2008 NFL Season

[Dan Michler]

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.

You think he's nuts?  He seems totally sane to me.  Its the rest of the world that is out to get him.   

[Jon Brakel]

Well, I think if you had said after the pre-season was over that the Bears would be 2-2 after the first 4 games people would have said that you're crazy. It seems to me that the offense keeps getting a little bit better each game. I think these 4 first games were some of the toughest that the Bears are going to see this year. I don't think they're going to go 14-2 but I do think they have a good shot at playing over 500 and making the playoffs. They need to play with the same intensity the second half as they do the first half.

[Dan Michler]

I'm sticking with my preseason prediction of 9-7.  The Bears have led at halftime in every game and have played teams with a combined record of 9-6.

[Jon Brakel]

I'm sticking with my preseason prediction of 9-7.  The Bears have led at halftime in every game and have played teams with a combined record of 9-6.

I think I'm changing my prediction to 10-6. Then they'll lose the first game of postseason after Orton suffers a concussion and Grossman has to QB the second half.

[Bruce Brakel]

2000 tickets left for the Bears-Lions game this weekend at Ford Field. 

[Jon Brakel]

2000 tickets left for the Bears-Lions game this weekend at Ford Field. 

stubhub.com has cheap seats starting at $39 for that game! If I didn't have a nasty cold I would have bought a couple of tickets and been on my way after lunch!

[Stretch]

Go Bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! poor Detroit.....

[airspuds]

i almost got tired of playing the bears fight song at work yesterday
almost

da bears !

[pdga#7648]

The men in Pittsburgh will be hoisting the franchise's 6th, yes 6th Title come February.

Pitt 35
Cowgirls 31

[Tom McManus]

The men in Pittsburgh will be hoisting the franchise's 6th, yes 6th Title come February.

Pitt 35
Cowgirls 31

Maybe they can win #6 fair and square. #5 was a joke. The worst officiating in the history of the NFL. Seattle was robbed of a title.

[pdga#7648]

a few calls were piss poor I agree. But Ben would have scored from the 1 on 3rd or 4th down. And you can't take away Parkers record setting 75 yard run for a TD, or the trick play Randle El to Ward. Seattle only scored 10, not enuff to win a Super Bowl. So they were not ROBBED. Didn't play well enuff to win, only 10 points.


But YES TERRIBLE officiating, I agree. But a win is a win, no matter how you look at it, and the trophy is still in the Pittsburgh trophy case, 4 ever.

[Bruce Brakel]

Go Bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! poor Detroit.....

You could resurrect that post every time the Lions and Bears play.  At half time Kira came by and said, "Oh, doesn't look good for the Bears," and I said, "The Lions are only good for half a game.  The Bears have this won." 

Meanwhile, it's nice to see that Rex Grossman is still atrocious. 

[Jon Brakel]

While I'd like to bash Rex, I can't. I could bash his salary but that's another story. If Rex is a back up QB then he did what backup QBs need to do which is to come in with hardly any practice and not lose the game. You don't expect your backup QB to win the game for you. When your starter goes down other players or even the rest of the team needs to step up and get the win.

Having said that, it's going to be a loooooong four weeks if Kyle can't suck it up, take a needle and get back on the field.

Rex isn't getting paid a backup QB salary but he is the backup and he didn't screw it up. Atta boy!!! 

[Mike Clark]

I am not a Rex fan by any stretch. But he is a good backup. After teams have had time to prepare for him he will get worse.

I feel bad for Kyle. He was probably due to get a new contract after Aaron Rodgers got his. That will more than likely be put on hold now. I heard it was a high ankle sprain not sure if that is true or not. If it is it will be a while before he is back. High ankle sprains do not like to heal quickly. Not sure how it effects a QB but WR and RB usually sit out a long time with them. Maybe at QB you can just wrap it up and deal with it.

[Dan Michler]

I'm pretty bummed about Orton.  The guy had proven everybody wrong this year and lifted a Bears offense, without any big name weapons, to something pretty decent.  He has a 90.8 QB rating this year and 10 TD passes, both 10th best in the NFL.  And significantly better than Derek Anderson or Marc Bulger who have been mentioned as guys we should have gone after (both have alot more weapons than Orton).  I definitely did not think Orton would be this good, but I believe he is the real deal now and if we can get him back healthy we can compete for the NFC title.  Hell, Comincioli hasn't even posted since Sept. 25th about how disgusting the Bears are!  Orton must have done something right.

I have zero confidence in Rex.

[CEValkyrie]

I have no idea how the Bears are 5-3 right now. Take away the squib and that's 6-2. They've been in every game. They are still pretty disgusting to watch. I expected a better performance coming off a bye but I guess a win is a win.

[Dan Michler]

I have no idea how the Bears are 5-3 right now.

The Bears have a very solid ground game with Forte, a solid run defense, and an efficient QB.  That is how we are 5-3.

[discglfr]

I don't know if this is an appropriate place or not for this BUT ... my father-in-law (which still seems weird to say even after 1 year of marriage) has 2 Packer / Bear tickets that he's looking to get rid of for next weekend.

He has put me in charge of getting rid of them.  What are the worth?  I don't know - I've been to a few Packers games in previous years but I was always told "this might be Favre's last season".

Anyway - Sec 124, Row 54. 

Offers?  Ideas?  Suggestions for this unique opportunity?  I don't check this thread often so feel free to PM me.

Ter

[stpitner]

That's a pretty good view from over there   I think the last game that I went to was one section down in 120, row 54 is pretty close to the end of the section, but the view is still great (although it's like where is it NOT great?)  It's fairly close to the TV broadcast booths (as long as I don't have the stadium flipped around in my head).

Don't know how to recommend moving them.  I wouldn't be able to come up with the money anyway

[airspuds]

i think you should start a new thread

that way u can gauge the views