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I would say that is fair coming from 26 (you rarely see massive jumps or drops). However, you are right, we should be ahead of OAK, and probably DAL (w/o Romo/Dez) and possibly SD (who has only beat DET and CLE).

I believe Alshon's injury is tied to his calf as well. Which if both are ailing, there is not much you can do. The calf is actually harder to run on when injured unless you run flat footed. To me this may be better salary cap wise because there is no way he is going to get AJ Green type money (4/$60mil) or Bryant/Thomas type of money (5/$70mil). Maclin just got 5/$55, so I would assume Jeffery's high is going to be near Maclin's $11/yr and a low around $9 (which would be the 13th highest WR contract per year). So shooting darts in the middle, that is about $10mil a year over 5 yrs. We have enough cap space to extend Jeffery, Long, and re-sign Acho, Jenkins, and Porter to new deals (as long as they keep up their play).

The only other thing I can think of is they thought there is no way KC is going to think we're going to throw to that guy, so throw it to him.

Well, we won the first one, so at 2-3 and 11 games remaining, I am thinking 7-8 is still a realistic projection. We need to take care of business and beat teams we are supposed to beat. @ Detroit (0-5) BYE Minnesota (2-2) @ San Diego (2-3) -- @ St. Louis (2-3) Denver (5-0) @ Green Bay (5-0) San Francisco (1-4) -- Washington (2-3) @ Minnesota (2-2) @ Tampa Bay (2-3) Detroit (0-5)

I would say it is 70% Trestman, 20% Flacco, and 10% skill position players in general. It would shock me if he lasts the entire year, I can't see Harbaugh letting this go on too long.

That is what I asked, why use video replay to review a call, but then not have official cameras aligned with the goal line.

Both seemed to be designed to get the ball out quick and to allow the receiver to make a play. At least neither were intercepted, and Mariani did score on the one.

I think the lack of pressure was tied to Charles and the Bears wanting Smith to beat us. At times we only rushed 3, and they seemed to leave a 6th blocker back most of the time. I also like how we contained Charles for the most part. He had one big play, that 26 yard reception that he juked SMC on. Other than that, he wasn't dominant and didn't score. The defense has only allowed 4 offensive TDs in the last 3 games (that is a great trend). Both OT's played awesome against some great edge rushers. After the shaky start Grasu played solid. Wilson has really stepped up, and he is technically our #4 WR (Jeffery, Royal, White). Porter really shined, and I believe Porter, Fuller, and Amos played every defensive snap. Hats off to them. McPhee is a beast, we need to feed off him. In regards to stats, those don't mean that much right now (especially yards per game) but promising nonetheless. The Bears have only allowed 1x 100 yard rusher and the longest run against them is 21 yards. The longest pass allowed has been 34 yards and I believe that is the only play more than 30 yards against our defense all year. In terms of 3rd Downs, our defense is allowing a conversion 43.5% of the time on the season (which is higher than we would like it), but only 37% over the last 3 games (so we are seeing improvement). This is also coupled with sacks, in the first two games we had zero sacks; in the last 3, we have 9.

Some perspective on Cutler: Last year Cutler was 5-1 when the Bears allowed 21 pts or less (and the only loss was the last game of the season when there was nothing to play for). To me this is where some player's stats (or general perceptions) are deceiving. Some get to play with a lead or in low stress situations all the time. Look at Rodgers yesterday, he had 2 INTs and a fumble and they still won 24-10. Mainly because they had a defensive TD and the 2 offensive TDs were huge runs after the catch. Last week the Packers only scored 17, but it didn't matter because SF only scored 3. So in the last 2 weeks, the GB defense has allowed 13 pts and scored 7 on their own. Pretty much any QB in the league would win those games. Look at our last 10+ win seasons: 2012 - Cutler 8-3 when defense allows 21 or less 2010 - Cutler 8-3 when defense allows 21 or less (this year was funny, with Cutler throwing to the likes of Hester, Knox, Earl Bennett, and Aromashodu) Again, I understand Cutler is not a HoFer, or even a Pro Bowler at this point, but I think his errors are blown out of proportion more than he gets credit for his successes (mainly because of his attitude and demeanor on the sidelines?). The media needs a whipping boy to generate interest, and Cutler has been an easy target for a long time. I just think it is time to move on from that silliness.

Yeah but Bears don't have to let Fangio go unless he accepts a HC position somewhere. The only reason we were able to get him because of the odd situation in SF with Harbaugh and Tomsula.

Yeah but defensive rank is also based on who you play. The teams they lost to (CIN, GB, and DEN) are all high powered teams that are going to make numbers look worse. Seattle? They have 2 wins at home and 3 losses on the road. That is who they are. They were exposed by Andy Dalton. I am not saying KC is great, but their defense is league average at worst (regardless what the stats say) and Cutler orchestrated 2 TD drives in a little over 3 minutes (88 yards and 67 yards respectively) with our top 3 WR's, LT, and Center out. That is tough to do without the injuries and against any NFL defense. Just think of what this offense will look like with a healthy Jeffery and Royal (and then with a healthy White). Another crazy thought, if Mariani scores that 2pt conversion (which it looked like he did), Jay probably never throws that ball to Forte on the next drive, and we play for a FG to tie. Thanks refs.

With 6 pts, Gould became the all-time Bears scoring leader (passing Kevin Butler). Congrats to him! Robbie now has 1,118 pts, good for 44th all-time, passing Joe Nedney. Forte now has over 12k yards from scrimmage. With 8,142 rushing yards he just passed Larry Csonka for 46th overall. His 12,040 yards from scrimmage puts him in 58th all-time. Forte has a shot at breaking 13k by the end of the year. Cutler is now 40th all-time in completions, passing John Brodie and needs 14 more to tie Jake Plummer for 39th all-time. With 2 TD passes, Cutler is now in sole possession of 47th all-time with 189. With 28,627 passing yards, Jay passed Trent Green and Chris Chandler for 50th (next up Len Dawson and Rich Gannon). Cutler should break 30k passing yards and 200 TDs by the end of the year.

The 3 Bears with sacks, McPhee, Houston, and Young....just like we all envisioned it. Acho and Porter had solid games. KC is also a really hard place to play, so it was cool to hear all the Bears fans cheering on that last drive.

What is crazy to think is we can potentially be 3-3 going into the bye with a win at DET next week. Based on all the injuries up to this point, that would be pretty amazing.

You're kidding about the KC defense right? Half their defense are Pro Bowlers and some are future HoFers (Johnson, Poe, Hali, Houston, Peters, Berry, Branch). They were 1-3 because they played DEN, CIN, and GB (who are a combined 13-0). DEN beat them with a defensive TD.

2015 Mariani has cable.

Yeah, we ended the game with half of our defense either rookies or UDFAs. Awesome game plan and it was nice to see the players execute it.

What a win! Epic drives by Cutler in the 4th. Yeah, he has makes some bad passes, but that awesome. Hats off to the defense as well, they played solid and had huge stops late to give the offense a chance.

don't jump off

If we get screwed on this, I will be pissed. Now we have to ensure that we don't have a DPI on any pass to put them in FG range.

no catch, clear as day

challenge

Really?

Now we need great coverage on kickoff and no stupid play on defense.

JAY freakin CUTLER!!!!