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There is no way that Bennett is a #1. He isn't near athletic enough. He is mr steady with his hands and a good route runner but he is nothing more than a #2, imo. And I love Earl. Easily my favorite wideout on the Bears (not that it says anything).

I don't agree with moving Chris Williams to RT. He hasn't played well there (yes it was limited time but he just hasn't). He has done a good job as a guard and he should stay there. Bears need to get a wide-out, whether its Jackson, Bowe, etc, they need a legit #1 plus they need to invest in a wideout via the draft.

Curious to see how he does.

Also note that McCown actually made decisions. Hanie ran around clueless out there. Dude looked more clueless than Tim Tebow his first couple of weeks.

The fact that the Bears were leading at the half was impressive enough. This team is horrific with Hanie. And it should be pointed out that this team, if not for a fluke hail mary, and two boneheaded Barber decisions, has 2 more wins, despite it all.

I love the effort you put in but the oline was significantly better in the 1st half than in the 2nd half yet as a whole (the ok to goods) was better in the 2nd half (overall rating might not have been). Hanie was pretty much untouched in the 1st half. Sure he scrambled a couple times but the line was effective despite his shitty ass playing QB. I do think you hit on one thing though, the oline currently has too many "bad" plays. That is what truly gets them into the most trouble. Those are the plays that turn into automatic sacks or turnovers and absolutely kill drives.

I absolutely despise Johnny Knox on the football fieldf but I wish him the best in his recovery.

Devin Hester was absolutely horrific in special teams today. The only reason he gets a pass usually for his weekly bonehead decisions is because he breaks a big play or two. He did none of that on Sunday and was extra boneheaded.

The line only started sucking late in that game when Hanie had to drop back for an hour. Hanie was completely clean the entire first half. I have a hard time evaluating the line given how bad Hanie is. Guy has no clue what he is doing back there and couldn't make a quick read to save his life.

Conte has been pretty damn good for a rookie.

I think Martz was pretty adamant that Hanie wasn't very good.

Anyone know where I can find a good stream for today's game. I'm stuck out in the middle of nowhere for work and don't have access to a sports bar. Thanks

Just to put some things in perspective, the Chiefs held the Steelers to less than 15 points last week.

Tribune is reporting it is a knee sprain. Bears will know more in another day or two. My personal feeling is he doesn't miss anymore than a week. I wouldn't even be shocked if he could play as early as next week. Sounds like there isn't any ligament damage but until they do the full medical exam after swelling goes down you just never know.

The WR's stink but so does Hanie. Hanie blew a wideopen TD pass to Bennett early in the game and I'm super bummed about the other blown TD (Barber play).

I like to blame Knox a lot as I hate him but that pick was not on Knox. Hanie completely underthrew the ball. Hanie has no arm and he isn't an NFL QB. He doesn't have the tools. Oh and Roy Williams does really suck. Please sign another wide-out to put opposite of Bennett (making Bennett the #2).

Yes there is. It comes down to the Bears being very very predictable in the play-calling and the Chiefs not being worried about Hanie beating them. Both points were true. Add in forte being out (who can hurt you with screen's out of the backfield) and it made things even worse. I'm not going to throw the Bears oline, which had done pretty good the past 7 weeks, under the bus due to one game.

Luckily Atlanta lost (or at least when I left it looked like they were going to lose). And I still say the Bears can win in the playoffs if they can somehow make it there with Cutler as the QB. Barber and Bell are both quality backups and I'm not overly concerned about the loss of Forte (it hurts but I have a lot of faith in our backups). But I also don't think Forte is done for the year.

Don't be a Hinie...be a Hanie!

Briggs is a freaking stud. Pay the man. Regarding Knox. I have a hard time calling it a great game. He had some good plays but he has some awful plays too. He is way too inconsistent and really needs to put in the work on the practice field and over the off-season to step his game up. His inconsistencies in route-running and catching are unacceptable and lead to too many negative plays.

Jason, despite having the same name, we rarely agree. In this instance, I fully agree with you. In fact, I'll go as far as saying as of now, I'm on board with giving Martz an extension. The key is ensuring that Martz stays within the offense. While the play wasn't effective, the idea was fine and it is the QB's responsibility to throw that ball away or go to a secondary option when the play isn't there (which in this case it wasn't). If you want to gripe, gripe about our play-calling early in the game when we tried to surprise the Raiders by passing. However, I think the idea was good and showed faith in Hanie. It ended up back-firing as Hanie threw some terrible interceptions but the concept was fine. Heck, as a whole, I felt better about our chances after barely losing to Oakland (who is a good team) despite three interceptions, two of which came in areas of the field where we had a good to great chance of scoring (1 was thrown inside the Redzone, the other in Raider territory and of course the 3rd was practically in our own red-zone). Ultimately all three picks led to point swings. The Bears will limit Hanie a bit more this week and that is fine but I expect our QB to grow as a result of his first start. He'll get to have a 2nd full week of practice but more importantly watch the game film to see what he did well and what he didn't and I expect we'll see less terrible passes/picks in time (hopefully soon too cause the Bears obviously have a slim margin and must win this game). Oh and I will say, Martz has called some absolutely beautiful plays at times this year too. The creativity is fantastic but the execution isn't always their and sometimes the creativity isn't needed but as a whole, the offense that has been called the past few weeks has been really good. I also really don't want to keep giving Cutler a new system. Half of the reason he's finally starting to make strides is that he's getting a 2nd year in a system (and he's getting more time). Cutler with a good system and solid line and weapons a top 5 QB in this league. Hell, I know a lot of experts saying he was playing at a top 3 level when he went down. He was that good (despite some severe offensive limitations our squad has).

He was officially brought back. Toub said he liked what he saw from him in preseason and in Toub I trust. Still, Mannelly is the best ever.

Where do you get this info? I haven't read this anywhere. In fact, I saw a whole article in the tribune talking about how the 6 week timetable is too short because when you have displacement and they alluded to the fact that Cutler did, you are talking more of an 8 week recovery (since it takes about 2 to 3 weeks to get your range of motion back).

ESPN has revised the timetable and is reporting that the Bears are expecting Cutler back sooner and that he could play as early as the game against the Vikings. I'm still going to hold my breath and hope that Hanie can do what he needs to first. If we can't win a couple games with Hanie, it will all be a moot point anyway.

I'd be all for it. You can never have too many talented pass rushers. Especially in a cover 2 defense.