Rams at Bears, noon on Fox

[Magnetic Curses]

i'd shift Omiyale to RT, release Kreutz, get Beekman in at center, look for some new guards in the offseason.

 

Who is LG then?

 

i said look for some new guards, plural.

[rawaction]

So Lovie Smith gets fired at the end of the season unless they go 8-8. Does that seem realistic?

 

No. I'd bet 7-9 keeps him here for another year, and then 6-10 is up in the air.

 

I guess that makes sense since 7-9 means that they beat the Packers or a disinterested Vikings team. But they have to at least fire Turner and also bring in a new defensive coordinator. If that happens I can live with another year of Lovie at the helm.

 

I can "live" with it, only because I don't want to die. But I am so sick of Lovie's cowardly decision making and the horrible coaching on this team. 8-8 might give me some hope that they can fix things, but I don't see it.

 

I just don't see how they can keep tweaking things like coordinators but keep the men in charge. People forget this but Lovie's already had 2 offensive coordinators. He started with Terry Shea, then went to Turner. He's had 3 defensive coordinators, Rivera, Babich and himself, and the defense has just gotten worse. He was given greater personel authority after 2006, and personel just got weaker. He already had to demote his buddy and take over the D coordinator spot, which should have been the "last chance" option for him to save his job. What more can you do? If he keeps taking these hits, but remains the head coach, how does he maintain credibility? I think he's already lost it. Players talk about their respect for the guy, but I think it's much more clear that they like him and appreciate his easy going ways, but their lack of effort displays something other than respect. Coaches who keep getting demerits and power taken away from them will always lose the team. I think you have to cut him lose or keep the status quo. And status quo can't work.

 

I agree with that point. I think getting rid of Rivera was strike 1 against Lovie. Hiring Babich and his failure was strike 2. I think we all agree that Babich was probably on the chopping block and Lovie saved his arse by agreeing to take over the play calling and keeping his buddy on as an assistant. To me, that reeks of "one last chance". The very public failures of 3 blowout losses, and late TDs given up by the defense to lose vs. ATL, GB, Philly (all national primetime games) should mean the end for Lovie. I really like Lovie as a person (without knowing him personally), but I hope his likability and remaining contract don't provide incentive to keep him around. I understand the financial hit in a recession, but I just don't think you can justify keeping Lovie around when Shanahan, Cowher, and others have made it very clear that they are willing to coach again in the right situation.

[Fred Hornkohl]

My fearless prediction..........

 

St. Louis   10
BEARS       27

[Butterscup1679666578]

Rams 24

Bears 17

[sweetpeteman]

Briggs is probably out.

 

 

 

 

Rams 22

Bears -7

[mul21]

It's sounding less and less likely by the day according to St. Louis sports radio that Steven Jackson will play on Sunday. If that happens, the Rams might not get into Bears territory all day even as bad as the D has become.

[Soul]

We might be swapping safeties in as linebackers if this keeps up.

[rawaction]

Lance Briggs is inactive today. Sitting along side him are:

 

TE- Desmond Clark

OT- Orlando Pace

DE- Gaines Adams

 

and the usual non-factors, WR- Iglesias, DB- Steltz, DT- Toeina, CB- Moore

 

Jarron Gilbert is active for the 3rd time this year.

[kujay]

S-Jax is active.

[Roast]

So, I live about a mile from Soldier. Generally, the parking lot next to my building is filled with people going to the game by about 9am on gamedays. As it stands right now, the lot is still about half empty. Pretty weird.

[kujay]

So, I live about a mile from Soldier. Generally, the parking lot next to my building is filled with people going to the game by about 9am on gamedays. As it stands right now, the lot is still about half empty. Pretty weird.

 

No doubt this is one of those games that will be a sellout on paper but will have thousands of no-shows among our supposedly faithful STH base.

 

When I lived at home this was a Sunday morning when I could almost plan on a couple of relatives calling and offering me their tickets.

[Roast]

So, I live about a mile from Soldier. Generally, the parking lot next to my building is filled with people going to the game by about 9am on gamedays. As it stands right now, the lot is still about half empty. Pretty weird.

 

No doubt this is one of those games that will be a sellout on paper but will have thousands of no-shows among our supposedly faithful STH base.

 

When I lived at home this was a Sunday morning when I could almost plan on a couple of relatives calling and offering me their tickets.

Yeah, it's almost creepishly quiet out there. I went down to Panera for breakfast this morning. Usually it's packed on gamedays, it was quiet today. It's kinda funny, they have the TSA traffic people standing out here at the corner of Harrison and Wabash and they have absolutely nothing to do. There's no more traffic than any other day.

[kujay]

Was that kickoff intentional? Have they been watching Hester the last two season?

[Keener98]

Good job Forte

[kujay]

Nice job D. God he killed Boller.

[kujay]

Come on Forte. Jesus dude.

[Butterscup1679666578]

this little goal line stand is proof of how bad our OL is.

[Soul]

this little goal line stand is proof of how bad our OL is.

 

looks like it was Beek and CW finally getting some push on the 3rd down.

 

Beek should have started from game 1. Not that he's great, but he was always better at guard than Omiyale.

[kujay]

Bennett, where's your breakaway speed buddy! :)

[E.J.]

It's nice when we get to play teams like the Lions or the Rams.

[Keener98]

Nice play. Man, playing terrible teams can really make the Bears look good

[kujay]

Nice play. Man, playing terrible teams can really make the Bears look good

 

There are bad teams (like us) and there are really bad teams. Doesn't make me feel much better, but it's nice to see us look good once in awhile.

[Butterscup1679666578]

wow nice catch. hope it stands.

[E.J.]

Wow. That was a nice catch.

[Butterscup1679666578]

wont stand