And Lovie Smith still has a job because...?

There's a lot that could be said about the Bears. In the past couple of weeks, they've been absolutely destroyed by the Bengals and Cardinals. Of their remaining schedule, only the Rams and Lions look like wins.

But the only thing I'm going to say is, this is a team that clearly overrated its talent coming into the season. This is a roster that needs to be blown up. On defense, it's a lot of the same players who were on the Super Bowl team of 2006 that are sucking it up today. Namely, Alex Brown, Adewale Ogunleye, Tommie Harris, Mark Anderson, Charles Tillman, and Nathan Vasher. I know Urlacher is out, but there's no excuses in this league. This defense is terrible nowadays, and it needs to be blown up. The pass rushers don't rush the passer anymore. Tommie Harris is invisible. Nathan Vasher doesn't seem to play anymore, and Tillman can't play anymore. Only Lance Briggs is a good player anymore. They're getting old, and it needs to be blown up.

The reason I say they've overrated their own talent, though, is because of the trade for Jay Cutler. I don't think they make that trade unless they think they're a QB away from the Super Bowl, and nowadays that's a laughable assertion. I don't blame them for trading for Cutler; after all, QBs like that just don't come available often. But if they had assessed their roster properly, they'd know it's the defense that needs help the most. I also think Matt Forte and Devin Hester are inferior playmakers, but that's not the big problem with this team.