The Bears fell to 4-5 on the year and their playoff hopes are basically gone after losing to San Fransisco last night.

Jay Cutler was awful. He threw five interceptions, two in the red zone, a couple weren’t his fault but ultimately it doesn’t matter. He now has 17 interceptions on the season, leading the NFL. Bears fans are starting to compare him to Rex Grossman, the problem with that is in Rex’s only full season as a Bear he threw only 20 interceptions. The Bears also had a running game that year (2006) and currently the running game is no where to be seen.

Matt Forte was the leading receiver with eight catches and 120 yards, I’ve been wanting Ron Turner to get Matt Forte more involved in the passing game, he finally listened to me.

Johnny Knox, Earl Bennett and Devin Hester combined for 12 catches for 95 yards. Greg Olsen had a nice game with seven catches for 75 yards, but that’s what you’ll get when your quarterback throws 52 times in a game.

I know everyone wants to put the blame on Cutler, but you can’t put everything on him. He doesn’t have experienced  receivers, he has a shaky offensive line and his running game, well it’s not really there. Cutler needs to be a little bit more careful with ball in certain situations.

The Bears are a very young team on offense and it looks like there more in rebuilding mode then in playoff mode. The Bears need to surround Cutler with better protection up front and better receivers. At 4-5 their is still hope for the playoffs, but with two games against Minnesota, games against Philadelphia, Baltimore and Green Bay the hope doesn’t look so bright.

The only good that came out of this game was the play of the defense. Tommie Harris finally recording his first sack of the season as well as Marcus Harrison. Zack Bowman had a nice interception. Charles Tillman forced a fumble that the 49ers got back. They held the 49ers to 216 yards passing, and Vernon Davis, who talked trash all week only had three catches for 16 yards. Frank Gore was contained, but he still had over 100 yards rushing.

Final Thoughts:

Jay Cutler has to know when to be a gunslinger and when to be a game manager. Even though he had four interceptions with about eight seconds to go in the game he has to know when to be smart with the ball. You have eight seconds, that is time for two plays. You could either throw the ball away or run it yourself, because you still have one timeout. Instead you throw it up to the end zone and it’s intercepted. Come on man! I know you don’t have a lot of weapons to help you, but seriously.

Did you know, Jay Cutler is the first Bears quarterback since Kyle Orton to throw five interceptions in a game.

The Bears keep hurting themselves. They committed ten penalties last night, and it seems like they have been committing tons of penalties all season.

Because I’m such a big Bears fan, I still believe the Bears can make the playoffs, They have seven games left, four at home and three on the road. There is always hope guys, so try a little bit harder please. If not this season there is always next year.