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The biggest need is OL for sure, but then after that, I could see LB or DB. Interesting that I have seen a few early Mock Drafts having us take Manti Te'o in the first. If he can take over for Urlacher in a year or two, that would be a nice pick, but I don't think he will be there. Most of the mocks have us picking around 20, and I see us picking around 32. For the first round, I would look at: Chance Warmack, G David Amerson, CB Barrett Jones, G/C/OT 2nd round: Larry Warford, G Ricky Wagner, OT Terry Hawthorne, CB

Brian, I was thinking the same thing, lol. Will post mine at lunch.

True, but Hester needs a break, or some competition. I just see Hester as more of an outside deep threat than a slot receiver like Bennett is, or at least that is how it looks. Sanz seemed to be filling Bennett's role more than Hester was. I could be wrong though. For punt returns, Hester has been brutal the last 2 games, 5 returns for 16 yards. His long was 8 yards. Our Coverage units have played really good, I just want a little more out of our Punt Returns. We are not even getting the "Hester" advantage anymore where teams would kick away from him and give us good starting position. Our Avg starting position is currently 13th best, it was 24th last year, but was 1st the 4 years prior to that. With Hester we should be no worse than the top 5 starting field position.

Going back to the last 2 games in 2009, yeah that is true. That is a 16 game average record of 11.5-4.5. Not bad. Essentially a guaranteed playoff team every year. Even if you just count all of his games with the Bears, a 28-18 record is pretty solid considering how many different coordinators, schemes, Offensive Lines, and receivers he has had to deal with. Also, only 5 sacks allowed by the Bears in the last 3 games. One team concern is our Special Teams. Punt Returns have been brutal, Hester is ranked 20th, and Kickoffs haven't been that much better. Also, what is up with Podlesh? He is 2nd to last in Avg, and I understand that has to do with field position, but he is not lighting up the Inside the 20 kicks either. Besides Gould, we really need our ST to step it up. Weems should get some looks at PR, especially with Alshon out and Hester getting more reps at WR.

Bad news, that could be 5 games, but the Bye does help. If he is a fast healer, it could be only 3. At least he can still stay in shape. Can't imagine how he injured it. I wonder who this could be? Chad Johnson, Plax, Sims-Walker? How about someone like Cooley? He is a great pass catcher and blocker than Davis.

lemon, I looked at all your posts and do not see any underlined text or links, you might want to check/scan your computer.

So we go into the Bye at 4-1, which is one game better than I thought we would be at this point. That is the good news, and we should have some easier games the next couple of weeks before it really gets tough. Our next 3 out of the Bye are all games we should be favored in (DET on Mon Night at home, CAR at home, and at TEN). Then it gets really tough, we get HOU at home Sun Night, at SF Mon Night, at home vs MIN, at home vs SEA, at MIN, at home vs GB, then at ARZ to close out a brutal stretch of 7 games. I really hope we can get to 7-1 after the TEN game, because I could see us going 4-3 or 3-4 in the next 7, but I am hoping for at least 5-2. That would be 12-3 going into Detroit in Week 17. vs DET (Mon) 1-3 vs CAR 1-4 at TEN 1-4 vs HOU (Sun Nite) 4-0 at SF (Mon) 4-1 Win vs MIN 4-1 vs SEA 3-2 at MIN 4-1 vs GB 2-3 at ARZ 4-1 at DET 1-3 Also, GB could be 2-4 after next week when they play in HOU.

Going back to last season, we are 11-4 when Cutler starts. That is a pretty nice run. I almost don't want a Bye with how hot we are, but 2 games in 6 days and 2 road games is pretty tough for any team. Now we can get most players back to 100% because I am sure Urlacher and Co. could use a week to recover. Hopefully Alshon can be back by then as well. The Defense has now played their 3rd straight game out of their mind, and the GB game wasn't that bad considering 7 pts was on a fake FG. We also have the 2nd highest scoring differential in the league, and would've been #1 if SF didn't run up the score on BUF under 2 mins. 65 pts now scored in the 4th quarter, is the same amount Dallas and Jacksonville have scored all year! Wow.

Epic win following Monday's Night's win. Bad 1st half followed by one of the best 2nd half's you will ever see. Defense on all cylinders, Offense coming alive. Great game, and awesome way to go into the Bye. Add that to a GB loss = priceless.

Most 2nd half pts since 1941, wow.... 98-27 scoring in last 3 games, that's almost a 33-9 game average. Silly.

and it seems to be getting better. What a difference a half makes. I would pull starters now, no reason to get hurt.

The drive was much better, but way too many to Marshall. Adams was wide open. Carimi's play was horrible, get him out of there for a series. Unacceptable.

Ugly first half, hopefully they make some adjustments. With the GB loss, this game takes on extra significance.

Jacksonville is much worse than Carolina was last year. It will almost be hard not to score 30. Bears only favored by 5 1/2. That is a great bet because I can't see them winning by less than a TD.

MJD is my only concern. He had less than 20 carries and 100 yards in their losses, and over 20 carries and 100 yards in their only win. We need to get ahead early and make Gabbert throw it to Jennings and Tillman. Cincy got 6 sacks on him as well. I would like to see another mistake free game from Cutler and the offense with a little more Forte. The Defense just needs to contain MJD and get some turnovers. Bears 31-13 Also, it is critical to go into the Bye with a win and at 4-1.

congrats, well deserved.

To me the pick was lazy to begin with. Williams was picked 14th and Clady went 12th. There was such a drop off from Clady that no OL was worth the 14th pick that year. So this is not surprising at all. He missed all those games after surgery, and was never the same player again. I am just glad this is his last year, and would not be surprised if this was his last year with the Bears. For draft picks, I would love to see BPA out of OL, LB, and CB in the first few rounds in the next 2 drafts. Looking at ages, here are the players currently 30 or older, with LB, OL, and DL having 2 players each: Campbell - 30 Garza - 33 Spencer - 30 Idonije - 31 Peppers - 32 Briggs - 31 Urlacher - 34 Tillman - 31 Gould - 30 Mannelly - 37

Actually I saw a stat that said he did not let up a TD reception all of last year. He got benched, but was actually very solid all year. He had the 2nd best CB performance in 2011: https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/...mances-of-2011/ 17th Best rated CB in 2011 (16th in 2010): https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/...-chicago-bears/

I used to hate Cowherd as he always seemed like a Bears hater, but for the last few years he has come around on the Bears and Cutler. This morning he was raving about the Bears and said they were his preseason pick for the NFC. He also likes Cutler and thinks that the incident with Tice was nonsense. Glad to see some of the talking heads on our side for once and bashing the rest of the media. I can't believe how many outlets showed Cutler walking away from Tice as a highlight in the game. One of the best parts of the show was when he brought Greg Jennings on asking about QB/WR trust. He also asked if he saw the game and Jennings said no. Cowherd then said the Bears looked good, really good. He then said it was one of the best performances he has seen. Jennings replied with a wow, really, then said he was glad that they already beat the Bears. Can't wait to see this team with Forte and Urlacher at or near 100%.

Jennings is a Pro Bowler for sure. He was rarely targeted all game.

Any QB can pick defenses apart with good protection. Cutler escaped some pressure and made some plays on his own. He had the 3rd highest passer rating of his career against one of the better Passing Defenses in the league.

Yeah, I can see it now "Cutler continues to assault Webb with hit to the head"

Well there is some correlation between weight and strength. He needs to put on some muscle.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown...59677--nfl.html Really? No matter how good Cutler plays, they will always find something.

They were butchering the game all night with names.