Jason McKie News

View full size photo>> Listening to former Bears QB Jim Miller on the Comcast post game after the Eagles loss, it became even clearer, the Bears are simply not coaching Cutler up.

Jay Cutler is 0-4 in prime-time games this season with passer ratings of 43.2, 79.6, 33.6 and 63.2. We've seen Cutler perform so badly during prime-time games, I sometimes think I'm watching bloopers from some lame reality talent show like, "Chicago's Got Talent" or "Anybody can play quarterback." No, I'm also talking to the network scheduling ...

Google the name of Bears running back Kahlil Bell, and one of the first links that pops up is of a YouTube highlight reel of the former UCLA standout against Stanford in 2007.

Anger oozed out of Jerry Azumah as he sat mute and motionless in front of his locker Sunday after the Bears' 22-3 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Alltel Stadium.

Injuries were all over the fantasy football world this past weekend and the tight end position stayed away from the bad mojo.

Tonight's game at San Francisco marks the start of the second half of the season, or as coach Lovie Smith would say, the first quarter of the third quarter of the season.

Had some questions pile up in the mailbox the last few days, so let's bat out a couple questions before getting the day started.

Special teams, as all the fans here in Chicago know, are a very important phase of our game.

Bears coach Lovie Smith said during his Monday post-mortem he feels a oegood about what wea re doing offensively,a a and Ia m thinking, he ought to watch video of the game against the Browns instead of the Walter Payton tribute.

Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had a painful day against one of the NFL's worst defenses.

Jason McKie celebrates with Matt Forte after one of Forte's two TDs. Rarely in the NFL's hallowed history has a 30-6 victory looked less impressive or drawn more boos from a victorious home crowd than what we witnessed Sunday at Soldier Field.

The Bears are finished in everyone's mind but their own. A dreadful defeat to the Cincinnati Bengals is sure to awaken self-doubt and invite a collapse of confidence, but the perfect elixir comes in the form of the Cleveland Browns, who turn up Sunday at Soldier Field.

Shadowing Chad Ochocinco, Charles Tillman's expected assignment today, won't be an easy task, but the Bears cornerback can put it in perspective.

If only the Bears had finished Saturday night's 31-28 exhibition victory over the 49ers with the biggest concerns about Rex Grossman being his ability to handle the quarterback-center exchange.

Bears defensive tackle Israel Idonije participated fully in practice Friday at the Walter Payton Center and afterward -- 12 days removed from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee -- wasn't sure what the fuss was about.

You can be sure that the news Tom Cruise has allowed beloved daughter Suri to be enrolled in a Roman Catholic preschool in Boston will generate buzz that the superstar Scientologist has lost a battle with his wife, Katie Holmes, over their child's early education.

Suddenly it's cool to be an ex-Bear. Cedric Benson never has been more popular in Chicago.

Jason McKie celebrates with Garrett Wolfe after Wolfe's 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter Oct.

Bengals running back Cedric Benson runs in a touchdown as Ravens safety Ed Reed and cornerback Chris Carr pursue.

It's been a week, and I was delayed tonight by a nice piece on a wide receiver fighting to get back in the league--David Terrell--that will run over at the National Football Post in the morning.