THE 2013 CHICAGO BEARS!!!!!!!!!!

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Indifference71 wrote:

Major Wright out with a hamstring injury. Can they just cancel the rest of this game??

It's not football season without a Major injury

Kevinman

81 wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

Let's save the Ohio St. lovefest for another thread.

Urlacher won't even be at the game tonight....still away for "personal reasons". I wonder what that's all about.

Hopefully no injuries with these brutal conditions out there tonight.

O H :P

I O?

81

Yes

Ofense in mid season form

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Its only pre-season
Cutler didnt play
Forte didnt play
It doesnt mean anything

THEY GOT THEIR ASSES KICKED!!!!!!

mca47

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Its only pre-season
Cutler didnt play
Forte didnt play
It doesnt mean anything

THEY GOT THEIR ASSES KICKED!!!!!!

None of their money men played, weird line ups,...no big deal.
I'm only at the second quarter right now (yeah, I know the score). Saw some good things, and lots of bad. Oh well...it's a worthless game.
Bring on Indy!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mca47 wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Its only pre-season
Cutler didnt play
Forte didnt play
It doesnt mean anything

THEY GOT THEIR ASSES KICKED!!!!!!

None of their money men played, weird line ups,...no big deal.
I'm only at the second quarter right now (yeah, I know the score). Saw some good things, and lots of bad. Oh well...it's a worthless game.
Bring on Indy!

Im not even going to bother to watch this...
I listened to some of it on the radio...
Pretty pathetic play on both sides of the line tonight...

mca47

So...what's with the new Nike uniforms? They look pretty bad. And I was going to buy a jersey this year.... :?

mca47

Is it me, or does Shea McClellin look more like a LB (a young Brian Urlacher :? ) than he does a defensive end?

Kid has some speed!!

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mca47 wrote:

Is it me, or does Shea McClellin look more like a LB (a young Brian Urlacher :? ) than he does a defensive end?

Kid has some speed!!

there has been some talk he could take over for urlacher

81

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Its only pre-season
Cutler didnt play
Forte didnt play
It doesnt mean anything

it was about as vanilla as you can get

PJ-Cubs

81 wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

Major Wright out with a hamstring injury. Can they just cancel the rest of this game??

It's not football season without a Major injury

I see what you did there. That amused me.

I am always surprised when teams play their stars or key players for any significant amount of time during the preseason. The risk of injury for a meaningless game is just too high.

Indifference71

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Its only pre-season
Cutler didnt play
Forte didnt play
It doesnt mean anything

THEY GOT THEIR ASSES KICKED!!!!!!

Exactly. I lasted about 5 mins watching that game.

elvistheking44

Keep on drinkin that Kool Aid folks....!!!!

Do you really think it would have mattered if Cutler or Forte played on the offensive side of the ball? That was your starting offensive line the entire first half. THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF!!!!!!! Against the Broncos, the BRONCOS, second string D. If the line can't open a hole for Forte, or keep Cutler off the ground what difference does it make........

Bears biggest concern going into this season......O line.
Bears biggest failure during the offseason........O line.

Same old, Same old........

0 for 11 on third down!

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ofthegirl99 wrote:

Keep on drinkin that Kool Aid folks....!!!!

Do you really think it would have mattered if Cutler or Forte played on the offensive side of the ball? That was your starting offensive line the entire first half. THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF!!!!!!! Against the Broncos, the BRONCOS, second string D. If the line can't open a hole for Forte, or keep Cutler off the ground what difference does it make........

Bears biggest concern going into this season......O line.
Bears biggest failure during the offseason........O line.

Same old, Same old........

0 for 11 on third down!

you are reading way to much into this. it was a crap effort no doubt, but it was in the first meaningless preseason game.

elvistheking44

81 wrote:

ofthegirl99 wrote:

Keep on drinkin that Kool Aid folks....!!!!

Do you really think it would have mattered if Cutler or Forte played on the offensive side of the ball? That was your starting offensive line the entire first half. THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF!!!!!!! Against the Broncos, the BRONCOS, second string D. If the line can't open a hole for Forte, or keep Cutler off the ground what difference does it make........

Bears biggest concern going into this season......O line.
Bears biggest failure during the offseason........O line.

Same old, Same old........

0 for 11 on third down!

you are reading way to much into this. it was a crap effort no doubt, but it was in the first meaningless preseason game.

Its only meaningless because we lost.....If the Bears come out, put Manning on his ass and then drive the ball effortlessly down field with the O line overpowering Denver people would be talking about how "unstoppable" this team is......
I told you before the O line was my biggest worry, and it still is......maybe even more than I thought.

Ask Emmit Smith how important an O line is............our Bears just don't get it.

Indifference71

ofthegirl99 wrote:

Its only meaningless because we lost.....If the Bears come out, put Manning on his ass and then drive the ball effortlessly down field with the O line overpowering Denver people would be talking about how "unstoppable" this team is......
I told you before the O line was my biggest worry, and it still is......maybe even more than I thought.

Ask Emmit Smith how important an O line is............our Bears just don't get it.

It would be meaningless if they won 31-3. It's the fucking first preseason game. Now if they look like shit in the next 2 preseason games with all of their starters playing, then I'll start to worry.

O line is dfeinitely a concern. But they were on a roll last year in spite of the oline before Cutler and then Forte went down. And now we have even more talent on the offensive side of the ball and an offensive coordinator that is willing to adjust unlike the doucebag Martz.

JTH

mca47 wrote:

So...what's with the new Nike uniforms? They look pretty bad. And I was going to buy a jersey this year.... :?

Putting the TV numbers on the shoulders was a good move considering that football jerseys with actual sleeves are a pretty much a thing of the past.

But those "flywire" collars look like shite.

mca47

ofthegirl99 wrote:

Its only meaningless because we lost.....If the Bears come out, put Manning on his ass and then drive the ball effortlessly down field with the O line overpowering Denver people would be talking about how "unstoppable" this team is......
I told you before the O line was my biggest worry, and it still is......maybe even more than I thought.

Ask Emmit Smith how important an O line is............our Bears just don't get it.

The o-line is the biggest concern for me as well. That said, it is the same line as last year that came together pretty nicely at the end of the year. It's also the same group of guys who allowed Forte near 1000 yards with 5 games left in the season.

Brandon Marshall played one short series. The guy does tend to "open things up" offensively.
There were some really bad reads (and open guys) by Campbell and McCown that should have moved the ball had they actually picked them up. Also, this is just as much Cutler's offense as it is Tice's.
The play calling was conservative to say the least. I thought Ron Turner was calling those plays... :?

The defense looked bad. Lots of guys out of place. Keep in mind, the cover 2 is a very positional and timing based defensive scheme. For them to be a little rusty is to be expected...as it was last year and the year before that in pre-season. Peppers and Urlacher were clearly missed. McClellen looked sharp. I do think he'll eventually play LB. Coming off the line last night, if he couldn't make the first move, he'd get man-handled. it should be fun to see him and Peppers on the field together. Also, when he got steamrolled, it was in short down situations. There is no way he'll be on the field when the other team is in the redzone.

Preseason is tough to accurately gauge anything.
As others have said, the Bears teams who have had the best seasons in the last ten years also usually had some of the worst records in the preseason.

mca47

JTH wrote:

Putting the TV numbers on the shoulders was a good move considering that football jerseys with actual sleeves are a pretty much a thing of the past.

But those "flywire" collars look like shite.

You know, I didn't even notice the numbers on the shoulders as opposed to the sleeves. I mostly noticed those crappy collars. Wow...those are bad! I wonder if I can still order the old jerseys? :?

81

i like them except for the collar.