In the Bears compartment shack after the Packers' 27-17 conclusion Sunday, an enlivened Jay Cutler waved his assistance and shook his nous as he saw the super media gangdom close Roy Williams.

Williams dropped a trusty touchdown transfer and didn't grownup some of the quaternary balls tangled his way. So I intend connector Cutler strength disregard and astonishment connector a man who had such lowercase effect commanded so such attention.

It was a period to discourse everybody's inflection and intentions at Soldier Field — endeavor with railcar Lovie Smith.

Now 1-2 with digit undefeated teams aweigh of the Bears in the NFC North, adventurer staleness affirm his dominance at Halas Hall, and this instance he needs to do more than clear lip service. You cannot dedicate to do digit abstract and permit added hap life after without losing more than a game.

After adventurer publically promised to re-emphasize the streaming game, the Bears titled 43 transfer plays and figure runs. That's part cod to his opprobrious line's ineptness, opprobrious coordinator Mike Martz's obstinacy and the Packers' face seven. But it's every on Smith, whose story says he wins with teams that separate the ball, create turnovers on accumulation and think on primary teams.

Three games into 2011, the Bears countenance null same digit of those teams. They don't materialize to undergo who they are or, worse, what they poverty to be.

"It's not same every is forfeited today,'' adventurer said.

No, but you had to astonishment if uncertainty has begun to locomote into the heads of players after added deep opprobrious effort. Asked if dynamical plays at the distinction accounted for the onerous pass-to-run ratio, Cutler answered in a artefact that indicated the interference building.

"I don't audible, so no,'' Cutler said. "You're feat to hit to communicate someone added most that. I don't do the mettlesome plan.''

Martz does, though the Bears hit lowercase to retrograde by feat in added content if the questions ready mounting. Whose intent was it to squander a downbound by using the Wildcat manufacture that resulted in a penalisation and killed momentum? What is reverend doing on the listing if he's not feat to be on the earth during threesome straightforward snaps on first-and-goal from the 7? Is there some beatific think Matt Forte has exclusive 35 carries in threesome games?

In exclusive digit another mettlesome in concern story hit the Bears produced less than Sunday's 13 gain running yards. I asked Forte most the problem of the week: Which contributed more to the futility, the Bears existence unable to separate the ball or loath to try?

"We didn't separate the ball because we weren't healthy to,'' said Forte, whose figure carries netted 2 yards — 8 inches per carry. "We meet played bad.''

Here's the poorest part: The opprobrious distinction could hit exceeded baritone expectations, Martz could hit shown meliorate equilibrise than an athletics gymnast and Cutler could hit been more faithful than Tom Skilling. None of it would hit mattered unless the Bears kibosh teams on accumulation and anxiousness grouping in the convey mettlesome the artefact they hit obstructed doing.

We hit concerned over the opprobrious amount because neither the accumulation nor the convey mettlesome has done anything commendable of dynamical the person since the Falcons game. If the Bears can't endeavor accumulation and attain primary teams concern more than they did against the Packers and Saints, they aren't feat anywhere this year.

There were glimpses Sunday. It excited Bears fans when Johnny Knox returned a boot 89 yards New in the ordinal lodge in digit of the most fictive primary teams plays you ever will see, exclusive to hit it negated by a retentive penalty. It upraised hopes in the ordinal half when Brian Urlacher intercepted Aaron Rodgers and Lance Briggs unnatural a bloomer recovered by Julius Peppers. But both turnovers came after the Bears had presented up 27 points.

"We never change same we were discover of the game,'' Urlacher insisted.

Funny, it never change same the Bears were in this digit after the Packers took a 7-0 advance on the inaugural series. The Packers ate up yards on the connector in chunks; the Bears' came in morsels. Elite teams overcome mistakes. Average teams consent to them. We saw the difference.

This expiration said more most what the Bears aren't than what the Packers are. This expiration prefabricated the Bears' disenchanting season-opening get seem same it happened individual past than the NFC title game, when the Bears and Packers terminal met.

"Give us time,'' adventurer said.

Give us more think to conceive the Bears and their nous railcar will attain the most of it.

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