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Whether or not Lance Briggs gets medically cleared to play Sunday night he will not be the Lance Briggs you know and love. He hasn't played in 8 weeks. He's not Lance Briggs as you would define Lance Briggs, 8 time Pro Bowler. But that's fine. Because any version of Lance Briggs is fine at this point, when you have the run defense ranked dead last in the NFL. And you're facing … [Read more...] about Less than full strength Lance Briggs still better than no Lance Briggs

Chicago Bears backup QB Josh McCown was very recently out of football. Right now, he's the reigning NFC Offensive Player of the Week and the league leader in QBR. And he's the backup to Jay Cutler. Given his performance this season, Josh McCown has obviously raised his value immensely. Factor in the fact that so few talented QBs ever hit the open market and a bunch of top … [Read more...] about Bears will almost certainly lose Josh McCown this offseason

The Chicago Bears head to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Fun times in Cleveland again! Still Cleveland! C'mon down to Cleveland town everyone! Peyton Hillis isn't even on the Cleveland Browns anymore. Yet I went with that picture anyway. Because it's funny. Look at him dancing. Don't you want to get up and dance when you think about this game? It's party time, it's a great … [Read more...] about Chicago Bears vs Cleveland Browns brutally honest preview

The Chicago Bears are last in the NFL in run defense surrendering 157 yards per game. It is the worst run defense for the Chicago Bears since the 1950s. This D has given up 2,041 yards rushing this season, through 13 games, to "earn" that 32nd ranking. That equals 1.16 miles. When you put it that way, it really doesn't like that much does it? If you say "the Chicago Bears … [Read more...] about Chicago Bears have given up 1.16 miles of rush yardage this season

Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman has declared he's riding with Jay Cutler Sunday versus the Cleveland Browns. In doing so, he's sending Josh McCown and his hot hand to the bench. When you bench the reigning NFC player of the week for a guy who has performed rather mediocre this season, you're definitely saying something about who the franchise is. Or who you think the … [Read more...] about Jay Cutler: three games to prove long term worth

Josh McCown is 3-2 as Chicago Bears starting QB. He has 12 TD passes and one interception. He's competing 70% of his passes. He's thrown for 348 yards in three straight weeks. Josh McCown only has seven 300 yard games passing in his NFL career. His passer rating on the season is 103.6 For his career it's 75.8. Jay Cutler is 38-26 with the Bears as a starter. He's 4-4 this … [Read more...] about Josh McCown lovefest in full effect, Jay Cutler bashing begins

Apparently some people have the amazing ability to read the mind of Chicago Bears GM Phil Emery. At least when it comes to having insight on how Emery evaluates his QB Jay Cutler. I'm not the amazing Kreskin or anything, so I can't read Emery's mind, but a lot of Bears fans and Chicagoans apparently think they can. Here's what Emery publicly said about Jay Cutler, good luck … [Read more...] about Is Jay Cutler worth $16.4 million for one season?