adam

To me there just seems like there is always a LB or two in the line on every running play. We don't really do a good job of blocking the 2nd level (or 1st level for that matter). Our RB's have to be hit behind the line of scrimmage more than any other team in the league. We need to keep the defense spread out more so they can't put 7-8 in the box on every play.

Team should be re-energized with the Offensive Leader back.

1. Wright 43-390, 4 TD (20th) 2. Blackmon 33-486, 2 TD (5th) 3. Hilton 30-455, 4 TD (92nd), KR/PR 4. Gordon 24-470, 4 TD (2nd Rd Supp) 5. Broyles 21-307, 2 TD (54th) 6. Streater 21-233, 2 TD (198th) 7. Floyd 20-225, 1 TD (13th) 9. Givens 17-352, 2 TD (96th), KR 9. Graham 17-125, 1 TD (69th) 10. Hill 16-212, 3 TD (43rd) 11. Jeffery 16-199, 2 TD (45th) 12. Randle 11-158, 0 TD (63rd), PR 13. Sanu 11-125, 2 TD (83rd) 14. Johnson 10-177, 0 TD (UDFA), PR 15. Quick 7-135, 1 TD (33rd) Jeffery was the 5th WR taken, and is currently 11th in Receptions, 10th in Yards, and tied for 5th in TDs. I know injuries are the main reason behind his numbers, but overall I find this class of WR's somewhat lackluster. Not a single WR will have over 800 yards, or 7 TD's (based on averages) on the season. I know Blackmon just had a monster game, but that makes his season numbers look worse because he had done almost nothing until that game. I remember leading up to the draft, someone mentioning Hilton as a prospective pick. Looks pretty good now. Especially because he is also doing KR and PR duties as well.

If we cannot beat Minnesota without Harvin, we are not going to make the playoffs.

Playing a Division opponent, at home, after 2 straight losses. I would say that this is a must win. We really need to finish 4-2 to guarantee a playoff spot. TB, SEA, MIN, and NO are all right there for the Wild Card spots if we lose this one.

Still don't know how he is still in there. He was just as bad as Creamy.

Its about heart and passion too. Just look at Marshall, Urlacher, Briggs, and Tillman during the game. They were pissed. I can't see them not coming out strong against Minnesota. The Houston game was mainly the weather, SF was different, we got our asses handed to us.

If available, I would pay for any of the following: Clady, Albert, or Long. Then draft O-Line in one of the first 2 rounds. they would never use the entire draft on O-Line, even though I wouldn't mind it.

Surprised it took this long, he has been one of the worst players on the line. Hopefully Scott does better.

We really need a slump buster this weekend. Bears 24-13 Jay cleared for limited practice yesterday: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/...leared-practice

It seems like most of the team quick during the SF game.

He likes to scramble? It looks like he is scrambling out of a need. The pocket collapses and he runs out. The last concussion wasn't directly related to OLine play, but it contributed to it. Also, we don't need a Top 20 OT, I would take a reliable starter at this point.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,3093433.story Damn, can't stay on the field. Hopefully this is not a chronic thing or he will be a bust.

Two straight embarassing losses. Can we just get one decent game from the offense without the defense having to dominate to win? I would also fire whoever is making the play calls. A 10 year old playing Tecmo Bowl can design a better game plan (which only had 8 plays).

I like how Marshall plays with passion. He looked pissed that they were losing, and Forte was laughing and joking. He ran some nice routes, but Campbell was too shell shocked to do anything.

It almost seems like they are worse than last year, which is almost impossible.

If we don't make the playoffs, Lovie and the entire staff basically needs to go. Random thoughts: For me, this is not the end of the season. I believe I had us at 7-3 at this point in the season. I like how SF waited until the last minute to rule Smith out. The Bears did not seem like they were up for this game. At this point I would rather see McCown than Campbell. He reminds me of Lovie as a QB, no expression, no passion. Can we block anyone? Do we know there are LB's to block? I hate the Lovie-2 Defense. Let's see what Weems can do, Hester has completely lost it as a Returner.

No excuse now with Smith out. We actually should have an advantage with Campbell over Kaepernick.

I was only saying if it was an illegal hit that would be fined anyway or resulted in a flag.

Will be nice to see him back in action again.

They could also do it based on the injury length of the other player. Every week the injured player is out, the offender should be suspended (and lose his game check) for the same amount of games. That seems fair to me.

Brian, I appreciate your updates, and I would say your source has been right more times than not. I would ask that if you don't want to post any source info, you can at least PM me with it. Obviously the source is not the final decision authority, so things can change, and with something like an injury, that can change day to day. I would say that Cutler has a 25% chance of playing, only because it is a Monday Night game. If there was a higher likelihood, they would not have went out and got McCown so quickly. Alex Smith has already practiced, so unless Cutler returns on Saturday at the latest, I don't think he will play.

Kelvin Hayden?

Forte's rushing yards are also down about 10 yards a game this year. So I don't think you can correlate anything from his stats to Marshall's. Forte was hurt, missed some time, and wasn't 100% for several weeks. I believe that affected him more than Marshall. Looking at Targets vs Receptions, Marshall is the top WR and Jeffery is the only other WR/TE over 60%. I don't even know why they attempt a pass to Davis when he is not even catching half thrown to him, and when he does, he fumbles anyway. Marshall 103-67 65.1% Hester 27-15 55.6% Jeffery 23-14 60.9% Bennett 34-17 50% Davis 26-11 42.3% Forte 33-22 66.7% You also have to consider Marshall is essentially playing as Knox and Williams combined from last year with Jeffery out. Knox with Marshall and Jeffery would've been special. So I just think that all the other Receivers are horrible, but Forte needs to see more looks out of the backfield. To answer your question, no, Marshall has not hurt the offense, I can't imagine how bad we would've been without him and someone like Davis getting more chances to drop passes with his rock hands (he has no fingers) or fumble. There are also 8 players with over 90 targets, and Marshall is 3rd with 103. So if he is getting too many looks, so is Wayne, Cruz, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Welker, Green, and Bowe. To me that is some good company.

An extra day for Cutler to get cleared to play.