What would their record be if Cutler was healthy all season.

We would have beaten Indy and Jax for sure and at least been in the GB game and while it's possible I still doubt we'd have won it.  But one thing is for sure.  The offense would have produced more than 3 points.

Without a dominant defense this team can't win playing Hoyer.  His arm isn't a threat to anyone and NFL DCs are smart enough to know that if they take away his run game and don't give up a big play he can dink and dunk between the 20s all night and not win.

Last night a starting caliber NFL QB proved he could pretty well dominate one of the best defenses in the NFL provided he had a decent run game and he had time to throw to his better targets downfield.  How many 5 yard passes on 3rd and long did Cutler make last night?  If he needed the yardage he threw for it or hit his guys in stride and allowed them a shot at getting it with YAC.

Cutler isn't Aaron Rodger but then maybe Aaron isn't even Aaron these days but if there was any doubt about the difference between a staring caliber NFL QB and a career backup I hope those doubts were dispelled last night.

Zif makes the bigger and better point. There are far more injuries going on then just Cutler. Losing Danny T, Goldman, Mcphee, Houston, Long and Sitton, as well as White and Royal all hurt the Bears in varying ways.

If most of those remain healthy this team is likely a .500 team.

Oh the problem early was way beyond Hoyer /Cutler. They seem to be coming together, but way to late. If we get our guards back it will be interesting. We need Royal or a slot. Meredith > White, that seems to help and Howard being a stud opens up a world of play action pain that was not previously available.

We really need Callahan and Porter back healthy after the week. I'm pretty worried about what the Winston and Evans show does when we visit Tampa Bay.

I'd like to hear something about Fuller too. I was sure we would see him back around now - but still not even a word. I assume his injury must be worse than reported.