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It seemed likely anyways. It's a shame he was having a down year before the injury Ryan Clady will surely be re-signed/tagged so we have to hope for Brandon Albert to hit free agency, I think. It's a flashback to the Williams draft. This OL did a good job yesterday as far as pass blocking but Forte had nothing to run thru. There biggest needs are OL/TE as mentioned. But maybe I'm too critical of Bears' playcallers but am I the only one who thinks dating back to Turner' 1st go-around that they have all been crap? I'm starting to question my own judgement. Maybe this is overly picky but I always hear people talk about "play calling", when in fact the problem is the actual offensive scheme. It's not as much about calling the right plays as it is designing the right plays in the first place. The SF game was a perfect example of a team that was properly coached and prepared with a scheme to take advantage of their own strengths and attack the opponents' weaknesses, while the Bears were running a high school attack. The entire plan seems to be just have Cutler get the ball to Marshall somehow and then either run right or left a lot. The Bears continue to run the Power O instead of mixing up the runs and the plays. I only noticed once that the Bears split out Forte wide for the touchdown. That should be done way more often. Overall Tice is a horrible choice to run this offense. During his tenure, Lovie has shown he cannot manage to find a creative playcaller to run the offense. The Bears do have some legit play designs. In general, I don't think playbooks are all that different around the league. Play callers just call the plays that fit best with their personnel and geared against the defense they are playing against. For example, Martz's offense both called all 7-step drops vs. the Giants (9 sack half game) and the 3-step drops from the Dallas game earlier that year. Tice has called some 7-steps, some moving pockets, some designed rolls, some 3-steps, some shotgun, etc. Granted, the Bears play callers suck at this, but I think the ability is there. As for the Forte out wide thing, it has to be the right situation. Gotta catch the team in man and get Forte 1-on-1 with a LB. It's easier to call that near the goalline as nobody runs zone inside the 10-20. Forte out wide in a zone is pointless as he's probably only has 1 route he's running with no adjustments on the fly.

Albert's getting tagged by KC. Jake Long will be very available though and I'd take the chance with him.

=P~ He seems like a good target for 3B and makes sense the Padres might look to move him due to having Headley. He hit 30 HR between AA and AAA last year and had a .921 OPS combined between the two. Looks like he takes a decent amount of walks too. He's a pretty little guy though, baseball reference has him listed at 5'10" 195lbs. My friends in SD inform me the Pads most likely want him as their starting 2B next season. Well if Barney is going the other way......

Also the 1st time a Cutler led Bears team has lost when leading after 3 quarters. The only other time it's happened in the last 4 years Cutler was out and the Bears got TEBOWED

Now there's a nice option for Soriano. Obviously for the LF part, not the lead off. Braves don't seem to give out too many big contracts, certainly not two in one season. Soriano could be a good fit for them in LF if we eat enough salary, and they have plenty to offer. Delgado anyone? Just make sure Soriano's not napping when it goes down. Wonder if they'd be interested in Dejesus for LF/lead off role. Obviously he's cheaper than Soriano, and we should be able to get an okay prospect for him (especially if we pay some or all of his salary). A Delgado type prospect might be a bit much to ask for unless we eat like all of Dejesus' salary and offer another prospect or something I'd think they'd be interested in DeJesus. Pretty good fit for them.

That's not true at all.

This is stupid defense.

Defense you owe us now.

Matt Ryan who?

Oh [expletive]

Tice and his bitch ass play calling. Defense and undisciplined [expletive].

Terrible Shea. Terrible.

Wow. Dodging bullets. Holding does exist.

No way you can allow a 98 yard drive to beat you, if you're this defense.

Almost!

C'mon D. The ball's in your court.

Pretty good, I think.

Shea with the spy there. I like what they are trying to do with him. Doesn't always work well, but he's going to be an asset going forward.

My God. What a terrible call. Throw a screen if you don't want to take a risk.

Christian Ponder is the devil.

That's that Barry Sanders [expletive]!

That's a great drive. Carimi came to play that drive. Webb has been pretty damn good in pass pro today. Gotta use Forte in the pass game w/ no WRs left.

He didn't get touched. That's 6.

The EFF was that?

Forte a step slow hitting the hole today. Helluva throw by Jay.