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Can anyone tell me how to stop the video and sound from starting up whenever you look at a tribune web page? Is there a setting I can change?

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Been looking for that myself, Keys.

Here's a stat from ChicagoBears.com that tells you how truly pathetic the Bears' legacy at the QB position is:

After three seasons with the Bears, Cutler is the franchise’s all-time leader with an 82.1 passer rating and ranks second in completion percentage (59.9).

Not even 60% completion and that's 2nd best in franchise history.  Wow, just wow.

If we can get a WR that can hold on to the ball, and shore up the OL we could really be on to something.  A couple of upgrades on D, and next season could be kind of special.  Fingers crossed.

I don't see our WR's having problems catching the ball.  When Cutler was back there healthy we were putting up over 30 a game after that disaster in Detroit.  I didn't have an issue with our receivers except Roy Williams.  With Knox suspect going into this season and with Williams not coming back I agree wholeheartedly we need help there going into next year.  And throw to the TE's sometimes!

Your quote about the defense is totally right on the money.

By and large, our D did really well against the rush last season.

Against the pass...  not so much.  We need to get much better on 3rd and long defense, i.e., much better pressure from our front 4 and more INTs by the back 7.

Wow...  another one I didn't see coming.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-bears-hire-bates-to-be-qb-coach-20120207,0,6705053.story

Great news for Cutler.  Gotta wonder if Emery pulled rank cause according to multiple reports Lovie wasn't keen on this guy.

There isn't much not to like about Bates, IMO.  He helped Seattle get to the playoffs (and beat the Saints) with a Seahawks team that had even less talent on offense than the Bears...  so with some offseason upgrades at OL and WR here I think he'll do just fine.

It's rather embarrassing that it looks like we're getting him by default when he should have been our first pick all along...  but as long as we don't botch the OL coach hiring and Emery doesn't step on his dick in the draft, I have to rate this offseason as being pretty successful.

I believe this is truely good news. I guess that Lovie's reservations about Bates were overcomed.

 Bates was out of the league last season, but he worked well with Cutler as an assistant for three years in Denver. In Chicago, he will serve under new offensive coordinator Mike Tice.

Cutler had a strained relationship with former Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner during their lone season together in 2009 and took a beating at times the past two seasons in Mike Martz's system. But in Denver, Bates played a key role in Cutler's development.

"His history with Jay was a big thing," coach Lovie Smith told the teams official website "And not just history with Jay but a good history, a productive history with him helping Jay as a quarterback."


Cutler said the Bears hired the right man.


"He was very vital in my growth and my experience as a quarterback (in Denver)," Cutler told the team's website. "The last couple years he had full control of my development and our plays coming in. He's a grinder. He's a guy that's going to work extremely hard to find weaknesses in defenses and he's going to be able to present it to us in a way that we understand and will be able to make plays where we can take advantage of those weaknesses."


Cutler enjoyed some his most productive seasons working with from 2006 to 2008 in Denver. He threw for a franchise-record 4,526 yards in 2008 and made the Pro Bowl.


Bates was assistant head coach of the offense and quarterbacks coach at Southern California in 2009.

He left with coach Pete Carroll to become Seattle's offensive coordinator but was fired after the 2010 season.

Bates, who also has been an assistant with Tampa Bay (2002-04) and the New York Jets (2005), interviewed with Smith in Tampa last week.

He then met with Tice at the team's headquarters. The Bears also interviewed former Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Greg Olson.

Can anyone tell me how to stop the video and sound from starting up whenever you look at a tribune web page? Is there a setting I can change?

Yep, that's a pain in the a$$!