Soul

I'm glad you found peace of mind, but I see limited life-years burning away and seasons like this don't make me feel good about things.

Floyd hasn't really been a starter. He's only tallied 3 tackles so far. I think the jury's still out on him -- probably won't know about him until next year. Clearly Long has had the better rookie season, but it's not apples to apples. I think Emery crashed hard on the McClellin pick, and hit hard on the Long pick. He's 1 for 2. I just want to more consistently draft the top recognized talent in the first round. There's rarely a reason to try to outsmart the rest of league when most of the collegiate class is still available. Doesn't seem worth the risk to stab at a guy like McClellin.

Are the Bucs still trying to deny that Tynes caught it from their facility? Seems like an impossible case to make now, if it wasn't before. Terrible news on AP's son.

Just doesn't seem possible for him to go down so far, so fast. Is he playing hurt too?

I don't like Alex Brown as an analyst, but he had a point about McClellin this morning, that Rosie Colvin was telling Alex how bad Urlacher was when they first had him at the SAM backer spot, but then the move him a few feet to the middle, and he's a hall of famer. That sometimes it's not necessarily the player, but it's the coach using the player correctly. Not sure what else we can do with him without switching to a 3-4. Plus, the line is sooooo thin, it's not like we can bump him back to a LB spot. Maybe we could trade him for a DT? Arena leaguer? Sure.

Ugh. Bostic has potential, but he misses assignments a lot. He's a rook. Give him a chance. Personally I think Bostic will wind up being the better player. I don't mind seeing him out there. Heck, everyone's already blowing assignments all over the damn field on D anyway, or flat out getting blown UP in their assignments. At least Bostic can lay the wood.

I know it was hellish at the time, but the Giants still would have needed to execute on a few more plays (without the mistakes that they've become known for), and it's likely that the Bears would have had time on the clock to respond. It wouldn't have been the end.

Yeah, the defense is a horror show. The only thing that makes the difference is turnovers that switch the point differential. Without that, it's just going to be long drive after long drive, with no ability to get off the field. And what sucks is, there's really no hope of improvement on that line. It is what it is, for the rest of the season. Offensively the team is starting to click. I didn't like the slowdown in the 2nd half, but really that's just nitpicking when you look at what's happening in the passing game. Cutler's having his best season as a Bear. There are 2 legitimate WR targets who can catch pretty much anything. A solid pass-catching TE who is great after the catch. An all-purpose RB who can do whatever you ask of him. Much improved pass blocking, which makes it far more likely Cutler will survive the season intact. It's coming together. So, the Bears have switched from a defense-first team to an offense-first team in the space of 6 regular season games. That's a pretty quick turnaround, and something everyone should be happy with. And there's much more upside to explore... That said, they are going to consistently lose out against the better teams in the league. With no pass rush, you can forget stopping Aaron Rodgers this year. The only way to win those games is to engage in the shootout and beat them on offense. I don't see that happening until maybe next season. I think the Dallas game will be similar, except we might get lucky with turnovers in that game. Detroit in Soldier Field is going to be interesting. Still holding out hope on that one.

I thought for sure he was going to have a monster game after that first half. Of course, hitting on either of those deep balls to Alshon would've helped a lot. BTW, WTF was that play call on 3rd and 4 when we were hitting the short passes pretty much at will the entire game? There were a few bizarre calls from Trestman, no question

Get blocking, see better QB play. Like we all said oh I don't know 10,000 years ago

Yeah, not impressed by needing to suffer through a late rally AT HOME against one of the worst teams in the league.

So huge

Yea, thought that too.

TIM CALLED IT!!!

Busty McBust

I'd almost rather they just score immediately. Might be the only chance

I swear this is going to make me an alcoholic

Seriously

This can't happen. What the hell

The wasted chances!

Jesus they wanted to rape us on that too?!??

Can't believe how this is slowly bleeding away

It's really hard to watch a bears d struggle like this. This is horrifying

Nice job you slugs

This defense is really hard to watch