Sun. 7 @ Colts
Sun. 14 @ Panthers
Sun. 21 BUCCANEERS
Sun. 28 EAGLES
Sun. 5 @ Lions
Sun. 12 @ Falcons
Sun. 19 VIKINGS
Sun. 2 LIONS
Sun. 9 TITANS
Sun. 16 @ Packers
Sun. 23 @ Rams
Sun. 30 @ Vikings
Sun. 7 JAGUARS
Thu. 11 SAINTS
Mon. 22 PACKERS
Sun. 28 @ Texans
Three reasons:
(1) I'll be in Charlotte to see the Bears play the Panthers. If you're going to be in that area, let me know.
(2) Warm-weather Jaguars, dome Saints and Packers come to Soldier Field in December. If the Bears keep themselves in the division hunt, they could win it with their schedule.
(3) They play a lot of crap teams.
#2 Pissed Off said . . .I didnt even think about the dome saints, and warm weather jaguar angle. That could be two nice factors that help give us "W"s. I'm not so sure about the Jags being weaker in warm weather though, they're a pretty tough team.
April 16, 2008
#3 mikebdot said . . .And per usual I will be at the Vikes game Nov 30th in the dome. Should be a nice Thanksgiving weekend present with a win. If anyone here will be attending let me know, I would love to meet some of you guys someday.
April 16, 2008
#4 jdawg said . . .Even our host occasionally has problems with the dreaded "double post". D'oh.
April 16, 2008
#5 Gin said . . .I don't know what to make of the schedule and, yeah, tell the Steelers all about the warm weather Jags.
I think a lot of people were predicting 6-10 the season Orton started and 7-9 the SB season, so who really knows.
The Bears are one of those teams that could sort of suck, like last year, or beat the shit out of a lot of teams. The D has the potential to be scarey. and the offense already is.
As that retarded radio commercial says, its all about the O.
April 16, 2008
#6 AfroCelt said . . .http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3349761
CJ demands a trade.
Make it happen Jerry!
Spice it UP. Do something sexy for once!!!Bears are the only team with a 3 game road trip. What up with that?
April 16, 2008
#7 jeff said . . .I'm just hoping for another winning season...cmon BEARS!
April 16, 2008
#8 AfroCelt said . . .why don't the bears already have chad johnson?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3349761
April 16, 2008
#9 jeff said . . .and as far as Chad Johson...he would be a good reciever, he just wouldn't like it here. Why? We don't have a stable QB situation, and this guy is a glory hound. "Future Hall of Famer"...need I say more?
April 16, 2008
#10 Phil from SATX said . . .ha! sorry, gin. i'm hungover as shit.
April 16, 2008
#11 Pissed Off said . . .I was about to say, Jeff - man you really AREN'T reading the posts. But you esplaind. Big Tuesday night in Manhattan, huh?
I love the schedule because of all the 12:00 games, lined up like soldiers. PO'd and I are together on that, we loves us some 12 o'clock games and hates the 3's (if I recall). 3's are for West Coasters, not us. I think this is what happens when the world has written you off, which is a much better place to be for us than last year, when we all knew we were going back to the SB. Boy the disappointments started early and kept coming, didn't they?
I think we have more to look forward to in this draft than any I can remember. We were never sure before what the draft would be like. This year we are - we know damn well it's Otah or Williams with the 1st, a Oline or RB with the 2nd, and a WR and whichever wasn't taken in the 2nd with the two 3's. Of course, picking a QB could be mixed in there too, which I still maintain would be a huge mistake.
Why is this a huge mistake, you ask? I've not heard from any experts that this year is anything like a strong QB year. We know that must be taken with a grain of salt because we know even more that it is virtually impossible to predict QB success from college success (or combines, or offseason mulling, or whatever). But all else equal, this is not supposed to be a great year.
So any QB you take, you better not be thinking "this is our franchise QB" or "this will be our franchise QB if Rex bombs." So therefore, this is the year to take a late round flyer on a guy, NOT use one of our very important 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th round picks. Our non-franchise QB needs are too great - AT LEAST two Olinemen, one RB, one and possibly two WR, one safety, DT. We only have 8 picks (not counting the quasi-undrafted free agent supplemental picks). 4 of those picks really need to be the top 4 listed above, and I would argue that safety needs to be in the top 5. So after you pick 5 (oline oline RB WR safety in some order), then go ahead and do whatever you want. But don't lose out on a stud Olinemen, a stud RB or a stud WR to take a flyer on a QB in a weak class. Wait until next year for that, when, if needed, the focus for the Bears will become obvious.
Seems clear to me. Can't wait for a week from Saturday!
April 16, 2008
#12 Nick said . . .I do hates me some 3pm games. No question I love the nooners....
Yes, Jeff, Why dont we already have Ocho Cinco? If the guy running the show at Halas Hall wasnt a complete idiot he'd make it happen. I dont know what the Bengals want in return, I really dont. I could speculate that It'd be a 2nd rounder or a late pick and a guy, probably a defensive guy, pending on who that is, I'd do it. Hell if its not Urlacher, Briggs, Tommie, Wale or Peanut I'd do it. Yeah thats right.
If Angelo doesnt get this done he should retire from the Bears and go work at NAPA, he can be their biggest tool.
Corny, I know.April 16, 2008
#13 Pissed Off said . . .L
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W10-6 by my math.
Could be more if we had some Offense.
Seriously, go RB in 1st and QB in 2nd, OL in 3rd, DL in 4th
April 16, 2008
#14 tenacious d said . . ."What you've just said......"
April 16, 2008
#15 Justin said . . .What I like about this schedule:
1) No division games until 5th weekend.
Gives our offense a chance to gel (or if not gel, at least lather a little) before the games get critically important.2) 5 home games out of 7 from 9-21 to 11-9
Lovie's teams have played tough at home. Mix in winnable road games with Lions & Falcons, and even if we fall to the Colts & Panthers to open the season, we could still be 6-3 or 5-4 at the end of this stretch, and in the thick of the division race.April 16, 2008
#16 zisk said . . .Trade Benson to Cincinnati for CJ and Take Mendenhall in the first...he's going to be a stud in this league. If we don't take him Detroit will and then he'll be running all over us instead of for us. Draft your O-line with a 2nd and 3rd rounder. Pick up Flacco or Henne. A 1-2 punch of mendenhall and CJ with a rejuvenated Rex and a stout D should be enough to make the Playoffs
April 16, 2008
#17 Pissed Off said . . .If we don't draft o line first I'll be pissed a new starling left tackle makes us better at LT RT QB and RB
April 17, 2008
#18 Max said . . .Yeah Im sure Cincy's mouth is just watering over Ced.
April 17, 2008
totally agree with jdawg. . . Jags got no problem playing in the cold. With a duo of jones-drew and taylor, they can play in any weather. I had us losing that game honestly.
Draft O-lineman. . . to heck with the rest of the offense, DRAFT LINEMEN!
April 17, 2008
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