Notebook: Cutler Much More Accountable This Time Around
While his performance on the field wasn't a huge improvement, Jay Cutler's performance off the field after the game definitely was.
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While his performance on the field wasn't a huge improvement, Jay Cutler's performance off the field after the game definitely was.
Through three games of the 2012 season, the Bears defense is proving that it's still good enough to win this year and, maybe more importantly, the future might not be as dire as it seems.
Here are Adam Hoge's grades following the Bears' 23-6 win over the Rams Sunday.
If that was the "get well" game many expected for the Bears, we can conclude that the patient is still in need of observation.
Major Wright returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown, and the Chicago Bears beat the St. Louis Rams 23-6 on Sunday.
Bears head coach Lovie Smith officially ruled running back Matt Forte out of Sunday's game against the Rams.
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Even more so than the public beating the Bears took at Lambeau Field on Thursday night, media and fans alike have been discussing the actions of quarterback Jay Cutler.
The Bears' loss to the Packers on Thursday not only cost them the momentum they had created with their season opening win over the Colts, it might have cost them the services of running back Matt Forte for a bit.
In a span of five days, we've already witnessed the good, the bad, and the ugly of a football season. It's not unusual.
Fair or not, most leaders take all the blame for a performance like Thursday's, even though they certainly do not deserve all of it. But Cutler? He hardly took any.
It's not often that the Bears get caught off guard by a huge special teams play from their opponent, but that's exactly what happened in Thursday night's 23-10 loss to the Packers.
Adam Hoge grades the Bears following the their 23-10 loss to the Packers at Lambeau Field.
Please avoid falling into the trap of calling the Packers overrated just because they're 0-1.
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Bears head coach Lovie Smith met the media Monday morning at Halas Hall and did not rule cornerback Charles Tillman out of Thursday's game at Green Bay.
It was the big lead, and not any sort of nagging knee issues that allowed the Bears to pull Brian Urlacher early from Sunday's game against the Colts.
Brian Urlacher looked rusty in his return to the playing field and once the Bears built a comfortable lead in their 41-21 win over the Colts, Lovie Smith elected to pull his middle linebacker from the game.
The start of the 2012 Bears season was nothing short of a disaster. Fortunately, that disaster only lasted a few minutes.
A 41-21 opening win is in the books, and nothing happened to derail the story going in -- that Cutler with new weapons and new coaches could carry an aging defense to great places.
Adam Hoge grades the Bears following their 41-21 win over the Indianapolis Colts Sunday.
Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall weren't about to let Andrew Luck upstage them in their first game back together. Cutler threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns, Marshall added 119 yards receiving with a TD, and the Chicago Bears spoiled Luck's debut, beating the Indianapolis Colts 41-21 Sunday in the season opener.
Though he practiced fully on Friday, there is still no determination on punter Adam Podlesh's playing status for Sunday's season opener against the Colts.
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