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It seems the Williams brothers will be playing against us and I think our best way to defeat them is to wear them down by using the no-huddle offense quite a bit during the game.

I'll respectfully disagree. Gap control is needed against guys like AP but if we were playing Brandon Jacobs I wouldn't worry about it that much, rather I prefer to just get him moving sideways even if that means bringing a guy down the line from the backside of a play thus opening up a backside cutback. There are other backs who have great speed but not the vision to work the backside of a play and just always put their head down and plow ahead. In those cases you can focus on the point of attack a bit more, just watch out for a reverse handoff to a WR. Peterson works the entire field at all times and discipline is key to stopping him from getting big gains. That might mean we won't see as many big plays behind the LOS but I'll take that if he's only averaging 3 ypc.

Kevin Jone's 3.2 ypc is pretty impressive. I honestly don't understand all the complaining about Jones because he has looked slow and is not very nimble at the LOS. Everyone seems to forget he had a major knee surgery just last December. The fact he was even taking carries for us back in Sep/Oct was pretty impressive IMO but I also don't think he's back to where he will be. Contrary to others I actually think we'll make an attempt to resign him. Whether he takes that deal or looks to be a starter somewhere is anyone's guess. I agree with the special teams arguments for keeping AP and Wolfe active. I agree even more with keeping Williams and Beuning active because we need Oline help, if not now definitely down the road. I do not view Terrance Metcalf as Oline help. Sometimes you have to look at the sum of the parts but you also have to keep an eye on developing some players for the future. If Beuning and Williams can get their feet wet on some special teams play it's ok by me.

There was one play Harris made today that caught my eye, and it wasn't either of his two sacks. It was the tackle he made on the RB about 12 yards downfield. In the past we've seen him hustle to make plays after the RB got behind the Dline but he hasn't done that much this year, at least not running that far downfield IIRC. Tommie has been practicing during the last few weeks and seeing him run like that, along with a couple sacks is making think that perhaps he is getting back to 100%. We'll find out next week.

Sorry but I'm not buying this argument that Anderson is the victim of bad coaching. I've seen Anderson out there on plenty of "passing downs". More to the point, how many posts have we gone through, Nfol included, where we gripe about the fact all our DE's ever do is rush wide outside? So if we blame coaches for this problem, and if that's the only thing Anderson has to do when he's on the field regardless of run or pass what is the problem? To quote the article: "Anderson hasn't made a sack this season, and it has been 22 games since he has had a full one." That isn't coaching that's a player not getting his job done. The same as we've been saying about Ogunleye and Brown.

In summary, I was right, you were wrong. Time to accept it. The evidence is mounting. Evidence is mounting? As in no returns for TDs? Or as in Devin crying about his blocking and Deion Sanders backing him up? Or as in Devin gets benched so we can watch Danieal Manning return a kickoff further upfield than any Devin had done in the same game with the same blockers?

Of course it's not all Hester but I have seen holes Hester has missed. There have been opportunities for cutbacks to the weakside of the play like he was doing last year. He has also misread lots of blocks and often runs right into a defender. The last two years Hester's trademark was moving laterally to open seams between defenders and then making a lightning quick cut upfield between them. He's running laterally sometimes but the quick cut upfield is no longer there. More typically he keeps running laterally until he goes out of bounds.

I'll be part of the minority but I'd actually like to see Wolfe get some carries during a game. I don't mind Jones getting a few carries as well but he is similar to Forte in that he's a big back and has less shiftiness than Forte. Wolfe on the other hand is something completely different with his quickness. Forte gets a lot of touches between runs and passes and we could sneak Wolfe in for 5-7 plays a game.

At this point I'm just hoping we can beat the Rams.

Burgess was not primarily a returner at ASU. He committed there to be a WR but when all their RB went down his sophomore season he spent most of the year filling in at RB. For his size he did a great job and showed a lot of toughness. I think he also split some time at RB his Junior season. Because of that his development at WR suffered. He's a shifty runner with good speed and plays with a lot of heart. Looking at players on our roster I'd consider him a shiftier version of Rashied Davis. I think he's a good pickup for the practice squad but I honestly don't expect much from him.

He's just another rich whiner these days along with Harris, Urlacher, and Vasher. I hope they keep DManning in on all KR this next game.

This team still has a chance to win the division. After ten games it's obvious the D has no heart and something needs to change. We can't change the players, and even next year we'll only be able to have a few changes at best. I'd be starting right now with Babich and let Lovie take over the D. Then find a new DC in the offseason.

The worst aspect of this is that the team should have been pumped up to play this game and they weren't. It was for first place in the division against out biggest rival. The lack of effort today makes it hard for me to think we'll win another game all year.

I felt Kevin Payne and Briggs were playing well and with emotion. Besides that the D was flat.

What indications do you have of our defense watching game film?

Good catch I didn't even notice that. Now what do we do with Garza?

Hester does not have the same speed he had the last two seasons. I have no idea why but it's obvious even when he's playing WR, he just doesn't pull away from anyone.

I'll give Orton a pass as well. He didn't play well but he worked through the injury. The Bears looked as if they didn't game plan at all for the Packers. The offense moved the ball but it never amounted to any points. The D got owned by the Packers. I can't stand watching a Bears team with no defense, especially one with so many cry babies who wanted more money the last two offseasons. Of course Tommie Harris will tell us we don't know anything about football (except we know an arse-kicking when we see one) and Briggs will tell us he's on the best team in the NFL when they want to be. If Briggs is correct, then it's clear nobody on this defense wants to be the best team, much less even a good one.

I'll be happy when the D holds the Packers to a 3 and out. Of course that has nothing to do with Orton but with him coming back from this injury I do not want to put all the pressure on the offense to win this game. I'd much prefer to see Orton dropping back and handing the ball to Forte for 4 yards, over and over and over. Then the play action will be effective and that will help to give Kyle more time when we pass.

The way that ankle was taped up today doesn't make me feel that confident he'll be ready. Perhaps that's just the team being very cautious but if it has to be taped like that on Sunday I don't see him playing. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...22.photogallery

Stupid is as stupid does. Get bad field position and go three and out, then complain about having bad field position on the next possession? No leadership there. It's as bad a statement as Tommie Harris blaming 3 step drops for the lack of QB pressure. I didn't think it possible but Rex and Harris are making Briggs sound smart.

A nice look at Urlacher playing the run. This is worth watching considering all the talk about keeping our LB so close the LOS on so many plays. http://www.chicagobears.com/multimedia/mul...clip=Y&rn=2

Given what I've seen of Vasher this season I'm not so sure he'd play at well at the nickel spot. One of his best assets was his quickness in changing direction and I don't see that this year. He had a really bad groin injury last year and maybe he isn't back to 100% for whatever reason. Maybe he never will be. Or maybe he just spent the offseason spending all that bonus money instead of working out. I really don't care for excuses but when WR break on their routes he's no longer staying with them and I'd be fine with Graham taking his spot.

He's being promoted because Mark Anderson has been MIA all season long. I have no idea what he did during the off-season to get ready for this year but it couldn't have been much. I've seen no signs of the quick burst he had his rookie year and does not have the strength to execute any other moves besides a head fake. I didn't see anything from Baldwin in the preseason to make me think he'll be any different but on the other hand we don't have anything to lose.

It's hard to look at Detroit's D and feel good about Marinelli coming here as our DC.