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The problem is it doesn't look like there will be many olineman that grade out as first rounders. If a good DT is there, which is our second biggest need (3rd biggest is CB), 4th is WR, than I think you take that DT if he grades out. You than draft a guard in round 2 or maybe spend more money on a free agent olineman like Mankins.

What a shock, losing one of the best linebackers in the NFL over the past 20 years would make our defense worse.

Vick didn't rape the Bears. The Bears absolutely shut down the best offense in the NFL. They had a huge lead and the Eagles couldn't muster any big play. There is a reason why every team in the NFL is using the Bears game plan against the Eagles too. The Jets did whoop us, no denying that. But as a whole, you look at who this defense has went up against and outside of the Jets game I believe the defense has held the offense to worse numbers than they were averaging as a whole. And its by a decent amount in most instances. That tells me we got a pretty good defense. Is it perfect, no. Can it be beaten, certainly. We have holes just like every other team has holes and if you make mistakes and don't generate the QB it will struggle. But by and large it has gotten to the QB and forced pressure without excessive blitzes and is a top 5 defense in this league. There really isn't any debate that this is a top 5 defense. Your expectations are delusional. I know we all would love to have the best offense and defense in the history of the world at the same time, but no team is perfect. The Bears have been far better than most and they probably won't go to the superbowl. I'm pretty happy as a fan that we've made it to this point. I'm hoping to win a playoff game but if not, oh well, I still chalk this up as a sucessful season given what my expectations were entering the year. That said, like always, I'll be cheering like hell for them to win the superbowl!!

Eh, I'm fine playing Caleb Hanie or whomever. Packers might be dangerous, but if they arent in, than the Giants probably would be in and they are equally as dangerous (I can't forget what they did to the Bears). Now is the time to ensure that our guys are healthy a couple weeks from now when our post-season starts!!! At that point, the Bears are goign to have to beat good teams to continue to move on. Lets go Bears, surprise me and go deep and maybe even win that Lombardi!!!

I don't see how you can make the comparison. This would be the third time in his coaching tenure that he led the Bears to the playoffs. One of those years, he led them to the superbowl. I'd say he is a heck of a lot better than Jauron and is probably one of the more underappreciated head coaches in the league.

The nice thing is our defense improved in the 2nd half. Still had some breakdowns though. But I fully believe the field conditions seriously prevented our pass rush from getting the push necessary in that New England game.

No denying that our offense has been improving each and every week. Hopefully it continues to improve and Jay continues to get better!!!

Not really. We lost in the super bowl because the Colts ran down our throats. Manning was mediocre in the super bowl and it was a joke he won the MVP.

We state that, but in the year the Bears made the super bowl, the cover 2 defense did an excellent job against a nice New Orleans west coast attack led by Drew Brees.

Belated Xmas wishes and happy holidays to everyone here!!!

I allow a defense that has played as one of the best in football to have 2 bad games in a season. You overreact to everything.

His best plan is to sit on the bench, if Webb struggles and they fall behind, he says, I'll give it a go. If he fails, they say, oh wow, he tried, if he succeeds, he retires with a very strong PR related story.

Regardless, it is time for the players to shut up and worry about the game. Like CUtler said, if he'll play wherever you ask him too. He'd prefer a safe football field, but if it is a parking lot or an ice hard field, so be it. Kick some ass Bears!!!

I think he will play.

Favre may or may not be playing, either way, the Bears better bring there A game and get this stupid stadium issue out of there heads. Kick some ass and play good football. Lets clinch Baby!!!

And I could honestly care less, since those have been our best games of the season, sans last weeks disaster. Jay spreads the ball around so if Olsen is getting open, he'll get the ball. Olsen has been a much improved blocker (outside of last week) though.

Just an FYI gents, our cover 2 is dependent on a pass rush. In snow it is damn near impossible to generate much of a pass rush against a team running quick passes. In hindsight we should have blitzed a ton but that isn't the Bears style. Play the game in different conditions and it might be a different game. Either way, I tip my cap to to the Pats. They are a great freakin football team. But you know what, the Pats once got their asses kicked by the Browns and it didn't end there season and I'm not writing off the Bears because of one bad loss. Shit happens.

All of you crybabies can piss off. Pretty pathetic how you pretty much sit around rooting for the team to fail. We get our asses kicked by the best team in the league in conditions where no team is better than them. On top of it, we had horrible turnovers (fumble by Knox) which really burried us and we failed on opportunities early in the game to stop the Patriots. Once we fell behind big time we were screwed.

Ah shit, that means I'm going to get that same go. I guess I'll be at Patsys in Laguna Hills/Laguna Niguel.

To be honest with you, our WR's are better suited for making the big play short and breaking it for TD's. I'd like to have a bigger more physical wideout that we can utilize on deep balls where Jay can throw it up in one on one coverage and our guy goes up and gets it. He can't do that now so the margin of error is much smaller as Knox/Hester need to be wide open and he needs to make a perfect pass.

It is hard for me to be as optimistic as you are. Jets are probably the most winnable game on our schedule and they have 9 wins for a reason. Pats are damn good and a road game against the Vikings who are playing much better will be tough. I think our game @ Green Bay is our toughest. I also think we need 2 wins and that 1 probably won't be enough given what the other teams have done. If that 1 win was GB, than I'd say it probably would be enough. Bears are going to have to earn this thing. Lets hope they do it

The scary part is, with the way the rest of the NFC is doing, it really will take 11 wins to be safe. Which means the Bears need to win 2 of the next 4 and that is not an easy task. Come on Bears, keep on improving and keep on winning!!!

The offense bailed the Bears out big time today. The defense played flat. It reminded me of the 07 through 09 defense where you expected big things but they were just slow and beat up. Hopefully they'll elevate their play against the Pats. Drew Stanton played well for the Lions though.

No trap game, lets win baby!!!

Getting rid of Lovie at this current point in time makes zero sense. If he keeps this up and they either A) win the superbowl or continue to win early next season, the man deserves an extension.