"So I looked at different areas. I looked at percentage of dropped passes. How does that look from a league perspective? We were 22nd percentage-wise. We've got to get better. The O-line has got to get better. We've got to push that level up. We can't be in the back end of the 20s or in the 20s if we're going be a championship contending team on a consistent basis. In that, below us was six playoff teams, so I don't know from a fan perspective - and again, I'm a fan - that sacks and drops, are they a factor? Yes, but I would say that it doesn't look like they are the ultimate determining factor. I still think it comes down to: how many playmakers do you have opposed to the team that you're playing? And are they making plays that are at game-changing instances at the moment of truth moving forward...."




In regard to Lovie's firing...couple that with a few Rex Grossman starts and there you have it.... That SB against the Colts was ABSOLUTELY winnable... The deciding factor??? Rex Grossman's turnovers... The eliminator with Carolina in '05???? Rex Grossman. The '05 SB was a winnable one as well. I think that Bear team would have beaten the Patriots in that one...

Lovie is a good coach but you can't start and stall like the Bears have for this long and not expect to get canned. He had longer than Norv to turn things around on the offensive side of the ball... You cannot miss 5 of 6 and expect to keep your job..

...and while Lovie is not fully to blame...the Bears had about the same collapse down the stretch as when Jerry Angelo was GM... Ownership has had enough...