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August 24, 2009
 
Chicago Bears vs. NYC Giants: Pre-Season Thoughts
Years ago I hardly gave pre-season NFL football much attention. The handful of games before the regular season began was a bunch of throw away exhibitions with non-big name players that meant very little to me.

But over the course of the past few years � either through shrewd marketing tactics by the NFL or my own growing fanaticism with the Chicago Bears � I find myself not only watching more pre-season games, but sticking with the games longer. I don�t drift off when the first teams don their baseball caps on the sidelines. Instead I stick around to see how the rest of the players make out.

This is what I thought about Saturday night�s game against the New York Giants.

Cutler and Forte celebrate
  • The offense needs Matt Forte as much (maybe more) than it needs Jay Cutler

  • How Jay Cutler played Saturday night is more in line with what all Bears� fans were expecting when the trade was announced this past spring. I hope it continues into the regular season.

  • I didn�t understand it when the Bears gave Devin Hester #1 Wide Receiver money when they extended his contract a year ago and I still don�t see that sort of value in Hester on the field now.

  • After two games I think I�ve heard Al Afalava�s name called more than anyone else on the Bears defense. And I think that's a good thing.

  • Brian Urlacher was looking slow

  • Earl Bennett looks like a much better deal than Hester

    I�m looking forward to this weekend�s game against the Denver Broncos � mainly because of the circus that having Cutler and Kyle Orton on the same field in Denver will bring.

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