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Did you see a single quick slant all game from our receivers? We've got a big physical receiver that almost always wins at the LOS and we can't even run one slant to get him involved in the game? That play is there 90% of the time because the DB is not going to be able to get across his body in time to really phase Marshall. I don't know what Mike Tice was smoking last night, but that game plan needs to be crumpled up and thrown in the garbage immediately and never used again.

Give it more than 2 games before you start writing things off. This happens every year to the Bears from recent seasons, and every year it's the same song. We start of looking good early with a nice win, we hit a bump in the road after that, which is usually right after the next "worst offensive line performance you've ever seen", then the offensive coordinator goes through an intervention about protection and play calling, things turn around, we tally off 3,4,5 wins in a row and look like world beaters again. The Bears are way too talented not to make the playoffs this year. It might even take another poor showing against Dallas before we really start to hit our stride, but this team is going to put up points on offense. Did you know the Bears were 6th in all of football last year, before Cutler went down, in ppg? You can get away with having a less than stellar offensive line. It's the implosions that you can't put up with. The Bears had this same implosion last year in week 2 against New Orleans, and then we came out the next game and held Jared Allen to zero sacks and destroyed the Vikings, en route to winning 5 in a row. We all know the line needs to improve. It's like beating a dead horse. I'd love to have that stud left tackle as much as the next guy. But lets not act like the offense is going to be held to 168 yards of total offense every game from here on out. Give it time.

Weren't both Carimi and Williams injury risks coming out of college? Carimi had ailing knee issues, and Williams was going through a bad back that ultimately needed surgery before he even played a game as a rookie. The thing is, we're going to need a major overhaul of the defense in the near future, if not this year, next, when you talk about Urlacher and his concerns, Tillman and his age, Briggs etc... MLB is going to be a position of need coming up real quick here. It's all about which holes do you want to fix first because each have their pro's and cons.

He will be. Missing the playoffs 6 times out of the 9 years Lovie has been HC is unacceptable. I don't think you could find very many reasons to keep him around if we miss the playoffs yet again this year, especially given the huge expectations. I'd even go as far as saying a playoff win is necessary just for him to be considered to remain head coach. You can't go 10-6 and lose in the wild card round of the playoffs this year. It's an NFC Championship appearance or no Lovie Smith for me.

When he gets pressured early in games he goes into, "I'm going to get hit on every throw" mode, and then starts the back foot crap, the errant throws, the interceptions/turnovers, and the complete loss of composure. The best game I've ever seen him play under adversity was a game we lost on MNF last year against the Lions. He looked like a different quarterback than the one we saw today. The line can't be as bad as they were tonight, obviously, but Rodgers was sacked 5 times in this game and remained composed all the way through. You can't tell if Rodgers has been sacked 11 times, or once, throughout the course of a game. That's the difference between Cutler and the elite quarterbacks, among other things (like accuracy). It just seems that he gets too easily raddled, and from there, the bad just piles on. Somebody has to stop the bleeding. Our offense is better than this.

The only thing I took away from this game, and I think it's the most important; and that being Cutler's complete ineptitude against this Packer's team. I will hold this performance against him until the day we win a Super Bowl or beat GB, whichever happens first. "Elite" will never, and should never be used in reference to Cutler until he proves it. And how do you prove it? How about beating your arch rival more than 1 out of the last 8 games? How about you convince me that you can at least get through a GB game without looking like you're completely incapable of setting your feet and protecting the football? Until this happens, I can't seriously get up for any game the rest of the year without these bad thoughts creeping into my mind. A good start in rebuilding begins in two weeks against a good Dallas Cowboys team.

The offensive line was awful but Cutler played a big part in probably 3 or 4 of the 7 sacks by holding onto it. Give Mike Tice some blame too. How many slants or curl routes did we see tonight? I could have sworn we dusted off an Old Mike Martz playbook from last year. Awful, awful play calling to go along with poor quarterback, offensive line play. That was the very definition of an abomination.

My confidence has been totally shot with Cutler. The loss doesn't hurt as much as the poor performance. It's become more than a trend with him and GB. If we can't beat them in the regular season, how in the hell do we beat them in the playoffs, and how would we ever win a Super Bowl without him imploding again?

The Bears aren't ready for the limelight.

I said it in preseason but I would cut Kellen Davis yesterday. He has done absolutely nothing to warrant a starting position on this team. He can't block and he cant run routes.

Marshall has GOT to catch that. 3 points doesn't really do anything. Still two score game.. Could have made it one.

This is just a complete disaster.

Idiotic penalty by Carimi. Killed a drive that should have ended with at least a FG. If GB scores on this drive it could start unraveling.

Horrendous play calling to start this game. Way too many deep play actions being called. You can't do that when Clay Matthews is blitzing on every play. How about a quick pass to Marshall? A Slant? Something! This is brutal offensive football.

The play action on first play needs to stop. This is ridiculous. Same freakin thing happened last week.

Had one good spin move, then went offsides and took away Peppers sack, fumble. Benched for a large portion of the game from then on.

If Jennings is out for GB, that's a huge missing piece from that offense. I'm a bit on the fence with my prediction, come Thursday, but if he's out, I'm leaning towards picking the Bears. That GB offense is going to put up points against our defense, and I fear Urlacher is going to be exploited all night by Rodgers for not having the same mobility to cover the middle of the field. I give the Bears a slight edge if Jennings is out. I think we'll be able to put up just enough points in a shootout to win the game. I'll go Bears 37-32. Both Cutler and Rodgers have a field day and throw for over 300 yards. The difference in the game will be a lot like what SF did last week. The Bears run game will get some major yardage on the Packer defense and Bush will score multiple TD's again.

No puking, just a lot of cussing and "you've got to be kidding me's"...

I don't have the luxury of the new technology where you can buy actual footage that the coaches use, so I can't point out specific plays. But just going off from what I saw with my own eyes and also from various members of Bears media, Williams just hasn't stepped up to the challenge. The LT position was really won by default. Webb was inconsistent, and Williams was more inconsistent. I don't know if you are familiar with the site "ChicagoFootballTalk.com", but there are some excellent videos on that site, filled with plenty of information on everything regarding the Bears and the players. "Your Boy Roy" makes the case that Williams did nothing in pre-season to warrant a starting position and gets into the specifics on the reasons why. I use the information I hear from him, and then of course your Zach Zaidman's of the world, along with my own eyes to formulate an opinion on this matter.... He (Webb) did have a great game today I thought, for what that's worth.

That back shoulder pass Cutler threw to Marshall was a thing of beauty. Those two have legit chemistry together it's no wonder why he was targeted 15 times today and why they lead the league in that category during their time in Denver.

Whenever the Bears go into prevent mode, something bad always happens. Probably should start playing the regular defense now. And a pass rush would be nice.

Little easier to protect the pocket when Freeny is on the sidelines huh? O-Line looks a lot better now, thank the Lord.

E-Rod with a couple of really nice blocks to spring Forte.

Maybe we severely overrated this team. This is the worst possible start an offense can have. What the hell was Cutler thinking throwing that?

Williams most certainly did NOT outplay Webb, if you were watching the games in Pre-Season. That's not to say Webb played well, he just didn't suck nearly as bad as Chris Williams did. He was an atrocity out there.