I was part of the small group of optimistic Bear fans who thought the Bears could go 10-6. Then 2 games into the (PRESEASON) I see John Tait and John St. Clair get blown up by Seahawk LB's.  To me this season might as well be a wash. 5-11 as the Defense gets steamed rolled seems to be the popular thing to say now. I might as well join in the pessimistic Score heads and ESPN 1000 Bear bashers after watching that game.  

Ok the O-line was god awful, it looked like the line was made of paper and even the rookie Forte got some major pops jolting him backwards almost into Rex. 

But I did seem some positives.  Josh Beekman, who I thought looked pretty good in the 07 preseason was strong at the left guard spot. I recored the game and only watched the O-line on several plays including the Grossman sack and interception. Tait and St. Clair are just too slow to play in the NFL. If I'm scouting the Bears I blitz all day on the tackles. But I digress. Beekman looked solid and I recall him putting a text book move on the Seahawk rush as he started blocking the D-lineman and then quickly shuffled to take on the blitzing backer to his left. He did a great job. Most of the sacks and pressures were due to the slowness of the Tackles.  Beekman maybe undersized but I think this kid can start right now and be productive for the Bears. Down the road Beekman next to Williams might turn out to be a solid left side. Clearly it's time to bring in some new blood to this aging line. 

Another promising showing was Marcus Harrison who might look nice next to Tommie Harris down the road. The guy is massive and he has a motor. The guy also seems to have deceptive speed and I replayed him closing in fast on many plays during the game. Harrison looked solid once again. This guy could turn out to be the player the Bears thought they were getting with Tank Johnson. Lets just hope the off the field crap doesn't effect his future like Tank's.

Other Positives, one that is obvious and that's Kellen Davis the 6'7 tight end, what more can you say that catch was awesome and he should contribute right away with that size. He will be a nice target. 

Special teams. If you were as disappointed as I was when Brendon Avanbadejo left for the Ravens and you might wanna watch this crazy looking dude who destroyed some kick returner on the Seahawks Saturday night. His name is leonard Peters and he might be able to take that gunner spot thats open on kick offs. He maybe a long shot but if you notice anything other than his big Hawaiian fro it's that the dude and fly and has no fear. 

Other players that have caught my eye are Joey LaRocque, Darrell Mcclover, PJ Pope, Nick Roach,

It will be nice to see if Kevin Jones can contribute soon but it might not matter until this line gets revamped. 

Wondering does anyone know about the rookies the Bears drafted Cody Balogh and Kirk Barton both are tackles. Also how does Chester Adams look? You never know the way this line is playing they may need these guys to step in. 

Orton should be the starting QB for the Bears as conservative as he can be you just can't have Rex out there getting cranked out and getting happy feet.