Bears4Ever_34

I picked TB to go 7-9 this year. Atlanta 10-6. I'm feeling more confident about the latter than I am the former right now. Not sure Tampa can get to 7 wins.

Wow, he is absolutely dominating.

These Thursday night games are never interesting. The NFL should do away with them all together, or move them to like a Saturday night. Even Friday would be better. Who cares about College football.

Weird how he looks faster than he did the last two years in Chicago. Maybe it's just the uniform. He made a nice play to get the ball back after a turnover.

Question -- Are you allowed to put a guy back on your practice squad after you've already activated him to the 53 man roster for 1 week? Like Chris Williams, for example. I know you have to go through waivers first, but is he allowed to sign back on the practice squad if he clears, or is that only a one time thing?

So, tell me if I'm crazy for thinking this, but what if the Bears are actually benefiting from playing all of these games against zone-read teams with athletic QB's? They got a major taste of it with the Eagles and Seahawks in pre-season, and right off the bat in the regular season, they get the Bills, 49'ers, and Jets in back-to-back-to-back weeks. They've been awful at defending it up until this game. They still allowed like 120 yards on the ground today, but it feels different this time. Gore had 1 explosive run and Kaepernick got away from a few defenders that missed tackles to rack up some yardage late. The difference this time is the Bears were usually right there to make plays this time. Is it possible that the Bears have gotten to the point now where they are starting to get used to all this read-zone stuff, and it's starting to click? It's almost like after a certain point, you're brain is going to start adjusting to things after you've been playing against it for a while. I saw Jon Bostic play instinctive tonight. He was in the backfield on a few running plays where I couldn't believe my eyes. The containment was there for the most part. Kaepernick got away a few too many times late in the 4th, but the Bears had about 3-4 chances to wrap him up for a sack and didn't get him down. I'm real curious to see if any of this translates into the game next week against the Jets. If they get dominated on the ground, this topic may be all for not, but after the game, it had me thinking. What if this stuff is actually sorta helping them in a weird way?

Conte actually played really well tonight. So did Ratliff.

The Bears got to 1-1, pretty much what everybody thought-- just that they did it differently than we expected. I still don't think they are a playoff team, especially if injuries continue to pile up, but I'll enjoy the win this week.

Willie Young is going to get suspended for bullying Jonathon Martin... Too soon?

And Jay takes back the lead in the QB race against McCown

We drafted somebody good! Well, maybe.. He looked pretty good tonight, and that's all that matters now.

Sigh... Got to get off the field! I'm going to be pissed if this goes to OT.

Willie Young is going to be a star!

I am giddy as a school girl! Don't blow this now!

FULLER AGAIN!! OMG!!

I can't believe it!

OMG!!

Critical drive for the offense to come up with 7. It's a game again.. For now. This is now the most important series for the defense. If they give up 7, the game is probably over.. A punt? Things will be interesting.

Tillman's career is probably over. What a shame.

This is the defining drive of the game for the offense, IMO. 7 could make it interesting, and a 3 and out would be devastating, seeing how the defense just allowed a 9 minute drive to happen.

Well that didn't take long. The Bears defense back to being awful.

The 49'ers make a living wearing teams out in the 2nd half. The Bears defense was on the field a lot in the 1st half. I hope we don't get run over coming out of halftime.

No idea how it's only 7-17. Feels like 40-7. Bears offense and special teams being completely dominated. Defense has been better than expected, but it's only one half..

What a catch by Marshall!

It's always nice when you see a team being able to shed blocks to stop the run. Unfortunately, it's never the Bears.