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I still don't understand how Rivera went from D-Coordinator for a Super Bowl team, to Head Coach candidate, to Linebackers Coach in about a weeks time.

Yeah the two guys other than Olsen that I thought would contribute were Bazuin and Okwo, and they are both out. Kind of odd to see your top 3 picks hurt.

I am glad we still have Garay, Oakley, and Ball. All of those guys were right on the cut line.

Does it make you coach better, because the White Sox sure could use some then.

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=3770 The notable cuts: David Ball - WR, Antonio Garay DL, Anthony Oakley - G Plaed on IR: Dan Bazuin - DL and Quadtrine Hill - FB

At least Grossman didn't fumble.

Yeah, please let Grossman have a solid game. I don't care about an INT as long as it is not brought back for a TD. Another fumble however will be bad for his confidence. The last thing a QB needs is another thing to think about when they are on the field.

Actually it was Briggs, and he was charged with more:

For the running game. The 49ers are clearly taking away the run and making Grossman beat them (which he is). Can't do much about that when they scheme that way. Once they realize that Grossman is picking them apart they will loosen up against the run.

Hopefully he is just taking it easy in the preseason. However, the offensive line has not looked too sharp on running plays either. Hell who needs a running game when you have Grossman with Berrian, Moose, Davis, Bradley, Clark, and Olsen.

Man the defense looks solid. Only 1 First Down allowed and 32 Net yards.

Grossman with a perfect passer rating?

He doesn't get going until later in the game. I guarantee his YPG will go from 2-3 in the 1st quarter to 4-5 in the 4th.

I was asking the same thing. The punt was 59 yards.

Key word in bold. At least Dvoracek looks good.

Well that sucked. I thought the fumbles thing was out of his system. Guess not.

There are a few players on this team that the Bears cannot afford to lose......

On offense in preseason (see Toby Hall playing 1B).

The D and Hester sure looked good there. Lets get another TD drive out of Rex here. He seems to work much better with a short field.

O-Line not giving him much of a chance so far.

Rex...take care of football = win

They are probably trying to jinx us. I don't want to end up the Buffalo Bills.

Yeah, I agree. Lets win one before starting this talk.

They brought up a pretty good stat during the game, even though all the commentators were clearly anti-Rex. They showed the comparison for the first 20 something games between Manning and Grossman. The stats were fairly similar, but the winning percentage was clearly in Rex's favor. The point was that even though he has been around for several years, this is truly his second year as a starter, and a contract year no less. With all that said, I think we will know what we have after Week 3 (SD, KC, and Dallas).

I believe the Bears have as good of a shot as any team in the league as long as everyone stays healthy. If you match the teams up, a 1985 Rematch or a Bears - Chargers Super Bowl would be sweet. I don't think Indy will make it thru the AFC again.