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What the hell, why were any Bears within 10 yards of that ball?

This defense is so random. We shut them down for negative yards on multiple drives, then allow a long TD drive with a bunch of first downs.

Yeah, that is great to see. That is now a couple of runs with him breaking tackles and getting yards after contact.

On the INT, the WR's can't let a DB get to that spot when you know the play, that was ridiculous. Someone missed the call.

Pretty hard for the defense to start any better. 2 SF drives, 0 first downs, -5 yards.

Looking at current contracts by position, I can see Jeffery getting something around 12mil, SMC around 3mil, Mundy the same 1.5mil, Porter maybe 3mil, then guys like Jenkins, Acho, Unrein, Miller and Prosinski about 1-2mil. That would be $30mil, leaving $30-$40mil before the rookie pool. Also, totally off topic but related.....for the longest time, I thought the site was sportrac, and it is actually spotrac.

With some expected cuts (Bushrod-$4.3/Rolle-$3) and potential trades (Bennett-$5.2), we could be over $70 million if we want to be. Either way, some nice flexibility. I would also have to think free agents will be more inclined to sign here with the new regime compared to Emery/Trestman era.

I was talking to a friend about this the other day, but I think it take a few more variables, something like: (talent x effort x scheme & coaching + teammates) = performance which can be weighted with (length of time in same scheme or under same coaches) So you can be extremely talented but lack effort and you won't be very good. You can have a lot of talent and have good effort, but are in the wrong scheme and you will be inconsistent. You could have everything, but be on bad team. For Cutler, for the first time, it seems like everything is in place. The previous inconsistencies and erratic performances were due to his attempt to overcompensate with his own talent, which could only be increased so much to overcome deficiencies in other areas (bad teammates, bad O-Line, horrible defense, brutal coaches, etc).

Detroit got conservative, but GB got gifted another game from the officials.

That loss would've been huge for us. I can't believe some of the calls or non calls against GB. Sickening to think we would have been only one game back with a win on Sunday.

Rodgers throws a pick and Lions score on next play. Sweet justice.

Lions up 10-0 in the 1st quarter against GB.

Here is what he said about shaking out the leg: I would say this is fairly normal and something that will go away with more use.

Yeah makes sense, Gould had a bunch of misses that were uncharacteristic of him, and he had a duck snort XP that almost missed as well. Supposedly, the long snapper is supposed to snap the ball in a way where it is only rotates a certain amount (like one turn) and it is much harder to catch and get laces out if ball is spinning more.

Kevin White doing individual drills: http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post...lls-at-practice

Using DVOA, Cutler is 6th in the league, behind: Dalton, Palmer, Brady, Big Ben, and Carr. http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/qb

and 22 QB's have more INTs than him as well.

Also, take into consideration that we have played the toughest or 2nd toughest schedule to date (KC). The only bad teams we beat (SD and STL), we beat on the road.

7 point favorites, at home, coming off a huge emotional win. We need a win to keep our slim playoff hopes alive and get back to .500. I am going to go out on a limb and say: Bears 24 - 49ers 13

Week 13: MIN 8-3 vs SEA 6-5 With Minnesota's remaining schedule, SEA winning may be the best option going forward as they seemed destined for a run anyway. If MIN wins, then we can get past SEA by winning out and having them lose to at least ARZ. GB 7-4 at DET 4-7 Detroit already beat them in GB, and another win at home would be huge for us. This game will depend on which GB team shows up and which Stafford shows up. ATL 6-5 at TB 5-6 A TB win would help us get even with ATL, which at this point is probably the best result. DAL 3-8 at WAS 5-6 Obviously, a DAL win would be huge, but unlikely. NYJ 6-5 at NYG 5-6 A Jets win would put us up a game on the Giants. Now none of this will matter unless we take care of business, at home, against a upward trending SF team.

I don't know if any of those guys will be available when we pick at #31.

Nope, that is TalkBears2, the free league. You almost beat me a few weeks ago when Big Ben came back from injury and had a monster game.

After this week, we locked in all 6 playoff teams with one regular season week left. PapaBear, in 1st, at 10-2 is guaranteed a bye and is only playing for seeding this week (a win or The Bunny loss locks in #1 seed) The Bunny, in 2nd, at 9-3 can finish as high as 1st (with a win and PB loss) or 3rd (with a loss and Nopper win). Nopper, in 3rd, at 9-3 can finish as high as 2nd and no lower than 3rd. My Deflated Balls, in 4th, at 7-5 is locked in at 4th or 5th, and regardless will play Domination Inc in the first round of the playoffs. Domination Inc, in 5th, at 7-5 is also locked in at 4th or 5th, and will play My Deflated Balls in the first round of the playoffs. Cali Bears, in 6th, at 6-6 is locked into 6th place (due to pts for) and will face either Nopper or The Bunny. Game of the Week, with biggest playoff implications: My Deflated Balls (7-5/4th) vs Nopper (9-3/3rd)

With the remaining schedules, I actually see Minnesota fading and us potentially tying them with a win in 3 weeks. They play SEA, ARZ, then us. We play SF, WAS, then MIN. We could come out of that week both at 8-6 with 2 to play. They finish with NYG and GB, we finish with TB and DET. That seems like the most realistic outcome. GB and SEA both have easier schedules and both will have 10 or more wins. ATL seems like they will finish 8-8. Right now I can only see us making it if we win out. We are moving right up many of the advanced metric websites: 15th - http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/sagarin/ MIN - 10, DET - 18, WAS - 23, TB - 27, SF - 29 According to the Sagarin ratings, we have had the toughest schedule and have played 7 games against top 10 teams (more than any other team in the league - and we are 1 win from .500). 17th - http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/stats/2015/13/Overall/ MIN - 9, TB - 15, WAS - 18, DET - 28, SF - 31 19th - http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2015-nfl-predictions/ MIN - 9, DET - 16, WAS - 22, SF - 23, TB - 25 Besides MIN, we are better than every other team on our schedule, and I think we are better than MIN as well. Win out or bust.

Some great quotes out of McPhee after the win: