minnesotacubsfan

11-5. w or w/o Urlacher

He's hurt, so yes we can

I think Tice is realizing he can't Jedi-master Webb and run this offense at the same time

Yaaaaaaaaaay

Yea, the bears and their aversion to drafting o-line is mind boggling. And I can't believe Cutler would be ok with this approach to an o-line

dont tell him what happened to Cutler

Good points. Especially on Forte's receiving yards. That said, do you see Jeffery 4th in catches? If so, behind Marshall and who else? Bennett and Hester? I'm pretty sure goony wasn't a big fan of the Alshon pick to begin with. I'd personally put him 3rd behind Bennett. Possibly 2nd, but I feel much more confident saying 3rd. I wasn't a fan but that's not the issue. It's not all that realistic to think any rookie WR is going to come in and catch 60 right away. I'm very intrigued about what he's capable of down the line. But I'm not expecting a ton his rookie year. And on the other hand, it isn't impossible to fathom him catching 60 when his competition is Earl Bennett

No its not

Huh, I can't say I've seen any evidence of that particular benefit. Did you miss the whole football outsiders discussion on weighted averages??

The effect is that his teams tend to get stronger as the year progresses

Strapped to a rocked headed to the moon, I believe. Isn't that right treymon?

so, apparently Alex Brown signed a 1 day contract so that he could retire a Bear yay?

completely dumbfounded

He's played every pos except RG and c, it wouldn't be that strange

All that heat + lots of water is heaven for grass

Notre Dame is a bunch of chokers. Discuss.

Grass?

Weighted tends to take away the significance of games played earlier in the season. So, as a season progresses, the team playing the better D near the end of the season gets ranked higher.

are you ignoring the part where the bears were the best team against the run last season? In a word, yes. Because it's not that important. It's not a running league. It's a sack the quarterback league. The Bears defensive front has done a poor job of this and as a result they haven't been good enough against the pass. they have made teams one dimensional, and they weren't particularly bad at defending the pass last year if you believe football outsiders. they're ranked 8th, making them 4th in total defense. considering their inexperience in the secondary, and the fact that they were significantly worse there than in 2005-2006, an overall defensive ranking of 4 is excellent. that's fueled by their front 7. Weighted defense had them 1st

are you ignoring the part where the bears were the best team against the run last season? In a word, yes. Because it's not that important. It's not a running league. It's a sack the quarterback league. The Bears defensive front has done a poor job of this and as a result they haven't been good enough against the pass. Welp, I'm convinced: your either drunk or just out to argue http://footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef

I don't think the 2005-6 DE's were nearly as good as Peppers and anyone. 54 & 55 were younger, but neither have had significant declines. Tommie was the best inside dl we have had, but tank was overly glorified. Melton, as much as I think he will be our second best inside guy, is better then Tank. I think it's certainly an interesting comparison. The biggest difference? Mike Brown

I'm not as high on Melton as some are either. He's still growing into the position, and I think Paea will likely be better

You're nuts. Harris was a beast and Tank Johnson was actually quite good for a year. You are honestly the only person I've heard suggest anything other than Urlacher isn't as good as he was at his peak. The team doesn't even pretend that is the case. Lovies system has played a bigger role in Urlachers perceived decline then his physical age. His physical decline is completely overblown It's the same system he was in when he was at his best. Urlacher put up next to career 16-game season lows in tackles, passes defensed, and had no sacks. Urlacher was pretty consistent 125+ tackles, 5 sacks, 3 INT player in Lovie's system in his prime. He clearly does not have that ability anymore. His decline in range could be a reason the safety play has been so bad the last few years. Granted, Mike Brown was a beast too, but he was often out of the lineup without much dropoff as the last few years have had. Where the hell did you get the average of 5 sacks thing? He hast averaged that since before the Lovie regime. And his ints have ticked up recently. His only real decline came in the tackles column, and that can be explained by teams running far less against the Bears ( see pass happy Detroit and GB) He hasn't been the super-freak we saw fly all around the field since the pre-Lovie days. That's due to a scheme change I didn't say the word "average" I said he was consistent 5 sacks a year in his prime. The first 4 years under Lovie he had 5.5, 6, 5 sacks in years 1, 2, and 4. The 3rd year he had none but that was the SB year and the front 4 had 34 sacks between them and he wasn't needed to rush the passer. Right. That's my point really, those 0 years were either injury years or years he wasn't blitzing a whole lot. Case in point: last year when the Dline carried the vast number of sacks. Scheme. Say it with me!

You're nuts. Harris was a beast and Tank Johnson was actually quite good for a year. You are honestly the only person I've heard suggest anything other than Urlacher isn't as good as he was at his peak. The team doesn't even pretend that is the case. Lovies system has played a bigger role in Urlachers perceived decline then his physical age. His physical decline is completely overblown It's the same system he was in when he was at his best. Urlacher put up next to career 16-game season lows in tackles, passes defensed, and had no sacks. Urlacher was pretty consistent 125+ tackles, 5 sacks, 3 INT player in Lovie's system in his prime. He clearly does not have that ability anymore. His decline in range could be a reason the safety play has been so bad the last few years. Granted, Mike Brown was a beast too, but he was often out of the lineup without much dropoff as the last few years have had. Where the hell did you get the average of 5 sacks thing? He hast averaged that since before the Lovie regime. And his ints have ticked up recently. His only real decline came in the tackles column, and that can be explained by teams running far less against the Bears ( see pass happy Detroit and GB) He hasn't been the super-freak we saw fly all around the field since the pre-Lovie days. That's due to a scheme change

You're nuts. Harris was a beast and Tank Johnson was actually quite good for a year. You are honestly the only person I've heard suggest anything other than Urlacher isn't as good as he was at his peak. The team doesn't even pretend that is the case. Lovies system has played a bigger role in Urlachers perceived decline then his physical age. His physical decline is completely overblown