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I don't have a problem with him if he misses the game. There are things more important than football, and Tillman has his priorities lined up. I think taking away a game check is a little bit of a slap in the face. You either preach family first or you don't. Lovie says family first. I don't think it would be right to Tillman if the Bears were to take away his check. It would just look bad.

I tend to agree with you about SF, although that offense could potentially give the Bears fits with their style of play. They have the best run blocking offensive line in the game, and the Cover 2 is susceptible to a team that runs a bunch of plays with heavy personnel. They could get gashed for big plays against SF, even though there QB isn't elite. If you force the Bears to bring a safety in the box, you suddenly have a 1 on 1 matchup with one of the outside receivers. With that said, I just have this feeling that the Bears are going to blow out SF. I do think the defense will come ready to play, and I think the offense is going to make a surprise appearance to silence the crowd. The Texans game is going to be determined by whether or not JJ Watt is a factor. They need to cut block the shit out of him, all day! Even when he is blocked, he can still make himself available by swatting down a pass at the LOS. He is the Charles Tillman of the batted pass. He's just got that uncanny ability, so the Bears need to make sure they get him on the ground and eliminate him from making a play.

From this point forward, we are going to learn alot about the Chicago Bears. The soft part of our schedule is over. I lost a little bit of confidence in Cutler from the Greenbay debacle earlier in the season, so the rest of this year is going to speak volumes about Cutler and his ability to get this team to a Superbowl because San Francisco, Greenbay, or Seattle are likely going to be one of the Bears opponents come playoff time, at some point.

Yeah but Carimi has been struggling much worse than Webb has this year, both in pass protection and penalties. If he can't hold his own on the right side, I don't want him on the left side, against the better pass rushers. I actually think a move to guard could be in his future because of his terrific run blocking skills. His pass blocking has just been so inept on the right side.

Jeffery still had his hand in a brace/wrap on Sunday. Lovie said he's getting better by the day, but has yet to practice. I'm hoping that he can be back for next Sunday's game, but I think Monday night against the 49'ers is a better bet. As for how much he's missed.. I've been talking about it for the last two weeks. He's another big body target that can catch the ball out of small windows, and make plays in the redzone. As one of you mentioned, he's the only WR, other than Marshall, to catch a TD since he's been out of the lineup. I'm not one to say you can throw too much to Brandon Marshall, but you have to be able to spread the ball around a little bit to keep the defense honest, and right now, Marshall is the only guy out there making plays. Jeffery is much needed. I don't think we can beat the Texans or 49'ers w/o him, barring another out of this world performance from the defense.

Peanut should be in the running for defensive player of the year.

Yep. I would just pull a Bill Belichick and score all the way until the clock reads "0:00".

Tillman with one of the greatest defensive performances in a long time from a Bear, maybe in the NFL.

Now that is how it's suppose to work.

freakin Carimi DIDNT EVEN MOVE! Idiot.

The Bears need to just take a page out of Seattle's playbook and run Forte and Bush to death. Forget the passing In my opinion, Marshall is the only receiver that is consistently getting open, but as we've seen already this year, Cutler is definitely locked in to his #1 because the other guys aren't making plays. Hester is non existent and Bennett has been mostly a no show, aside from a couple of big catches last week in the 4th quarter. Jeffery makes a big difference out there being another guy that can use his body, like a basketball player, to get in position for the pick and stick plays that Cutler likes.

Alshon Jeffery NEEDS to return next week. The offense is clearly missing him. It's Brandon Marshall or bust in nearly every situation. At least Jeffery gives you the threat of another guy capable of making a play. All I want to see this half is at least one really good offensive drive over 60+ that results in a touchdown.

They need to be so much better on 1st down, but here's finally a nice little drive they are putting together. Need to get 7 here though. EDIT: Ooops, nvm, Webb blows up another play. Good god.

Never run gimmick plays for Hester because they NEVER work.

A defensive TD, special teams TD, Passing TD, and Rushing TD all in the 1st quarter.. Got to be some sort of record, right?

This is a Mortal Kombat style ANNIHILATION!

Charles Tillman, AGAIN!

UN-BELIEVABLE!!!

Nice push by Forte and the O-Line for an offensive touchdown. Finally, albeit a gift wrapped TD thanks to the Hester return. It's a start.

Absolutely Brutal offense. This is unacceptable. We will get blown out the next two weeks against Houston and San Fran if this continues.

Throw the freakin ball away, and call a SLANT!

Good ole Kellen Davis, one of many Bears drive killers, with an idiotic holding penalty to start the game. 3 and out. Yay!

Kolb was never that good in Philly. 7 TD's, 7 INT's, 78 QB Rating. Those were his numbers in 7 games (5 started) during his final season with the Eagles. Arizona thought he had potential, but so far he has not lived up to the expectations, and has had his struggles just being able to stay healthy.

Well I think it's pretty obvious what his problem is isn't it? They have no quarterback and the worst offensive line in football. Tough combination of bad to overcome.

According to Pro Football Focus, Jonathon Martin is among the league worst in terms of pass blocking efficiency sitting #45 out of #57. Gabe Carimi is 4th from the worst. Riley Reiff is a 1st round pick that can't even get on the field for another average-below average offensive line. It's highly doubtful he would have made an impact on this team this year, especially considering most rookies aren't that great to begin with. As far as the WR's, they will make the offensive line look better, when they start to gel. Jeffery has been out for multiple weeks, Earl Bennett missed time early in the season, they need to get everyone together, Tice needs to make sure to utilize the short passing game more often, and the offense will look better. I really can't see the offense being this poor by the end of the year. It's quite simple actually-- great receivers make the quarterback and offensive line better (and vise versa) because they get open more often, and Cutler shouldn't have to hold onto the ball as long as he would with a Knox or a Hester, who can't separate. That's "how" it happens. Cutler himself also needs to do a better job at getting rid of the ball earlier though. He has a tendency to wait for his receivers to come out of their breaks before throwing them the football instead of throwing them open.