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He still has to make the throws when they count. He has thrown some bad balls and had some terrible reads.

Barkley with his 4th INT, regardless of receivers and protection, he generally looks terrible. Way more bad than good. Some ugly throws, it doesn't look like he has the arm strength to make certain throws. I am now thinking Hoyer or Shaw and saying no to Barkley. I've seen enough, Redskins are not that good. He now has 11 INTs, every 17 attempts or so. Not good.

Is it the scheme? Is the 3-4 going to work with our personnel? I think we need a lockdown CB regardless. Jackson has been wide open most of the game.

Just get Howard his 100+ yards and give him a shot at Bears rookie record.

Draft Update: 1. Browns 0-14 (.564) - winning by 3 but with their luck they will lose 2. 49ers 1-13 (.513) - a winnable game against LA, but we can't pass them, so who cares 3. Jaguars 2-12 (.546) - win baby win, up 15 against Titans 4. Bears 3-11 (.520) 5. Jets 4-10 (.492) - getting demolished, Marshall has rubbed off on the Jets 6. Titans via trade with Rams 4-10 (.538) - Rams against SF, a Rams win helps us more Based on SoS, it looks like we can do no worse than 5th and no better than 3rd.

His interception into triple coverage leaves a lot to be desired. Very Cutler-esque.

Defense looks bad, offense ok. The best news from today is Jacksonville is winning by 15.

I was thinking maybe O'Donnell, but he was 14th in the NFC in Punt Average, my bad.

I agree that we definitely need a new support staff, as we have had medical issues with numerous players for years. White's injury and now Fuller's seems like the staff has no clue. We obviously need better conditioning as well

Medical or Strength and Conditioning Coaches?

Sure, they might be, but the entire story is perplexing. These are his most recent comments: This was a "clean-up" procedure done in August. Some guys come back from this in a few weeks. Here is the original story from August: If you read that, it says the team was optimistic that the recovery "won't drag out", and a month later he goes on IR? So it seems like they were already concerned about an extended recovery. From September: So since the original surgery, he has been recovering from a scope for 4 months. So either the surgery didn't work, or he is milking it.

Totally missed Pryor when I was sorting (under 28, etc). I added him back in.

I would say Hicks and Howard are the 2 most worthy.

Here are some free agent options going into next season. Some of these guys will obviously sign with their current team or be tagged, but there are a few intriguing options out there without having to break the bank: OT Matt Kalil, MIN, 27 Riley Reiff, DET, 28 WR Kenny Britt, LA, 28, 987 yds, 5 TD Terrelle Pryor, CLE, 27, 877 yds, 4 TD Kenny Stills, MIA, 24, 650 yds, 7 TD Robert Woods, BUF, 24, 527 yds, 1 TD Kamar Aiken, BAL, 27 TE Jack Doyle, IND, 26, 649 yds, 5 TD Ryan Griffin, HOU, 26, 432 yds, 2 TD DE/DT Jabaal Sheard, NE, 27, 5 sacks Andre Branch, MIA, 27, 6 sacks Mario Addison, CAR, 29, 8 sacks Devin Taylor, DET, 27, 5 sacks Nick Fairley, NO, 28, 6 sacks CB Stephon Gilmore, BUF, 26, 5 INT, 44 TKL Marcus Cooper, ARZ, 26, 4 INT, 66 TKL Logan Ryan, NE, 25, 81 TKL, 1 INT, 1 sack SS John Cyprien, JAX, 26, 115 TKL Tony Jefferson, ARZ, 24, 96 TKL, 2 sacks

After seeing what LeBlanc and Callahan have done as lower level prospects, Fuller has been another huge bust. Just cut him and be done with it.

Definitely gives us more options. If QBs fly off the board, you have to take him if available.

I said QB and LT. I would say QB because of how important they are to the entire team, no one position is more important, and right now our prospects are Cutler, Hoyer, and Barkley. Cutler has already shown he will never be a winner, Hoyer put up good numbers in a game manager role and Barkley is still pretty raw with only some upside. LT is huge for any team and we have had a void there for a long time. Regardless of the QB, the LT will make them better. I would say CB is 3rd because there are ways to hide weaknesses there and we still have Porter, Fuller, LeBlanc and Callahan, though a complete shutdown CB would be huge for this defense. However, based on their recent play, I would almost say Safety is a close 3B and depending on how you look at it in regards to importance, may be more needed than CB. The Jordy Nelson catch showed how weak we are there...total blown coverage/assignment on a play where you couldn't get beat deep. Also, I didn't see this as "draft needs" as we can get some guys via Free Agency.

18th player on IR this season, crazy.

After Kevin White, I don't see Pace going with guys with injury concerns early in the draft.

I am so out of it on college players this year, can you make a "optimal" pick in comparison to these drafts based on players they had on the board after the Bears pick? If not Trubinsky or Tabor, then who? I don't understand why would look at ILB at all this draft.

I would love to see GB end up with 9 or 10 wins and miss the playoffs. That would be worth part of my misery for this season. Looking at the Division and Wild Card, Detroit has the toughest remaining schedule, but gets GB at home in Week 17 to more than likely decide the Division. For the Wild Card, the Giants are pretty locked in at WC1 and it looks like WC2 will come down to WAS, TB, and the 2nd best team in the North (probably the loser of Week 17 GB/DET). We still have a hand in impacting the playoffs as we play WAS and MIN to end the season. I would still gladly take 2 losses and hope JAX decides to win 1 for their new coach who play TEN and IND to close out their season. Division DET 9-5, at DAL, GB GB 8-6, MIN, at DET MIN 7-7, at GB, CHI Wild Card NYG 10-4, at PHI, at WAS WAS 7-5-1, vs CAR, at CHI, NYG TB 8-6, @NO, CAR

I would assume based on age and length of contract. Freeman only has a 3 year deal. Either way, I think all 3 stay.

With Barkley's 4th start and 5th game played, all 3 QB's for the Bears this year had a large enough sample size to give a good comparison between the group. Out of all the stats, the biggest things that jumped out to me were the sacks and INTs. Hoyer had 200 attempts without a INT and was only sacked 4 times while maintaining the highest Comp% of the group at 67%. Comparatively, Cutler was sacked 17 times and had 5 INTs in only 137 attempts. Barkley has been sacked 4 times and has thrown 7 INTs in 162 attempts. Cutler was sacked every 8 passing attempts. When looking at 3rd Downs, Hoyer was again the clear leader with a 89.9 QB Rating on 3rd Downs, Cutler has a 60.7 and Barkley has a 67.0 QB Rating on 3rd Downs. Barkley's problem is with throws over the middle; he has thrown 5 of his 7 INTs, and has a 33.6 QB Rating on throws over the middle. This seems like it could be something that is improved on with more playing time. For individual performances, Hoyer had 4x 300 yard games, Barkley has 2, and Cutler had zero. When I looked at overall offensive production, the team averaged the most pts with Barkley under center with 22.8 Pts per Game, then Hoyer at 16.6 Pts per Game, and finally Cutler at 14.8 Pts per Game. This could be due to opponents but you also have to consider things like the O-Line and offensive skill position players. Lastly, if you look at the situations, Cutler had he easiest path to success, #1 QB with his QB Coach as the OC coming into the season. He should clearly be the best QB of the bunch, and that is just not the case. Hoyer was the next coming in as the backup and based on his individual numbers, he did exactly what was asked of him. Barkley was first signed to the PS, and has had the least amount of starters to play with during his starts. So I could see his numbers trending upwards. It is obvious to see why Cutler is gone; he is the least productive QB and is not worth the cap hit he carries. Hoyer is an anomaly, he puts up great numbers, yet the team and offense struggled. Barkley has played decent under some tough conditions, but for me, it is hard to get a true evaluation of him given the state of the team. However, I actually feel pretty confident that out of Hoyer/Barkley/Shaw that we can have at least 2x competent QBs going into next season. I still believe you have to draft a QB early, but I am starting to think that we don't necessarily have to do that with our first pick. What do you think? Any surprising numbers for you?

As much as I hate the Packers, I do not want a win. Play tough and play to the end, but lose.

This game is crazy, we had a 10-7 lead, GB scores 20 straight and we go down 27-10, and now we score 14 straight to cut the lead to 27-24. If not for 2 long runs by GB, we easily have the lead.