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Wow, Tampa trying to outdo the Bears with ridiculously conservative play calls and no time management?

Freaking O'Donnell, how can you punt that bad?

He has looked worse than Cutler and against our defense, that is saying a lot. I like Josh, but he is not better than Cutler.

I think they are messing with me. The defense shows again and then we have a great play call. What the hell. We need to string some good series together, then games.

and just like that we are back to our crap ways.

What the hell? Now the defense comes alive.

What the hell? This is the offense we all expected, now do this for the rest of the season.

I don' t even know what to say anymore. How can Wilson have more targets (3) than Marshall or Jeffery with 2 each? Shutout again, at home?

Lovie is back in town with Josh at the helm. One team is going to leave with a 2-game winning streak (and worse draft pick). Both teams are 2-5 in their last 7 games, so this is going to be a closer game than most believe. TB is better on the road 2-3 than we are at home 1-3. If we can't beat another bottom feeder, the franchise needs to just fold. Bears 27-17

How credible is this? From what we have heard already, Jay was audibling out of runs into pass plays, which would be very similar to "throwing the way he wants to". So I don't know how big of a deal this is. I would expect him to be benched if he played bad vs Minnesota anyway.

I really feel like our team needs a defensive-minded HC with a great OC. Not the other way around.

That is sort of why he was excluded from my list.

How about one of the following Coordinators: 1. Pep Hamilton, Indy OC, former Bears QB Coach 2. Teryl Austin, Det DC, #1 Defense, Division knowledge, we don't have to face him 3. Bob Sutton, KC DC, Great Defense, works with Reid 4. Todd Bowles, ARZ DC, Great Defense, works with Arians 5. Tom Clements, GB OC, Great Offense, Division knowledge, we don't have to face him 6. Pat Shurmur, PHI OC, Great uptempo offense, football genes 7. Adam Gase, Den OC, questionable due to Manning, and probably too young, but similar to McDaniels without the baggage

Cutler is now 60th in Passing yards all-time with 26,632, and will pass Steve Grogan and Bobbie Lane next week. Right now he is tied with Ken Stabler with 2,270 completions (51st) and is 28 from Jeff George (49th all-time). He just passed Trent Green and Jeff Garcia in this game. With 176 TDs, he is now in sole possession of 54th all-time surpassing Joe Namath, Norm Van Brocklin, Steve McNair, and Otto Graham in this game. Forte is now 53rd all-time rushing with 7,399 and is 208 yards away from tying Terrell Davis. His all-purpose yards have him 113th all-time with 10,893 (74th yards from scrimmage) and he should pass Lance Alworth, Amani Toomer, Gary Clark and Shaun Alexander next week. Marshall is now 35th in receptions all-time (761) and should pass James Lofton, Eric Moulds, Chad Johnson, and Marshall Faulk (767) next week to move into 31st all-time. With 9,636, Marshall is 364 receiving yards from 10k and is now 47th all-time. He just passed Wes Welker in this game and is about to pass Antonio Gates for 46th all-time. He is also catching up to Megatron who is 45th. Brandon also now has 65 Rec TDs, and is tied for 49th all-time with this epic group: Gary Clark, Henry Ellard, Michael Irvin, Charlie Joiner, Bobby Mitchell, and Sterling Sharpe. Alshon continues his trek up the Bears record books. He is now 31st all-time in Receptions with 168, one behind Brad Muster, 3 behind Dennis Gentry, and 5 behind Tom Waddle. He should pass them all next game and be 27th all-time in Bears history. Forte is still #2, and BMarsh is now in sole possession of 8th. For Rec Yards, Forte is 10th all-time, Marshall is 11th, and Jeffery is 24th. Forte needs 57 yards to pass Dick Gordon for 9th. For Rec TDs, Marshall is now tied with Conway and Morris with 31 (5th in team history). Gould is 40th all-time in FGs with 242 and is one from tying Jim Breech for 39th. With 3 XP, Gould now has 346 for his career, good enough for 56th all-time. With 1,072 pts (47th), Robbie is now 3 pts from passing Garo Yepremian for 46th on the all-time list. Gould is 1 FG from tying Butler for the all-time Bears leader in FG's (with 50 less attempts). Jared Allen now has 131.0 sacks and is 1.5 sacks away from tying LT and Leslie O'Neal for 10th all-time. Career Comparison: B. Marshall vs C. Johnson: Receptions: 761 - 606 (Marshall +155) Yards: 9636 - 9848 (Johnson +212) TDs: 65 - 69 (Johnson +4)

I don't think the options can be "do nothing" and "make sure the other option is better". The options are "do nothing" and "give yourself a chance to be better". There is no way to predict the future, but if we don't try, then you can expect more of the same over the last couple of years. Sure Cutler is better than the platoon of QBs we have run out over the years, but the question is he good enough to win some tight games and give us a chance to win in the regular season and playoffs. We are paying him a lot and he has under-performed for the money. We could get similar output for a fraction of the cost and use the money to address other glaring needs. Who knows, his contract may have prevented us from landing TJ Ward or J. Byrd. I sort of like how Seattle did it, they drafted a QB AND picked up one in free agency. Eventually one will stick. I think we are still a year away from trading Cutler, because his stats are at least decent even though a lot has come in garbage time.

Too bad we never had the opportunity to get him as the head coach.

I have mixed feelings. If we are the team that would should be, it shouldn't have come down to an interception in the endzone to seal the victory against a rookie QB on the road. We still have 1 game with more than 27 points, and for this offense, that is hard to believe. I like how Marshall and Jeffery are playing, Marshall is almost willing this team to victory. We still need to cut down on the turnovers. If we end up at 7-9, and 3rd in the division with the 18th pick, this is a worthless win. If we can string together 5 wins and make this a competitive season in December, then it is a great win and building block for the future.

Winner gets worse draft pick and 3rd place bragging rights, loser takes the NFC North cellar and almost locks in a top 10 pick. I am torn, I really want a win and for us to go on a 7 game run and totally redeem ourselves, but the other half says this season is toast and the only way to get change is to tank even further. If we lose to Minny at home with AP, we need to fire someone within an hour of the game ending.

I agree that Phillips is the root of the problems. We need leadership and accountability, not lip service. Both Emery and Trestman are well-spoken, but neither are leaders. We also lack leadership in the locker room (once Urlacher left). In regards to last year's draft, the jury is still out on Ferguson and Sutton. This defense is so bad, that it would be hard to give an honest assessment. Sorry to change topics but I found this interesting about Cutler. How come Josh McDaniels (who Belichick and Brady both trust) wanted nothing to do with Cutler? He looks like a genius now. He obviously knew what Cutler was made of. I have a funny feeling Cutler is just playing his time out and will retire after next year. He is so vilified now and literally has no fans. I can't imagine anyone rooting for the guy anymore. The media has always been on him, but now the entire fan base is against you and I assume a lot of his teammates. Peter King pretty much sums it up here: http://mmqb.si.com/2014/11/11/jay-cutler-l...-chicago-bears/

LOL I see.

That would be awesome. How about Cutler donates $100k back to the season ticket holders per INT, and the Defense gives back 100K per TD they allow. You could eventually get paid to watch the games.

I knew it, he was the problem. What a cancer to the locker room, good riddance. Now we can get back to winning some football games for a 7-9 season and the 20th pick in the draft.

1. The Bears defense has allowed as many 50-point games in the past 11 games as it did in the previous 759. 2. Chicago joined the 1923 Rochester Jeffersons as the only teams in NFL history to allow 50 points in back-to-back games. 3. Chicago’s 42-0 halftime deficit was the second biggest in NFL history. 4. Chicago has allowed more points in the first half of games (179) than the Cleveland Browns have allowed all season (172). 5. Overall, the Bears are 31st in the NFL in opposing quarterback’s rating (107.0), ahead of only the Jets (108.8). Only two teams have been worse in that category in the last 10 years. 6. Cutler’s 10 interceptions this season have been returned for 326 yards (32.6 yards per pick). Aaron Rodgers’ 55 career interceptions have been returned for a total of 366 yards. .....and we don't fire anyone? http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/11/chicago-be...s-marc-trestman

It looks like the top 3 picks are locked up. Then it gets interesting from 4-13. Based on our current record and SoS, we would draft 8th with the worst position being 13th and best probably 4th. 1. OAK 0-9 2. JAX 1-9 3. TB 1-8 4. NYJ 2-8 (5) 5. TEN 2-7 (9) 6. ATL 3-6 (31) 7. WAS 3-6 (13) 8. CHI 3-6 (12) 9. STL 3-6 (3) 10. NYG 3-6 (2) 11. CAR 3-6-1 (8) 12. HOU 4-5 (22) 13. MIN 4-5 (21) Top Prospects: DT/DE - L. Williams, USC QB - Mariota, ORE; Winston, FSU RB - Gurley, GA WR - Cooper, ALA OT - Peat, STAN; Scherff, IA; Ogbuehi, TXAM DE/OLB - Gregory, NEB; Ray, MIZ, Floyd, GA LB - Thompson, WAS; Beasley, CLEM CB - Williams, FSU S - Collins, ALA Landon Collins in the top 10 would be a great pick. I am assuming 2x QB's go before we pick, which would result in us getting one of the top-5 non-QB players in the draft. Also, we could possibly get a 2nd pick in the top 40 and 3 in the top 100. We really need to hit home runs on all those picks.

Actually Singletary had both nicknames.