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Leak has been very efficient with the ball. Reminds me of a much more accurate Kyle Orton his rookie year. He does all those dump off passes and fade routes that don't get alot of yardage but it still can work. This guy just by tonights performance has earned a spot on atleast the taxi squad, maybe number 3 down the line after Griese leaves. I really like how he presents himself. He isn't scared of making a mistake as you saw on that fabulous pass and catch by Mike Hass, you gotta like that in a rookie. Right now he's 12 for 17

That 15 is pretty awful, Leak shouldn't have gotten an interception on that pass. Poor hands.

Holy hell that Ball kid just made a fantastic one handed snare. It doesn't count because it was out of bounds but my god was that a great catch. It was a legit one HANDED grab, not one of those curl it into your body catches. Too bad it wasn't in bounds. EDIT: Just as I say that Mike Hass makes an amazing grab of his own but this one is for a touchdown. He made a leap to the sideline and jumped up and caught it over this dudes helmet. Reminded me of a little Tyrone Prothro catch of NCAA last year but not as good.

uh oh, Olsen injury to the knee. Thats never good!

Its pretty clear that the Bears didn't really much care about this game.

I won't watch more than a half of this game..

1 series for the starters.. I didn't even notice if Tommie Harris was in?

eh, Brown has been MIA for the last few years during the season that his leadership role has diminished quite a bit in my eyes. Of course im not the one playing so I don't know but to me the most important position in this cover 2 defense is Brian Urlacher. Hes the best player on the team and he plays middle linebacker, a historic position throughout the years on the Chicago Bears so Im going with Brian.

I don't think so. Bears.com says you might miss the starters if you blink after opening kickoff so obviously that means they dont expect the starters to play alot.

Hmm, I almost forgot about this game. What a weird day. It won't be as good as the last one because I don't think the starters will play more than a series or two at the most. I think this is more of a game for the lesser players trying to make the team. Predictions: Rex Grossman 3/5 35 yards 0 TD 0 INT Cedric Benson 3 carries 12 yards 0 TD Bernard Berrian 1 catch 11 yards 0 TD Brian Griese 4/11 56 yards 0 TD 1 INT Kyle Orton 10/16 135 yards 1 TD 0 INT Chris Leak 7/12 40 yards 1 TD 1 INT

I never said he was as good as Moss, I was implying that he played like and has the body structure of a Randy Moss. When I went to training camp he caught every single pass and became the guy I rooted for to make the team.

No, not enough to punish him. Nobody knows the whole story so I say don't do anything and lets just get on with our lives.

Darn I liked Rideau alot. He reminded me of Randy Moss when I saw him in camp. He also had a great preseason. Sure he had a dropped ball or two but the good outweighed the bad. Hopefully we can get him again down the line sometime.

Well I was wrong, shame on Briggs. You'd think athletes would know by now, especially on the Bears and Bengals that you just can't conduct this kind of behavior. Obviously they can't have him take any tests for suspicion of DUI because he left the scene and by that he could have sobered up or get hammered if they chose to test him the next day or something.

There is absolutely no way he would have left. Someone definitely would have seen him and it would have been reported in the story either about speculation or that he did leave. I mean honestly it would be pretty easy to see someone get out of a car and get picked up in another car or leave the scene by walking or running away. My guess is somebody stole the vehicle.

My first half analysis.. Passing Game: It has looked pretty good thus far. Rex is throwing it down field well. The only routes he has problems throwing and routes I cannot stand are the flats. Its just not a good angle to complete a pass and it rarely gets you any yardage. I think Berrian has proved himself worthy of being the number 1 receiver on this team. His speed mixed with his uncanny ability to re adjust to the football has boded well with Rex's cannon of an arm. Bradley had one bonehead play but came up big with a fabulous catch and run that put Chicago in good position to score a touchdown which they did. Still a small room for improvement but it looks good so far. Running Game: Like I eluded to earlier, its been pretty bad so far. I don't think its necessarily Cedric's fault. When I watch him run it doesn't look like hes doing anything wrong as far as bursting threw a hole or cutting back, I don't know whats wrong with the run blocking by the o line but that has got to change. I guess that is what preseason is for. I hope Benson can create some big runs in the second half because Rex could always use some big runs to soften up the coverage. Player of the Half: Rex Grossman- 13/20 211 yards 2 TD 1 INT Despite having that fumble and that interception he's been sharp on almost all of his passes. I wish they'd eliminate that stupid flat route, I hate it so much and all QB's are going to have tough reads on that because its such a hard pass to get through coverage and you never quite know how to gauge the throw because the corner can sorta shortcut the pass like Harris did and run it back for 6. If I would name another POTH it'd be Berrian.

That doesn't mean I can't have reason for concern.

And there all getting older. You can't tell me Thomas Jones would have faired any better than Cedric with the kind of blocking hes been getting this preseason.

Im a little concerned with our run blocking. Our longest run all preseason was 17 yards by MAYNARD! Cedric has pretty much done all he can with the holes he's been getting I don't think its his fault. These O linemen need to push up the field a little more. We gotta get it going. Rex has transformed back to bad Rex again....

There ya go Mark! Make me eat crow

Can't blame the defense there. As far as im concerned its still 17-0.

Cedric has shown great vision so far in the preseason. His cutbacks have been well timed and he moves the pile unlike Thomas Jones who almost seemingly never broke a tackle. His blocking skills have improved a great deal as evidence to that big pass play that Ditka eluded to earlier. I like him as a running back, now he has the chance to prove that he can be a featured back.

Why do they have Berrian out there for punt returns when he's asked to just fair catch it everytime? Makes no sense!

Well damn, Grossman fumbles AGAIN! WTF is up with him? Then he throws a perfect pass to an unaware Mark Bradley. This kid is going to be a big disappointment. Im not too high on him, I don't know what he will amount too.

Well there goes Hester for the year...