Bears Lose: A Familiar Headline, I Hope Not

On Saturday night, the Chicago Bears took on the San Diego Chargers for the first game against someone not on the same team. There was plenty of excitement in the air for Chicago fans, just anticipating what would happen. It finally begins, the Bears get the ball first and now we all get to see a small sample of this Mike Martz offense at work. For the first series of this game everything seemed to work pretty well, the offensive line looked ok, and Cutler looked pretty confident, especially when he was throwing to Johnny Knox. Cutler ended up 2/2 for 47 and both passes were to new favorite receiver Knox. Cutler played only one series and then his time was up, so let's now look at who's on the cusp of making the roster. Calib Hanie looked really impressive on Saturday night going 10-17 throwing for 148 yards and a touchdown, but ended up going out with a shoulder injury. The receiver we all talked about at the end of the season last year was wideout Devin Aromashodu who also had a good night with 4 catches for 78 yards and a touchdown. He's a big target in the redzone, runs great routes, and has good hands, he needs to have more reps with the first string. On the defensive side of the ball, there is still some work to be done but there was a definite bright spot, Major Wright. Wright ended up with 6 tackles, and all of them were what a coach loves to see, form tackles. He seemed to cover the field pretty well, and is what I think ready to play at this level. Next game is against the Raiders, and the starters should get more minutes, so we'll have a better feel for how they look thus far.