Preseason Game 2

It’s Official. We’re Fucked. Orton has been named the starter. He must be incredible in practice because he didn’t light it up in this game. All he proved is that Brandon Lloyd has the ability to catch poorly thrown balls. Has Orton completed a pass over 15 yards?
Lovie, I’m losing faith. Granted, you got criticized in the past for handing the starting job to Rex in the preseason, and then you get criticized for having a QB competition this year. But don’t tell us this is a real competition and then give the ball to Kyle after that performance.
Have you ever seen Lovie speak into that headset? Is it plugged in? He looks like a boy lost at the mall. “Are you lost? What’s your name?" Lovie should have suspended Lance Briggs for a game last year for lying to the police after crashing his Lamborghini. Isn’t that what zero tolerance means? At the beginning of this year’s WR hunt, Lovie stated that he’s comfortable with Mark Bradley as his number 1 receiver. I want to take you seriously. I don’t know if you’re a good coach or not. I know the players love you, but what are we to think when you say things like that?


As has been widely reported, Rex had little time to throw the ball. When he did, he looked sharp and I’d almost say confident. In his first throw of the game, the blitz came, he stepped into the pocket and I swear I saw him take a breath, relax his shoulders, and then fire the ball to Olsen for a first down. Then he got mauled for the rest of his series.



Matt Forte looks tough, like he can get the yards on 3rd and short. And he can catch the ball. I think he’s going to be a bright spot on offense.


Bad luck befell 2 players I highlighted last week.
Des Clark, as of tonight, is reported to be out a game with a right knee injury sustained at the end of a seven-yard reception.
Robbie Gould missed a would be game winning 47 yard field goal with 25 seconds left in the game. Robbie, you are the highest paid kicker in the NFL, the highest paid kicker of all time. Yes. I don’t know how that happened either. You are not allowed to miss anything under 50 yards.


Backup DT Israel Idonije had a good game with a sack, a tackle for a loss of yards, and he batted down a pass. Idonije always creeped me out until I realized that he looks like Junior from the Tom Selleck movie An Innocent Man. Junior gets killed by Jimmie Rainwood. Jimmie gets sent to the whole for 90 days. This is Jimmie on his way back to his cell from the hole. It was hard time. You can tell by the sweat and the tousled hair. But how does he still have a moustache? How did he shave? Shouldn’t he have a beard after 90 days?


Many people are saying that Devin Hester, who just signed a 40 million dollar contract, makes too much to just play special teams. Consider, though, that teams have kicked out of bounds on kickoffs and spotted the Bears 40 yards, rather than kick to him. I think the Bears had the best starting position in the NFL. Punters routinely short leg punts to avoid him. These are yards that Hester gives the Bears without even touching the ball. It must be a ton of yards, and if you added them up, they’re probably more than he could hope to gain as a WR.