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Perfect analysis. I also want to point out that as one of Urlacher's biggest haters on the site, the first thing I've noticed with regards to our D is how soft the Cover 2 has hole over the middle of the field has gotten. Urlacher did a great job keeping it relatively minimal, but Roach playing the middle has created a massive soft spot in the cover 2 and Cinncy exploited it time and time again this past week. We had a lot wrong, but Roach at MLB was one of the biggest things wrong on the defensive side, but I also think Its time to realize that without a super special MLB (Urlacher isn't that anymore), we can't get away running this cover 2 non-sense and ultimately its time to bring in a new coach who can run a better scheme.

My biggest problem is the Bears lines. The offensive line was awful and the defensive line might have even bêen worse. What an absolute joke.

I don't want Shanny if he wants to the be GM tơo. He failed in Denver when he was the GM, but excelled as purely the coach and that is how the Bears need to have him.

Winning matters, and the reality is the Bears got embarassed today. I could care less what the coach does on the sideline but the Bears didn't lơok prepared to play the game.

Let the D do the talking and shut his rushin game down.

Isn't Pompei one of the more widely respected Football Writers though? I've always thought pretty highly of him.

That is actually a very interesting idea and I'd support us trying Url at safety. It'll never happen, but damn would it create for some interesting match-ups. Plus Urlacher does his best in space and this would enable him tons of space.

The big problem to me is the Bears flat out don't have many draft picks and that means we won't be able to draft another guy. The question is, Is Brian Urlacher for another season or two worth more than us getting a draft pick or two (which is much needed) that can be used on potential safeties/olineman who could help rejuvanate our corps. I say that because MLB's are usually around that get cut and easier to find than quality o-lineman. Not to mention I think at least one of Roach/Williams is a capable starter.

I see a 3rd rounder as a potential safety or OT and given the scarcity of draft picks we have next year I think that is more valuable than an over-paid Urlacher. Not to mention I actually think Roach has a lot of tools to be a pretty solid MLB. He won't be Urlacher in his prime but he's solid and if him and Harris can get us two 3rd rounders between each other it could allow us to address some areas outside of FA this off-season (cause I think we all know this team has some needs and really its going to be hard to address those needs without signing a buttload of guys via FA).

Football is also the easiest sport for a fan to rip on because when any one play goes wrong they think its a dumb decision, this and that. But ultimately there is a lot of strategy to every play. You never run Wolfe inside and all of a sudden teams can pretty much read everything you do. Sometimes a failed play ultimately ends up setting a big play later in the game and a lot of fans fail to grasp that concept (not saying anyone here does or doesn't, just saying in general). Not to mention, most of the time I listen to Chicago Sports talk on something I have a vast knowledge on (Baseball), I'm usually pretty embarassed and ashamed at what the callers suggest and it becomes pretty obvious about the complete ignorance most people that call sports talk have. There are good callers, but ultimately those are few and far between compared to the dumbasses that hyperventilate and go super high with the high's and mega low with the low's.

The reporter indicates that the sources he talked to have been known to give him honest opinions, whether good or bad, so I'd say that puts validity into there comments. In addition, I've reported on other sports (not NFL), specifically MLB, and you'd be amazed at the bad things people will say. In fact, when you talk to scouts, etc, they usually first talk about the holes in guys games or at least thats been my experience when interviewing various individuals, albeit I did it free-lance as a hobby during college, but I've still interviewed a good chunk of MLB scouts and current and former MLB players. And in terms of executing, I think if you have the talent and execute appropriately you'll get the play right and the more convulated and complex you get things the harder it is to actually execute properly and you ultimately end up with more bad than good. A lot of the great offenses in the NFL didn't work because they were so fancy and complex, they worked because they had the right players executing and there is no reason an offense that has good plays and puts its players in position to excel (which is what the article insinuates based upon its discussion with NFL Experts) is an offense that is doing its job.

Marcus Harrison will get the start. Also, Adrian Peterson is not expected to play.

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune....ngals-game.html Harris is expected to miss this weekend's game and usually when Harris goes down, it only gets worse. This will be his last year in a Bears uni....Book it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...3.column?page=2 Great article and it basically is consistent with what I had told you guys I had heard from a long-time coach and a guy who does some consulting work for Belliceck now.

No, I don't think he's calling him out. I think he's mearly talking about how when the Bears do it, they still have the coach call the shots where maybe other teams defenses maybe have there MIKE call the plays in those situations?

I liked the blurb on Daniel Manning a bit. He's really turned a corner this year.

Roach is trying out for the full-time job and if he emerges and plays well it would be great cause it will enable the Bears to trade Urlacher for a 3rd rounder or so, or maybe even better.

No excuses, just win!

The game was not lost because of the defense. If you want to talk about the defense folding at the end of the game, maybe, but not from the first half. The team adjusted accordingly and did an nice job to it. The game was lost when the offense failed to score in the red zone on three seperate ocassions, failed to run, failed to pass/run block, made stupid offensive penalties, etc. The last group that should take the blame for this loss was the defense, a defense that performed pretty damn good against one of the league's better offensive attacks.

Barring some sort of return to form, Tommie will be gone at the end of the year. HE's just signed to a series of one year deals so the Bears can easily let him walk. They might opt to trade him too, but who knows. I also expect the Bears to move Urlacher and that we'll see a changing of the guard on the defensive side of the ball. We might actually have a pretty new unit starting next year. The tough part is going to be how do the Bears add these new players. We have very few early draft picks, so I do expect us swing some deals of players that give us a few picks in the 3rd to 4th round. On top of that I expect the Bears to be players on the FA market. Either way I think the Bears are going to have to hit big on Gaines and see one of Roach/Williams develop and get nice things from Bowman/Aflava/Moore. If we do that, we'll be okay and won't be in as dire a need, if not, two years from nows draft will be huge cause we'll have a ton of holes needed to be filled.

We'll probably never see Pisa play for the Bears again. One of Roach/Williams will have passed him on the depth chart and I expect the Bears to potentially make some changes on the LB front anyway.

Arizona can score, Cincy is improved, San Fran has played well most of the year, Minny is good....I expect us to win most of these games, but it isn't some cakewalk by any sense of the imagination.

The good news is that Ocho Cinco is the type of WR that Tillman marks and plays very well against. I think we'll do a good job stopping Chad, the key will be the Bears getting pressure on Palmer, which forces him into a few mistakes and prevents him from getting into a rhtym. On the rushing front, I expect the Bears D to be motivated, in there gaps, and to essentially neutralize the ground game. Anthony Adams will have a big game.

The biggest adjustment in this years Bears Defense has been the blitzing scheme Lovie has utilized. It has been pretty creative, very aggressive, and for the most part it has worked. I'm glad too, cause for a couple years all that happened when we blitzed was us getting burned. Now if only our oline could learn to protect, but before they protect a blitz they need to learn how to stop 3 man rushes from getting to our QB's (which they had a hell of a time doing during crunch time last week). How Cutler has done what he has this year is beyond me, but I'm so glad we got him.

NFo, you summed things up excellently.