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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1096366" data-attributes="member: 13032">Yeah when I think about STs as a whole, I can't pinpoint a game last season where STs made a substantial difference in a win.Without a good returner, and an iffy K, field position could have been a lot better, and more points would have been scored, respectively.On the other hand, kicking was easily the biggest reason the Bears won in the playoffs.  I know, there's more to it than that, but if McManus makes ANY of the three kicks he missed, that game could have been won, or at least go to OT.  But any way we cut it, losing after a three-possession first half lead is inexcusable.  WTF!And we can't overlook the inability of the team, as a whole, to finish games.  Gluten was emphatic about this at the end of the season.  In the playoff loss, the Packers went into halftime up three possessions (21-3).  What more can a fan ask for?Then the Bears ran up 25 points in Q4.  The Packers still have to address the nebulous "finishing games" thing this upcoming season.  That's really a mind set.  Do the players believe they can win and are they willing to keep giving their all through four quarters?  That's an individual thing, but it's also collective.  MLF is primarily responsible for instilling that attitude in the team.</blockquote>

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