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Long has looked legit so far. Guy is a beast, strength-wise.

Cutler is holding onto the ball for way too long. First sack was on Bennett. Second was on Jay.

You are 100% correct. When I heard about the special teams thing, I immediately thought, "Why the hell did they draft him for then?" This is exactly why the NFL needs to expand its active roster. Then you won't have this issue of forcing skill position players to play on special teams.

DJ isn't going anywhere unless he's out for the season or gets suspended. With all the injuries going around the league this year, I'd rather not just cut a guy who has actual value. I'm pretty excited to see him get healthy and get out there.

That was from today.. This is starting to become a thing. I feel like I read the same tweet everyday.

He looked like he put on more muscle, but it didn't help him from getting stonewalled a few times in the running game. He needs to develop some sort of counter move to help him shed off blocks. He was sticking to lineman like they were glue the other day.

I know. It's a professionalism thing, really. Dude won't acknowledge any member of the media if it's not on a Wednesday. He's just being an ass, which I don't have a problem with, but some people do.

I talked to a member of the media at training camp last week, and he was telling me how Cutler won' even acknowledge a question after practice if it's not on a Wednesday (which is the designated day he is scheduled to talk). So maybe he still has some growing up to do, but I do agree that him accepting blame for a poor throw yesterday was a nice step. I'm sure him being married and having a kid has changed him some.

I will say this, all of the rookies have looked really good in Game 1. Long held his own, Bostic with the pick 6 and a couple of nice chasedowns, Greene had a couple of stuffs against the run, Mills opened up a hole during the TD run, Washington flashed his speed on a few plays, and then of course Marquis Wilson's playmaking skills in the passing game showed up today. It was a good day for Emery. The 4th string offensive line was a disaster.

It looked to me like.. it was game 1 of the pre-season. Some good, some bad. Can't really draw any conclusions from the 1st team in pre-season.

Unreal. First play of game-- Interception, just like in most of the practices.

They should just move Long to RT and let him develop next to James Brown, who by all accounts, has been a beast this offseason. The Bears might have plans to move Long to LT in a couple years when Bushrod goes bad. I actually think it could be a lot sooner than that, because I have little to no faith in Bushrod to hold the fort down.

The scheme Cutler was in with the Broncos was unique to Mike Shanahan & Gary Kubiak, so it's not the same ZBS that Kromer runs. From what I have read, it certainly sounds like the Trestman offense is one of the most complex in the NFL. Curious to know how it compares to Mike Martz, who was notorious for running an offense that was difficult to grasp. These 4 pre-season games will be helpful in determining whether or not the offense has the basic principles down, because that's all we will get to see, according to Trestman. A lot of vanilla.

Excited to see what Joe Anderson is made of now that he will be replacing Earl Bennett on the depth chart, at least for the pre-season opener.

Hate to see any guy go down for the season. Hopefully Frey is ready to be the starting nickel. Our depth in the secondary isn't all that great.

It could be just me, but it sure seems like Cutler has been throwing an inordinate amount of interceptions thus far during the offseason, albeit in training camp. The bulk of them coming from the 1st play of practice! I don't know what to make of it. Should we be worried that he's not adjusting to the system very well? Or is this just something you can sweep under the rug because it's meaningless, and QB's like to test their limits during practices? The defense has clearly been light years ahead of the offense so far in camp, but I'm curious to see if the offense will ever come around before the start of the season. We all know that Trestman's offense is one of the most complex to learn. I just have this sinking feeling that Cutler might not be the right man for this offense. He's never been a guy who gets rid of the ball quickly. I guess we'll just have to wait and see..

Wow, how in the world did Aaron Rodgers not go in the 1st round?

Earl might be in for a short career if he keeps this up, unfortunately. He never stays healthy.

What Lovie was doing wasn't working. Missing the playoffs 5 of the last 6 years is unacceptable. Whether Emery made the right choice with Trestman remains to be seen, but the Lovie firing was the absolute right thing to do.

Saw that picture the other day. Apparently he's not as big as that picture makes him look, though it's clear he's still way out of shape. I laugh because from that angle, he literally looks like an offensive lineman. Strong dreamer bulk right there!

Joe Anderson has supposedly had a pretty good camp so far. I'm driving that bandwagon.

I don't like the sound of that, but it is early.

Best part about his comments were him saying the Bears run the risk of having to pay him double next year. Good luck finding a team that'll pay 6M for a kicker, Robbie

What's up with the Bears losing young players to retirement only a month or two after signing a contract? First it was the kid from New York (Thomas?), and now Ellis.

The slotting of draft picks was the best thing they could ever do in the new CBA. I always hated when 1st round picks held out of training camp.