Re: Week 6 - Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 PM NBC

[17 Seconds]

joke team is not making the playoffs

[CDBears1259]

Greg Olsen is so soft.

 

What a horrible offensive line. And some horrible coaching.

I've never really had a huge problem w/ the coaching staff (minus Turner and Lovie at times), but this game makes me want to fire all of them.

[Magnetic Curses]

We held them to 253 total yards all game, we forced 2 turnovers, we had almost 400 yards of offense (373) and we lost.

 

yeah, they got lucky

[Irrelevant Dude]

Greg Olsen is so soft.

 

What a horrible offensive line. And some horrible coaching.

 

Lovie and company should be embarrassed. They were outcoached like no other.

Why would Lovie be embarassed? He gets outcoached nearly every week.

[chuckywang]

This was a game of missed opportunities.

[UMFan83]

Oh well...not the end of the world. I would have liked to have that game, but to win that game would be a bonus for most people's projections. Sucks that we could have won it, but we win at Cincinnati next week (I'll be there!) and we'll be right back on track.

[CDBears1259]

that's a [expletive] bitter pill to swallow, guys, bitter.

 

should have beat that pencil-neck

I can't decide if this one was as bitter as last years ATL game.

[WrigleyField 22]

Williams and Beekman are the only lineman worth keeping around for next year. Maybe Shaffer actually, would like to see what he could do, I bet he'd open up some holes.

 

Williams - New Guard - Beekman - New Guard - Shaffer

 

Overhaul this line.

[SpongeWorthy]

Cutler should use his legs more. I admire that he stays in the pocket and tries to gun it but he shouldn't be so trusting of his crappy offensive tackles.

[17 Seconds]

the crucial penalties will never go away until love is gone

[SpongeWorthy]

Williams and Beekman are the only lineman worth keeping around for next year. Maybe Shaffer actually, would like to see what he could do, I bet he'd open up some holes.

 

Williams - New Guard - Beekman - New Guard - Shaffer

 

Overhaul this line.

 

Williams was pretty awful tonight.

[Guest]

Williams and Beekman are the only lineman worth keeping around for next year. Maybe Shaffer actually, would like to see what he could do, I bet he'd open up some holes.

 

Williams - New Guard - Beekman - New Guard - Shaffer

 

Overhaul this line.

 

Kreutz is going nowhere.

[Keener98]

This was a game of missed opportunities.

 

And terrible coaching, and terrible OLine play

[gflore34]

Just like the GB loss, you could say OK they were better but, the Bears beat themselves all night, dumb plays, mental mistakes. Nothing special about Falcons Chris and Michael, NO going to lay 40+ their asses. Hell, if the Bears could have gotten out of their own way, they'd had 24 or so.

[UMFan83]

Put it this way...the Falcons offense had 2 good drives all game. The Bears offense looked above average....they had maybe 6 good drives all game. I really thought that Matt Ryan was going to pick us apart. Turner had 13 carries for 30 yards I think. Very nice play. The O-line was horrible in the second half but looked decent in the first half (maybe effects of the bye week).

 

That said, when you go 1-4 in the red zone (not talking TDs, I'm talking scoring points), you aren't going to win a lot of games. A lot of this is on coaching and execution. We honestly looked like the better team today, but we lost. Learn your lesson and fix those mistakes for next week.

Edited October 19, 2009 by UMFan83

[Guest]

Williams and Beekman are the only lineman worth keeping around for next year. Maybe Shaffer actually, would like to see what he could do, I bet he'd open up some holes.

 

Williams - New Guard - Beekman - New Guard - Shaffer

 

Overhaul this line.

 

Williams was pretty awful tonight.

 

Sadly, to this point, he's been the best OL on the Bears this season.

[Linguistic Man]

Wow...it's like we have the talent to be an elite team but are absolutely [expletive] in every phase of the game and knock it back to middle of the pack...this team is infuriating. At least in the early parts of the decade we knew we were gonna be bad and prepared for it...wow.

[UMFan83]

I'm so upset that Hester made that extra cut on that catch and run....I am certain he is gone if he just puts on the jets and no one can convince me otherwise.

[CDBears1259]

the crucial penalties will never go away until love is gone

That last drive was just pathetic as penalties go and I've grown extremely tired of Lovie's coaching style. Seems to create a very "soft" team.

[17 Seconds]

I'm so upset that Hester made that extra cut on that catch and run....I am certain he is gone if he just puts on the jets and no one can convince me otherwise.

 

i think so too

[manbearcub]

i don't want to talk about it.

[sneakypower]

Wow...it's like we have the talent to be an elite team

no, that's not even a little bit true

[SpongeWorthy]

I'm so upset that Hester made that extra cut on that catch and run....I am certain he is gone if he just puts on the jets and no one can convince me otherwise.

 

He's afraid of contact.

[brinoch]

Should have won this game. End of story. You can't turn the ball over in the red zone like the Bears did. Make no mistake, this loss should have been a win.

[UMFan83]

At least we didn't lose to the Raiders.

 

Sizing up the wild card contenders (Seattle, GB, Philly, Atlanta) we had a decent day (2 of them lost, 2 won). Right now the Bears are tied with GB and Philly for the Wild Card, and hold the tie breaker over Seattle. Meanwhile we still play both GB and Philly and have the chance to hold both those tiebreakers (with GB we'd need more help). We lose the tiebreaker to Atlanta, and are a game behind them but at least there are 2 WC spots.

 

I know it's way too early to be talking playoff positioning, especially for the Wild Card, but this loss isn't the end of the world. The good thing is no one on the board seems to be taking it that way. I think we all know after tonight that we are a team capable of doing things.