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That whole sequence was really bad. Game's not over yet.

Are they even going to show the facemask replay? I didn't see it live.

Huh. That didn't look all that high on the replay. BM can catch that. Damn these injuries. Looks like a knee too for LL.

I might be convinced to grab a quick TD here, then start resting a few players.

Tillman out, I hope as a precaution given the lead --

LOL @ the terrible Fox crew, who spent the pre-game trashing the Bears.

Oh well. I like the aggressive gameplanning though. From the 2 minute drill there, to the unexpected 2 pt. conversion. This has been a nice strategy from Lovie & crew.

Hah, Vikings in full-on suckage mode now.

Boy he likes to sail those long passes. Very dangerous.

Just show that play, from start to finish, if someone wants to talk about why Cutler is critical to this team.

I think he was in. Certainly nothing conclusive to overturn.

CHUH - CHINGG baby!!

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing... only use it on a fake field goal for a TD or something. Except Lovie would probably never go for something like that. Why not use it in a completely unexpected place? That's probably why it worked. Now 2 TDs and 1 pt conversions won't tie it up. Puts more pressure on 'em.

Hah, what the hell?

Hahah, Winfield you've been Marshalled :). TD!

I missed the play where it happened. Was it just an unfortunate hit to the head?

He's looking an awful lot like the project full back now, not TE.

*GREAT* play by Conte. And then the block -- welcome back special teams!

Uh, keep them out of the damn end zone plz.

Sheesh. A guy launches himself with his helmet at Cutler and gets no penalty yardage, and Cutler flips the ball at a guy and gets 15 yards. Something not right with that.

Thank you for the shank!

Oh... now you're one of the crazies. Nah; the OL was already a critical weakness, and now it's somehow going to be improved to manageable by swapping in spare parts? Sorry, it doesn't work like that. Couple that with the terrible, terrible and easily countered playcalling and they're likely to get trounced by any quality team that didn't back their way into the playoffs. Yeah, it's football and anything can happen, but the Bears have looked like hot garbage in the two losses they've had against genuinely good teams this year...there's losing and then there's getting destroyed. Cutler being in there against the Niners wouldn't have made much of a difference; they're simply going to have to face too many good teams in the postseason for them to have a real chance to do much of anything. Their offense is simply too flawed and scattershot to pull it off. Understood. But think of it this way. The Texans cheap-shotted Cutler, got him out of the game and eeked out a win. Then the 49ers cleaned up with no Cutler. Yes, the Bears are flawed. But with Cutler, it's possible -- though unlikely -- that they could challenge a good team in the playoffs. I'm not going to throw this team away after seeing them without our best player against 2 of the top teams. I want to see them with our best player against those teams. Then I'll admit defeat if they lose. Do people honestly think the SF game would have been much different with Cutler in there? That line was collapsing almost instantly left and right. No, you're right. They killed us and Cutler wouldn't have mattered. I think we had a good shot against the Texans with Cutler, in the 2nd half.

Oh... now you're one of the crazies. Nah; the OL was already a critical weakness, and now it's somehow going to be improved to manageable by swapping in spare parts? Sorry, it doesn't work like that. Couple that with the terrible, terrible and easily countered playcalling and they're likely to get trounced by any quality team that didn't back their way into the playoffs. Yeah, it's football and anything can happen, but the Bears have looked like hot garbage in the two losses they've had against genuinely good teams this year...there's losing and then there's getting destroyed. Cutler being in there against the Niners wouldn't have made much of a difference; they're simply going to have to face too many good teams in the postseason for them to have a real chance to do much of anything. Their offense is simply too flawed and scattershot to pull it off. Understood. But think of it this way. The Texans cheap-shotted Cutler, got him out of the game and eeked out a win. Then the 49ers cleaned up with no Cutler. Yes, the Bears are flawed. But with Cutler, it's possible -- though unlikely -- that they could challenge a good team in the playoffs. I'm not going to throw this team away after seeing them without our best player against 2 of the top teams. I want to see them with our best player against those teams. Then I'll admit defeat if they lose.

Oh welcome back Jay :) :)

He caught it? And hung on?