The Bears and Packers defenses looked great in season opener. I wouldn’t be shocked if there was a dearth of points from opponents this year. Unfortunately, both (yes both) the offenses were not much better than the 2006 Chicago Bear offense. Aaron Rogers appeared rattled and concerned about his next beating from Ogunleye. His receivers were dropping a lot of balls (Nelson and Driver) and he consistently overthrew open guys. Not the same guy as the preseason :)

Jay Cutler looked like he brought out his college-drinking buddies to play WR. Desmond Clark looked lost, Bennett and Knox made rookie mistakes all over the field, and Hester and Olson appeared on point. But they didn’t create the separation that is necessary from your top wideouts. At least it didn’t appear that way. My true belief is Earl Bennett is the number one guy, not Hester. Or at least Cutler made us believe that. All in all Cutler made his mistakes, but I haven’t seen the WR’s make a QB look that bad in recent times. Cutler got embarrassed because guys simply weren’t paying attention.

One play that stood out in my mind as the turning point was the fake punt by the Bears. It swung the momentum in the Packers direction when the Bears were starting to take control of the game. It felt as the Bears let the Packers into a game they were starting to control. You can’t do that on the road.

I actually started to understand why Kyle Orton and Rex Grossman struggled so much over the years with the Bears. Was it pure coincidence that Cutler threw 4 picks in his first outing as a Bear? Or did he miraculously forget how to play QB over the summer? Or maybe it was the ghost of Rex Grossman? Or maybe the Bears need to get a new WR coach or pick up Marvin Harrison? Something is isn’t working right over there, and someone needs to start looking to the coaching staff for answers.

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