An Open Letter To the Chicago Bears Organization

I am paying a $110/ticket for every game, every year..

Next time you’re inside the 5 yard line… let Cutler roll out of the friggin pocket and make a play. One of our QBs unique strengths, is his great ability to throw on the run. Just an idea, but you might want to utilize that sometime before you eventually lose your job. Let him roll out, and make the defense commit to him or a receiver. It’s a lot better then running into a wall.

I hope that it was just an accident. I hope that it was an aberration. I hope it is not really reflective of our organization; not something that we should expect in the future

how many more times do we let games slip away before we stop “hoping” that it wasn’t something it was.

If the Vikings stay on a roll we are looking at a Wild Card to get into the playoffs. Our 2 losses have been to NFC teams who are both, probably, going to be in that same Wild Card scenario. If it comes down to tie breakers, we lose on head -head competition. We’ll probably be fighting the Packers for second place in the NFC North and it doesn’t look like Atlanta will overtake the Saints.

I know it’s early in the season, but those games count just as much when all the formulas to determine the Wild Card teams are put into use, than the games we’ll play in November and December.

If you assume that we split with the Vikings, we really can’t afford to lose another NFC game.

We may win a few more games this year, but we’re no where near being an elite team. I think it starts with our coaches.

Wouldn’t it be something for Cutler to be reunited with the Professor, Mike Shanahan?

I’m predicting a Broncos victory, with Orton throwing for a couple hundred yards and a TD or two, because he’s Kyle Orton and he plays for the Broncos and we have Jay Cutler who looked no better yesterday than Orton or Rex when they were here, and because that’s how things generally work out for me, as a Bears fan.

Orton last year against the Falcons:

26/43 286YDS 1TD 0INT’s Sacked once

And Cutler yesterday:

27/43 300YDS 2TD’s 2INT’s Sacked twice

The more things change, the more they stay the same. I blame our coaches.

when you are that close to the end-zone and you have 4 attempts you are supposed to score

Shanny turned down the option to Coach Washington

I think the most significant concern in here is the TWO WEEK effect…what is it with this coaching staff that they allow such let-downs after a bye week?

That, more than anything else (except maybe the o-line play) concerns me. And I think it’s your best point.

The other thing I’ve noticed about our “new look” Bears this year…I hate to say it, it might be a statement of the obvious and all that, but WE’RE LACKING LEADERSHIP ON DEFENSE.

This game, more than at any other time this year, ripped the scab off the missing Mike Borwn/Urlacher wound.

There’s been a lack of big play-making, and a lack of big play-making at critical times. There’s a lack of EMOTIONAL leadership, and there’s no one ot “take over” and play General, to rally the troops, the way those guys used to….

Don’t get me wrong, I think the defense played decently last night, but they were uninspired. Without that emotional leadership on defense, the turnovers/big plays we do make seem almost happenstance.

As a team. we never really needed a lot of passion from Lovie, because our leaders/captains/player-makers always supplied it. (We’re getting it more on offense now from Cutler…Kreutz is stepping back as his play declines).

But now—without Brown & Urlacher (and to a lesser extent Ayanbandejo), there’s no one filling that role.

Briggs leads by example, but that’s not always enough. Tillman plays well, but he doesn’t inspire. He can’t take a game over, the way those guys could….he can’t light a fire in his team mates.

It’s crying over spilt milk now, but it helps to know what’s missing (so we know what we still need).

Everybody take one step back from the ledge.

Ok, everyone back in their snuggie?

We got beat last night by a team that migh challenge for the NFC title, and we got beat due to Pace going on the wrong snap count.

We played a good game, are there areas for improvement? You betcha, like can we open some holes for Forte, PLEASE, or how about covering better on kicks (TWO YEARS IN ROW WE LET THEM GET A GOOD RETURN, COME ON MAN) but we played a heck of a game and I gotta say I was proud of them last night.

that win cause now we’re basically two games behind the Falcons, one game behind the Pack, and 2 1/2 behind the Vikes. A wild card spot will be just as difficult to attain as last year. Not good at all.

Im a chi town transplant living in California. I was born and raised in Chicago, so my allegiance is to all the chicago teams. I never usually post comments, but after last nights game against the falcons, Im almost compelled to write. I have NEVER been so ashamed to be a bears fan, even when we had WRECKS GROSSWOMAN, I never felt so embarassed as a bears fan. Atleast with WRECKS we knew what we were getting, no offense, but somewhat of a defense. That loss last night was completely unacceptable. There are high school teams here in Cali who have more discipline than the bears showed. So what will happen to correct this??? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING….There will be no trades for better wideouts, or runningbacks. The management will continue to embarass itself along with its dedicated fans, and we will continute to be the second city in all sports. How pitiful. A great city like chicago and every team that represents the city is mediocre. I was around for the 90’s Bulls runs, and was grateful for every win and championship, but since that era, which seems so long ago, the teams from the windy city have seemed to have vanished into thin air. What a shame….. Im so embarassed to say Im from chicago, and all of my buddies here from cali laugh at me and say I should be for California teams….I never thought I would ever entertain that thought, but last night, tragically, I did…..