QB - Cutler's accuracy was horrible. On the other hand he had no help from anyone on the field but Forte. He did throw a TD and he managed not to throw any picks which given the circumstances is a tremendous accomplishment. Grade = C
RB - Forte is a flat-out stud and it's a shame his career is going to waste with this bunch of yahoos. Kahlil Bell did nothing special in reserve. Grade = A+ for Forte and a C for Kahlil Bell for an average of B+
WR - This group was invisible pretty much all day and especially after Earl Bennett exited. It's very obvious that all a defense needs to do is rough up our WRs and our entire offense goes south. That's a very bad thing. Grade = C-minus and if not for Sanzenbacher's TD catch it would be much lower. BTW Sam Hurd is terrible, both on teams and as a WR. I was actually wishing we had Rasheed Davis back.
TE - I'm a big Kellen Davis fan but if they coaches are trying to use him as a 3rd OT (as it appears they are), it ain't working. After getting Cutler pounded vs. the Falcons he had another terrible screw-up yesterday resulting in the strip sack, and was invisible as a pass catcher. It's not his fault he's being misused but he was really struggling out there yesterday. Grade = D and if this is all the coaches are going to use him for we might as well sit him down and play a proper 3rd OT in his place.
OL - Wow. Could this group of stiffs have been any worse? Even though the sack total was less than last year's Giants game, this group played every bit as poorly as that unit and maybe worse when you consider the punishment Cutler took on plays that weren't sacks. This group was just flat-out awful and particularly our OTs who were beat on the edge time after time even when getting TE help.
DL - Big letdown from this group after a great game in week 1. They didn't totally suck but they didn't have a big impact either. Grade = C minus
LB - Put up the least sucky performance of any of the defensive units. Grade = B-minus
DB - CBs were adequate, not good. Safeties were godawful. Major Wrong and Chris Conte are the NFL's version of Dumb & Dumber, and Merriwether again failed to live up to his hype or his paycheck. Grade = C-minus for the CBs and an F for the safeties for a D-minus average.
ST - Nothing really to complain about here although a return for TD would have been really welcomed yesterday. Grade = B+
Coaching - Total coaching fail. These guys clearly got caught up in all the Urlacher drama and it affected not only the gamplanning (assuming we even prepared for this team, which was hard to tell), but in-game calls and adjustments (or lack thereof). The entire coaching staff was in a fog and the play on the field reflected that. Why no challenge of the Sproles TD when he was clearly a full yard short? And Martz in particular was dreadful. When the offense has to take 2 timeouts in the first QUARTER that tells you there's a real clusterf-uck going on on the sidelines. Grade = F