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" And how Marcus has brought to abide motor works of Barrington CY they have more than 7580000. Unique visitors each month that motor works dot com offend by Sullivan's steakhouse great food. Great cocktails. Great value and then usually -- the -- emerges from the film room having -- found new things having DeVine to new Bears truths. I love -- I hope I'm good I don't always just wondering if you don't find any truth about our Chicago Bears at halftime."

" I can't I can't honestly say that I learned a whole lot Sunday I you know I thought it was a nice win formulas -- ball game that that they had to win. You would have liked for them to do it impressively they were certainly impressive in the second half. You know you start to dig a little deeper you find that the real story of that winners on special teams and you know some of the concerns that we may have had going in. Could've answered a little bit others really still haven't been answered so in I think just chalk it up to you know good win in game expected him to win. One that was fun to watch particularly in the second half and I think the hometown crowd joined. I thought it was a lot of points for a team that still doesn't block consistently. Don't -- is very impressive you know again and it was a special teams wipe out any other they have 270. Yards. And returns a kick returns -- you -- just too many yeah. I think Jim Schwartz a little concerned about the Lions kick coverage at this point picking up. When when you get that kind of advantage you get the kind of field position that they gave when they weren't just not matter in the field position taking returns only the end zone. It's gonna make a big difference in the ballgame I thank you got to feel good for Matt Forte. You -- The hundred in what was a 121 yards on the ground and he really struggled the first few weeks now you know dvd naysayers or or the you know glass half empty guys are gonna take a look -- say that you know wait a minute he had. No what was it ninety to those yards on two carries and was still held to just 23 yards in his other ten carries which is that two point three average against self. I'm still concerned about the offense -- but when I was really impressed by the first to 61 yard run. -- took down about the sixth or seventh Louis Delmas is is arguably the best rookie safety in the league you know western Michigan. I don't know if he was just taking a short -- there or what he was Dillon that they do the route he took it -- looking for a blocker to fit again. Instead of tackling fourteen I was still going to be a nice 1012 yard pick up but he just turned it into a 61 yard run and then the way. That forte ran away from him impress me because I had thought he showed gear that we hadn't seen earlier than 37 yarder. On the same thing it was it was blown coverage in the secondary not coverage was in the past play but but the burst he showed to get away that was nice that was encouraging and -- looking for an offense forte showed up. I was -- so when you looked almost he sure likes to talk up there is quite seen -- got a while hall of that's always had just homered and somebody else's public talk until the end zone several times it was after he got beat. -- that the President Clinton took the -- really wonder about and I wonder why I guess what we're wondering go or watch it live isu was what could he possibly be saying -- good ouch. I don't know I know there was one -- I noticed he was in Cutler's face -- right after I can't forget the play. I think they'd actually held the Bears on third down that he would have little to do with that have been a dropped pass or -- like that. And look like Jerry Hammond -- go added a little bit but yet he was doing a lot of talking like. You know -- I'm impressed with what Jim Schwartz is done with that team cell phone and no that's not our subject for the afternoon but. When you remember that this team was -- sixteen. That they now have a win in their first three that they were up on the Vikings 107 at halftime that they were tied with the Bears 21 -- halftime. That's a bad football team there's gonna finish last in the central but I think they've got that thing moving in the right direction now it's."

" Popular sport to beat up on the injured Hunter Hillenmeyer especially with the play of Nick Roach that I actually thought they missed. Hillenmeyer did not even talk reminiscing Urlacher but also some of those passes that were completed to the soft spot in the end zone in the deep middle. I don't think -- is as good day as Hillenmeyer and getting back -- nice guy he's more of a downhill type middle linebacker that he is a classic Tampa two type."

" Well you know -- he could very well be right you're certainly right about what you saw on Sunday the one thing I will say in Indian roaches defense though a lot of that is almost experience and you know he knows exactly where he's supposed to be and he knows he's got to get there and get there quick I think roach was still feeling his way a little that I. -- you know you're right you're you're gonna find the soft spot that we saw Sunday but that's for one of my concerns you know still is there. I think you saw now Calvin Johnson is an elite receiver almighty show probably one of the four to six best in the league right now. You know nonetheless Zack Bowman. He was like that piece of bread the stays in the -- about five minutes too long you know I it was just it was it was kind of the hard to watch she have burned so badly and that it's not the end that doesn't mean he's another guy who can't play corner but. But he really to me is a guy who's been overrated and hopes and expectations and and hasn't really perform he also got. Nicked up again which he seems to do on a regular basis so. One of the my concerns that was not alleviated all Sunday it was the secondary I am still very concerned and when you look at that first half. The Detroit Lions and I will repeat the Detroit Lions did whatever they want and with the Bears pass defense."

" Yeah they really did you know until we're discussing issues and I wanna get your take on it because. But nobody seen more Bears games and you have. Probably not the -- I know series -- I don't think they have I mean we go back to go to mid thirties right. -- I mean. I can't think of a guy that I -- Think does he better job than he does it's ever been a Bears outside linebacker we talk about all -- Wilson and Wilbur Marshall. They don't I don't know there are two guys have been with -- we're missing somebody he Doug who we have on that list dog absolutely. It was vote Louis. Problem. Are we crazy -- no."

" Not an easy -- if you gonna go back to the sixties certainly you know Joe fortune on on Larry Morris were outstanding outside backers but not nearly the athletes -- these guys that you're talking about. I think Doug beyond beyond being there are our friend there appeared definitely belongs on that list she talked about fourteen years and playing the position. Really an outstanding fashion none. Wilbur Marshall. Was as good or better my inspiration what Wilbur Marshall was unique to what the reason. But I think he may not get the Chicago credit that he deserves is because your played having played Monday and play half -- career you left. I think about my his career very and then you certainly can't fault him for that one of the first of the of their free -- do you have well the first one anybody got 21 round draft choice as far in case people forget that was the Mel Wofford and Trace Armstrong. But good yeah I know worked out well for both teams some. But -- Wilbur was as good or better and Briggs and -- was awfully close to I hate to have to split these three. But then after Otis and will are all the way forward. To. You know until last spring that -- hard pressed to find -- we had a guy and here. Again the pre season around hacks who I thought was going to be a real good one hand and unfortunately his knees -- that I think it even healthy. You know done some really good things but. But no I gotta agree with you that's that at least two people come to mind that's pretty much the list."

" Adrian Peterson is going to be out with this spring neither not letting on how long he's going to be out I'm not expecting him to play in the Atlanta game. Garrett Wolfe and Gerry D'Angelo is gonna give him every opportunity to do every -- show his NFL player. What should they do about having another running -- they promote physical will bill that would be promoted from the practice squad or do you find some guys on the street."

" Thank you gotta go to the street you know there's some decent players out there and I haven't really been check in the list yet. But they were dangerously thin before Adrian Peterson went down I was thinking maybe they should've been into the street already because. You know we've seen with -- Adrian that if Matt Forte has the -- to ask to be the number one back AP just can't do it you know he. Do you given those 1618 carries and -- he tends to wear down really fast he's great with -- eight to ten carries. You're all friends and -- I'm I'd be happy to be proven wrong but what I saw what I've seen he's not an NFL running back that I just don't think it's gonna happen. And now you're talking about a scenario or some happens to fourteen gonna get the ball. You know 151820. Times I think they gotta go get somebody having their male like this -- get off the practice squad but but to me that's no different thing Garrett Wolfe. He did have a guy who's always done it before. What names do we have that are on the street I you know I apologize -- that is the right question I just haven't looked there's nobody coming to mind right on top of my head. But it is certainly something that we'll take a look at hopefully have some reasonably personally come back tomorrow."

" The Bears have been like other teams in the past where they can use the bye week. To prepare for themselves -- as it is if they weren't opponent it's a kind of a cool thing the teams do say all right. Let's say more more and were different team while playing the Bears this week. And they go through all the film minister breaking it and see how would we attack ourselves and because they don't have to be so busy who bogeyed the voluminous. Tape work in preparing the cards for scout team and all that that they it does provide the luxury of doing some of this it what do you think the fight."

" Well -- they're gonna find what I think is is obvious to everybody if you wanna attack exactly the way the Detroit Lions did in the first half not your team. It has the ability to do that and then can run the football as well. Then the Bears have got problems and that's what's so interest in about that first game come on them by you know when they go to Atlanta. And here's everything that we wanna find out everything we've been talking about for the first four weeks. I think we're gonna find it out in Atlanta we can Sunday did because there a team. The defense is detectable the defense is not impressed PM I think Jay Cutler. To the extent he's done some things against you know -- to have the ability to put some points on the board. But this is the test for the Bears defense that I have been fearing and I think with the Bears will find as they study that film. He is you know they've got to do something scheme wise I know love he's gotten a lot of credit for the way he's called defenses and deservedly so but. Actually had stumbled on the somewhere pregame show son and a -- guys heard this or not you may have talked about like your show the there was a story might demolish story last week it was the -- handoff was -- your -- but they broke down. How much the Bears have been blitzing and said that they were third in the league I think -- 38%. And and I think was -- he asked Lovie about it and Lovie was a little bit testy and so -- where they get those numbers you know offers that much but. Our ideal scenario is to blitz a third of the time play covered to a third of the time and play you know straight zone a third of the time well if you think about it. Clearly in the cover to the Tampa two -- not going to be blitzing and so if Lovie is blitzing more than he wants to. Whether that's 30% 20% 33% he clearly -- more than he wants to. That tells you that he's identified that he can't play has Tampa two with the people he's got right now so what they've got to be doing studying that film is saying. Okay should we get back to more of the cover two and take our chances where do we have to come up with a new scheme to disguise it because we can't play our own base defense I have no."

" Does the linebacker positioning has been much closer to the line of scrimmage that when he's playing his pure. Shell Tampa to those guys are straight across they're set back a good five yards sort of behind the the defense of line. And it is being being being 123 in their gaps. And lately we're seeing a lot more flexibility. With the pre snap positioning of linebackers."

" On the everything you may have noticed Sunday again and they didn't change -- rants praise wasn't playing middle linebacker he didn't take over the Mike backer position. But the way they. Had a lined up he was in the middle about half the time Sunday and I think that's a bit of an adjustment to not having Urlacher out there either. Now that may have been as much to help the young people as anything else but. -- kind of jumped out of me at the first half how often even though they were trying to play a straight up Tampa two he ended up in the middle with a guy and either side of them. So you would -- we go to break your wanna get your take on last night's Minnesota Green Bay game because that day after a leisure Bears competition there with him. So it landed at least fuel to doll looks like. What what their last 115 they were eleven and five they're two and one out of the NBA they're coming off of by now they've got an interesting test this week they got to go out -- the coast and play the 49ers and I don't think the 49ers are nearly as good as their 31 record but they are very physical and they're playing pretty good on defense. It is in San Francisco so Atlanta is going to be coming off a huge test against the 49ers. And there -- the kind of team. That I think the Bears should fear a little bit in terms of the balance of their offence but the ability to be Q either way after with a run or the."

" Past here's some names of running backs on the street right now thanks horrifying techsters -- the Comcast feedback zone here in the score. Dominic Rhodes TJ Duckett Warrick Dunn Ahman Green and Chris Henry Shaun Alexander Deuce McAllister Tatum Bell."

" Yeah I mean to me Dominic Rhodes assuming that there is no more off the field issues who is a guy that I would have been here right away. I would love to take a look at the Warrick Dunn. Because he's the guy who even if you stay healthy and get healthy could continue to complement what you do. He can do the things on third down that I don't think Garrett Wolfe could so those are two guys that I'd be very intrigued about bringing in the you'll look to."

" Terrible talk a little NFC north with -- in a moment get his take on last night's emotional affair in Minnesota on WSCR the score."

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" This negative off field about last night -- bears' main rivals. In their division being Vikings and the Packers. You know guys the Vikings. To me than a team that could be the favorite to win the NFC all along we just didn't know. If it was gonna all come together if there was going to be distractions off the field issues chemistry on that. I think what you saw last night is that's an unbelievably good football team and and you still didn't see it at their best because the fact that the Packers. Took Kuwait Adrian Peterson the way they did. Now you know and I know we've been on the opposite sides of this as far as the whole Brett Favre thing. Although I don't recall -- whoever's saying you need to play I think it was more about you know lose the way he's made his decisions. But anybody who decided who doubted what this guy could still do. Then if you watched last night c'mon I mean you know is for him to be able to make throws he made. And to be almost perfect and so that's what you get when you take away Adrian Peterson. And then you look on the other side look at this Jared Allen I don't wanna look at Jimmy frightens me happy he is. I don't remember. You know -- and I see them have a few games like that and I can't think of anybody I can compare to. Not with a combination of size strength and speed and I don't know what you guys think -- gruden and you were doing and maybe how we long. Well he's much better knows how good an hour long you know I thought Howie -- one -- in the player's -- in the history. I think as somebody who did you who would you be on that list of people. It's not like he's coming off the edge like one of his own blitz Kevin -- guys who got a lot of so now he's he's a legitimate deep defense right. It's in LA and I cats I can't think of anybody on curse. Maybe -- during a better actually don't think Kurz had the motor that this guy has. And it is through the motor you know I think that impresses me more than anything else although he clearly has great strange and really handle that. John -- played inside a lot smaller -- but yet again you know high molder -- hell yeah yeah you know it's a it's hard to find a -- if you think about it -- but all I know. Is after watching and then you realize that you got the Williams -- in this TJ -- playing really good ball linebacker I've always loved to you know Antoine Winfield is playing as good a corner. Net and that's a team that's just starting to get better now so. I think that you really. You know in terms of the bears' hopes realistically. You should be thinking wild card right now. And I think that's very attainable. Look at the Packers guys as we talked about this during the pre season if you know you know I can see the pass rush during the preceding series that offensive line is a disaster area and and my hat's off to Aaron Rodgers I -- this kid I think still has a chance to also all the the Cutler Roger's stuff for the next 510 years we're gonna have fun with this because this kid does belong in the conversation. But they had to get him some help -- best."

" That's the thing too about -- performance not just last night -- going on this season. My assumption was that the guy would wear down physically because see you boo his every (%expletive) it's just different a forty year old body if they're going to protect him like that. Not only will he be good on they've given play when given that kind of protection to you are. And making assuring that he might be even better later on in the year and in the play."

" Office absolutely but I will tell you this down capers may have been a genius against the Bears on September 13 I don't know what he was doing last night I mean. He he just all night long chose to draft guys in the coverage I think Aaron Kampman was allowed to actually rush the passer may be two or three times last night. This guy who is third in the NFL in sacks over the last three years combined you've made him an outside rush linebacker in the 34. He radically to free him up and let them make more plays in space and they never turned him loose last night and I just I didn't understand that at all. So yeah. -- the Packers. I think they're probably going in the wrong direction good news for Bears fans but. The Vikings that was that was just little -- taste of what we might BC and gone forward and and that's a little scary because I don't think that's a real great matchup for the Bears weather playing football right now."

" You know how -- watch a lot of the game the week before when the Vikings play didn't. Niners hand it in their place and I'm -- Singletary those guys that Jimmy was really playing he was just sort of wandering around but I mean those guys up front of the -- on both sides of the ball. Are a lot better I think than people give them credit for and I know you probably don't I look I don't know if you feel little ten win team an eleven win team. All I know into I don't like to quarterback Frank Gore is gone but even that -- said. You don't up front on both sides -- decent I mean there there are pretty good team. They're they're playing very well they paid a lot of money for Justin Smith and then he's a Pro Bowl type if you don't you're doing it TNT yes Patrick Willis find him a linebacker Mo Williams these prop Willis is probably the best plan back from football season so nasty I'm not sure people have seen better figure him out yet but he is."

" Probably the best linebacker in football right now. Nate Clements who you know I think we ton -- money well and I. I think we talked about this last week when when the Broncos came up. Is these teams are surprising us a little bit but when you can anchor each unit on defense when you've got an all pro defensive linemen and all pro linebacker and all pro defensive back. You're going to be in pretty good shape and then -- with the Bears are struggling with right now is that they've got the linebacker you know whether it's Briggs and Urlacher. But they don't have the guy and the defensive line quite frankly peanut Tillman is a -- for two short in the day in the secondary and so. That's why when you see these teams like the Broncos and and the and the 49ers. If I gotta take the bears' 53 man roster over either one of them I'm gonna take the Bears. But based on the way they're playing right now and the way they've bounced off those defense is. You know -- there's some good young football -- I what I worry about with the 49ers military is is there -- there would -- a lot on offense not even with francoeur I'm not sure that there there. And without -- this Atlanta games going to be fascinating Sunday I can't wait to see them along with the 49ers in the Falcons."

" The news today the Packers have re signed Mark Tauscher. So I don't know him I don't know if that is that is the headquarters great if you. -- hit -- and it is the ultimate move out of desperation out of the old buddies back."

" They ever in all fairness they've indicated they might want to I believe he had both these African and he had two surgeries he hasn't really been ready. And they had said all along that if he could pass a physical look at life let him come in and compete. But I have to believe watching that horror show last night accelerated the process a little bit. For the sort of was too I mean you know -- and I thought Aaron Rodgers did you know that guy. I would would what was happening all around him and he's still threw the ball. About as well as a guy can control it considering. That he was wearing a viking well and he did expose another is somewhere you can -- the Vikings because well Henderson's playing well. Chad Greenway is a pretty good football player and I love Antoine Winfield. Moved back seven and if you look for holes and there is on the Packers on the moment one about catcher Michael Finley. You know even hear him I don't know if he's a tide under a wide receiver playing tight end and beyond whatever it big yeah well he's pretty impressive and he's the guy they've been raving about for the Packers only one. When we look at how the Bears are gonna match up now I think I think Jay Cutler can do it. The question is by the time we see the Vikings as he can have enough receivers who are able to get into those holes in the clones. And then all on the football take the shots because that's where you're gonna have to attack them and obviously you have to protect Kotler which the Packers couldn't do last night for a."

" They have if you could just wait through an update -- did you get your thoughts on what we were talking about regarding Tony Romo the Dallas Cowboys okay. We're visiting wheel hub in Denver and Cincinnati theory. Well it's it's just think when you look at the big picture the Cowboys and sort of what they are know what they spent on this building what they've asked. Of not just the taxpayers there to help pay for this thing but everybody does -- in the 75 dollars for parking and and the millions. Pressure. That is on that team what it must be like to be Tony Romo right now and not playing well raising all kinds of questions. And he just seems to me like Tony romo's deep deep truth camps. He's not allowed to be banned. -- tend not to be bad he has to be good. He may not be."

" We -- you nailed at the end their damning I think everything you're saying is true I think it's incredible pressure I think it's a horrible position of the end. But I think that people are starting to find out that he is. Exactly who he's been which is I believe a free agent quarterback out of eastern Illinois you know and he's a guy who's got some size and some mobility. He and he showed some flashes and so they decided he was the guy. But the reality is on the flashes he's never done anything to prove on the field that he's. The guy in and you know I think it's horrible than there was some pundits trying to blame him for the Roy Williams bruised ribs. He didn't purposely you don't throw the ball high and hang -- drives on his fault he got those bruised ribs. But he keeps making throws like that is the problem hand. Yeah I think it's an impossible situation and he's not holding up very well. And and there's nothing on his resonating indicate that things are gonna get better I I think they may have a real problem on their hands of quarterback. -- right way of saying some I know you saw that I -- watching the game and -- that's like when -- when you do that you know something bad is gonna happen to you it's your worst nightmare down you really -- but again -- and he didn't do -- an -- you know I know you're not suggesting that you know total but I mean yeah and by the -- it wasn't there was about 45 throws net -- Williams was -- when they got hurt it up all fields and -- no he's just easy looks bad out there and end and I keep trying to go back to. -- you know when you look at the huge games that this guy had. Most of that was with TO and Joey Galloway making phenomenal plays and you're talking about a couple potential hall of famers and I don't know either one of them in all -- But there's certainly -- Pro Bowl type receivers now. You take them away and asked Romo to be the guy."

" You know the thing that puzzles me. He's got the best running game any NFL."

" You don't have to be that good to be realigned with quarterback to bring tight end evidenced I didn't I didn't throw line a little overrated to be honest with you don't know about. But good enough certainly and and yeah arguably and Jason Witten the best tight end in the NFC. Yeah he's he. He's gotta be better than years and then he hasn't at this point in and I. The other question I have -- guys you know Jason Garrett offensive genius."

" You know if you wanna beat the Denver Broncos do you think it's a good idea to throw a Champ Bailey sixteen times in the game."

" We mentioned that yesterday I don't know how dumb you have to be do that open you can help me with a yeah I don't know how -- you have to beat you got two cracks inside the eighth to win the game and you're gonna go to Sam -- against Champ Bailey when you've got to Jason."

" With -- well apparently you know Tony Romo didn't know was fourth down because he's forgotten the spike of the football bid today it gave up and down. And that's why it happened the way it did it but which you know an end that can add to the indictment though I think it is announced its his job throughout and and so. Now I think they got themselves and in a real corner right now because I don't think he's the guy. And they certainly don't have the guy behind him on the bench you know and it could get ugly kind of quit now the good news though is that they've got their running game. What what what's of what I should've known I really thought they beat the Broncos because I still think the Broncos are that good. But their defense is also a little bit overrated you know the markets where special. But beyond that the cowboys' side need to mediate got. No 798 name written all professional acting too and that's -- have a much you know I -- public this year. You don't eight -- the playoffs again I suppose their candidate the way I look at it now I'm not sure of that I know the all the money spent in the state and everything that goes without I'm not sure but not town located an NFC right now where I don't think that I think the 49ers. Win that division there there isn't going to be a wild card out of their I don't think Arizona is that good. But I I don't see the Bears win them less than ten games and I think the Vikings win that division. I don't see you know the Falcons the Saints winning less than. Eleven games I don't see the Eagles the Giants winning -- right so no on eight mating and do anything for you this year that's what I think too all right how fun is always my friend will visit with you tomorrow I can have a great."

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