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peppers catching vick by his shoestring on one of those last drives to force a field goal was one of those plays no one else in the league could make. clearly something that was missing from the 07-09 iterations of the bears. its nice having him.

wait wait wait, who said i was complaining about the decision to run the ball in the 4th quarter? of course you have to do it, its the execution thats the issue i'm tired of seeing matt forte try to turn a corner and lose 2 yards. i'm tired of seeing chester taylor run forward into a dlinemen and lose 3 yards. i'm tired of seeing chester taylor juke 3 times in the backfield and lose a yard. i'm tired of chester taylor basically.

i guess this comes off as too nitpicky, but god damn they blow so many plays up too often. i mean even when we had terrible OC's we didn't have absolutely disaster plays like 5-6 times a game where we lose 3-5 yards. its maddening.

something that no one will talk about tomorrow, in fact will probably talk about the complete opposite: they still can't really run the ball. they had 2 big plays (really 3, but the reffs :banghead: ) and that was it. they lose yards way. too. [expletive]. often. to rely on running the ball to effectively move down the field. the only way they effectively move down the field is with jay cutler throwing the ball. thats it, thats the truth, no one wants to admit it, but its the truth. you want some more proof? the entire fourth quarter. yes the eagles keyed in on the run, but we have no push and lost yards way too often to close the game out with a more statistically satisfying victory. we have to stop running on 1st down so conveniently for the opposition to put us in so many 3rd and long situations. it might have worked today, and last week, and for games before that, but we can't keep playing with fire. i'm not saying we should abandon the run, but we're doing it too much on obvious downs and its hurting us.

probably the most enjoyable game to watch since 2006, excellent job guys. in fact, your worst enemy all game probably wasn't wearing green but black and white considering how effortlessly you moved the ball when you protected. jay cutler, all is forgiven, all is good. [expletive] the haters, you're amazing when you finally get some protection, good for so many amazing plays on the run and just out of your back pocket. pure back yard football, its amazing. don't leave us for anything. dear bears d, nice job. you talked the talk and then walked the walk. i dont care about the last 6 mintues or whatever when they racked up yards and got some b.s. late td. dont care, take the W. the special teams did you no favors either, so you gave up some fgs you didn't need to. nice job all, that was satisfying. looking forward to listening to the score/espn all day tomorrow at work.

hahaha I think it was one of the Score guys that said "the way the breaks have gone for this Bears team I think Vick is gonna come up with a broken neck or something before the game" and now we are blessed with the loss of Samuel for this game. An addendum to my previous post: We don't even have to win it, though we really do, but if Cutler has a smart, well thought out game, I'd be satisfied. I wont even blame the defense if they get cut up.

wow that was a pretty satisfying road trip, scary to think with a few bounces here and there, call here and there, and they could have swept the entire thing! This team is playing extraordinarily well and without their supposed 2nd best (perhaps 3rd the way Noah is playing?) player its weird too because i'm basically frustrated with every player on the court not named Rose and Noah: Deng is infuriatingly inconsistent, Korver isn't making shots he should though when i look at his shooting stats his numbers are amazingly decent, Brewer and Watson have super AIDS and the revolving front court besides an injured Taj aint all that impressive. But they are 9-6 and playing really good basketball. Maybe I'm just too picky. are we going to do another boring 'post your fav PG' discussion or will we talk about the Bulls?

thats gonna change tonight @ denver without rose

James Johnson (even though he made some horrible decisions at the end of regulation) james johnson is a strange talent, he certainly is athletic but raw as all hell and hilariously fouled out in only 26 minutes of play

this season has totally cemented that. the team is so completely different with him on the court its amazing, and his ability, just even the small threat of, to make the 3 point shot has completely changed the way players guard him. it is now impossible to stop him from making it to the hoop. he is a man possessed. noah...has absolutely blown me away. never did i think he would develop an offensive repertoire to compliment his energy and defense. he and rose are enough to make this a 50 win team and a top 4 seed in the east. i have absolutely no idea what this team will be liked with boozer. missing out on reddick obviously hurt this team, the fact that luol is playing such mediocre basketball, and that brewer, watson and korver are all roughly playing replacement level basketball is killing us.

i would sacrifice a live (preferably small) animal to guarantee a victory sunday. a win doesn't just mean we're virtually guaranteed playoffs, it would make a statement on the status of the cutler, martz and smith eras. i want a win so very bad. i want to really believe in this team, even though i'm possibly more doubtful of the defense than ever (is that defensive backfield that good? is urlacher really back? is it all smoke and mirrors again?) and putting my faith in coaches that seem to flub the easiest decisions of all time. i don't hate lovie smith, more than that, i want to like lovie smith. he seems to make some really boneheaded decisions in game time, but he has never really put a stinker product (excepting his rookie season) out on the field for a whole season. i dunno. if lovie has a real downfall...its that he's loyal. loyal to bad coaches, loyal to certain bad gameplans, loyal sometimes, to players. (though, sometimes bizarrely quick to make other personnel changes while sticking with pitiful performance at other positions, its a conundrum) and martz, though he doesn't seem to know his limitations, can actually call a damn offensive game, something we haven't had in decades. he and cutler are on the same page, and damn i just wish we had a [expletive] offensive line, jesus christ angelo, is this so hard??? please win. i would really like it.

thought that came to mind thinking about this game: the messy homefield conditions are really a nice equalizer for us, more slipping for their receivers and completely equalizing their speed at wide receiver and quarterback start tearing the field up more please

phew, glad we have that covered then ! Jay is the weak link right now. But I am resigned to thinking that he just isn't going to ever be a good decision maker or have the mechanics of an above average QB. jay is the weak link? thats pretty damn absurd, as i consider him head-and-shoulders above everyone else on the offense. we have a collection of 3rd receivers, hey, they might be really strong 3rd receivers, but theres not a 1 or 2 in the bunch. the o-line is a huge mess, its put together piecemeal, it sorta fights out there, can't really open holes in the running game and is good for 2-3 holding penalties a game the running backs are strong, but their strengths are in their blocking, receiving, and open field running, not really in straight ahead '3 yards and a cloud of dust' type game, which is what could really help us here. jay is the only thing we could hold onto for the first 6 or so games, only now are things really moving around. does he make some bafflingly bad decisions? absolutely, but damn does he make some impressive plays. he made about 3 throws to olsen that almost no other qb in the league could make. he hit hester on a bomb that hester, of course, dropped in the bread basket. he creates with his feet. he is, without a doubt, our best offensive player. i dont think this is up for argument. then we have the defense, but thats a whole other can of worms. they are certainly the much better unit.

phew, glad we have that covered then !

chris williams looked like a monster on run plays, maybe him at guard might actually work for the better i never thought that garza would be the missing piece that really holds it altogether, but here we are. for 6 years i've been anti-garza, but he's really solidified the line this year

really glad to take this one, and happy to see both the defense and the running game looking really good. forte is showing a burst when he turns up field i haven't seen since his first year in the pros, we just need to get hiim in space more and *shockingly* open some holes up with the offensive line. kinda felt bad for webb, he was getting abused by the reffs today, he didn't play all that bad. cutler had...well i'd say a c minus type game. he had some clutch conversions, but made some completely asscrazy decisions, so you can't really say he played all that well. didn't get to pile up the yards because we ran so much and made it such a short game. really needed this game, even against a hobbled and basically defenseless team, now we get to rest up and play maybe the best team in the NFC. aim for 3-3 in the last 6 games, that'll most likely get us playoffs, its a tough road, but doable.

how come everyones forgettig orlando in all of this i think they are still the best team in the east

i dunno guys, maybe i should feel nervous about this, but i really like our defense against tyler thigpen, if we don't get a couple picks, i'd be pretty shocked and its strength vs. strength here, they like to run the ball, we are good at stopping the run. as long as our o-line doesn't lose their minds again, i think we should control this game and win it, maybe not easily, but definitely take it in control. of course the bears are great at letting me down once i have confidence in them

kinda sucks they throw us to the wolves immediately on a road trip and have us go to san antonio tomorrow, thats a bummer, you'd think on a long road trip like this they wouldn't give us back-to-backs. oh well, glad we could grit this one out does anyone else find themselves in physical pain when (and it seems way too often, though i understand we can't work these guys to death) neither rose or noah are on the court? when the lineup was brewer-watson-asik-gibson-korver (if i remember correctly) we went into a tailspin and completely lost control of the game in the 3rd brewer and watson are just brutal to watch, and asik is a pleasant surprise, bizarrely. derrick rose is an absolute monster. this team is gonna get really interesting to watch with boozer.

i'd like to say i have confidence in my team against a thigpen-led dolphins squad (especially with how well we defend the run, and how much they depend on it) but i know theres nothing stopping this team from losing to anybody, especially on short rest if we get the effort and quality of play we got today from our team, we should blow them out, however

Moore's got Vasher syndrome, don't worry it wears off after a couple years. The only thing we got going for us against Miami is we play the run real well and they may have to play Tyler Thigpen so theres that

Fumble was on him, then it was a tipped ball at the line and two guys falling down. Would they just switch to field turf already? Every year that's the worst surface in the league. and why should they? hester looked comfortable and explosive on it and everyone else looked crappy, sounds like a good homefield advantage to me

well that was a satisfying way to ship favre off of soldier field for the last time. getting their was sometimes maddening (we're horrible again in the red zone) but at least we pulled it off and the defense is getting more and more confidence every game. cutler had a very good game aside from the completely inexplicable pass in the end of the end zone which really could have cost us. some drops and slips by the recievers were out of his control, but he moved well in the pocket, his arm looked fresh as hell and he was making good decisions. having lance back and healthy makes this defense a lot better, don't try and fool yourselves into thinking that urlacher is the real difference maker out there, he's certainly helped us by being healthy, but he's not the player he once was. also one more thing: the reffing was extraordinarily biased against the bears. there were plenty of holds that they never threw on the vikings o-line (some particularly bad holds on idonije and peppers) but were oh so excited to throw against us, especially some really ticky tack [expletive]. at least they never threw one on a hester return. thank god hester is back to being the difference maker he once was, as well.

the bears are a mess but its still weird to see a 5-3 team as an underdog to a 3-5 team when they are at home. whatever, i dont disagree with vegas' call. its weird because i cant even really imagine our team taking it, well maybe on some ridiculous crap like the green bay game, but i cant conceive of a situation where we win this game straight up, the o line is too bad, cutler isn't dependable enough, theres no running game, the defense has quarters an halves where they completely disappear.. and yet the vikings are a fair bit mess too. favre has perhaps torched my soul so badly and so frequently that even the spectre of a hobbled injured shell of a qb he still makes me super pissed off, that and then best running back in the league. i really wish the cardinals beat them last week. i really wish favre would st phone it in, hang it up and tarvaris jackson was playing. oh well. get out there and play some football boys, this may as well be your season.