Bears to play all out with starters?

[vince]

He's still in the igloo and only comes out for some Panda Express chinese delight.

[SkinBasket]

Finally we catch a break this year. Better late than never.

Come on soxxors! We got to play most of the year without Bigby on the field. Call this break no. 2.

[HowardRoark]

He's still in the igloo and only comes out for some Panda Express chinese delight.

And this.....

[sheepshead]

Bears will lay down having already clinched the bye. Vegas agrees, already installing the Packers as 11 point favorites.

Finally we catch a break this year. Better late than never.

Yes, the conventional sports talk wisdom down here is Lovie will start pulling starters 2nd or 3rd quarter. If we can get up 2 or 3 scores, he wont push it. Especially if Atlanta wins which we will know about.

[Bretsky]

I want those ILL pukes to play there starters so we can ram it down their dam throats and witness the #2 seed in the NFC making petty excuses for the next two weeks !

[pbmax]

Don't care. Just win by forty so there are no possible ways for it to go wrong.

And if possible, have Sitton hit Urlacher when he is not looking as payback for last year's ARod headshot.

[mraynrand]

Don't care. Just win by forty so there are no possible ways for it to go wrong.

You just don't want Rodgers and Stubby to win a close game.

[Joemailman]

I thought Bigby was going to be out this week? He got hurt again, didn't he?

It's time to use Bigby for what he's good for:

[Fritz]

Boy, Lovie sure sounded like he was speaking coachdick when reporters asked him about playing his starters. He was really acting like a bastard, it seems, when reporters asked if he was going to play his starters at the risk of their getting hurt.

And true to coaching form, after being a dick to reporters and insisting they're playing to win and that he'll play those starters that way, he'll probably start pulling Cutler et al after the first quarter...

[denverYooper]

Boy, Lovie sure sounded like he was speaking coachdick when reporters asked him about playing his starters. He was really acting like a bastard, it seems, when reporters asked if he was going to play his starters at the risk of their getting hurt.

And true to coaching form, after being a dick to reporters and insisting they're playing to win and that he'll play those starters that way, he'll probably start pulling Cutler et al after the first quarter...

...after the Packers pick him off twice.

[Joemailman]

The thing that would make Lovie most inclined to pull Cutler would be to have B.J. Raji fall on top of him.

Really though, I'm not hoping the Bears starters get pulled. If the Packers can't beat the Bears at home, does it really matter whether they make the playoffs?

[Freak Out]

Don't care. Just win by forty so there are no possible ways for it to go wrong.

And if possible, have Sitton hit Urlacher when he is not looking as payback for last year's ARod headshot.

I would love to see that.

[Smidgeon]

Don't care. Just win by forty so there are no possible ways for it to go wrong.

And if possible, have Sitton hit Urlacher when he is not looking as payback for last year's ARod headshot.

When I first read this, I thought it said: "have Sitton sit on Urlacher when he's not looking." Not as good of a payback, but a way funnier image.

[denverYooper]

The thing that would make Lovie most inclined to pull Cutler would be to have B.J. Raji fall on top of him.

Really though, I'm not hoping the Bears starters get pulled. If the Packers can't beat the Bears at home, does it really matter whether they make the playoffs?

I'm on board with this and hope they get smoked if they play their starters.

The Bears' LBs have been making comments to Chicago media today about how Soldier Field's track is slow, and has negated the speed of the defense as of late. Presumably, they're explaining why should be effective against Green Bay's offense when they've allowed scads of points lately to the Pats (normal) and Jets (hardly). It could also be that those guys are older and getting had late in the season. Time will tell there, but that brings up another question: why would they play hard for HFA throughout the playoffs if their home field negated their team's strength -- that defense's speed?

And why were they effective against the Eagles, a speed offense, at home but not the Pats or the Jets? Did Soldier field just get that much worse as of late?

[Bossman641]

I don't think their field has gotten that much worse as of late, but their field is horrible. Sounds like the LB's are just covering their asses. With the exception of the Falcons, none of the NFC contenders are built as cold weather teams. I guess you could include the Giants but last week's showing sort of takes them out of the conversation for me.