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He has been a disappointment, especially after coming out of college with 70 yard punts. I think he was roiding. To his defense for this game, he was kicking into 16mph winds in the 1st quarter.

Refs again. I am so sick of NFL officiating. You can call what Porter did on every freaking play. Then Lacy fumbles the ball before crossing line and they still call it a TD.

So the defense has stopped GB on back to back drives. McPhee needs to stop jumping offsides. Callahan with a nice tackle.

Tackle people

Damn, we wasted great field position and the defense comes right back on the field.

Wow, after SMC has Anderson to wrong gap and Lacy gets a long run, we stop them on 4th down on their first possession.

Royal has been a huge disappointment, he has basically been a non-factor for the last 4 weeks. When he did play, he had a ridiculously low yards per catch for a WR. Bennett out means Miller is the main TE. For Carey, as long as Forte and Langford are good to go, Carey wouldn't see many reps anyway.

If there is no risk to further injury, then getting practice reps and potentially some playing time in a real game would be huge to his development.

Currently 9 to 10 point underdogs, we played them well in Week 1. Injuries will play a huge part in the outcome. We potentially will have a fresh Forte, Alshon, and Royal. Of all the games you could win in a rebuild year, it's this one. Based on our last 6-7 games, this seems like it is going to be another close one. Weather could also play a factor. Bears 27 - Packers 24

Also, to throw a little caution to the wind. Teams have 2 options at this point, either shutdown and IR for remainder of season or moved to a 21 day practice window before having to add him to the 53-man roster or put on IR. Since there is no harm in the 21 day window, most teams will do that just so he is able to participate in walk-throughs, etc. More than likely it is only for the experience and he still won't play and will be shutdown on day 21. Now on the other hand, if he starts to ramp up practice reps, then there is a good chance he does play this year. My dream that will be crushed was having Alshon, Forte, Royal, and White all back for the Packers game and we blow them out on Favre day.

To me this could be due to the Flacco injury or due to the loss essentially knocking us out of playoff contention. Either way, it is a good move. Jimmy the Pickle was horrible in relief and made Caleb Haney look like an All-Pro. Funny that this also comes after the article about Clausen being the worst backup QB in the NFL.

It was current SOS and record, and we do play an easier schedule going forward, so if anything, we would be lower, not higher in the draft order.

I think you play for a playoff spot until you are mathematically eliminated. If we lose to GB, we are out of it, and winning games would not help our draft position, though it might help the team's outlook going into the offseason. What I would do is go all out against GB, and if you win, you keep going all out until you lose again. Once you lose that 7th game, you give young guys longer looks and more reps, and even shut down guys with lingering injuries. Use the last couple of games as auditions for some of the younger guys and even put in some new schemes or plays that you wanted to look at. Our last 3 losses have been by a total of 8 pts and 3 of our last 4 wins were by a total of 6 pts. That is 6 games decided by a total of 14 pts. We could easily be 1-9 as much as 7-3. So the way things are playing out, 7-9 or 6-10 seem like the most likely outcomes.

Looks like we are now in the 12th slot (but I will have to check the updated SOS once this week is complete). We are now 1 game from the 4th pick. 1. TEN 2-8 (.507 SOS) 2. SD: 2-8 (.510 SOS) 3. CLE: 2-8 (.514 SOS) --------------------------- 4. BAL 3-7 (.507 SOS) 5. DET: 3-7 (.531 SOS) 6. SF 3-7 (.534 SOS) 7. DAL 3-7 (.558 SOS) --------------------------- 8. JAX 4-6 (.483 SOS) 9. MIA 4-6 (.483 SOS) 10. OAK 4-6 (.483 SOS) 11. STL 4-6 (.503 SOS) 12. CHI 4-6 (.507 SOS) 13. NO 4-6 (.517 SOS) 14. WAS 4-6 (.517 SOS) 15. PHI 4-6 (.524 SOS) ---------------------------- 16. NYJ 5-5 (.479 SOS) 17. SEA 5-5 (.490 SOS) 18. KC 5-5 (.497 SOS) 19. TB 5-5 (.503 SOS) 20. HOU 5-5 (.527 SOS)

On that 2-pt conversion, Cutler switched it from a pass to a run and Bennett didn't block Ward (who made uncontested tackle): It looks like if Bennett makes that block, Langford makes it in.

The defense only allowed 17 points, so I don't know how much more they could do. They definitely could've played better, but only allowing 17 pts when you are -2 in turnovers is actually really good. The offense had nothing, the WR's were never really open except for the long play to Wilson. Cutler was under pressure on almost every drop back. He would literally get to his back leg and have to step around a rusher. The first interception was bad, but it wasn't a pick-6 and actually didn't lead to any points. The offensive line still needs some work, the RB's were getting hit at the line on every run, rarely ever even a small hole to run through. Cutler would've been better with a little bit of a run game to make the play action work. That just wasn't there.

I don't know, it is not like Osweiler is a rookie, the dude is 25. Denver's defense is a top 5 unit and their offense had a better O-Line and weapons than we had on the field today. They were 7-0 until 2 recent losses and arguably the best team in the league playing the worst QB in the league for 9 games. We had something like our 10th different starting defense this year and I want to say 5th O-Line group, which is not including Forte, Alshon, or Royal. This actually had blow out written all over it and we almost stole one.

Yeah, and if we kick a FG earlier in the game on 4th and goal, that would have been a GW TD. Denver the clearly more talented team, and it still came down to a 2pt conversion to decide the game.

Damn, Cutler leads the team down for the TD on some crazy plays, all on him. Then like we have cable, we run a draw and get no gain on the 2pt conversion. I would not have taken the ball out of Cutler's hands on that play. Terrible play call.

This game has been crazy, we are somehow going to get the ball back with just under 2 mins remaining and 2 TOs after they got the ball with 2:30 left. This will be the offense's 3rd chance to tie this game.

What is crazy is if you didn't watch the game, you are going to say Cutler sucked, but he has been on the run all game with no running game and Wilson and Bellamy as the top 2 receivers.

Wow, and that sums up this game, Cutler gets hit from behind and the ball is intercepted by a lineman. Unbelievable.

Offense was really limited today against this defense with Alshon and Forte. Bennett again non-existent. Defense got shredded on the ground which made it easier for Osweiler in the passing game. 10 for 137 to TEs.

Damn Cutler drives team all the way for tying score and we stall after getting a 1st and goal. Cutler had a couple of opportunities to run and probably should have. The way the defense is playing, it is probably the ball game and the season right there.

Its gonna be tough without Alshon, but he was basically a non-factor last game. As long as the defense can pressure Osweiler, we have a chance. It looks like they are saving everyone for the GB game, which is understandable. If there was one game we can't lose out of the next two, it is the GB game.