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Re-watching some of the recent games, ILB seems to be our absolute biggest weakness. At least the DLine was occupying a blocker, our ILB's played the Cover-0 most of the year (as in covering no one). RB and TE's have gashed us up the middle and Gabbert's long run was a low light. However, I don't think you have to draft in order of need level. You have to take the best available in a need area, so we could essentially go OL, DL, LB, CB, or S in the first round and it will fill a need.

From NFL.com: I would be interested in the guys I bolded (assuming some of the other top guys are franchised). Obviously can't all of them, but one or two (besides Alshon) would be awesome.

On Long, it can't be good, I saw a stat the other week that showed QB Pressures allowed, and Long was in the top 5.

After the latest loss and absolutely no chance at the playoffs, I figured this is the route they would go.

Yeah, that would be a pretty killer draft, especially if we got some help via FA for OT and CB.

Exactly, we might be in the perfect position either way. Draft a stud if available, or allow a needier team behind us to move up a couple of slots (Houston/Philly) and add a mid-round pick.

I did that one a little tongue in cheek a few weeks back, but yes, so how Mariani has a 25.2 KO Return average with Bears and Gault had a 23.9. It is amazing how comparisons could be so far off.

True, I was just thinking if we were indeed looking for one, there was some flexibility in even trading down a few slots due to most teams in the top 16 not really needing a QB (less CLE and SF). I don't think we go that route because we have some many other needs, and Cutler's salary is reasonable compared to our cap space.

Long has actually been one of the worst ROT's all year since he took over. He had a couple of decent games, but for the most part has been below average at best. He was dominant at Guard, so I agree that moving him back to ROG would seem to be the best for the team and him going forward.

Check this out, if we stayed in place, we may be the first team to consider a QB (unless SF does): 1. Tennessee Titans: Mariota (franchise QB) 2. San Diego Chargers: Rivers (Rivers getting older, but he is not the problem) 3. Cleveland Browns: Manziel (hard for me to see Browns going QB again) ------------------------------------------------------- 4. Dallas Cowboys: Romo (Dallas had SB aspirations before injuries, hard for me to see them going QB this early) 5. Baltimore Ravens: Flacco (franchise QB) 6. Detroit Lions: Stafford (has played well of late, I think he stays) 7. San Francisco 49ers: Kaepernick/Gabbert (possibly a QB if they don't trust Gabbert and/or move on from Kaepernick) ------------------------------------------------------- 8. Jacksonville Jaguars: Bortles (franchise QB) 9. New Orleans Saints: Brees (getting up there in age, but a lot of holes to fill) 10. Bears: Cutler (do we go after a QB with a favorable slot and possibly have the pick of the litter?) 11. St. Louis Rams: Foles (it doesn't look like Foles was the answer for that offense, might go QB or DL like they always do) 12. Miami Dolphins: Tannehill (franchise QB) 13. New York Giants: Manning (franchise QB) 14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Winston (franchise QB) 15. Atlanta Falcons: Ryan (franchise QB) 16. Oakland Raiders: Carr (franchise QB) 17. Philadelphia Eagles: Bradford/Sanchez (seems like a huge need here) 18. Houston Texans: Hoyer (seems like a huge need here as well even though Hoyer has played well) 19. Buffalo Bills: Taylor (looks like their franchise QB)

After Week 14: Jay Cutler - 2,638 completions (36th, `6 from 35th and Ken Anderson) - 30,776 yards (42nd, 21 from 41st and Norm Snead) - 199 TD (T-39th, 2 from 38th and Roman Gabriel) - 1,170 Rushing Yards (4th for Bears QBs All-time, 114 from Jim McMahon) Matt Forte - 8,425 rushing yards (40th, 49 from 39th and Willis McGahee, 6th among active RBs) - 12,427 yds from scrimmage (54th, 59 from 53rd and Jamal Lewis, 9th among active players) - 4,002 receiving yards - 475 receptions (1st among Active RBs) Robbie Gould - 1,180 Points (40th, 28 pts from 39th and Kevin Butler) - 269 FG Made (34th, 3 from 33rd and Pete Stoyanovich, 8th among active Kickers) - 373 XP Made (48th, 1 from 47th and Bruce Gossett) Alshon Jeffery (Bears All-time Receiving Numbers): - 251 receptions (10th, 9 from 9th and Matt Suhey) - 3,718 yards (8th, 177 from 7th and Marty Booker) - 23 TD (T-11th, 2 from 10th and Bill McColl) Martellus Bennett (Bears TE All-Time Receiving Numbers): - 208 receptions (3rd, 34 from 2nd and Desmond Clark) - 2,114 yards (4th, 525 yards from 3rd and Desmond Clark) - 14 TD (T-4th, 4 from 3rd and Desmond Clark) Marc Mariani (Bears Returners - All-Time) - 33 Punt Returns (26th, 2 from 25th and Bobby Wade) - 207 Punt Return Yards (29th, 29 from 28th and Noah Mullins) - 35 Kickoff Returns (T-25th, 2 from 24th and Willie Gault) - 881 Kickoff Return Yards (24th, 4 from 23rd and Willie Gault)

He needs to go, this team is not good enough to miss so many kicks. This week's was farther, but it was not even close, it was literally kicked to the right and missed by 5 yards. More like way wide right. What sucks is every game we are now being outkicked. Gould misses, Walsh hits and we lose to Minnesota. This week it was Hopkins. Last week he beat himself, with 2 misses when we only needed 1 to win.

Yeah, I am sure it is to cut down on the turnovers. Here is a weird observation, we have either thrown an INT or missed a FG in every loss except for the Seattle game. Cutler has thrown a pick in 5 losses, and Gould has a missed a FG in 3 losses.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to cut him outright. I would assume someone would be willing to pick up Bennett for his current cap hit. If we can get a 5th or 6th for him, then, coupled with the extra cap space would probably be worth it.

We are currently in 10th, but will be bumped to 11th after tonight's game (based on SoS). Due to our SoS, we are 1 win from drafting 19th and 1 loss from drafting 6th. After Week 14 1. Tennessee Titans: 3-10 (.498 strength of schedule) 2. San Diego Chargers: 3-10 (.527 SOS) 3. Cleveland Browns: 3-10 (.529 SOS) ------------------------------------------------------- 4. Dallas Cowboys: 4-9 (.517 SOS - 3-8 in conference) (NYJ/BUF/WAS) 5. Baltimore Ravens: 4-9 (.517 SOS - 3-6 in conference) (KC/PIT/CIN) 6. Detroit Lions: 4-9 (.529 SOS) (NO/SF/CHI) 7. San Francisco 49ers: 4-9 (.531 SOS) (CIN/DET/STL) ------------------------------------------------------- 8. Jacksonville Jaguars: 5-8 (.469 SOS) (ATL/NO/HOU) 9. Miami Dolphins: 5-8 (.470 SOS) (SD/IND/NE) 10. New Orleans Saints: 5-8 (.512 SOS) (DET/JAX/ATL) 11. Chicago Bears: 5-8 (.524 SOS - 2-7 in conference) (MIN/TB/DET) 12. St. Louis Rams: 5-8 (.524 SOS - 4-5 in conference) (TB/SEA/SF) ------------------------------------------------------- 13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 6-7 (.478 SOS) 14. Atlanta Falcons: 6-7 (.488 SOS) 15. New York Giants: 6-7 (.500 SOS) 16. Oakland Raiders: 6-7 (.500 SOS) 17. Philadelphia Eagles: 6-7 (.512 SOS - 3-6 in conference) 18. Houston Texans: 6-7 (.512 SOS - 4-4 in conference) 19. Buffalo Bills: 6-7 (.522 SOS)

Bad start by both sides of the ball. An 80 yard drive by Redskins followed by a quick series by the offense.

I think both reports were premature. He just needs to be added to the 53-man roster by next Tuesday, but he technically could just suit up but not play (so he gets the extra practice time in). However, I somehow think it will come down to this weekend's games.

Actually I just saw an article that said he won't play at all this season. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...1210-story.html

A pretty crazy turn of events. http://www.csnchicago.com/bears/jay-cutler...-law-found-dead

Sorry about the title, I was in tears laughing. It looks like Clausen may get his 2nd start against Seattle this season. Now it is in Baltimore, but I can't imagine it would be much better than the last outcome. His top running back is Allen, and top WR is Aiken. So Clausen and Trestman against a rolling Seattle team looking to make a playoff push. Should be fun. Under over on sacks: 5 Under over on INT: 2 Under over on Ravens pts: 9 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/...ainst-seahawks/

I can't find the video, but I will see if I can find a Vine or Tweet about it. I just remember the call, that the defensive player cannot lift the ball carrier off his feet and slam him to the ground. If you watch the Cutler video, you can see Cutler looking right at the camera with Tartt around his waist, then he is literally whipped over Tartt's hip and onto his back and head. Again, 10+ years ago, this was a tackle, but in the day and age when they are protecting QB's, I can't see how this wasn't a penalty.

Mongo, Take a look at this play, almost exactly what happened to Cutler, and the defender was penalized: https://www.facebook.com/NFLonFOX/videos/977454565626017/ He was penalized and fined: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/...darren-sproles/ You can't lift a player off the ground and slam them to the ground.

Yeah, too high for what he has given us this year. He hasn't been entirely bad, but we can't afford to have the Kicker be the 7th highest paid player on the roster (2016).

Check out this link: http://www.chicagofootball.com/photos/2015...6880336/?page=1 #7 - #11 showed how bad our ILB play was. The middle of the field and flats were wide open all game.

He had some broken ribs so I assume since we are basically all but eliminated from playoff contention, there is no reason to risk further injury. or on the conspiracy theory side, he was becoming a distraction and his play on the field was been average at best.