The Bears Den: December 7, 2010

that is all.

maybe I’ve missed it in all the columns but the one person who I haven’t seen comment on it is Jay Cutler. I don’t remember him calling for a flag immediately after the play either. I tend to agree with Olin Kreutz on this and I don’t think it was necessarily a dirty hit, just a really hard one. My guess is that if Julius Peppers would have dished out the same hit on one of our opponents, Bears fans would be praising him for his aggressiveness and leadership.

Kind of on the same subject, that play is a further illustration of the toughness and competitiveness of Mr. Cutler. As I’ve said many times since we acquired him, I was always a little skeptical and taking a wait and see approach with him but he is quickly becoming one of my favorites by his actions and attitude. Last week when we lost Ron Santo, the first person I thought of was Jay. I wonder what his reaction was to see another professional athlete, who dealt with the same disease he suffers from and performed at the highest level, pass away. While Ron’s eventual cause of death was from cancer, I would have to think that Jay and other athletes who suffer from diabetes, saw the toll that it took on this man’s body over the years. Thank goodness for advancements in medicine, which should make it slightly easier for this generation, but thinking of what Santo went through and knowing Cutler’s situation it makes me respect both of them even more.

Guess he got into a shouting match monday with 2 players and that was not the first time….orton was not thrilled with mcdaniels (saw saw a micd up segment on NFLN where mcdaniels told something like see the play here orton replied my bad and mcdaniels snapped back I dont want to hear my bad anymore just make the fricking (edit) play). Also guess some of the players left from the old team were not happy seeing the talent jettison by mcdaniels. Thought mcdaniels let emotion get to him and dictate what he did (like peyton hillis unknowingly hitting on mcdaniels wife apologizing so decided not to play hillis then trading him in the offseason)…..

Was a mess over there…..Seeing things like that makes me thank god for Lovie (even if I am not his biggest fan anymore)…..

PFF’s closer look at the Bears-Lions game:

Pass protection is still a major issue for Chicago, with both Frank Omiyale (-2.7) and J’Marcus Webb (-2.7) struggling badly in pass protection (both players graded positively against the run). They combined to give up ten total pressures on Cutler during this game, including a pair of sacks, and it’s an awfully big ask to expect a quarterback to play well in spite of that kind of protection longterm. If the Bears have serious aspirations of challenging this season they need to figure out a way to reliably protect Cutler, especially around the edge.

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The Bears played their nickel defense on 72 percent of the Lions’ snaps.

(Pompei)

I’m not surprised with the injury to Pisa…

Anyone know how I could get it? Haha.

I love the way Bennett and Forte are playing right now. If they stay healthy we’re looking at an awesome offensive core for the next few years.

Tillman was assigned to cover Johnson for most of the day, and he did an excellent job. On passes thrown to Johnson with Tillman on him, Johnson caught two for 20 yards and Tillman broke up a third.

Tillman always steps up what asked to go shadow a receiver.