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Seriously, a draw and you get burned for a TD.

It is one quarter. Seattle is owning the field position right now though so the Bears D had little room for error.

I don't understand that last deep pass. 2 Wr's in the same spot?

Last two Cutler pass attempts, 2 hits, 1 sack, and guys were pretty much un-touched.

Great 1st drive, offensive TD. Bad first defensive series as the Seahawks converted a huge 3rd down and torched the Bears secondary downfield.

I can't see how you can say the Seahawks don't do well off the bye. Whatever they've done in the past isn't that relevant since they have a new coaching staff now. I am not all that impressed with the Seahawks personell, but they have good coaches who will have ample time to game plan versus the Bears and as a result Seattle's players should be prepared. I think the Bears prevail but the wildcard, as always is the oline, but on paper, Bears just have so much more talent, imo.

The Pats have been asking for a 1st rounder for Mankins. Whether they drop that price or not, who knows, but right now that is too steap of a price. I'd consider a 3rd and a future 5th or something along those lines but I don't even know if I'd give up a 2nd rounder right now. I say that because I don't know how much Mankins will help this year. He'll be coming into the new system, having not played any games and it will take him time to get up to speed. Unfortunately I think we are probably stuck with what we have for the rest of this year and we will just have to hope that our oline can get better each week this year and that the Bears can bring in more talent during the off-season.

Cutler is probably pretty upset about this. First start in his career missed.

And his salary isn't getting in the way of the Bears making any decisions. Gould is one of the best kickers in the league. The big thing that scares me is I feel like we have the type of defense that should continue to improve as the season goes on and I would like to think our offense will too, but that is only the case if we don't ruin/kill our QB in the process. I am really hoping that Louis, Omilaye and Williams pan out as starters. Louis has made improvements and when he got hurt our line really fell apart on Sunday. Schaffer had just an atrocious game and Omilaye (whether you like him or not) is out of position on the left side. We need to get our oline healthy and get them playing consistently with each other. That alone should lead to some sort of improvements, despite the fact that they are ridiculously inexperienced. Note: Just because I say improvements, doesn't mean I'm stating that we'll have a good oline this season. That is impossible, but maybe we can come closer to the pack and just be the worse oline in the league instead of the worse oline of all time.

I feel the same way about Chris Williams. People are writing him off, but he looked pretty solid at LT at the end of last year and he's barely played this year. While the injuries are an obvious concern, I'm not overly worried about him being a bust yet. I think we'll see our line improve significantly with him back and Omilaye on the right side. Omilaye actually has been better than I think some people realize on the left side. The problem is, it still isn't good, but thats what happens when a guy plays out of position. Much like Chris Williams on the right side for a good chunk of last year involved him playing out of position. I want to see more of DA. It is obvious that Jay is comfortable with him and its good to have that bigger target to go to on a blitz. Plus, I really like the way DA seems to adjust to the routes. Something that Greg Olsen and Devin Hester appear too retarded to do (must be the whole "U" thing).

I disagree. A wide-receiver for the remainder of the season won't really help us. Does Moss make us better, sure, but at the expense of a 3rd round pick, which could go to a guard or center prospect in the draft, I'd rather go with that choice. I say that because one year of Moss isn't worth what the loss in draft pick will force the Bears to do. Part of why we find oursleves in this problem is because the Bears have drafted poorly (or just ignored) the oline position (along with other positions). Another issue is that because we have lacked picks in the last 1 to 2 years we've had to use the picks we do have to try and address glaring holes and that sometimes prevents you from going best player available. Bottom line, we've clearly had some issues with some poor top 3 round picks and that needs to change. But in no way shape or form am I dealing our 3rd round pick for a cry-baby wide-out who is signed for just the remainder of the year and after that will command a ton of money. That money would limit the ability for the Bears to invest in there oline. One random question. Do we have the lowest paid oline in the league? I can't think of anyone on our line, outside of Kreutz, who gets paid much (Omilaye and Williams don't get a ton given the respected positions they play). Clearly we need to start investing in that oline and I think every single poster on this site has been behind that idea for a long time (yourself included Mad). I think the Bears have one 3rd to dangle and a Tommie Harris to dangle and if we can find a starting caliber oline man we should get him. Mankins would be great, so would McNeil, but I'm sure there are other guys that would work fnie too. The hard part is working them in mid-season, but than again, we can't figure out who the hell is on our oline anyway.

I'd say for the Vikings it was a good move given there lack of depth at the WR position currently and the fact that outside of that they are a borderline super bowl team. However, for the Bears, it would have been a very poor trade, imo.

3rd rounders can be pretty valuable picks. Good to develop olineman and just depth in general. I wouldn't have traded for Moss. I'd deal a 3rd for a good olineman but I wouldn't call a 3rd not-valuable. Usually late 1st through 3rds tend to be pretty valuable because you get a shot at pretty solid athletes for cheap and you have to hope a decent % of those pan out.

If we wanted a vet receiver to help, we should have went after TJ Whoseyourmamma. The Bears need oline help and stat.

Sounds like Collins might move to the 3rd string. Lovie was impressed with Hanie and the reason Collins is our backup isn't because he's the better QB, it has more to do with the fact that he's more familiar with Martz offense than Hanie is at this point. And that has more to do with the fact that Hanie was hurt in the pre-season and as a result didn't get too many reps in this new system.

Grant hasn't really stuck in the NFL because of his looming suspension more than anything. It isn't his lack of production. He's still a pretty strong end and I have read many articles raving about the strong camp he had in Miami. However, it was a numbers game and with him not going to get a starting spot in Miami it was decided that he'd go elsewhere.

I would imagine that the Chargers aren't going to be trading him, but I'd obviously make an offer. I would offer up Harris and our 2nd rounder.

Did you see the camera shots of him during the 2nd quarter? Martz was huddled over talking to him and it looked like Jay was in a whole other world. I've never seen Cutler look like that. Never. And I realize there are other symptoms, but the dude was getting killed. I think I read that at one point he was getting hit on more than 75% of the passing plays and he finished the game being sacked on 45% of passing plays. That is probably the most ridiculous stat I've ever heard of. It shouldn't really come as a shocker that he'd suffer some sort of injury (or phobia) as a result of it. I'm quite concerned of what sort of long-term impacts this game will have on Jay. Will he get happy feet, will he have no confidence in our offense, will he never recover from this? It might seem a little panicky, but shit, this type of stuff doesn't happen too often and I remember what happened to David Carr after he got killed in Houston. Prior to that, he was considered a pretty damn promising QB who had shown some nice things in the NFL.

I guarantee at least 1 first or 2nd is used on a lineman. I would be fine if we signed a FA and used our top 2 picks on an olineman this year.

Sounds like Jay Cutler suffered his 1st concussion when Greg Olsen whiffed on a block and Cutler got killed and fumbled the football. At least that is what all of the Chicago radio media seem to be reporting. Olsen had one of the worse games I've ever seen. He gave up a few sacks on his own, stopped running on multiple passes (2 of which led to picks). They were poor passes regardless, but at least one of them wouldn't have resulted in a pick had he not quit on the route. That would mean Cutler might have suffered a 2nd concussion on the hit he took on Ross at the end of the 2nd half. That is a pretty scary thing because all medical statistics state that the secondary blows after suffering a concussion are supposedly worse than the initial blow. Oh and once again, people called Cutler a pussy. He took 4 sacks after getting a concussion. That is just mind-blowing and I can't believe how stupid our doctors must be that they didn't check him out in between series, etc.

Sounds like Jay Cutler suffered his 1st concussion when Greg Olsen whiffed on a block and Cutler got killed and fumbled the football. Olsen had one of the worse games I've ever seen. He gave up a few sacks on his own, stopped running on multiple passes (2 of which led to picks). They were poor passes regardless, but at least one of them wouldn't have resulted in a pick had he not quit on the route. That would mean Cutler might have suffered a 2nd concussion on the hit he took on Ross at the end of the 2nd half. That is a pretty scary thing because all medical statistics state that the secondary blows after suffering a concussion are supposedly worse than the initial blow. Oh and once again, people called Cutler a pussy. He took 4 sacks after getting a concussion. That is just mind-blowing and I can't believe how stupid our doctors must be that they didn't check him out in between series, etc.

He had two points today: 1. He's almost positive Hanie will be making his first career start on Sunday. 2. Hub was saying that they couldn't do 3 step drops because the receivers can't be trusted. Cutler had to move Hester on many plays because he was lined up on the wrong side. He flat out did not trust that the receivers would be where they were supposed to be.

I think that sounds about right. After that moment, it looked like Jay was pretty glossy in general. Even in the few sideline shots he didn't look like himself. The thing that I think irritated me more than anything was that we were almost at halftime, down 3-0 (which was a blessing) and I couldn't wait to get to the half so the team could just take a breather and hopefully re-adjust and there we are, dropping Jay back again letting him get the 9th sack and get hit another 2 times. So while I think Jay was dumb for trying to be the "tough" guy and his play definitely suffered because of it (i.e, he was completely incapable of making a quick decision because he had no idea what the hell was going on).

A Lovie Smith quote: "He took some hits so it's hard to say exactly when," coach Lovie Smith said. "Right now, I don't have all of that information, but we need to protect him more. You can only take so much and tonight was a little too much for him."

I thought his half time quote was pretty true. He said, try getting hit that many times and see how hard it is to get rid of the ball at that point or even know what is going on.