Bears O-line

I've been musing on the Bears defeat by the Raiders on Saturday (32- 17). I'm not troubled by the result as when the first teams were in the Bears were ahead and it was when the second stringers came in when the game was lost.

Of more concern was the Oline which gave up 6 sacks, 5 of which were on Cutler. I know Mike Tice is the new line coach and it's a new offensive system but the little kinks need to be ironed out before the season starts.

Smash Mouth Football

Interesting vide from a year or so ago

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80854ee1&template=with-video&confirm=true

Since this though I think teams like the Saints have had success throwing the ball around, got that a bit wring huh?

Cutler - The Second Bad/Good Rex?

This time last year I nearly wrote an article about whether Cutler was the second coming of Rex, unfortunately it remained in my drafts and I never got round to finishing it.

Cutler has all the physical abilities to be a very good quarterback, though there's a long list of players who have had the physical talents but never made the grade because they lack something mentally.

I'm not saying thats the case with Cutler but last season there were a number of times when you questioned his decision making ability. If that doesn't improve in the coming season then it's quite possible the Rex Grossman comparison will be appropriate.

The Bears Growl on Twitter

Ok, finally gave in

http://twitter.com/thebearsgrowl

mind you its been up awhile since I set up....maybe need to enable the mobile so i can send tweets.

Raiders Visit Soldier Field

Raiders are the visitors to Soldier Field tonight. Their o-line is still a work in progress and I'm interested to see how Julius Peppers does (I'm assuming he's going to see 1 or maybe 2 series).