so gross.


this is actually a really good football team perfectly capable of notching 10 wins in a tough division but that line simply wont allow them too. or at least they are trying to hurt the team more than help. its gross.

I mean, I don't know if you're a Lions fan, but just LOL at Detriot being all giddy about having a team that can win a game.

You had FOUR top 2 picks in 4 drafts ('07,'08, '10) .
The Bears have had ONE top 10 pick in the last ten years (and that would have been no different even if we'd had the Cutler drafts).

Just be grateful for the draft system rewards you for NFL-history levels of suckitude, and gives you access to the top 2 college prospects for half of the last decade, and that you finally stopped s***canning picks. Which, by the law of averages, any idiot would do eventually... Even a Detroit GM.

One of them was called Bryant "Mount" McKinnie (2009 Pro Bowler), but Angelo decided we had Frank Omiyale and Webb, so we didn't need him.

God Angelo needs his walking papers.

I think he's on about 4-5M this year, while he thinks Matt Forte isn't worth more than 600K. How he f***ing sleeps at night I'll never know.

It's really disgusting.

How stupid does he look now for cutting Kreutz?

Were not making the playoffs. They should use the season to experiment with fixing the OL and new offensive schemes.

who have the lions played this year that is actually a playoff caliber team? u trailed by 3 scores in 2 games by halftime (vikings/cowboys), and somehow managed to come back. im still not sold on the lions. still gotta see what they can do to elite teams

hm, i still think we can. our schedule gets super easy at the end of the season (minus SD/GB). i still think we can get 10 wins as crazy as it sounds, and hopefully that is enough to make post season.

next 2 games are MUST wins. if we lose 1 of the 2, i think the season is done. basically we have to go 8-3 or better from here on out. those 3 losses would come from GB/SD/and PHI (even though PHI is struggling, i still think they are the better team.) we should be able to beat the lions @ home, but what do i know..

But if we somehow luck into the playoffs, we have very little hope of going anywhere, and then we get to keep our entire staff because they "made the playoffs". Sounds awful to me

Oakland will be a tough game.

Look at the NFC picture right now, it's a cluster****. 9-7 might be good enough for the 6th seed...and if we beat the Bucs, we've got 2 tiebreakers in the bag.

PJo, even a bad playoff loss will cost people jobs around here. Cutler apparently went off in his press conference tonight; there will be changes upcoming one way or another.

Perhaps true, I just have a terrible feeling were in for a few years of garbage. There is literally too much to fix all at once and were wasting a terrific QB and a great RB both in their prime. Its pretty frustrating. Couple that with not having our #1 NBA team having a season atm and its a bad day to be a diehard chicago sports fan.

playoffs or not, there will be major changes next season. but what do i know, angelo is ******ed.

Can't sympathize with you there PJo, I kinda hate the NBA and I'm a diehard Flames fan so this is my only Chicago connection, lol.

Elite level post from the Bears' Facebook page of all places:

horrendous.

ya this winter is gonna suck without the NBA. also this teams run last year set them back.

i don't want to be mr overreact guy but really, let's look at some stuff.

the d is fading- the front 4 is nowhere near dominant anymore
linebackers are still strong but definitely aging
safeties are playing pretty poorly


offense
-shipped off olsen cuz they couldn't utilize him enough to justify his pay- as opposed to adjusting the scheme for a strength
wr- where the hell is knox? williams is a scab, bennett is hurt, hester will always be a work in progress, sensenbacher looks promising.

qb- i believe in the cutler.
rb- forte is underpaid and going to be demanding top dollar this off season- hopefully they'll pay up.

offensive line- just a flat out disaster. no cohesiveness, no leadership (kreutz). Last night looked like a jailbreak on every snap.



looking forward i don't even know where you draft to shore up these problems. Obv we're going to need strong o linemen in early rds, but WR is a major issue as well and that's not even addressing the aging defense.



this might be a rough rough road for the next couple of years- and the damage done at that point to cutler both physically and mentally may be irreperable in terms of him staying a semi elite qb.

****in angelo and tice, good lord.


anyone else suprised they went for it on 4/1 w/in fg range early last night? seemed silly to not take points on the road and gamble a run there against a front that has just been raping your oline.

Yeah I didnt understand the 4th and 1, and I didnt understand how he managed to use 2 timeouts and challenge the most obvious result ever.

Re: Forte
I love the man, but sadly they cant just dump money to him the offseason. It would be better served moving that money around to find other pieces.

The Bears played horrible last night... Sucks!

Welcome to NFL hell ladies and gentlemen. Too good for a high pick, too ****ty for the playoffs.

There has got to be at least 2 guys playing in the cfl who would be better.

3rd rounder for olsen, when you look at this wr class tho, it'd be hard to argue that olsen wouldn't be the best receiver on the field for chi.

didnt cutler get a 3 year deal when they traded for him? does that mean this is his last year?

but its soo gross.


they are actually good enough to make the playoffs as a WC even in that tough as hell division.

Bears would be the best team in the NFC least fo sho

If we lose to the Bucs, I'm officially raising the white flag.