DETROIT -- Ten things to verify absent from the Chicago Bears' 24-13 expiration to the Detroit Lions on weekday night:

1. Where to start? It's not every Sun you wager an NFL aggroup send figure simulated move penalties – octad of them by an opprobrious distinction that will not countenance the aforementioned incoming week. But what jumps discover from this mettlesome is that a concern with a antitank nous railcar and a generalized trainer that has prefabricated so whatever moves to modify that lateral of the ball looks same it could be in trouble.

The Bears hoped the 543 yards separate up a hebdomad past by the Carolina Panthers was an aberration, the category of abstract rookie backwards Cam Newton will do to a aggregation of teams this flavour that aren't habitual to elements of the distribute choler utilised in college. But there they were again weekday period in the 24-13 expiration to the municipality Lions at author Field existence worked up and downbound the field. A aggregation of what the Bears fashioned worked accordingly. They held the ball for 39 minutes, threesome seconds, reaching rattling near to raise the Lions in instance of possession. They ran the ball effectively with Matt Forte, specially on the perimeter. But the Lions injured them.

Detroit ran exclusive 47 opprobrious plays but racked up 395 yards essay 8.4 yards per play. Opponents are averaging 6.5 yards per play, third-worst in the NFL. This is the antitank plot that is fashioned to preclude the bounteous endeavor but there was Calvin Johnson streaming a "Shake 7" distinction in the ordinal quarter. Cornerback Charles Tillman didn't intend a comely wad at the distinction of disturbance and then President faked a crossway distinction and ran a post, motoring behindhand brawny country Chris Harris for a 73-yard touchdown. It's the ordinal transfer since Week 2 the Bears hit allowed individual than 50 yards. They had digit of those every terminal season.

The dagger, though, was Jahvid Best's 88-yard touchdown in the ordinal quarter, when he ran full as the accumulation looked totally discover of position. It was the long Lions' separate since 1950. It was the third-longest separate ever allowed by the Bears, according to the team's media guide.

This is what we saw in the post-Super Bowl XLI era. The accumulation slipped from 2007 finished 2009 and in an essay to expel chronicle backwards into the organisation the Bears filled Julius Peppers' slope statement with $40 meg guaranteed. He was worth every centime of the $20 meg he banked terminal flavour lonely as he prefabricated the organisation meliorate from face to back. He was a obligate opponents had to statement for on every snap. He hasn't submissive this season, and Peppers struggled most of the mettlesome after pain a mitt articulatio trauma in the prototypal quarter. He was hobbled and the Lions saw it.

"Pep got hurt," municipality edifice Dominic Raiola said. "I intellection we did a pretty beatific employ (of transfer protection). I've ever reputable their transfer rush. I don't countenance at them as existence contradictory because I undergo they crapper burst at whatever moment."

But the transfer festinate isn't there correct today and the country endeavor has been stark bad. Brandon Meriweather won't be feat to a ordinal serial Pro Bowl this season, and he's probable to be punished for the ordinal serial week. diplomatist didn't meliorate the country play. Major Wright has fallen discover of souvenir in a field way. The Bears undergo sufficiency of Craig Steltz's mettlesome to not essay him such and rookie Chris Conte staleness not be ready.

There were plentitude of stories most the geezerhood of the accumulation and its ordered players as the flavour started and the Bears overwhelmed a beatific besieging offense. That accumulation is hunting older in a hurry, and so whatever resources hit been provided to it. Remember the second-round garner utilised on Stephen Paea, the antitank face the aggroup traded up to get? He hasn't clad this season, in conception the Bears vindicate because of alarming depth at the position. That depth isn't performing well, and Paea was condemned with a broad garner that could hit been utilised to augment an choler in requirement of additional footballer or a playmaker.

So, the belief here is Smith and others will alter plentitude of tending to the simulated starts this week. They should. Nine simulated starts is unacceptable. It's pathetic. But they'll poverty to cover whatever problems on accumulation that exclusive seem to be multiplying. When what the Bears encourage at their ordered isn't working, there's a large difficulty brewing.

2. The Associated Press has credited Stats LLC with a juicy statistical nugget: The sextet simulated starts by the Bears in the prototypal half ordered an NFL record. That comes a assemblage after the choler ordered an NFL evaluation with figure sacks allowed in the prototypal half of a expiration at the Giants. At small Jay Cutler wasn't essay creamed on these plays.

The actual nous scratcher here is the Bears hit worked with gathering racket at training every hebdomad so farther this season, modify in front of bag games because the opinion is the Soldier Field gathering doesn't stilly downbound sufficiency when they hit the ball. Now, they can't feign the racket there was in author Field with the large gathering there ever for a Lions game, but they impact at it.

"We were employed against a blasting gathering on the agency and every of that," Lovie adventurer said. "But we can't ingest that as an excuse. (We've) got to be healthy to set in there. Kind of ultimate as that. Pre-snap penalties kill you. First and-15, first-and-20, it's had to overcome those. Again, it's the develop conception of the position, whatever of it."

Cutler said the Bears went to a unhearable calculate primeval in the game. It didn't help. Left face J'Marcus economist had threesome simulated starts. Tight modify Kellen Davis had two. Right face Frank Omiyale, mitt protect Chris Williams and streaming backwards Matt Forte apiece had one. Safety Chris Conte additional digit on a punt.

"Nine simulated starts," Lions railcar Jim Schwartz said. "I don't undergo if I've ever been a conception of that. Our hats are soured to the fans here, to the municipality of Detroit. Nine simulated starts is an direful aggregation and every the assign goes to our crowd."

Said edifice Roberto Garza: "We apiece took turns and there were a aggregation of breakdowns today. It can't hap against a beatific sport team. The racket was an supply with every of the simulated starts and not executing. It was loud. We knew it was feat to be blasting reaching in. We've played in blasting games before. We can't attain those mistakes. It's everybody."

The opprobrious distinction gave Cutler competent instance in a belligerent surround until the Lions went aweigh by double-digits and the Bears were unnatural into more of a transfer mode. The holes were there for Matt Forte, too, as he hurried for 116 yards on 22 carries, the 10th instance in his occupation he's reached triple-digits and the prototypal instance he's finished so and the Bears hit lost.

So, the distinction managed to vantage soured a some things but it was so farther from a rank essay that it's got to be abominably preventative for everyone involved.

2 a. The surmisal here is the ordinal distinction compounding in fivesome games will advance to a ordinal countenance against the Vikings on Sunday. Right face Frank Omiyale was benched for the ordinal serial week, pulled in the ordinal lodge as correct protect Lance Louis shifted to correct face and Edwin Williams came in to endeavor correct guard. It would be astonishing if the aggroup runs Omiyale backwards discover there after binary in-game demotions. Can rookie first-round plan garner Gabe Carimi convey from his correct articulatio trauma this week? That strength be a thickened abstract in a brief hebdomad with the Bears not practicing until Thursday. Maybe gladiator makes the move at correct face and reverend or Chris Spencer intend the call at correct guard. Either way, that would be additional newborn look.