after the pick was thrown (1 of the 2 picks in the Buffalo game). You have to watch the game. A good offense isn't all on the QB...are they a crucial part, certainly, but it isn't the only thing and its no secret the very best offenses have consistent personal and consistent systems and are able to outrefine the rest of the league because they are more synchronized, etc. This offense in general has been more synchronized then a year ago but its still growing. It is early in the 2nd season of the system.

Wait, we should have won this game? How? We never stopped them?

If not for Jay, one of the picks was on Marshall. Have you heard Trestman talk about it. He threw one pick, it happens. Big deal. Guy is on pace for 40 TD's.

I've been saying it since last year, this is a different Cutler and we are seeing him grow. I hope Dilfer is right and he can be top 5, but I have no doubt he's top 10 and will have a very good season. He's been good in every game. Hasn't been great yet, had moments of great, but those have been washed by moments of bad. 2 of his 4 picks have been on his teammates not being where they should be (Bennett / Marshall).

Every team does. If I'm a Pats fan I'm doing it for Brady as well. Bottom line is QB's can only do so much on their own. Look at Brees record so far this year, look at Brady right now with crap oline and crap weapons around him. The very best play in consistent systems and have steady protection. Heck, look what happened to Eli last year when his oline deteriorated. My whole point to Cutler is why waste resources on finding another guy, when the one we have is fully capable of being a top 6-10 QB. Go with that and spend rest of the resources on other areas and ensure we put the right systems around him and maybe then he can be catapulted to a higher level. We are getting there from an offensive side but defensively so many holes to plug.

I think the LB's. The middle of the field was torched and the majority of it was in the range where the LB's should be helping out. Nickel coverage was also torched significantly. Safety play was bad as well but lack of pass rush was also a huge factor.

Sorry, I had apologized in a later post. I thought he was giving up on the Bears, which is something I find inexcusable.