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You know it's bad when he looks like the mature adult out of this group. The way things have been handled lately, you almost have to sympathize with Cutler a little bit.

Trestman is for sure gone, Cutler and Emery are question marks, though it would be awfully hard to keep Cutler at this point given what has transpired recently. If you were to ask me today, I think everybody is gone, but it wouldn't surprise me if Emery stays, Trestman goes, and Cutler is on the trade block, and the decision to keep or cut him will be made by the next HC.

I would lean closer to Trestman doing this on his own to try and save either his job here (unlikely) or to prove to the rest of the league that he can still coach quarterbacks if there was ever another opportunity for him to stay in the NFL. I think he knows he's gone, which is why I can't see him doing this to preserve Cutler's trade value (because why would he care at this point if he is not going to be here?) Although Mike Shanahan basically did this last year with RGIII even though he knew he was gone.. Idk. This whole thing is bizarre.

First of all-- This move makes no sense. Secondly, the only reasons I can even come up with at this point are: - They are protecting him from getting hurt badly in the final two games because they are going to attempt to trade him - Trestman is saying "F you" to his bosses and will ride with Clausen to prove to the rest of the NFL that he can still coach quarterbacks at this level, just not Jay Cutler

About this rumor though, why wouldn't the deal be RGIII for Cutler? Unless they are going to go trade RGIII in a separate trade, it'd be kind of weird to have Cutler and him on the same team.

I would never trade Cutler for Cousins with the thought in mind that Cousins is the starter. I would be comfortable with him as a backup, but nothing more.

I don't think that's accurate. Adam Schefter was on ESPN not too long ago saying that Cutler has generated some interest around the league and that the Bears could save like 12M or so by launching him to another team. I need to find the full quote. Here it is: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/...ay-cutler-trade

Yeah I think they've got to go with a guy who's coached before on this next hire. Harbaugh would be 1st on my list, followed by Rex Ryan. Cowher has been out of the league for too long IMO, and Gruden just signed an extension with ESPN to stay on board until 2021, so he's not likely going anywhere. Saw this yesterday from a column written by Ray Ratto and got kind of excited..

Now wouldn't that be a great Christmas present!

Could be Forte too as he didn't even attempt to get in front of a couple blitzers in last night's game. He looked like he checked out of that one pretty early on.

As bad as we have looked I am still nervous as hell that we are going to beat Minnesota the last game of the year. I have no idea how they've won 6 games this year but they play like one of the worst 5 teams in the NFL. Their quarterback sucks, they have no run game, and they make stupid decisions on defense. I could definitely see the Bears winning that game and probably going from like 7th to 10th in the draft order because of it. I'll be so pissed.

Are we still at #9 now or do we leap ahead of either NY or ATL to get to #7 or #8?

Now we will put up points in garbage time, enough to make the loss not look as bad. The Bears can't even lose right.

Another national embarrassment. I would love to see the entire office cleaned out at Halas Hall including the people who own the team. This franchise needs a cleansing of the highest order to get rid of all the awful.

Giants win, Panthers win, and Minnesota is beating Detroit 14-7 in the 2nd quarter. Would be a huge win for us if the Vikings are able to eek out at least 1 more win to reach 7 so the last game of the year isn't as important for draft position. Somebody else might know this but with the Giants at 5 wins now, I'm not sure if the Bears would be ahead or behind them in the draft if they both went 5-11. They face St Louis next week. Panthers face Cleveland and Atlanta next. If we lose at least 2 out of 3, Panthers are guaranteed to draft ahead of us with at least 1 more win. They would still be ahead of us if both lose out since the Panthers have the one tie. You would think the Saints win at least two more games this year with the Bears, Atlanta, and Tampa Bay remaining. That gets them to 7 wins. We really need Atlanta to win at least one more game. They have a tough task with two divisional games to finish between Carolina and New Orleans.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/...zing-jay-cutler The fact that Kromer still has a job today speaks of the abomination and joke this team has become. How can Cutler even look at this guy, let alone work with him as the quarterback.

Pat Mannelly is on the radio and said according to some of the people he's spoken to (and you can assume that means players since he's only a year removed from being on the team) they are saying that the tears were forced by Kromer. Didn't feel authentic.

Has any head coach ever survived firing 3 coordinators while retaining his own job? He's going to have to fire Kromer now as well as Mel Tucker and likely/hopefully Joe DeCamilis. I don't see any way Marc Trestman can keep his job now, but it is the Bears we are talking about.

More at link http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...1211-story.html This team is a complete mess..

Ian Rapaport apparently brought up the name Wade Phillips as a possible DC replacement on the radio yesterday. I haven't heard the interview yet, but I heard that's a name that was brought up. If true, I'd be all for it. Wade has a history of taking over historically awful defenses and making them the #1 or #2 defense in the entire league the very next year. He also might be the only quality candidate to replace Mel Tucker in a lame duck year under Trestman because he's old and most teams aren't calling asking for him to work anymore.

The only person on this staff that should be back is Cliff Stein. Everybody else needs to go.

If it was a straight up swap of players (if that's possible with the cap?) I would do it. I would draft a QB in the 1st or 2nd round on top of it and let the two battle it out in training camp. Although, I'm starting to change my stance on signing or trading for players on other teams. After seeing the way GreenBay operates and how 43 of their 53 players on their roster have never played for another team, it would be nice if the Bears could start doing the same thing. The Packers are never big players in free agency. All of their players are drafted by them. Obviously the Bears haven't been able to do that because their drafting has sucked, but ultimately, that's how I want this team ran in the future. Start drafting better, stop signing mercenary free agents, and lets see where that takes us.

His mistake wasn't choosing Kaepernick over Alex Smith, it was trying to change him into a prototypical pocket passer instead of sticking with more of the read option misdirection stuff that made him elite.

Barring a HC change, which seems unlikely at this point, Paul Pasquiloni or Hoke will be your defensive coordinator next year. Phil probably drafts a 2nd or 3rd round talent with the 10th or 11th pick in the draft and we are right back in the same situation next season. #lifeasabearsfan

Houston getting to 7 wins is huge. We don't have to worry about them anymore. STL looks like they are going to end the year on a high note (or low note if you're a Rams fan wanting them to bottom out). Jeff Fisher has them playing defense extremely well. They could conceivably win out, or win 3 of 4 down the stretch. We know somebody has to win the NFC South, so that team will leap to drafting 21st by winning their division. If the Saints beat us next week, but Atlanta wins the division and Carolina wins one more game, they all will be drafting after the Bears. The Giants getting to 6 wins is going to be a stretch. Best they can do it looks like is #7 which would be great. I still think the Bears will ruin all of this by beating a horrid Minnesota team at the end of the year. Hell, the way the Saints looked against Carolina, I'm not so sure they don't win next week as well..