was good. Nothing he can do about it. We did some really stupid runs with him in the second half and relied on the pass way too much.

Olsen gave up 10 points and Maynard was crap today. Plus, starting inside the 20 everytime on offense doesn’t help.

I still can’t believe that we tried that WR screen on 3 and 1 at the end. Run the ball and use the two-minute warning as a timeout. Then we have two minutes with half a field and only needed a field goal.

We really pissed this game away….

If we’re going to play the blame game, then look no further than Ron Turner. What possesses an OC to give the ball to Jason McKie on the most important play of the season so far?? Why not play action on 3rd down and go deep? Instead he calls a predictable WR screen or O pass. Absolutely unacceptable!

Back to the bottom third of the league, I guess.

need to win our home opener next weekend against Tampa Bay. If we don’t things won’t be good heading into the week four and the Eagles.

But Olsen’s fumbles KILLED them! He’s supposed to be a great TE, 2 touches, 2 fumbles. Not like him last year and just depressing to watch.

no turnovers… game management awesome

Nobody has mentioned the 12 penalties we had which I thought hurt us a great deal. Olsen’s 2 fumbles hurt but only led to 10 points so I’d put much of the blame on Orton not being anything near consistent throwing downfield and Ron Turner’s play calling later in the game. The WR screens were NOT working at all and almost led to a couple of ints but yet we ran how many? 3, 4, 5??? Forte played a good game but I didn’t see our TE’s getting too many targets, granted Olsen did fumble twice as mentioned, doesn’t mean u stop going to him.

I can’t remember when a loss has pissed me off this bad, I want to break something.

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If we were losing from the get go, and just kept it close, I would have felt better about this loss. We had this one in the bag, IMHO and the Olsen TO’s and last 2 plays that were called really pissed me off. I was saying all along on the 4th and 1, you gotta go play action. Our play calling sinks us so many times. We aren’t good enough offensively to score consistently, so the sideline folks have to give us a better edge in regards to playcalling.

I guess you could say we really lost as a team today, top to bottom. Orton couldn’t connect deep, Olsen’s TO’s, penalties and coaching. I feel good about the defense, but w/o a stud QB, we’ll be done by Halloween, if not sooner.

I wish the idiots at Halas Hall could have gotten Favre. He would have led us to the playoffs this year.

Gotta win at home next week!

I read it’s ribs, but it is just sore ribs, or something more serious?

I’m soooo glad we spent the money on Briggs and passed on Berrian. Looks like Bernard’s idea of going somewhere to be the main guy isn’t working out. Nothing for him today and just three catches on the season for 38 yards. That may change, but wide recievers come along all the time and I’m glad they didn’t pass up on one of the game’s best linebackers.

What did I tell ya? Half way through the game I thought I was going to have to come back here and apologize. But the Bears just couldn’t keep it together for 4 quarters. You couldn’t even beat us without Steve Smith. You can now sign the Panthers fan list at www.CatScratchReader.com

As you would imagine, there were a lot of questions about the Bears’ final three offensive plays. After Matt Forte picked up nine yards on first-and-10 from the Chicago 41, Kyle Orton followed with two incompletions before fullback Jason McKie was stuffed for no gain on fourth down with 1:52 remaining. It’s hard to believe that Forte wouldn’t touch the ball on second-and-1, third-and-1 and fourth-and-1. It turns out that a run to Forte was called on third down, but Orton has the option of throwing the ball if he thinks the defense is lined up to take away the run. That’s exactly what he did, and Chris Gamble came up and knocked the ball away from Marty Booker. Ron Turner took the blame after the game for even giving Orton the option to throw it on that play.

What did yall think about Jonathan Stewart? 2 touchdowns, 5.5 yards per carry average. Not many running backs are going to be able to run the ball on your defense. Pretty good for a rookie.