Ok I am going to start by saying I am a bears fan for life. I am not a band wagon jumper I stayed Sunday night until the very last play hoping Wolfe would break the last run for a touch down. First off I would like to say sorry to Olin Kreutz for that iamanidiot in the front row that taunted him the whole game. I know I didn't pay my money to sit front row and taunt our own team. It is part of the game one team will win and one will lose if you can't deal with it go home and get drunk there. Now for the serious stuff. I seen a defense that is still lost without someone in the middle that can direct traffic and even more so without Tommie Harris in the middle. I asked myself what makes this team any different than a team like Denver? The only thing that came back to my mind was last week when Brian Dawkins got hurt and he limped out to the sidelines and cheered his team to victory. So I looked down at the sidelines to see if Brian Urlacher was helping Nick Roach with the defense or Tommie Harris giving  Marcus Harrison tips but to my surprise they didn't even make the trip. Where is the leadership on this team? I saw a team devided right down the middle there was the offense on this side and the defense on the other and niether one was trying to fire the other one up. I have seen an offensive line that hasn't been able to open holes for Forte all year except one game and a defensive line that is not getting nearly enough rush to help our secondary. I also am starting to question if Ron Turner watches any game film. My first play of the game would of had Clark, Hester and Olsen in trips and threw a quick pass to Hester with Clark and Olsen leading the way. Get creative throw out some of the old crap and put in some bootlegs we have a mobile quarterback now. Which brings me to my next point . Cutler you are our quarterback and you are going to be great but just because you have the title of quaterback doesn't mean you have the throw the ball. That thirty yard run last week looked preety good to me. By the way also there were a ton of fans out there cheering their heads off would it have killed someone to take five minutes out of their busy night to sign an autogragh after or before the game or even just give a fan a high five. Or has this team became one of those that if an agent doesn't say it is ok we are not going to do anything kind of teams. I believe that if someone would have step up it would have made a fans night and in a couple years they wouldn't even remeber the score of that game but they would always remember the night Devin Hester, Greg Olsen , Jay Cutler, Olin Kreutz, Lance Briggs or any of you guys took the time to make their day. Wake up guys remember where you came from. At one time you guys were justs kids with dreams too. So to finish if you are a so called leader on this team stand up and act like one if you are not a leader on this team and you think we should be doing better than we are stand up and take charge. The reality is their is another bunch of kids with dreams that is going to come out of next years draft and a great bunch that came out of this years draft that would love to call themselves a starter for the CHICAGO BEARS.

While going to a live N.F.L. game must be an exciting experience, I am sorry that you saw the Bears give such a lousy effort. I am glad that I didn't go to a bar to watch this game. Instead, the Dolphins vs. the Saints was on basic cable. There can be no arguement that the game in Miami was far more entertaining. While it is obviously hurtful for Miami fans that their team blew such an enormous lead, it's nothing in comparison to what Chicago fans witnessed in Cincinnati last Sunday. I hope that we are not becoming a dysfunctional team like the Redskins. I always thought that Lovie Smith was an excellent coach. While Lovie took most of the blame, it was the entire team's fault for this debacle. Maybe your next game day experience will be a happier one. The Bears have a series of issues to address in order to make this possible.

Fred

Kingston, ON Canada