Bears4Ever_34

Now that is how it's suppose to work.

freakin Carimi DIDNT EVEN MOVE! Idiot.

The Bears need to just take a page out of Seattle's playbook and run Forte and Bush to death. Forget the passing In my opinion, Marshall is the only receiver that is consistently getting open, but as we've seen already this year, Cutler is definitely locked in to his #1 because the other guys aren't making plays. Hester is non existent and Bennett has been mostly a no show, aside from a couple of big catches last week in the 4th quarter. Jeffery makes a big difference out there being another guy that can use his body, like a basketball player, to get in position for the pick and stick plays that Cutler likes.

Alshon Jeffery NEEDS to return next week. The offense is clearly missing him. It's Brandon Marshall or bust in nearly every situation. At least Jeffery gives you the threat of another guy capable of making a play. All I want to see this half is at least one really good offensive drive over 60+ that results in a touchdown.

They need to be so much better on 1st down, but here's finally a nice little drive they are putting together. Need to get 7 here though. EDIT: Ooops, nvm, Webb blows up another play. Good god.

Never run gimmick plays for Hester because they NEVER work.

A defensive TD, special teams TD, Passing TD, and Rushing TD all in the 1st quarter.. Got to be some sort of record, right?

This is a Mortal Kombat style ANNIHILATION!

Charles Tillman, AGAIN!

UN-BELIEVABLE!!!

Nice push by Forte and the O-Line for an offensive touchdown. Finally, albeit a gift wrapped TD thanks to the Hester return. It's a start.

Absolutely Brutal offense. This is unacceptable. We will get blown out the next two weeks against Houston and San Fran if this continues.

Throw the freakin ball away, and call a SLANT!

Good ole Kellen Davis, one of many Bears drive killers, with an idiotic holding penalty to start the game. 3 and out. Yay!

Kolb was never that good in Philly. 7 TD's, 7 INT's, 78 QB Rating. Those were his numbers in 7 games (5 started) during his final season with the Eagles. Arizona thought he had potential, but so far he has not lived up to the expectations, and has had his struggles just being able to stay healthy.

Well I think it's pretty obvious what his problem is isn't it? They have no quarterback and the worst offensive line in football. Tough combination of bad to overcome.

According to Pro Football Focus, Jonathon Martin is among the league worst in terms of pass blocking efficiency sitting #45 out of #57. Gabe Carimi is 4th from the worst. Riley Reiff is a 1st round pick that can't even get on the field for another average-below average offensive line. It's highly doubtful he would have made an impact on this team this year, especially considering most rookies aren't that great to begin with. As far as the WR's, they will make the offensive line look better, when they start to gel. Jeffery has been out for multiple weeks, Earl Bennett missed time early in the season, they need to get everyone together, Tice needs to make sure to utilize the short passing game more often, and the offense will look better. I really can't see the offense being this poor by the end of the year. It's quite simple actually-- great receivers make the quarterback and offensive line better (and vise versa) because they get open more often, and Cutler shouldn't have to hold onto the ball as long as he would with a Knox or a Hester, who can't separate. That's "how" it happens. Cutler himself also needs to do a better job at getting rid of the ball earlier though. He has a tendency to wait for his receivers to come out of their breaks before throwing them the football instead of throwing them open.

When you have a guy like Brandon Marshall being the only receiver running a route and still getting open, I think that's a pretty good indicator of just how dynamic the offense can be. If this was last year, Johnny Knox or Devin Hester couldn't do the things this guy is able to do on the football field. The offensive line certainly isn't holding back Marshall's production. The latter two statements about confidence and being able to throw quicker are just flat out wrong. Marshall's 50 catches and 80 targets kind of illustrates the exact opposite of a quarterback not being confident in his receiver. Having a true #1 matters, and it matters a lot. Cutler can throw it quicker, his receivers actually can get open now, when Alshon is healthy. The slant route is there every time. It's always there for the two big guys. That's a play you couldn't run all the time last year with the guys they had. For some inexplicable reason, the coordinator too often ignores this in the midst of a game, until the two minute drill last week where they went to it 4 straight times before the game winning FG. This is a play calling issue. At the end of the day, I really don't know what you thought the Bears could have done to significantly improve the offensive line over the offseason because it certainly wasn't happening in the draft. The two guys that were tossed around here at the time, Jonathon Martin and Riley Reiff both suck. You don't just draft a position because you have to, the players available actually have to be good. The talent has to be there. I don't think they could have gotten Carl Nicks or Eric Winston to come over for less money either, though they would have been good additions.

Oops, per game, I meant. lol

BM should definitely get there. He's on pace to shatter his personal best in receiving yards. I think he's averaging close to 100 YPC.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/colum...,7089264.column Interesting piece from Pompei. Says the offensive line didn't play nearly as bad as it looked out there. Based on the tape, they were only responsible for 2 of the sacks.

I thought Rodriguez was going to be the pass catching TE. I don't know what the Bears are doing with him now, but I don't understand it. They have Kellen Davis out there, who can't block or catch well at all, and for whatever reason, they have yet to send Evan Rodriguez out in a route this season. I know he's been injured, so maybe we'll see it pretty soon, at least I hope so. In terms of priorities for next year, we can assume OL will be at the top of the list, to go along with a position on defense (preferably MLB). After that it's a tossup. If it were me, I'd spend the offseason looking to find eventual replacements for Lovie's cover 2 defense, for when guys like Peppers, Urlacher, Briggs, and Tillman really start to fade. Urlacher is already there, which is why I want them to spend a high pick on that position next year.

There is no way Denver lets him walk. Very few teams are blessed with the luxury of an All-Pro LT, and you can't let that go for nothing. But, in the case that he is somehow not signed by Broncos, you better believe the Bears would be all over him, if we are financially able to get involved.

I agree that the Bears are really good, I just don't know how good. I don't know if they are better than the Giants, Packers, 49'ers, the Texans etc.. I don't know if I have the confidence to pick them over any of those teams because I don't know which quarterback is going to show up. Like I said, the rest of our schedule after the Titans game coming up, is looking like it's going to be extremely tough. Before the year is over I might have a better answer to this question.

In two weeks, they play the Houston Texans. That's where it starts, IMO. I don't care that the Bears can beat up on the rag dolls of the NFL. That's what they are suppose to do (although lately, they haven't really beaten up on anybody the last two weeks). The only game they played a team that was worthy of consideration for being good was GB, and they lost that game. Now again, they play who's on their schedule, that's great for the record, but as someone who's trying to figure out what this team is it doesn't really do anything for me. I want to see how Cutler and the Bears do against top competition. The latter part of their schedule is brutal. This stuff here is great to build a cushion for the stretch run, but I'm not going to sit here and say they reign supreme over the NFL.