2008 NFL Season

[Tom McManus]

Only two weeks in, and there have been some very exciting games.  It will be interesting to see how the NFC North plays out.  I  will have a better idea of how good the Packers can be this season after the big game on Sunday Night.

It doesn't look like the Bears are as bad as everyone is predicting.

It used to be any given Sunday any given team can win. That certainly no longer seems to be the case.  There are some really horrible teams out there. 

It would be great if the star players can stay healthy and the refs can get their stuff together.

Finally, the Washington Redskins have the hottest cheerleaders.

[deucemeister]

Packers are looking pretty darn good so far; Rodgers is looking better than Favre and adds a  new dimension to their offense with his running abilities.... without a QB, the Vikings and Bears will continue to struggle.      Unitl the Bears open their wallets and get a real QB, the story will remain the same, as they can''t rely upon the D and special teams to win every game.

[Stretch]

Die hard BEARS fan here. My hope every year is the Bears make at least first round playoff. They do that and I am satified. I believe they will do that this year.  I do also agree with the QB situation. The bears had opportunities over the last 3-4 years to improve that position and have not. OPEN the purse strings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As far as the Packers goes. I don't like them. I AM GLAD THEY ARE DOING WELL WITHOUT FARVE. They overatered (or he did) the contributions he made to the team.  He is still good at throwing INT though. Mybe the should have kept him. It would have made the BEARS life easier.

Any given Sunday is today. Life is good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bryan B

[CEValkyrie]

I am so sick of the Bears already. How many years are we going to continue to rely on our defense to score points and hold teams down. Get a f'ing QB that can do something. At least one that doesn't hand the game to the other team. To top it off a qb the Bears don't think can win comes back to torch us in the 2nd half. Watching the offense of the bears is like taking a foul ball off the cup each game.

[Fox Metro Discer]

Well, here is my take on the Bears this year. There are problems on EVERY part of the team.
Here are some examples just from today's game:
The wide receivers cannot catch a ball- 3 dropped passes in OT
the Tight ends cannot hold onto the ball (this is from last week) 2 fumbles
The QB cannot throw the ball- I lost count on how many underthrown passes
The defense cannot stop long drives- evident in the last quarter and OT
The defensive line cannot get to the QB- Griese threw over 65 passes and the Bears did not sack him once!

Gonna be a long year for you Bears fans.

[Sr.]

Well, here is my take on the Bears this year. There are problems on EVERY part of the team.
Here are some examples just from today's game:
The wide receivers cannot catch a ball- 3 dropped passes in OT
the Tight ends cannot hold onto the ball (this is from last week) 2 fumbles
The QB cannot throw the ball- I lost count on how many underthrown passes
The defense cannot stop long drives- evident in the last quarter and OT
The defensive line cannot get to the QB- Griese threw over 65 passes and the Bears did not sack him once!

Gonna be a long year for you Bears fans.

For a Packers fan you pay alot of attention to the Bears. Kinda reminds me of the Sox fans who worry all the time about what the Cubs are doing. Glad your interested though! How did the Packers do last night?

[Fox Metro Discer]

Don't ask!

When there's no good football on down here in IL, you kinda hafta watch the Bears.

[tacimala]

Try being a Lions fan. 

[Jon Brakel]

Orton looks much better than he did the last time he started. He has much better pocket presence and much better reactions when under pressure. I doubt he's ever going to be a long ball threat. If all the catchable  passes that he threw were actually caught, then I think that game might have had a different outcome. And that interception on the screen that Orton threw was not all his fault. That was a crap designed play. Who designs a play where the QB has to turn his back to the line of scrimmage right before he throws?

For the most part the Bears played a solid 3 quarters of a game. Unfortunately they play for 4 quarters in the NFL! Tillman made a rookie mistake getting that 15 yard unsportsman penalty. The defense should have been able to over come that  but if Tillman wouldn't have been getting stupid the TB would have been punting from their own endzone on the next play rather than first and ten from the 23.

They should be 3-0 at this point. Instead they are 1-2. This team COULD have won 10 games but they can't finish them. If they keep this up they will be lucky to win 6. If they figure out how to play the whole game they might win 9. If Orton continues to mature they could make the playoffs...I'm holding my breath but not counting them out. Yet.

[CEValkyrie]

The Bears should have Bulger or Anderson on the top of their wish list at this point. I hope they lose every game the rest of the year to get a top draft pick. Maybe this offense will get turned around that way.

[Sr.]

The Bears should have Bulger or Anderson on the top of their wish list at this point. I hope they lose every game the rest of the year to get a top draft pick. Maybe this offense will get turned around that way.

I hope they lose Lovie and Ron Turner too. With the Bears up by ten with six minutes in the game they went into a shell. They dont put the team in position to win.

[Dan Michler]

The Bears should have Bulger or Anderson on the top of their wish list at this point. I hope they lose every game the rest of the year to get a top draft pick. Maybe this offense will get turned around that way.

You are the master of giving up on pro sports teams.  I think you've actually already given up on the Bears for 2010 and 2011.  Its easy to wish them to lose all their games when you are a fantasy football fan 1st and a Bears fan 2nd.  Getting those early 1st round picks has really paid off for Miami, Detroit, Oakland, St. Louis, etc...bad last year and they are all bad again.  This isn't the NBA, there is no player in college football who is going to step in and make the Bears offense good.  We need solid personnel decisions for a period of years to build a team.  Losing is just a trend that alot of teams can't break out of and I do not wish that to happen to the Bears.  The team they have can still compete, they realistically could be 3-0 right now as they had excellent chances to win the last 2 games.  I'm not delirious, obviously we aren't a good team right now, but I'd rather spend my Sundays watching a competitive team battle for 8 or 9 wins than just sit there hoping for a good draft pick all year.

[JCthrills]

For the first time since childhood I had a good feeling/thought in reference to the Lions yesterday with the announcement that Millen has finaly been given the boot!  Now if only we can get a good QB (maybe Tebow or Booty?) in the draft next year.  OK, maybe we can get a good QB and not destroy him...

[duain]

The Bears should have Bulger or Anderson on the top of their wish list at this point. I hope they lose every game the rest of the year to get a top draft pick. Maybe this offense will get turned around that way.

You are the master of giving up on pro sports teams.  I think you've actually already given up on the Bears for 2010 and 2011.  Its easy to wish them to lose all their games when you are a fantasy football fan 1st and a Bears fan 2nd.  Getting those early 1st round picks has really paid off for Miami, Detroit, Oakland, St. Louis, etc...bad last year and they are all bad again.  This isn't the NBA, there is no player in college football who is going to step in and make the Bears offense good.  We need solid personnel decisions for a period of years to build a team.  Losing is just a trend that alot of teams can't break out of and I do not wish that to happen to the Bears.  The team they have can still compete, they realistically could be 3-0 right now as they had excellent chances to win the last 2 games.  I'm not delirious, obviously we aren't a good team right now, but I'd rather spend my Sundays watching a competitive team battle for 8 or 9 wins than just sit there hoping for a good draft pick all year.

im a bears fan, but they need to keep a lead when they take it and not get overzealous and blow it. i wont waiste my sundays watching them unless its a night game, i would rather play disc and be happy than get mad at team that could win but doesnt cause they dont put their full effort in to it. seems like when they are in a rut they give up, or when they have a promising lead it goes to their head and they quit playing as hard.

[CEValkyrie]

The Bears should have Bulger or Anderson on the top of their wish list at this point. I hope they lose every game the rest of the year to get a top draft pick. Maybe this offense will get turned around that way.

You are the master of giving up on pro sports teams.  I think you've actually already given up on the Bears for 2010 and 2011.  Its easy to wish them to lose all their games when you are a fantasy football fan 1st and a Bears fan 2nd.  Getting those early 1st round picks has really paid off for Miami, Detroit, Oakland, St. Louis, etc...bad last year and they are all bad again.  This isn't the NBA, there is no player in college football who is going to step in and make the Bears offense good.  We need solid personnel decisions for a period of years to build a team.  Losing is just a trend that alot of teams can't break out of and I do not wish that to happen to the Bears.  The team they have can still compete, they realistically could be 3-0 right now as they had excellent chances to win the last 2 games.  I'm not delirious, obviously we aren't a good team right now, but I'd rather spend my Sundays watching a competitive team battle for 8 or 9 wins than just sit there hoping for a good draft pick all year.

I am giving up watching boring worthless offensive football year after year. I am so sick of watching the same 3 and out offense with absolutely no weapons. The only difference between the Bears and the teams mentioned above is the defense.

[tacimala]

For the first time since childhood I had a good feeling/thought in reference to the Lions yesterday with the announcement that Millen has finaly been given the boot!  Now if only we can get a good QB (maybe Tebow or Booty?) in the draft next year.  OK, maybe we can get a good QB and not destroy him...

Yea I'm stoked about that too, but I don't think the QB position is the root of the problem. Hard to throw well when you are on your back.

[Dan Michler]

I've been watching the Bears since I was probably about 9 or 10.  They've had a bad offense almost every year since 1995, so I guess if I had that attitude I wouldn't have watched them in over 10 years.  What is the point in bitching after every week that we have a bad offense?  Jesus, it hasn't changed in forever and its not changing next week or the next.  Obviously the McCaskey's don't seem to care, so I guess we just have to accept it or boycott.   I'm going to start calling you Jay Mariotti cuz I think you just love to hate a team you supposedly like 

Guess what?  They will probably have a bad offense again next year!  So save yourselves the time and don't pay attention to the draft either cuz as Denny Green noted: they are who we thought they were 

I agree with Duain, if there is disc golf to play then do that instead, but otherwise I'll stick with watching the Bears and suffering like always.

[Jon Brakel]

To paraphrase Lovie. "Well, the Bears are my football team..." I've watched them my whole life. I've cared about watching them since I was probably 6 or 7. I'll keep watching them. Suck or not. I do think that this team has the potential to turn things around this season and make it to the playoffs. I think the Kyle Orton who finishes this season might be a pretty good QB...who may still lack the long pass threat.

[Stretch]

I am a Bears Fan as I have said before. What I have found upon reflecting on the season so far is this. Dispite the end game outcomes I have enjoyed watching the games very much. They are competitive, and seem to be working as a team overall. Yes they have shortcommings but no one is perfect.
The Bears have had far worse seasons that were no fun to watch.
So far at the start of everygame this year I say to myself "they are going to win this one" and beleive it. As long as they keep it close and interesting I am happy. If it is a blow out,  I will still watch but maybe have a few more beers along the way !   

I just wish school teachers made half NFL league minimum. 

[Tom McManus]

It seems to me that Al Davis is completely nuts.  They don't have a chance of winning with him as the owner. Oh they were great in the seventies and eighties, but that franchise hasn't a prayer with him making the decisions.