What's that, the Chicago Bears are 4-1, the Green Bay Packers are 3-2 and the Minnesota Vikings are 1-3. Anyone who thinks they know football probably feels like a complete idiot after the first 5 weeks of the season. The Chicago Bears have proven week in and week out that they can win football games, it hasn't been the prettiest of victories, but none the less they are victories. The game against the Carolina Panthers showed that the running backs we have are good, and when the line does there job, the running game works. Matt Forte carried the ball 22 times for 166 yards and Chester Taylor had 18 carries for 43 yards. By default, the Bears had to run the ball because Cutler was out and it only took Todd Collins a little under 3 minutes in the first quarter to throw his first of four interceptions, in the redzone. Martz tried to give Collins the benefit of the doubt by starting him over Calib Hanie, but throwing 4 picks shows me and hopefully Lovie Smith, they might have been better off with Hanie taking the reigns. Both TD's the Bears scored were rushing touchdowns, and the only two on the season so far. Maybe this will be the start of something, the running is alive again.
2nd on Depth Chart: Should the performance of Todd Collins move him to the 3rd QB spot on the depth chart? Hanie, only attempted 3 passes and completed 2 of those, but can he do any worse then 4 turnovers is really how this should be judged.
Offensiv Line Changes: Chicago also has questions on the offensive line with J'Marcus Webb and Edwin Williams taking the starting jobs yesterday at right guard and right tackle. They did a fairly good job keeping up with the pace of the game, and this may be a good combination for a running game as well.
Defense: The Bears defense is ranked 6th in the league so far, 4th in the running game and 17 in the passing game. They have a total of 9 sacks on the season and 7 interceptions. They have been very good at stopping the run and progressively are improving on stopping the pass. This defense is led by Brian Urlacher (34 tackles, 1 sack, 1int) and Lance Briggs (33 tackles, 1 sack, 1 int), it looks very promising right now.
