Cutler throws 2 picks including one in the redzone and another on a Hester slip.  Robbie Gould hits one from 50 because the 45 was too close (and a delay of game penalty).  202 total yards in the first half, including the longest reception of Forte's career, but only 3 points to show.  Although the defense was not good on several 3rd and long plays, they only gave up one TD.  The one they did give up was following a pick that put the SF offense on the 10 yard line.  Oh, and Bowman had a nice pick! 

Considering the mistakes the Bears on in this game.  On to half two.

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alexbrown96 Great win today! It sure is good to have a great offense. They carries us in the first half then we woke up and did out part. 3-1 feels good

BradBiggs Bears will re-sign DB DeAngelo Smith to practice squad today http://bit.ly/2IYc8U

alexbrown96 At work getting treatment on this ankle which felt ok yesterday. Great win for the Bears heading into the bye week.

trumaine26 Wrappin up rehab.... Next i'm Headed 2 da gym to get my upper body workout in....

SI_PeterKing RT @grizzlyblair: How bad is Hester's injury? ... Not bad at all. Sore neck.

JayCutler6 Big win before the bye week. Defense played great in the second half and we were able to put up a few points. pink cleats and all.....

JasonDavis43 @JayCutler6 pepto bizmal cleats and all

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This is the master list of twitter feeds of known Bears players, reporters, and people of interest to follow.  I'm posting this one time, so it can be linked to in future Twitter Da Bears posts.  If you are interested in following these players the links are below.  If you have a recommendation for someone to add please place a link in the comments.

Bears Players: Jay Cutler - http://twitter.com/JayCutler6 // Caleb Hanie - http://twitter.com/CalebHanie12 // Matt Forte - http://twitter.com/chitownforte22 // Jason McKie - http://twitter.com/Jmack37 // Devin Hester - http://twitter.com/D_Hest23 // Greg Olsen - http://twitter.com/gregolsen82

Desmond Clark - http://twitter.com/tightwork88 // Tommie Harris - http://twitter.com/RealDeal91 // Alex Brown - http://twitter.com/alexbrown96 // Trumaine McBride - http://twitter.com/trumaine26 // Nick Roach - http://twitter.com/ricknoach // Henry Melton - http://twitter.com/HenMel

Former Bear Players: Jason Davis - http://twitter.com/JasonDavis43 // Brandon Rideau - http://twitter.com/BrandonRideau // Jerry Azumah - http://twitter.com/jerryazumah

Bears Reporters: Brad Biggs - http://twitter.com/BradBiggs // ZachZaidman - http://twitter.com/ZachZaidman // vaughn mcclure - http://twitter.com/vxmcclure23 // Jeff Dickerson - http://twitter.com/ESPNChiBears // Larry Mayer - http://twitter.com/ChicagoBearscom // Bears News - http://twitter.com/Bears__News

Notable Tweeters: Drew Rosenhaus - http://twitter.com/RosenhausSports // Peter King - http://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing // Adam Shefter - http://twitter.com/Adam_Schefter // Rich Eisen - http://twitter.com/richeisen // Merril Hoge - http://twitter.com/merrilhoge // Chris Mortenson - http://twitter.com/mortreport // Warren Sapp - http://twitter.com/QBKILLA

Interesting NFL Players: Maurice Jones-Drew - http://twitter.com/Jones_Drew32 // Chris Johnson - http://twitter.com/ChrisJohnson28 // Terrell Owens - http://twitter.com/terrellowens // Chad Ochocinco - http://twitter.com/OGOchoCinco // Larry Fitzgerald - http://twitter.com/Lfitzgerald11 // Randy Moss - http://twitter.com/r81m // Shawne Merriman - http://twitter.com/shawnemerriman // Shaun Phillips - http://twitter.com/ShaunPhillips95

Ok, not much happening with the Bears over the last 24 hours, but I thought some might enjoy reading some funny comments from some other NFL players and writers.  I also added in some injury reports on Bears players if you had any concerns.  Enjoy!

Twitter Da Bears

jerryazumah Everyone keeps asking me about predictions for tomorrow. Well here we go, Bears by 17. Statement Game!!!

jerryazumah Received a few text from some Bears! I expect big things early and often! Now back to my scotch!

alexbrown96 On the train headed down to the Hilton. Getting ready for the game tomorrow! Bear Down!!!

alexbrown96 Having dinner with my wife at red lobster!

Bears__News Jamar Williams / LB Jamar Williams will make his second career start for the Bears at strong-side linebacker http://bit.ly/7cdLe #NFL #CHI

BradBiggs Breaking down new defensive coordinator Lovie Smith & The Blitz. http://bit.ly/11aAHW

ZachZaidman Reminder of new policy at Soldier Field: http://www.soldierfield.net...

Adam_Schefter He practiced this week and said he expects to. RT @FreshGrooves: @Adam_Schefter Kevin Smith going to go for the Lions?

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ZachZaidman "[Desmond Clark's] ready to go," said Lovie Smith. "He's been motivated to get back on the field as quick as possible."

JayCutler6 Might be wearing these Sunday  http://twitpic.com/jz5g6

BradBiggs Lance briggs had full participation in practice. Good to go sunday with minor foot injury

vxmcclure23 Alex Brown was full go today off the ankle injury

vxmcclure23 Dez Clark full go for sunday. Hillenmeyer out, as expected. As is pisa.

ZachZaidman How's this for different? Bears having their defense practice with artficial crowd noise in background to prepare for Sunday's game at home

BradBiggs Johnny Knox ranks very well among rookie WR's. http://bit.ly/rJ0lC

BradBiggs Plenty of Bears/local ties on final United Football League rosters, including Tony Parrish, Simeon Rice, Bobby Sippio http://bit.ly/1OifFf

Jmack37 God Bless bear nation..getting closer to gametime cant wait..

BradBiggs Johnny Knox on WR he modeled "I would say Ochocinco. I like his style, not the way he talks, but the way he conducts himself on the field."

gregolsen82 Good week so far preparing for detroit..hangin in tonight catchin up on tv shows

JayCutler6 Had two good days of prep for the Lions.  Going to find some dinner and rest up.

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Is former Colts receiver, Marvin Harrison, really a possibility in Chicago?  Do you really want Harrison?  I sure don't, but this guy says that Harrison has an offer on the table.

According to an undisclosed source of mine, that encouragement from Tony Dungy may have worked on Coach Lovie Smith as the Bears have offered Marvin a contract to play for the Bears in 2009.

This line is the funniest of the article and could discredit everything else he says.

If in fact Harrison joins Chicago, his arrival should make the Bears' offense the best in the NFC North. His ability to stretch the field will allow for quarterback Jay Cutler to throw deep passes to him, as well as freeing up the middle for short throws to tight end Greg Olsen and dump-off passes to running back Matt Forte.

Hmmm. Not sure Harrison stretches the field anymore with those old, banged-up knees. What to think about this "RUMOR." Personally I'm hoping Rideau and Aromashodu both make the team. I'm not sure that would happen if Harrison was here.

The new layout has it's benefits and the autotag is nice, but it is hard to figure out what links you want us to click on to read articles now.  Can links we post be in orange as opposed to the standard blue for all the tagged words.  Or can we underline the links to the articles.  Or can we title links "link" and make the article links more obvious.  Or can we unlink all the auto tagged links like the tutorial mentions.  It is just difficult to figure out what to click on to go where we want to go now.  Thanks.  This is my feedback, if anyone else has feedback, feel free to add it.

Of course we are rooting the Devin will score many more TD's on punts in his career, but where did he rank compared to some of the best of all time and who are they and what did they do. 

There are many excellent return specialists today in Hester, McGee, Cribbs, Carr, Rossum, Davis, Hall, and many more. Some specialize in returning mainly punts or kickoffs. Some do both. Devin Hester deserves mention.

 

He has scored seven touchdowns on punt returns in the first two seasons of his career. Now entering his fourth year, hopefully he mas many more games to play. But, it is the NFL: Not For Long.

 

One can never assume he will score again, nor not suffer a career ending injury at any given moment. Even if he never does anything again on the gridiron, his two seasons have put his name on many peoples list.

This article is a great history lesson, but honestly some of the content is debateable.  It is a good read though especially with the slow week in news.

So today I ran across this Jay Cutler twitter page.  It is obviously not him, but it is abolutely hysterical to read.  You will roll over laughing.

I thought I would also include other notable Twitter feeds here as well.  If you guys have any that we might like, post them in the comments and we'll compile a list.

Also, Drew Rosenhaus has some comments about Idonoje and Ogunleye.

Fake Jay Cutler:

http://twitter.com/jay_cutler

Greg Olsen: http://twitter.com/gregolsen82

? Tommie Harris:http://twitter.com/RealDeal91

? Matt Forte: http://twitter.com/chitownforte22

ex Bear Brandon Lloyd: http://twitter.com/mrblloyd

Drew Rosenhaus: http://twitter.com/RosenhausSports

Peter King: http://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing

PTI: http://twitter.com/PTIShow

Windy City Gridiron (largest football blog on SB Nation): http://twitter.com/WindyCG

So reading through the John Madden retiring thread was pretty hilarious.  I hate John Madden, I love John Madden, I hate Cris Collinsworth, I love Cris Colinsworth, and so on.  It got me thinking, who was the most annoying announcer on TV.  Who do you hate the most to listen to?

Here is a small list of football announcers to choose.  Tell us who you voted for and why you hate them.  Also feel free to debate with others about their picks.