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Bad snap and hold. Hard to kick it 40+ yards in those conditions when the ball is not placed right.

I really hope this is Aromashodu's coming out party like Brandon Marshall had late in the season for Denver. The next year Cutler and Marshall lit it up. lol Jason, you beat me to it.

It looked like some broken ribs and probably a punctured lung. Hopefully he will be ok.

Thought it was funny that Gruden was saying how Lovie was good at masking coverages and such when Gruden himself is not coaching and in the booth.

Aromashodu also looks pretty good. Amazing Cutler has to throw to the likes of Aromashodu, Knox, and Bennett.

Tillman got away with one too, so it looks like they are not calling the ticky tack calls. However, the Bears should send in a video of all the blown calls this year against them. It would be a long video.

Absolutely. He looks natural there, moving to his left.

Chris Williams looks really good right now.

If this is true, that is crazy:

Well all initial responses from the team seemed to point in that direction. Probably a little bit of both. I do agree that ever thinking he was going to be a #1 was a mistake, whether that prevented us from bringing others in, we will never know.

Did Hester switching to WR prevent us from getting a true #1 WR though? If the team believed he could develop into one, that might be why they didn't pursue any legit WR's. If that was the case, I think it was a bad idea, because like you said, Hester is best suited as a #2/#3 WR.

It is sort of interesting to see where both of these players are a couple years after they both dominated the return game in 2007. Since then, Hester has been converted to a full time WR and has 0 return TD's and is near the bottom in Punt Returns (8.1 AVG). Receiving-wise, Hester has scored 6 Receiving TDs since 2007 with over 1,300 yards in two seasons (49th in receiving yards in 2008 and currently 43rd in 2009). Cribbs has 6 Return TDs since 2007, and is still a league leader in both Punts and Kickoffs. At this point, has this been the wrong decision? Based on the numbers, Hester is scoring less as a WR than as a Returner, and based on number of snaps, etc, it should be the other way around. I understand the team is underachieving, but this just seems like one area that was a huge mistake.

I said probably because I don't know all the inner workings or constraints put on the job. I just think Angelo got cute in the draft going for those value and sleeper picks. You can only go to the well so often.

The Passer Ratings were hilarious (Cutler - 7.9, Hanie - 8.3). This team packed it in weeks ago. The players are forcing a change, it is pretty clear at this point.

Greaaatttt:

per Rotoworld.

Yeah, this has been pretty bad. I would say calls in general have not gone the Bears way this year. Holding, blocks in the back, pass interference. All non-calls against Bears opponents.

Another management blunder. Hester is not the next Steve Smith. He could've been the best returner of all time, now that is a faint memory.

At this point I have to believe he knows he is getting fired.

At least we are completely eliminated and no one can say the "if we win out" BS anymore. This team is bad.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/1051697...g-Week-14-games

The Pack is only favored by 3, so it is not that big of an upset considering we are playing at home.

I just took a look at some of the receivers stats from the Broncos and Bears from 2008 to 2009. I was surprised at the huge dropoff from Royal (down 58 receptions and over 660 yards from a year ago). Now I know there are still 4 games to play, but that is a huge dropoff. Marshall and Scheffler are both down as well. There is a good chance that Marshall will be the only Bronco with more than 500 yards receiving. Compare that to Hester and Olsen, who both will surpass their 2008 totals (Hester already has). Even Forte is on tap to beat his 2008 totals for receiving. We will also more than likely have 5 receivers (including Forte), break 500 yards receiving. Player - 2008 / 2009 (4 games remaining) Marshall -104-1265 / 65-808 Scheffler - 40-645 / 28-342 Royal - 91-980 / 33-314 Total - 235-2890 / 126-1464 Player - 2008 / 2009 (4 games remaining) Hester - 51-665 / 54-682 Olsen - 54-574 / 49-449 Total - 105-1239 / 103-1131 Now I know this is a lost season, and we have some huge changes to make, but at least on the surface it looks like Cutler is making the receivers better.

I actually believe it will be Packers 38-17. However, we are 4-2 at home, barely lost to GB in GB, GB is on a short week, and we are due for at least one good game this season. EDIT - It looks like Hester may be out for this game (http://twitter.com/vxmcclure23)

You are correct, and most good teams could play any scheme and be succesful. The Cover-2 is just one of those that requires certain players on the field to have unique abilities that are not required in other schemes. You can actually hide some weaknesses in other schemes, but in the Cover-2, those weaknesses get exploited. One thing I've noticed about the Bears this year is that they are completely jacking up their pressures with their coverage. The blitz with a 10 yard cushion on the outside is the best example of that. I can't tell you how many times an opponent has thrown to the hot route on a 3rd and Long when we do that.