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RIP!!! Are they going to have some sort of tribute tonight? Or a moment of silence? One of the best to ever dawn a Bears uniform and one of our rare top notch offensive players!!!!

It sounded as if part of it was due to the gameplan. But, I also think a reporter had reported that it was the Bears way of sending a message to DA due to the drops he experienced last week. We'll see what happens next week.

No running back could do anything with the holes our line has been opening up the 1st 2 weeks.

Hester might have had a couple nice grabs, but lets not forget his horrific punter returning (going on 2 years) and the fact that he missed some huge blocks, most notably the block on a 3rd down play where Martz called a beautiful screen to Forte with Hester right there ready to block for him. If hester even touches the guy, it is a 1st down. And even a remotely decent block and you are talking about a potential touchdown. Instead, Hester whiffed. On the catch, it was well covered and a perfect ball, but it was catchable. Will a top notch receiver make that catch every time, no, but probably 7 out of 10 times.

I've never had that perception of Tillman. He's always came off as class and a hard worker. He's not the player he once was, but he's truly tremendous at stripping the ball and is a very "heady" player.

Fantastic win!!! After not being able to see much of last weeks game it was great seeing the Bears play and even better seeing em kick some butt!!! Cuter looked fantastic. Martz and Marinelli's did a nice job and the players executed. Still some stuff to clean up, but man thats a nice start to the season. Still, we got a tough schedule and 2 tough ass games coming up. Keep it up Bears!!! And Keep improving!!!!

Ya, I was in Cork for part of the day and than went back to Ennis where I'm staying and was able to catch the game at a small pub. The pubs were packed today though with both of those games going on during the afternoon. I got in just before last weeks game and will be leaving this upcoming Sunday from Dublin. I'm here for business, but went to the Cliffs of Moher and some caves this past weekend + Cork. Just beautiful country and everyone is so friendly. And I'll be done with work on Thursday and will than spend Fri and Saturday in Dublin and of course raise a glass on Thursday night for Arthur's Day!!!! What area are you in?

After struggling to find a stream of last weeks game from Ireland, I'll be happy to know that this one will be broadcasted on Skysports in full so I can watch it in a local pub in Ireland!!!! LETS KICK SOME COWPOKE ASS!!!!

No offense, but Martz has a pretty good track-record of developing offenses. Substantially better than your track record.

That was a typo, it was supposed to say Mike Tice (Who I respect heavily when it comes to identifying oline talent).

Oh and do I need to mention how the brilliant Jets want pretty much nothing to do with Joe McKnight who they took around the same time as Iglesias/Gilbert. And he was drafted this year. I think its actually better that we are cutting our losses immediately and I think part of it is because we now have better offensive coaches (Tice and Martz are elite). My biggest fear is that our offense makes strides throughout the season (it will start slowly) but they'll end up getting outsted when we bring in a new coach and will have to start all over (because as a whole we will not be very good). I really like what we have on the offensive side of the ball from a coaching perspective.

So we have shitty WR's or thats what you are saying, yet that crap was still apparently better than Iglesias. And you know what, I got a feeling that Mike Martz knows a whole hell of a lot about offensive talent so I'm going to have to take his word on things and trust that a bulk of the offensive decisions (cuts/kept) were made by him and his coaches (including a very much respected Mike Tice in regards to Beekman). I'm incredibly dissapointed that we missed on so many 3rd round picks as of late, but we hit on Knox late and that works. And at the time, people were happy we get Iglesias since some places had him projected as a 1st rounder. Turns out he just wasn't able to pick up things that quickly in Chicago. Maybe in time he develops elsewhere, but I can't fault our staff for dumping him. Most of the beat writers said he didn't look that great in camp, etc.

Hey Chile. I think I'm going to have the package this year and I believe they are giving me the ToGo thing for free. I will be using it for a few weeks, but when I'm not, I'd be glad to let you have access to it. I don't have any of the info yet, but when I do I'll reach out to you. There will be about 4 weeks where I'm out of the country for business where I will be using the access, but outside of that, I won't ever use it.

I was so unimpressed with LeFevour. He was warming up on the sidelines and throwing the ball errantly as well. Hanie made a moronic decision, but it happens and they are adjusting. THe thing I liked most was whenever the offense was off on the sidelines, you would see Tice around the whole group of olineman coaching them up, working with them. I also saw him at numerous times chatting it up with Chris Williams. The big thing was, you could just tell that Tice commands respect. DA needs to start. The guy is just a rock and Knox is so much better than Hester it isn't even funny.

Hopefully everyone stays healthy. I just picked up some tickets for the game so I'm hoping to see a Cutler TD!!! Don't get the opportunity to see the Bears out here, so I figured the 22 bucks I dropped per preseason ticket was well worth it.

I'm not all that concerned. Our top 4 WR's are all going to see significant action and we pretty much will have 3 starters the majority of the time since we'll run a lot of 3 WR sets, imo.

In two more seasons. If he does well, the Bears should make him coach out his contract and than do it.

Trib seemed to hint that he could be a guy the Bears look at. He was once a heck of a player, not sure what he has left in the tank. Tribune specifically mentioned the Bears will be looking for a lineman and a cornerback as players get cut.

Congratulations!!!

I don't think he would have chosen the Bears over the Cards. In Arizona he will be joining his former oline coach from his Steeler days.

That is a really good pick-up for the Saints. I'm really going to miss Brown. The guy was just a rock solid veteran and an above average (albeit, not elite) defensive end.

The only way the Bears should move up is if they are dangling players to move up. Do not trade current or future picks to move up significanlty in this years draft. We need to have a full stock-pile next season cause I'm certain we will have some serious needs to address.

Melton/Gilbert apparently will be playing at tackle so that shouldn't factor into why the Bears cut Brown. Clearly they did it to save money and there is no denying that after what the Bears spent, 5.5M is a substantial savings. At the same time, we still have substantial holes and I hope the Bears use the money saved to address those other holes (specifically safety and the oline). If they do that, than I think it was a smart move to cut Brown. I also think Anderson has earned another opportunity to show what he can do, but I really don't think the Bears have much any depth at DE. Idonojie is our #3 DE and after that I dont' even know who the hell we have now that Gilbert & Melton are at tackle.

I supposed Harris is younger by age, but the guy has the knees of a 50 year old man.

Pompei's one of the best in the league, so if he says its a good idea, I am behind him. Sounds like Simms is a physical guard and that is something we could use in the trenches when it comes to run blocking. It also gives the Bears more depth if Kreutz goes down (Beekman at C) and would allow Omilaye to move to what is supposed to be his best position. To be honest, I have no idea how well that line would do, but I do feel that the line would have some potential (it could also end up being freaking terrible).