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Week 1 Depth Chart Rundown

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Bears released their week one depth chart today. Click here for the depth chart.

I’m not too happy with the way the wide receivers depth chart turned out. Pretty much because Roy Williams is listed as the number one without proving himself. I would take Dane Sanzenbacher as the number one before I would Roy Williams because he can actually catch the ball.

I just wish they would of put Knox, Bennett or Hester as the number one. Someone who has actually worked with Cutler for more than just preseason. That’s just my opinion after all. I’m not paid to make those decisions. Sorry for the rant… hopefully Williams proves me wrong and has 90 catches.

I am very intrigued with the offensive line. Not so sure why the Bears paid Chris Spencer, who is a center so much to just be the back up for Garza instead of starting. Here is the current offensive line depth chart. Here’s hoping they can block for Jay and the RB crew. Certainly should be better than last year. If not, Jay will be in very big trouble.

LT J’Marcus Webb
LG Chris Williams
C Roberto Garza
RG Lance Louis
RT Gabe Carimi

The defensive line was pretty predictable, Peppers and Idonije starting on the ends. Henry Melton listed as the defensive tackle, while Anthony Adams listed as the nose tackle. Very solid line in my opinion.

Bears newly signed Safety Brandon Meriweather is listed as number two behind Free Safety Major Wright. I have a feeling that Meriweather might be starting soon with the way Wright performed in preseason. He missed on a lot of tackles and that could be his downfall this season.

Pretty interesting they have Devin Hester listed as both the kick returner and punt returner this year. From what I remember last year he didn’t do much on the kick return game, mainly just did punts. Maybe since they are deep in wide receivers they are able to use him on specials teams a lot more this season. I’m sure with his speed he’ll be able to take out the ball a lot farther than most since the new rule. I call it the “I’m tired of seeing Devin Hester destroy teams” rule that Goodell put in this year and the teams who actually voted for it are probably teams Devin Hester burned in the kick return game. Chickens! Hahaha.

That’s my brief run down the depth chart, check the Bears official depth chart by clicking the link at the top of this post.

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Bears clip the Eagles

Monday, November 29th, 2010

This was probably the best game I’ve seen all year from the Bears. They were dominant in all phases of the game, except for Eagles last touchdown. How lucky can they get, plus it was just the prevent defense doing their thing. The offense played extremely well, minus Frank Omiyale and J’Marcus Webb for missing blocks. Omiyale has some serious explaining to do. He has been called for a penalty each week since Week 3 I believe. They did pick up their blocks later in the game, but they need to minimize their mistakes.

Jay Cutler looked amazing playing against a high ranked defense. He threw four touchdowns, and didn’t throw one single interception. He also had a sky high QB rating of 146.2! Cutler showed a lot of emotion on his sleeve last night, especially when he went to the referee and a Dick Butkus demonstration and received a personal foul penalty as a result. He had a reason to be angry, Forte was mugged and the refs decided not to throw a flag. They didn’t give the Bears much love throughout the game either so it didn’t surprise me that they didn’t call it. Plus it was a key third down that the refs fudged up on. So yeah, I’m okay for Jay Cutler being angry.

Cutler wasn’t the only one on offense who had a great game, all of the Bears wide receivers and tight ends had a great game. Earl Bennett had an outstanding game. He led the Bears with receptions and touchdowns and it was easily his best game I’ve seen him from all year. Matt Forte had a great day running the ball as well, especially that 61 yard run. It was amazing to see him find the hole, cut, and run for 61 yards. If he had gotten touchdown on that run it would of made it all the better. He ended up having 117 on the ground yesterday. Forte definitely helped out the passing game with his ability to grind the ball and get yards.

The defense played extremely well. They did great on all fronts, they made plays in the backfield and were able to contain Vick the whole game. Forcing him to pass the ball. He was extremely lucky on the touchdown pass to Celek at the end of the game. Other than that, the Bears defense played lights out. Here’s an awesome stat you don’t see often. All starting four defensive lineman had a sack. When was the last time that happened? I’m guessing around the time the Bears won the Super Bowl in ‘85. Tommie Harris finally showed up to a game, deflected a pass in the redzone which led to Chris ‘Hitman’ Harris intercepting the ball. This was the first time Vick has been intercepted all season and I swore there was a stat that said it was the first since 2006. Brian Urlacher had an outstanding game with 10 tackles and kept Vick in check throughout the whole game. If he was going to run straight up the middle he would of met a Bear that would of body slammed him into the ground. Another player that had an outstanding game was Julius Peppers. He had 4 tackles and a sack and made one helluva play when he ran down Vick to stop him from gaining at least 10 yards. I’m pretty sure he shut his critics up with that play. He also had a forced fumble in that game as well. Izzy had a great game as well, seemed like he was around the ball each time the Eagles ran it. So many players had a great game yesterday. It was a beautiful day in Bears football for sure. If there was anyone I missed please let me know.

Oh also, the Bears are now in first place after the Packers lost to the Atlanta Falcons. The Bears remaining schedule includes the Lions, Patriots, Jets, Vikings and Packers. They will all be challenging games, but I think they can pull out some more wins.

Bear Down!

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Bears earn 700th win and first shutout since 2006

Friday, November 19th, 2010

I wasn’t able to watch the game last night, but I’ll try my best to review the game from the highlights and from what I’ve read. The Bears earned their 700th regular season win last night, the first team to do that in NFL history. The Bears are also in first place, and hope to keep that lead when the Vikings take on the Packers this Sunday.

Jay Cutler had an okay game, didn’t throw any touchdowns and threw one interception. Sorry fantasy football owners. He didn’t make any mistakes besides that interception though. The last Thursday night game I personally witnessed was one of Jay Cutlers worst outings so I was pretty worried that it would be a repeat.

Matt Forte had a lot of yards on the ground last night and rushed for a touchdown. Was glad to hear that, he needed a rushing touchdown. Taylor also had a pretty solid game. I just wish the line was able to hold and create lanes more often for a one-two punch from Forte and Taylor. Speaking of the offensive line, they gave up three sacks last night. I also heard that J’Marcus Webb had a horrid outing last night and some folks wanted the Bears to bench him. He was called for three holding penalties and gave up a sack. To be fair, he was going up against one of AFC’s best pass rushers, Cameron Wake.

The receiving game was pretty solid, was really hoping Jay Cutler would of thrown a few touchdowns. Knox, Hester and Olsen led the Bears with receiving. The Bears offense went 10-18 on third downs, and I’m pretty sure the Bears receiving game was partly responsible for converting those third downs. I am very happy they are converting third downs. Four weeks ago they were pretty much the worse team converting third downs. They are improving that makes these wins all the better.

The defense was outstanding, stopping the Fins on third down. Holding them to 1-11 on third down was key to that win. They also broke their slump in sacking the quarterback. They sacked Tyler Thigpen six times and Julius Peppers caused half of that sack total. Israel Idonije, Brian Urlacher and Henry Melton was responsible for the other half. Let me tell you, Israel Idonije and Henry Melton are having career years and I’m very excited for both of them. Especially Israel, he has been a back up for pretty much his whole career till this year and he’s proving why he should of been starting. Israel has put up six sacks and two forced fumbles this year. He’s doing great and I hope he gets double digits in sacks. Henry Melton is also having a good year. So far he’s had two sacks and a forced fumble in the last two games. He hasn’t even started a game yet. The Bears have great depth on the defensive line this year.

The Bears also held Ronnie Brown and company to just 39 yards and Tyler Thigpen to just 187 yards passing. They have been on fire as of late and they need that when they go against Vick next week. I’m hoping the Bears can force a lot of key turnovers in the Eagles game. Speaking of turnovers, Charles Tillman registered his 25th career interception last night. Grats Peanut! Also congrats on shutting out the Fins in Miami, the firs time they were able to shut out an opponent since 2006.

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Bears Offensive Line

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

There’s probably one thing that worries me about the Bears this year. Something that hasn’t been stable and top notch in quite a few years, and that something is the offensive line. I don’t know how Jay Cutler does it. I would be scared every time when I would drop back, knowing there could be some behemoth chasing after me. I really hope they don’t have to scrape Cutler off the turf this year, but there’s one thing that makes me feel a little better about the Bears offensive line. The fact that folks are saying they are improving each day at training camp makes me feel a little better. It probably helps that they have an excellent coach for the offensive line in Mike Tice. If they continue to get better like what folks are saying, then Jay Cutler, Matt Forte and Chester Taylor will be very happy. As well as Bear fans too.

The Chicago Bears offensive line did end on a high note. They protected Jay Cutler against the Vikings like pros. Especially Chris Williams, who in my opinion will be the future of the offensive line. He blocked Jared Allen like he was some high school punk with a bad attitude. He looked like a five year veteran out there and I hope he continues that. The rest of the offensive line is… well. In my opinion needs to be upgraded. I know that Kreutz is not too far from retiring. I wouldn’t be surprised if he retired after this season. I really wish they had won that Super Bowl in 2006, so then he would be voted into the Hall of Fame faster. Same goes with Brian Urlacher, but don’t want to get off topic. Olin Kreutz’s back up Josh Beekman would do a fine job. I believe he has proven himself he can do the job. Especially with all the mentoring he is getting from Olin Kreutz. Hopefully he will pass on that, I’m going to punch you in the face type of blocking attitude. Need that kind of attitude in the trenches. I do believe it’s time to say goodbye to Roberto Garza and Frank Omiyale. Especially to Frank, he was horrible and I do mean horrible last year. When the Bears picked him up, I thought to myself “Oh hey, the Bears are upgrading their offensive line. Cool!”. I was very wrong unfortunately. The only back up on the Bears roster for Frank would be J’Marcus Webb. Who is an unproven rookie unfortunately. I don’t know much about Lance Louis except he had a run in with the law when he pleaded guilty to assault when he beat up his former teammate at SDSU.

That was the first string of the offensive line, the second string has two proven back ups (Shaffer and Beekman) and three unproven players. Johan Asiata who is slated at LG. He hasn’t played in any NFL games, but has been on the roster since 2009 on the practice squad. I do have a feeling he might replace Garza if he continues to commit stupid penalties. Here’s a fun fact, Johan didn’t allow a sack in his senior year at UNLV. The second unproven player is James Marten, who is slated as Lance Louis’ back up. He hasn’t played many games in the NFL unfortunately, so I don’t know much about him. Wish there was more info available about him out there. Lastly there is the lone offensive lineman in the 2010 Bears draft class, J’Marcus Webb. He was taken in the seventh round and doesn’t really have a good chance to be starting come opening day of the season. If he has learned enough and improved enough to replace Frank, they will start him immediately in my opinion.

I hope the Bears line holds up this year, they really need to Cutler some time to pass the ball and give some running room for Forte and Taylor. No one could of run the ball efficiently last year, except maybe Walter Payton.

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