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Agreed about the overuse of Hicks - he's not the same player he was in the first half.  He's their only legit d-lineman that can generate pressure on the pass.  And Bears were real reluctant to play Ballard and Robertson-Harris early on.  And now they are only starting to play John Jenkins.

And if you caught otto's comment about Abe Gibron's family celebration is that Fox is approaching Gibron's worst winning percentage as a Bear coach.

I said it at the beginning of the season this team has the ability to play with anybody...but would be in serious trouble if there were injuries as their is very little depth.   We lost 3 of our top 4 WRs at the beginning of the season with Meridith, White and Wheaton all going out.   Pass rush was decent even after losing Willie Young with Floyd and McPhee. 

Speaking of holiday traditions and celebrations, Johnny Morris and his family will be popping that 50th bottle of champagne.

Yeah, interesting but not totally believable.  If I'm the GM, how do I let the head coach influence a draft pick taken in the 4th round?  Or any draft pick for that matter?

I'm sure there's influence from the head coach on the draft just as there is influence from the GM to play certain people, but bottom line if I'm the GM I'm drafting who I want based on information from player personnel department and scouts.

So now this week we find out about past attepts to get quarterbacks.  How does this Erik Lambert know this when the top beat writers didn't.
I would think Prescott in the fourth round would be expected as a backup not a big threat to Cutler.

Might indeed lower the price, if he really wants to come back. But at least he is trying to show his best whether its for the Bears or some other team. But unlike other years, there will be more players in this years player pool at CB, thus lowering the price. But if you dont want to draft inexperience and prefer a vet I'd rather have someone who knows the system as opposed to someone from another system. And that would depend on what the Bears do with their coaching staff. So who knows the end result as things stand now.

Bears were without their 3 top pass rushing OLBs last week and Fuller had to face AJ Green - how did that go?   According to PFF Fuller had the second highest CB ranking in the NFL last week.

Neither Amukamora or Fuller have been excelling in the turnover department - though each have had tipped balls that led to picks.  Not saying Fuller's elite or shutdown - he is very solid, but for you to call his play inconsistent this season tells me that you aren't watching the games. 

He'll get some tough matchups tomorrow going against Stafford and Detroit's aerial circus in the dome.  Hopefully we'll get some more consistent pass rush with McPhee returning.