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Only saw the first half, but yikes.  Just like last year, 3rd and 15 and we give up a 20 yard pass.  I mean come on man.  As much as I didnt see Iwuh do anything wrong, I think if Lance Briggs was there they may have been a little better.  And when Urlacher and Peppers left things got a lot looser.  Hester had a nice catch but lost his balance and went out of bounds.  Plus a couple of drops.  And Roy Williams, looks like we got the Cowboys version not the Lions version.  This could be a very long season if they play like that all year. 

They're also missing their starting CB, leading tackler, and leading interceptor for the season.

Sometimes, going all out in a week 2 preseason game isn't the best idea...

Sanzabacher looked OK and I can see why people like the kid.  He's really small and not very fast but he seems to know what's going on out on the field.  I don't foresee him having a real long NFL career due to his physical limitations but he showed me enough that I think we need to try and find a place for him. We need another Tom Waddle type on this team and he could be the one.

Kris Adams...  meh.  I was expecting more based on the raves from training camp.  Yeah he's tall but so what. There's a lot of tall WRs in the NFL that don't play up to their size and he just looked like one of those to me last night.

very late in the game...about 4 minutes to go.

Bet he gets cut. I had high hopes for him before the lockout ended.

Welcome to over-reaction Tuesday!   Pekin and Phil were for the most part spot on for their remarks...most of the rest of you....spot-off.

Offensively, our 2 pressing concerns in the offseason on offense were O-line and wide receiver.  O-line did a pretty good job.  Webb for the most part held his own - he had a couple semi-whiffs but none led to a QB sack.  Carimi had another solid game.  Both Lance Louis and Chris Williams did a decent job too.  They both need more work considering they are lining up next to new guys.  Garza did well pass blocking but I saw him whiff on a pull.   I think these same guys live to play another week.

Now to the WRs.  I said prior to the season that Roy Williams and Devin Hester could put the Bears at the top of the most passes dropped list.

Hester is amazingly talented but amazingly inconsistent.  Makes a nice catch on a wide open pass along the sideline (though he did lose his balance and step out of bounds).  Then follows that up with 3 bonehead plays:  trips over his feet on an out pattern that would have went for a TD, drops another TD pass on the same series, and makes a bad decision not to follow his blockers on a screen and gets hit with a 5 yard loss.  More times than not those screens and end arounds to Hester flat out don't work.

You love the big play potential but you need a WR you can trust too.

That brings me to Roy Williams.   He's show the inconsistency of Hester but not the talent...yet.   I think he'll get better with time but he is currently NOT beating out Johnny Knox at split end.

And if you noticed last night Knox was not playing with the 1s meaning he's behind Roy, Hester and Bennett.

Not counting the playoffs but during the regular season the Packers beat FOUR teams with winning records.

On the field the players have to BRING it - team chemistry and desire can swing the talent either way - positive or negative - or injuries