I've been listening to and reading a lot of nice things about the Bears since the ball game mercifully ended. Just wondering -- and I guess I'll find out later -- how impressed the board was with the effort. I give the defense high marks, but a three-point second half against that outfit is not acceptable. Never been less inspired by a 24-point victory.

Now we're bitching about how they won??

Is it just me or is sportstalk radio sucking all the fun out of a football season?

Rest assured, their "newly found" pass rush will disappear next week.

To me the Bears are NOT a contender, they're a pretender.

Granted they beat the Rams, but WHO HASN'T? And don't give me the Cowboys, as they were playing with their backup QB and thought they could show up and win.

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I've been listening to and reading a lot of nice things about the Bears since the ball game mercifully ended. Just wondering -- and I guess I'll find out later -- how impressed the board was with the effort. I give the defense high marks, but a three-point second half against that outfit is not acceptable. Never been less inspired by a 24-point victory.

Agree. Now Lovie is being touted by some as a "master motivator". Please. The Rams have packed it in. The test will be next Sunday night on the main stage, on the road,...and against a stud running back. I do feel the Bears can win that game though. They control their own destiny...which is nice.

The Bears are not OK. The Rams are a team that they should beat by 20 points 99 out of 100 times they play. They ran the ball very well. But Trent Green is horrible, and the rams Oline was banged up as it was. It was nice to get a win, but the playoff tickets cannot be printed yet. Now, if they beat Minnesota by 2 TDs next week, I may change my tune a little. Cautiously optimistic at best with this Bears team. Remember, this is still a team a bad defense, a QB that is getting better but it still not 100%, and a head coach that makes stupid moves.

Nice post count, Mac.

Yes, Spanky, I did have the over. That aside, the Bears offense was incapable of putting points up after the defense set them up at every turn. Another winning weekend at the window, however. Whoo hoo!

I don’t know if they put forth a lot of effort so much so as the Rams suck. Somebody had to win yesterday and the Bears suck less.

Devin Hester 5-57 was the Bears’ leading receiver with 11.4 yards per catch. He is their leading receiver and that’s not good.

I still think the coaches are boobs. They finally came up with some creative play calling…why against the rams?

The offense has played above their heads all season, and the defense and st way below. If they carry this into the remaining games they might do something but I have no confidence they will.

To me the Bears are NOT a contender, they're a pretender.

Granted they beat the Rams, but WHO HASN'T? And don't give me the Cowboys, as they were playing with their backup QB and thought they could show up and win.

The victory was nice, as the Bears haven't looked good against the Packers and Titans.

Now they may luck out and get to face Minnesota without their big fatty DTs (The Williams 'Brothers').

Then they get Jacksonville coming up into the cold, possibly without crackhead Matt Jones.

..and then of course they get the dome team Saints coming up here for another ass whooping.

..and the Pack - which is too hard to predict right now, and close things out against Houston, who (contrary to popular belief) are not patsies.


I thought they Bears would be 5-11 or 6-10 depending upon injuries, as that can change anything. After the victory in Week One, I moved that prediction to 6-10 or 7-9.

I think they'll be fortunate to be .500 this year. Given the number of star players from the opposition that have missed the game against the Bears - I don't think that's acceptable because of the money paid to these defensive stiffs - despite my thoughts coming into the season.

I'd rather see them eat some humble pie and make wholesale changes to the coaching staff (the D-Line Coach, D-Coordinator and WR Coach should be fired immediately), get rid of some of these overpaid stiffs on defense and offense (that won't kill their cap) vs. see them go 9-7, sneak into the playoffs and then get their doors blown off in Round One.

I hope they shit the bed and we get a top 10 draft pick and build that "O" line with the 1st , 2nd and 3rd picks and you do everything to sign Anquon Boldin who is a FA this year. As much as Uncle Jerry has drafted defence over the years that has fallen to shit quickly and should be addressed in FA and the later rounds of the draft and you get Bob Babich as far out of town and have him take Lovie with him and sign Bill Cower to lead this franchise.

They need to sign a few play makers and dump guys like Urlacher and Tommie Harris and move on.That is Stu's blue print for '09.

The Bears don't need a top ten pick to address the O-line. Personally I wish they NEVER have a Top Ten pick again with Jerry Angelo. WTF good has it done them, other than guarantee a shitload of money to an unproven player. I was SOOOO pissed when the current CBA got passed and it didn't address slotting of rookie contracts. Sometimes NBA rookies are signed before the NFL rookies, despite getting drafted a few months earlier. But don't get me wrong, the NBA CBA has it's issues too.

Stu, this year's draft class is very deep at offensive tackle. Please don't wish for a high draft pick. The guy the Bears draft at 15-20 could very well be the same or better than the guy drafted at #8-10.

It's never too soon to start looking though:

http://www.draftcountdown.com/rankings/ot.php
http://www.gbnreport.com/2009prospects.html

So, your prediction was wrong, they are better than you thought, and you're still unhappy?